The Chicago State women's tennis team completed the final day of the three-day Northwestern Invitational Sunday afternoon in Evanston. Chicago State earned a doubles victory and pair of singles wins over Marquette with
Katarina Dukic teaming with
Cali Fuller to defeat Marquette, 6-1, then the duo each won in singles, with Dukic picking up a 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 win over Marquette and
Cali Fuller earned a straight-set, 6-1, 6-3 victory also over Marquette. Dukic won two of her three singles matches during the three-day event.
"I'm proud of the way our women played this weekend," associate head coach
Adesuwa Osabuohien said. "They competed very fearlessly, even in the down moments. I believe this was a good weekend overall. Katarina's (Dukic) performance was very impressive with doubles and singles win over Marquette. We still have a lot of work to do in doubles, but we're heading in the right direction."
Listed below are Chicago State's results from the Northwestern Invitational. The women will be back on the court next weekend, October 20-24, at the ITA Midwest Regional in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
2022 Northwestern Invitational
October 7-9
Chicago State Results
Friday's Results
Doubles
Simme/Timmerman, USF defeated
Cali Fuller/
Katarina Dukic, Chicago State, 6-1
Singles
Timmermans, USF defeated
Katarina Dukic, Chicago State, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Simme, USF defeated
Ethel Li, Chicago State, 6-1, 6-2
Windbuchler, Marquette defeated
Amina Taibi, Chicago State, 7-5, 6-4
Saturday's Results
Doubles
Hopman/Windbuchler, Marquette defeated
Katarina Dukic/
Cali Fuller, Chicago State, 6-1
Ethel Li, Chicago State/Schiffman, MSU defeated Davis/Ferdman, Marquette, 6-1
Singles
Katarina Dukic defeated Windbuchler, Marquette, 6-2, 6-3
Hopman, Marquette defeated
Amina Taibi, Chicago State, 6-3, 6-3
Davis, Marquette defeated
Ethel Li, Chicago State, 6-2, 6-2
Sunday's Results
Doubles
Katarina Dukic/
Cali Fuller defeated Davis/Freeman, Marquette, 6-1
Simme/Timmermans, USF defeated
Ethel Li/
Amina Taibi, Chicago State, 6-0
Singles
Katarina Dukic defeated Ferdman, Marquette, 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-4
Cali Fuller, Chicago State defeated Timmermans, South Florida, 6-1, 6-3
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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