The Iowa State Women’s Tennis team finished up a rough weekend of play at the Drake Invite as they look towards the end of the season.
With only four Cyclones competing in the Drake Invite, there were only two teams for doubles, with junior Valeska San Martin Ramirez and freshman Gabriella Kellner being the first team and sophomore Gabriela Felix and freshman Kira Smith making up the second team.
On day one, the Cyclones were only able to pick up three wins in eight tries total.
In doubles, both teams lost their first match of the day, with Martin Ramirez and Kellner losing their match 6-2 and Felix and Smith losing 6-1. Martin Ramirez and Kellner bounced back, winning their next doubles match 6-1, while Felix and Smith also won their second doubles match of the day 6-0.
In singles, only Martin Ramirez won on the first day, 7-6(6), 2-6, [10-7]. But Kellner lost her match 3-6, 6-3, [10-6], Smith lost her match 6-2, 6-1 and Felix lost her match 6-1, 2-6, [10-4].
Day two wasn’t much kinder for the Cyclones, as they only played singles matches on this day and only picked up two wins in eight tries.
Martin Ramirez won her first match of the day 7-6 (5), 2-6, [10-6] but dropped her second match of the day 6-2, 6-4.
Kellner dropped her first match of the day, 6-4, 6-4, but won her next match 6-4, 6-3. Smith went on to drop both of her games, losing the first match 6-3, 7-6(2) and the second match 6-3, 6-2. Similar to Smith, Felix dropped both games, losing her first match 6-3, 7-5 and dropping her second match 6-2, 6-2.
Day three had fewer matches than the other days; only four matches were played in total.
In doubles, Martin Ramirez and Kellner picked up another win, winning their match 6-2. Meanwhile, Smith would team up with Pehal Kharadkar from Eastern Michigan University, and they lost their match 6-0.
In singles, only two matches were played on day three, with Smith losing her match 6-4, 6-1 and Kellner losing her match 6-1, 6-3 to wrap up play at the Drake Invite.
Rough showing in singles matches
Only Kellner and Martin Ramirez picked up wins in singles matches this weekend, as the Cyclones went a combined 3-11 in singles matches for the weekend, with Felix and Smith unable to pick up any wins this weekend.
While singles didn’t go their way this weekend, doubles showed a little bit of a bright spot for the Cyclones, going a combined 3-3 with Felix and Smith picking up a win and Martin Ramirez and Kellner picking up two wins.
In both doubles and singles play, Martin Ramirez was a positive force for the Cyclones the whole weekend, as she would go a positive 2-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles, helping the Cyclones get some match wins on the board this weekend.
The Cyclones will return to action for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sectional Championships on Thursday and the Baylor Invite on Friday.
