SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— William Woods handed Drury a 5-2 loss at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield on Sunday.
 
The 18^th ranked Panthers dropped to 9-5. The Owls, ranked 22^nd in the NAIA, raised their record to 12-3.
 
Drury fell behind 1-0 after doubles as William Woods won two of the three doubles matches. Nico Hadeler and Marlon Wilken earned a 7-6 win, but the Owls won the number three match-up 6-2, then clinched the point with a 7-6 win over Augustin Diot and Sylvain Garin-Michaud.
 
The Panthers won the number one and two singles matches but lost positions three through six to drop the match. Hadeler earned a 6-3, 6-2, and Garin-Michaud won in three sets, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6. All four of Drury's losses in spots three through six were closely contested, and Wilken was edged in three sets 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
 
Drury ends the regular season next Saturday when they host Quincy at 11 am at the Cooper Tennis Complex. 
 
William Woods 5 Drury 2
Singles competition
1. Nico Hadeler (DU) def. Patrick Shelepov (WW) 6-3, 6-2
2. Sylvain Garin-Michaud (DU) def. Ben Grumley (WW) 6-3, 6-7, 7-6
3. Aaron Westerlund (WW) def. Marlon Wilken (DU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
4. Vitek Subert (WW) def. Isaac Ogilvy (DU) 6-3, 7-5
5. Robert Schorr (WW) def. Arthur Sarlet (DU) 6-4, 6-4 
6. Mladen Novovic (WW) def. Lukas Stierling (DU) 7-5, 6-4
 
Doubles competition
1. Hadeler/Wilken (DU) def. Shelepov/Grumley (WW) 7-6
2. Westerlund/Schorr (WW) def. Diot/Garin-Michaud (DU) 7-6
3. Subert/Campbell (WW) def. Ogilvy/Stierling (DU) 6-2