MINNEAPOLIS – The Drake University women's tennis team completed the second day of the Gopher Invitational Friday, Sept. 21 at the Baseline Tennis Center.
Drake was led by Sophia Haleas (Clarendon, Ill.) who defeated Habiba Aly of South Dakota 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 in singles action.
In doubles play, Carmen Palumbo (McLean, Va.) and Daria Walczak (Lodz, Poland) dropped a pair of close matches, losing to Nebraska's Haakenstad/Reifeis 6-4 and Arkansas' Cepelyte/Rice 6-3. Kelsey Neville (Antioch, Ill.) and Sophia Haleas (Clarendon Hill, Ill.) lost to Nebraska's Shinde/Aragon 6-1 and Minnesota's Zhang/Hart 6-1.