DENVER – The University of Denver women's tennis team combined for five wins with action in two tournaments once again on Saturday.
 
In San Diego at the ITA Conference Masters Championships, seniors Marley Lambert and Louise Wikander were looking for a spot in the consolation doubles final against another team from the state of Colorado in CU's Alexin/van der Werff.
 
After dropping the opening set, Lambert/Wikander responded with a dominant second set. They broke in the set's opening game and never looked back, leading all the way through to a 6-1 win to force a third-set match tiebreak. The breaker proved to be competitive and tight all the way through with both teams holding a match point but seeing the Buffs come out on top, 11-9.
 
At Baylor's H-E-B Invitational, two Pioneers booked spots in their respective singles finals while two more will play in third-place matches. In the all-Denver semifinal of the Yellow Draw, redshirt freshman Remy Nguyen defeated classmate Natali Jaiani in two sets, sending Nguyen to the draw's final and Jaiani to the third-place match.
 
Freshman Ruby Hansen started her semifinal in the Pink Draw with a bagel and sealed the win in the second set to move onto that draw's final as well. Senior Claudia Martinez de Velasco played in the Orange Draw semifinal, falling in straight sets but earning her place in the third-place match on Sunday.
 
Fellow senior Zoe Adkins and sophomore Natálie Cinková both gathered wins in consolation matches, and each did so with a 10-7 match tiebreak victory. Cinková teamed with Martinez de Velasco for another win on the day, doing so in doubles to start the morning.
 
The 2025 ITA Conference Masters Championships continues on Saturday with the singles and doubles semifinals, plus consolation matches. The H-E-B Invitational at Baylor will conclude on Sunday with the singles and doubles finals, beginning at 9 a.m. CT/8 a.m. MT.
 
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
ITA CONFERENCE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
C-Semifinal: Alexin/van der Werff (Colorado) def. Lambert/Wikander: 6-3 1-6 [11-9]

H-E-B INVITATIONAL
Doubles
Quarterfinal: [1] Maguina Bunikowska/Schwartzman (Rice) def. Hansen/Nguyen: 6-2
Consolation: Castaneda Guerrero/Giardina (UTSA) def. Adkins/Bečirovič Novak: 6-3
Consolation: Cinková/Martinez de Velasco def. Absawi/Nagasawa (UTSA): 6-3
Consolation: Bakhtina/Urraco (UTRGV) def. Jaiani/Jacob (Kansas): 7-5

Singles
Semifinal (Orange Draw): Daniela Chica (Rice) def. Claudia Martinez de Velasco: 6-1 7-6(6)
Semifinal (Yellow Draw): Remy Nguyen def. Natali Jaiani: 6-3 6-2
Semifinal (Pink Draw): Ruby Hansen def. Celine Absawi (UTSA): 6-0 6-4
Consolation (Blue Draw): Zoe Adkins def. Julia Camblor (Iowa State): 6-3 2-6 [10-7]
Consolation (Red Draw): Natálie Cinková def. Suzanie Pretorious (Iowa State): 0-6 7-6(4) [10-7]
Consolation (Purple Draw): Diana Smolinska (Kansas State) def. Hana Bečirovič Novak: 7-6(4) 6-2
 
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SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE
H-E-B INVITATIONAL
Doubles
TBA

Singles
Final (Yellow Draw): Remy Nguyen vs. Luna Buitenhuijs (UTRGV)
Final (Pink Draw): Ruby Hansen vs. Mariia Bakhtina (UTRGV)
Third-Place Match (Orange Draw): Claudia Martinez de Velasco vs. Laia Tarazona Peyro (UTSA)
Third-Place Match (Orange Draw): Natali Jaiani vs. Gabriella Kellner (Iowa State)
Consolation (Blue Draw): Zoe Adkins vs. Ariel Madatali (Illinois)
Consolation (Red Draw): Natálie Cinková vs. Yaiza Vazquez (UTRGV)
Consolation (Purple Draw): Hana Bečirovič Novak vs. Madeleine Joffe (UTRGV)