MANKATO, Minn. - The Bethany Lutheran men's and women's tennis teams played their home opener on Saturday afternoon against Saint Mary's, with the women falling 6-0 and the men falling 4-0. Multiple matches were unfinished due to weather, but with doubles counting as one point just four points were needed to decide each match
Women's Results
Doubles
#1 Emily Henderson/Elena Ruzevich (SMU) def. Sailor Mohlenbrock/Madilyn Omar (BLC) 6-3
#2 Emily Dondelinger/Olivia Molumby (SMU) def. Emily Yehle/Brianna Lienig (BLC) 6-3
#3 Harsha Gangasani/Christina Jones (SMU) def. Brooke Kirtz/Olivia Krause (BLC) 6-0
Singles
#1 Henderson (SMU) def. Mohlenbrock (BLC) 6-1,6-4
#2 Dondelinger (SMU) led Yehle (BLC) 6-3, 5-1, unfinished
#3 Ruzevich (SMU) def. Omar (BLC) 6-0, 6-1
#4 Kathryn Siegel (SMU) def. Lienig (BLC) 6-0, 6-1
#5 Molumby (SMU) def. Kirtz (BLC) 6-0, 6-0
#6 Gangasani (SMU) def. Krause (BLC) 6-0, 6-0
Men's Results
Doubles
#1 - Caden Boyer/Phillip Apel (SMU) def. Kyle Deyo/Gideon Heins (BLC) 6-4
#2 - Tucker Stene/Michael Johnson (SMU) def. Ezra Greenman/Alexandre Silva (BLC) 6-1
#3 - SMU wins by default
Singles
#1 - Boyer (SMU) led Greenman (BLC) 6-0, 3-1, unfinished
#2 - Gavin Pratt (SMU) led Kyle Deyo 6-2, 2-0, unfinished
#3 - Heins (BLC) and Stene (SMU) unfinished with first set tied 5-5
#4 - Apel (SMU) def. Silva (BLC) 6-0, 6-0
#5 - SMU wins by default
#6 - SMU wins by default
Bethany willl next be in action at the ITA Midwest Regionals hosted by Gustavus, with the women competing next weekend and men the following weekend.