LAS VEGAS – Looking to rebound after a tough 4-3 loss to Southern Utah in its Summit League opener, the IUPUI women’s tennis team dropped a pair of matches Friday to UMKC and South Dakota at Bally’s Resort.
 
The loss dropped IUPUI to 3-14 overall and 0-3 in the Summit League.
 
UMKC 6, IUPUI 1
 
In the opener against the Kangaroos, the Jags fell behind 1-0 after UMKC swept all three doubles matches.
 
Shelby Hullett overcame a 6-3 opening-set loss to win the second set, 6-1, sending the match to a third set at the No. 4 slot. In the third-set tiebreaker, Hullett picked up a key break late to earn the 8-6 win, which proved to be IUPUI’s lone point of the match.
 
In the other singles matches, the Jags fell in straight sets giving UMKC the 6-1 win.
 
Singles competition
1. Eva Dalvai (UMKC) def. Danielle Haefele (IUPUIW) 6-0, 6-2
2. Laura Bouet (UMKC) def. Alisha Cummings (IUPUIW) 6-1, 6-1
3. Amelie Amsallem (UMKC) def. Vanessa Whyte (IUPUIW) 6-3, 6-3
4. Shelby Hullett (IUPUIW) def. Suzan Lisenby (UMKC) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6)
5. Madeline Schulte (UMKC) def. Abbey Neff (IUPUIW) 6-1, 6-1
6. Jillian Yakominich (UMKC) def. Jeskia Bays (IUPUIW) 6-1, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1. Eva Dalvai/Laura Bouet (UMKC) def. Alisha Cummings/Danielle Haefele (IUPUIW) 8-4
2. Suzan Lisenby/Amelie Amsallem (UMKC) def. Vanessa Whyte/Abbey Neff (IUPUIW) 8-6
3. Madeline Schulte/Gabriela Pintos (UMKC) def. Rachael Bridegroom/Shelby Hullett (IUPUIW) 8-4
 
USD 4, IUPUI 3
 
After dropping the doubles point, Hullett was the first to finish her match cruising to a 6-0, 6-1 win at the No. 4 spot to even the score at 1-1.
 
Following a loss at the No. 3 position, Abbey Neff again evened the score when she downed her opponent 6-0, 6-4 at the fifth singles position.
 
The see-saw battle continued with Southern Utah regaining a one-point lead with a win at the sixth slot, before Danielle Haefele fought for a pair of 6-4 wins at the No. 1 position knotting the score at 3-3, turning the focus to the No. 2 singles match.
 
In the decisive match between Alisha Cummings and Alena Sergeychik, Cummings fell behind a set before rallying for a 7-5 second-set win. Unfortunately in set three, Sergeychik proved to be too much as she finished off a 6-1 third-set win to give the Coyotes the 4-3 victory.
 
Singles competition
1. Danielle Haefele (IUPUIW) def. Michelle Elkin (SD) 6-4, 6-4
2. Alena Sergeychik (SD) def. Alisha Cummings (IUPUIW) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
3. Shadi Soleymani (SD) def. Vanessa Whyte (IUPUIW) 6-2, 6-1
4. Shelby Hullett (IUPUIW) def. Nina Barudzic (SD) 6-0, 6-1
5. Abbey Neff (IUPUIW) def. Veronika Makashov (SD) 6-0, 6-4
6. Yamini Reddy (SD) def. Jeskia Bays (IUPUIW) 6-3, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1. Shadi Soleymani/Alena Sergeychik (SD) def. Alisha Cummings/Danielle Haefele (IUPUIW) 8-6
2. Vanessa Whyte/Abbey Neff (IUPUIW) def. Michelle Elkin/Nina Barudzic (SD) 8-6
3. Yamini Reddy/Veronika Makashov (SD) def. Rachael Bridegroom/Shelby Hullett (IUPUIW) 8-3
 
IUPUI concludes its first Summit League cluster on Saturday, March 17, when it takes on in-state rival IPFW.