Women's Tennis Drops Season Opener at Purdue

Saturday, January 19

West Lafayette, Ind.

9:00 A.M. CT

DePaul University

Purdue

1/19/2019 1:35:00 PM | WOMEN'S TENNIS

Kuzmenkova, Avgeri notch singles victories

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- DePaul women's tennis ran into a tough Big Ten opponent in its dual season opener on Saturday morning.

The Blue Demons came out on the short end of a 5-2 decision on the road at Purdue on the courts of the Schwartz Tennis Center.

The match opened with the Boilermakers (5-2) sweeping the doubles matches en route to claiming the doubles point.

At No. 2 singles, Alina Kuzmenkova came through with a 4-6, 6-4, 4-2 win over Purdue's Ena Babic. Aspasia Avgeri recorded a point for the Blue Demons after her straight set 6-2, 6-3 victory over Alex Sabe at No. 4.

DePaul (0-1) will make the short trip to Kalamazoo for its second match of the season against Western Michigan on Sunday at 10 a.m.

Purdue 5, DePaul 2
Singles
1. No. 19 Silvia Ambrosio (PUR) def. Keisha Clousing (DPU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
2. Alina Kuzmenkova (DPU) def. Ena Babic (PUR) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
3. Seira Shimizu (PUR) def. Marija Jovicic (DPU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
4. Aspasia Avgeri (DPU) def. Alex Sabe (PUR) 6-2, 6-3
5. Amina Mukhametshina (PUR) def. Maddie Yergler (DPU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Caitlin Calkins (PUR) def. Milica Tesic (DPU) 6-3, 7-5

Doubles
1. Silvia Ambrosio/Amina Mukhametshina (PUR) def. Keisha Clousing/Lenka Antonijevic (DPU), 6-3
2. Caitlin Calkins/Seira Shimizu (PUR) v. Marija Jovicic/Alina Kuzmenkova (DPU), unfinished
3. Zala Dovnik/Ena Babic (PUR) def. Aspasia Avgeri/Milica Tesic (DPU), 6-4