By: Christian Binger, Interim Director of Athletics Media Relations
Box Score
Indianapolis, Ind. - The University of Indianapolis Men's Tennis team snapped Southwest Baptist's 11 match winning streak with a 7-2 victory Wednesday night.
In doubles, Sherif Abohabaga and Carlos Corser fell on court #3 after getting broken twice in their match, which gave the Greyhounds their first point of the match. In doubles #1, Torben Semrau and Raul Caballero lost as well with two breaks on their serve. The Bearcats earned a point in doubles #2 when Gyorgy and Ferenc Agoston managed to break their opponent's serve at 6-6 and win their match 8-6.
With SBU down 2-1 heading into singles, Ferenc Agoston lost a very close match with one break of serve in each set to hand the Greyhounds a 3-1 advantage. Shortly after, Abohabaga fought from a set down to win his match 6-4 in the third to give the second point for the Bearcats. Caballero battled back from losing the first set to win the second set but ended falling in the third set 6-4. Indianapolis won their singles #4 and #5 matches in two straight sets. Gyorgy Agoston lost his singles #6 match in a super tiebreak 10-3, making the final score 7-2 Greyhounds.
The SBU Men's Tennis team will be back in action when they travel to Kansas for the weekend to take on Emporia State and Washburn.
Match by Match results:
#11 University of Indianapolis (7), #16 Southwest Baptist (2)
Doubles:
1. Renato Lima/Andrea Morlet (UINDY18) def. Semrau, Torben/Caballero, Raul (SBU) 8-5
2. Agoston, Gyorgy/Agoston, Ferenc (SBU) def. Magnus Mueller/Christoph Drechsler (UINDY18) 9-7
3. Nils Hoffacker/Dario Huber (UINDY18) def. Abohabaga, Sherif/Corser, Carlos (SBU) 8-5
Singles:
1. Abohabaga, Sherif (SBU) def. Nils Hoffacker (UINDY18) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
2. Renato Lima (UINDY18) def. Caballero, Raul (SBU) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
3. Dario Huber (UINDY18) def. Agoston, Ferenc (SBU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Magnus Mueller (UINDY18) def. Szeri, David (SBU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Christoph Drechsler (UINDY18) def. Semrau, Torben (SBU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Matej Kostadinov (UINDY18) def. Agoston, Gyorgy (SBU) 7-6, 6-7, 10-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,1,2,4,5,6)