DES MOINES, IOWA - Coming into the final day of the Drake Fall Invitational on Sunday (Sept. 12) the Drake women's tennis team stood in line to play for as many as three titles but Northern Iowa thwarted each attempt en route to capturing each of the three singles' titles.

Sophomore Manca Krizman (Solkan, Slovenia) reached the championship match for the Bulldogs in the top draw with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over North Dakota's Erin Kappers before Northern Iowa's Phoebe Walker bested her in the title tilt, 7-5, 6-1.

Falling short in their respective semifinal contests were juniors Amanda Aragon (Fort Collins, Colo.), Jessica Aguilera (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) and Earlynn Lauer (Wichita, Kan.) in the "B", "B" and "C" flights, respectively.

Drake returns to action in two weeks at the Northern Iowa Invitational (Sept. 24-26).

2010 DRAKE FALL INVITATIONAL

SEPT. 12, 2010 - ROGER KNAPP TENNIS CENTER

SINGLES:

FLIGHT A:

Manca Krizman (DU) def. Erin Kappers (UND), 6-3, 6-2

Phoebe Walker (UNI) def. Manca Krizman (DU), 7-5, 6-1

FLIGHT B:

Jessica Kunzelmann (UNI) def. Jessica Aguilera (DU), 6-0, 6-0

Krissy Lankelma (UNI) def. Amanda Aragon (DU), 6-4, 7-5

FLIGHT C:

Katy Delagardelle (UNI) def. Earlynn Lauer (DU), 1-6, 6-4, 6-4