Box Score

OSHKOSH, Wis. - Needing a win against Lawrence Thursday to move into a fourth-place tie and keep their Midwest Conference Team Tournament hopes very much alive, Ripon's women's tennis team lost to the Vikings by a score of 9-0.

The Red Hawks (6-8, 3-4 MWC) took two singles matches to a third set, but were outscored in doubles play by a combined score of 24-3.

Ripon's most competitive matches came at the third and fourth singles flights. At number three singles, Samantha Kiesner lost 3-6, 6-4, 0-1 (2-10), while Carly Wesner lost her number four match, 3-6, 6-3, 0-1 (6-10).

The loss snaps Ripon's longest winning streak of the season at three matches, and is just the team's third loss in their last nine matches. They will try to rebound this weekend as they'll close out the regular season Sunday against Grinnell and Cornell at 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively, at Larson Courts in Ripon.