MONMOUTH, Illinois—The Prairie Fire men's tennis team dropped a long-awaited match with Monmouth on Thursday.

Knox (0-13) fell 0-9 to the Fighting Scots after three previous postponements. Brad Newland fell 5-7, 3-6 in a very close #4 singles matchup.

The Prairie Fire will travel to Cornell on April 21 for the final weekend of the conference regular season.

Singles competition

1. Landon Walker (MC) def. Jared Schwarz (KCM) 6-2, 6-1
2. Dylan Wong (MC) def. Jeffrey Xue (KCM) 6-0, 6-3
3. Joseph Shie (MC) def. Ganesh Uppalapu (KCM) 6-1, 6-0
4. Paulo Pliego (MC) def. Brad Newland (KCM) 7-5, 6-3
5. Saxon Day (MC) def. Matt Bailey (KCM) 6-0, 6-0
6. Zach Harris (MC) def. Hank Horwitz (KCM) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Landon Walker/Dylan Wong (MC) def. Jared Schwarz/Ganesh Uppalapu (KCM) 8-1
2. Paulo Pliego/Saxon Day (MC) def. Jeffrey Xue/Brad Newland (KCM) 8-2
3. Zach Harris/Alex Martin (MC) def. Matt Bailey/Hank Horwitz (KCM) 8-2