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DePaul University
Day One
Antonijevic and Martin Have Strong First Outing
9/23/2022 7:52:00 PM | WOMEN'S TENNIS
DePaul doubles swept the competition
TOLEDO, Ohio - The DePaul women's tennis team opened their fall season on Friday at the Toledo Rocket Invite.
The tournament began with doubles where DePaul's Valentina Martin played with Toledo's Morera and secured a win against UIC.
All three of DePaul's double teams - Antonjevic/ Smith, Perova/ Carbone and Yergler/ Nobbs - earned wins against the University of Chicago in their matchups.
The first set of Blue Singles, which was made up of #1, #2 and #3 singles players, was played between the Blue Demons and the University of Chicago. DePaul swept the competition when Eleanor Nobbs, Mayya Perova and Hannah Smith all defeated their opponents. Nobbs and Smith's matches both went to a third set, but the Blue Demons were able to outlast their opponents.
The first set of Gold Singles, which included the #4, #5 and #6 singles players, was also against the University of Chicago. Graduate Student Maddie Yergler fell to U of Chicago's Nicole Geller while Lenka Antonijevic and Valentina Martin were able to secure wins.
DePaul's second set of Blue Singles was against inner-city rival UIC. The Flames were able to take the sweep against the Blue Demons, defeating Nobbs, Perova and Smith.
The final set of the day was the Blue Demons' Gold Singles against the Flames. Maddie Yergler fell to the UIC's Cora-Lynn von Dungern. Lenka Antonijevic took home the win in a deciding third set and Valentina Martin was able to come away with a win to finish up the day.
The Blue Demons get back to work first thing tomorrow morning with doubles matchups against UIC and Toledo, beginning at 9 a.m. CT.
Toledo Rocket Invitational
Sept. 23, 2022
Toledo, Ohio
Doubles: Toledo vs. UIC
Morera (TOL)/Martin (DePaul) def. Malazonia/ Ryan (UIC) 7-6 (7-5)
Doubles: University of Chicago vs. DePaul
Antonijevic/ Smith (DePaul) def. Mikos/ Guo (CHI) 7-6 (2)
Perova/ Carbone (DePaul) def. Yuan/ Geller (CHI) 7-5
Yergler/ Nobbs (DePaul) def. Wong/ Ng (CHI) 6-4
Blue Singles: Chicago vs. DePaul
Nobbs (DePaul) def. Mikos (CHI) 6-2, 6-7(6), 13-11
Perova (DePaul) def. Guo (CHI) 7-5, 6-4
Smith (DePaul) def. Yuan (CHI) 5-7, 7-6(3), 10-3
Gold Singles: Chicago vs. DePaul
Geller (CHI) def. Yergler (DePaul) 7-5, 7-5
Antonijevic def. Ng (CHI) 6-0, 6-4
Martin (DePaul) def. Khou (CHI) 6-1, 7-5
Blue Singles: DePaul vs. UIC
Gustafsson (UIC) def. Nobbs (DePaul) 6-1, 6-3
Malazonia (UIC) def. Perova (DePaul) 7-5, 6-2
Nikolopoulou (UIC) def. Smith (DePaul) 6-7, 6-3, 10-5
Gold Singles: DePaul vs. UIC
von Dungern (UIC) def. Yergler (DePaul) 7-5, 6-3
Antonijevic (DePaul) def. Ryan (UIC) 7-5, 7-8 (8-6)
Martin (DePaul) def. Forste-Dinell (UIC) 6-4, 6-4
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