Blue Demons Off to Fast Start at Wildcat Invite

Friday, October 5

Evanston, Ill.

All Day

DePaul University

Wildcat Invite

Blue Demons Off to Fast Start at Wildcat Invite

10/5/2018 11:10:00 PM | WOMEN'S TENNIS

Results

Advance two into singles semifinals and two doubles teams into quarterfinals

EVANSTON, Ill. – After taking a week off, the DePaul women's tennis team returned to action Friday at the Wildcat Invite in suburban Evanston.

Two Blue Demons advanced to the semifinals of their flights and a pair of DePaul doubles teams advanced to the quarterfinals in their flights.

Freshmen Hristina Djokic and Maddie Yergler won their day one matches with Djokic topping Georgie Sanders of Illinois-Chicago 6-4, 6-1 while Yergler defeated Chicago State's Iesha Shepherd 6-2, 6-4.

In her 2018-19 her singles debut, Keisha Clousing dropped a 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 decision to Pittsburgh's Luisa Varon.

In doubles, Milica Tesic made her season debut teaming with Djokic for a 6-3 victory over Viktoria Seifert and Nell Arendt of UIC.

Aspasia Avgeri and Marija Jovicic began the new season with a 6-2 triumph over Katarina Drazic and Kristina Pukhaeva of Chicago State.

Clousing and Yergler will begin battling their way through the consolation bracket quarterfinals Saturday after falling 6-4 to Pitt's Varon and Clara Lucas.

Singles semifinals and doubles quarterfinals in both the championship and consolation brackets get underway Saturday morning at Northwestern's Vandy Christie Tennis Center.

Results
Singles
Djokic (DPU) def. Sanders (UIC) 6-4, 6-1
Varon (PITT) def. Clousing (DPU) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0
Yergler (DPU) def. Shepherd (CSU) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles
Tesic/Djokic (DPU) def. Seifert/Arendt (UIC)6-3
Avgeri/Jovicic (DPU) def. Drazic/Pukhaeva (CSU) 6-2
Varon/Lucas (PITT) def. Clousing/Yergler (DPU) 6-4