DES MOINES, IOWA - A 6-1 home triumph over Creighton marked the 23rd consecutive
regular season Missouri Valley Conference victory for the Drake men's tennis team in the Bulldogs' league opener on Thursday (April 1) at the Roger Knapp
Tennis
Center.
"We won,
but I am disappointed with our doubles play today," Drake head coach Jimmy Borendame commented. "We did not
come out with energy and did not have the "killer instinct". I'm anxious to see who is going to step
up on Saturday versus Wichita State."
Playing the inaugural dual match
on its pristine outdoor courts, Drake grabbed the momentum in the affair by
securing the doubles point with wins on the Nos. 2 and 3 courts. Senior Guilherme Marsiglia (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and sophomore Jonathan Hadash (Lapid, Israel) sealed
the tally with their 8-4 decision over Connor Macey and Kyle Obermeier at No.
2.
Hadash quickly extended the lead to 2-0 in singles besting Sean Mathison at No. 6, 6-2, 6-0.
Posting his 22nd win of the year
was freshman James McKie (Edinburgh,
Scotland), who gave the Bulldogs a 3-0 advantage after downing Gabe Nagy at No.
3, 6-1, 6-2.
Freshman Jean Erasmus (Windhoek, Namibia) secured the win in the tilt on the
strength of a 6-3, 6-2 decision over Obermeier at the No. 4 singles hole.
The Bulldogs also garnered
triumphs courtesy of junior Mauricio Ballivian (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) and sophomore Cesar Bracho (Luque, Paraguay) on the Nos. 1 and 5 courts, respectively.
Drake
returns to action on Saturday (April 3) as the Bulldogs host Wichita State at
12:00 p.m. at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center.
DRAKE (11-6, 1-0 MVC) DEF. CREIGHTON (8-3, 0-1 MVC), 6-1
APRIL 1, 2010 - DES MOINES, IOWA
ROGER KNAPP TENNIS CENTER
SINGLES:
No. 1 Mauricio Ballivian (DU) def.
Billy Paluch (CU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 J.T. Christian (CU) def
Guilherme Marsiglia (DU), 5-7, 7-6 (5), 12-10
No. 3 James McKie (DU) def. Gabe
Nagy (CU), 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Jean Erasmus (DU) def. Kyle
Obermeier (CU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 Cesar Bracho (DU) def. James
McAvoy (CU), 6-4, 6-0
No. 6 Jonathan Hadash (DU) def.
Sean Mathison (CU), 6-2, 6-0
Order of finish (6,3,4,1,5,2)
DOUBLES:
No. 1 Christian/Paluch (CU) def. McKie/Ballivian
(DU), 8-6
No. 2 Hadash/Marsiglia (DU) def.
Connor Macey/Obermeier (CU), 8-4
No. 3 Bracho/Erasmus (DU) def.
Bryan Lube/Ryan Norman (CU), 8-4
Order of finish (3,2,1)
