SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Drury tennis defeated Northeastern State on both men's and women's sides on Sunday afternoon in Springfield. The men's team swept the Riverhawks, 7-0, and the women won 5-2.
 
MEN'S MATCH (W, 7-0)

• The Panthers took the doubles point in just 24 minutes, with both the second (Chuy Gonzalez/Tristan Stock) and third line (Matthieu Gachon/Marco Romano) winning their matches.
• Northeastern State was able to win the top doubles match.
• Freshman Tristan Stock won his first collegiate match to pick up Drury's second point. Stock won the fourth line (6-1, 6-4).
• Oscar Reis (sixth line) then followed with a 6-3, 6-3 sweep.
• Chuy Gonzalez won his first match of the season on the Drury top singles line (6-2, 7-5).
• Marco Romano won his first match as a Panther. The Washburn transfer won the third line (7-5, 6-3).
• Matthieu Gachon (second line) and Gustavo Oliveira (fifth line) each won in three sets.
• The win for Oliveira was his first career win.
• The Panthers are now 1-1 on the season.

 
WOMEN'S MATCH (W, 5-2)

• Drury took an early 1-0 advantage after winning the doubles points with victories from Franca Piaggi and Leana Chanove (second line) and Ana Luisa Sathler Rosa and Ina Bechle (third line).
• Leana Chanove dominated on the top singles line, giving up one game in the sweep of Sofiia Kotliarova (6-0, 6-1).
• Naz Yaver (third line) won the second match of her college career (6-4, 6-2) to start her career 2-0.
• The Panthers clinched the match on the fifth line with Franca Piaggi beating Carla Alvarez Perez (6-4, 6-3).
• Ana Luisa Sathler Rosa won her first match of the season on the sixth line.
• Northeastern State picked up two points on the second and fourth lines.
• Drury is now 2-0 on the season.

 
UP NEXT
Both Drury teams will return to Cooper Tennis Complex on February 14 as they face crosstown foe Evangel at 5 pm.
 
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