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Hernandez and Ecklund Shine in Loss to North Dakota

Although Drake lost 2-5, Jose Alessandro Hernandez and Will Ecklund delivered strong performances.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Bulldogs dropped their conference play opener at home against North Dakota 2-5. After the loss, Drake fell to 3-8 overall, and North Dakota improved to 9-3. Despite the loss, the Bulldogs had two strong individual performances from Jose Alessandro Hernandez and Will Ecklund.
 
North Dakota 5, Drake 2
The Fighting Hawks' top doubles team of Leandro Zgraggen and Ange-Kevin Koua took down Ecklund and Ben Johnson 6-3. North Dakota's duo on the second doubles court, consisting of Ethan Terry and Leo Galliano, won 6-2 over Christian Winstead and Logan Tomovski. When North Dakota secured the doubles point, Jose Alessandro Hernandez and Adan Tarquino were tied with their opponents 4-4 on the third doubles court.
 
Alessandro Hernandez picked up a massive singles win on the second doubles court over North Dakota senior, Koua. Hernandez lost the first set 4-6, but showed poise and battled back to win 6-4 and 6-3 in the final two sets. Ecklund continued his strong season with a straight-set singles win. He matched up against Jayho Hong on the fifth singles court and defeated him 6-0 in the first set. Ecklund put the exclamation mark on the win with a 6-2 second-set victory. The rest of the Bulldogs fell in straight sets.
 
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Players Mentioned

Will Ecklund

Will Ecklund

Redshirt Junior
Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

Sophomore
Jose Alessandro Hernandez

Jose Alessandro Hernandez

Freshman
Christian Winstead

Christian Winstead

Junior
Logan Tomovski

Logan Tomovski

Freshman
Adan Tarquino

Adan Tarquino

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Will Ecklund

Will Ecklund

Redshirt Junior
Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

Sophomore
Jose Alessandro Hernandez

Jose Alessandro Hernandez

Freshman
Christian Winstead

Christian Winstead

Junior
Logan Tomovski

Logan Tomovski

Freshman
Adan Tarquino

Adan Tarquino

Freshman