The Forester women's tennis team was the College's first to compete in 2010-11 and started off the year with a 9-0 victory over visiting Mount Mary College on Saturday. It was also the first match of the season for the Blue Angels.

Lake Forest junior Nonie Carson played at the top spot in the lineup in both singles and doubles. She and sophomore Melika Celebic defeated Mount Mary's best doubles team 8-2 and Carson prevailed 6-0, 6-1 in singles.

Senior Lauren Stroner and freshman Aimee Fadden won 8-1 at #2 doubles. Fadden also took both sets at #2 singles by the score of 6-2. Stroner triumphed 6-4, 6-1 at #3.

At #3 doubles, senior Natalie Atroshenko and freshman Nicole Stroner blanked their opponents 8-0. Atroshenko did not surrender a game in singles, either, prevailing 6-0, 6-0.

Junior Deepika Ramachandran defeated Mount Mary's #4 singles player 6-1, 6-2, and senior Michelle Stroner matched Atroshenko's 6-0, 6-0 triumph at #6.

It was the first victory at Lake Forest for head coach Jason Box, who noted that it "was a good start to the season." He continued, "Everyone played well and tried to do what we have been working on throughout last week. The preseason was tough but the whole team has been pushing themselves and it was nice for them to have a chance to compete against someone other than each other. We look forward to improving over the next week of practice and to show that improvement against Benedictine on Thursday."