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Denver Women’s Tennis Posts Seven Wins to Begin Husky Invite
10/4/2024 6:06:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Pioneers sweep doubles matches against Seattle, add four singles wins against WSU
Denver Women's Tennis Posts Seven Wins to Begin Husky Invite
Pioneers sweep doubles matches against Seattle, add four singles wins against WSU
SEATTLE – The University of Denver women's tennis team logged seven total wins on the first day of the Husky Invitational, hosted by the University of Washington, on Friday.
DU won each of its doubles matches against Seattle and only dropped four games across the three contests.
Four Pioneers earned singles wins over opponents from Washington State with three of them losing six or fewer games in total. Junior Marley Lambert captured a bagel in her first set before closing the second, 6-4. Freshman Natálie Cinková nearly matched Lambert's scoreline, losing just one more game in the first set. Junior Hana Bečirovič Novak posted matching 6-3 sets in her win.
Senior Andrea Burguete Beltran was up a set when her opponent retired in the second set. Junior Claudia Martinez de Velasco came back from a set down to force a 10-point tiebreak to decide the match but lost the breaker while fellow junior Louise Wikander dropped her match in straight sets.
The Husky Invitational continues on Saturday, October 5, with Denver taking on Seattle in doubles at 12 p.m. PT/1 p.m. MT, and Iowa and Washington in singles beginning at 1 p.m. PT/2 p.m. MT.
FRIDAY'S DOUBLES RESULTS vs. SEATTLE
Burguete Beltran/Lambert def. Audic/Nazarenko: 6-1
Bečirovič Novak/Wikander def. Dimora/Teremura: 6-2
Cinková/Martinez de Velasco def. Tavcar/Yazadzhiev: 6-1
FRIDAY'S SINGLES RESULTS vs. WASHINGTON STATE
Hana Bečirovič Novak def. Madhu Satishbabu: 6-3 6-3
Andrea Burguete Beltran def. Yura Nakagawa: 6-3 3-5 (ret)
Natálie Cinková def. Martina Markov: 6-1 6-4
Marley Lambert def. Hania Abouelsaad: 6-0 6-4
Martina Puvill def. Claudia Martinez de Velasco: 7-5 4-6 [10-5]
Elyse Tse def. Louise Wikander: 6-2 6-1
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Pioneers sweep doubles matches against Seattle, add four singles wins against WSU
SEATTLE – The University of Denver women's tennis team logged seven total wins on the first day of the Husky Invitational, hosted by the University of Washington, on Friday.
DU won each of its doubles matches against Seattle and only dropped four games across the three contests.
Four Pioneers earned singles wins over opponents from Washington State with three of them losing six or fewer games in total. Junior Marley Lambert captured a bagel in her first set before closing the second, 6-4. Freshman Natálie Cinková nearly matched Lambert's scoreline, losing just one more game in the first set. Junior Hana Bečirovič Novak posted matching 6-3 sets in her win.
Senior Andrea Burguete Beltran was up a set when her opponent retired in the second set. Junior Claudia Martinez de Velasco came back from a set down to force a 10-point tiebreak to decide the match but lost the breaker while fellow junior Louise Wikander dropped her match in straight sets.
The Husky Invitational continues on Saturday, October 5, with Denver taking on Seattle in doubles at 12 p.m. PT/1 p.m. MT, and Iowa and Washington in singles beginning at 1 p.m. PT/2 p.m. MT.
FRIDAY'S DOUBLES RESULTS vs. SEATTLE
Burguete Beltran/Lambert def. Audic/Nazarenko: 6-1
Bečirovič Novak/Wikander def. Dimora/Teremura: 6-2
Cinková/Martinez de Velasco def. Tavcar/Yazadzhiev: 6-1
FRIDAY'S SINGLES RESULTS vs. WASHINGTON STATE
Hana Bečirovič Novak def. Madhu Satishbabu: 6-3 6-3
Andrea Burguete Beltran def. Yura Nakagawa: 6-3 3-5 (ret)
Natálie Cinková def. Martina Markov: 6-1 6-4
Marley Lambert def. Hania Abouelsaad: 6-0 6-4
Martina Puvill def. Claudia Martinez de Velasco: 7-5 4-6 [10-5]
Elyse Tse def. Louise Wikander: 6-2 6-1
Denver's Home for College Sports
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
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