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Foresters Split 7-2 Decisions with Grinnell and Illinois College

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The Lake Forest College men's tennis team was defeated 7-2 by Grinnell College before winning by the same score against host Illinois College on Saturday. Forester sophomore Ryan Kries dropped a total of just two games in his two #1 singles matches on the day.

Kreis won 6-1, 6-1 at the top spot in the singles lineup against Grinnell. Unfortunately for the Foresters, they already trailed 7-0 when his match ended. Junior John Adams made it a 7-2 final by defeated the Pioneers' #2 singles player 6-3, 6-0.

It was the first Midwest Conference South Division match of the season for Lake Forest and the second for Grinnell, who defeated Illinois College 9-0 earlier in the day. The Pioneers raised their overall record on the season to 16-5.

The Foresters took two of three doubles matches against Illinois College. Senior Tommy White and freshman Andy Chou were the first to finish after blanking their opponent 8-0 at #3. Kreis and Adams prevailed 8-1 at #1.

Kreis blanked the Blueboys best player 6-0, 6-0 and was the first to finish in singles. Adams was next after winning by the same score at #2. Chou earned his first career singles victory, a 6-3, 7-5 triumph at #6. Sophomore Kevin Lasky added a convincing 6-1, 6-0 win at #5 and classmate Jerry Wang prevailed 6-1, 6-4 at #4.

Lake Forest is now 6-6 overall this season. Illinois College fell to 1-7.

The Foresters will complete the MWC South Division portion of their schedule with home matches against Monmouth College at 3:00 next Friday afternoon and Knox College on Thursday, April 12, at 4:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Jerry Wang

Jerry Wang

Freshman
John Adams

John Adams

Junior
Kevin Lasky

Kevin Lasky

Junior
Tommy White

Tommy White

Senior

Players Mentioned

Jerry Wang

Jerry Wang

Freshman
John Adams

John Adams

Junior
Kevin Lasky

Kevin Lasky

Junior
Tommy White

Tommy White

Senior