DENVER – Summit League champion Denver posted a 7-0 victory over South Dakota in a women's tennis match played Friday at the Denver Tennis Center.
 
The Coyotes, suffering their fourth straight loss, finishes the regular season with a 7-11 record and 2-3 in the Summit League.
 
Luana Stanciu, a senior, won five games over two sets in her battle at No. 2 singles with Anna Riedmiller.  South Dakota sophomore Jana Lazarevic faced her first ranked opponent of the spring season, falling to Bianca Mok at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-1.
 
"Congrats to Denver for playing a good match today," coach Brett Barnett said. "I'm really happy with how we competed, it was our best effort by far the last 3 weeks.
 
"The scores won't show it but we had a ton a chances that just weren't converted.  Short prep week for us but we need to rest and get ready to give it everything in the championships."
 
South Dakota is the No. 4 seed in next week's Summit League tournament and will face top seeded Denver at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 26 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.