DENVER – The University of Denver women's tennis team (12-9, 6-0 Summit League) will take on the nation's No. 6 seed Oklahoma in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships on Friday, May 2, at 2 p.m. CT/1 p.m. MT.
Oklahoma will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament this weekend, starting with Friday's first round against Denver. The winner of the DU/OU match will play the winner of the other first-round match between No. 20 Oklahoma State and No. 40 Tulsa in Saturday's second round.
LAST TIME OUT:
Denver extended undefeated run in the Summit League tournament, winning its 11
th consecutive title with matching 4-0 sweeps of North Dakota and Omaha in the semifinals and final, respectively, on April 18-19. Since joining the Summit League in 2013-14, Denver has never lost to a Summit League opponent.
All six Denver student-athletes who have played this year earned All-Summit League Team honors including Summit League Newcomer of the Year
Marley Lambert. Her doubles partner, senior
Andrea Burguete Beltran, helped lead Denver's all-league honorees as well. For the fourth year in a row, head coach
Paul Wardlaw also captured Summit League Coach of the Year.
DENVER'S NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY:
This is the 11
th consecutive NCAA tournament appearance for Denver and its 14
th overall. Twice, DU has advanced to the second round, most recently in 2017 after earning a 4-2 upset victory over then-No. 25-ranked USC.
In 2024, Denver played No. 25-ranked Texas Tech at the UCLA-hosted regional and claimed a singles point off the Red Raiders but ultimately fell, 1-4. It marked the second straight year that Denver claimed a point in its first-round match after claiming the win in doubles against Oklahoma State in 2023.
Denver made its first NCAA Division I tournament appearance in 2004 and has qualified for the field 11 straight times dating back to 2014.
This is the first year of a two-year pilot program that separates the NCAA singles and doubles championships, which were held in the fall. Burguete Beltran advanced in singles and won her opening match in a straight-set upset win over the then-No. 31-ranked Oyinlomo Quadre from FIU, making Burguete Beltran just the fourth DU player to win a match in the NCAA singles draw. The Denver senior nearly appeared in the doubles field with Lambert as well after appearing in the ITA Mountain Regional final in October.
DENVER'S HISTORY AGAINST THE FIELD:
Oklahoma: This will be the first meeting between Denver and Oklahoma.
Oklahoma State: Four times, Denver and Oklahoma State have played previously with OSU claiming all four wins. They most recently played in the first round of the 2023 NCAA tournament hosted by Stanford with the Cowgirls earning a 4-1 win after DU rallied to take the double point.
Tulsa: Denver owns a 4-1 record against Tulsa including back-to-back wins in 2023 and 2024. They last played on April 5, 2024, in Tulsa with DU claiming a 4-3 win in a competitive dual. The teams have never met in the NCAA tournament, nor have they played in a neutral site match previously.
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