UW-Whitewater defeated UW-La Crosse 7-2 Saturday afternoon on the Wangerin Courts in Whitewater, Wisconsin to win the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Final Four and earn the league's automatic berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III championship.
Photo Gallery credit to Kristine Johnson
Round Two, Championship
UW-Whitewater 7 UW-La Crosse 2
Singles
#1 Kalla Schaefer (Madison/Madison Memorial), WW def. Kelly Kuether, UWL 6-2, 6-3
#2 Carlie Bohrman, UWL def. Ingrid Stensvaag (Palatine, IL/Palatine), WW 7-5, 7-5
#3 Annie Smith (Algonquin, IL/H.D. Jacobs), WW def. Katie McDonald, UWL 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
#4 Amy Siemon (Crystal Lake, IL/Crystal Lake South), WW def. Jenny Maruyama, UWL 6-3, 7-5
#5 Michelle Daciolas (Roselle, IL/Lake Park), WW def. Sarah Schoenwaelder, UWL 6-2, 6-1
#6 Kara Amundson (Prairie du Sac/Sauk Prairie), WW def. Megan Fallon, UWL 6-1, 7-6 (2)
Doubles
#1 Schaefer/Daciolas, WW def. Kuether/Schoenwaelder, UWL 8-3
#2 Stensvaag/Siemon, WW def. Maruyama/Debbie Braun, UWL 8-2
#3 Bohrman/McDonald, UWL def. Kathleen Kappel (Madison/Madison East)/Kelly Rutkowski (Waunakee/Waunakee), WW 8-5
UW-Whitewater won the WIAC regular season (dual meet) and WIAC Tournament last fall. This is the first year the Final Four has been played, in an effort to have the best team in May, rather than October, represent the league in the NCAA III championship.
UW-Whitewater, ranked seventeenth in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III poll, is 23-3 in dual meets this season. The Warhawks will be making their second national championship appearance, having also qualified in 2008. National tournament assignments and matchups will be announced late Monday on the NCAA web site.
UW-W, the number one seed in the WIAC Final Four, defeated fourth seeded UW-Oshkosh 6-0 in one semifinal played earlier Saturday, while second seeded La Crosse topped UW-Eau Claire 5-3 in the other semifinal. UW-EC defeated Oshkosh 8-1 in the third place match Saturday afternoon.
For additional information: Frank Barnes, UW-W coach
WIAC women's tennis site
