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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's tennis team topped a field of eight teams at the 48th annual Warhawk Invitational.
 
The tournament was played out at three indoor facilities – Janesville Athletic Club, Lake Geneva Tennis Club and Premier Tennis and Fitness – due to inclement weather in the Whitewater area.
 
The Warhawks collected 40 points to edge UW-Eau Claire, which finished second with 37.
 
Freshman Olivia Kraft (Bloomington, Ill./Normal Community) won the No. 3 singles draw, and freshmen Elsie Ha (Palatine, Ill./Fremd) and Madalyn Bigelow (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) claimed the title in the third doubles bracket to lead UW-Whitewater. Kraft defeated UW-Eau Claire and Augustana (Ill.) in straight sets en route to the final, where she knocked off UW-La Crosse 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (13-11).
 
Ha and Bigelow bested UW-Oshkosh and Carthage before toppling sophomore Katie Toomire (Algonquin, Ill./Jacobs) and freshman Bryce Bigelow (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) in the final by an 8-5 score. Toomire and Bigelow were playing in place of Grinnell's No. 3 doubles pair.
 
Junior captain Madeline Slicker (Mequon, Wis./Homestead) finished as runner-up at No. 2 singles with victories over Carthage and UW-La Crosse before a three-set loss against UW-Eau Claire in the championship match.
 
Third-place finishers for the Warhawks included senior Julie Martin (Morton, Ill./Morton) in singles and the combinations of senior captain Gabi Kitchell (Wausau, Wis./D.C. Everest) and freshman Molly Rueth (Wheaton, Ill./Glenbard West) in doubles. In the No. 1 singles draw, Martin bested UW-Eau Claire's No. 1 singles player, Natalie Wijesinghe, by a 6-4, 6-4 count in the third-place match to cap an impressive day.
 
Kitchell and Rueth were edged in a tiebreaker by UW-La Crosse in their semifinal at No. 1 doubles before recovering for an 8-3 triumph over UW-Eau Claire in the third-place match.
 
UW-Whitewater resumes action Sept. 15 at Wangerin Courts against UW-La Crosse at 9 a.m. and Carleton (Minn.) at 4 p.m.
 
See below for the complete team standings from Saturday.
 
1 – UW-Whitewater (40)
2 – UW-Eau Claire (37)
3 – UW-La Crosse (31)
4 – Augustana (Ill.) and Carthage (29 each)
6 – Grinnell (16)
7 – UW-Oshkosh (6)
8 – Illinois Wesleyan (0)