The Lake Forest College women's tennis team swept all nine matches against visiting Knox College Friday night (October 2). The Foresters are now 8-3 overall this season and 2-1 in Midwest Conference South Division play. The Prairie Fire fell to 2-8 overall and 2-2 in the league.

The match was originally scheduled for the following morning but was moved up and indoors to the College Park Athletic Club due to impending rain showers expected in the Lake Forest area tomorrow.

The Foresters won all three doubles matches to begin the contest. Freshman Melika Celebic (Visoko, Bosnia Herzegovina/United World College) and sophomore Nonie Carson (Littleton, Colo./Littleton) prevailed 8-3 at #1, senior Molly Stapleton (St. Louis Park, Minn./Saint Louis Park) and junior Natalie Atroshenko (Wheeling, Ill./Buffalo Grove) won 8-1 at #2, and junior Lauren Stroner (Johnsburg, Ill./Johnsburg) teamed with sophomore Sara Bennett (Sioux City, Iowa/Sioux City North) for an 8-4 triumph at #3.

Stapleton was the first to finish her singles match after posting a 6-2, 6-0 victory at #3. She became the program's career leader in victories at #3 singles with 18. The home team's fifth team point came from Carson, who defeated her opponent 6-0, 6-3. Celebic matched Carson's score at the top spot in the singles lineup and sophomore Allison Hamel (Bend, Ore./Bend) won 6-2, 6-3 at #4. Stroner lost just one first-set game at #5 and Atroshenko dropped only one game in the second set at #6.

Lake Forest was scheduled to host Knox and St. Norbert College on Saturday (October 3) but will now host just St. Norbert at 3:00 p.m. If is rains as the forecast predicts, the Foresters and Green Knights will play indoors at the Racquet Club of Lake Bluff at 1:30 p.m.