COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of Denver women's tennis team began its fall season at the Bedford Cup in the Mountains, hosted by the Air Force Academy, with a 7-1 record in singles and added three total wins in doubles on Thursday.
Two Denver doubles teams advanced to the round of 16 in the Blue (main) draw: No. 3-seeded team of junior
Andrea Burguete Beltran and graduate student
Britt Pursell; and the No. 5-seeded team of sophomores
Caroline Driscoll and
Louise Wikander. Beltran/Pursell advanced to Friday's quarterfinals while Driscoll/Wikander fell in their second match of the day.
In singles, No. 2-seed Pursell and No. 3-seed Beltran each used straight-sets wins to advance to the Alpha (main) draw. Five more Pioneers collected singles wins across their respective draws – four in straight sets while sophomore
Anastasia Simonov won a third-set tiebreak in the only DU singles match to go the distance.
The Bedford Cup continues on Friday with the doubles quarterfinals starting at 9:00 a.m., followed by the singles quarterfinals at approximately 10:00 a.m.
DOUBLES RESULTS
BLUE DRAW
Round of 32: Voeks/Avelar (Colorado State) def.
[1] Martinez de Velasco/Otis: 8-7(3)
Round of 32:
[3] Beltran/Pursell def. Ozturk/Kukreti (Utah State): 8-5
Round of 32:
[5] Driscoll/Wikander def. Buzkova/Weekley (Colorado State): 8-2
Round of 32: Le/Odom (Air Force) def.
Simonov/Evans: 8-3
Round of 16:
[3] Beltran/Pursell def. Pope/Tullis (BYU): 8-3
Round of 16: Garcia-Reboredo/McCarty (Montana State) def.
[5] Driscoll/Wikander: 8-5
SINGLES RESULTS
ALPHA DRAW
Round of 16:
[2] Britt Pursell def. Zeyney Ozturk (Utah State): 6-1 7-6(4)
Round of 16:
[3] Andrea Burguete Beltran def. Sarah Alice O'Connor (New Mexico): 6-4 6-1
BRAVO DRAW
Round of 16:
Alice Otis def. Lola O'Lideadha (Idaho State): 6-4 6-0
CHARLIE DRAW
Round of 16: Victoria Erechtchenko (Colorado State) def.
[1] Louise Wikander: 6-3 6-2
Round of 16:
[2] Caroline Driscoll def. Stefanya Shalakhova (Idaho State): 6-1 6-1
DELTA DRAW
Round of 16:
[1] Claudia Martinez de Velasco def. Laura Eugenio de Hilario (Utah State): 6-2 6-2
ECHO DRAW
Round of 16:
[3] Anastasia Simonov def. Logan Voeks (Colorado State): 1-6 6-4 7-6(3)
Round of 32:
Karsyn Evans def. Maile Brilhante (Utah State): 7-5 6-2
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FRIDAY'S DOUBLES SCHEDULE
BLUE DRAW
Quarterfinal:
[3] Beltran/Pursell vs. [6] Borodina/Zehender (Wyoming)
Consolation Match:
[1] Martinez de Velasco/Otis vs. Brink/Malinak (Wyoming)
Consolation Match:
[5] Driscoll/Wikander vs. Kung/Tapia-Cruz (Utah State)
Consolation Match:
Simonov/Evans vs. Lang Gould/Mikkelson (Idaho State)
FRIDAY'S SINGLES SCHEDULE
ALPHA DRAW
Quarterfinal:
[2] Britt Pursell vs. Paula Dougherty (Montana State)
Quarterfinal:
[3] Andrea Burguete Beltran vs. Annabel Davis (Idaho)
BRAVO DRAW
Quarterfinal:
Alice Otis vs. [4] Meg McCarty (Montana State)
CHARLIE DRAW
Quarterfinal:
[2] Caroline Driscoll vs. Maud Vandeputte (New Mexico)
Consolation Match:
[1] Louise Wikander vs. Jeselle Ante (Wyoming)
DELTA DRAW
Quarterfinal:
[1] Claudia Martinez de Velasco vs. Rachelle Starreveld (Idaho)
ECHO DRAW
Round of 16:
[3] Anastasia Simonov vs. Jade Brilhante (Utah State)
Round of 32:
Karsyn Evans vs. [2] Luana Avelar (Colorado State)
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