UW-Whitewater suffered its first loss of the season to a Division III opponent and saw its sixteen match win streak come to an end with a 9-0 loss to thirteenth ranked DePauw University Friday in the Midwest Invitational at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison. UW-W came in to the match ranked sixteenth in the poll of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III teams conducted by the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association.
DePauw University 9, UW-Whitewater 0
singles
1. Janelle Arita, DU, defeated Kalla Schaefer, WW, 1-6, 6-1, (10-5)
2. Greer Mackie, DU, defeated Ingrid Stensvaag, WW, 6-1, 6-4
3. Kelly Gebert, DU, defeated Annie Smith, WW, 4-6, 6-2, (10-3)
4. Kayla Smith, DU, defeated Amy Siemon, WW, 6-2, 6-1
5. Tricia Wilks, DU, defeated Michelle Daciolas, WW, 6-3, 6-1
6. Kristine Lewry, DU, defeated Jenny Woyahn, WW, 6-0, 6-0
doubles
1, Mackie/Smith, DU, defeated Schaefer/Seimon, WW, 8-1
2. Arita/Gebert, DU, defeated Stensvaag/Daciolas, WW, 8-5
3. Wilks/Lewry, DU, defeated Kelly Rutkowski/Kathleen Kappel, WW, 8-2
UW-W is 19-2 this season, and now 19-1 against Division III teams. The Warhawks' last loss was September 11, a 5-4 decision to Division I UW-Milwaukee.
The Midwest Invitational is comprised of a field of eleven teams, eight of them ranked in the national Division III poll.
UW-W will face Coe College (IA), ranked twenty-second in the NCAA III poll, at 9:00 a.m. at Nielsen. Regardless of the results of that match Whitewater will play again at 3:30 against an opponent to be determined.
For additional information: Frank Barnes, UW-W coach