[73] Denver Wins Ninth-Straight Regular Season Title

Saturday, April 16

Tulsa, Okla.

11 a.m. MT

University of Denver

Oral Roberts

11 OCT 2021: The Denver Pioneers men’s and women’s tennis teams at Denver Tennis Park in Denver, CO. (C. Morgan Engel/Clarkson Creative Photography)

4/16/2022 6:04:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

The Pioneers take their eighth of eight possible Summit League regular season titles, after winning the WAC title in 2013, with 6-1 win at Oral Roberts

By: Niko Blankenship

TULSA – The [73] University of Denver women's tennis team (12-8, 7-0) won its ninth-straight regular season championship, including its eight in eight full seasons in the Summit League, capturing the title with a 6-1 win over Oral Roberts (12-9, 5-2) on Saturday afternoon at the Bernis Duke Tennis Center.

Doubles:
Denver's doubles point came from wins on courts one and three. Britt Pursell and Camille Verden-Anderson got things going with a 6-1 win on Denver's top court. Andrea Burguete Beltran and Tatum Burger won on court three, a 6-4 victory for the Pioneers tandem.

Pursell and Verden-Anderson improved to 12-6 on the campaign on Denver's top court, while Burguete Beltran and Burger went to 5-4 on the year.

Singles:
Oral Roberts lone point came on court one, but the Pioneers took the other five courts to close out the match.

Pursell was the first over the line with a routine 6-0, 6-1 win, improving to 13-6 on the year.

Verden-Anderson made it 3-0 Pioneers with her 11^th win of 2022, a 6-2, 6-2 straight-set victory.

Taylor Melville was the third singles match to finish, a 6-2, 7-5 win for the Pioneers to get the Denver No. 2 court player back above .500 at 8-7.

Burger improved to 9-3 in singles play this season with a 6-2, 6-2 win on court six and Burguete Beltran went to 11-4 in her rookie season in singles play with a 7-6 (9), 5-7, 1-0 (10-3) win on court five.

Up Next:
Denver will await the conclusion of the other matches around the league to find out its opponent in Friday's Summit League Semifinal. First serve in Denver's semifinal is set for 8 a.m. MT.

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