DES MOINES, Iowa- The Wichita State women's tennis team
completed their first day of competition at the Drake Fall Invitational on
Friday night at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center. Friday's competition consisted
of doubles play.
In flight A play, junior Montse Blasco Fernandez and
freshman Rebecca Pedrazzi teamed up to get into the finals of the bracket. In
the first round, they defeated Sam Anderson and Jennie Hartjes of Creighton,
8-5. In the semifinals, they took down Arantza De La Torre and Nelle Youel of
Northern Illinois, 8-3. The duo would fall in the finals however, 8-3, to the
Drake team of Jordan Eggleston and Klavdija Rebol.
The freshman combination of Summer Schlotterback and Masa
Smic played well in their first match as Shockers. They defeated Mary Malkin
and Ilse Pacheco of Northern Illinois, 8-6, in flight B play. The pair then
fell in the next round to Mariel Ante and Evy Van Genechten of Drake, 8-2.
The Shocker women will start singles play on Saturday
morning.
-WICHITA STATE-
