It was a good weekend for the Drake Men’s Tennis team. In their first two matches back inside the Roger Knapp Tennis Center, the 44th-ranked Bulldogs upset two highly ranked opponents: no. 39 Purdue Boilermakers and no. 40 Denver Pioneers.
Taking on Purdue Friday afternoon, Drake won its first doubles point since Jan. 31, snapping a six-match losing streak.
Senior Ben Lott and sophomore Ben Wood won their match 6-3, but sophomore Calum MacGeoch and freshman Vinny Gillespie fell soon after, leaving the deciding match to the no. 3 pairing of sophomores Bayo Phillips and Ben Stride.