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No. 53 Denver falls to No. 45 Drake 6-1

Denver - The University of Denver men's tennis fell to No. 45 Drake 6-1 during the second day of the ITA National Indoor Kickoff in Malibu, Calif.

In singles play, No. 47 Enej Bonin (Koper, Slovenia) defeated to ITA nationally-ranked No. 35 Anis Ghorbel 6-2, 6-4. Jens Vorkefeld (Ostercappeln, Germany) fell to No. 68 James McKie 7-6, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5), Henry Craig took Robin Goodman to three sets but lost 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, Max Krammer (Perchtoldsdorf, Austria) fell in straight sets to No. 86 Alen Salibasic 6-4, 6-4, Drake's Jean Erasmus defeated Alex Clinkenbeard (Loveland, Colo.) 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 6-1 and Luke Manley (Edmonton, Alberta) dropped his match to No. 109 Ben Mullis.

The Pioneers lost two of three doubles matches. Clinkenbeard and Manley won their doubles match against Salibasic and Ben Lott 8-3.

The Pioneers return home for a two-match home stand starting Saturday, Feb. 2 at 1:00 p.m. (MT) against Purdue at CAC Inverness.

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Singles

No. 47 Enej Bonin (Denver) def. No. 35 Anis Ghorbel (Drake) 6-2, 6-4

No. 68 James McKie (Drake) def. Jens Vorkefeld (Denver) 7-6, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5)

Robin Goodman (Drake) def. Henry Craig (Denver) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1

No. 86 Alen Salibasic (Drake) def. Max Krammer (Denver) 6-4, 6-4

Jean Erasmus (Drake) def. Alex Clinkenbeard (Denver) 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 6-1

No. 109 Ben Mullis (Drake) def. Luke Manley (Denver) 7-6, 7-5

Doubles

No. 16 Ghorbel/McKie (Drake) def. Bonin/Vorkefeld (Denver) 8-6

Goodman/Erasmus (Drake) def. Craig/Krammer (Denver) 8-6

Manley/Clinkenbeard (Denver) def. Salibasic/Lott (Drake) 8-3

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