BLOOMINGTON, Ill.-- The Illinois State men's tennis team (5-15, 1-2 SUMMIT) dropped a 6-1 decision to the Denver Pioneers (11-6, 1-0 SUMMIT) inside Evergreen Racquet Club on Friday.

The Pioneers swept doubles play on the day. In singles competition, Illinois State picked up one win thanks to freshman Christian Capacci (Forlimpopoli, Italy) who downed Samuel Rovai of DU by a 4-6, 6-3, 11-9 final.

DOUBLES:

No. 1- Connor Robb- Wilcox/Rikuto Yamaguchi (DU) def. Adrian Dibildox/Tomas Valencia (ISU) 6-3

No. 2- Theo Coats/Daniel Sancho-Arbizu (DU) def. Tin Ostro/Caden Scarlett (ISU) 6-3

No. 3- Ryoma Mishiro/Raffaello Papajcik (DU) vs. Christian Capacci/Manuel Pavia (ISU) 4-4, UF

SINGLES:

No. 1- Daniel Sancho Arbizu (DU) def. Tomas Valencia (ISU) 6-4, 6-2

No. 2- Raffaello Papajcik (DU) def. Adrian Dibildox (ISU) 6-1, 6-4

No. 3- Rikuto Yamaguchi (DU) def. Tin Ostro (ISU) 6-3, 7-5

No. 4- Christian Capacci (ISU) def. Samuel Rovai (DU) 4-6, 6-3, 11-9

No. 5- Ryoma Mishiro (DU) def. Jett Leong (ISU) 6-3, 6-2

No. 6- Connor Robb-Wilcox (DU) def. Caden Scarlett (ISU) 6-4, 6-4

UP NEXT:

The Birds will host St Louis University (1-8, 0-0 A-10) on March 28 at 4:30 p.m. before hitting the road to take on the North Dakota Fighting Hawks (13-3, 2-0 SUMMIT) on April 5 in Grand Forks. First serve will be at 12:30 p.m. inside Choice Health and Fitness Facility.

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