This Week in the Forest: April 3-9

This Week in the Forest: April 3-9

Five Foresters will celebrate Senior Day this weekend.

The women's tennis team will compete for the first time in more than three weeks when it hosts Concordia University Chicago on Friday. The Foresters are 8-8 this year while the Cougars are winless in 10 contests. Lake Forest is 3-0 all-time against Concordia Chicago but the teams have not played in more than 30 years. 

The first of the Senior Day contests will be the women's tennis team's match against visiting North Park University on Saturday. It will be the final home match for Lucia Stumbras. The Foresters' 6-3 victory last year was their seventh in a row and eighth in nine matches overall against the Vikings, who enter the week at 2-12 on the season.

The Lake Forest softball team will also be in action at home twice this weekend, beginning with a Saturday afternoon doubleheader against Monmouth College on Saturday. The Foresters opened Midwest Conference play with a split against St. Norbert College on Sunday and are now 10-10 overall in 2017. The Fighting Scots, who were tied with Lake Forest in this year's MWC Preseason Coaches Poll, enter the week at 7-8. The Foresters swept last season's doubleheader and are 37-18 all-time against Monmouth.

Pitcher Jenny McTague and outfielder Sam Rosenfeld will lead the team back out on the field for Senior Day against Grinnell College on Sunday. Grinnell starts the week 4-8 overall but 2-0 in conference play. The Foresters have won 21 straight games against the Pioneers and own a 35-5-1 advantage in the all-time series.

The men's tennis team began MWC play with three victories on the road last weekend and are now 10-8 this season. Lake Forest will host Cornell College (11-10, 2-1 MWC) and Grinnell College (10-9, 3-0 MWC) on Sunday. The Foresters won 6-3 at Cornell last season but are 3-4 all-time against the Rams. They fell 5-0 to Grinnell in the 2016 MWC Tournament and have defeated the Pioneers just five times in 38 chances all-time. Sunday's matches will be the last here at home for seniors Ellis Lora-Arceo and Dragan Trivanovic.

DATE SPORT OPPONENT/EVENT TIME LINKS
Fri, April 7 Women's Tennis Concordia University Chicago 3:30 p.m.   
Sat, April 8 Women's Tennis North Park University
(Senior Day) 
12:30 p.m.  
Sat, April 8 Softball Monmouth College *
(Alumni Day) 
1:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. 
Video | Live Stats
Video | Live Stats
Sun, April 9 Men's Tennis Cornell College *  9:00 a.m. 
Sun, April 9 Softball Grinnell College *
(Senior Day)
1:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Video | Live Stats
Video | Live Stats
Sun, April 9 Men's Tennis
Grinnell College *
(Senior Day) 
2:00 p.m.

Home events in Bold.
* Conference contest 

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