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Issued: September 12, 2006

WOMEN'S TENNIS HANDS BLUE DEVILS FIRST WIAC LOSS

MENOMONIE - After defeating UW-Whitewater and then taking third in the Whitewater Invite this weekend, the UW-Eau Claire women's tennis team took its second conference dual meet of the season today by defeating UW-Stout 7-2.

The Blugolds are 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) for dual meets while Stout is 3-2 and 0-1, respectively.

The No. 1 doubles team of Laura Geissler (Sr.-Coon Rapids, MN) and Sarah Riordan (Jr.-Appleton/North) defeated their counterparts 8-4. Kristie Carlson (Jr.-Arden Hills, MN/Mounds View) and Brenna McCormick (Fr.-Greendale) won 8-1 in the No. 2 match while Kristin Neuman (Jr.-Green Bay/Ashwaubenon) and Liz Deprey (Jr.-Green Bay/Notre Dame) rolled over their opponents 8-0.

The top four singles players all won their matches today. Riordan posted 6-3s while Gina Dahl (Fr.-Fort Atkinson) had a couple 6-4s. Carlson took her match 6-2, 6-1 and Geissler had scores of 6-3 and 6-4.

The team heads back home this weekend to face a couple non-conference foes this Saturday. The Luther College matchup starts at 8:30 a.m. and the Winona State one is currently slated for 2:30 p.m.

Eau Claire 7, Stout 2

Singles
No. 1 - Sarah Riordan (EC) def Jenna Bettmann (ST) 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 -Gina Dahl (EC) def Jodie Czech (ST) 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 - Kristie Carlson (EC) def Kiersten Johnson (ST) 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 - Laura Geissler (EC) def Sara Kalenberg (ST) 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 - Michelle Hohl (ST) def Liz Deprey (EC) 7-5, 7-5
No. 6 - Katie Carr (ST) def Brenna McCormick (EC) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)

Doubles
No. 1 - Geissler/Riordan (EC) def Bettmann/Czech (ST) 8-4
No. 2 - Carlson/McCormick (EC) def Kelly Gillis/Danielle Farchmir (ST) 8-1
No. 3 - Kristine Neuman/Deprey (EC) def Hohl/Carr (ST) 8-0

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