Women's Tennis Gets Back To Winning Ways

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Posted: Sunday, April 1, 2007

ST. PAUL - The UW-Eau Claire women's tennis team snapped a three-match losing streak today with a 7-2 victory over the College of St. Catherine (MN).

The win gives the Blugolds an overall record of 24-7 and a dual meet record of 14-4. Eau Claire had lost its final three matches down in Orlando, FL last week. St. Kate's drops to an overall record of 8-7.

The Blugolds came away with four of the six singles matches. Kristie Carlson (Jr.-Arden Hills, MN/Mounds View) at No.2 singles, Liz Deprey (Jr.-Green Bay/Notre Dame) at No. 4 singles, and Brenna McCormick (Fr.-Greendale, WI) at No.5 singles beat their opponents in straight sets. Erin Welch (Fr.-Tomah, WI) at No.6 singles, rallied to defeat her opponent 3-6, 6-3, 10-4. Welch has won eight of her last nine matches.

Eau Claire swept all three doubles matches as Gina Dahl (Fr.-Fort Atkinson, WI) and Laura Geissler (Sr.-Coon Rapids, MN) at No.1 doubles and Carlson and McCormick at No.2 doubles each defeated their opponents 8-2. The No. 3 doubles team of Courtney Lynne (Fr.-Rochester, MN/Mayo) and Welch won by a score of 8-4.

The Blugolds now hope to get invited to the Midwest Invite in Madison on Friday and Saturday. The top 16 teams from the Midwest Region are invited. Starting times have yet to be determined.

Eau Claire 7, St. Kate's 2

Singles
No. 1 - Shelly Bebler (SK) def. Gina Dahl (EC), 6-7, 7-6, 10-4
No. 2 - Kristie Carlson (EC) def. Susie Hallquist (SK), 6-0, 6-3
No. 3 - Jenna Olson (SK) def. Laura Geissler (EC), 7-6, 6-4
No. 4 - Liz Deprey (EC) def. Jamie Weber (SK), 7-5, 6-0
No. 5 - Brenna McCormick (EC) def. Abby Beytien-Carlson (SK), 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 - Erin Welch (EC) def. Rikki Peach (SK), 3-6, 6-3, 10-4

Doubles
No. 1 - Dahl/Geissler (EC) def. Bebler/Olson (SK), 8-2
No. 2 - Carlson/McCormick (EC) def. Weber/Beytien-Carlson (SK), 8-2
No. 3 - Courtney Lynne/Welch (EC) def. Hallquist/Peach (SK), 8-4

- JR -