The University of Denver women's tennis team competed in their first tournament of 2016 this past weekend at the Long Beach Invitational in Long Beach, Calif. The Lady Pioneers competed against Long Beach State University, Cal State Northridge and the University of Oregon during the three-day event.

On Saturday, Denver won the doubles point over #40 Long Beach State. Seniors Evy Van Genechten (Antwerp, Belgium)/Charlotte Derbyshire (Stockton, England) won at #3 doubles 6-4 and #44 Maureen Slattery(Newport, Va.)/Julia O'Loughlin (Highland Beach, Fla.) won at the #1 doubles spot 6-4 to clinch the point for Denver.

DU faced #62 Oregon in singles, where Bianca Mok (Boise, Idaho) won her match at the #3 spot over Oregon's Nia Rose 7-6 7-5.

O'Loughlin at #1 singles, Slattery at #2 singles, and Mok at #3 singles were all successful on Sunday against #75 CSUN. With these wins, the Denver Pioneers defeated #75 CSUN in the overall hidden dual format 4-3 and won the doubles point against #75 CSUN and #40 Long Beach State. Mok went 2-1 in singles action.

"This event was a great way to get some ranked 'scrimmage' dual matches in before our first competition date against Memphis this Friday," head coach Christian Thompson said. "Overall, our doubles was impressive all weekend and winning a scrimmage dual match against #75 CSUN should give us some confidence heading into this weekend."

Friday, Jan. 15

Singles
Maeva Razakasoa (LBSU) def. Julia O'Loughlin 6-3, 6-3
Ebba Unden (LBSU) def. Maureen Slattery 6-1, 6-2
Julie Gerard (LBSU) def. Bianca Mok 6-3, 7-6 (1)
Hayley Thompson (LBSU) def. Charlotte Derbyshire 6-2, 6-3
Laura Eales (LBSU) def. Evy Van Genechten 6-4, 6-2
Georgie Sanders (LBSU) def. Morgan Barnhill 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
Bianca Mok/Morgan Barnhill def. Vivian Lin/Skyla Alcon (CSUN) 6-1
Evy Van Genechten/Charlotte Derbyshire def. Ki Kim/Mari Taslagyan 6-4
Mickey Hsu/Kristin Poei (CSUN) def. Julia O'Loughlin/Maureen Slattery 6-2.

Saturday, Jan. 16

Singles
Bianca Mok def. Nia Rose (Oregon) 7-6 (4), 7-5
Kennan Johnson (Oregon) def. Julia O'Loughlin 6-1, 6-1
Alyssa Tobita (Oregon) def. Maureen Slattery 6-3, 6-4
Shweta Sangwan (Oregon) def. Charlotte Derbyshire 6-2, 6-1
Christi Woodson (Oregon) def. Evy Van Genechten 6-2, 6-4
Marlou Kluiving (Oregon) def. Morgan Barnhill 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
Julia O'Loughlin/Maureen Slattery def. Maeva Razakasoa/Julie Gerard (LBSU) 6-4
Evy Van Genechten/Charlotte Derbyshire def. Ebba Unden/Georgie Sanders 6-4
Hayley Thompson/Laura Eales def. Bianca Mok/Morgan Barnhill 6-3

Sunday, Jan. 17

Singles
Julia O'Loughlin def. Mickey Hsu (CSUN) 1-6, 6-4, 6-0
Maureen Slattery def. Vivian Lin (CSUN) 6-0, 6-2
Bianca Mok def. Skyla Alcon (CSUN) 6-0. 6-1
Kiryang Kim (CSUN) def. Charlotte Derbyshire 7-5, 6-1
Kristin Poei (CSUN) def. Evy Van Genechten 6-4, 6-1
Mari Taslagyan (CSUN) def. Morgan Barnhill 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
Nia Rose/Alyssa Tobita (Oregon) def. Julia O'Loughlin/Maureen Slattery 6-3
Kennan Johnson/Christi Woodson (Oregon) def. Bianca Mok/Morgan Barnhill 6-2
Marlou Kluiving/Sweta Sangwan (Oregon) def. Evy Van Genechten/Charlotte Derbyshire 6-2

The Pioneers will travel to Tennessee this upcoming weekend to compete against Memphis on Friday, followed by the three-day ITA Kickoff event in Nashville, Tenn. from Jan. 23-25.