DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University men's tennis team kicks off its 2018 fall season by hosting the Drake Invitational Sept. 21-23 at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center.
Play begins Friday at 4 p.m. and continues Saturday and Sunday with matches starting at 9 a.m. each day.
The invitational will feature an eight team field including Creighton, Drake, Gustavus Adolphus, Nebraska, Northern Colorado, North Dakota, Northwest Missouri State and Omaha.
Drake head coach
Davidson Kozlowski returns seniors
Ben Clark,
Vinny Gillespie and
Tom Hands, junior
Barny Thorold and sophomore
Finley Hall who all earned All-Summit League honors last season. The group helped the Bulldogs win the Summit Tournament championship and earn the program's 11
th trip to the NCAA Tournament. Also returning are redshirt seniors
Calum MacGeoch and Bayo Phillips, the duo who garnered All-MVC honors in 2017. MacGeoch and Phillips each redshirted last year due to injuries.
Following the Drake Invitational, the Bulldogs are scheduled to compete at the ITA All-American Championship Oct. 1-5 in Tulsa, Okla.
