PENSACOLA, Fla - For now the 7th time in a row, the No. 1 UIndy women's tennis team took down a top-25 opponent. The Greyhounds (10-0) swept the No. 6 Argonauts of the University of West Florida, 7-0, and their home court.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Greyhounds jumped out fast and strong in doubles, with the junior pair of Nikol Alekseeva and Anna Novikova taking their match 6-3. The Argos then went on to fight in the No. 3 doubles spot against the Hounds' junior Maria Solnyshkina and sophomore Sofia Sharonova but still fell 7-5 leading to a Hounds' point for doubles. Then seniors Kristina Lagoda and Alina Kislitskaya, in their trademark No. 2 doubles slot, had a close match go in their favor with a 7-6 win.Â
Six straight wins was then on the docket for the Hounds as they took every match in singles, starting off with a dominant straight sets win for Kislitskaya 6-3, 6-0. Keeping that fire burning, her doubles partner Lagoda copied her with a 6-3, 6-0 win of her own to bring the Hounds to three points on the afternoon.
Like it was planned, the pair of juniors out of the No. 1 doubles spot would finish their matches back-to-back with Novikova taking down her Argonaut adversary in three sets. She dropped the first of three, 3-6, before rifling back a pair of quick wins 6-1, 6-0 to secure the overall win for the Hounds. Alekseeva soon followed with another two-set win, putting away her match 6-4, 6-4.
And for the final two matches of the afternoon, Sharonova would wrap with a 7-6 win in the first set and then a strong 6-2 second-set win. Solnyshkina would be the last of the Hounds to walk off the court with a back-and-forth game going to three sets. She took the first set 6-1 before dropping the second 5-7. In the third set. the score with to double digits with Solnyshkina picking up the win, 10-8.Â
UP NEXT
The Hounds return to the Midwest for their first conference matchup in nearly a month as they will travel to Romeoville, Ill., to take on the Lewis Flyers. This is the start of three-game stretch of conference matches.Â
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