Day Two in Denver It was a busy day for Saint Leo athletics as women's tennis, men's tennis and women's golf opened up COMPETITION and men's golf took the course for round two.

Wednesday, May 18 was a busy day in Saint Leo Athletics as women's tennis took to the court at 10 a.m. ET, women's golf teed off at 11:10 a.m., men's golf hit the course at 2:30 p.m. and men's tennis closed out the day with a match that had an original start time of 7 p.m., but first serve did not take place until 9:20 p.m.

The No. 2 Saint Leo women's tennis opened thing up with a 5-1 win over No. 24 University of Indianapolis in the NCAA Round of 16.

The Lions received a lot of love in the NCAA's live blog!

“The most important thing is that all eight girls believe, that’s really been key that they all think that we can do it. We’ve been training hard.” -- Saint Leo's head coach Chris Frusci.

Wayne Cavadi of NCAA.com caught up with Coach Frusci and Natalia Siedliska following the Lions' win.
Siedliska returned to singles action for the first time since April 14. She opened singles play with a 6-0, 6-2 win and the Lions first singles point.
Fons Verberne of the men's tennis team and other Saint Leo fans catch some of Women's Tennis match.
Director of Athletics Fran Reidy was on the move today in attempt to make it to all four events!

Up next - Saint Leo women's golf opens the 2016 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championship at CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora, Co., for the second event of the day.

Sabrina Rumbaugh chips her fourth shot on to the green before coming away with a par on the 16th.

Coach Tommy Baker and Marie Coors read a putt during the first round of the NCAA Championships Tuesday.

Vilde Eriksen fired a one-under 71 and stood tied for fourth on the individual leaderboard. Eriksen carded three birdies on the front nine – on no. 3, 4, and 9 – and posted a fourth birdie on no. 14. She averaged even par on both par 3 and par 4 holes on the par 72, 6,468-yard CommonGround course.
On the move again!

The Lions men's golf team extended their lead in the tournament with an impressive -15 day, smashing the NCAA Division II Championships two-day record at -25 (551) as bright blue skies and warmer temperatures sent scores plummeting at Green Valley Ranch.

Griffin Clark hits his approach shot to the 15th green in Wednesday’s round of the NCAA National Championships.

Freshman Hugo Bernard continued to attack the course, extending his individual lead to four strokes at -13 after a round of 66. The Canadian birdied all four par-5s for the second straight day to lead teammate and countryman Joey Savoie, who carded 66 for second place at -9.

“He’s one of my good friends, it’s pretty fun. We’re just going to enjoy it.” – Hugo Bernard on he and teammate Joey Savoie (pictured) competing for the individual title.

Ainsworth finishes the round with a two under (70) and sits in T18 at three-under.

"It's a lot of fun to watch them (Bernard and Savoie). They've worked real hard all year, and now you get to the last tournament of the year and watch them play well. It's exciting," said Greenwood.

"It's always good to have red numbers next to your name," -- said Chris Greenwood, Saint Leo's head men's golf coach

The fourth and final event of the day, Saint Leo men's tennis, the No. 1 team in the nation, came out after a two-hour delay due to long early matches, and swept No. 15 Cameron University, 5-0, to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals.

After two-hour delay, Saint Leo men's tennis was ready to go!

Anastasia Wagner of women's tennis, right, joins the Saint Leo women's golf team in cheering on the men's tennis squad.

Alberto Barroso-Campos and Alex Theiler, the No. 1 doubles pair in the nation, saw the best from Felipe Oyarzun and Mateo Velasco, as the two pairs took a 6-6 tie before the Lions duo claimed the seventh and eighth games to win their match. Saint Leo went up 3-0 after doubles play.
With the sun setting in Denver, the Lions entered singles play around 9 p.m. MT.

Assistant coach Martin Parkes chats with Barroso-Campos between sets at No. 1 singles.

Parkes then moved to Egor Panyushkin's court to discuss strategies between his games on No. 3's.

A little hometown rivalry as Saint Leo's Jaime Bueno, in white, took on Cameron's Filipe Oyarzun. Both athletes are natives of Santiago, Chile.

Jaime got the better end of the battle, claiming No. 4 singles, 6-1, 6-2.
All the miles on the rental car, and the chasing around Denver, was worth it for Director of Athletics Fran Reidy as he takes in the action of his fourth Saint Leo event of the day.
Alberto reacts to clinching the Lions spot in the NCAA Quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles.
Head Coach Chris Frusci gives Alberto a hug after he clinched the match.

Saint Leo wrapped up a very eventful day out in Denver. Both men's and women's tennis advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals, and men's golf and women's golf saw successes on the course.

The Lions will be back at it again tomorrow as all four teams once again will be in action.

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