The Lake Forest College women's tennis team traveled to Robert Morris University on Tuesday (October 13) to close out the 2009 regular season. The Foresters defeated the Eagles 9-0 and are now 10-4-1 on the year.

Lake Forest began the match by sweeping the doubles competition. Senior Molly Stapleton (St. Louis Park, Minn./Saint Louis Park) and junior Natalie Atroshenko (Wheeling, Ill./Buffalo Grove) posted the most convining victory, an 8-1 decision at #2. Juniors Lauren Stroner (Johnsburg, Ill./Johnsburg) and Michelle Stroner (Johnsburg, Ill./Johnsburg) won 8-2 at #3 and freshman Melika Celebic (Visoko, Bosnia Herzegovina/United World College) teamed with sophomore Nonie Carson (Littleton, Colo./Littleton) for an 8-4 triumph at #1.

Half of the Foresters' six singles victories were by a convincing margin. Stapleton won 6-1, 6-2 at #3 and Lauren Stroner's 6-3, 6-0 win at #5 gave the visitors' their fifth team point to clinch the victory. Carson followed with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph at #2. The other three matches were much closer, including Atroshenko's 6-3, 0-6, 1-0 (10-4) win at #6. Celebic prevailed 7-5, 6-3 at the top spot in the lineup and sophomore Allison Hamel (Bend, Ore./Bend) won by the same score at #4.

Lake Forest, the Midwest Conference South Division's #2 seed, will face North champion Beloit College in Friday morning's (October 16) MWC Team Tournament semifinals at Boylan High School in Rockford, Illinois. The Foresters will then face either Grinnell College or St. Norbert College in the championship or third-place match. All 10 league teams will then travel to Madison, Wisconsin, for the positional doubles tournaments on Saturday and the singles competition on Sunday.