This Week in The Forest: March 12-18

This Week in The Forest: March 12-18

The Foresters will travel south during spring break for 25 events in a seven-day span.

Sunday morning's season opener for the softball team will start the week. The Foresters, who have claimed each of the last three Midwest Conference titles and finished last season 30-14, will take on Amherst College and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on that first day in Clermont, Florida. The team will also face Washington University in St. Louis and Concordia University Wisconsin on Monday and Millikin University and Arcadia University on Tuesday before taking Wednesday off. Thursday's opponents are Kalamazoo College and North Park University, Friday's foes are the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Hope College, and the Foresters will finish the trip against Carthage College and Linfield College on Saturday.

The Lake Forest tennis teams will also be in action on Sunday in Orlando, Florida. The Forester women began the spring portion of their 2016-17 season with a 5-4 loss to Principia College on February 24 and are now 8-5 on the year. Sunday's opponent will be the College of St. Scholastica (6-1) and Lake Forest will face SUNY Geneseo (9-1) and Goucher College (2-0) on Monday. After taking Tuesday off, the Foresters will close out the trip against Berry College (1-1) on Wednesday.

The Forester men's tennis team won twice last Saturday to improve to 6-3 on the young season. They will play twice on Sunday, taking on Berry (1-1) and St. Scholastica (5-1). Monday's opponent will be Bethel University (5-3) and the men are also scheduled to take Tuesday off. They will then finish the trip against the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (6-3) and Amherst (0-0) on Wednesday.

The golf teams will play practice rounds on several courses in North Carolina next week and will compete against Wisconsin Lutheran College at Southern Pines Country Club on Tuesday. The Forester men defeated the Warriors in a match play event in the fall but finished just behind them at the WLC Fall Invitational the next day. The Lake Forest women finished ahead of Wisconsin Lutheran in the first event of the fall and have not faced the Warriors since.

While the other sports competing next week are resuming their seasons, sophomore diver Heath Ogawa will be finishing his at the NCAA Division III Championship Meet in Shenandoah, Texas. The men's 1-meter competition will occur on Thursday and the 3-meter event on Saturday. Ogawa earned All-American honors by placing eighth in the country off the 1-meter board and 13th in the 3-meter competition last year.

DATE SPORT OPPONENT/EVENT TIME LINKS
Sun, March 12 Softball vs. Amherst College
vs. University of Wisconsin-River Falls
(Clermont, Fla.)
8:00 a.m. ET
10:30 a.m. ET 

Sun, March 12 Men's Tennis vs. Berry College
vs. College of St. Scholastica
(Orlando, Fla.)
10:00 a.m. ET
7:00 p.m. ET
 
Sun, March 12 Women's Tennis vs. College of St. Scholastica
(Orlando, Fla.) 
7:00 p.m. ET
Mon, March 13 Softball vs. Washington University in St. Louis
vs. Concordia University Wisconsin
(Clermont, Fla.) 
8:00 a.m. ET
10:30 a.m. ET 

Mon, March 13 Women's Tennis vs. SUNY-Geneseo
vs. Goucher College
(Orlando, Fla.)
9:30 a.m. ET
7:00 p.m. ET
 
Mon, March 13 Men's Tennis
vs. Bethel University
(Orlando, Fla.)
7:00 p.m. ET
Tue, March 14 Softball vs. Millikin University
vs. Arcadia University
(Clermont, Fla.)
9:00 a.m. ET
11:30 a.m. ET 
 
Tue, March 14 Men's Golf vs. Wisconsin Lutheran College
(Southern Pines Golf Club - Southern Pines, N.C.)
11:00 a.m. ET  
Tue, March 14 Women's Golf vs. Wisconsin Lutheran College
(Southern Pines Golf Club - Southern Pines, N.C.)
11:00 a.m. ET  
Wed, March 15 Men's Tennis vs. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
vs. Amherst College
(Orlando, Fla.) 
11:30 a.m. ET
3:00 p.m. ET 
 
Wed, March 15 Women's Tennis vs. Berry College
(Orlando, Fla.) 
3:00 p.m. ET  
Thurs, March 16 Softball vs. Kalamazoo College
vs. North Park University
(Clermont, Fla.) 
8:00 a.m. ET
10:30 a.m. ET
 
Thurs, March 16 1M Diving NCAA Division III Championships
(Shenandoah, Texas) 
10:00 a.m. prelims
6:00 p.m. finals 
Fri, March 17 Softball vs. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
vs. Hope College
(Clermont, Fla.) 
10:30 a.m. ET
3:30 p.m. ET 
 
Sat, March 17 Softball vs. Carthage College
vs. Linfield College
(Clermont, Fla.) 
9:00 a.m. ET
2:00 p.m. ET 
Live Stats
Sat, March 17 3M Diving NCAA Division III Championships
(Shenandoah, Texas)
10:00 a.m. prelims
6:00 p.m. finals

Home events in Bold.
* Conference contest 

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