DES MOINES, Iowa - The Drake men's tennis team completed a doubleheader sweep
on Friday (Feb. 1) following the Bulldogs' 7-0 victory over UMKC at the Roger
Knapp Tennis Center.
The tandem of senior Jean Erasmus (Windhoek, Namibia) and sophomore
Alen Salibasic (Tuzla, Bosnia and
Herzegovina) captured the doubles point for Drake recording an 8-2 win versus
Nino Hasandecic and David Heckler at the No. 2 position.
The Bulldogs opened
up singles with victories from Erasmus and senior Anis Ghorbel (Sfax, Tunisia) to stake Drake
to a 3-0 lead.
Erasmus bested Daniil
Ivanov at No. 4, 6-1, 6-0, before Ghorbel got the better of Hasandecic at No.
1, 6-3, 6-0.
Earning the
match-clinching tally at the No. 3 hole was Salibasic, who notched a 6-0, 6-1
triumph against Grant Fleming.
Within seconds of one
another, sophomore Ben Mullis (Leicestershire, England) and senior
James McKie (Edinburgh, Scotland) added wins
for the Bulldogs. Mullis finished
off Connor Edwards at No. 5, 6-0, 6-3, before McKie netted a come-from-behind
3-6, 6-2, 10-6 victory on court No. 2 over Tomas Patino.
Sophomore Grant Tesmer (Lincoln, Neb.) capped the
win total for Drake with a 6-1, 6-4 decision versus Andrey Smirnov at No. 6.
The Bulldogs close out
their four-match homestand on Sunday (Feb. 3) battling Green Bay and
Nebraska-Kearney at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center. Match times are slated for
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., respectively.
NO. 43 DRAKE (3-1) DEF. UMKC (0-3), 7-0
FEB. 1, 2013 • ROGER KNAPP TENNIS CENTER
SINGLES:
No. 1 No. 35 Anis Ghorbel def. Nino Hasandecic (UMKC), 6-3,
6-0
No. 2 No. 68 James McKie def. Tomas Patino (UMKC), 3-6, 6-2,
10-6
No. 3 No. 86 Alen
Salibasic def. Grant Fleming (UMKC), 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 Jean Erasmus (DU) def. Daniil Ivanov (UMKC), 6-1,
6-0
No. 5 No. 109 Ben Mullis def. Conner Edwards (UMKC), 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 Grant Tesmer
(DU) def. Andrey Smirnov (UMKC), 6-1, 6-4
Order of finish: 4,1,3,5,2,6
DOUBLES:
No. 1 No. 16
Ghorbel/McKie (DU) def. Fleming/Patino (UMKC), 8-7 (6)
No. 2 Erasmus/Salibasic
(DU) def. Hasandecic/David Heckler (UMKC), 8-2
No. 3 Mullis/Tesmer
(DU) def. Tim Akhmedov/Edwards (UMKC), 8-0
Order of finish: 3,2,1
