SPRINGFIELD, IL --- The Prairie Stars (8-8, 3-2) notched their third Great Lakes Valley Conference win of the season with a 9-0 sweep of St. Joseph's College after suffering a tough 1-8 defeat to Lewis the day before. The Prairie Stars have one more home match left on Wednesday, April 12^th against Missouri Baptist --- which will serve as senior day --- before ending the regular season at Bellarmine on April 14^th.

Against Lewis on Friday, Maegan Flight picked up the Prairie Stars' lone win in the fifth slot in singles play. Flight won 6-4, 6-1 to secure the win. After dropping all three doubles matches, UIS got a tough match in the top singles slot, as Jane Carter fell 6-7, 6-2, 1-0.

Taking on the Puma's on Saturday, it was a much different story as UIS swept the entire day, winning the three doubles matches 8-4, 8-0, and 8-0. In singles, UIS dropped just four total games across five of the matches, while Carter picked up a tough 7-6, 6-2 victory at number one.

UIS sits in fourth place in the GLVC east and will face top ranked Bellarmine in their final match.