Fast Start for Women's Tennis at ITA Midwest Regional

URBANA, Ill. – DePaul got off to a good start Friday at the highly competitive ITA Midwest Regional hosted by Illinois.

Three Blue Demons won their opening singles matches while one doubles team duplicated that effort.

Lenka Antonijevic started out with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Andie Weise of rival Marquette. Yuliya Kizelbasheva followed her teammate's lead, taking down Selina Karg of Bowling Green 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Last week's top player, Marija Jovicic, picked up right where she left off. The graduate student from Bosnia-Herzegovina won her fourth in a row with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Bowling Green's Ines Iglesias.

Maddie Yergler stumbled in her first-round match, falling to Tijana Zlatanovic of Illinois State 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.

Yergler and Jovicic opened doubles play with an 8-3 decision over Chicago State's Sofiya Sedovich and Cali Fuller. The Antonijevic/Kizelbasheva tandem received a bye into the next round.

DePaul was unable to record a singles win in the second round.

ITA Midwest Regional
Sept. 24, 2021
Urbana, Ill.
Singles
Lenka Antonijevic (DePaul) def. Andie Weise (Marquette) 6-2, 7-5
Yuliya Kizelbasheva (DePaul) def. Selina Karg (Bowling Green) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
Marija Jovicic (DePaul) def. Ines Iglesias (Bowling Green) 6-2, 6-1
Tijana Zlatanovic (Illinois State) def. Maddie Yergler (DePaul) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Maeve Koscielski (Notre Dame) def. Lenka Antonijevic (DePaul) 6-4, 6-3
Cassie Alcala (Toledo) def. Yuliya Kizelbasheva (DePaul) 6-3, 6-2
Kasia Treiber (Illinois) def. Marija Jovicic (DePaul) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
Maddie Yergler/Marija Jovicic (DePaul) def. Sofiya Sedovich/Cali Fuller (Chicago State) 8-3

Fast Start for Women's Tennis at ITA Midwest Regional

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Players Mentioned

Lenka Antonijevic

Marija Jovicic

Yuliya Kizelbasheva

Maddie Yergler

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