No. 66 Denver Takes Down Illinois State, 6-1

NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State squared off against another nationally-ranked team in No. 66 in a crucial Summit League matchup Sunday morning. Unfortunately for the Redbirds they were not able to score the upset like they did against Creighton recently, and the Pioneers picked up a 6-1 win at the Gregory Street Courts to stay at the top of the conference standings.

Denver jumped out to a quick lead in the doubles with a win at the No. 3 spot, however the Redbirds knotted things up at the No. 1 spot as the team of Adrian Dibildox and Arvid Hjalte defeated Charlie Miller and Peter Sallay by a score of 6-4. That left the deciding match to court No. 2, where Denver won in a close tiebreaker to secure the doubles point. 

In singles play, Dibildox secured the lone victory for the Redbirds as he won in straight sets over Denver's Raffaello Papajcik 6-4, 6-1. However, the Pioneers controlled things the rest of the way and picked up wins in the final five matches to come away with the 6-1 match win.

The Redbirds will close out the home portion of their schedule on Wednesday, April 12, when they host Oral Roberts in Summit League action at noon at the Gregory Street Courts.

FINAL SCORE: #66 Denver (6), Illinois State (1)

Doubles:
No. 1 Adrian Dibildox/Arvid Hjalte (ILS) def. Charlie Miller/Peter Sallay (DEN) 6-4
No. 2 Raffaello Papajcik/Danie Sancho Arbizu (DEN) def. Emiliano Gonzales/Tin Ostro (ILS) 7-6
No. 3 Nico Herrero Cuesta/Conner Olsen (DEN) def. Ming-Chieh Chiu/Nam Pham (ILS) 6-3

Singles:
No. 1 Nico Herrero Cuesta (DEN) def. Nam Pham (ILS) 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 Danie Sancho Arbizu (DEN) def. Arvid Hjalte (ILS) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 Peter Sallay (DEN) def. Melker Isaksson (ILS) 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 Conner Olsen (DEN) def. Tomas Valencia (ILS) 2-6, 6-2,15-13
No. 5 Adrian Dibildox (ILS) def. Raffaello Papajcik (DEN) 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 Charlie Miller (DEN) def. Emiliano Gonzales (ILS) 6-3, 6-2

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