URBANDALE, Iowa – The Drake University women's tennis team opened a busy weekend with a closely contested loss to Iowa State, 5-2, on Friday afternoon at Lifetime Fitness.
The Cyclones began the dual by knocking off Kelsey Neville/Maria Tatarnikova, 6-2, and Carmen Palumbo/Megan Webb, 6-3, to claim the doubles point. Liza Petushkova and Joely Lomas continued their hot streak for Drake by defeating No. 45 Thasaporn Naklo/Christin Hsieh, 7-6 (14-12).
Petushkova and Lomas, the reigning Missouri Valley Conference Doubles Team of the Week, have won four matches in a row and are 5-1 together this season.