FEBRUARY 4, 2012

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Drake men's tennis team completed its doubleheader sweep on Saturday (Feb. 4) recording a 7-0 triumph over Chicago State at the Roger Knapp Center.

The 70th-ranked Bulldogs needed to earn only one victory in doubles to clinch the point as the Cougars had only five available players and were forced to default wins at the No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles positions.

Securing that triumph to provide Drake with the doubles tally was the duo of junior Jean Erasmus (Windhoek, Namibia) and sophomore Robin Goodman (Cambridge, England), who bested Julian Chavez and Sergiu Muresan at No. 2, 8-2.

In singles, senior Cesar Bracho (Luque, Paraguay) was awarded a default win at No. 6 before freshman Grant Tesmer (Lincoln, Neb.) extended the Bulldogs' lead to 3-0 following his 6-0, 6-0 triumph over Luis Ulloa at No. 5.

Earning the match-clinching victory was freshman Alen Salibasic (Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina), who downed Muresan at No. 2, 6-1, 6-1.

Drake also garnered triumphs in the affair from Erasmus, senior Jonathan Hadash (Lapid, Israel) and freshman Ben Mullis (Leicestershire, England) at the Nos. 1, 4 and 3 positions, respectively.

The Bulldogs return to action on Thursday (Feb. 9) as Drake entertains No. 64 East Tennessee State at 11:00 a.m. at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center.

NO. 70 DRAKE (4-1) DEF. CHICAGO STATE (0-1), 7-0

FEBRUARY 4, 2012 • ROGER KNAPP TENNIS CENTER

SINGLES:

No. 1 Jean Erasmus (DU) def. Mario Naboa (CSU), 6-3, 6-1

No. 2 Alen Salibasic (DU) def. Sergiu Muresan (CSU), 6-1, 6-1

No. 3 Ben Mullis (DU) def. Julian Chavez (CSU), 6-2, 6-1

No. 4 Jonathan Hadash (DU) def. Rashley Yeremia (CSU), 6-1, 6-0

No. 5 Grant Tesmer (DU) def. Luis Ulloa (CSU), 6-0, 6-0

No. 6 Cesar Bracho (DU) won by default

Order of finish: (6,5,2,1,4,3)

DOUBLES:

No. 1 Bracho/Salibasic (DU) def. Naboa/Yeremia (CSU), 8-1

No. 2 Erasmus/Robin Goodman (DU) def. Chavez/Muresan (CSU), 8-2

No. 3 Mullis/Sean O'Grady (DU) won by default

Order of finish: (3,2,1)