TAMPA, Fla. – After suffering a tough loss on Friday, No. 25 Drake University men's tennis team bounced back to sweep No. 73 VCU, 4-0, on Saturday (March 14) on the second day of the USF Spring Break Tournament.

 Wins from Alen Salibasic (Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina) and Ben Mullis (Leicestershire, England) at No. 2 and Matt Frost (Cambridge, England) and Ravi Patel (London, England) at No. 3 secured the doubles point for the Bulldogs.

Drake continued to roll in the singles as Calum MacGeoch (Edinburgh, Scotland) was the first one off the court at No. 4, winning 6-0, 6-2. Patel dominated Antoio Batlle, 6-0, 6-3, at No. 3, while Bayo Philips (Houston, Texas) completed the sweep with a 6-2, 6-4 victory at No. 6. The Bulldogs and Rams had No. 1 doubles and Nos. 1, 2, and 5 singles go unfinished.

Drake will wrap up its weekend against North Florida on Sunday (March 15) at noon at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.

No. 25 Drake 4, No. 73 VCU 0

March 14, 2015 at Tampa, Fla. (USF Varsity Tennis Courts) 

DOUBLES

1: Cohen/Monfils (VCU) vs. Lott/Philips (Drake), unfinished

2: Salibasic/Mullis (Drake) def. Fifea/Pimentel, 6-3

3: Frost/Patel (Drake) def. Vosek/Battle, 6-4

Order of Finish: 2,3

SINGLES

1:Voseck (VCU) vs. Salibasic (Drake), unfinished

2: Pimnetal (VCU) vs. Frost (Drake), unfinished

3: Patel (Drake) def. Batlle (VCU) 6-0, 6-3

4: MacGeoch (Drake) def. Rocca (VCU) 6-0, 6-2

5: Mullis (Drake) vs. Ishizaka (VCU), unfinished

6: Philips (Drake) def. Kritzingeo (VCU), 6-2, 6-4

Order of Finish: 4, 3, 6