Box Score

Waukesha, Wis. – The Prairie Fire had some close matches against Carroll University, but came away with an 8-1 non-conference loss on Sunday.

Knox's #2 doubles team of junior Jonathan Ng (Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong International School) and sophomore Dustin Loch (Glen Ellyn, IL, Glenbard West) posted a 9-7 win over Carroll's Eric Schneider and Alexander Reid.

Sophomore Pragyaditya Mukerjee (Kolkata, India, The Cambridge School) made Schneider work for every point in their #4 singles match.  Mukerjee forced a first set tiebreaker before Schneider pulled away 7-6 (8-6).  Schneider went on to win the second set 6-4.

Junior Walter Palmer (Wilmette, IL, New Trier) was unable to pick up his third consecutive #1 singles victory.  He fell 6-4, 6-2 against the Pioneers' Jack Michael.

Ng also had a tight first set in his #3 singles match with Nick Schultz.  Schultz outscored Ng 7-5 and then prevailed 6-2 in the second set.

Carroll improved its record to 7-10 overall with the win while the Prairie Fire fell to 5-14.

Knox resumes play at Quincy University on April 13 at 11:00 a.m.