Following the NAIA scoring format, doubles matches were played to six with the combined results of doubles play counting for a single point toward the team score.

 

Emma Kealy and Anna Gardner came up short in a 6-1 final at two doubles. The Cougars then clinched the doubles point as Alayan Campbell and Evelyn Demblans-Dechans were on the wrong side of a 6-3 final at one doubles. Grace Clearwater and Hannah Gerner, meanwhile, took an early lead and claimed a 6-3 win at the three doubles flight.

 

Kealy shouldered a 6-0, 6-3 setback at two singles, and Alayna Campbell suffered a 6-2, 6-0 loss despite several lengthy points at one singles. Hannah Gerner took a decisive first set and held off a late push in the second set for a 6-1, 7-5 victory at six singles for the Belles. Katie Hunter saw too many bounces go the other way in a 6-3, 6-3 setback at five singles. Evelyn Demblans-Dechans and Anna Gardner both had marathon tiebreakers to decide their matches. Demblans-Dechans ultimately fell in a 4-6, 7-5, 10-7 final at three singles. Gardner battled back from a deficit in her tiebreaker, rattled off three consecutive points, and claimed a 6-2, 4-6, 12-10 win at four singles.

 

The Belles had a tight match to end the evening against Goshen. Saint Mary's picked up the doubles point after Emma Kealy and Anna Gardner won 6-4 at two doubles. The Belles earned a forfeit win at three doubles and nearly had the sweep as Alayna Campbell and Evelyn Demblans-Dechans fell in a tight 7-5 final at one doubles.

 

Hannah Gerner continued her strong day with a comeback win at five singles with a 2-6, 6-1, 10-6 victory. Alayna Campbell retired from her two singles match while trailing 6-0, 6-1. Anna Gardner ended on the short side of 6-4, 6-2 final at three singles. Emma Kealy battled but was narrowly edged out in a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) match at one singles. Evelyn Demblans-Dechans had a back-and-forth nail-biter at four singles, but the tiebreaker went the other way in a 7-6, 4-6, 12-10 contest. Katie Hunter picked up a win by forfeit at the six singles slot on the night.

 

The Belles (2-4) have a scrimmage on Sunday before returning to competition next weekend when they host Carthage and Concordia Chicago at the South Bend Racquet Club on Saturday starting at 3:45 p.m.

 

 

 

 

Spring Arbor 5, Saint Mary's College 2
 Singles competition
1. Moorea McNalley (SAU) def. Alayna Campbell (SMC) 6-2, 6-0
2. Victoria Herrington (SAU) def. Emma Kealy (SMC) 6-0, 6-3
3. Makenzi Sells (SAU) def. Evelyn  Demblans-Dechans (SMC) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7)

4. Anna Gardner (SMC) def. Isabel Abraham (SAU) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (12-10)
5. Madelyn Dell (SAU) def. Katie Hunter (SMC) 6-3, 6-3
6. Hannah Gerner (SMC) def. Belle Sexton (SAU) 6-1, 7-5

 Doubles competition
1. Rebekah Pake/Moorea McNalley (SAU) def. Alayna Campbell/Evelyn Demblans-Dechans (SMC) 6-3
2. Victoria Herrington/Makenzi Sells (SAU) def. Emma Kealy/Anna Gardner (SMC) 6-1
3. Grace Clearwater/Hannah Gerner (SMC) def. Isabel Abraham/Madelyn Dell (SAU) 6-3

Match Notes:
Spring Arbor 11-5
Saint Mary's College 2-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,1,6,5,3,4)

Goshen College

Saint Mary's College 2-4