Women's Tennis Falls in BIG EAST Quarterfinals

TAMPA, Fla. – The DePaul women’s tennis team lost, 4-0, to USF in Friday’s quarterfinals of the 2007 BIG EAST Championship.  The seventh-seeded Blue Demons came up short in doubles play before the second-seeded Bulls clinched the dual with three singles points at the Andros Dorm Courts.

DePaul’s Dunja Antunovic and Anja Mihaldinec dropped an 8-3 decision to Jessica Sweeting and Gabriela Duch in the top doubles flight.  Clare Chmiel and Bojana Murisic suffered an 8-1 defeat to Liz Cruz and Iciri Rai at No. 3 doubles.

The dual came to a close as the Blue Demons lost the bottom three singles matches.  Murisic fell, 6-0, 6-2, to Cruz at No. 4, while Chmiel dropped a 6-0, 6-0 decision to Duch at No. 5.  USF won No. 6 by default.

Mihaldinec led Sweeting, 5-4, in the first set of No. 3 singles when the Bulls sealed the win.

DePaul (12-11) faces ninth-seeded Connecticut on Saturday at 8 a.m. in consolation play.

 

(2) USF 4, (7) DePaul 0

 

Doubles

No. 1-Sweeting/Duch (USF) def. Antunovic/Mihaldinec (DePaul) 8-3

No. 2-Robinson/Vernon (USF) led Gambrell/Rehusova (DePaul) 5-4 DNF

No. 3-Cruz/Rai (USF) def. Chmiel/Murisic (DePaul) 8-1

Singles

No. 1-Shadisha Robinson (USF) led Dunja Antunovic (DePaul) 7-5, DNF

No. 2-Courtney Vernon (USF) led Kirsten Gambrell (DePaul) 6-0, 4-0 DNF

No. 3-Anja Mihaldinec (DePaul) led Jessica Sweeting (USF) 5-4 DNF

No. 4-Liz Cruz (USF) def. Bojana Murisic (DePaul) 6-0, 6-2

No. 5-Gabriela Duch (USF) def. Clare Chmiel (DePaul) 6-0, 6-0

No. 6-Iciri Rai (USF) won by default

Women's Tennis Falls in BIG EAST Quarterfinals

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