DES MOINES, Iowa- The Western Illinois men's tennis team finished a busy weekend in which it played three matches in three days by dropping a 7-0 match to No. 54 Drake at The Drake Tennis Center.

The only win for the Leathernecks (1-7) came in doubles play at No. 1 doubles. Senior Zach Frisch and junior James McGuire won their second straight match by defeating the Bulldogs' Maor Zirkin and Evgeny Silitski, 8-5.

In singles play, junior Neil Lesinski battled with Silitski at No. 3 doubles, taking the first set to a tiebreak. The Grayslake, Ill., native would drop the tiebreaker, and eventually the match, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

The Leathernecks are off until Sunday, February 22, when they face in-state rival Illinois State in Normal, Ill., at 1:30 p.m.

SINGLES:
No. 1 Maor Zirkin (DU) def. Zach Frisch (WIU), 6-0, 6-3
No. 2 Mauricio Ballivian (DU) def. Jose Francisco Ortiz (WIU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Evgeny Silitski (DU) def. Neil Lesinski (WIU), 7-6 (5), 6-4
No. 4 Ricardo Lau (DU) def. Sean Ragee-Nelson (WIU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 Guilherme Marsiglia (DU) def. James McGuire (WIU), 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 Ivan Mendoza (DU) def. Rodrigo Azevado (WIU), 6-1, 6-2

DOUBLES:
No. 1 Frisch/McGuire (WIU) def. Zirkin/Silitski (DU), 8-5
No. 2 Marsiglia/Lau (DU) def. Lesinski/Ragee-Nelson (WIU), 8-3
No. 3 Mendoza/Ballivian (DU) def. Michael Schild/Mandela Shepard (WIU), 8-2