The Lake Forest College women's tennis team defeated Ripon College and Lawrence University 7-0 on Saturday to remain perfect in conference play.
The Foresters' first sweep of the day began with freshman
Anya Mookencherry and sophomore
Avelynn Wen rolling 6-1 at #1 doubles and juniors
Kate Feist and
Anika Kinnear tripling up their opponents 6-2 at #2. With the doubles point already secured, senior
Olivia Pandazi and junior
Mara Shere added a 6-4 triumph at #3.
With the team's top two players sitting out, Lake Forest still won all six singles matches, beginning with Wen preventing her opponent at #2 from taking even one game. Feist was nearly as dominant in a 6-1, 6-0 victory at #3 and Kinnear' 6-0, 6-4 win at #4 clinched the match. Mookencherry came out on top 6-3, 6-4 at the top spot in the lineup, Shere prevailed 6-2, 6-3 at #6, and Pandazi's 6-0, 6-4 victory at #5 closed out the contest.
Lake Forest welcomed Lawrence to campus a few hours later and the results were similar. Sophomore
Lilli Dockal joined the lineup and teamed up with Mookencherry on a 6-0 rout of the Vikings' top doubles team. Kinnear and Shere rolled 6-1 at #3 and Wen and Feist won 6-4 at #2.
Mookencherry dropped just one game in her victory at #2 singles and Dockal took the first set 6-3 and the second 6-1 at #1. Wen provided the clinching point by winning both sets 6-1 at #3 and Feist finished off a 7-5, 6-2 triumph at #4. Kinnear came out on top 6-0, 6-4 at #5 and the long day finally ended when Pandazi closed out her 6-3, 7-5 victory at #6.
The Foresters improved to 8-1 overall on the season and they remained perfect in the Midwest Conference after four league matches. Ripon fell to 1-9 and Lawrence to 2-6. Both are winless in league play after three contests.
Lake Forest will travel to Iowa next Saturday to take on the other two members of the league who clinched spots in the four-team MWC Tournament on Saturday. The Foresters' match at Grinnell College will begin at 9:00 a.m. and the contest at Cornell College is set to start at 3:00 p.m.
