Sophomore Emma Wang improved to 12-0 in singles and 11-0 in doubles this year as the Lake Forest College women's tennis team prevailed 9-0 at Ripon College on Sunday. It was the final dual match of the fall for the Foresters, who are 12-0 overall and 9-0 in Midwest Conference play.
Wang and classmate Grace Gould set a program record for consecutive victories by a doubles team by defeating the Red Hawks' #3 pairing 8-1 on Sunday. Forester senior Allison Watts and sophomore Tyranny Miller had already blanked their opponents 8-0 at #2 and the visitors added an 8-4 triumph at the top spot in the lineup by sophomore Julie Lord and junior Leeza Bodnar.
Bodnar's 6-0, 6-1 victory at #3 was the first singles match to finish and a 6-1, 6-2 win by Wang at #4 clinched the match for Lake Forest. Watts finished the day without dropping a game after her 6-0, 6-0 shutout at #2. Lord defeated Ripon's top player 6-2, 6-1 and Miller took both sets 6-1 at #5. Freshman Katie Wegrecki the closed out the contest with a 6-0, 6-2 victory at #6.
Ripon fell to 8-4 overall and 5-4 in MWC play.
The Foresters, who clinched the fourth conference title in team history on Saturday, will finish off the fall at the MWC Individual Tournaments at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison, Wisconsin, next weekend. The three doubles brackets will play out on Saturday and the six singles titles will be decided on Sunday.
