Lake Forest College Sports Information
February 23, 2003 Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID Foresters Repeat as Women's, Combined USHA Collegiate
Champs
The Foresters were led by junior Megan Mehilos (Addison, IL), who won both the Open Singles and Open Doubles Championships for the third consecutive year. She defeated Lynn Alesi of Texas A&M University 21-9, 12-21, 11-10 in a thrilling singles final. Mehilos trailed 10-9 in the third set before scoring the last two points to claim the title. In the doubles final, Mehilos and senior Amy Sove (Modesto, CA) teamed up to defeat Alesi and Christina Matthews 21-9, 21-7. Junior Samantha England (Prince George, British Columbia) also earned All-America honors by advancing to the Open Singles semifinals, where she was eliminated by Alesi. England also advanced to the semifinals in 2001 but missed the 2001-02 season with a knee injury. England also advanced to the semifinals in doubles with senior Megan Gibson (Brown Deer, WI) as her partner. Gibson and junior Sarah Roberts (Plainfield, IL) each advanced to the singles quarterfinals where Gibson was matched up against Mehilos and Roberts was knocked off by Alesi. On the men's side, junior David Munson (Williston, VT) was the Foresters' top player, advancing to the quarterfinals of singles play and, along with freshman Ivan Ruiz (Los Angeles, CA), falling in the doubles final. Munson and Ruiz earned All-America honors with their doubles performance. Ruiz and sophomore Alex Martinez (Andover, CT) each advanced to the round of 32 in the Open Singles Division. Junior Garrett Silveira (S. Hadley, MA) and freshman Tyler Stevens (Toledo, OH) won the B-Doubles Division championship. Lake Forest has now won 11 men's, three women's, and nine combined championships since the inception of the program in 1969. Mike Dau '58 has been the team's only head coach. Lake
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