Women's Tennis Handles Falcons For Fourth WIAC Dual Meet

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Posted: Tuesday, October 3, 2006

RIVER FALLS - The UW-Eau Claire women's tennis team shut down UW-River Falls en route to a 9-0 victory today.

Eau Claire moves to 4-0 in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) dual play. The Blugolds are 14-2-0 with an overall dual meet record of 9-0. The Falcons are 5-7 overall with a conference record of 2-4.

Only one doubles competition was close, that being the No. 1 showdown. Sarah Riordan (Jr.-Appleton/North) and Laura Geissler (Sr.-Coon Rapids, MN) won 9-8 with a 7-1 tiebreaker to move to 9-2. Kristie Carlson (Jr.-Arden Hills, MN/Mounds View) and Brenna McCormick (Fr.-Greendale) moved to 7-1 with an 8-3 final. Gina Dahl (Fr.-Fort Atkinson) and Liz Deprey (Jr.-Green Bay/Notre Dame) improved to 5-1 by winning 8-4.

The singles matches were just as dominant. Riordan won 6-0, 6-2 for an 11-3 mark. Dahl and Carlson took their matches 6-0, 6-1 to improve to 10-2 and 9-0 respectively.

Geissler won with 6-1s and climbed to 5-3. Deprey's record stands at 4-2 after today's 6-4, 6-3 victory. McCormick defeated her opponent 6-0, 6-1. She is 5-1.

The next match for Eau Claire is its last at home. It plays UW-Oshkosh at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.

Eau Claire 9, River Falls 0

Singles
No. 1 - Sarah Riordan (EC) def. Becky Briese (RF), 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 - Gina Dahl (EC) def. Katie Ostrowski (RF), 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 - Kristie Carlson (EC) def. Cassie Woods (RF), 6-0 6-1
No. 4 - Laura Geissler (EC) def. Katie Anderson (RF), 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 - Liz Deprey (EC) def. Mindy Rudiger (RF), 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 - Brenna McCormick (EC) def. Tracy Boyle (RF), 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 - Geissler/Riordan (EC) def. Briese/Ostrowski (RF), 9-8 (7-1)
No. 2 - Carslon/McCormick (EC) def. Anderson/Rudiger (RF), 8-3
No. 3 - Dahl/Deprey (EC) def. Danielle Huper/Allie Nickel (RF), 8-4

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