SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— Drury won six of seven possible points in a non-conference win over William Woods at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield on Sunday.
 
The Panthers improved to 9-4 while the Owls, ranked 11^th in the NAIA, fell to 10-5.
 
Drury took all three doubles matches, and the Panthers top team of Alma Abazi and Nastasia Jedrychowsk fought for a 7-6 win.
 
Abazi, playing in Drury's number one singles position, took the only loss for the Panthers and fell to 10-2 on the season after a 7-6, 6-2 setback. Drury won the other five singles matches. Maria De La Torre stayed unbeaten and went to 8-0 for the year as the sophomore from Peru swept past her opponent in the number six position, 6-0, 6-0.
 
The Panthers are back at home on Friday when they host Truman State for a 1:30 pm match at the Cooper Tennis Complex.
 
Drury 6 William Woods 1
Singles competition
1. Zlata Shuraeva (WW) def. Alma Abazi (DU) 7-6, 6-2
2. Nastasia Jedrychowski (DU) def. Ana Zavala (WW) 6-3, 6-1
3. Viktoriya Zheleva (DU) def. Rukshika Wijesooriya (WW) 6-1, 6-3
4. Clara Kuehnle (DU) def. Marta Calvo Larraz (WW) 6-1, 6-2
5. Kseniia Eremina (DU) def. Mireia Jordan (WW) 6-2, 6-3
6. Maria De La Torre (DU) def. Ariadna Jordan (WW) 6-0, 6-0
 
Doubles competition
1. Abazi/Jedrychowski (DU) def. Zavala/Shuraeva (WW) 7-6 (7-4)
2. Kuehnle/Zheleva (DU) def. Meyer/Calvo Larraz (WW) 6-1
3. De La Torre/Eremina (DU) def. Jordan/Wijesooriya (WW) 6-2
 
 
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