DENVER – The University of Denver men's tennis team starts its 2025 Summit League schedule with two road matches at Illinois State and at Oral Roberts on March 28-30.
 
DU begins the weekend at Illinois State on Friday, March 28, at 9:30 a.m. CT/8:30 a.m. MT before making the trip to Oral Roberts on Sunday, March 30, at 9 a.m. CT/8 a.m. MT.
 
LAST TIME OUT:
Denver is coming off its second bye in the last three weeks. In between the two bye weekends, DU earned a 6-1 win over Idaho State at home on Friday, March 14. After securing late breaks in the top two doubles matches, DU claimed a 1-0 lead to start the match before going up 3-0 with straight-sets wins at Nos. 1 and 6 singles. ISU got on the board with a win in three sets at No. 2, but freshman Samuel Rovai clinched the dual for Denver at No. 4 singles, coming back from a set down to win it in three. DU would go on to win the final two singles matches as well.
 
In helping DU win the doubles point against Idaho State, senior Rikuto Yamaguchi and graduate student Connor Robb-Wilcox were together named the Summit League Doubles Peak Team of the Week the following Tuesday, their first weekly Summit League awards of their careers.
 
SERIES HISTORY:
Illinois State: Denver and Illinois State have played 10 times previously with DU going 8-2 with all eight wins coming in the last eight meetings. DU closed its 2024 regular season with a 7-0 sweep of the Redbirds at home to win its fifth straight Summit League regular season title. Denver's last trip to ISU was April 9, 2023, and a 6-1 win for the Pioneers.
 
Oral Roberts: DU is 14-0 against ORU including 7-0 sweeps in each of the last three matches – two at home including their most recent meeting on April 12. Denver made the trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, last on April 7, 2023, in the second of those three 7-0 wins for DU.
 
Up Next:
The University of Denver men's tennis team returns home for its final three home matches of the 2025 regular season, hosting its third consecutive Summit League match on Friday, April 4, against Omaha before playing its final non-conference match on Sunday, April 6, against New Mexico.
 
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