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2015 Men's Tennis MVC

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Drake Champions: 2015 Men's Tennis

The Bulldogs won their fifth-straight league title in 2015

Drake claimed its fifth-straight MVC regular season with an unblemished 3-0 record while extending its MVC winning streak to 23 matches. The Bulldogs then defeated two MVC foes in the MVC Championship to win its fifth MVC Championship title in six years and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the 10th time in program history to date.

In the NCAA Tournament, the Bulldogs defeated No. 32 Louisville, 4-2,  before falling to No. 4 Illinois, 4-2, on the Illini's home courts. However, MVC Player of the Year Alen Salibasic also qualified for the NCAA Tournament singles championship as the No. 39 player in the nation.

The Bulldogs ranked in the top-35 from the beginning of March and rose to as high as 24th in mid-March. Drake finished the season ranked 32nd nationally and fifth in the ITA Central Region. The Bulldogs totaled 13 of their 25 wins over nationally ranked teams.

Six Bulldogs earned All-MVC honors including Salibasic being named MVC Player of the Year for the second-straight year. He also finished his career as one of the most decorated student-athletes in Drake history as a three-time MVC Elite 18 Award winner, two-time NCAA Elite 89 winner and CoSIDA Academic All-American. He was also named the MVC Dr. Charlotte West Award winner.

Head coach Davidson Kozlowski was also named the league's Coach of the Year for the third-straight year. 
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