INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Drury men's tennis team downed the NCAA-II Midwest Region's second seeded team and avenged their loss in the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament championship last week with a 5-2 win at 17^th ranked Indianapolis on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA-II national championship tournament.
 
The Panthers, ranked 18^th in the nation, improved to 20-3 and will advance to the round of 16 on May 9 in Altamonte Springs, Florida where they will play Queens (NY), who advanced out of the East Region.
 
The Greyhounds ended their season with a 16-5 record. 
 
Drury won two of the three doubles matches getting a win from Maximillian Hepp and Sebastien Amato over Arklon Huertas del Pino and Andrea Morlet, 8-3, and Sacha Mourier and Nico Sigloch defeated UINDY's Christoph Drechsler and Magnus Mueller 9-7.
 
The Panthers took a 3-1 lead when Mourier won his singles match-up against Marco Razo 6-1, 7-6. Following Drury's win by Sigloch, 6-2, 7-6 over Morlet, the Panthers clinched the second round win as Sebastien Amato went three sets to defeat Nils Hoffacker 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
 
Six days earlier, Indianapolis blanked Drury winning 5-0 to take the GLVC tournament title in St. Louis. The Greyhounds also ended the Panthers season last year in the second round of the national tournament in Indianapolis with a 5-0 win.
 
Drury will face Queens at 11 a.m. (central) on May 9 in the NCAA-II round of 16. The Knights are 15-5 and ranked 30^th in the latest NCAA-II / ITA national poll. The next four rounds of the NCAA-II tournament will be played at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida. It marks Drury's third trip to the Sweet Sixteen in four years and their 16^th trip there since 1999.
 
The Drury women's team opens play in the NCAA-II Midwest Region on Monday in Midland, Michigan when they take on Missouri-St. Louis.
 
#18 Drury University 5, #17 Indianapolis 2
Apr 30, 2017, at Indianapolis, IN (UIndy Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. #2 A. Huertas Del Pino (UINDY-M) def. #19 Maximilian Hepp (DU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Sebastien Amato (DU) def. Nils Hoffacker (UINDY-M) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
3. #39 Christoph Drechsler (UINDY-M) vs. Nico Hadeler (DU) 6-4, 7-6, unfinished
4. Magnus Mueller (UINDY-M) vs. Paul Porcher (DU) 6-7, 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
5. Nico Sigloch (DU) def. Andrea Morlet (UINDY-M) 6-2, 7-6
6. Sacha Mourier (DU) def. Marco Razo (UINDY-M) 6-1, 7-6
Doubles competition
1. #9 Maximilian Hepp/Sebastien Amato (DU) def. #16 A. Huertas Del Pino/Andrea Morlet (UINDY-M) 8-3
2. Sacha Mourier/Nico Sigloch (DU) def. Christoph Drechsler/Magnus Mueller (UINDY-M) 9-7
3. Nils Hoffacker/Marco Razo (UINDY-M) def. Paul Porcher/Nico Hadeler (DU) 8-4
Match Notes
Drury University 20-3; National ranking #18; Regional ranking #3
Indianapolis 16-5; National ranking #17; Regional ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (6,1,5,2)
2017 NCAA Midwest Region Site Two Final

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