SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – In a battle of top 10 teams, the 10^th ranked Drury women's tennis team edged past 8^th-ranked Indianapolis with a 5-4 win at Cooper Tennis Complex on Sunday.

Drury improved to 8-0 and UINDY fell to 7-2.

In doubles play Drury posted winning scores of 8-3 at No .1 and won 8-4 at No. 3.  UINDY stayed in the match with a 9-7 victory at No. 2.

With the match on the line, Julia Schepp gave the Panthers a key win with her 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 6 over Pam Brito Torres.  UINDY proved tough at the top of the lineup taking No. 1 through No. 3.  Josephine Jedrychowski earned a 6-3, 6-2 win over Mara Hofstetter and JiaQing Mo downed Chloe Weihs 6-0, 6-2 at the four and five sports in the DU lineup.

The Drury women will host South Dakota State on March 18 at Cooper Tennis Complex with first serve set for noon.

#10 Drury University 5, #8 Indianapolis 4
Mar 04, 2018 at Springfield, MO (Cooper Tennis Complex)

Singles competition

1. Hanna Volikova (UINDY-W) def. Larissa Karl (DU) 6-4, 6-4

2. Alina Kislickaya (UINDY-W) def. Chung-Yen Huang (DU) 6-1, 6-1

3. Florence Renard (UINDY-W) def. Viktoriya Zheleva (DU) 6-3, 6-4

4. Jo. Jedrychowski (DU) def. Mara Hofstetter (UINDY-W) 6-3, 6-2

5. JiaQing Mo (DU) def. Chloe Weihs (UINDY-W) 6-0, 6-2

6. Julia Schepp (DU) def. Pam Brito Torres (UINDY-W) 6-3, 6-2

 

Doubles competition

1. Chung-Yen Huang/Larissa Karl (DU) def. Hanna Volikova/Alina Kislickaya (UINDY-W) 8-3

2. Florence Renard/Chloe Weihs (UINDY-W) def. JiaQing Mo/Julia Schepp (DU) 9-7

3. Jo. Jedrychowski/Viktoriya Zheleva (DU) def. Paige Olsen/Dana Olsen (UINDY-W) 8-4

 

Match Notes

Indianapolis 7-2; National ranking #8

Drury University 8-0; National ranking #10