LOS ANGELES – The University of Denver men's tennis team won eight of its nine matches on the second day of the LMU Invitational on Saturday.
 
Denver opened the day with doubles against Utah and claimed two of the three matches. The team of Theo Coats and Connor Robb-Wilcox stayed hot on the season so far with a 6-4 win, and Tom Noltorp and Raffaello Papajcik lost one fewer game in their win.
 
To close the day, the Pioneers swept all six singles matches against UC Irvine including five in straight sets. The day's best result came from Robb-Wilcox, who lost just a single game. Noltorp joined Robb-Wilcox with a bagel and only dropped three games in total. Papajcik got back in the singles win column with match 6-2 sets while freshman Aaron Beduhn and senior Ryoma Mishiro had similar scorelines featuring 6-2 first sets followed by late wins in the second set.
 
Coats secured the sweep in come-from-behind fashion, responding to losing the first set with a tight 7-5 win in the second set. A late break in the third set gave him the win.
 
The LMU Invite concludes on Sunday with DU against Utah in singles, beginning at 9 a.m. PT/10 a.m. MT, followed by doubles against LMU.
 
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Doubles
Coats/Robb-Wilcox (DU) def. Potter/Relic (Utah): 6-4
Noltorp/Papajcik (DU) def. Deem/Frey (Utah): 6-3
Messerli/Nothdurft (Utah) def. Beduhn/Mishiro (DU): 6-4
 
Singles
Theo Coats (DU) def. Sohrob Amiryavari (UCI): 4-6 7-5 6-3
Raffaello Papajcik (DU) def. Ruining Huang (UCI): 6-2 6-2
Tom Noltorp (DU) def. Mason Bui (UCI): 6-0 6-3
Connor Robb-Wilcox (DU) def. Greg Gamal (UCI): 6-1 6-0
Aaron Beduhn (DU) def. Nathaniel Suh (UCI): 6-2 7-6
Ryoma Mishiro (DU) def. Alex Guajardo (UCI): 6-2 7-5