ST. LOUIS – The Drake University women's tennis team earned a league leading five Missouri Valley Conference Women's Tennis All-Conference honors and received two specialty awards, the league office announced Thursday night.
Freshman Liza Petushkova led the Valley with 19 singles wins to be named Freshman of the Year and All-MVC at No. 2 singles. The Moscow, Russia native is currently on a 13-match winning streak with nine of those victories coming in straight sets. Petushkova and doubles partner Tess Herder were tabbed all-conference No. 1 doubles after leading the league with 17 wins.