BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – In its first of two Summit League matchups this weekend, Illinois State hosted Drake Friday afternoon at the Evergreen Racquet Club and it was the Bulldogs who came out on top, winning the match 6-1.
All three doubles matches were extremely close, with Drake winning at No. 2 by a score of 6-3, before the No. 1 duo of Arvid Hjalte and Zane Kohrs defeated Drake's Jeremy Schifris and Oliver Johansson, 6-4, to tie things up. That left the decision on the doubles point to court No. 3, where the Bulldogs pulled out a 7-6 (7-2) win in the tiebreaker to secure the early advantage.