DePaul University Athletics
Women's Tennis Battles in Evanston
1/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S TENNIS
EVANSTON, Ill. - The No. 45 DePaul women's tennis team tallied six wins on day one of the Wildcat Invitational on Friday at the Combe Indoor Tennis Center. The No. 9 pair of Selma Salkovic and Anna Redecsi won their doubles match while each was victorious in singles action.
Squaring off with student athletes from No. 2 Northwestern and No. 22 Vanderbilt, the Blue Demons tried different combinations, while Katarina Milinkovic and Kirsten Gambrell each played for nearly three hours before both dropping hard fought three-set matches.
Playing against No. 32 Chelsea Preeg from Vanderbilt, Milinkovic won the first set 6-2, but Preeg battled and won the final two sets 6-2, 6-1.
In one of the most exciting matches of the day, Gambrell evened her match with Vanderbilt's Erica Robertson by winning the second set 6-3. The third set was back-and-forth before Robertson won the last two games and took the third set 7-5.
Redecsi used three sets to take her match from Vandy's Keilly Ulery 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Salkovic dropped her first singles match to No. 31 Catherine Newman from Vanderbilt before bouncing back to defeat Northwestern's Elena Chernyakova 6-4, 7-5.
Gia McKnight and Sandra Zmak also won their respective singles matches, both in two sets and against Vanderbilt student-athletes. McKnight topped Rachael Dillon, 6-3, 6-4 while Zmak defeated Hannah Blatt 6-4, 6-3.
In doubles action, Redecsi and Salkvoic disposed of the Vanderbilt pair of Catherine Newman and Jackie Wu 8-2 for DePaul's only doubles win of the day.
Doubles action resumes on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Singles Results
Anna Redecsi (DPU) def. Keilly Ulery (VAN), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Gia McKnight (DPU) def. Rachael Dillon (VAN), 6-3, 6-4
Sandra Zmak (DPU) def. Hannah Blatt (VAN), 6-4, 6-3
Selma Salkovic (DPU) def. Elena Chernyakova (NU), 6-4, 7-5
Catherine Newman (VAN) def. Selma Salkovic (DPU), 6-2, 6-3
Chelsea Preeg (VAN) def. Katarina Milinkovic (DPU), 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
Erica Robertson (VAN) def. Kirsten Gambrell, (DPU), 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
Kate Turvy (NU) def. Gia McKnight (DPU), 6-2, 6-2
Linda Abu Mushrefova (NU) def. Cali Gustafson (DPU), 6-1, 6-2
Doubles Results
Salkovic/Redecsi (DPU) def. Newman/Wu (VAN), 8-2
Blatt/Dillon (VAN) def. Gustafson/Milinkovic (DPU), 8-5
Preeg/Robertson (VAN) def. Gambrell/Zmak (DPU), 8-4
Lee/Lui (NU) def. McKnight/Milinkovic (DPU), 8-2
Gustafson/Gambrell (DEP) def. Ulery/Gornet (VAN), 8-3
Wu/Preeg (VAN) def. Redecsi/Zmak (DEP), 8-3
