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No. 28 Women's Tennis edges DePaul, 4-3
02.07.2009 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 7, 2009
EVANSTON, Ill. -- No. 28 Texas (2-2) earned a hard-fought doubles point and split the six singles matches to emerge with a 4-3 victory over No. 61 DePaul Saturday afternoon at Northwestern University's Combe Tennis Center.
UT assumed a 1-0 lead after overcoming a strong Blue Demons' effort in the doubles session. Sophomores Amanda Craddock and Caroline Larsson posted an 8-3 win at third doubles over Gia McKnight and Kirsten Gambrell. UT picked up the doubles clincher at the first position, where senior Marija Milic and junior Vanja Corovic pulled out a 9-7 win over Selma Salkovic and Anna Redesci.
Texas picked up a 6-2, 6-2 win from Corovic over DePaul's Redesci at first singles, and Larsson knocked off Sandra Zmak at third singles, 7-6, 6-4. With the match knotted at three points apiece, Texas junior Sarah Lancaster outlasted Katarina Milinkovic at sixth singles, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to deliver the 4-3 win for the Longhorns.
Texas will meet No. 1 Northwestern on its home courts Sunday at noon. Live scoring will be available at NUSports.com.
No. 28 Texas 4, DePaul 3
Doubles
1 Corovic/Milic (UT) def. Selma Salkovic/Anna Redesci (DU) - 9-7
2 Dunja Antunovic/Sandra Zmak (DU) def. Maggie Mello/Krista Damico (UT) - 8-5
3 Craddock/Larsson (UT) def. Gia McKnight/Kirsten Gambrell (DU) - 8-3
Singles
1 Vanja Corovic (UT) def. Anna Redesci (DU) - 6-2, 6-2
2 Dunja Antunovic (DU) def. Krista Damico (UT) - 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
3 Caroline Larsson (UT) def. Sandra Zmak (DU) - 7-6, 6-4
4 Selma Salkovic (DU) def. Stephanie Davison (UT) - 6-2, 6-4
5 Gia McKnight (DU) def. Amanda Craddock (UT) - 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
6 Sarah Lancaster (UT) def. Katarina Milinkovic (DU) - 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
