DES MOINES, IOWA - The Drake
women's tennis team came up short in its spring debut on Saturday (Jan. 30) as
Kansas registered a 6-1 triumph over the Bulldogs at the Roger Knapp Tennis
Center.
Freshman Manca Krizman
(Solkan, Slovenia) led Drake to a pair of victories in the affair, including a
7-5, 6-2 decision over Sara Lazarevic at the No. 2 singles position.
She also teamed with sophomore Gabriela Demos (Chesterfield, Mo.) for an 8-6 win at the top doubles slot against
Lazarevic and Ekaterina Morozova.
Nearly garnering a victory at the No. 3 singles hole was freshman Ali Patterson (Overland Park, Kan.),
who rallied back from 5-2 and 8-6 third-set tiebreaker deficits before falling
to Kunigunda Dorn, 6-4, 4-6, 10-8.
The Bulldogs return to the court on Sunday (Jan. 31) as Drake welcomes
Kansas State for an 11:00 a.m. affair.
KANSAS (1-0) DEF. DRAKE (0-1), 6-1
JAN. 30, 2010 • ROGER KNAPP TENNIS
CENTER (DES MOINES, IOWA)
SINGLES:
No. 1 Ekaterina Morozova (KU) def. Gabriela Demos (DU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 Manca Krizman (DU) def. Sara Lazarevic (KU), 7-5, 6-2
No. 3 Kunigunda Dorn (KU) def. Ali Patterson (DU), 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
No. 4 Maria Martinez (KU) def. Jessica Aguilera (DU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 Erin Wilbert (KU) def. Jessica Labarte (DU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 Victoria Khanevskaya (KU) def. Amanda Aragon (DU), 6-4, 6-2
Order of finish (5,4,1,6,2,3)
DOUBLES:
No. 1 Demos/Krizman (DU) def. Morozova/Lazarevic (KU), 8-6
No. 2 Wilbert/Khanevskaya (KU) def. Aguilera/Labarte (DU), 8-1
No. 3 Martinez/Alessandra Dzuba (KU) def. Aragon/Patterson (DU), 8-2
Order of finish (2,3,1)
