JANUARY 28, 2012
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Drake
women's tennis team opened its home campaign in strong fashion registering a
5-2 triumph over Northern Illinois on Saturday (Jan. 28) at the Roger Knapp
Tennis Center.
Showing resolve and steely determination, the Bulldogs gritted out the
triumph in a contest that featured four of the six singles contests going to a
deciding third set.
Drake stole the early momentum in the match sweeping the doubles
competition. The tandem of senior Gabriela Demos (Chesterfield, Mo.) and
junior Manca Krizman (Solkan,
Slovenia) clinched the doubles point with an 8-5 decision over Sara McLaughlin
and Emily Rogers at the No. 1 position.
With the doubles win, Demos moved into the top-10 in school history in career doubles triumphs with 53.
The advantage swelled to 3-0 in the Bulldogs' favor after singles victories
at the Nos. 2 and 6 positions courtesy of Krizman and senior Jessica Aguilera (Santa Cruz, Bolivia).
Krizman dispatched of Rogers at No. 1, 6-0, 6-1, before Aguilera bested
Arantza De La Torre at No. 6, 6-2, 6-0.
The Huskies cracked the scoring column with a win at the No. 5 slot to
cut the deficit to 3-1.
Fighting through adversity en route to garnering the deciding tally, Demos
posted a dramatic 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 triumph over Nelle Youel at the No. 3 position.
Sophomore Klavdija Rebol
(Kranj, Slovenia) put an exclamation point on Drake's triumph with a
come-from-behind 6-7, 7-4, 7-6 (3) victory against McLaughlin at the top
singles slot.
The Bulldogs continue action at the Mid-America Jamboree Team Dual hosting
SIU Edwardsville at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center starting at 7:00 p.m. this
evening.
DRAKE (2-1) DEF. NORTHERN ILLINOIS
(0-1), 5-2
JANUARY 28, 2012 • ROGER KNAPP
TENNIS CENTER
SINGLES
No. 1 Klavdija Rebol (DU) def. Sara McLaughlin (NIU), 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
No. 2 Manca Krizman (DU) def. Emily Rogers (NIU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 Gabriela Demos (DU) def. Nelle Youel (NIU), 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
No. 4 Haley Dekkinga (NIU) def. Nell Boyd (DU), 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 Mary Malkin (NIU) def. Ali Patterson (DU), 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 Jessica Aguilera (DU) def. Arantza De La Torre (NIU), 6-2, 6-0
ORDER OF FINISH: (2,6,5,3,1,4)
DOUBLES:
No. 1 Demos/Krizman (DU) def. McLaughlin/Rogers (NIU), 8-5
No. 2 Aguilera/Rebol (DU) def. De La Torre/Youel (NIU), 8-6
No. 3 Amanda Aragon/Boyd (DU) def. Dekkinga/Ilse Pacheco (NIU), 8-6
ORDER OF FINISH: (2,1,3)