Box Score A weather induced move to a neutral site didn't dampen Senior Day for the Monmouth College women's tennis team as the Scots rolled past rival Knox 8-1 Tuesday at Lake Storey in Galesburg to stay within one game on the loss side of a Midwest Conference Tournament berth.
 
The Scots swept doubles play when Natalie Curtis and Rachel Leifheit blanked the Prairie Fire at No. 2, 8-0 and the No. 1 team of Emma Johanns and McKenzie DeVilder ground out a 9-8 win. Monmouth won the No. 3 doubles match by default when Knox could not field a tandem to face Haley Johnston and Lexi Tibbs.
 
Monmouth then closed out the team win, taking five of the six singles matches. All four of Monmouth's seniors posted wins. Haley Johnston made short work at No. 3 where she dropped just two games in a 6-1, 6-1 win. Curtis and Tibbs each moved up a spot in the order with no ill effects as Curtis won at No. 4, 6-2, 6-3 and Tibbs was victorious at No. 5, 6-3, 6-4. The Scots' final senior, Simone Johnson, was declared the winner by default when Knox failed to field a player at No. 6.
 
DeVilder, a junior, had the day's closest match, winning at No. 2, 7-5, 7-6.  Playing at No. 1, sophomore Emma Johanns fell 6-4, 6-0.
 
The win keeps the Scots in sixth, two places out of the Midwest Conference team championships with two matches to play. Monmouth wraps up the regular season on Oct. 7 with a road trip to Iowa to face Cornell and Grinnell.