INDIANAPOLIS – At home in the UIndy Tennis Center, the No. 7-ranked UIndy Greyhounds, powered through excellent singles action, defeated the No. 9 Hawaii Pacific Sharks. The ranked win leads well into the ITA DII Team Indoor Championships, which kick off this Friday in the UIndy Tennis Center.
 
INS & OUTS
Doubles action could not have been more exciting for the packed UIndy Tennis Center. The No. 1-ranked dynamic duo of Tom Zeuch and Edgar Destouet got the job done to start the battle.
 
No. 2 singles, featuring Erwan Momo Andre and Louis Picaud was the first of two endurance battles between the Greyhounds and the Sharks. The Sharks pair jumped out early to a 5-1 lead, but the Picaud and Momo Andre refused to let them go without a fight, scoring four straight to even it up a 5-apiece. Eventually the match would enter tiebreak where the Sharks, off the back of a quick 3-0 start, would grab the second match of doubles.
 
Tiebreak was once again in effect for No. 3 doubles with Nikolaj Talimaa and Jason Gerweck keeping a close battle. It was tied six times before tiebreak, in which both teams continued their back-and-forth affair, eventually being knotted up 8-8. The Sharks, much to the dismay of the packed bubble, found what they needed to overcome Talimaa and Gerweck to secure the doubles point.
 
Down a point, the Hounds, with furious yells of "Lets go Hounds," looked to storm back into the contest. However, the Sharks went ahead and threw another punch, grabbing the point at No. 5 singles. Talimaa went on to avenge that point and make it 2-1 with a 6-2, 6-4 victory. Destouet, despite looking overpowered in the first set, losing 6-2, expressed utter dominance in sets two and three, going 6-2 and a furious 6-0 to make the comeback and to tie it at 2-2.
 
Just minutes later Picaud fought off a second set rush by his Shark adversary, making it out with a  6-2, 6-4 straight sets win. Just like that a match that seemed to be running away from the Hounds, turned into a momentum storm for the highly-ranked Hounds. August Ehrnrooth was the final nail in the coffin, winning 6-2, 7-6.
 
HOUND BYTES
 

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UP NEXT
 
It is time! The Greyhounds will host the ITA DII Men's Indoor Team Championship on Friday, Feb. 17. The Hounds will kick off their tournament facing the No. 1 Seed and No. 1-ranked Barry, at 2:30 p.m.