The Drake University women's tennis team suffered a 6-1 loss to visiting Missouri Sunday morning at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center. The loss gives the Bulldogs a split of their weekend homestand as the team opened the weekend with a win over Creighton Saturday.
Missouri (15-9) cruised in the win, jumping out to a 6-0 lead before the Bulldogs'
Ines Stephani won her match at No. 4 singles, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 to earn a point for the Bulldogs (6-5).
Drake dropped the doubles point and was then defeated in straight sets in three-straight singles matches to give Missouri the team win.
The Bulldogs travel to Milwaukee next weekend to face Marquette March 27.
Mizzou vs Drake
3-21-2021 at Des Moines, Iowa
(Knapp Tennis Center)
Missouri 6, Drake 1
Singles
- Ellie Wright (MU) def. Liza Petushkova (DU), 6-2, 6-1
- Bronte Murgett (MU) def. Daria Walczak (DU), 6-2, 6-4
- Serena Nash (MU) def. Maria Tatarnikova (DU), 6-2, 6-2
- Ines Stephani (DU) def. Valentina Vazquez (MU), 6-2, 4-6, 1-0
- Elys Ventura (MU) def. Darinka Stepan (DU), 6-2, 6-2
- Marta Oliveira (DU) def. Kelsey Neville (DU), 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
- Wright/Nash (MU) def. Petushkova/Tatarnikova (DU), 6-4
- Rom Cardenas/Murgett (MU) def. Neville/Megan Webb (DU), 6-3
- Goldin/Oliveira (MU) def. Stepan/Stephani (DU), 6-4