St. Louis, Mo. - In a battle of nationally-ranked teams. 12th-ranked DePauw won four of the six singles matches and took a 5-4 win at 11th-ranked Washington University. Both teams are now 13-6.

DePauw's Elizabeth Young and Caroline Emhardt defeated Paige Madara and Betsy Edershile by an 8-1 score at number three doubles for the Tigers' lone doubles point.

The Tigers then picked up the win by taking singles victories at the number two, four, five and six slots.

DePauw hosts Denison tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the final North Coast Athletic Conference regular season match.

DePauw University vs Washington University
4/21/2012 at St. Louis, Mo.
(Tao Tennis Center)

#12 DePauw University 5, #11 Washington University 4

 Singles competition
1. Natalie Tingir (WASHU) def. Kelly Gebert (DPU) 6-3, 6-0
2. Maggie MacPhail (DPU) def. Kate Klein (WASHU) 6-4, 6-1
3. Theresa Petraskova (WASHU) def. Meg Crowley (DPU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Claire Marshall (DPU) def. Paige Madara (WASHU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Katie Regan (DPU) def. Betsy Edershile (WASHU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
6. Caroline Emhardt (DPU) def. Corinne Rauck (WASHU) 6-2, 6-2

 Doubles competition
1. Kate Klein/Corinne Rauck (WASHU) def. Kelly Gebert/Maggie MacPhail (DPU) 9-8 (7-5)
2. Theresa Petraskova/Natalie Tingir (WASHU) def. Meg Crowley/Claire Marshall (DPU) 8-5
3. Elizabeth Young/Caroline Emhardt (DPU) def. Paige Madara/Betsy Edershile (WASHU) 8-1

Match Notes:
DePauw University 13-6; National ranking #12
Washington University 13-6; National ranking #11