Box Score

Knox College's women's tennis team got the 2010-2011 season off to a good start by rolling past the University of Dubuque Saturday in Waverly, Iowa.

Dana Pierce (South Barrington, Illinois), in her first college match for the Prairie Fire, earned a 6-1, 6-3 victory in singles play against the Spartans' Emma Bridgett. 

The remaining five singles match-ups also went Knox's way.  Junior Megan Funk (Springfield, Missouri) dominated her opponent

Kristina McWethy, winning 6-1 and 6-3.  Fellow junior Jordan Kuban was also a winner.  The Greeley, Colorado native took down Rachel Tilkens 6-3, 6-1.

Earning shutout victories as part of their singles matches were junior Rachel Clark (Newton, Iowa) and Emily Tyl.  Clark beat the University of Dubuque's Sarah Morgan 6-2, 6-0 while Tyl - a sophomore from Downers Grove, Illinois, defeated Spencer Smith 6-3, 6-0.

Pierce and Funk, Stein and Kuban, along with Tyl and Aimee Neilan (Lake in the Hills, Illinois), posted doubles victories for Knox.  The closest match was a 9-7 decision by Neilan and Tyl against McWethy and Smith.

The news wasn't as good for the Prairie Fire against Wartburg College, which hosted the triangular.  The Knights beat Knox 9-0 to complete the weekend sweep after defeating Dubuque by the same score earlier in the day.

Wartburg has yet to lose a singles or a doubles match so far this season.  The Knights blanked Loras College 9-0 Friday in their season opener, which also was at home.