UMKC (0-3) No. 1 doubles pair Grant Fleming and Tomas Patino took the No. 16 ranked duo of Anis Ghorbel and James McKie to the brink, falling 8-7, with a narrow 8-6 tiebreak to decide it.
Kansas City will face Green Bay on Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa at 5:00 p.m.
#43 Drake 7, Kansas City 0
02/01/13 at Des Moines, Iowa (Roger Knapp Tennis Center)
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Singles competition |
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1. #35 Ghorbel, Anis (DU) def. Nino Hasandedic (UMKC) 6-3, 6-0 |
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2. #68 McKie, James (DU) def. Tomas Patino (UMKC) 3-6, 6-2, 10-6 |
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3. #86 Salibasic, Alen (DU) def. Grant Fleming (UMKC) 6-0, 6-1 |
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4. Erasmus, Jean (DU) def. Daniil Ivanov (UMKC) 6-1, 6-0 |
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5. #109 Mullis, Ben (DU) def. Conner Edwards (UMKC) 6-0, 6-3 |
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6. Tesmer, Grant (DU) def. Andrey Smirnov (UMKC) 6-1, 6-4 |
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Doubles competition |
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1. #16 Ghorbel, Anis/McKie, James (DU) def. Grant Fleming/Tomas Patino (UMKC) 8-7 (8-6) |
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2. Erasmus, Jean/Salibasic, Alen (DU) def. Nino Hasandedic/David Heckler (UMKC) 8-2 |
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3. Mullis, Ben/Tesmer, Grant (DU) def. Tim Akhmedov/Conner Edwards (UMKC) 8-0 |
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Match Notes |
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Kansas City 0-3 |
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Drake 3-1; National ranking #43 |
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Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,1,3,5,2,6) |
