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