Women’s Tennis Tops Georgetown

Saturday, January 26

Lakeshore Sport & Fitness

4:00 P.M. CT

DePaul University

Georgetown

1/26/2019 10:11:00 PM | WOMEN'S TENNIS

The Blue Demons clinch their first win of dual-season play

CHICAGO – The DePaul women's tennis team came up big on Saturday night on the courts of the Lakeshore Sport and Fitness Center.

The Blue Demons (1-2, 1-0 BIG EAST) captured their first win of dual match season and BIG EAST Conference play with a 4-3 victory over Georgetown (1-2, 1-1 BIG EAST).

On Saturday, the Blue Demons got off to a fast start with a dominating doubles performance on the part of pairs Keisha Clousing/Lenka Antonijevic and Milica Tesic/Maddie Yergler to clinch the 1-0 advantage.

In singles action, Coach Mark Ardizzone's team continued their quick work of Georgetown to take a 3-0 match lead after singles victories by No. 1 Clousing over Moenster 6-1, 6-0 and Aspasia Avgeri's win at No. 3 over Georgetown's Risa Nakagawa 7-6, 6-1.

Fending off a late rally by the Hoyas, sophomore Marija Jovicic clinched the match for DePaul with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Anna Short in the No. 5 position.

The Blue Demons will shoot for a BIG EAST weekend sweep with a 3 p.m. match versus Butler on Sunday.

DePaul 4, Georgetown 3
Singles
No. 1 Keisha Clousing (DPU) def. Sofie Moenster (GTOWN) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 Sydney Goodson (GTOWN) def. Alina Kuzmenkova (DPU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-7
No. 3 Aspasia Avgeri (DPU) def. Risa Nakagawa (GTOWN) 7-6, 6-1
No. 4 Elena De Santis (GTOWN) def. Lenka Antonijevic (DPU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 Marija Jovicic (DPU) def. Anna Short (GTOWN) 6-1, 7-5
No. 6 Cecilia Lynham (GTOWN) def. Maddie Yergler 1-6, 6-3 (14-12)

Doubles
No. 1 Keisha Clousing/Lenka Antonijevic (DPU) def. Sofie Moenster/ Sydney Goodson (GTOWN) 6-1
No. 2 Aspasia Avgeri/Alina Kuzmenkova (DPU) vs. Elena de Santis/ Risa Nakagawa (GTOWN), unfinished
No. 3 Milica Tesic/Maddie Yergler (DPU) def. Brooke Murphy/Renee Repella (GTOWN), 6-0