An injury to the Drake women’s tennis team’s no. 1 — senior Mariel Ante — benched her on Saturday, leaving the Bulldogs with only five viable players for their doubleheader against Upper Iowa University and the Northern Iowa.
That means that one point would automatically go to Drake’s opponent in each match and an automatic forfeit in one of the doubles matches, leaving the Bulldogs at a disadvantage.
“It’s tough,” head coach John Hollimon said. “You start down 0-1 … Everybody’s got to go out and get the job done. I think they didn’t really play any differently than they would’ve any other day, other than they have that urgency that you can’t give (your opponent) an inch because you’re already starting down.