UW-Whitewater suffered its first loss of the season to a Division III opponent and saw its sixteen match win streak come to an end with a 9-0 loss to thirteenth ranked DePauw University Friday in the Midwest Invitational at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison.  UW-W came in to the match ranked sixteenth in the poll of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III teams conducted by the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association.

DePauw University 9, UW-Whitewater 0
singles
1.  Janelle Arita, DU, defeated Kalla Schaefer (Madison/Madison Memorial), WW, 1-6, 6-1, (10-5)
2.  Greer Mackie, DU, defeated Ingrid Stensvaag (Palatine, IL/Palatine), WW, 6-1, 6-4
3.  Kelly Gebert, DU, defeated Annie Smith (Algonquin, IL/H.D. Jacobs), WW, 4-6, 6-2, (10-3)
4.  Kayla Smith, DU, defeated Amy Siemon (Crystal Lake, IL/Crystal Lake South), WW, 6-2, 6-1
5.  Tricia Wilks, DU, defeated Michelle Daciolas (Roselle, IL/Lake Park), WW, 6-3, 6-1
6.  Kristine Lewry, DU, defeated Jenny Woyahn (Waukesha/Waukesha South),  WW, 6-0, 6-0
doubles
1,  Mackie/Smith, DU, defeated Schaefer/Seimon, WW, 8-1
2.  Arita/Gebert, DU, defeated Stensvaag/Daciolas, WW, 8-5
3.  Wilks/Lewry, DU, defeated Kelly Rutkowski (Waunakee/Waunakee)/Kathleen Kappel (Madison/Madison East), WW, 8-2

UW-W is 19-2 this season, and now 19-1 against Division III teams.  The Warhawks' last loss was September 11, a 5-4 decision to Division I UW-Milwaukee.

The Midwest Invitational is comprised of a field of eleven teams, eight of them ranked in the national Division III poll. 

UW-W will face Coe College (IA), ranked twenty-second in the NCAA III poll, at 9:00 a.m. at Nielsen.  Regardless of the results of that match Whitewater will play again at 3:30 against an opponent to be determined.

For additional information:  Frank Barnes, UW-W coach