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SAU Tennis travels to Hilton Head for Spring Break trip

SAU Tennis travels to Hilton Head for Spring Break trip

The St. Ambrose men's and women's tennis teams are heading to Hilton Head, S.C., to play a few matches on their Spring Break trip. Each team will compete three times.

Saturday
College of Wooster 8, St. Ambrose men 1

Gianfranco Garcia Medina and Jaime Febres scored the lone win for the Bees with an 8-3 victory at No. 2 doubles. Despite the loss, the Bees were competitive in singles play. Brian Lelm dropped a 6-2, 6-4 decision at No. 1 singles and Gabriel Guimaray dropped a 6-1, 6-4 decision at No. 2 singles. The Bees would win just 13 games across the other four singles matches.


Sunday
St. Ambrose men 5, Nazareth 4

St. Ambrose won four out of the six singles matches to earn a narrow victory. The Bees were down 2-1 after doubles, with Lelm and Guimaray getting the Bees on the board with an 8-4 win at No. 1 doubles. In singles, Lelm set the tone for the Bees with a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 1 singles. The top of the Bees lineup was the difference as the Bees got wins at two, three and four singles. Guimaray won 6-4, 6-0, Garcia won 6-4, 6-1, and Febres won 6-3, 6-3.

Nazareth 5, St. Ambrose women 4
Jenna Smithmeyer and Paige Owens got the Bees on the board with a win at No. 2 doubles by a score of 8-2. Smithmeyer and Owens would each follow that up with a win each in singles as well. Smithmeyer won 6-0, 7-5 at No. 2 singles, and Owens won 7-5, 6-3 at No. 4 singles. Julia Turek lost a close 6-4, 6-3 match at No. 1 singles. The Bees would win just two games across the other three singles matches.


Tuesday
St. Ambrose men 7, Western New England 2
The Bees jumped out to a 2-1 lead after doubles thanks to wins by Lelm and Guimaray by a score of 8-4 at No. 1 doubles, and a win by Garcia and Febres by a score of 8-3 at No. 2 doubles. Connor Leibforth and Cade Timmons dropped a close 8-3 decision at No. 3 doubles. The Bees clinched the dual by winning five out of the six singles matches. Lelm won 6-4, 7-5 at No. 1 singles, Guimaray won a close match 6-1, 4-6, 10-4 at No. 2, Garcia won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3, Febres won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4, and Leibforth won 6-2, 2-6, 10-7 at No. 6.

St. Ambrose women 7, Western New England 2
With wins with Smithmeyer and Owens 8-2 at No. 2 doubles, and Kate Jones and Sarah Baxter 8-2 at No. 3 doubles, the Bees took a 2-1 lead after doubles. The Bees lost just one match during singles play. Turek won 4-6, 6-1, 10-5 at No. 1 singles, Owens won 6-3, 3-6, 10-3 at No. 3 singles, Jones won 0-6, 7-5, 10-3 at No. 4 singles, Audrey Pender won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5 singles, and Sophie Parr won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 6 singles.


Wednesday
Carleton 9, St. Ambrose women 0