UW-Whitewater ended its spring trip Thursday, losing to Division II Erskine College and defeating twenty-eighth ranked Carelton College.  UW-W, ranked nineteenth in Division III, is 16-3 overall in dual meets.

Erskine College 6, UW-Whitewater 3
singles
1.  Tessa Rhealt, EU, def. Amy Siemon (Crystal Lake, IL/Crystal Lake South), WW, 6-3, 6-1
2.  Britton Dighon, EU, def. Lauren Aguilar (Gurnee, IL/Carmel Catholic ), WW, 6-2, 6-1
3.  Abby O'Reilly, EU, def. Kathleen Kappel (Madison/Madison East), WW, 6-3, 6-3
4.  Victoria Stephens, EU, def. Megan Kaster, WW, 6-4, 6-2
5.  Nikki Miller, EU, def. Kelly Rutkowski (Waunakee/Waunakee), WW, 6-2, 6-1
6.  Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton), WW, def. Bridget NcKenna, EU, 6-1, 6-4
doubles
1.  Rhealt/Dighon, EU, def. Kalla Schaefer (Madison/Madison Memorial)/Michelle Daciolas (Roselle, IL/Lake Park), WW, 8-3
2.  Ingrid Stensvaag (Palatine, IL/Palatine)/Annie Smith (Algonquin, IL/H.D. Jacobs), WW, def. O'Reilly/Stephens, EU, 8-2
3.  Rutkowski/Divelbiss, WW, def. Miller/McKenna, EU, 8-4

UW-W used a lineup not seen before this season against Erskine.

UW-Whitewater 5, Carleton College 4
singles
1.  Kathryn Schmidt, CC, def. Kalla Schaefer (Madison/Madison Memorial), WW, 6-0, 6-4
2.  Bridget Doyle, CC, def. Ingrid Stensvaag (Palatine, IL/Palatine), WW, 6-2, 6-1
3.  Erin Gudal, CC, def. Amy Siemon (Crystal Lake, IL/Crystal Lake South), WW, 6-3, 2-6, 9-8
4.  Annie Smith (Algonquin, IL/H.D. Jacobs), WW, def. Frances Leung, CC, 6-3, 6-3
5.  Michelle Daviolas, WW, def. Sarah Thappa, CC, 6-0, 6-2
6.  Lauren Aguilar (Gurnee, IL/Carmel Catholic ), WW, def. Hannah Goldberg, CC, 6-2, 6-2
doubles
1.  Schaefer/Daciolas, WW, def. Schmidt/Gudal, CC, 9-7
2.  Doyle/Lueng, CC, def. Stensvaag/Smith, WW, 9-7
3.  Siemon/Kelly Rutkowski (Waunakee/Waunakee), WW, def. Thappa/Goldberg, CC, 8-2

Several of the matches lived up to their billing.  Schmidt is ranked second in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Central Region, Schaefer fifteenth, and they went extra games.  Schmidt and partner Erin Gudal are ranked fifth in Central Region doubles, with Whitewater's Schaefer and Daciolas fifteenth -- and they went into "overtime".   

The bottom half of Whitewater's singles lineup improved their records, with Smith now 16-4, Daciolas 16-5, and Aguilar 11-4.  Schaefer and Daciolas reached the twenty win mark in doubles (20-8), and Siemon and partner Kelly Rutkowski (Waunakee/Waunakee) are 13-3. 

UW-W will have another opportunity to burnish its national resume with participation in the Midwest Invitational at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison April 2-3.

For additional information:  Frank Barnes, UW-W coach