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Issued: October 14, 2006

WOMEN'S TENNIS DROPS 1ST PLACE IN WIAC ON LAST MATCH OF YEAR

LA CROSSE - The UW-Eau Claire women's tennis team came in today's battle of the conference unbeatens on top the conference standings, but fell to UW-La Crosse by a 7-2 margin.

The Eagles now hold first place in the conference standings, which account for one-third of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship, at a 6-0 conference mark. Eau Claire is now 5-1 in the conference with neither team playing again until the WIAC Championships. Overall the Eagles are 8-1 and Eau Claire is 10-1.

The only doubles action Eau Claire won was in No. 3 play. Gina Dahl (Fr.-Fort Atkinson) and Liz Deprey (Jr.-Green Bay/Notre Dame) won 8-4 to move their doubles record to 7-1.

No. 6 singles competitor Brenna McCormick (Fr.-Greendale) notched the lone Blugold singles win. She triumphed 6-4, 6-1 and is now 7-1 as well.

The last time Eau Claire lost a conference dual meet in the season was last year to the day in a 9-0 sweep at the hands of UW-Whitewater.

Despite giving up first place to La Crosse, the Blugolds look to still take the conference championship when they head to the WIAC Championships in Madison next Saturday and Sunday.

La Crosse 7, Eau Claire 2

Singles
No. 1 – Angie Riedel (LAX) def. Sarah Riordan (EC), 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 – Rachel Benn (LAX) def. Gina Dahl (EC), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
No. 3 – Julie Tellefsen (LAX) def. Kristie Carlson (EC), 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 – Erin Fekete (LAX) def. Laura Geissler (EC), 6-0, 6-2
No. 5 – Carlie Bohrman (LAX) def. Liz Deprey (EC), 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 – Brenna McCormick (EC) def. Sarah Schoenwaelder (LAX), 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 – Riedel/Tellefsen (LAX) def. Geissler/Riordan (EC), 8-2
No. 2 – Fekete/Benn (LAX) def. Carslon/McCormick (EC), 8-4
No. 3 – Dahl/Deprey (EC) def. Schoenwaelder/Courtney Tornow (LAX), 8-4

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