SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Drake University men's basketball team opened the San Diego Spring Classic with a 4-2 setback to No. 49 Tulane Friday afternoon.
 
The Bulldogs got wins at No. 2 and No. 5 singles as Vinny Gillespie and Calum MacGeoch prevaile. Gillespie defeated Hamish Stewart 6-3, 6-3 while MacGeoch subdue Dane Esses 6-2, 6-3.
 
Drake dropped the doubles point despite the tandem of Bayo Philips and Barny Thorold winning at No. 1 doubles, 6-3.
 
The Bulldogs continue competition at the San Diego Spring Classic Saturday against either No. 38 Harvard or San Diego State.
 
#49 Tulane 4, Drake 2
Mar 22, 2019 at San Diego, Calif. (SDSU)
Singles competition
1. #64 Ewan Moore (TLN) def. Tom Hands (DU) 6-3, 6-0
2. Vinny Gillespie (DU) def. Hamish Stewart (TLN) 6-3, 6-3
3. #96 Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) def. Bayo Philips (DU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Tyler Schick (TLN) def. Barny Thorold (DU) 6-0, 6-3
5. Calum MacGeoch (DU) def. Dane Esses (TLN) 6-2, 6-3
6. Tim Ruetzel (TLN) vs. Ben Clark (DU) 6-3, 3-4, unfinished
 
Doubles competition
1. Bayo Philips/Barny Thorold (DU) def. Ewan Moore/Tyler Schick (TLN) 6-3
2. Akos Kotorman/Hamish Stewart (TLN) def. Vinny Gillespie/Ben Clark (DU) 6-4
3. Dane Esses/Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) def. Tom Hands/Calum MacGeoch (DU) 6-2
 
Match Notes
Drake 14-10
Tulane 7-10; National ranking #49
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (,3,1,2)