DES MOINES, IOWA - The Drake women's tennis team displayed a warrior's spirit but in the end came up short in a 6-1 setback to Kansas State on Sunday (Jan. 31) at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center.

The Bulldogs held late advantages at the top two doubles positions but were unable to capitalize as the Wildcats swept all three contests to claim the doubles point.

Kansas State took the first two singles contests at the Nos. 1 and 5 positions to assume a 3-0 lead before sophomore Gabriela Demos (Chesterfield, Mo.) registered a 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Ana Gomez Aleman at the No. 2 position.

Coming up short in the third-set tiebreaker was freshman Ali Patterson (Overland Park, Kan.), who despite taking the initial set, 6-1, against Nina Sertic at No. 3, was unable to close out the second frame before falling in the third en route to dropping a 6-1, 5-7, 5-10 decision.

The Bulldogs return to the court on Friday (Feb. 5) as Drake hosts in-state rival Iowa State at 5:00 p.m.

KANSAS STATE (2-0) DEF. DRAKE (0-2), 6-1

JAN. 31, 2010 • ROGER KNAPP TENNIS CENTER (DES MOINES, IOWA)

SINGLES:

No. 1 Antea Huljev (KSU) def. Manca Krizman (DU), 6-1, 6-3

No. 2 Gabriela Demos (DU) def. Ana Gomez Aleman (KSU), 6-2, 6-2

No. 3 Nina Sertic (KSU) def. Ali Patterson (DU), 1-6, 7-5, 10-5

No. 4 Petra Chuda (KSU) def. Jessica Aguilera (DU), 6-2, 7-5

No. 5 Amryna Chumak (KSU) def. Jessica Labarte (DU), 6-2, 6-1

No. 6 Natasha Vieira (KSU) def. Amanda Aragon (DU), 6-0, 6-4

Order of finish (5,1,2,6,4,3)

DOUBLES:

No. 1 Huljev/Sertic (KSU) def. Demos/Krizman (DU), 8-7 (7)

No. 2 Chuda/Gomez Aleman (KSU) def. Aragon/Labarte (DU), 9-7

No. 3 Chumak/Vieira (KSU) def. Aguilera/Patterson (DU), 8-1

Order of finish (3,2,1)