Results

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – A hard-fought match ended Sunday night with Drake picking up a 5-2 victory over the University of Evansville women’s tennis team at the Tri-State Athletic Club.
 
For the fourth time in five MVC matches, Evansville (11-7, 2-3 MVC) took doubles as Dora Kotsiou and Natasha James and Aleks Dzakula along with Jessica Raatz each took 8-6 victories.  Emily Richardson and Kelsey Costales fell by an 8-6 margin in their doubles effort.
 
Singles proved to be a tougher task for UE as Dzakula was the lone winner, taking down Klavdija Rebol, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.  Two tough points went Drake’s (20-5, 4-1 MVC) way as Gabriela Demos and Ali Patterson took three-set points.  Demos topped James, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6, while Patterson defeated Gaby Fifer, 6-4, 6-7, 6-4.
 
Manca Krizman earned the win in flight one over Kotsiou, 6-1, 6-0 while Mina Milovic fell in the four slot to Nell Boyd, 6-2, 6-2.  At the sixth spot, Costales was defeated by Amanda Aragon, 6-2, 6-3.
 
Evansville will wrap up the regular season over the next week, playing at USI on Wednesday before traveling to Bradley next Saturday and Illinois State on Sunday.
 
Drake 5, Evansville 2
 
Singles competition
1. Krizman, Manca (DU) def. Dora Kotsiou (EVAN) 6-1, 6-0
2. Aleks Dzakula (EVAN) def. Rebol, Klavdija (DU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
3. Demos, Gabriela (DU) def. Natasha James (EVAN) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6
4. Boyd, Nell (DU) def. Mina Milovic (EVAN) 6-2, 6-2
5. Patterson, Ali (DU) def. Gaby Fifer (EVAN) 6-4, 6-7, 6-4
6. Aragon, Amanda (DU) def. Kelsey Costales (EVAN) 6-2, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. Dora Kotsiou/Natasha James (EVAN) def. Krizman, Manca/Demos, Gabriela (DU) 8-6
2. Rebol, Klavdija/Aguilera, Jessica (DU) def. Emily Richardson/Kelsey Costales (EVAN) 8-6
3. Aleks Dzakula/Jessica Raatz (EVAN) def. Boyd, Nell/Aragon, Amanda (DU) 8-6