EVANSTON, ILL. - The Drake men's tennis team completed its run at the Wildcat Fall Invitational on Sunday (Oct. 4) with a 3-3 combined singles/doubles ledger.

Freshman Ryan Drake (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) captured a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Bryant Dudzik of Toledo in singles action.

In doubles play, the duo of freshman James McKie (Edinburgh, Scotland) and junior Mauricio Ballivian (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) defeated Matija Palinic and Douglas Perrin of DePaul, 8-2.

The tandem of senior Guilherme Marsiglia (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and Drake recorded the Bulldogs' other doubles triumph earning an 8-5 decision against Leonardo Henriques and Terence Weigand of Toledo.

Drake concludes its fall campaign at the ITA Central Regional to be hosted Oct. 22-25 in Tulsa, Okla.

2009 WILDCAT FALL INVITATIONAL

OCT. 4, 2009 • EVANSTON, ILL.

SINGLES:

Ryan Drake (DU) def. Bryant Dudzik (TOL), 6-3, 6-1

Sidarth Balaji (NU) def. James McKie (DU), 6-3, 6-2

Douglas Perrin (DEP) def. Sergey Dulin (DU), 6-1, 7-5

Ben Hartman (DEP) def. Mauricio Ballivian (DU), 6-2, 6-2

DOUBLES:

James McKie/Mauricio Ballivian (DU) def. Matija Palinic/Douglas Perrin (DEP), 8-2

Guilherme Marsiglia/Ryan Drake (DU) def. Leonardo Henriques/Terence Weigand (TOL), 8-5