Women's Tennis Has 2-1 Weekend
1/20/2003 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S TENNIS
CHICAGO - The DePaul women's tennis team nearly pulled off an upset and then returned to beat a pair of opponents to even its record at 2-2 on the young season.
On Saturday, the Blue Demons took 41st-ranked Michigan to the wire. After taking two of the three doubles matches, Szilva Kelemen won at No. 1 over Michigan's nationally-ranked player but the Blue Demons just fell shot.
"It was a great match. We nearly upset the 41st-ranked team who is also fourth in Midwest," DePaul head coach Mark Ardizzone said. "Our doubles play was outstanding. Kelemen and (Marina) Parashkevova defeated a top 8 team in the Midwest and then beat #8 and #15 singles players in region respectively.
"We nearly pulled off a great upset. The Michigan players really stepped up and won the match, we didn't lose it. Szilvia and Marina really played great," Ardizzone said.
On Sunday, DePaul bounced back by beating Akron 6-1 and then shutout Butler 7-0.
"Sunday was a very impressive performance," Ardizzone said. "We bounced back very strong after tough loss. Our Doubles play is getting better all the time."
#41 Michigan 4 DePaul 3
Doubles
1. Kelemen/Parashkevova d. DaCosta/Rutherford 8-4
2. Duprez/Plaushines d. Leung/N. Matko 8-5
3. Stewart/Falduto d. Nolan/Tiperneni 8-6
Singles
1. Kelemen d. #99 DaCosta 6-3,2-6,6-2
2. Parashkevova d. Tiperneni 7-6,1-6,6-4
3. Nolan d. N. Matko 6-2,6-1
4. Rutherford d. Leung 7-5,6-4
5. Plaushines d. Falduto 2-6,6-3,6-4
6. Streifler d. Dybas 6-2,6-1
DePaul 6 Akron 1
Doubles
1. Kelemen/Parashkevova d. Miller/Serafini 8-0
2. Leung/N. Matko d. Price/Brenkus 8-1
3. Stewart/Falduto d. Padda/Carey 8-1
Singles
1. Strembitsky d. Kelemen 7-6,7-6
2. Parashkevova d. Miller 6-1,6-0
3. Leung d. Brenkus 6-3,6-1
4. N. Matko d. Serafini 6-0,6-0
5. Falduto d. Price 6-2,6-1
6. Dybas d. Padda 6-0,6-0
DePaul 7 Butler 0
Doubles
1. Kelemen/Parashkevova d. Griffin/Laun 8-2
2. Leung/N. Matko d. Bailey/Clements 8-0
3. Stewart/Falduto d. Gantz/Valle 8-3
Singles
1. Kelemen d. Laun 6-3,7-5
2. Parshkevova d. Bailey 6-2,6-1
3. N. Matko d. Griffin 3-6,6-2,6-4
4. Leung d. Clements 6-4,6-2
5. Falduto d. Valle 6-0,6-2
6. Dybas d. Gantz 6-1,6-2