[65] Denver Caps Perfect Summit League Regular Season with Senior Day Win

Saturday, April 16

Denver, Colo.

1:30 p.m. MT

University of Denver

Illinois State

Photo by: Jamie Schwaberow/Clarkson Creative Photography

4/16/2022 5:36:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

The Pioneers defeated Illinois State 6-1 on Saturday at the Denver Tennis Park

By: Niko Blankenship

DENVER – The [65] University of Denver men's tennis team won its 20^th-straight Summit League regular season match to cap a perfect 2022 league regular season with a 6-1 victory over Illinois State on Saturday afternoon at the Denver Tennis Park. Prior to the match, the Pioneers honored their four seniors.

Doubles:
The Pioneers took the doubles point with wins on courts one and two. Charlie Miller and Daniel Krulig won 6-0 on the second court to get things started for Denver. James Davis and Matt Summers wrapped up the point on the top court with a 6-4 win. Summers and Davis are now 12-3 together this season, entering the postseason on a seven-match winning streak.

Singles:
Denver earned its singles points on courts 2-5 in the three-point victory. Davis dropped down to the No. 2 spot in the singles lineup on Saturday, and cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory. The Denver grad student is now 11-5 in singles play.

Summers won his 10^th-straight singles match on court three on Saturday to improve to 16-4 on the year, taking his match 7-5, 6-4.

Peter Sallay dropped just a game in his straight-set victory, taking it 6-1, 6-0, improving to 10-8 on the year.

Daniel Krulig went to 9-6 on the year, winning his third-set tiebreaker 10-7 after winning the opening set in a tiebreaker before dropping the second.

UP NEXT: Denver and Illinois State will open the Summit League Tournament against each other again in the semifinal on Friday at 2 p.m. MT in Omaha at the Koch Family Tennis Center

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