DENVER – The University of Denver women's tennis team (4-2) captured a 5-2 victory over Brown at Denver Tennis Park on Sunday.
 
Doubles:
Brown took the doubles point after late breaks in the No. 1 and No. 3 matches. Denver's No. 2 team of freshman Claudia Martinez de Velasco and fifth-year student Taylor Melville traded breaks early in their match before break a second time to lead 3-1. The match was left unfinished with DU up 5-3.
 
Singles:
Denver clinched the match win after rattling off five straight singles victories, starting with freshman Louise Wikander in No. 4 singles. After a bagel in the first set, she found a quick 4-1 lead and an eventual 6-2 win in the second set.
 
Melville split the first two sets in No. 1 singles against Brown's Vivian Miller but earned two early breaks in the third, eventually serving for it at 5-1. Miller broke to stay in the match, but Melville answered with another break to take it, 6-2.
 
Sophomore Andrea Burguete Beltran battled hard through her first set in the No. 2 spot, trading breaks twice with Brown's Britany Lau before taking the set 8-6 in a tiebreak. Lau broke Burguete Beltran's first service game of the second set and was up 4-1 when Burguete Beltran broke in two consecutive return games and served it out, 6-4.
 
Senior Britt Pursell clinched the DU victory in three sets in the No. 3 match, marking her fifth-straight singles win. The first set held on serve all the way to a breaker, but Brown's Phoebe Peus edged out the win, 8-6. Pursell broke in the fourth game of the second set and won four consecutive games, eventually winning it, 6-1 – a score she would match in the third set as well.
 
In No. 5 singles, Martinez de Velasco captured another three-set win, coming back after dropping the first set, 3-6. She broke in the first game of the second set but was broken when serving for it at 5-3. She kept fighting, breaking for a 6-5 lead and holding to force the decider. She took an early break lead and held on for a 6-1 win after claiming five straight games.
 
Up Next:
DU continues its five-match home stand when it hosts Montana State at Denver Tennis Park on Friday, February 24, at 1 p.m. MT.
 
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