Women's Tennis Falls to No. 47 Denver

The DePaul women's tennis team suffered a 6-1 road loss to No. 47 Denver on Saturday. Sophomore Kirsten Gambrell gave the Blue Demons a singles victory at Pinehurst Country Club.

DENVER, Colo. The DePaul women’s tennis team suffered a 6-1 road loss to No. 47 Denver on Saturday. Sophomore Kirsten Gambrell gave the Blue Demons a singles victory at Pinehurst Country Club.

Gambrell posted DePaul’s only point of the day with a 7-5, 6-0 victory over Kaja Smole at No. 6 singles. Junior Dunja Antunovic suffered a 6-2, 6-2 loss to Mallory Voelker at No. 1 singles, while senior Gergana Ganeva dropped a 6-3, 6-3 match to Ute Schnoy at No. 2 singles. Freshman Selma Salkovic lost in three sets, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5, to Julia Bauregger at No. 4 singles and senior Anja Mihaldinec fell, 5-7, 6-2, 10-5, to Bhavani Tirumurti at No. 5 singles.

Senior Beatrix Csordas teamed with Salkovic for DePaul’s only win in doubles play. The Blue Demon duo knocked off Kyla Iwinski and Schnoy, 8-3, in the No. 2 match.

DePaul (3-1) returns to action next weekend with a pair of road duals in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Blue Demons face Ball State on Saturday at 3 p.m. (CST) before they take on No. 62 Western Michigan on Sunday at noon.

No. 47 Denver 6, DePaul 1

Doubles
No. 1 - Voelker/Bauregger (Denver) def. Antunovic/Ganeva (DePaul) 8-6
No. 2 - Csordas/Salkovic (DePaul) def. Iwinski/Schnoy (Denver) 8-3
No. 3 - Smole/Aksdal (Denver) def. Mihaldinec/Milinkovic (DePaul) 8-2

Singles
No. 1 - Mallory Voelker (Denver) def. Dunja Antunovic (DePaul) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 - Ute Schnoy (Denver) def. Gergana Ganeva (DePaul) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 - Annette Aksdal (Denver) def. Katarina Milinkovic (DePaul) 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 - Julia Bauregger (Denver) def. Selma Salkovic (DePaul) 6-1, 1-6, 7-5
No. 5 - Bhavani Tirumurti (Denver) def. Anja Mihaldinec (DePaul) 5-7, 6-2, 10-5
No. 6 - Kirsten Gambrell (DePaul) def. Kaja Smole (Denver) 7-5, 6-0

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