Oct. 2, 2011
Final Results - Wildcat Invitational 
EVANSTON, Ill. - DePaul freshmen Rebeca Mitrea and Carolin Neumann along with sophomore Kelsey Lawson each tallied a win on the final day of competition at the Northwestern Wildcat Invitational. The Blue Demons tallied 17 wins during the three-day invitational.
After a morning coaches meeting, it was decided that each student-athlete would play just one match and the brackets would be left uncompleted. Had the brackets played out, Mitrea would have competed for the D-Flight singles championship. Instead, the Blue Demon freshman was satisfied with her weekend performance - finishing with three singles wins and teamed-up with Cali Gustafson for a trio of doubles victories.
Mitrea put an exclamation point on her weekend on Sunday with a two-set (6-4, 6-1) win over Wisconsin's Carolina Bauer. All of Mirtea's singles victories came in two sets and she never allowed her opponent to win more than five total games.
Playing in the A-Flight, Lawson posted a 6-4, 6-2 win over South Carolina's Katerina Popova. Lawson went 2-1 on the weekend with her lone loss coming at the hands of No. 3 Linda Abu Mushrefova from Northwestern on Saturday.
Carolin Neumann posted her first collegiate victory in the C-Flight. The freshman recorded a hard-fought three-set win over Western Michigan's Maria Nivia. Neumann won the first set 6-3, but dropped the second set 6-1. Neumann and Nivia traded points and games in the third set before the Blue Demon freshman won the deciding set 7-6 (6).
The Blue Demons return to the court next week in Houston at the Rice Invitational. The three-day invitational begins on Oct. 7.
Northwestern Wildcat Invitational - Sunday Results
A-Flight Singles
Kelsey Lawson (DePaul) def. Katerina Popova (South Carolina) 6-4, 6-2
Marisa Lambropoulos (Illinois) def. Gia McKnight (DePaul) 6-4, 6-4
B-Flight Singles
Nida Hamilton (Northwestern) def. Patricia Fargas (DePaul) 6-2, 6-4
C-Flight Singles
Carolin Neumann (DePaul) def. Maria Nivia (Western Michigan) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (6)
D-Flight Singles
Rebeca Mitrea (DePaul) def. Carolina Bauer (Wisconsin) 6-4, 6-1
Peta Maree Lancaster def. Cali Gustafson (DePaul) 6-4, 6-4
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