INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 10-ranked University of Indianapolis women's tennis team saw their season end at the hands of the Drury Panthers on Tuesday afternoon by a score of 4-2. The match, originally scheduled to be played outdoors at Center Grove High School, was moved inside to the UIndy Tennis Center. The Hounds end the season 17-6 with their fourth-straight GLVC Championship and their 13th NCAA tournament appearance. This season marks their eighth-straight year making the NCAA tournament.  
 
INS & OUTS
The Panthers got going early, taking the doubles points with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. Anna Novikova and Sofia Sharonova, the No. 16-ranked pairing, found the Hounds only doubles victory at the top slot.
 
Singles saw the Hounds quickly even the score with a victory by Novikova out of the No. 1 slot. Playing the GLVC Player of the Year in Nastasia Jedrychowski, Novikova handed her a 6-2, 6-1 loss. Drury fought back, retaking the lead with wins at No. 2 and No. 6 singles. Diane Flament attempted to bring the Hounds back into the match, winning 6-1, 6-1. However, the Panthers shut the door on a comeback, winning at No. 3 singles in straight sets to secure the 4-2 victory.
 
SENIOR CLASS
The Greyhounds send off a trio of seniors in Novikova, Sharonova and Arina Amaning. Novikova leaves as one of the most accomplished Greyhounds, ending her final campaign with a 19-7 record in singles and a 16-9 mark in doubles, playing alongside Sharonova and Lea Cakarevic. She ends her career as a two-time ITA All-American, three-time All-GLVC, as well as being the 2021-22 GLVC Player of the Year and DII Senior Player of the Year.
 
Sharonova leaves her senior season having a 9-4 singles record with a 15-9 doubles mark, being a part of the ITA Midwest Regional Champions pairing of her and Novikova. She earned the 2021 GLVC Distinguished Scholar Award as well as 2021 ITA Rookie of the Year and Freshman of the Year during her tenure.
 
Amaning, a transfer from Southern Mississippi, spent only two years with the Hounds, seeing no action due to injury her final season as Greyhound. Her previous season, she went 13-4, mainly playing in the four and five spot for the Hounds on route to a NCAA semifinal appearance.