Utah falls 4-0 to Denver

Friday, February 2

Denver, CO

5:00 PM

University of Utah

Denver

Utah Utes Vs. Weber State Wildcats at Eccles Tennis Center in Salt Lake City, UT on Saturday, January 20, 2024.
Jake Johanson/Utah Athletics

Photo by: Jake Johanson/Utah Athletics

2/2/2024 8:15 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

DENVER – The Utah men's tennis team took on Denver Friday evening and fell 4-0.

Denver got the early jump on Utah by claiming the doubles point. Utah's Jayson and Michael Blando finished with a 6-1 loss in doubles. Geronimo Espin Busleiman and Bruno Krenn battled in a 6-4 loss in the No. 1 spot to give the Pioneers the doubles point.

Dylan Applegate and Geremia Rossi were up 5-4 in the No. 3 spot when the match went unfinished.

In singles action, Applegate was the first to finish and fell to Marvin Schaber 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 3 spot. Bruno Krenn was next to finish in the No. 1 spot and fell 6-4, 6-0 to Nicolas Cuesta.

Denver was up 3-0 in the overall match when the Pioneers were able to clinch in the No .2 spot where Jayson Blando fell 6-2, 6-2 to Daniel Snacho Arbizu.

Gianluca Citadini dropped his first set 6-3 to Rikuto Yamaguchi in the No. 4 spot. Citadini won 7-5 in the second set but the third set went unfinished. In the No. 5 spot, Michael Blando's match went unfinished after dropping the first set 7-5 and was up in the second set 3-2. Geremia Rossi also went unfinished in the No. 6 spot after winning the first set 6-4 and tied in the second set 2-2.

UP NEXT
Utah will take on the UTSA Roadrunners Saturday, Feb. 2 at 2:00 p.m. before heading to Albuquerque, N.M. to take on Louisiana and New Mexico.

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Denver 4, Utah Men's Tennis 0
Singles competition
1. Nicolas Cuesta (DEN) def. Bruno Krenn (UTAH24) 6-4, 6-0
2. Daniel Sancho Arbizu (DEN) def. Jayson Blando (UTAH24) 6-2, 6-2
3. Marvin Schaber (DEN) def. Dylan Applegate (UTAH24) 6-1, 6-1
4. Rikuto Yamaguchi (DEN) vs. Gianluca Citadini (UTAH24) 3-6, 7-5, unfinished
5. Anish Sriniketh (DEN) vs. Michael Blando (UTAH24) 7-5, 2-3, unfinished
6. Charlie Miller (DEN) vs. Geremia Rossi (UTAH24) 4-6, 2-2, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Marvin Schaber/Anish Sriniketh (DEN) def. Geronimo Busleiman/Bruno Krenn (UTAH24) 6-4
2. Nicolas Cuesta/Rikuto Yamaguchi (DEN) def. Jayson Blando/Michael Blando (UTAH24) 6-1
3. Raffaello Papajcik/Daniel Sancho Arbizu (DEN) vs. Dylan Applegate/Geremia Rossi (UTAH24) 4-5, unfinished

Match Notes:
Utah Men's Tennis 1-3
Denver 3-0
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (3,1,2)