SAU closes regular season with win at Roosevelt
After being so close so many times this spring, the Bees finally broke through. St. Ambrose won the doubles point and three singles matches to defeat Roosevelt 4-2 in Chicago Saturday afternoon.
SAU took advantage of forfeit victories at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles.
Kaylee Camp and Kelsey Jaeger allowed St. Ambrose to take the doubles point with their 6-3 win at No. 2. The top team of Kiersten Housenga and Maggie Sullivan fell in a tiebreaker 7-6 (7-5). Paige Bily and Gillian Sondgeroth were awarded the win at No. 3 doubles.
Camp then earned a 6-4, 6-1 straight-set victory at No. 3 singles. Bily won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 while Hayley Hoffman won by default at No. 6.
In the match of the day, Jaeger fell at No. 4 singles 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 11-9. Sullivan lost in a competitive 6-3, 7-5 match at No. 2 singles. Housenga dropped the first set 7-6 (7-3) before the Bees earned the win.
SAU, now 3-18 overall and 1-5 in the CCAC, will compete in the conference tournament next Tuesday.