The Lake Forest College women's tennis team was defeated 7-2 by Cornell College and 6-3 by host Augustana College on Saturday. The Foresters then opened the Midwest Conference South Division portion of their schedule with a 9-0 loss to Grinnell College on Sunday. Lake Forest senior Nonie Carson split her six matches on the weekend.
Carson posted a 6-4, 6-4 victory at #3 singles against Cornell to earn the Foresters' first point of the match. Sophomore Aimee Fadden accounted for the second, depite falling 6-0 in the first set at #1 singles. She won the second set tiebreaker 7-3 and took the third set super-tiebreaker 10-7 to edge out the top player from Cornell.
Fadden and Carson started things off with an 8-5 victory at #1 doubles against Augustana. Carson then added a 6-3, 6-1 triumph at #3 singles and freshman Gracie Mullins won 6-2, 7-5 at #2.
Fadden nearly recorded another come-from-behind victory at #1 singles against Grinnell but fell 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), (10-6).
"We had several good things happen this weekend that aren't reflected in the final scores," commented head coach Michael Raymond. "Our doubles play is improving tremendously. We've been fighting our tails off in singles and our team chemistry is fantastic. The later matches this season will show how far we're progressing."
Lake Forest is now 2-8 overall this season and 0-1 in MWC South play. The Foresters will play at Robert Morris University Wednesday afternoon at 3:00.
