11th ranked Indianapolis downs Drury in GLVC semifinals

 

Sat., April 30, 2022 FINAL
#2-W PANTHERS (16-3) 0
#1-E Indianapolis (17-2) 4

 
ST. LOUIS, Mo.— 11th ranked Indianapolis, the top seed from the East Division, shut out Drury 4-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference semifinals to advance to the league championship match on Saturday in St. Louis, Missouri.
 
Drury, seeded second from the West Division, had their eight-match winning streak snapped and fell to 16-3. Indianapolis raised its record to 17-2.
 
The Greyhounds took a 1-0 lead after winning two of the three doubles matches. Kensiia Eremina and Ewa Samberger won their doubles match-up 6-1, but Indianapolis got a pair of 6-4 wins, with the clinching point coming from the number three doubles team of Isabella Dunlap and Sofia Sharonova.
 
The Greyhounds won three straight singles matches to end the match as Mainssane Aik defeated Alma Abazi 6-1, 6-2, Arina Amaning got past Viktoriya Zheleva 6-3, 6-3, and Kristina Lagoda won 6-4, 6-4 over Clara Kuehnle. Ewa Samberger and Nastasia Jedrychowski both won sets from their opponents, but their matches went unfinished after UIndy clinched the win with their fourth point.
 
Indianapolis advances to the GLVC championship match and will take on Southwest Baptist on Sunday in St. Louis.
 
#11 Indianapolis 4, #27 Drury 0
4/30/2022 at St. Louis, Mo. (Dwight Davis Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #31 Novikova, Anna (UINDY) vs. Ewa Samberger (DRURY-W) 2-6, 4-3, unfinished
2. #17 Dunlap, Isabella (UINDY) vs. N. Jedrychowski (DRURY-W) 3-6, 2-3, unfinished
3. Aik, Maissane (UINDY) def. Alma Abazi (DRURY-W) 6-1, 6-2
4. Lagoda, Kristina (UINDY) def. Clara Kuehnle (DRURY-W) 6-4, 6-4
5. Amaning, Arina (UINDY) def. Viktoriya Zheleva (DRURY-W) 6-3, 6-3
6. #53 Cakarevic, Lea (UINDY) vs. Kseniia Eremina (DRURY-W) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
 
Doubles competition
1. #37 Kseniia Eremina/Ewa Samberger (DRURY-W) def. Novikova, Anna/Solnyshkina, Maria (UINDY) 6-1
2. Aik, Maissane/Amaning, Arina (UINDY) def. Alma Abazi/N. Jedrychowski (DRURY-W) 6-4
3. Dunlap, Isabella/Sharonova, Sofia (UINDY) def. Clara Kuehnle/Viktoriya Zheleva (DRURY-W) 6-4
 
Match Notes
Drury 16-3; National ranking #27; Regional ranking #3
Indianapolis 17-2; National ranking #11; Regional ranking #1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,5,4)
 

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