BELLEVILLE, Ill. - The No. 20 Drury women's tennis team faced NCAA-III Washington University (Mo.) and downed the Bears 6-3 in their first road contest of the season Saturday at the Kings Point Racquet Club.

Drury goes to 3-0 and Washington, ranked #11 in NCAA-III is now 0-1.

Doubles was all Panthers as the DU swept Washington by scores of 8-4, 8-2 and 8-4.

Singles play saw a strong middle and upper lineup for DU with wins at No. 2 – No. 5.  Chung-Yen Huang won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 3, Josephine Jedrychowski blanked Brigitte Hodge 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 and JiaQing Mo beat Lisa Chionis 6-4, 6-1 at No. 5.

Drury will return home to Cooper Tennis Complex on February 17 when they will face Oklahoma Baptist at 8 p.m.

#20 Drury University 6, Washington University (Mo.) 3
Feb 11, 2017 at Belleville, IL (Kings Point)

Singles competition

1. Rebeca Ho (WASH) def. Larissa Karl (DU) 6-1, 6-4

2. Grace Deering (WASH) def. Lara Muller (DU) 6-2, 7-6, 10-7

3. Chung-Yen Huang (DU) def. Kaylan Griffith (WASH) 6-1, 6-4

4. J. Jedrychowski (DU) def. Brigitte Hodge (WASH) 6-0, 6-0

5. JiaQing Mo (DU) def. Lisa Chionis (WASH) 6-4, 6-1

6. Libby Jubas (WASH) def. Julia Schepp (DU) 6-7, 7-6, 10-7

Doubles competition

1. Larissa Karl/Julia Schepp (DU) def. Rebeca Ho/Kaylan Griffith (WASH) 8-4

2. JiaQing Mo/Lara Muller (DU) def. Grace Deering/Lisa Chionis (WASH) 8-2

3. Chung-Yen Huang/J. Jedrychowski (DU) def. Minday Bovovsky/Lily Schroeder (WASH) 8-4

Match Notes

Drury University 3-0; National ranking #20

Washington University (Mo.) 0-1

Drury #20 in NCAA-II

Washington #11 in NCAA-III