DAYTON, Ohio – For the second straight week, the IUPUI women’s tennis team salvaged a weekend road split, this time by defeating Dayton, 5-2, Saturday afternoon.
 
The win improved the Jags to 3-8 on the season.
 
Despite losing its No. 1 doubles match, the Jaguars duo of Shelby Hullett and Rachael Bridegroom came through at No. 2 doubles winning 8-3. The point went to IUPUI when the No. 3 tandem of Vanessa Whyte and Abbey Neff picked up an 8-2 win to secure doubles point.
 
After watching Dayton pick up wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 singles spots, the middle and bottom of the IUPUI lineup stepped up.
 
Hullett, Whyte, and Jesika Bays won at the 3, 4, and 6 spots in straight sets, claiming the team victory, but Neff had to battle for her win.
 
Neff opened with a 7-5 win, before watching her match go to a third-set tiebreaker following a 6-3 second-set loss. Despite the second-set defeat, Neff regrouped and dominated the tiebreaker, winning 10-2 to cap off her victory.
 
The Jags return home next weekend when they host Xavier at Five Seasons Sports Club in Carmel, Ind., at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25.
 
IUPUI 5, Dayton 2
Doubles
No. 1 – McNulty/Stevens (UD) def. Cummings/Haefele (IUPUI) – 8-6
No. 2 – Hullett/Bridegroom (IUPUI) def. Filbrandt/Marchant (UD) – 8-3
No. 3 – Whyte/Neff (IUPUI) def. Hornbarger/Lammers (UD) – 8-2
 
Singles
No. 1 – McNulty (UD) def. Haefele (IUPUI) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 – Stevens (UD) def. Cummings (IUPUI) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 – Hullett (IUPUI) def. Hornbarger (UD) – 6-4, 6-1
No. 4 – Whyte (IUPUI) def. Filbrandt (UD) – 6-0, 6-4
No. 5 – Neff (IUPUI) def. Marchant (UD) – 7-5, 3-6, (10-2)
No. 6 – Bays (IUPUI) def. Lammers (UD) – 6-1, 6-2