Photo by Emily Baer
Posted: Mar 05, 2021
The Lake Forest College men's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision at Wheaton College Friday night. The match was played at the Centre Court Athletic Club in Hanover Park, Illinois.
The Foresters' only point of the contest came at the top spot in the singles lineup, where Lake Forest sophomore Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk defeated the best from Wheaton 6-2 in the first set and 7-5 in the second.
It was Vyshyvanyuk's second singles victory in as many matches this season and he is now 12-2 at #1 singles in his career.
It was the first match of the season for the Thunder while Lake Forest fell to 0-2.
The Foresters will take on Elmhurst College next Friday at 5:00 p.m. The match will be played at Courts Plus in Elmhurst.