Lake Forest College Men's
Tennis News & Notes
March 28, 1999
Contact: Scott Rucker, SID
For Immediate Release
FORESTERS SWEEP TWO CONFERENCE MATCHES OVER THE WEEKEND
Lake Forest put themselves in the driver's seat
in the Midwest Conference South Division with wins over divisional foes
Knox (5-2 on Saturday) and Illinois College (4-0 on Sunday). The
Foresters are now 2-0 in MWC and 5-2 overall. Their two losses came
versus Division I opponents during their Spring Break trip to Arizona.
The only other South Division competition for the Foresters is an April
18th home match with Grinnell. The top two teams qualify for the
Conference Team Championships.
Lake Forest picked up singles wins by Shane Bell
at No. 2, Jacob Wert at No. 3, Ray Ro at No. 4, Courtney Barr at No. 5
and Guerin Williams at No. 6. Wert and Barr teamed up at No. 2 Doubles
and picked up the Foresters only win in doubles competition.
On Sunday, Lake Forest played a shortened
indoor match with Illinois College. Kelly, Bell, Wert and Barr picked
up singles wins, while Williams and Mike Bjurlin won at No. 1 Doubles. |