DENVER – The No. 71-ranked University of Denver men's tennis team (16-5, 5-0 Summit) is set for the 2026 Summit League Men's Tennis Championship at the Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Denver, as the league regular-season champion, is the No. 1 seed. Joining DU in the field are No. 2 North Dakota, No. 3 Oral Roberts and No. 4 Illinois State. No. 1 Denver will open the tournament against No. 4 Illinois State in the semifinals on Friday, April 24, at 3 p.m. CT/2 p.m. MT.
DU is seeking a three-peat in what will be its final Summit League Championship appearance after announcing that Denver will join the West Coast Conference beginning on July 1. Denver has won the Summit League tournament title eight times previously including in each of the last two seasons.
Tournament Schedule:
Men's Semifinal I (No. 1 Denver vs. No. 4 Illinois State): Friday, April 24, at 3 p.m. CT/2 p.m. MT
Men's Semifinal II (No. 2 North Dakota vs. No. 3 Oral Roberts): Friday, April 24, at 6 p.m. CT/5 p.m. MT
Men's Final: Saturday, April 25, at 1 p.m. CT/12 p.m. MT
Denver's History Against the Field:
North Dakota: Denver swept North Dakota, 7-0, in the teams' regular-season meeting for 2026, hosted in Denver two weeks ago, moving DU to 10-0 against UND head-to-head. Denver and North Dakota have met three times previously in the Summit League tournament including in each of the last two, most recently with DU earning a 4-0 win in the 2025 championship match.
Oral Roberts: Denver moved to 16-0 against Oral Roberts with its 7-0 sweep of the Golden Eagles at home in for their regular-season dual this season at the start of April. Should the teams both advance to the final, it would be the fourth time playing against one another in the Summit League tournament and the first since the 2019 semifinals.
Illinois State: Denver owns an 11-2 record against Illinois State including a 6-1 win at home in the teams' 2026 regular-season meeting just three weeks ago. DU and ISU also met in the Summit League semifinals last season with Denver posting a 5-0 sweep to advance to the final. This will be their third time meeting in the Summit League tournament, all coming in the semifinals since 2022.
