DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake women's tennis team took on DePaul of the Big East Conference on Friday evening. Despite their best effort of the year, Drake's women came up short as the Blue Demons won the match, 6-1.
Friday's doubles matches wrapped up in numerical order with DePaul's teams of Hannah Smith/Eva Goncharov and Eleanor Cochran/Sasha Sakura Stula earned wins at No. 1 and No. 3, respectively. Drake's tandem of Jessica Popiol and Shiori Takeda earned their first doubles win of the year in the No. 2 position. Popiol and Takeda took down the Blue Demon pair of Eleanor Nobbs and Roberta Sechi by a 7-5 margin.