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DePaul
Northwestern Sweeps DePaul, 7-0
1/15/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Jan. 15, 2003
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern women's tennis team began its 2003 campaign this afternoon with a defeat of the DePaul Blue Demons, 7-0, at the Combe Tennis Center.
Jessica Rush (Dallas, Texas/The Hockaday School) and freshman Cristelle Grier (Surrey, England/Putney) set the tone early with an 8-0 doubles victory. Less than a minute later teammates Ruth Barnes (Cambridge, England/Hills Road Sixth Form College) and Andrea Yung (San Marino, Calif./San Marino) downed their opponents 8-1 to secure the doubles point for the 'Cats.
In singles play, Stacy Kokx (West Bloomfield, Mich./ Marian) broke serve in the fourth game of her match and never looked back on her way to a 6-2, 6-0 victory. Grier was not the only freshmen to have success in her first dual match, Jamie Peisel (Savannah, Ga./Savannah Country Day) cruised to a 6-1, 6-3 win. Barnes clinched the victory for Northwestern, downing her opponent 6-4, 6-3. The contest ended in dramatic fashion as Rush lost the first set of her match, only to battle back and triumph in a third set tiebreaker.
"It's a good start for us. It was a great opportunity to see where we are and what we need to work on," says head coach Claire Pollard.
Northwestern is now 5-0 all-time against DePaul. The team is next in action Saturday as they host the No.4 Duke Blue Devils. The match is set to begin at 4 p.m. at the Combe Tennis Center.
Northwestern vs. DePaul
NU 7, DePaul 0
SINGLES
No.1 Cristelle Grier (NU) def. Szilvia Kelemen (DU) 6-2, 6-2
No.2 Jessica Rush (NU) def. Marina Parashkevova (DU) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(7)
No.3 Jamie Peisel (NU) def. Brenda Leung (DU) 6-1, 6-3
No.4 Andrea Yung (NU) def. Natalie Matko (DU) 7-6(5), 6-3
No.5 Ruth Barnes (NU) def. Karen Falduto (DU) 6-4, 6-3
No.6 Stacy Kokx (NU) def. Rachel Dybas (DU) 6-2, 6-0
DOUBLES
No.1 Rush/Grier (NU) def. Kelemen/Parashkevova (DU) 8-0
No.2 Leung/Matko (DU) def. Peisel/Kokx (NU) 8-6
No.3 Barnes/Yung (NU) def. Megan/Falduto (DU) 8-1
