NOTRE DAME, IN - The Calvin women's tennis team completed a big week of conference play with an important 6-3 league win at Saint Mary's Saturday.

The Knights are now 8-6 overall but more importantly tied for second in the league standings with Kalamazoo at 3-1.

The Knights dropped two of the three doubles points but fought back by claiming five of the six singles points to achieve the win.

"It's not the conventional way of winning a match but I'm proud of this team for fighting for this one and getting the result," said Calvin women's tennis coach Kevin VanHaitsma. "Against a quality opponent, it's always difficult to dig back from a 2-1 hole after doubles but my team showed a lot of heart to come back. All the credit goes to the players on this team."

Senior Megan Visser and sophomore Clair Spoelhof did come up with a key point in doubles play however, winning a 9-8 decision including a 7-3 win in the tiebreaker.

Visser then kept the momentum going in singles winning 7-6, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Sophomore Ellie Benzel won 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2 singles, freshman Jessica Bouma won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4 singles, senior Ali Roode won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 5 singles and freshman Kari Kroeze won 0-6, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.

The win completed a week of conference victories as the Knights recorded a 5-4 triumph over Albion on Wednesday. A year ago, Calvin dropped conference matches to both Albion and Saint Mary's.

"It was a big week," said VanHaitsma. "We got wins over teams that finished ahead of us in the conference standings last year. The key was we continued to battle in every match, didn't back down and just kept on fighting for each other."

Calvin will host Kalamazoo on Tuesday in a conference match at 4 p.m.