ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Drake women's tennis team will begin their conference title defense as the preseason favorite in the Missouri Valley Conference, the league announced this morning.
Drake garnered four of the nine first-place votes and earned 76 total points. The Bulldogs were slotted second in last season's preseason poll but outplayed those expectations as conference champion and the league's automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament.
Second-year head coach Breaunna Addison returns nearly her entire roster including 2023 MVC Player of the Year Ines Stephani, 2023-24 fall doubles champions Mille Haagensen and Darinka Stepan, and sophomore standout Oriana Parkins-Godwin.