Complete Results
O'FALLON, Ill. – Saint Louis won five singles matches in straight sets and defeated Bradley 5-2 Thursday on Senior Day at St. Clair Tennis Club.
The Billikens improved to 13-1.
Despite
Norhan Hesham and
Nicolly Ferreira's 6-2 victory over Maria Bezmenova and Mariia Pukhina at No. 2 doubles, Bradley took a 1-0 lead by winning at Nos. 1 and 3.
From there, it was all Saint Louis as the Billikens captured five consecutive singles wins.
Emmerson White got things rolling with a 6-2, 6-0 decision over Danielle Badman at No. 6, and
Fiorella Duran put SLU in front by downing Madi Rogers 6-2, 6-0 at No. 5.
Kseniia Aleshina topped Andra Sirbu 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3, and Hesham secured the Bills' 13th victory with a 6-0, 6-4 triumph over Anna Belogliadova at No. 2.
Elizabeth Mintusova collected Saint Louis' final win, 6-4, 6-3 over Maria Bezmenova at No. 1.
"We started a bit slow in doubles," head coach
Justin Stuckey said. "Bradley just played better than we did to get the doubles point. After that, I was really proud of how we stepped up to take control of the singles matches, doing a great job of keeping the momentum going on every court. It was great to send our seniors out the right way by winning our last home match."
The Billikens play at Missouri Sunday, April 7, at 3 p.m.