Foresters Finish Off Successful Weekend with 8-1 Victory over St. Norbert

Photo by Tianna Beilke
Photo by Tianna Beilke

Junior Allison Watts and freshman Tyranny Miller were two of five Foresters to win in singles and doubles play as the Lake Forest College women's tennis team prevailed 8-1 over visiting St. Norbert College at home on Sunday.

Watts and Miller finished off doubles play with an 8-3 victory at #2. Freshman Julie Lord and sophomore Leeza Bodnar did not drop a game for the third time this weekend at #1 and the #3 team of freshman Grace Gould and sophomore Sara Grosse doubled up their opponents 8-4.

Lord was the first Forester to finish in singles play and she won 6-0, 6-4 at the top spot in the lineup. Watts clinched the home team's victory with a 6-2, 6-1 triumph at #2 and Bodnar took both sets 6-3 at #3. Miller won the first set 6-3 and the second 6-0 at #4 and Gould prevailed 6-3, 6-1 at #5. St. Norbert won the point at #6 singles.

The Foresters, who also defeated Midwest Conference foes Lawrence University 8-1 and Ripon College 9-0 on Saturday, improved to 9-1 overall this season and 5-1 in league play. St. Norbert fell to 5-3 overall and 4-1 in the conference.

Lake Forest will compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Tournament in Oberlin, Ohio, next weekend.