Bulldogs In Line For Four Titles After Second-Day Action At Drake Fall Invitational

DES MOINES, IOWA -Three Bulldogs remain in contention for singles crowns, while a doubles team is guaranteed a title after Drake went 12-5 in combined singles/doubles matches on Saturday (Sept. 27) at the Drake Fall Invitational.

Freshman Jessica Aguilera (Santa Cruz, Bolivia/Saint George School) reached the title match of the “B” singles draw after downing freshman teammate Amanda Aragon (Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins), 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinal round.

Senior Sarah Plowman (Halifax, Nova Scotia/Hallifax Grammar) matched her in the “C” flight following a 6-0, 6-3 decision over Sarah Cadwallader of Creighton.

In the “C” consolation round, freshman Earlynn Lauer (Wichita, Kan./Goddard) will square off versus Jordan Short of Central Arkansas in the title match after registering a 6-1, 6-4 triumph against Leesa Cadwallader of Creighton.

In the top doubles draw it will be an all-Drake battle as the tandem of freshmen Gabby Demos (Chesterfield, Mo./Lafayette) and Aragon tangle with seniors Veronika Leszayova (Povazska Bystrica, Republic/Gymnazium) and Plowman for the crown.

Action concludes on Sunday (Sept. 28) beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Singles:
Morgan Rainey (DU) def. Jackie Sperling (MINN), 7-6 (6), 6-0
Karina Chiarelli (MINN) def. Morgan Rainey (DU), 7-6 (5), 7-5
Jessica Kunzelmann (UNI) def. Veronika Leszayova (DU), 5-7, 6-3, 10-7
Kari Sloboth (DU) def. Taynara Moraes (UNI), 7-4, 4-6, 10-8
Laia Gonzalez-Garrido (UNI) def. Kari Sloboth (DU), 7-5, 6-7 (8), 10-5
Jessica Aguilera (DU) def. Alyssa Palen (ISU), 6-2, 6-0
Jessica Aguilera (DU) def. Amanda Aragon (DU), 6-1, 6-1
Amanda Aragon (DU) Mary Pat McMullan (CU), 6-1, 6-4
Sarah Plowman (DU) def. Rebecca McCullough (UCA), 6-3, 6-0
Sarah Plowman (DU) def. Sarah Cadwallader (CU), 6-0, 6-3
Earlynn Lauer (DU) def. Ashley Waltman (SD), 6-0, 6-1
Earlynn Lauer (DU) def. Leesa Cadwallader (CU), 6-4, 6-1

Doubles:
Demos/Aragon (DU) def. Sperling/Weicha (MINN), 8-4
Leszayova/Plowman (DU) def. Chiarelli/Forsyth (MINN), 8-6
Aguilera/Rainey (DU) def. Kunzelmann/Mendez (UNI), 8-4
Lang/Tarkoe (ISU) def. Sloboth/Lauer (DU), 8-3