The UW-Whitewater women's tennis team clinched their fifth straight number one seed at the  Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship with an 8-1 victory over UW-Eau Claire Sunday in Eau Claire.  The Warhawks are now 11-0 in dual matches and 6-0 in the WIAC.  Eau Claire is 8-4 overall and 4-2 in the WIAC.

The win is the 38th in a row for the Warhawks against conference opponents.  UW-W has not lost a conference match for five years.

The Warhawks won five of the six singles matches in straight sets and Annie Smith (Algonquin, IL/H.D. Jacobs) rebounded from a first set loss to drop only one game in the next two sets.

Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton) continues to lead the team in singles wins and has racked up record of 19-1.

Singles
#1 - Kalla Schaefer (Madison/Madison Memorial) (UW-W) def. Taylor Heltne (UW-EC) 6-0, 6-1
#2 - Annie Smith (Algonquin, IL/H.D. Jacobs) (UW-W) def. Gretchen Bachmeier (UW-EC) 1-6, 6-1, 6-0
#3 - Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton) (UW-W) def. Katie Gillman (UW-EC) 6-3, 6-3
#4 - Alexandra Bayliss (Sheboygan/North) (UW-W) def. Maddie Johnson (UW-EC) 6-1, 6-1
#5 - Megan Kasten (Verona/Verona) (UW-W) def. Renee Neison (UW-EC) 6-2, 6-0
#6 - Jackie Vitale (Roselle, IL/Lake Park) (UW-W) def. Lexi DeMano (UW-EC) 7-6 (4), 6-1

Doubles
#1 - Heltne/Gillman (UW-EC) def. Schaefer/Bayliss (UW-W) 8-4
#2 - Smith/Divelbiss (UW-W) def. Bachmeier/Johnson (UW-EC) 8-0
#3 - Kasten/Vitale (UW-W) def. Karlie Day/Neison (UW-EC) 8-3

The Warhawks have won the past four WIAC championships.  The WIAC champion is determined using a combination of the regular season dual meet standings and the conference championship results.  The finish in the regular season accounts for one-third of the criteria, while the WIAC championship accounts for the remaining two-thirds.

For more information about the WIAC championship click here

For additional information, Frank Barnes, UW-W head coach