HOUSTON, Texas – The 44th-ranked Drake men's tennis team dropped a pair of matches on the first day of the Rice Invitational as the Bulldogs fell to No. 40 Rice, 4-0 and No. 9 Texas Tech, 4-1 at the George R. Brown Tennis Center on Saturday.
Drake began the day against Rice and the Owls jumped on the Bulldogs early by winning the doubles point.
Emanuel Llamas defeated Ben Clark, 7-5, 6-2 at the No. 6 spot to put the Owls up 2-0. On court three, Adam Gustafsson topped Bayo Philips, 7-6, 6-1, while Jake Hansen clinched the match for the Owls with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Calum MacGeoch.