Belles Stopped Short Against Thunder

• Elizabeth Preister won a 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5) match at six singles for the Belles.
• Kelsey Kopf and Lily Brandt were narrowly edged out in an 8-5 final at three doubles.
• Monica and Megan Davy had a tight match at one doubles.

HANOVER PARK, Ill. - The Saint Mary's tennis team shouldered an 8-1 loss at Wheaton on Saturday.

Kelsey Kopf and Lily Brandt were narrowly edged out in an 8-5 final at three doubles. Monica Davy and Megan Davy fell in an 8-4 one doubles match. Lilly Chamberlin and Maddie Minaudo came off the court on the short end of an 8-2 two doubles final.

Monica Davy battled in the first set but came up shy 6-4 before falling 6-0 in the second set at one singles. Megan Davy was stopped short in a 6-3, 6-0 final in two singles. Kelsey Kopf suffered a 6-0, 6-2 setback at three singles. Maddie Minaudo and Lilly Chamberlin were both halted in 6-1, 6-0 finals at four and five singles, respectively. Elizabeth Preister took the opening set 6-4 before coming up short in a 6-3 second set to force a tiebreaker. The junior claimed a 10-5 win in the tiebreaker for the win at six singles.

The Belles (5-4) have a short break in action as they host Bethel on Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Tennis Match Results
Wheaton College 8, Saint Mary's College 1

Singles competition
1. Park, Katie (WHEATON) def. Monica Davy (SMC) 6-4, 6-0
2. Magnuson, Sara (WHEATON) def. Megan Davy (SMC) 6-3, 6-0
3. Kay, Miranda (WHEATON) def. Kelsey Kopf (SMC) 6-0, 6-2
4. Westwick, Emma (WHEATON) def. Maddie Minaudo (SMC) 6-1, 6-0
5. Browning, Claire (WHEATON) def. Lilly Chamberlin (SMC) 6-1, 6-0
6. Elizabeth Preister (SMC) def. Freeman, Nicole (WHEATON) 6-4, 3-6, 10-5

Doubles competition
1. Park, Katie/Browning, Claire (WHEATON) def. Megan Davy/Monica Davy (SMC) 8-4
2. Magnuson, Sara/Kay, Miranda (WHEATON) def. Lilly Chamberlin/Maddie Minaudo (SMC) 8-2
3. Westwick, Emma/Freeman, Nicole (WHEATON) def. Lily Brandt/Kelsey Kopf (SMC) 8-5

Match Notes:
Saint Mary's College 5-4
Wheaton College 12-2