DES MOINES, IOWA - Winning consecutive matches for the first time this season, the Drake women's tennis team earned a decisive 7-0 triumph over UMKC on Sunday (March 11) at the Drake Tennis Center.

The Bulldogs garnered victories at the top two doubles positions to take a 1-0 lead into singles play.

In her first action of the spring, junior Daria Zawislak (Gdansk, Poland) posted a 6-2, 6-0 win versus Suzanne Bott at No. 5 singles.

Drake also garnered singles victories from sophomore Veronika Leszayova (Povazska Bystrica/Slovak Republic), junior Irina Kalashnikova (Sochi, Russia), sophomore Zi Wang (Hebei Province, China) and sophomore Sarah Plowman (Halifax, Nova Scotia).

The Bulldogs have two weeks off before resuming their schedule with a home match versus Nebraska-Omaha on March 25 at noon.

Drake def. UMKC, 7-0
Des Moines, Iowa Drake Tennis Center
March 11, 2007
Records: Drake (4-9), UMKC (0-3)

Singles:
No. 1 Veronika Leszayova (DU) def. Akshara Reddy (UMKC), 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 Irina Kalashnikova (DU) def. Caitlin Burke (UMKC), 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 Zi Wang (DU) def. Holland Davis (UMKC), 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 Sarah Plowman (DU) def. Nicole Kofron (UMKC), 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Daria Zawislak (DU) def. Suzanne Bott (UMKC), 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 Drake wins by forfeit

Doubles:
No. 1 Leszayova/Allison Wilkie (DU) def. Reddy/Burke (UMKC), 8-1
No. 2 Rusdianto/Kalashnikova (DU) def. Davis/Bott (UMKC), 8-0
No. 3 Drake wins by forfeit