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Tigers Lose Tough One to De Paul In Women's Tennis, 4-3
February 16, 2008 | Women's Tennis
De Paul's Beatrix Csordas outlasted Princeton's Rebecca Parks thanks to a service break in the third set in the deciding match at No. 4 singles, giving the 71st-ranked De Paul women's tennis team a 4-3 victory over No. 70 Princeton Saturday afternoon in Jadwin Gym.
Princeton (4-2) lost the doubles point and trailed 3-1 in the overall match before coming back to square the match, setting up the deciding three-setter.
First, freshman Sarah Hoffman finished off a three-set victory over De Paul's Katarina Milinkovic, winning 6-2 in the third set at No. 5. Then, the Tigers tied the team match thanks to Melissa Saiontz at No. 1 who, after splitting sets with Dunja Antunovic, won the deciding third set without losing a game.
Just a few minutes later, however, Csordas won a tough service game at 4-4 and then broke Parks to win the match, finishing with a nice backhand passing shot down the line.
Princeton's other singles winner on Saturday was No. 2 player Ivana King, who defeated Gergana Ganeva 6-0 and 6-4 to give the Tigers their first singles win.
King also won in doubles, joining with Parks to defeat Csordas and Ganeva 8-3 at No. 1, but the Blue Demons (6-3) won the doubles point when Antunovic and Kristen Gambrell won in a tiebreak against Saiontz and Taylor Marable at No. 2.
The Tigers host Buffalo at Jadwin Gym Sunday morning.
No. 71 De Paul 4, No. 70 Princeton 3
Jadwin Gym
Feb. 16, 2008
Singles
1. Melissa Saiontz, P, def. Dunja Antunovic, D, 7-6, 4-6, 6-0
2. Ivana King, P, def. Gergana Ganeva, D, 6-0, 6-4
3. Selma Salkovic, D, def. Sarah Huah, P, 6-1, 6-2
4. Beatrix Csordas, D, def. Rebecca Parks, P, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
5. Sarah Hoffman, P, def. Katarina Milinkovic, D, 6-0, 3-6, 6-2
6. Kristen Gambrel, D, def. Taylor Marable, P, 6-0, 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 6, 3, 5, 1, 4*
Doubles (De Paul wins doubles point)
1. King/Parks, P, def. Csordas/Ganeva, D, 8-3
2. Antunovic/Gambrell, D, def. Marable/Saiontz, P, 9-8 (5)
3. Salkovic/Anja Mihaldinec, D, def. Huah/Kristen Scott, P, 8-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2*
Princeton 4-2, De Paul 6-3