INDIANAPOLIS – After beating Division II-rival Grand Valley at home on Saturday, the 12th-ranked UIndy men's tennis team traveled across town to DI Butler University Sunday. The Greyhounds took down in the Bulldogs in convincing fashion by a final score of 6-1.
The Hounds got on the board first by securing the doubles point.
Dario Huber and
Renato Lima, the No. 1-ranked doubles pair in Division II, swept their matchup versus Thomas Brenen and Olof Wiklund, 6-0. The freshman duo of
Nikolaj Talimaa and
Dominik Koenig followed with a 6-4 win in the No. 3 doubles, leaving the No. 2 flight unfinished.
UIndy went on to win five of the six singles matches. No. 12-ranked Lima was the first to finish, taking down Butler No. 3 Drew Michael 6-4, 6-3. Talimaa's long first set followed up with a quick second set to take the point in the No. 4 flight 7-5, 6-3. The third match to finish up belonged to Huber, as DII's No. 8 singles player claimed a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Brenen, Butler's No. 1.
Freshman and German-import
Tom Zeuch earned the Hounds' only three-set win, earning a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (8) win versus Filip Tensing in the No. 4 flight. Freshman
Jason Gerweck secured the sixth and final point for the Hounds with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win in the No. 6 matchup against Ryan Roegner. Meanwhile, Koenig fell just short of a singles win, falling 3-6, 6-3, 5-10 in a tight match against Wiklund.
HOUND BYTES
Head Coach Malik Tabet...
"I am very proud of what my team has accomplished this past weekend, especially my newcomers. They have shown heart in tough matches, and discipline and ability to make changes when it counted most."
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds will have to wait until Saturday, Feb. 15 for their next match when they travel to St. Louis to take on Washington University at 7 p.m. ET.
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