APRIL 9, 2011

DES MOINES, Iowa - Rolling off its 10th-consecutive victory, the 72nd-rated Drake men's tennis dispatched of Bradley, 7-0, on Saturday (April 9) at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center.

The Bulldogs set the tone for the match by sweeping all three doubles contests capped by the tandem of sophomores Jean Erasmus (Windhoek, Namibia) and James McKie (Edinburgh, Scotland) clinching the point downing Justin Abrams and Hamish Weerasinghe at No. 2, 8-4.

The momentum carried over into singles play with senior Mauricio Ballivian (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) and junior Cesar Bracho (Luque, Paraguay) extending Drake's lead to 3-0 on the strength of wins at the Nos. 1 and 5 positions.

Ballivian downed Weerasinghe at No. 1, 6-2, 6-1, to register his 185th career victory at Drake, while Bracho bested Arthur Romanet at No. 5, 6-1, 6-4.

Sophomore Anis Ghorbel (Sfax, Tunisia) sealed the decision for the Bulldogs at No. 2, notching a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Juan Cuadrado.

The Bulldogs also garnered wins at the Nos. 3, 4 and 6 slots, respectively, courtesy of McKie, Erasmus and sophomore Ryan Drake (Hilton Head Island, S.C.).

Drake concludes its regular season home campaign on Sunday (April 10) with an 11:00 a.m. tilt against Illinois State, the defending regular season Missouri Valley Conference champions.

DRAKE (16-2, 2-0 MVC) DEF. BRADLEY (13-7, 0-1 MVC), 7-0

APRIL 9, 2011 • DES MOINES, IOWA

SINGLES:

No. 1 Mauricio Ballivian (DU) def. Hamish Weerasinghe (BU), 6-2, 6-1

No. 2 Anis Ghorbel (DU) def. Juan Cuadrado (BU), 6-1, 6-2

No. 3 James McKie (DU) def. Ashton Kalhorn (BU), 6-2, 7-5

No. 4 Jean Erasmus (DU) def. Eric Nguyen (BU), 6-3, 3-6, 10-6

No. 5 Cesar Bracho (DU) def. Arthur Romanet (BU), 6-3, 6-1

No. 6 Ryan Drake (DU) def. Kevin Keiner (BU), 6-1, 6-4

Order of Finish: 1,5,2,6,4,3

DOUBLES:

No. 1 Ballivian/Ghorbel (DU) def. Kalhorn/Nguyen (BU), 8-1

No. 2 Erasmus/McKie (DU) def. Justin Abrams/Weerasinghe (BU), 8-4

No. 3 Bracho/Drake (DU) def. Cuadrado/Romenet (BU), 8-5

Order of Finish: 1,2,3