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Women's Tennis Finishes Wildcat Invitational
EVANSTON, Ill.- Select members of the DePaul women’s tennis team played in their first competition of the season over the weekend at Northwestern’s Wildcat Invitational. The tournament pitted the Blue Demons against competitors from 11 schools, including local rivals Illinois-Chicago and Northwestern as well as BIG EAST Conference rival
“It was a great weekend for tennis. We really got what we wanted and needed, a lot of matches,” DePaul head coach Mark Ardizzone said. “Senior Petra Rehusova and freshman Kirsten Gambrell both played some great tennis, but more importantly competed very hard. In doubles, we went 9-3 on the weekend, which was great.”
Gambrell was paired with sophomore Dunja Antunovic in the top flight of doubles action. The duo went 3-1 on the weekend, reaching the top flight quarterfinals.
In the second flight of doubles action, junior Bojana Murisic was paired with Morgan Tuttle of
Rehusova also went 2-2 in singles action, defeating competitors from
The Blue Demons play their final competition of the fall October 19-24 at the Midwest Regional in
Dunja Antunovic 1-1 Def. Kirsten Pahl (WMU) Lost to Nazlie Ghazal (NW)
Kirsten Gambrell 2-3 Def. Sara Andrews (MSU) Lost to Tijana Korpivica ( Lost to Pryanka Parekh (WMU) Def. Kara Hickey (Iowa St) Lost to Kerstin Pahl (WMU)
Def. Jenna Nussbaum (BG) Def. Melanie Roberts ( Lost to Suzanne Matzenauer (NW) Lost to Danielle Mousseau (
Anja Mihaldinec 1-3 Lost to Danielle Mousseau ( Lost to Chrissy Derouin (Iowa St) Def. Melanie Humphrey (UIC) Lost to Jenna Nussbaum (BG)
Bojana Murisic 1-2 Lost to Milasavlijec (MSU) Def. Gil Morliss (UIC) Lost to Sam Kintzel (BG)
Doubles Antunovic and Gambrell 3-1 Rehusova and Mihaldinec 3-1 Murisic with Tuttle (
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