SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Washburn women's tennis team dropped its first match of 2017 to No. 20 Drury in a 2-7 decision Friday evening at the Cooper Tennis Complex.

After falling behind early and trailing 2-1 heading into doubles action, the Ichabods weren't able to recover and picked up its first loss of the season.

The 12th-ranked duo of Madeline Hill and Jacqueline Engelbrecht continued their dominance in doubles play as they picked up the Ichabods only doubles point of the evening with an 8-4 win over Panthers, Larissa Karl and Julie Schapp.

Hill would keep her near perfect singles record intact with a thrilling three set victory over Larissa Karl in singles play.

Washburn will return to the court tomorrow afternoon with a 1 p.m. start time against McKendree.

Doubles
Hill/Engelbrecht def.  Karl/Schapp: 8-4
Huang/Jerychowski def. Morrissey/Gonzales:  8-6
Demos/Muller def. Lysaught/Burr: 8-2

Singles
Hill def. Karl: 0-6, 6-4, 7-6(7-2)
Muller def. Engelbrecht: 7-5, 7-5
Huang def. Morrissey: 6-0, 6-1
Jerychowski def. Gonzales: 6-2, 6-1
Schapp def. Lysaught: 6-4, 6-0
Tragubora def. Burr: 4-6, 6-1, 6-3