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DU Women’s Tennis Wraps Up Play at Husker Invitational
9/27/2026 1:40:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Doubles duo of Jurkowska/Mavor pick up tiebreak win on final day of first fall tournament
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The University of Denver women's tennis team ended its first weekend of fall play at the 2026 Husker Invitational, hosted by the University of Nebraska, on Sunday.
Denver's two transfer student-athletes – fifth-year Paulina Jurkowska and junior Sofia Mavor – grabbed a win in doubles after a competitive set that needed an extended tiebreak to determine a winner. The Pioneers came out on top in the breaker, 8-6.
Sophomore Yunfei Cai and freshman Frankie Tye also found themselves in a hard-fought doubles match but ultimately came up short, 6-8.
For the weekend, Denver's student-athletes finished:
Cai: 0-3 singles, 1-2 doubles
Daugherty: 2-1 singles, 0-3 doubles
Jaiani: 0-3 singles, 0-3 doubles
Jurkowska: 2-1 singles, 1-2 doubles
Mavor: 1-2 singles, 1-2 doubles
Nguyen: 1-2 singles, 0-3 doubles
Tye: 0-3 singles, 1-2 doubles
The University of Denver women's tennis team resumes its fall season next at the 2026 ITA Mountain Regional Championships, hosted by BYU, on October 13-17 where automatic berths to the NCAA Division I Singles & Doubles Championships are on the line in both singles and doubles.
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Doubles
Ozgun/Rizzetto (Wichita State/Nebraska) def. Cai/Tye: 8-6
Cho/McCarty (Kansas) def. Daugherty/Hansen: 8-5
Day/Vargas (Iowa State) def. Jaiani/Nguyen: 8-3
Jurkowska/Mavor def. De Silva/Vysochenko (Wichita State): 8-7(6)
Singles
Nahyeong Cho (Kansas) def. Yunfei Cai: 6-0 6-3
Neda Rahimkhani (Nebraska) def. Caroline Daugherty: 6-1 6-1
Millie Skelton (Missouri) def. Ruby Hansen: 6-1 6-2
Dinara De Silva (Wichita State) def. Natali Jaiani: 6-1 ret.
Katie Spencer (Nebraska) def. Paulina Jurkowska: 6-4 6-1
Hyejeong Ahn (Kansas) def. Sofia Mavor: 6-4 6-1
Caroline Manzi (Kansas) def. Remy Nguyen: 6-4 6-1
Emma Rizzetto (Nebraska) def. Frankie Tye: 6-2 6-0
Denver's two transfer student-athletes – fifth-year Paulina Jurkowska and junior Sofia Mavor – grabbed a win in doubles after a competitive set that needed an extended tiebreak to determine a winner. The Pioneers came out on top in the breaker, 8-6.
Sophomore Yunfei Cai and freshman Frankie Tye also found themselves in a hard-fought doubles match but ultimately came up short, 6-8.
For the weekend, Denver's student-athletes finished:
Cai: 0-3 singles, 1-2 doubles
Daugherty: 2-1 singles, 0-3 doubles
Jaiani: 0-3 singles, 0-3 doubles
Jurkowska: 2-1 singles, 1-2 doubles
Mavor: 1-2 singles, 1-2 doubles
Nguyen: 1-2 singles, 0-3 doubles
Tye: 0-3 singles, 1-2 doubles
The University of Denver women's tennis team resumes its fall season next at the 2026 ITA Mountain Regional Championships, hosted by BYU, on October 13-17 where automatic berths to the NCAA Division I Singles & Doubles Championships are on the line in both singles and doubles.
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Doubles
Ozgun/Rizzetto (Wichita State/Nebraska) def. Cai/Tye: 8-6
Cho/McCarty (Kansas) def. Daugherty/Hansen: 8-5
Day/Vargas (Iowa State) def. Jaiani/Nguyen: 8-3
Jurkowska/Mavor def. De Silva/Vysochenko (Wichita State): 8-7(6)
Singles
Nahyeong Cho (Kansas) def. Yunfei Cai: 6-0 6-3
Neda Rahimkhani (Nebraska) def. Caroline Daugherty: 6-1 6-1
Millie Skelton (Missouri) def. Ruby Hansen: 6-1 6-2
Dinara De Silva (Wichita State) def. Natali Jaiani: 6-1 ret.
Katie Spencer (Nebraska) def. Paulina Jurkowska: 6-4 6-1
Hyejeong Ahn (Kansas) def. Sofia Mavor: 6-4 6-1
Caroline Manzi (Kansas) def. Remy Nguyen: 6-4 6-1
Emma Rizzetto (Nebraska) def. Frankie Tye: 6-2 6-0
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