GREENWOOD, In. – Playing in their fifth in-region matchup of the year, the No. 18-ranked UIndy men's tennis team overpowered No. 20 Tiffin 6-1. The Greyhounds improve to 8-4, while the Dragons drop to 12-5. 

After taking the opening doubles point 2-1, UIndy used that hot start to win five of the six singles matches. 

INS AND OUTS
Lorenzo Di Cursi and Jovan Matovic set the tone in doubles play, serving a 6-0 bagel to Lorenzo Galeno and Harry Senior on court #3. Zaid Shelbaya and Tadeo Gaggiofatto echoed at #2 doubles, taking down Romain Marionneau and Lorenzo Perucchini 7-5. 

Tiffin got right back into the match in early workings of singles play, with Perucchini downing Mathieu Derache 6-2, 6-2 on court #3. No. 11-ranked Asier Ayllon Prado halted the Dragons' momentum with his 6-2, 6-3 win at #1 singles over Marionneau. 

Lorenzo DI Cursi was next for the Hounds, who outlasted Senior outworked Senior 7-2 in a first-set tiebreak, and cruised to victory in the second with a 6-0 result. No. 24 Gaggiofatto followed up with a win on court two, downing 6-7(4-7), 6-4, 6-2. 

The Hounds paced the match with a pair of third-set wins on courts #4 and #5. Shelbaya increased the UIndy lead up to 4 after his 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Erwan Colin at #5 singles. The exclamation point to the winning effort came from the strings of Jovan Matovic, who gritted-out a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win over Jose Portillo at #4 singles. 

UP NEXT
The Hounds will hit the road next Friday, April 3, for a 3PM match against No. 16-ranked Wayne State.