Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

University of Denver Athletics

19 OCT 2022: Photograph the University of Denver Men’s and Women’s Tennis teams at Denver Tennis Park in Denver, Colorado. (Jamie Schwaberow/Clarkson Creative Photography)
Jamie Schwaberow/Clarkson Creative Photography

Women's Tennis

No. 39 DU Women’s Tennis Adds Two Sweeps on Sunday

Denver tops St. Thomas 7-0 at home, Air Force 5-0 on the road

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 DENVER – The No. 39-ranked University of Denver women's tennis team (9-2, 2-0 Summit League) completed its three-match weekend with two more sweeps on Sunday.
 
DU opened the day with a 7-0 win over Summit League opponent St. Thomas at Denver Tennis Park before adding a 5-0 win over Air Force in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
 
Denver swept all three of its matches over the weekend. When including its Wednesday, March 1, match against Wyoming, DU has dropped just a single point in its four matches this week.
 
St. Thomas Recap:
Denver opened up the day by capturing the doubles point, beginning with its first bagel in doubles this season, earned by its No. 1 team of fifth-year student Taylor Melville and senior Britt Pursell. In the No. 3 spot, freshmen Anastasia Simonov and Caroline Driscoll clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win. Freshman Claudia Martinez de Velasco and sophomore Andrea Burguete Beltran were up 4-3 in No. 2 doubles when the match was left unfinished.
 
For the second match in a row, all six of Denver's singles players won in straight sets with freshman Louise Wikander dropping only a single game in her first appearance in the No. 3 spot – and marking the second-straight match she won with only one game lost.
 
Driscoll followed close behind, losing just three games and starting with a 6-1 first-set win. Fellow freshman Simonov and senior Pursell also added 6-1 win in their matches, Simonov in the first set in No. 6 singles and Pursell in the second set in No. 2 singles.
 
Martinez de Velasco collected a 6-3 6-2 win while Burguete Beltran won 6-3 6-4 in the first No. 1 singles appearance of her career.
 
Air Force Recap:
As was the case in its first match of the day, DU finished with 6-1 wins in its completed double matches to win the point. The No. 1 team of Pursell/Melville and the No. 3 team of Driscoll/Wikander each lost just the one point in their matches to give DU the early 1-0 lead.
 
In singles, Burguete Beltran's fifth-consecutive win in singles was also a fifth-straight win in two sets, going 6-4 6-3 in No. 2 singles.
 
Wikander extended her winning streak to six, adding a bagel for her fourth-straight match and finishing it out with a 7-5 second set.
 
Melville returned to the No. 1 singles spot after resting during the match against St. Thomas and won in straight sets, 6-2 7-5.
 
Pursell had the final completed match of the evening, opening it up with a bagel before dropping the second set in a tiebreak. She rebounded with two breaks in the third set before serving it out, 6-2.

Up Next:
No. 39 Denver travels to Massachusetts for two matches, visiting Harvard on Saturday, March 11, before facing off against Boston on Sunday, March 12.
 
Visit DenverPioneers.com for complete coverage of all 18 of DU's NCAA Division I sports
Like Denver Pioneers and Denver Women's Tennis on Facebook
Follow @DU_Pioneers and @DU_WTennis on Twitter
Follow @DenverPioneers and @DU_WTennis on Instagram
Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Andrea Burguete  Beltran

Andrea Burguete Beltran

6' 1"
Sophomore
Taylor Melville

Taylor Melville

5' 6"
Fifth Year
Britt Pursell

Britt Pursell

5' 4"
Senior
Louise  Wikander

Louise Wikander

5' 6"
Freshman
Caroline  Driscoll

Caroline Driscoll

5' 5"
Freshman
Claudia  Martinez de Velasco

Claudia Martinez de Velasco

5' 7"
Freshman
Anastasia Simonov

Anastasia Simonov

5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Andrea Burguete  Beltran

Andrea Burguete Beltran

6' 1"
Sophomore
Taylor Melville

Taylor Melville

5' 6"
Fifth Year
Britt Pursell

Britt Pursell

5' 4"
Senior
Louise  Wikander

Louise Wikander

5' 6"
Freshman
Caroline  Driscoll

Caroline Driscoll

5' 5"
Freshman
Claudia  Martinez de Velasco

Claudia Martinez de Velasco

5' 7"
Freshman
Anastasia Simonov

Anastasia Simonov

5' 9"
Freshman