On March 31, the UNI women’s tennis team took on Drake in both singles and doubles competition at Drake University in Des Moines. The Drake women have shown a lot of promise this year, while the Panther women have struggled to find their footing on the court.

The women just fell short against the Bulldogs, 4-3. This final score came from singles wins from Harri Proudfoot (6-3, 6-0) and Savanna Hunt.

In doubles, Gisela Kemper and Reghan Lynch defeated Drake’s Kozlowski and Mela Jaglarz by a score of 6-4. Claudia Toledo and  Savanna Hunt claimed victory over Summer Brills and Joely Lomas in the number-one match after Brills and Lomas retired after one game.

Hunt also received her victory in singles from an unfortunate injury to her opponent, giving her the win by default.

The Panther women will travel to Ball State in Muncie, Indiana this Friday. The first serve is set for 2:30 p.m.

The Cardinals themselves have a losing record and are struggling in conference play, having lost their last four meets.

The Panthers will be going into the meet with a 3-8 record on the season so far.

After this next meet, when the Panthers return from Indiana, they have two more meets before ending their season on a two meet trip to Missouri, to take on the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Missouri State.