ROCHESTER, MINN. - The Drake women's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision to No. 63 Minnesota on Saturday (Jan. 24).

The setback moved the Bulldogs to 0-2 on the campaign, while the Golden Gophers won their season opener to improve to 1-0 on the season.

Drake's best opportunity to stake claim to a victory came at the No. 2 singles position where freshman Gabby Demos (Chesterfield, Mo.) fell 11-9 in a third-set tiebreaker to Karina Chiarelli en route to falling, 3-6, 6-3, 8-9 (9).

The Bulldogs return to action on Saturday (Jan. 31) as Drake travels to face Kansas State in an 11:00 a.m. tilt.

SINGLES:
No. 1 Niltooli Wilkins (MINN) def. Veronika Leszayova (DU), 7-5, 7-5
No. 2 Karina Chiarelli (MINN) def. Gabby Demos (DU), 6-3, 3-6, 9-8 (9)
No. 3 Alessandra Ferrazzi (MINN) def. Morgan Rainey (DU), 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Magdalena Wiecha (MINN) def. Jessica Aguilera (DU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 Tijana Koprivica (MINN) def. Kari Sloboth (DU), 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 Jackie Sperling (MINN) def. Amanda Aragon (DU), 6-2, 6-4

DOUBLES:
No. 1 Karina Chiarelli/Alex Seaton (MINN) def. Gabby Demos/Amanda Aragon (DU), 8-2
No. 2 Alessandra Ferrazzi/Niltooli Wilkins (MINN) def. Veronika Leszayova/Jessica Labarte (DU), 8-4
No. 3 Tijana Koprivica/Magdalena Wiecha (MINN) def. Jessica Aguilera/Morgan Rainey (DU), 9-7