The Forester women's tennis team suffered a pair of losses
at the Midwest Conference Team Championship Tournament on Friday
(October 16). Lake Forest fell 5-1 to Beloit College in the
semifinals and 5-2 to Grinnell College in the third-place match.
Losses in the final dual matches of the season left the team with a
10-6-1 record. St. Norbert College, which defeated Grinnell 5-4 in
the semifinals, claimed the league title with a 5-1 triumph over
Beloit.
Lake Forest was defeated by Beloit in all three doubles matches,
although two of them lasted three sets.
The Foresters' only team point of the match came at #3 singles
where senior Molly
Stapleton (St. Louis Park, Minn./Saint Louis Park) prevailed
6-0, 6-4. The Buccaneers won at the top two spots in the singles
lineup to clinch the contest, so the matches at #4, #5, and #6
singles were not played.
Lake Forest's #1 singles team of freshman Melika
Celebic (Visoko, Bosnia Herzegovina/United World College) and
sophomore Nonie Carson
(Littleton, Colo./Littleton) won 8-5 against Grinnell, but the
Pioneers led 2-1 going into singles play.
The Foresters' other team point came at #1 singles where Celebic
triumphed 8-6. Grinnell won at #2 and #3 and then clinched the
match with another victory at #6.
"I'm disappointed we lost, but I'm proud of our team," commented
head coach Chris Pier. "We played well and lost to two outstanding
teams."
The league's doubles tournaments will be conducted in Madison,
Wisconsin, on Saturday and the singles competition will follow on
Sunday. While points are accumulated throughout the rest of the
weekend, the top four spots in the league standings were decided by
Friday's team tourney so the Foresters' fourth-place finish is
already set.
Lake Forest Finishes Fourth at Midwest Conference Team Tournament
Posted: Oct 16, 2009
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