IOWA CITY, IOWA - Suffering its initial loss of the campaign, the Drake men's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision at Iowa on Wednesday (Feb. 23).

The Hawkeyes swept the doubles competition to acquire a lead they didn't relinquish.

The Bulldogs collected singles victories at the Nos. 2 and 5 slots, respectively, courtesy of sophomore Jean Erasmus (Windhoek, Namibia) and freshman Robin Goodman (Cambridge, England).

Erasmus downed Nikita Zotov at No. 2, 6-1, 6-2, while Goodman bested Tom Mroziewicz on court No. 5, 6-2, 6-1.

Drake continues its road swing on Friday (Feb. 25) as the Bulldogs tangle with Minnesota in a 6:30 p.m. tilt in St. Paul, Minn.

IOWA (4-3) DEF. DRAKE (6-1), 5-2

IOWA CITY, IOWA • FEB. 23, 2011

SINGLES:

No. 1 Marc Bruche (IOWA) def. Mauricio Ballivian (DU), 6-2, 6-3

No. 2 Jean Erasmus (DU) def. Nikita Zotov (IOWA), 6-1, 6-2

No. 3 Will Vasos (IOWA) def. James McKie (DU), 6-7, 6-2, 6-2

No. 4 Austen Kauss (IOWA) def. Anis Ghorbel (DU), 6-2, 1-6, 7-6

No. 5 Robin Goodman (DU) def. Tom Mroziewicz (IOWA), 6-2, 6-1

No. 6 Garret Dunn (IOWA) def. Jonathan Hadash (DU), 6-2, 7-6

DOUBLES:

No. 1 Bruche/Vasos (IOWA) def. Ballivian/Goodman (DU), 8-7

No. 2 Kauss/Jonas Dierckx (IOWA) def. Ghorbel/McKie (DU), 8-5

No. 3 Dunn/Mroziewicz (IOWA) def. Erasmus/Hadash (DU), 8-2