GREENWOOD, IN. – In another in-region dual, the No. 38-ranked UIndy women's tennis team topped No. 44 Tiffin University 4-3 this Wednesday. The Greyhounds improve to 5-7, while the Dragons move to 7-7.
In the windy Wednesday matinee, the Hounds took the match with four wins in singles play, with Magda Kornijczuk mounting a resilient comeback effort at #3 singles to seal the match.
INS AND OUTS
The Dragons were on the board first after a contested doubles point, taking wins at #1 and #2 doubles. Jemimah Choi and Brooke McNeal got the ball rolling for Tiffin with a 6-0 win at #1 doubles over No. 45 Maelys Thiery James and Kornijcuk.
Jimena De Pablos Hernando and Sofia Cardenas had the responding effort for the Hounds, breezing past Imani Shah and Francesca Milani on #2 doubles. Tiffin clinched the opening point with a 6-4 win from Erna Brdarevic and Katarina Yates, who bested Liza Simak and Silvia Zappoli.
Singles action began with Choi's 6-1, 6-4 victory at #1 doubles over Thiery James, growing the Dragon advantage to 2-0. Shortly after, UIndy found their first point of the afternoon off the stick of Zappoli, who took down Yates 6-3, 6-1. Brdarevic was next to finish, picking up a 6-3, 6-2 win over Simak on court #4.
Facing a 3-1 deficit, the Hounds then cashed-in winning results from courts #2 and #6 to get right back into the match. De Pablos Hernando made quick work of Milani at #2 singles, posting a 6-4, 6-2 win at #2 singles. Cardenas overpowered Shah at #6 singles, earning a 6-3, 6-4 win to level the score to 3-3.
The fate of the match would be determined on court #3, where Kornijczuk and McNeal were in an intense battle. After Kornijczuk took the opening set 6-3, McNeal took the second set 6-0. Despite McNeal getting an early service break in the early workings of the third set, Kornijczuk broke back, and sealed the match with another break in service at 5-4, going on to win 6-4 in the third.
UP NEXT
UIndy will host an exhibition with Kenyon College at 4:30 this Saturday, March 28, at the UIndy Tennis Center.
