DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University women's tennis team opens Missouri Valley Conference play on Saturday when the Bulldogs travel to Northern Iowa at 2 p.m.
Drake has beaten UNI the last five regular season meetings with the Panthers last win over the Bulldogs coming in 2011.
The Bulldogs enter league play with an 8-5 record and have won their last three outings. Summer Brills, who is the team's top singles player, leads the team with an 8-2 record and is on a four-match winning streak. Junior Tess Herder and sophomore Joely Lomas have each recorded seven singles wins in non-conference action.