Friday, February 14
West Lafayette, IN
2:00 P.M. CT
DePaul University
at
Purdue
Blue Demons Ready to Regain Winning Touch
2/13/2020 11:54:00 AM | WOMEN'S TENNIS
Women's tennis takes on Purdue, Tulsa, Northern Illinois this weekend
CHICAGO – The Blue Demons will have their hands full this weekend with a pair of matches on the road followed by a return home to Lakeshore Sport & Fitness.
Coach Marisa Arce and her women's tennis team look to get back on the winning track beginning Friday with a matchup against the Big Ten's Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind.
DePaul opened the dual-match season with three consecutive wins but lost twice last weekend on the road.
Lenka Antonijevic leads her team in the dual season with a 4-1 singles record and is 12-5 overall. Aspasia Avgeri is 3-2, 15-6 and Yuliya Kizelbasheva has begun 3-2, 12-6.
The doubles team of Marija Jovicic and Hristina Djokic has won its first four matches of the dual season and is a sparkling 7-1 overall. That duo has a seven-match winning streak. The Antonijevic/Kizelbasheva tandem is off to a 4-1 start at No. 1 doubles with an overall mark of 15-7.
Purdue will step onto the Schwartz Tennis Center courts with a 3-5 record having beaten Xavier, Butler and Miami (Ohio) while losing to No. 13 South Carolina, No. 20 Tennessee, No. 23 Washington, Notre Dame and Wisconsin.
Arce & Co. return to the Schwartz Tennis Center on Saturday for a neutral match against a talented Tulsa team that is off to a 7-2 start. The Hurricane has succeeded against Mercer twice, Louisiana Tech, Montana State, Wyoming, Mississippi State and Abilene Christian and lost to No. 5 Duke and No. 16 Oklahoma State.
On Sunday, DePaul will welcome Northern Illinois to Lincoln Park for a 5 p.m. match. NIU enters the weekend with a 5-3 record including victories over Green Bay, Olivet Nazarene, Milwaukee, Eastern Illinois and Doane and losses to Wisconsin, Creighton and Omaha.
Recaps and results can be accessed at depaulbluedemons.com.
Coach Marisa Arce and her women's tennis team look to get back on the winning track beginning Friday with a matchup against the Big Ten's Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind.
DePaul opened the dual-match season with three consecutive wins but lost twice last weekend on the road.
Lenka Antonijevic leads her team in the dual season with a 4-1 singles record and is 12-5 overall. Aspasia Avgeri is 3-2, 15-6 and Yuliya Kizelbasheva has begun 3-2, 12-6.
The doubles team of Marija Jovicic and Hristina Djokic has won its first four matches of the dual season and is a sparkling 7-1 overall. That duo has a seven-match winning streak. The Antonijevic/Kizelbasheva tandem is off to a 4-1 start at No. 1 doubles with an overall mark of 15-7.
Purdue will step onto the Schwartz Tennis Center courts with a 3-5 record having beaten Xavier, Butler and Miami (Ohio) while losing to No. 13 South Carolina, No. 20 Tennessee, No. 23 Washington, Notre Dame and Wisconsin.
Arce & Co. return to the Schwartz Tennis Center on Saturday for a neutral match against a talented Tulsa team that is off to a 7-2 start. The Hurricane has succeeded against Mercer twice, Louisiana Tech, Montana State, Wyoming, Mississippi State and Abilene Christian and lost to No. 5 Duke and No. 16 Oklahoma State.
On Sunday, DePaul will welcome Northern Illinois to Lincoln Park for a 5 p.m. match. NIU enters the weekend with a 5-3 record including victories over Green Bay, Olivet Nazarene, Milwaukee, Eastern Illinois and Doane and losses to Wisconsin, Creighton and Omaha.
Recaps and results can be accessed at depaulbluedemons.com.
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