VILLANOVA, Pa. -

The Villanova women's tennis team (3-15) fell to the DePaul Blue Demons (10-7) on Friday afternoon at the Villanova Tennis Complex with a final score of 5-0.

Villanova's Lindsey Evans and Victoria Martinez faced DePaul's No. 89 ranked doubles duo and fell 6-1 at the No. 1 spot. Kaylan Rotman and Victoria Krogius dropped their match at the No. 2 spot, as did Carina Burdick and Connor Brewer at the No. 3 spot.

With DePaul holding a 1-0 advantage, only four singles matches successfully played out before DePaul clinched the match. Lindsey Evans pushed a three-set match at the No. 1 spot against DePaul's Shupenia who is ranked 125 in the country. Victoria Martinez, Carina Burdick, and Linley Busby all finished their matches, but could not pick up wins.

The Villanova women's tennis team returns to action on Sunday, April 9 at Providence for an 11:00 a.m. matchup.

DOUBLES:

1. No. 89 Shupenia/Avgeri (DPU) def. Evans/Martinez (VU), 6-1

2. Tesic/Vladutu (DPU) def. Rotman/Krogius (VU), 6-4

3. Clousing/Abbott (DPU) def. Burdick/Brewer (VU), 6-3

Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

SINGLES:

1. No. 125 Shupenia (DPU) def. Lindsey Evans (VU), 6-1, 3-6, 6-1

2. Clousing (DPU) def. Victoria Martinez (VU), 6-1, 6-0

3. Vladutu (DPU) vs. Kaylan Rotman (VU), DNF

4. Avgeri (DPU) def. Carina Burdick (VU), 6-4, 7-5

5. Abbot (DPU) vs. Alexandra Krogius (VU), DNF

6. Tesic (DPU) def. Linley Busby (VU), 6-3, 6-4

Order of finish: 2, 6, 1, 4