DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University women's tennis team has signed high school standout Liza Petushkova (Moscow, Russia) to a 2017 National Letter of Intent, first-year head coach Mia-Ly Tran announced on Thursday, April 13.
Petushkova is currently ranked the 94th International Tennis Federation junior player in the world and 14th in Russia. She claimed the 2017 ITF G3 Almetievsk Cup title in doubles and advanced to the finals at the 2015 Babolat Cup and the 2015 Incourt Cup. Petushkova holds a career high ITF ranking of 794.
Petushkova will join the team in the fall that returns all six players from this year's squad.