DENVER – The University of Denver women's tennis team (5-2, 0-0 Summit) will play three duals in two days when it takes part in the Red Blue Invite, hosted by the University of Arizona, on February 21-22.
DU is set to take on its fourth and fifth teams from the Big 12 Conference in Arizona and Arizona State while playing against another from the Big Ten Conference in Oregon during the weekend.
RED BLUE INVITE SCHEDULE:
Friday, February 20
12 p.m. MT – Denver vs. Arizona
4 p.m. MT – Denver vs. Oregon (doubles only)
Saturday, February 21
8 a.m. MT – Denver vs. Oregon (singles only)
12:30 p.m. MT – Denver vs. Arizona State
LAST TIME OUT:
Denver hit the road for the first time in 2026, making trips to BYU and Utah on February 14-15. DU won the doubles point in both duals and put up a fight in singles, but ultimately came up short in both matches, falling at BYU, 2-4, and at Utah, 1-4.
DU players still swept the Summit League weekly awards based on their performances in the two duals. Senior
Louise Wikander was named the Peak Performer of the Week for a second time in 2026 after winning in three sets at No. 1 singles against BYU. Senior
Zoe Adkins and sophomore
Natálie Cinková collected their second Doubles Peak Team of the Week nod in as many weeks following their two-win weekend, setting DU up to win the doubles point against both BYU and Utah.
SERIES HISTORY:
Arizona: This will be the fifth meeting between Denver and Arizona with the team splitting the first four results. They last met at Arizona on April 6, 2019, in a narrow 4-3 win for the host Wildcats. DU won back-to-back meetings by matching 5-2 scores prior to that, most recently on March 31, 2017.
Oregon: DU sits at 3-4 against Oregon but own a win in the most recent meeting: a 4-3 victory at Oregon on February 11, 2024. Twice, the teams have met in neutral-site matches, and both duals saw Denver earn the win including a 4-0 sweep on January 26, 2019, in Malibu, California.
Arizona State: Denver and Arizona State have only met twice previously with the Sundevils earning both wins, though the teams' most recent meeting came down to the wire in a 4-3 ASU win at home on April 7, 2019. DU and ASU have never played at a neutral site.
Up Next:
The University of Denver women's tennis team stays on the road for one more week, beginning with its Summit League opener at St. Thomas on Saturday, February 28, and then taking on Minnesota on Sunday, March 1.
