ELKHART, Ind. - The Saint Mary's tennis team earned their tenth win of the season with a 9-0 victory over Anderson at the Eastlake Athletic Club on Thursday afternoon.

 

Kathleen McLeod and Evelyn Demblans-Dechans powered their way to an 8-0 win at three doubles while Lucy Chamberlin and Leah Hosang took an 8-2 decision at two doubles. After going down 1-0 to start the match, Alayna Campbell and Emma Kealy took the next two games for a lead they did not give up. The pair fought off their opponents after two games the other way made it a 6-5 match as the duo broke serve to go up 7-5. Kealy then closed out the match by holding serve for an 8-5 win at one doubles.

 

Leah Hosang and Emma Kealy did not drop a game as the first singles matches off the court at four and three singles, respectively, to clinch the team win. Alayna Campbell claimed a 6-1 win in her first set and made a comeback in her second set. Campbell was trailing 4-3 and was still behind at 5-4 before taking two consecutive games for a 6-5 lead. The sophomore held serve to capture the 7-5 win at two singles. Evelyn Demblans-Dechans claimed a quick 6-1, 6-0 victory in her six singles match, and Kathleen McLeod did not surrender a game all day with a 6-0, 6-0 decision at five singles. Lucy Chamberlin had a gritty match at one singles which lasted an hour and a half. The senior came back from a 6-5 deficit in the opening set to force a tiebreaker only to have that tiebreaker go the other way. Chamberlin then jumped out to a lead and turned a 3-2 lead into a 6-2 set-win to force a ten-point super tiebreaker for the match. She carried that momentum from her second-set win into the tiebreaker and captured the 10-3 decision for the win.

 

Annika Smith and Kalyn Borger each won their exhibition singles matches on the day. Smith claimed a 6-1 win while Borger powered her way to an 8-1 win for Saint Mary's.

 

The Belles (10-0) are set to host IU-Kokomo on Saturday starting at noon.

 

Saint Mary's College 9, Anderson (Ind.) 0
 Singles competition
1. Lucy Chamberlin (SMC) def. Megan Long (AU-W) 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 1-0 (10-3)
2. Alayna Campbell (SMC) def. Ella Frantz (AU-W) 6-1, 7-5
3. Emma Kealy (SMC) def. Ella Maiden (AU-W) 6-0, 6-0
4. Leah Hosang (SMC) def. Sydney Adams (AU-W) 6-0, 6-0
5. Kathleen McLeod (SMC) def. Maddi Martin (AU-W) 6-0, 6-0
6. Evelyn Demblans-Dechans (SMC) def. Katie Bishop (AU-W) 6-1, 6-0

 Doubles competition
1. Alayna Campbell/Emma Kealy (SMC) def. Megan Long/Ella Frantz (AU-W) 8-5
2. Lucy Chamberlin/Leah Hosang (SMC) def. Sydney Adams/Ella Maiden (AU-W) 8-2
3.  Evelyn Demblans-Dechans/Kathleen McLeod (SMC) def. Jenna Jenkins/Maddi Martin (AU-W) 8-0

Match Notes:
Anderson (Ind.) 9-5
Saint Mary's College 10-0
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,3,2,6,5,1)
Exhibition Singles:
Annika Smith (SMC) def. Katie Bishop (AU-W), 6-1
Kalyn Borger (SMC) def. Jenna Jenkins (AU-W), 8-1