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INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI women’s tennis team had its three-match winning streak snapped to start the day falling to Oral Roberts, 7-0, but IUPUI regrouped and got back on the winning track eking out a 4-3 win over South Dakota State to finish Day 2 of its Summit League cluster at Park Tudor High School in Indianapolis.
 
The split moved IUPUI’s overall record to 7-18 and its conference record to 2-5.
 
Oral Roberts 7, IUPUI 0
 
The Jaguars got off to a rough start in the opener of its Friday matches as Oral Roberts jumped out to a 1-0 lead by sweeping all three matches in doubles play.
 
In singles action, the Golden Eagles continued to play well picking up straight set victories across the board to finalize a 7-0 win.
 
Despite losing all six singles matches in straight sets, the Jaguars did put up some resistance at the No. 5 spot. Abbey Neff opened her match at the fifth position with a 6-2 loss in the opening set, before coming back in the second set to force a tiebreaker. Unfortunately in the tiebreaker, Neff’s fell by a 7-1 score.
 
Singles
#1 – Iryna Khatsko (ORU) def. Danielle Haefele (IUPUI) – 6-1, 6-1
#2 – Lina Semenova (ORU) def. Alisha Cummings (IUPUI) – 6-0, 6-1
#3 – Haley Martin (ORU) def. Vanessa Whyte (IUPUI) – 6-2, 6-3
#4 – Kristin Gray (ORU) def. Shelby Hullett (IUPUI) – 6-3, 6-3
#5 – Marizanne Bouwer (ORU) def. Abbey Neff (IUPUI) – 6-2, 7-6 (1)
#6 – Tori Dollar (ORU) def. Jesika Bays (IUPUI) – 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 1, 2, 6, 3, 5, 4
 
Doubles
#1 - Martin/Semenova (ORU) def. Cummings/Haefele (IUPUI) - 8-0
#2 – Gray/Khatsko (ORU) def. Neff/Whyte (IUPUI) - 8-0
#3 – Bouwer/Dollar (ORU) def. Rachel Bridegroom/Hullett (IUPUI) - 8-4
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
 
IUPUI 4, South Dakota State 3
 
Out of the gates, the Jaguars looked sharp picking up wins at the No. 3 and 2 doubles positions to jump out to the early 1-0 lead.
 
However, the Jackrabbits captured the momentum in singles play winning three of the first four singles matches to put it in position to win with one more singles victory.
 
The one match from the first four that they couldn’t capture came at the five spot with Neff continuing to play well cruising to a 6-1, 6-2 win.
 
With the Jags needing to win the remaining two matches to win, it came down to the six spot and the three spot.
 
With her match in the third set, Bays used an early break to go up 3-1 in the sixth singles match, only to be broken during her next service game to put the match back on serve at 3-2. However, Bays used another break to go up 4-2 and never looked back winning the third set, 6-3, tying the score at 3-3.
 
At the three spot, Whyte jumped in front by a set only to see the match evened up after her opponent claimed an 11-9 victory in the second-set tiebreaker to extend the match to a third set. Needing to win the set to give her team the win, Whyte emerged victorious, 6-4, nearly an hour after Bays finished picking up the individual win and the team win.
 
IUPUI closes out its regular season on Saturday, April 14, when it takes on Western Illinois at 8 a.m. at the Butler Bubble. The remaining cluster matches for Saturday will be held at the West Indy Racquet Club beginning at 1 p.m.
 
Doubles

1. Botzet/Henry (SDSU) def. Cummings/Haefele (IUPUI) – 8-6
2. Whyte/Neff (IUPUI) def. McDougall/Nasenbeny (SDSU) – 8-5
3. Bridegroom/Hullett (IUPUI) def. Goeden/Medina (SDSU) – 8-3

Singles

1. Nasenebeny (SDSU) def. Haefele (IUPUI) – 6-4, 6-3
2. Blackburne (SDSU) def. Cummings (IUPUI) – 7-5, 6-1
3. Whyte (IUPUI) def. Henry (SDSU) – 7-6, 6-7, 6-4
4. McDougall (SDSU) def. Hullett (IUPUI) – 6-3, 7-6
5. Neff (IUPUI) def. Medina (SDSU) – 6-1, 6-2
6. Bays (IUPUI) def. Botzet (SDSU) – 2-6, 7-6, 6-3