WICHITA, Kan. - The Drake women's tennis team opened
play at the Missouri Valley Conference Individuals on Friday (Oct. 5) notching
a 9-5 combined singles/doubles ledger, including an 8-3 mark in singles play.
The Bulldogs garnered
their lone doubles victory in the No. 3 flight where freshmen Mariel Ante (Riverside, Calif.) and Maddie Johnson (Onalaska,
Wis.) registered an 8-4 triumph past Heather Nisbet and Stefanie Youngberg of
Illinois State.
In singles, junior Klavdija Rebol (Kranj,
Slovenia) rallied after dropping the first set of her match at No. 1 with
Evansville's Mina Milovic to record a 3-6 6-4, 6-1 win.
In the No. 3 draw,
sophomore Nell Boyd (Arlington Heights, Ill.) pulled out a 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-1 decision
against Adele Henke of Bradley.
Senior Ali Patterson (Overland
Park, Kan.) went the distance at No. 5 with Liz Vermillion from Creighton
before netting a 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 win.
At No. 6, Johnson
tallied a 6-0, 6-0 win versus Rachel Gillespie of Evansville, while in the No.
7 flight freshman Jordan Eggleston (LaQuinta, Calif.) bested Southern Illinois' Abigail
Plecki, 6-3, 6-0, and Summer Schlotterback of Wichita State, 6-2, 6-2. Also at No. 7, Ante downed Amanda
Noonan of Creighton, 6-1, 6-2.
Competition at the
Missouri Valley Conference Individuals continues at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday (Oct.
6).
MVC INDIVIDUALS
OCT. 5, 2012 • WICHITA,
KAN.
SINGLES:
NO. 1 FLIGHT
Klavdija Rebold (DU)
def. Mina Milovic (UE), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
NO. 2 FLIGHT
Anita Lee (SIU) def.
Lea Kozulic (DU), 6-2, 6-2
Corey Mattson (BU)
def. Lea Kozulic (DU), 6-2, 6-2
NO. 3 FLIGHT
Nell Boyd (DU) def.
Adele Henke (BU), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-1
NO. 4 FLIGHT
Rebecca Pedrazzi
(WSU) def. Evy Van Genechten (DU), 6-4, 6-2
Evy Van Genechten
(DU) def. Stefannia Russo (UNI), 6-1, 6-0
NO. 5 FLIGHT
Ali Patterson (DU)
def. Liz Vermillion (CU), 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
NO. 6 FLIGHT
Maddie Johnson (DU)
def. Rachel Gillespie (UE), 6-0, 6-0
NO. 7 FLIGHT
Jordan Eggleston (DU)
def. Abigail Plecki (SIU), 6-3, 6-0
Jordan Eggleston (DU)
def. Summer Schlotterback (WSU), 6-2, 6-2
Mariel Ante (DU) def.
Amanda Noonan (CU), 6-1, 6-2
DOUBLES:
NO. 1 FLIGHT
Veronika
Blaskova/Lucia Kovalova (WSU) def. Eggleston/Rebol (DU), 8-1
NO. 2 FLIGHT
Jennifer Dien/Natasha
Tomishima (SIU) def. Kozulic/Van Genechten (DU), 8-4
NO. 3 FLIGHT
Ante/Johnson (DU)
def. Heather Nisbet/Stefanie Youngberg (ILST), 8-4
