DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University women's tennis team had a pair of doubles teams and three individuals advance to the semifinals of their respective draws on the first day of the Drake Invitational at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center on Friday, Sept. 14.
Doubles action in the morning started the day for the Bulldogs. Kenya Williams and Kesley Neville (Drake) beat Upper Iowa's Zhanatova/Badenhorst 8-1 and Carmen Palumbo and Daria Walczak defeated Omaha's, Absisan/Wilson 8-6 in Flight A. Sophia Haleas and Megan Webb retired due to an injury in their match versus Augustana's Jackson/Teske in Flight B.