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INDIANAPOLIS – In its season opener against Youngstown State, the IUPUI women’s tennis team split the singles action with the Penguins, but dropped the crucial doubles point as it fell to YSU, 4-3, Saturday evening.

Vanessa Whyte, Lee Matthews, and Jesika Bays each picked up singles victories to start the year to lead the Jags, with Whyte picking up a win in her first collegiate match.

In doubles play, all three of IUPUI’s doubles tandems dropped their matches by scores of 8-3, 8-4, and 8-3, as the Penguins and Jaguars began singles action.

Bays and Matthews got the singles matches off to a great start for the Jaguars as Bays downed Annie Jesko by scores of 6-3, 6-0, before Matthews followed with a 6-1, 6-2 triumph over Danielle Silva.

In No. 4 singles play, Danielle Haefele fell behind Gimeno Puppo by dropping the first set, 6-2, before losing a hard-fought second set, 7-6.

Alisha Cummings and Shelby Hullett both dropped No. 3 singles and No. 1 singles, respectively. After Hullett dropped the first set, 6-4, she used two breaks to win the second set, 6-3, forcing a third and decisive set. However, Hullett dropped the third set by a score of 6-3.

Whyte was victorious playing in the No. 2 singles slot against Karolina Sjkovist. The first two sets went to tiebreakers with Sjkovist taking the upper hand in the first set before Whyte bounced back to win the second set. In the tiebreaker, Whyte persevered with a 12-10 triumph.

IUPUI is back in action on Sunday, Jan. 23, when it welcomes SIU-Edwardsville.

Doubles:

No. 1 - Sadovnikova/Sjkovist (YSU) def. Hullett/Matthews (IUPUI), 8-3

No. 2 - Jesko/Puppo (YSU) def. Haefele/Whyte (IUPUI), 8-4

No. 3 - Silva/Jesko def. Bays/Cummings (IUPUI), 8-3

 

Singles:

No. 1 - Margarita Sadovnikova (YSU) def. Shelby Hullett (IUPUI) - 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

No. 2 - Vanessa Whyte (IUPUI) def. Karolina Sjkovist (IUPUI) - 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 12-10

No. 3 - Carolyn Jesko (YSU) def. Alisha Cummings (IUPUI) - 6-3,6-1

No. 4 - Gimena Puppo (YSU) def. Danielle Haefele (IUPUI) 6-2, 7-6(4)

No. 5 - Lee Matthews (IUPUI) def. Danielle Silva (YSU) - 6-1, 6-2