Sunday, January 22
Denver, Colorado
10:30 a.m. MT
University of Denver
3
vs
4
Rice
Photo by: Brittany Evans
DU Men’s Tennis Drops Heartbreaker to Rice
1/22/2023 4:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Denver falls 4-3 after third-set tiebreak in final singles match on Sunday
DENVER – The University of Denver men's tennis team lost to Rice 4-3 by the narrowest of margins on Sunday at Denver Tennis Park.
Both the doubles point and the deciding singles match came down to a final-set tiebreak with Rice edging out wins over Denver in both.
Doubles:
DU's No. 2 doubles team of junior Nicolas Herrero Cuesta and sophomore Daniel Sancho Arbizu won their second-straight match to begin the season, though the doubles point would go to Rice after the team of Zemel/Kapasi won an extended tiebreak 9-7 over DU juniors Charlie Miller/Peter Sallay.
Singles:
DU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in singles with straight-set wins from Sallay on Court 3 and Sancho Arbizu on Court 2. Herrero Cuesta added another point for Denver with a 6-2 win in the third set.
The match came down to the Court 4 matchup between Denver graduate student Conner Olsen and Rice's Emir Sandogan. Olsen rallied back after losing the first set with a late break in the second. The third set went to a tiebreak where Sandogan would win 7-4 to win the clinching point.
Up Next:
DU travels south to Northern Arizona on Saturday, January 28, before returning to Denver to host Air Force and Montana State on February 3 and February 5.
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Both the doubles point and the deciding singles match came down to a final-set tiebreak with Rice edging out wins over Denver in both.
Doubles:
DU's No. 2 doubles team of junior Nicolas Herrero Cuesta and sophomore Daniel Sancho Arbizu won their second-straight match to begin the season, though the doubles point would go to Rice after the team of Zemel/Kapasi won an extended tiebreak 9-7 over DU juniors Charlie Miller/Peter Sallay.
Singles:
DU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in singles with straight-set wins from Sallay on Court 3 and Sancho Arbizu on Court 2. Herrero Cuesta added another point for Denver with a 6-2 win in the third set.
The match came down to the Court 4 matchup between Denver graduate student Conner Olsen and Rice's Emir Sandogan. Olsen rallied back after losing the first set with a late break in the second. The third set went to a tiebreak where Sandogan would win 7-4 to win the clinching point.
Up Next:
DU travels south to Northern Arizona on Saturday, January 28, before returning to Denver to host Air Force and Montana State on February 3 and February 5.
Visit DenverPioneers.com for complete coverage of all 18 of DU's NCAA Division I sports
Like Denver Pioneers and Denver Men's Tennis on Facebook
Follow @DU_Pioneers and @DU_MTennis on Twitter
Follow @DenverPioneers and @DU_MTennis on Instagram
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
123
Yasha Zemel / 0 [RICE]
362
646
#2 Singles Match
12
Dylan Heap / 0 [RICE]
44
66
#3 Singles Match
12
Trinity Grear / 0 [RICE]
34
66
#4 Singles Match
123
Emir Sendogan / 0 [RICE]
277
656
#5 Singles Match
12
Kabeer Kapasi / 0 [RICE]
77
65
#6 Singles Match
123
Campbell Salmon / 0 [RICE]
636
462
Order of Finish:
3,2,5,1,6,4
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