Results
ST. JOSEPH, Minn. – Friday night, the College of Saint Benedict tennis team picked up a tight win over St. Olaf. Saturday the tables turned for Saint Benedict, as it lost an extremely close match with Macalester 5-4 in St. Joseph.
"(Saturday's) match stings a bit because we put ourselves in a great position with the work we have put in this year," CSB head coach
Michael Engdahl said. "That being said, we have to be proud of the fact that we fought to the end and really made (Macalester) earn it. We need to regroup and really come back strong this week in practice. I am confident we will, and I know we are going to have an awesome month of tennis."
Laura Finn and
Tessa Rahrick started CSB off with an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles Saturday afternoon, but the Scots (7-4, 2-2) held on for an 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles and an 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles.
Saint Benedict (9-8, 2-3) won at No. 1, 2 and 3 singles, but Macalester swept No. 4, 5 and 6 singles to come away with the win. Finn won her match 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, and Rahrick won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
Erin Kolbow won 6-4, 7-5 at No. 3 singles, but after that CSB came up just short.
Ellen Stensrud took her match to a tiebreaker at No. 4 singles, but she fell 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 10-6.
Gabbie Noack lost 6-2, 6-4 at No. 5 singles, and
Ashley Kraemer fell 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
Saint Benedict is back at home for the third straight match next Saturday, April 8, when it hosts Bethel at 10:30 a.m. at the CSB tennis courts.
