Women's Tennis Falls To 20th-Ranked Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – DePaul’s Marina Parashkevova posted a singles victory over the nation’s 95^th-ranked player but it wasn’t enough to keep 20^th-ranked Michigan from beating DePaul 5-2 on Saturday in the opening dual of the season for the Blue Demons.

Parashkevova defeated Elizabeth Exon 6-3, 6-3 at No. 2 while Gergana Ganeva posted a 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 win at No. 3.

“Marina had a great win over nationally ranked player and that was definitely the highlight of the meet,” DePaul head coach Mark Ardizzone said. “We competed very well at top of the line-up but we’re going to need to improve doubles and bottom of the line-up. We also need to raise our level to compete with some of the great teams on our early schedule,”

The Blue Demons play at fifth-ranked Northwestern on Wednesday.

#20 Michigan 5 DePaul 2

Janaury 15, 2005

Ann Arbor, Mich.

Singles

No. 1 -- #44 Michelle DaCosta (U-M) d. Beatrix Csordas, 6-2, 6-2

No. 2 -- Marina Parashkevova (DePaul) d. #95 Elizabeth Exon, 6-3, 6-3

No. 3 -- Gergana Ganeva (DePaul) d. Kara Delicata, 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-3

No. 4 -- Leanne Rutherford (U-M) d. Petra Rehusova, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3

No. 5 -- Nina Yaftali (U-M) d. Brenda Leung, 6-1, 6-3

No. 6 -- Debra Streifler (U-M) d. Bojana Murisic, 6-1, 6-0

 

Doubles

No. 1 -- #15 DaCosta/Delicata (U-M) d. Csordas/Ganeva, 8-2

No. 2 -- Rutherford/Streifler (U-M) d. Parashkevova/Rehusova, 8-4

No. 3 -- Exon/Yaftali (U-M) d. Murisic/Leung, 8-2

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