UW-Whitewater, ranked eighteenth in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III poll, split a pair of matches against national caliber competition Saturday at the Midwest Invitational.  UW-W lost to seventh ranked DePauw University 7-2 in a morning match at the Niesen Tennis Center in Madison, then defeated number twenty-five Luther College 5-4 Saturday afternoon at Cherokee Country Club.

DePauw University 7, UW-Whitewater 2
singles
#1 - Janelle Arita (DePauw) def. Kalla Schaefer (Madison/Madison Memorial) (UW-W) 6-4, 7-5
#2 - Kelly Gebert (DePauw) def. Ingrid Stensvaag (Palatine, IL/Palatine) (UW-W) 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
#3 - Greer Mackie (DePauw) def. Amy Siemon (Crystal Lake, IL/Crystal Lake South) (UW-W) 6-2, 6-3
#4 - Kayla Smith (DePauw) def. Annie Smith (Algonquin, IL/H.D. Jacobs) (UW-W) 6-4, 6-0
#5 - Tricia Wilks (DePauw) def. Michelle Daciolas (Roselle, IL/Lake Park) (UW-W) 6-1, 6-0
6 - (Loves Park, IL/Belvidere North)Lauren Aguilar# (UW-W) def. Courtney Griffin (DePauw) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
doubles
#1 - Mackie/Smith (DePauw) def.  Schaefer/Daciolas (UW-W) 8-5
#2 - Arita/Gebert (DePauw) def. Stensvaag/Smith (UW-W) 8-4
#3 - Siemon/Kelly Rutkowski (Waunakee/Waunakee) (UW-W) def. Wilks/Griffin (DePauw) 8-5

UW-Whitewater 5, Luther College 4
singles
#1 - Kalla Schaefer (Madison/Madison Memorial) (UW-W) def. Kelsie Allen (Luther) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
#2 - Amy Siemon (Crystal Lake, IL/Crystal Lake South) (UW-W) def. Fran Fairfield (Luther) 6-3, 7-5
#3 - Ingrid Stensvaag (Palatine, IL/Palatine) (UW-W) def. Alana Humpal (Luther) 6-3, 6-3
#4 - Brynne Sinnecker (Luther) def. Annie Smith (Algonquin, IL/H.D. Jacobs) (UW-W) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
#5 - Michelle Daciolas (Roselle, IL/Lake Park) (UW-W) def. Katie Nichols (Luther) 6-4, 6-1
#6 - Cassandra Chalhoub (Luther) def. Lauren Aguilar (Gurnee, IL/Carmel Catholic ) (UW-W) 6-3, 6-1
doubles
#1 - Allen/Sinnecker (Luther) def. Schaefer/Daciolas (UW-W) 8-4
#2 - Humpal/Nichols (Luther) def. Stensvaag/Smith (UW-W) 8-6
#3 - Rutkowski/Siemon (UW-W) def. Fairfield/Lindstrom (Luther) 8-5

UW-W has a number of players vying for best record on the team.  Siemon leads the team in wins with a 21-7 mark.  Stensvaag is next at 18-10, with Schaffer (17-6), Daciolas (17-7) and Smith (16-7) close in both wins and winning percentage.  Siemon and Rutkowski have the best winning percentage in doubles, teaming up for a 16-3 record.  Schaffer and Daciolas have reached the twenty win mark, 20-11, and Stensvaag and Smith have combined for a 19-8 record.

The Warhawks' next home match will be a doubleheader against Edgewood College and Elmhurst College on Saturday April 17th.  UW-W is 17-4.

For additional information, Frank Barnes