AUSTIN, Texas – The Drake University men's tennis team grinded out a 4-3 victory over Rice on the final day of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend event at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center on Sunday.
The Bulldogs managed to win critical doubles point, which proved to be the deciding point. Tom Hands and Barny Thorold defeated Eric Rutledge and Jake Hansen, 7-5 at No. 3 after Rice won on court one. Juniors Ben Stride and Ben Wood came away with a 7-5 win over Oscar Janglin and Emanuel Llams at No.