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Women's Tennis Nathan Baliva

Tennis Drops MWC Opener at Lake Forest

Box Score The Monmouth College women's tennis team traveled north this weekend for the Midwest Conference opener. The morning match at Lake Forest College resulted in a 9-0 loss for the Scots (0-4, 0-1). 

Lake Forest made it to the MWC Championship match last spring before falling to Grinnell. They started Saturday's match by taking all three doubles matches. At No. 1 Isabel Hammond (Germantown Hills, Illinois) and Emily Henson (Geneseo, Illinois) won two games while the other two doubles teams lost 8-0. 

In singles Emily Laughlin (Milan, Illinois) fell 6-2, 6-0 at the No. 1 spot. Lake Forest won the next two matches 6-0, 6-0 and Julia Mheidze (Springfield, Illinois) won a game in the second set for the Scots at No. 4. Ditza Montesinos (Villa Park, Illinois) and Jennifer Shimmin (Monmouth, Illinois) both won a game in the first set at No. 5 and No. 6 singles respectively. 

The Scots will next be in action on Saturday, Sept. 25 with two conference matches in Wisconsin. They play at Ripon at 9 a.m. and at Lawrence at 3 p.m. 
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Players Mentioned

Isabel Hammond

Isabel Hammond

Junior
Emily Henson

Emily Henson

Junior
Emily Laughlin

Emily Laughlin

Junior
Julia Mheidze

Julia Mheidze

Sophomore
Jennifer Shimmin

Jennifer Shimmin

Freshman
Ditza Montesinos

Ditza Montesinos

Junior

Players Mentioned

Isabel Hammond

Isabel Hammond

Junior
Emily Henson

Emily Henson

Junior
Emily Laughlin

Emily Laughlin

Junior
Julia Mheidze

Julia Mheidze

Sophomore
Jennifer Shimmin

Jennifer Shimmin

Freshman
Ditza Montesinos

Ditza Montesinos

Junior