Wichita, Kan. - The No. 68 Drake Bulldogs defeated the Wichita State Shockers, 5-2 on Saturday afternoon at the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex.

Drake clinched the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title with the win.

The Bulldogs won all three of the doubles matches in closely contested matches.

Guillermo Nicol earned the win in the No. 4 match for Wichita State defeating James McKie, 6-3, 6-1 and senior Adrian Chermaci closed out his regular season career with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Cesar Bracho in the No. 6 match.

Chermaci and fellow senior Vlad Marinescu were honored at the conclusion of the match for their stellar Wichita State careers.

Wichita State will look to defend their 2010 MVC tournament title next weekend when they travel to St. Louis for the 2011 MVC tournament.

No. 62 Drake University 5 Wichita State University 2

Doubles

1.  Ballivian/Ghorbel (DU) defeated Cavalcanti/Pereira (WSU), 9-7

2.  McKie/Erasmus (DU) defeated Marinescu/Mihai (WSU), 8-6

3.  Goodman/Bracho (DU) defeated Nicol/Estenssoro (WSU), 8-4

Singles

1.  Mauricio Ballivian (DU) defeated Vlad Marinescu (WSU), 6-1, 6-1

2.  Anis Ghrobel (DU) defeated Matheus Pereira (WSU), 6-1, 6-3

3.  Jean Erasmus (DU) defeated David Cavalcanti (WSU), 6-3, 6-3

4.  Guillermo Nicol (WSU) defeated James McKie (DU), 6-3, 6-1

5.  Robin Goodman (DU) defeated Valentin Mihai (WSU), 3-6, 7-6,11-9

6.  Adrian Chermaci (WSU) defeated Cesar Bracho (DU), 6-1, 6-4

Order of Finish

Doubles (12*3) Singles (1243*65)

Match Notes

Drake (19-2, 5-0)

Wichita State (14-9, 3-2)

Attendance: 42

-WICHITA STATE-