The Cornhuskers (1-3) stole the early momentum in the affair sweeping all three doubles matches to assume a 1-0 lead.

The advantage was short-lived as the Bulldogs (6-1) came out firing in singles competition with senior Jean Erasmus (Windhoek, Namibia) evening the tilt at one downing Sebastian Florczyk at No. 5, 6-1, 6-2.

Senior Anis Ghorbel (Sfax, Tunisia) pushed Drake's lead to 2-1 besting Andre Stenger at No. 1, 6-4, 6-4.

The senior leadership continued to ignite the Bulldogs as senior James McKie (Edinburgh, Scotland) registered a 6-4, 6-3 triumph over Marc Hermann at No. 2 to extend the margin to 3-1.

Rallying after dropping the opening set in his showdown with Eric Sock on the No. 3 court, 6-1, was junior Robin Goodman (Cambridge, England), who collected the match-clinching point with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory.

Nebraska added wins at No. 4 and 6 positions to account for the final 4-3 margin.

The Bulldogs close out their weekend road swing battling No. 31 VCU on Saturday (Feb. 8) at 4:00 p.m.

NO. 41 DRAKE (6-1) DEF. NEBRASKA (1-3), 4-3

FEB. 8, 2013 • LINCOLN, NEB.

SINGLES:

No. 1 No. 35 Anis Ghorbel (DU) def. Andre Stenger (NEB), 6-4, 6-4

No. 2 No. 68 James McKie def. Marc Hermann (NEB), 6-4, 6-3

No. 3 Robin Goodman (DU) def. Eric Sock (NEB), 1-6, 6-3, 6-2

No. 4 Dusty Boyer (NEB) def. No. 86 Alen Salibasic (DU), 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (1)

No. 5 Jean Erasmus (DU) def. Sebastian Florczyk (NEB), 6-1, 6-2

No. 6 Tom Blackwell (NEB) def. No. 109 Ben Mullis, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

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

DOUBLES:

No. 1 Hermann/Stenger (NEB) def. No. 16 Ghorbel/McKie (DU), 8-6

No. 2 Scott Elsass/Brandon Videtich (NEB) def. Erasmus/Salibasic (DU), 8-7 (6)

No. 3 Boyer/Brandon Zitsch (NEB) def. Goodman/Mullis (DU), 8-5

Order of finish: 1,3,2