The Forester women's tennis team hosted and defeated the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at the Racquet Club of Lake Bluff on Saturday.
Sophomore
Kristen Ahn and freshman
Kate Feist gave Lake Forest the early lead with an 8-1 victory at #2 doubles. Freshman
Sofia Strupovets and senior
Margaret Bugnacki doubled up the Pointers' top pairing 8-4 and sophomore
Rebecca Daskal teamed up with junior
Emily Bross on an 8-6 triumph at #3.
After Bugnacki's opponent at #3 singles was forced to retire, the clinching point came from Ahn, who did not drop a game at #2. Feist took the first set 6-2 and the second 6-0 at #4 and Strupovets finished off a 6-2, 6-0 victory at #1. Daskal rolled 6-1, 6-3 at #5 and freshman
Anika Kinnear prevailed 6-4, 6-0 at #6 in her collegiate debut.
The victory improved the Foresters' overall record on the season to 10-3 and gave them double-digit wins in each of the last 11 full seasons. Stevens Point fell to 7-9.
Lake Forest's next four matches will be played in Hilton Head, South Carolina, during the team's Spring Break trip March 11-15.