Women's Tennis Rallies Past Marquette

Blue Demons post victory in marathon match at Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE – Down after losing the doubles point, DePaul’s women’s tennis team rallied behind Brenda Leung and Petra Rehusova’s impressive singles performances to beat Marquette 4-3 on Wednesday.

“We escaped with a victory today,” head coach Mark Ardizzone said.

The match lasted almost five hours and ended in dramatic fashion. Down 3-2 Leung rallied to win her third set and tie score at 3-3. Rehusova then took over in dramatic fashion to give DePaul the victory. Down 5-3 in the second set she saved three match points, rallied to win second set 7-5. Down in third set 5-3 again saved a match point and then won the set 7-5.

"We didn’t play great today but we competed very hard,” Ardizzone said. “Petra showed some incredible fighting spirit and pulled through for her teammates. A good team finds a way to get four points and picks each other up. We did that today."

DePaul 4 Marquette 3

Doubles

1. Briseno/Smith (MU) def. Parashkevova/Rehusova (DU) 8-2

2. Charron/Trujillo (MU) def. N. Matko/Falduto (DU) 8-5

3. Ganeva/S. Matko (DU) def. Espinosa/Bonnely (MU) 8-1

Singles

1. Briseno (MU) def. Parashkevova (DU) 6-0,7-5

2. Ganeva (DU) def. Charron (MU) 6-0,6-1

3. N. Matko (DU) def. Smith (MU) 6-0,6-2

4. Leung (DU) def. Trujillo (MU) 7-5,2-6,6-1

5. Espinosa (MU) def. Falduto (DU) 6-2,6-2

6. Rehusova (DU) def. Bonnelly (MU) 3-6,7-5,7-5

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