Cassie Lee (Downers Grove, Ill./Timothy Christian) represented UW-Whitewater women's tennis in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional in St. Peter, Minnesota Sunday.
Lee opened the day with a comeback win over Carleton's Piper Brown in a quarterfinal matchup. Lee battled off two set points before dropping the opener 5-7. She responded in a big way taking set two 6-1 to even the match. Playing a full third set, Lee shutout Brown 6-0 to advance to the semifinals.
In the semifinal, Lee fell to Xingchen Liu of Carthage 6-2, 6-4.
For the tournament, Lee went 4-1 in singles competition.
UW-Whitewater was represented by seven Warhawks in addition to Lee in the ITA Midwest Regional singles bracket including
Sarah Ferguson (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek),
Abby Weaver (Wakarusa, Ind./Mishawaka Marian),
Ava Andrae (Cedarburg, Wis./),
Alex Repplier (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park),
Gracie Ha (Palatine, Ill./Fremd),
Molly Asfeld (Waukesha, Wis./West) and
Crystina Lee (Downers Grove, Ill./Timothy Christian).
The Warhawks return to the courts Tuesday, September 24. UWW will host UW-Stevens Point at 3 p.m. at the Outdoor Tennis Complex in Whitewater.
