HOLLAND, Mich. - Saint Mary's College Tennis kicked off the 2025-26 season at the Hope Tournament in Holland, Michigan on Friday and Saturday.

Nine Belles tallied wins in Friday's singles play while senior Evelyn Demblans-Dechans (Missoula, MT), junior Sophia Pischalko (Granger, IN), sophomores Shannon Dudy (Glenview, IL), Lanie Brant (Stevensville, MI), and Odessa Norton (Carmel, IN) all would tally multiple wins in singles play.

Saint Mary's would take home four wins in doubles play as the duo of Pischalko and Demblans-Dechans would take two of those wins. Senior Emma Kealy (Hudson, OH) and Dudy would take a win of their own and the duo of Norton and freshman Mia Graziano (Western Springs, IL) would take a win in their first match.

UP NEXT FOR THE BELLES

Saint Mary's will be back in action on October 10 with two matches in Anderson, IN as they take on Indiana University East and Anderson University.

Women's A Singles

Emma Kealy

Lost 8-3 vs Marina Ribeiro (Calvin)

Lost 8-2 vs Moorea Mcnalley (Spring Arbor)

Lost 8-6 vs Evelyn Deren (John Carroll)

Women's B Singles

Anna Gardner

Lost 8-6 vs Claire Earley (Adrian)

Lost 8-4 vs Tessa Holman (Calvin)

Won 8-7 (7-5) vs Maya Lee (Kalamazoo)

Shannon Dudy

Lost 8-5 vs Madeline Kavenagh (John Carroll)

Won 8-6 vs Ryan Morey (Calvin)

Won 8-7 (7-5) vs Milena Novikova (Roosevelt)

Women's C Singles

Evelyn Demblans-Dechans

Won 8-3 vs Molly Stevison (Kalamazoo)

Won 8-4 vs Julia Hooker (Calvin)

Lost 8-2 vs Audrey Smitek (Western Michigan)

Lost 8-6 vs Lilah Dean (Spring Arbor)

Women's D Singles

Sophia Pischalko

Won 8-5 vs Soussana Kimbouris (Kalamazoo)

Lost 8-3 vs Ximena Mercado (Roosevelt)

Won 8-4 vs Rachel Grissom (Calvin)

Lost 8-1 vs Emma Smith (John Carroll)

Lanie Brant

Lost 8-5 vs Emma Smith (John Carroll)

Won 8-6 vs Madelyn Dell (Spring Arbor)

Lost 8-3 vs Leah Schleibaum (Ohio Northern)

Won 8-2 vs Ava Hovey (Adrian)

Women's E Singles

Mia Graziano

Lost 8-3 vs Xingtong Jiang (Western Michigan)

Lost 8-3 vs Malena Moya (Roosevelt)

Won 8-0 vs Ava Houser (Adrian)

Odessa Norton

Lost 8-4 vs Peja Liles (Kalamazoo)

Won 8-2 vs Kaitlyn Schmitt (Spring Arbor)

Lost 8-3 vs Hope Rhoades (Hope)

Won 8-2 vs Sophia Wallstrom (Spring Arbor)

Women's F Singles

Maria Manzella

Won 8-0 vs Julianne Hindman (Ohio Northern)

Lost 8-4 vs Carrie Grissom (Calvin)

Lost 8-5 vs Anna Staal (Spring Arbor)

Raelynn Pickup

Won 8-7 (7-2) vs Alivia Mott (Spring Arbor)

Lost 8-1 vs Zeynep Barut (Roosevelt)

Lost 8-3 vs Addie Cumings (Calvin)

Women's A Doubles

Kealy/Dudy

Won 6-2 vs Lyons/Krause (Kalamazoo)

Lost 6-2 vs Osborne/Khotko (Western Michigan)

Women's B Doubles

Pischalko/Demblans-Dechans

Won 6-4 vs Smith/Kolb (John Carroll)

Won 6-4 vs Matthews/Wei (Hope)

Lost 6-1 vs Weijerman/Baudouin (Western Michigan)

Gardner/Brant

Lost 6-3 vs Hurst/Austin (Ohio Northern)

Lost 6-0 vs Dean/Mcnalley (Spring Arbor)

Women's C Doubles

Graziano/Norton

Won 7-5 vs Grissom/Vermeulen (Calvin)

Lost 6-2 vs Christie/Sener (Roosevelt)

Manzella/Pickup

Lost 6-2 vs Cumings/Grissom (Calvin)

Lost 6-0 vs Rhoades/Beier (Hope)