DENVER – The University of Denver women's tennis team wrapped up the Colorado Cup with five more wins to top Air Force on Sunday.
 
For the second time over the weekend, senior Britt Pursell earned wins in both her singles and doubles match, starting with a 6-4 victory in doubles with teammate and sophomore Andrea Burguete Beltran, and then adding a straight-set win in singles.
 
Freshman Louise Wikander won in singles 6-3 6-0, her second time finishing a singles match by that score during the weekend. Freshman Anastasia Simonov won a first-set tiebreak and then carried momentum into the second set to win with two breaks.
 
Freshmen Claudia Martinez de Velasco and Caroline Driscoll both split their first two sets in singles and ended in match tiebreaks with Martinez de Velasco winning but Driscoll losing.
 
DU finished the weekend with team victories over all three visiting teams (Air Force, Colorado and Colorado State). In total, Denver went 13-4 in singles and 4-4 in doubles. Martinez de Velasco, Simonov and Wikander all went undefeated in singles while Burguete Beltran/Pursell won all three of their doubles matches.
 
The University of Denver women's tennis team will begin its 2023 season in January. The team's full schedule and details will be announced in the coming weeks.
 
DENVER VS. AIR FORCE
SINGLES RESULTS
Sydney Fitch (AFA) def. Caroline Driscoll (DU): 6-2 4-6 10-7
Claudia Martinez de Velasco (DU) def. Abby Cotuna (AFA): 6-3 6-7(5) 10-6
Britt Pursell (DU) def. Alexis Odom (AFA): 6-3 6-2
Louise Wikander (DU) def. Courtney Swift (AFA): 6-3 6-0
Anastasia Simonov (DU) def. Andrea Le (AFA): 7-6(8) 6-2
 
DOUBLES RESULTS
Burguete Beltran/Pursell (DU) def. Fitch/Odom (AFA): 6-4
Cotuna/Swift (AFA) def. Driscoll/Martinez de Velasco (DU): 6-2
 
COLORADO vs. COLORADO STATE
SINGLES RESULTS
Radka Buzkova (CSU) def. Aya El Sayed (CU): 4-6 7-6 10-5
Antonia Balzert (CU) def. Emily Dush (CSU): 7-6 6-2
Elys Ventura (CU) def. Sarka Richterova (CSU): 7-6(8) 6-2
Mila Stanojevic (CU) def. Sarah Weekley (CSU): 7-6(4) 6-3
Zara Lennon (CSU) def. Ellen Puzak (CU): 6-2 6-2
Viktoryia Zhadzinskaya (CSU) def. Anya Nelson (CU): 6-1 6-3
 
DOUBLES RESULTS
El Sayed/Balzert (CU) def. Richterova/Zhadzinskaya (CSU): 6-4
Buzkova/Dush (CSU) def. Stanojevic/Ventura (CU): 6-1
Ecton/Lennon (CSU) def. Puzak/Hayes (CU): 6-4
 
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