DES MOINES, Iowa -
The Drake women's
tennis team improved to 2-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference following the
Bulldogs' 6-1 victory over Bradley on Friday (April 6) at the Roger Knapp
Tennis Center.
The Bulldogs swept
all three doubles contests on the evening, with the tandem of senior Jessica Aguilera (Santa
Cruz, Bolivia) and sophomore Klavdija Rebol (Kranj, Slovenia) pulling in the
deciding tally with an 8-3 decision at the No. 2 slot over Corey Mattson and
Sarah Rodefeld.
Junior Manca Krizman (Solkan,
Slovenia) garnered her 24th-straight singles victory downing Elizabeth
Przystawski at No. 1, 6-0, 6-1.
Senior Gabriela Demos
(Chesterfield, Mo.) extended Drake's lead to 3-0 besting Meredith McDonagh on
court No. 3, 6-1, 6-1.
Fellow senior Amanda Aragon (Fort
Collins, Colo.) clinched the match in favor of the Bulldogs on the strength of
a 6-1, 6-2 decision past Cassia Wojtalik at the No. 4 position.
Rounding out Drake's
victory total on the evening was Rebol and Aguilera, who posted wins at the
Nos. 2 and 5 slots, respectively.
Drake concludes its
home slate on Saturday (April 7) hosting Illinois State at 1:00 p.m. at the
Roger Knapp Tennis Center. The
Bulldogs will honor Aguilera, Aragon, Demos, Krizman and Earlynn Lauer (Wichita, Kan.), who are playing in
their final career home matches, with special Senior Day festivities.
DRAKE (18-4, 2-0
MVC) DEF. BRADLEY (3-13, 0-2 MVC), 6-1
APRIL 6, 2012 •
ROGER KNAPP TENNIS CENTER
SINGLES:
No. 1 Manca Krizman
(DU) def. Elizabeth Przystawski (BU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 Klavdija Rebol
(DU) def. Adele Henke (BU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 Gabriela Demos
(DU) def. Meredith McDonagh (BU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 Amanda Aragon
(DU) def. Cassia Wojtalik (BU), 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 Jessica Aguilera (DU) def. Corey Mattson (BU), 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 Carly Miles
(BU) def. Earlynn Lauer (DU), 6-0, 6-3
Order of finish: (1,3,4,2,6,5)
DOUBLES:
No. 1 Demos/Krizman
(DU) def. Henke/McDonagh (BU), 8-1
No. 2 Aguilera/Rebol
(DU) def. Mattson/Sarah Rodefeld (BU), 8-3
No. 3 Aragon/Nell Boyd (DU) def. Jesse Bertino/Miles (BU), 8-2
Order of finish: (1,2,3)