The Lake Forest College men's tennis team split its first two home and Midwest Conference South Division matches of the season on Saturday (April 3), falling 8-1 to Grinnell College and defeating Illinois College 9-0. The Foresters are now 11-3 overall this season. Grinnell also defeated Illinois College 9-0 and is now 13-3 overall and 1-0 in the league. Illinois College fell to 2-10 overall and 0-4 in conference play.

Lake Forest's lone victory against Grinnell was at #3 singles where freshman John Adams (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain) won 6-4, 6-4 to extend his winning streak to eight matches. The closest loss for the Foresters came at #3 doubles where Adams and fellow freshman Kevin Lasky (Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont) fell 9-7.

The home team won convincingly at nearly every position against Illinois College. Juniors Jon Flaksman (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) and Elliot Muth (New York, N.Y./Hill School) prevailed 8-5 at #1 doubles, senior Joe Campagna (Elmwood Park, Ill./Fenwick) teamed with junior Chris Paterakos (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) for an 8-1 triumpm at #2, and Adams and Lasky won 8-2 at #3.

Muth, Campagna, and Paterakos did not lose a game at #2, #4, and #5 singles, respectively. Flaksman recorded a 6-2, 6-1 victory at #1 and Adams won by the same score at #3. Sophomore Nick Cantor (Providence, R.I./Wheeler School) finished off the sweep with a 6-2, 7-5 triumph at #6.

The Foresters will host Milwaukee School of Engineering at 4:00 Thursday afternoon (April 8).