INDIANAPOLIS – Day one of the ITA DII National Men's Team Indoor Championship couldn't have started in a more exciting way for the No. 7-ranked University of Indianapolis men's tennis team. The Greyhounds opened with an upset victory over the No. 1-ranked and No. 1-seed Barry Buccaneers by a score of 4-0.
INS AND OUTS
The Greyhounds entered the tournament as the eight seed with an uphill battle ahead of them, but to the Hounds strengths, doubles was on the schedule first. Zeuch Destouet Magic was in the air for the first doubles match, as the No. 1-ranked pair of
Tom Zeuch and
Edgar Destouet got the Hounds on the board first, winning 6-2.
August Ehrnrooth and
Louis Picaud finished the doubles point with a 6-2 win of their own to put the Hounds up 1-0.
Singles was a battle that the Hounds dominated, winning every first set of all six matches.
Thomas Mathis was the first Hounds to claim victory, winning 6-3, 6-1. With their backs against the wall and an upset brewing, the Bucs fought back, but the dynamic duo of Zeuch and Destouet were there to stop them. It was first Zeuch, who after a dominant 6-4 first set, replicated that with a 6-4 second. And what felt like seconds later, Destouet made the UIndy Tennis Center explode with joy as he upset No. 11 Alejandro Gallego in the No. 1 singles spot to secure the victory for the Hounds.
HOUND BYTES
UP NEXT
The Hounds are moving on to the semis of the ITA Team Indoor Championship, facing the victor of Wayne State and Flagler on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 5:30 PM EST.
