INDIANAPOLIS – Still in the Circle City, but on different turf, the No. 8-ranked UIndy women's tennis team made a miraculous comeback from being down 3-1 to beat the division I Butler University Bulldogs late on Thursday. The win over their northern rivals moves the Hounds to 6-0 heading into the weekend.
INS AND OUTS
The doubles point was a showing out of the Hounds No. 2 and 3 pairs as the Bulldogs grabbed the No. 1 match. Reigning GLVC Player of the Week
Margarita Andreiuk alongside
Maria Fiacan got business done at No. 2, leading into a clincher by the French pairing of
Diane Flament and
Lea Cakarevic.
Singles was a downward spiral for the Hounds, losing the No. 4, No. 1 and No. 3 singles bouts to put them into a massive 3-1 hole. Needing to muster the strength to claw themselves back into the match, Cakarevic came to the rescue, being the first Hounds to get on the board, scoring a 6-2, 6-4 victory. Just minutes later, the 2022 DII Senior Player of the Year
Anna Novikova made her presence known, coming back from a tough first set to win 6-4, 7-6 in her second and third sets to make it tied at 3-3 apiece.
Aimee Reynoso was the woman with the match on her back and the freshman out of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico was more than up to the task. A 6-4 first set saw Reynoso battle, eventually coming out on top. And with two Greyhounds wins to her back and her teammates cheering her on, Reynoso delivered the final blow of the Greyhound comeback with a 6-2 second set.
UP NEXT
The Hounds have some time before they head off to the ITA DII Indoor Team Championships in Lincoln, N.E. The yearly tournament is set to start on Feb. 24.
