ATLANTA – The University of Denver men's tennis team opened the inaugural Universal Tennis National Invitational Tennis Championship with a 4-0 win over The Citadel in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
 
Following a weather delay, the No. 2-seeded Denver dominated play over No. 7-seeded The Citadel to advance to Friday's semifinals.
 
DENVER VS. THE CITADEL – UTR NIT Quarterfinal
DOUBLES RESULTS
Peter Sallay/Raffaello Papajcik (DU) def. Hayden Shoemake/Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT): 6-1
Daniel Sancho Arbizu/Nicolas Herrero Cuesta (DU) def. Lucas Robins/Ted Bagwell (CIT): 6-0
Charlie Miller/Relja Eskic (DU) vs. Bradley Minnich/Tucker Hendrix (CIT): 3-4 (unfinished)
 
SINGLES RESULTS
Nicolas Herrero Cuesta (DU) def. Hayden Shoemake (CIT): 6-3 6-1
Daniel Sancho Arbizu (DU) def. Sebastian Kamienieck (CIT): 6-1 6-0
Peter Sallay (DU) def. Lucas Robins (CIT): 6-3 6-4
Charlie Miller (DU) vs. Ted Bagwell (CIT): score unknown (unfinished)
Raffaello Papajcik (DU) vs. Bradley Minnich (CIT): 6-1 (unfinished)
Relja Eskic (DU) vs. Will Bush (CIT): 2-1 (unfinished)
 
Next Up:
The University of Denver men's tennis team will face Liberty in the UTR NIT tournament semifinal on Friday, May 19, with play starting no earlier than 3 p.m. ET/1 p.m. MT.
 
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