COLLEGEVILLE, Minn.-- The College of Saint Benedict tennis team (7-8, 5-4 MIAC), which had a win in No. 1 doubles from
Ashley Tarrolly and
Sophia Jonas, dropped an 8-1 MIAC decision to Gustavus Adolphus (10-9, 5-1 MIAC) on Senior Day at the Chang Tennis Complex on Sunday (April 21).
In a pre-game ceremony, the CSB Tennis program recognized the achievements, dedication and commitment of seniors
Ashley Tarrolly,
Peyton Kopel and
Jane Bodensteiner as part of Senior Day.
After the loss to Gustavus, Saint Benedict fell to 5-4 in conference play which places them in seventh place in the MIAC. Overall, CSB is 7-8 with a conference match against Carleton College on Sunday, April 28 at the Chang Tennis Complex in Collegeville, Minn.
CSB, which lost all six singles and two doubles matches, picked up a win at No. 1 doubles.
Tarrolly and Jonas improved to 8-3 overall and 7-2 in conference play at No. 1 doubles with an 8-4 decision over Molly Austin and Kaya DeBruijn.
At No. 2 doubles, CSB's
Peyton Kopel and
Greta Nesbit fell to 10-5 overall and 8-1 in MIAC play after an 8-2 setback to GAC's Allison Szalay and Bethany Smith. At No. 3 doubles, senior
Jane Bodensteiner and first-year
Kate Perbix also took an 8-2 setback to Pavla Yakimova and Alli Laux. As a result, Bodensteiner/Perbix fell to 7-2 overall and 6-2 in the MIAC.
In singles, CSB lost a pair of close decisions by tie-breaker. At No. 1 singles Tarrolly dropped a 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 0-1 (5-10) decision to Austin. Tarrolly's record dropped to 7-5 overall and 5-4 in the MIAC.
At No. 2 singles,
Peyton Kopel fell to 4-11 overall and 4-5 in league play, after losing a tie-breaker to Szalay by 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (5-7) and 0-1 (8-10).
At No. 3 singles, Nesbit fell to 6-9 overall and 4-5 in the MIAC after dropping a 1-6, 0-6 decision.
Senior
Jane Bodensteiner dropped to 7-8 overall and 5-4 in the MIAC after losing in straight sets to Laux, 2-6, 1-6.
At No. 5, Jonas lost a 3-6, 1-6 decision to Yakimova. As a result, Jonas is now 7-6 overall and 5-4 in the MIAC.
Playing at No. 6 singles, first-year
Ryanna Steinhaus lost to GAC's Ella De Young, 1-6, 3-6 to fall to 5-7 overall and 4-4 in the MIAC.
