2004-05 Tennis Athletes of the Week
October 11, 2004-October 17, 2004
Singles: Kristie Carlson, Fr., Arden Hills, MN (Mounds View)
Carlson lost just one game in the Blugolds' 8-1 victory over River Falls. The win was the third straight for Eau Claire. Calrson wasted little time in disposing of the Falcons' Amber Weissinger, winning in straight sets 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 3 singles spot.
Doubles: Sarah Riordan, Fr., Appleton (North) & Molly Hunt, So., Owatonna, MN
Riordan and Hunt remained undefeated in doubles action this season, topping the River Falls duo of Becky Breise and Sarah Vandenbook. The Blugold combo lost just two games, winning 8-2 in the No. 2 doubles spot.
October 4, 2004-October 10, 2004
Singles: Kristie Carlson, Fr., Arden Hills, MN (Mounds View)
Carlson had two conference victories last week at the No. 3 singles spot as the Blugolds topped UW-Stevens Point 8-1 and UW-Oshkosh 7-2. Carlson defeated the Pointers' Kim Goron 6-1, 6-0 and then topped Oshkosh's Jamie Simon 6-1, 6-2, dropping just four games in the two matches.
Doubles: Kristie Carlson, Fr., Arden Hills, MN (Mounds View) & Lindsay Lee, Sr. Eau Claire (Memorial)
Carlson and Lee were 2-0 in conference matches last week in the No. 3 doubles spot. They did not drop a single game against Stevens Point and won by impressive comeback fashion against Oshkosh. Trailing 7-4 against the Titans, the Blugold tandem won five straight games to take the match. The win gave Eau Claire a 2-1 double edge and the momentum heading into singles play.
September 27, 2004-October 3, 2004
Singles: Lindsay Lee, Sr., Eau Claire (Memorial)
Lee lost just two games at the No. 4 singles spot last week in a dual meet with La Crosse. Lee defeated the Eagles' Louie Dubinski 6-2, 6-0 for the victory.
Doubles: Molly Hunt, So., Owatonna, Minn.
Hunt and Riordan earned the only Eau Claire doubles victory in a dual meet with La Crosse last week. The pair topped La Crosse's tandem of Julie Tellefsen and Louie Dubinski 8-6 at the No. 2 do
September 6, 2004-September 12, 2004
Singles: Katie Kuzma, Jr., Buffalo, MN
Kuzma was the overall champion in the No. 1 singles spot at the 34th annual Warhawk Invitational on Saturday, dropping only eight games in her three victories. The second-seeded Kuzma didn't lose a set en route to the first place finish. Kuzma breezed through the first two rounds winning 6-0, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-0. She then defeated Whitewater's Nicole Stamm 6-3, 6-4 in the finals.