Jayhawk Tennis Drops Dual to DePaul, 7-0

Feb. 21, 2009

IOWA CITY, Iowa –

The Jayhawk tennis team fell to the No. 41 DePaul Blue Demons, 7-0, in Iowa City, Iowa Saturday afternoon.

The loss dropped KU to 4-2 on the season and improved DePaul’s record to 9-2.

Each of the Jayhawks’ doubles tandems fell, giving DePaul the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead in the match. Playing at the No. 1 singles position for the first time this season, Edina Horvath played Dunja Antunovic to two tie-breaks before falling, 7-6 (5) and 7-5 (2). The Blue Demons swept the remaining singles matches as well on the way to the 7-0 victory.

Kansas will take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in an 11 a.m. dual at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Center on Sunday.

DePaul – 7, Kansas – 0
Doubles:
No. 1 Anna Redecsi/Selma Salkovic def. Edina Horvath/Kunigunda Dorn, 8-0
No. 2 Dunja Antunovic/Cali Gustafson def. Ekaterina Morozova/Yuliana Svistun, 8-2
No. 3 Kirsten Gambrell/Gia McKnight def. Maria Martinez/Erin Wilbert, 8-2

Singles:
No. 1 Dunja Antunovic def. Edina Horvath, 7-6 (5), 7-5 (2)
No. 2 Anna Redecsi def. Ekaterina Morozova 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 Selma Salkovic def. Kunigunda Dorn, 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Sandra Zmak def. Yuliana Svistun, 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 Gia McKnight def. Maria Martinez, 6-0, 7-5
No. 6 Katarina Milinkovic def. Erin Wilbert, 6-3, 7-5