Lake Forest College Sports Information
April 6, 2004
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Foresters Host and Defeat Carroll College 6-1
Team wins seven of nine matches
  

Sebastian Bienia has a three-match winning streak in both singles and doubles.
LAKE FOREST, IL - The Forester men's tennis team defeated Carroll College 6-1 Tuesday (April 6) to raise its record on the year to 6-7. The visiting Pioneers fell to 1-7. 

Lake Forest won the doubles point with 9-8 victories by freshman Michael Jolly (Jacksonville, IL/Jacksonville) and sophomore Rob Burda (Meridian, ID/Meridian) at number two and senior Luke Figora (Yorkville, IL/Yorkville) and sophomore Sebastian Bienia (Lemont, IL/Lemont) at number three. Jolly and Burda now boast a team-best 7-4 record in doubles and Figora and Bienia have won three in a row.

Jolly (7-5, 6-0) and Bienia (6-1, 6-2) each won in straight sets at numbers two and six singles, respectively. The Foresters playing at numbers three through five each lost the first set before rallying for the victory. Burda won 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 at number three, Figora prevailed 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 at number four, and freshman Alex Godin (Northbrook, IL/Glenbrook North) won his team-high 10th singles match of the year with a 3-6, 6-0, 7-5 triumph at number five.

Lake Forest will continue its busy week with a match at UW-Whitewater on Wednesday (April 7) night at 7:00. The Foresters will host St. Norbert College on Friday and both Knox College and Beloit College on Saturday. The match against Knox will count in the Midwest Conference South Division standings and could determine which team will advance to the MWC Team Championship Tournament on April 23.

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