Women's Tennis Falls to #9 Virginia

Blue Demons play Auburn Saturday morning

The Blue Demons fell to No. 9 Virginia in the opening round of the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic on Friday.

Feb. 25, 2011

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The No. 48 DePaul women's tennis team fell to No. 9 Virginia 4-0 in the opening round of Blue Gray National Tennis Classic on Friday at the Lagoon Park Tennis Center. The Blue Demons fall into consolation bracket and face Auburn on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Virginia took the doubles point and an early 1-0 lead with wins on the first and third courts. DePaul's No. 55 pair of Katarina Milinkovic and Gia McKnight fell to No. 10 Emily Fraser and Hana Tomljanovic, 8-1. The Blue Demons duo is now 1-2 against pairs ranked in the top 35.

The Cavilers clinched the doubles points on the third court when No. 51 Maria Fuccillo and Rashmi Teltumbde topped Cali Gustafson and Christiana Raymond, 8-4.

Virginia captured wins second, fourth and fifth courts to seal the victory.

DePaul falls to 7-5 on the season, while all five of its losses have come to ranked teams. Virginia improves to 9-1 and faces No. 43 Ohio State on Saturday.

No. 9 Virginia 4, No. 48 DePaul 0
Doubles
No. 1. #10 Fraser/Tomljanovic (UVa) def. #55 Milinkovic/McKnight (DePaul) 8-1
No. 2. #67 Hardenbergh/Vierra (UVa) vs. Salkovic/Lawson (DePaul) 5-5 DNF
No. 3. #51 Fuccillo/Teltumbde (UVa) def. Gustafson/Raymond (DePaul) 8-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3

Singles
No. 1. #41 Emily Fraser (UVa) led Katarina Milinkovic (DePaul) 6-2, 2-1 DNF
No. 2. #67 Lindsey Hardenbergh (UVa) def. Gia McKnight (DePaul) 6-2, 6-0
No. 3. #54 Erin Vierra (UVa) led Kelsey Lawson (DePaul) 6-1, 1-0 DNF
No. 4. Hana Tomljanovic (UVa) def. Selma Salkovic (DePaul) 6-2, 6-0
No. 5. Maria Fuccillo (UVa) def. Christiana Raymond (DePaul) 6-3, 6-0
No. 6. Caryssa Peretz (UVa) led Cali Gustafson (DePaul) 6-1, 5-3 DNF
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 2

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