Women's Tennis | 9/22/2015 10:43:00 PM
JACKSONVILLE, Illinois—The Prairie Fire dropped a close match to Illinois College on Tuesday.
Knox fell 5-4 to the Lady Blues, an improvement over last year's 7-2 loss.
Melissa Smith (Lemont, IL, Lemont Township) and
Lauren Sparks (Salem, OR, South Salem) both won their singles matches. Smith teamed up with
Maggie St. Clair (Mount Vernon, IA, Mount Vernon) to win in doubles as well. The duo of
Savannah Sailors (Newton, KS, Newton) and
Maddie Schacht (Champaign, IL, Mahomet-Seymour) also won their doubles competition.
Knox will return home on Saturday for a non-conference doubleheader against Judson University at 9:00 a.m. and Dominican University at 3:00 p.m.
Singles competition 1. Kathryn Ryan (IC) def. Taytem Chapman (KCW) 6-0, 6-3
2. Tamar Norville (IC) def. Savannah Sailors (KCW) 6-1, 6-3
3. Melissa Smith (KCW) def. Lisa Noggle (IC) 3-6, 6-3, 10-4
4. Jovanna Chavez (IC) def. Miranda Corbett (KCW) 6-2, 7-5
5. Brianna Pohlman (IC) def. Maddie Schacht (KCW) 6-3, 6-0
6. Lauren Sparks (KCW) def. Valerie Escudero (IC) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles competition 1. Kathryn Ryan/Tamar Norville (IC) def. Taytem Chapman/Miranda Corbett (KCW) 8-2
2. Savannah Sailors/Maddie Schacht (KCW) def. Lisa Noggle/Jovanna Chavez (IC) 8-2
3. Melissa Smith/Maggie St. Clair (KCW) def. Brianna Pohlman/Valerie Escudero (IC) 8-2