The UW-Whitewater women's tennis team opened their "second season" with a split of dual matches played in Saint Peter, Minnesota Saturday.  UW-W, which won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title last fall, lost to Gustavus Adolphus College 7-2 and defeated Augustana College (SD) by the same 7-2 score.

Gustavus Adolphus College 7, UW-Whitewater 2
singles
1. Sam Frank (GAC) defeated Kalla Schaefer (Madison/Madison Memorial) (WW), 6-2, 6-3
2. Megan Guard (GAC) defeated Amy Siemon (Crystal Lake, IL/Crystal Lake South) (WW), 6-3, 6-1
3. Marianne Burau (GAC) defeated Annie Smith (Algonquin, IL/H.D. Jacobs) (WW), 7-5, 7-6
4. Alex Erickson (GAC) defeated Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton) (WW), 6-4, 5-7 (13-11)
5. Megan Kasten (Verona/Verona) (WW) defeated Julie Badenwerper (GAC), 6-3, 6-4
6. Alexandra Bayliss (Sheboygan/North) (WW), defeated Mary Roop (GAC), 6-0, 6-3
doubles
1. Frank/Guard (GAC) defeated Schaefer/Bayliss (WW), 8-5
2. Burau/Roop (GAC) defeated Siemon/Smith (WW), 8-5
3. Badenwerper/Erickson (GAC) defeated Divelbiss/Lauren Aguilar (Gurnee, IL/Carmel Catholic ) (WW), 8-6

UW-Whitewater 7, Augustana College (SD) 2
singles
1. Kalla Schaefer (Madison/Madison Memorial) (WW) defeated Britt Gaster (AC), 7-5, 6-0
2. Katy Jesperson (AC) defeated Amy Siemon (Crystal Lake, IL/Crystal Lake South) (WW), 6-1, 6-2
3. Annie Smith (Algonquin, IL/H.D. Jacobs) (WW) defeated Michelle Wadas (AC), 6-2, 6-0
4. Hannah Gebauer (AC) defeated Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton) (WW), 3-6, 6-2 (10-8)
5. Alexandra Bayliss (Sheboygan/North) (WW) defeated Jill Hagestuen (AC), 6-2, 6-2
6. Lauren Aguilar (Gurnee, IL/Carmel Catholic ) (WW) defeated Emily Johnson (AC), 6-4, 6-2
doubles
1. Schaefer/Bayliss (WW) defeated Gaster/Jesperson (AC), 8-6
2. Siemon/Smith (WW) defeated Wadas/Gebauer (AC), 8-5
3. Megan Kasten (Verona/Verona)/Divelbiss (WW) defeated Johnson/Gabbie Kachena

UW-W is 13-3 in dual meets. 

Whitewater will play six matches in Orlando, Florida during the school's spring break before facing the University of Wisconsin-Madison March 26 in Madison.  The only home event of the spring will be the WIAC final four, the qualifier for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III championship, April 30.  UW-W won the right to host the qualifier by winning the WIAC title October 24.

For additional information:  Frank Barnes, UW-W coach