LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Grinnell College women's tennis team split matches Saturday, losing a hard-fought 5-4 battle at Lake Forest College and then beating Carroll University 6-3.

The Pioneers led 2-1 after doubles play against Lake Forest, with the No. 1 team of Shirlene Luk '15-Clothilde Thirouin '14 winning 9-8 and the No. 2 squad of Catherine Fitch '13-Laura Krull '13 posting an 8-3 victory.

In singles, Grinnell got a 6-1, 6-7, 1-0 win from Luk at No. 1 and 6-3, 7-5 decision by Fitch at No. 4.

In the Carroll match, Luk and Thirouin won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles and Krull and Fitch posted an 8-4 victory at No. 2. Singles winners were Thirouin at No. 2 (6-2, 6-3), Hanna Feldman '14 at No. 3 (6-4, 3-6, 1-0), Fitch at No. 4 (6-3, 6-4) and Emily Groth '14 at No. 6 (6-2, 6-3).

“Despite losing our first Midwest Conference South Division match in several years, I'm extremely pleased with our performance against Lake Forest considering we were missing two of the top players in our singles lineup,” said Grinnell coach Andy Hamilton. “To come away with two doubles points against Lake Forest and Carroll with a new doubles team of Laura and Catherine and the regular No. 2 doubles team of Shirlene and Clo playing at 1 is a good sign we're coming along well in doubles.”

Grinnell is now 0-1 in the Midwest Conference South Division and 2-3 in all matches. Lake Forest moved to 3-0 in the division and 9-1 overall, while Carroll is 5-2 overall.

Grinnell has matches with Illinois College, Monmouth College and Knox College on Sunday.