GALESBURG, Illinois—The Prairie Fire women's tennis team split a conference matchup on Saturday.
 
Knox (3-5, 2-2 MWC) started the day by defeating Ripon 6-3, but lost to St. Norbert 9-0 in the afternoon match.
 
Emily Miller (St. Louis, MO, Rosati-Kain) and Clare Colt (Oakland, CA, Holy Names) both won their singles matches against Ripon and teamed up to win doubles as well. They also played to a close 5-8 loss in doubles to St. Norbert. Savannah Sailors (Newton, KS, Newton) and Annaliese McDermott (Peoria, IL, Dunlap) also won their singles matches against the Redhawks.
 
The Prairie Fire will travel to Iowa next weekend to take on conference foes Cornell and Grinnell.