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Women's Tennis Suffers Loss to Marquette
The No. 61 DePaul women's tennis team suffered a 4-3 loss to BIG EAST Conference rival Marquette on Saturday. The Blue Demons took the doubles point, but the Golden Eagles rallied with four singles wins in the neutral-court dual at Notre Dame's Eck T

NOTRE DAME, Ind. The No. 61 DePaul women’s tennis team suffered a 4-3 loss to BIG EAST Conference rival Marquette on Saturday.  The Blue Demons took the doubles point, but the Golden Eagles rallied with four singles wins in the neutral-court dual at Notre Dame’s Eck Tennis Center.

DePaul opened the day by taking all three doubles matches.  Senior Beatrix Csordas and freshman Selma Salkovic notched an 8-4 victory over Lauren Little and Shannon Brown in the top match, while junior Dunja Antunovic and sophomore Kirsten Gambrell edged Christina Ruiz and Maria Calbeto, 8-7, in the No. 2 match.  Seniors Gergana Ganeva and Anja Mihaldinec rounded out the sweep with an 8-5 win over Rachael Hush and Erin Watkins at No. 3 doubles.

Singles competition saw the Blue Demons manage two wins.  Ganeva posted her 15th singles victory of the spring with a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Watkins in the No. 2 slot.  Gambrell notched her 16th win of the dual season when she topped Robin Metzler, 6-2, 6-2, in the No. 6 match.

Marquette improves to 12-11 on the season with a 7-1 record in BIG EAST play.

DePaul (16-6, 5-2 BIG EAST) returns to competition April 17-20 at the BIG EAST Championships in Tampa, Florida.


Marquette 4 DePaul 3
 
Doubles
No. 1 - Csordas/Salkovic (DePaul) def. Little/Brown (MU) 8-4
No. 2 - Antunovic/Gambrell (DePaul) def. Ruiz/Calbeto (MU) 8-7
No. 3 - Ganeva/Mihaldinec (DePaul) def. Hush/Watkins (MU) 8-5
 
Singles
No. 1 - Lauren Little (MU) def. Dunja Antunovic (DePaul) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 - Gergana Ganeva (DePaul) def. Erin Watkins (MU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 - Maria Calbeto (MU) def. Selma Salkovic (DePaul) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
No. 4 - Christina Ruiz (MU) def. Katarina Milinkovic (DePaul) 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 - Rachael Hush (MU) def. Beatrix Csordas (DePaul) 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 - Kirsten Gambrell (DePaul) def. Robin Metzler (MU) 6-2, 6-2