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Men's Tennis loses to Wichita State
Michael Admire

Men's Tennis Drake Athletic Communications

Bulldogs Drop Road Contest at Wichita State

Jose Alessandro Hernandez and Adan Tarquino highlighted the day by winning their doubles match 6-3.

Wichita. Kan. — The Bulldogs dropped a road match against Wichita State 0-7 on Sunday morning. Drake's season record fell to 2-2 after the loss.
 
Wichita State 7, Drake 0
To kick off the day's action, Vanja Hodzic and Ilias Worthington defeated Aaron Dawson and Christian Winstead 6-2. Jose Alessandro Hernandez and Adan Tarquino evened the doubles point, taking down Zaid Al Mashni and Luca Mindrut 6-3 in the third doubles position. But Alejandro Jacome and Kristof Minarik earned the doubles point for the Shockers by defeating Will Ecklund and Ben Johnson 6-3 in the top match. Wichita State then defeated five of the six Bulldogs in straight sets. Dawson, after losing his first set against Worthington 1-6, won the second set 6-4. His match went into a tiebreaker and Dawson lost 4-10.
 
Doubles Results (Order of finish: 2, 3, 1) Singles Results (Order of finish: 5, 2, 6, 3, 1, 4)
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Players Mentioned

Aaron Dawson

Aaron Dawson

Sophomore
Will Ecklund

Will Ecklund

Redshirt Junior
Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

Sophomore
Jose Alessandro Hernandez

Jose Alessandro Hernandez

Freshman
Christian Winstead

Christian Winstead

Junior
Adan Tarquino

Adan Tarquino

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Aaron Dawson

Aaron Dawson

Sophomore
Will Ecklund

Will Ecklund

Redshirt Junior
Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

Sophomore
Jose Alessandro Hernandez

Jose Alessandro Hernandez

Freshman
Christian Winstead

Christian Winstead

Junior
Adan Tarquino

Adan Tarquino

Freshman