The Warhawk women's tennis team, ranked eighteenth in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III poll, defeated Vanguard University, the number eleven team in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics poll, 8-1 Tuesday in Claremont, California.

UW-Whitewater 8, Vanguard University 1
singles
1.  Juliet LaBarthe, VU, defeated Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton), WW, 6-1, 6-0
2.  Alexandra Bayliss (Sheboygan/North), WW, defeated Nina Pudar, VU, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 10-3
3.  Jackie Vitale (Roselle, IL/Lake Park), WW, defeated Michaele Sullivan, VU, 7-6 (2), 6-1
4.  Megan Kasten (Verona/Verona), WW, defeated Gabriele Alford, VU, 7-6 (1), 6-2
5.  Lauren Aguilar (Gurnee, IL/Carmel Catholic ), WW, defeated Melanie Parker, VU, 6-1, 6-2
6.  Kelly Foster (Glen Ellyn, IL/Glenbard West ), WW, defeated Anita Taranto, VU, 6-1, 6-2
doubles
1.  Vitale/Bayliss, WW, defeated LaBarthe/Sullivan, VU, 8-3
2.  Sydney Divelbiss (Middleton/Middleton)/Aquilar, WW, defeated Pudar/Alford, VU, 8-3
3.  Kasten/Erika Williams (Burnsville, MN/Lakeville South), WW, defeated Parker/Taranto, VU, 8-4

UW-Whitewater is 12-6 in dual matches, Vanguard is 7-13.

UW-W will play eighth ranked DePauw University in California Thursday to wrap up the Warhawks' trip.  DePauw defeated Whitewater 8-1 March 2 in Greencastle, Indiana.  After returning home, Whitewater's next competition will be the Midwest Invitational in Madison April 5-6, bringing the top Division III teams in the upper Midwest to Madison.  UW-W's next home matches will be April 23, when Carthage College will be the 3:30 opponent and Carroll University the 6:30 opposition on the Wangerin Courts south of Williams Center on campus.