Final Stats
DES MOINES, Iowa - The University of Northern Iowa women's tennis team lost its first decision of the spring season as the Drake Bulldogs scored a 4-3 win.
Drake improved to 3-5 on the season, while UNI dropped to 7-1.
The squads split the singles action, but Drake was able to sweep the doubles action to take the 4-3 decision from the Panthers.
UNI will be in action Saturday against Illinois-Chicago in Des Moines at 10 a.m.
Drake University 4, Northern Iowa 3
Singles competition
1. Paritala, Meghana (UNI) def. Veronika Lesyova (DU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-0)
2. Irina Kalshnikova (DU) def. Pukse, Agnese (UNI) 6-3, 6-3
3. Eveline Rusdianto (DU) def. Kendall, Sara (UNI) 6-0, 6-0
4. Kari Sloboth (DU) def. Hannes, Carolina (UNI) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
5. Muraca, Mariana (UNI) def. Allison Wilkie (DU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Esbeck, Meredith (UNI) def. Sarah Plowman (DU) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Veronika Lesyova/Sarah Plowman (DU) def. Paritala, Meghana/Muraca, Mariana (UNI) 8-5
2. Allison Wilkie/Kari Sloboth (DU) def. Pukse, Agnese/Moraes, Taynara (UNI) 8-5
3. Irina Kalshnikova/Eveline Rusdianto (DU) def. Kendall, Sara/Hannes, Carolina (UNI) 8-5
