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Issued: April 7, 2007

WOMEN’S TENNIS SPLITS MATCHES IN MIDWEST INVITE

MADISON – The UW-Eau Claire women’s tennis team split its final two matches in the Midwest Invite that concluded here Saturday.

The Blugolds defeated St. Mary’s College of Indiana, 7-2, then fell to conference rival UW-Whitewater by a 5-2 count to finish 10th in the 11-team meet which involved the top teams from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. The competition is likely to determine some of the at-large berths for the NCAA Division III tournament.

The split leaves the Blugolds with a 15-6 dual meet record on the season. They will close out their 2006-07 campaign at Carleton College next Saturday.

Still playing without No. 1 player Sarah Riordan (Appleton/West), who is sidelined with a leg injury, the Blugolds won all but the No. 1 and No. 3 singles positions against St. Mary’s.

Winning their singles matches against St. Mary’s were Kristie Carlson (Jr.-Arden Hills, MN/Mounds View) at No. 2, Liz Deprey (Jr.-Green Bay/Notre Dame) at No. 4, Brenna McCormick (Fr.-Greendale) at No. 5, and Erin Welch (Fr.-Tomah) at No. 6.

The doubles’ wins came from Laura Geissler (Sr.-Coon Rapids, MN) and Gina Dahl (Fr.-Fort Atkinson) at No. 1, Carlson and McCormick at No. 2 and Deprey and Courtney Lynne (Fr.-Rochester, MN) at No. 3.

Against Whitewater, the only Blugold wins came from McCormick and Welch at the No. 5 and No. 6 spots, respectively.

EAU CLAIRE 7, ST. MARY’S 2

Singles
#1 – Kelly McDavitt (SM) beat Gina Dahl, 6-4, 4-6, 11-9
#2 – Kristie Carlson (EC) beat Camille Gebert, 6-0, 6-1
#3 – Lisa Rubino (SM) beat Laura Geissler, 6-4, 6-1
#4 – Liz Deprey (EC) beat Tara O’Brien, 6-3, 6-1
#5 – Brenna McCormick (EC) beat Cassie Quaglin, 6-1, 6-2
#6 – Erin Welch (EC) beat Grace Gordon, 6-0, 6-3

Doubles
#1 – Geissler/Dahl (EC) beat McDavitt/Gebert, 8-4
#2 – Carlson/McCormick (EC) beat O’Brien/Gordon, 8-4
#3 – Deprey/Courtney Lynne (EC) beat Rubino/Erin Kaplan, 8-5

WHITEWATER 5, EAU CLAIRE 2

Singles
#1 – Nicole Stamm (WW) beat Gina Dahl, 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
#2 – Jessie Farrar (WW) beat Kristie Carlson, 6-3, 6-2
#3 – Kara Theis (WW) beat Laura Geissler, 6-4, 6-1
#4 – Kara Amundson (WW) beat Liz Deprey, 6-3, 6-3
#5 – Brenna McCormick (EC) beat Jenny Woyahn, 1-6, 6-1, 14-12
#6 – Erin Welch (EC) beat Tiffany Dawson, 3-6, 6-3, 11-9

Doubles
#1 – Stamm/Theis (WW) vs. Geissler/Dahl – did not finish
#2 – Farrar/Dawson (WW) beat Carlson/McCormick, 9-7
#3 – Amundson/Brittany Aering (WW) vs. Deprey/Courtney Lynne – did not finish

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