DePaul University Athletics
Women's Tennis Concludes Wildcat Invitational
10/7/2007 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S TENNIS
EVANSTON, Ill. The DePaul women’s tennis team closed out three days of competition at the Northwestern Wildcat Invitational on Sunday. Bojana Murisic and Selma Salkovic won their respective doubles flight as the Blue Demons wrapped up the tournament at the Vandy Christie Tennis Center.
Murisic and Salkovic marched through the Flight B doubles bracket, knocking off tandems from Wisconsin, Michigan State and Mississippi on their way to the championship match. The Blue Demon pair won the title match with an 8-5 decision over Michigan State’s Whitney Wilson and Ana Milosavljevic. DePaul’s Kirsten Gambrell and Katarina Milinkovic reached the semifinal round of Flight B doubles before they suffered an 8-3 loss to Wilson and Milosavljevic.
The Blue Demons failed to advance past the first round of Flight A doubles. Beatrix Csordas and Gergana Ganeva fell, 8-3, to the Spartan duo of Manon Noe and Lindsey Lonergan, while Anja Mihaldinec and Dunja Antunovic lost to Mississippi’s Nika Koukhartchouk and Preethi Subramanian.
Flight A singles saw Antunovic post a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Michigan State’s Stephanie Kebler in the first round before falling, 6-3, 6-2, to Purdue’s Stephanie Wooten in the quarterfinals. Milinkovic also won in the first round of Flight A singles with a 6-4, 6-2 decision over Jessica Seyferth of Wisconsin. The DePaul freshman suffered a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 loss to Northwestern’s Maria Mosolova in the quarterfinals.
Gambrell reached the semifinals of Flight C singles as she notched a 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 win over Wisconsin’s Erin Jobe before recording a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Michigan State’s Wilson in the quarterfinals. The Blue Demon sophomore fell, 3-0, to South Carolina’s Megan McGavock in the semifinals.
The Blue Demons return to action on Friday, October 19 at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships. The five-day tournament runs through Tuesday, October 23rd at the University of Michigan Varsity Tennis Center.
2007 Wildcat Invitational
Doubles Competition
Flight A
First Round
Koukhartchouck/Subramanian (Mississippi) def. Antunovic/Mihaldinec (DePaul)
Noe/Lonergan (MSU) def. Csordas/Ganeva (DePaul) 8-3
Flight B
First Round
Salkovic/Murisic (DePaul) def. Yobe/Dolan (Wisconsin) 8-3
Gambrell/Milinkovic (DePaul) def. Hoffmeister (Arkansas)/Bonnen(MSU) 8-2
Quarterfinals
Salkovic/Murisic (DePaul) def. Murphy/Eelens (MSU)
Gambrell/Milinkovic (DePaul) def. Mirnova/Roberts (Wisconsin) 8-3Semifinals
Salkovic/Murisic (DePaul) def. Podupnik/Kireeva (Mississippi) 8-2
Wilson/Milosavlyevic (MSU) def. Gambrell/Milinkovic (DePaul) 9-7
Finals
Salkovic/Murisic (DePaul) def. Wilson/Milosavlyevic (MSU) 9-7
Singles Competition
Flight A
First Round
Dunja Antunovic (DePaul) def. Stephanie Kebler (MSU) 6-3, 6-3
Katarina Milinkovic (DePaul) def. Jessica Seyferth (Wisconsin) 6-2, 6-4
Quarterfinals
Stephanie Wooten (Purdue) def. Dunja Antunovic (DePaul) 6-3, 6-2
Maria Mosolova (Northwestern) def. Katarina Milinkovic (DePaul) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
Flight B
First Round
Gergana Ganeva (DePaul) def. Marianne Eelens (MSU) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
Lindsey Lonergan (MSU) def. Selma Salkovic (DePaul) 6-2, 6-4
Quarterfinals
Zidek (Minnesota) def. Gergana Ganeva (DePaul) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Flight C
First Round
Kirsten Gambrell (DePaul) def. Erin Jobe (Wisconsin) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Michelle Murphy (MSU) def. Bojana Murisic (DePaul) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
Katya Mirnova (Wisconsin) def. Anja Mihaldinec (DePaul) 6-2, 6-1
Quarterfinals
Kirsten Gambrell (DePaul) def. Whitney Wilson (MSU) 6-4, 6-4
Semifinals
Megan McGavock (South Carolina) def. Kirsten Gambrell (DePaul) 3-0
