WICHITA, Kan. – The Wichita State men's tennis team beat the Drake Bulldogs 4-1 on Friday, at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center, in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday. This was the Shockers second victory over the Bulldogs this season as they won by an identical score on January 26, at the Razorback Invite.
 
WSU will be back in action tomorrow as they will take on the DePaul Blue Demons at 11 a.m., at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center.
 
The Shockers were not messing around in doubles as Elio Lago and Alex Richards cruised to a 6-1 win over Freddie Powell and David Nyman in their first match together, while Benjamin Niv and Stefan Latinovic continued their dominant season bagging a win over Finley Hall and Reid Jarvis, 6-3, to improve to 5-1 on the year. All-Americans Murkel Dellien and Marius Frosa held a 5-2 lead on court one before their match was suspended.
 
In Singles, Richards completed a rare feat as he shutout Nyman on court five, 6-0, 6-0. Latinovic was the second to finish as he never trailed once in his 6-1, 6-4, victory over Hall. The Shockers needed one more point to clinch, and Niv answered the call on court six, getting his second match-clinching victory of the season over Powell, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. When play was halted, Frosa led Jarvis, 7-5, 6-5, and Lago trailed Barney Thorold, 6-4, 4-6, 1-2. Dellien fell to Oliver Johansson on court one, 6-7, 1-6.
 
Shocker Results
Wichita State 4, Drake 1
 
Singles Competiton:

1. Oliver Johansson (DU) def. Murkel Dellien (WSU) 7-6, 6-1
2. Elio Lago (WSU) vs. Barny Thorold (DU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-2, susp.
3. Stefan Latinovic (WSU) def. Finley Hall (DU) 6-1, 6-4
4. Marius Frosa (WSU) vs. Reid Jarvis (DU) 7-5, 6-5, susp.
5. Alex Richards (WSU) def. David Nyman (DU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Benjamin Niv (WSU) def. Freddie Powell (DU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1

 
Doubles Competition:

1. Dellien/Frosa (WSU) vs. Johansson/Thorold (DU) 5-2, susp.
2. Niv/Latinovic (WSU) def. Hall/Jarvis (DU) 6-3
3. Lago/Richards (WSU) def. Powell/Nyman (DU) 6-1