Women's Tennis Advances to BIG EAST Quarterfinals

The Blue Demons topped Cincinnati, 4-1, in Thursday's opening round of the 2007 BIG EAST Championship. DePaul faces second-seeded USF on Friday at 8 a.m. (CST).

2007 BIG EAST Championship Central

TAMPA, Fla. – The DePaul women’s tennis team posted a 4-1 victory over Cincinnati in Thursday’s opening round of the 2007 BIG EAST Championship. The seventh-seeded Blue Demons took the doubles point before clinching the dual with three singles wins over the No. 10 seeded Bearcats at the USF Varsity Courts.

DePaul’s Dunja Antunovic and Anja Mihaldinec posted an 8-6 victory over Cincinnati’s Hannah Hinton and Elizabeth Young in the top doubles match. The Blue Demons took No. 2 doubles as Kirsten Gambrell and Petra Rehusova topped Jenny Rowen and Rachel Owens, 8-5.

Antunovic rolled past Hinton, 6-1, 6-2, in the top singles flight as she picked up the 25th win of her 2006-07 campaign. The DePaul sophomore is currently ranked No. 112 in the FILA/ITA Division I national poll.

The Blue Demons earned a decisive victory at No. 2 singles as Gambrell topped Owens, 6-1, 6-0.

Playing her first match in more than five weeks, Rehusova notched a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Alizee Paradis at No. 5 singles.

The Blue Demons (12-10) advance to Friday’s quarterfinals where they face second-seeded USF at 8 a.m. (CST).

(7) DePaul 4, (10) Cincinnati 1

Doubles

No. 1-Antunovic/Mihaldinec (DePaul) def. Hinton/Young (Cincinnati) 8-6

No. 2-Gambrell/Rehusova (DePaul) def. Rowen/Owens (Cincinnati) 8-5

No. 3-Dandik/Paradis (Cincinnati) def. Murisic/Chmiel (DePaul) 8-4

Singles

No. 1-Dunja Antunovic (DePaul) def. Hannah Hinton (Cincinnati) 6-1, 6-2

No. 2-Kirsten Gambrell (DePaul) def. Rachel Owens (Cincinnati) 6-1, 6-0

No. 3-Anja Mihaldinec (DePaul) vs. Valeriya Dandik (Cincinnati) 6-3, 4-3 DNF

No. 4-Bojana Murisic (DePaul) vs. Jenny Rowen (Cincinnati) 3-6, 4-0 DNF

No. 5-Petra Rehusova (DePaul) def. Alizee Paradis (Cincinnati) 6-1, 6-2

No. 6-Elizabeth Young (Cincinnati) def. Clare Chmiel (DePaul) 6-1, 6-0

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