Women's Tennis Finishes Sixth at BIG EAST Championship

The Blue Demons suffered a 4-1 loss to Syracuse in Sunday's consolation play. Petra Rehusova gave DePaul a singles victory.

TAMPA, Fla. – The DePaul women’s tennis team finished sixth at the 2007 BIG EAST Championship after dropping a 4-1 decision to Syracuse in Sunday’s consolation play. Petra Rehusova gave the Blue Demons a singles victory but the Orange took the doubles point and three singles matches.

Rehusova posted a 6-2, 7-5 win over Carolina Huighard at No. 5 singles. The Blue Demon senior went 2-1 over the weekend after missing the last five weeks of the regular season due to injuries.

Kirsten Gambrell and Rehusova gave DePaul a doubles victory as they rolled past Kasie Zawadzki and Chelsea Jones, 8-1, at No. 2. The top doubles match saw Dunja Antunovic and Anja Mihaldinec fall, 8-2, to Olga Votavova and Maria Vasilyeva. Syracuse clinched the doubles point at No. 3 when Ashley Lipton and Huighard topped Bojana Murisic and Clare Chmiel, 8-6.

The dual ended at No. 3 singles when Mihaldinec suffered a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Zawadzki.

USF won the 2007 BIG EAST Championship title on Sunday with a 4-3 upset over top-seeded Notre Dame.

DePaul finishes the 2007 season with an overall record of 13-12.

(6) Syracuse 4, (7) DePaul 1

Doubles

No. 1-Votavova/Vasilyeva (Syracuse) def. Antunovic/Mihaldinec (DePaul) 8-2

No. 2-Gambrell/Rehusova (DePaul) def. Zawadzki/Jones (Syracuse) 8-1

No. 3-Lipton/Huighard (Syracuse) def. Murisic/Chmiel (DePaul) 8-6

Singles

No. 1-Dunja Antunovic (DePaul) vs. Olga Votavova (Syracuse) 6-4, 1-6, 4-3 DNF

No. 2-Maria Vasilyeva (Syracuse) def. Kirsten Gambrell (DePaul) 6-2, 6-4

No. 3-Kasi Zawadski (Syracuse) def. Anja Mihaldinec (DePaul) 6-3, 6-2

No. 4-Bojana Murisic (DePaul) vs. Ashley Lipton (Syracuse) 6-3, 5-4 DNF

No. 5-Petra Rehusova (DePaul) def. Carolina Huighard (Syracuse) 6-2, 7-5

No. 6-Chelsea Jones (Syracuse) def. Clare Chmiel (DePaul) 6-0, 6-0

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