SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Drury finished off action in Texas in the right direction as the No. 14 Panthers defeated Tarleton State 7-2 here on Friday.
Drury improved to 13-1 for the year with the victory, while the TexAnns fell to 7-7.
Drury opened the match by winning two of three doubles. The tandem of 8
th-ranked
Julia Schepp and
Larissa Karl improved to 11-2 this season with an 8-4 win in the No. 1 match, while
Arianna Demos and
JiaQing Mo (8-5) battled for win at No. 3. Erika Johnston and Ashleigh Elward were able to get Tarleton a match point with an 8-5 win at the No. 2 slot.
Drury now has an overall doubles record this season of 36-6.
In singles, Johnston had her hands full in the No. 1 match, and could not overcome 44
th-ranked Karl, who won her match 6-3, 6-0.
Lara Muller (6-2, 6-2) handled the No. 2 match, while
Chung-Yen Huang put together a dominant 6-1, 6-2 sweep to round out the top half of the Drury lineup.
Karl and Muller improved their records to 8-4 in singles play this season.
Mo, who improved to 10-2 in singles play with her win, took care of the No. 5 match with a 6-2, 6-4 win, while Schepp (6-1,6-1) won at No. 6 to round out Drury's victories. TSU claimed a 6-4, 4-6(11-9) win at No. 4 for their second point of the match.
Drury will open GLVC play vs. Rockhurst in Kansas City on March 31st at 2 p.m. Drury is second in the Midwest Regional rankings and Rockhurst is eighth.
#14 Drury University 7, Tarleton State 2
Mar 24, 2017 at San Antonio, Texas
| Singles competition |
| 1. #44 Larissa Karl (DU) def. Erika Johnston (TSU) 6-3, 6-0 |
| 2. Lara Muller (DU) def. Elena Preadca (TSU) 6-2, 6-2 |
| 3. Chung-Yen Huang (DU) def. Ashleigh Elward (TSU) 6-1, 6-2 |
| 4. Alicia Barbaroux (TSU) def. J. Jedrychowski (DU) 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 |
| 5. JiaQing Mo (DU) def. Luiza Ferraro-Adas (TSU) 6-2, 6-4 |
| 6. Julia Schepp (DU) def. Ellie Stevens (TSU) 6-1, 6-1 |
| Match Notes |
| Drury University 13-1; National ranking #14 |
| Tarleton State 7-7 |
