The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's tennis team, ranked seventeenth in the ITA Division III poll, lost to tenth ranked DePauw University 8-1 and 5-4 to number sixteen Skidmore College Saturday at the Intercollegiate Tennis AssociationDivision III Indoor Team Championship in Greencastle, Indiana. 

DePauw 8, UW-Whitewater 1
singles
 1.  Maggie MacPhail, DU, defeated Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton), WW, 6-3, 6-3
2.  Alexandra Bayliss (Sheboygan/North), WW, defeated Meg Crowley, DU, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
3.  Claire Marshall, DU, defeated Jackie Vitale (Roselle, IL/Lake Park), WW, 6-4, 6-3
4.  Caroline Emhardt, DU, defeated Megan Kasten (Verona/Verona), WW, 6-2, 6-2
5.  Kaitlin Pickrel, DU, defeated Lauren Aguiliar, WW, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
6.  Elizabeth Young, DU, defeated Erika Williams (Burnsville, MN/Lakeville South), WW, 6-2, 6-3
doubles
1.  Crowley/Marshall, DU, defeated Divelbiss/Bayliss, WW, 8-3
2.  Emhardt/MacPhail, DU, defeated Vitale/Kasten, WW, 8-6
3.  Julie Wittwer/Pickrel, DU, defeated Aguilar/Kelly Foster (Glen Ellyn, IL/Glenbard West ), WW, 8-4

Skidmore 5, UW-Whitewater 4
singles
1. Nataly Mendoza, SKI, def. Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton), WW, 6-0, 6-1
2. Lee Ford, SKI, def. Alexandra Bayliss (Sheboygan/North), WW, 6-4, 6-0
3. Jackie Vitale (Roselle, IL/Lake Park), WW, def. Melissa Hirsch, SKI, 6-3, 3-1, retired
4. Megan Kasten (Verona/Verona), WW, def. Alex Smith, SKI, 6-2, 6-1
5. Lauren Aguilar (Gurnee, IL/Carmel Catholic ), WW,  def. Robyn Baird, SKI, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4)
6. Zoe Valella, SKI, def. Erika Williams (Burnsville, MN/Lakeville South), WW, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
 Doubles
1. Nataly Mendoza/Lee Ford (SKI) def. Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton)/Alexandra Bayliss (Sheboygan/North), WW, 9-7
2. Megan Kasten (Verona/Verona)/Jackie Vitale (Roselle, IL/Lake Park), WW, def. Melissa Hirsch/Alex Smith, SKI, 8-4
3. Robyn Baird/Yumi Karlshoej, SKI, def. Lauren Aguilar (Gurnee, IL/Carmel Catholic )/Kelly Foster (Glen Ellyn, IL/Glenbard West ) WW, 8-4

Teams compete in the ITA championship by invitation only.  UW-W, on the strength of a sixth consecutive Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title in the fall and national ranking throughout the 2012-2013 school year, earned the berth in the field of eight teams.

UW-Whitewater is 10-3 in dual meets.  All three of the losses on the schedule came in this tournament, including a loss to the third ranked team, the University of Chicago.

UW-W will host Augustana College at 10:00 and UW-Milwaukee at 4:00 Saturday March 9 at the Four Lakes Athletic Club in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.