The UW-Whitewater women's tennis team, ranked eighteenth in
the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III poll, was defeated by number twenty-two Massachusetts Institute of Technology and third-ranked Williams College by identical 7-2 scores Sunday in Claremont, California.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7, UW-Whitewater 2
singles
1. Lauren Quisenberry, MIT, defeated
Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton), WW, 6-3. 6-4
2.
Alexandra Bayliss (Sheboygan/North), WW, defeated Candace Wu, MIT, 6-1, 6-1
3. Victoria Tam, MIT, defeated
Jackie Vitale (Roselle, IL/Lake Park), WW, 6-4, 6-0
4. Vynnie Kong, MIT, defeated
Megan Kasten (Verona/Verona), WW, 6-2, 6-0
5. Bianca Dumitrascu, MIT, defeated
Lauren Aguilar (Gurnee, IL/Carmel Catholic ), WW, 6-3, 4-6, 10-4
6. Meghana Vasireddy, MIT, defeated
Kelly Foster (Glen Ellyn, IL/Glenbard West ), WW, 6-4, 7-5
doubles
1. Bayliss/Vitale, WW, defeated Quisenberry/Tam, MIT, 8-6
2. Wu/Kong, MIT, defeated Divelbiss/Aguilar, WW, 9-8 (1)
3. Dumitrascu/Michelle Dutt, MIT, defeated Kasten/
Erika Williams (Burnsville, MN/Lakeville South), WW, 9-8 (3)
Williams College 7, UW-Whitewater 2
singles
1. Kara Shoemaker, WC, defeated
Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton), WW, 6-0, 6-3
2. Kathleen Elkins, WC, defeated
Alexandra Bayliss (Sheboygan/North), WW, 6-0, 6-0
3. Nancy Worley, WC, defeated
Jackie Vitale (Roselle, IL/Lake Park), WW, 6-0, 6-1
4. Maria Pylypiv, WC, defeated
Lauren Aguilar (Gurnee, IL/Carmel Catholic ), WW, 6-0, 6-1
5. Monica Pastor, WC, defeated
Kelly Foster (Glen Ellyn, IL/Glenbard West ), WW, 6-0, 6-0
6.
Erika Williams (Burnsville, MN/Lakeville South), WW, defeated Veranika Li, WC, 2-6, 6-4, 10-6
doubles
1. Pylypiv/Rebecca Curran, WC, defeated Bayliss/Vitale, WW, 8-4
2. Divelbiss/Aguilar, WW, defeated Elkins/Shoemaker, WC, 8-6
3. Worley/Li, WC, defeated Williams/
Megan Kasten (Verona/Verona), WW, 8-6
UW-W is 11-6 in dual meets, with five of the losses coming to nationally ranked Division III opponents and the sixth to Division I UW-Milwaukee. MIT is 11-1 and Williams College is 8-2.
The Warhawks are scheduled to play Vanguard University Tuesday, and wrap up the spring trip with a match against eighth-ranked DePauw University Thursday in California. UW-W and DePauw met March 2 in Greencastle, Indiana, with DePauw winning 8-1.
Whitewater's next home matches are set for April 23, against Carthage College at 3:00 and Carroll University at 6:30 on the Wangerin Courts south of Williams Center on campus.