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Titans To Compete At WIAC Championship

Titans To Compete At WIAC Championship

UW-Eau Claire will aspire towards a third straight title at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women's Golf Championship. The 16th gathering of conference foes will be conducted Friday through Sunday (Oct. 7-9) over 54 holes at the Bull's Eye Country Club in Wisconsin Rapids.

The Blugolds have claimed a conference-best seven first-place trophies and won last year's crown with 989 strokes to surpass UW-Stevens Point's second-place sum of 1,004 strokes. UW-Whitewater finished third with 1,021 strokes, UW-Platteville fourth with 1,031, UW-Stout fifth with 1,063, UW-Oshkosh sixth with 1,109 and UW-River Falls seventh with 1,118.

UW-Eau Claire is ranked sixth nationally in the Golf World/National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) NCAA Division III poll distributed on Oct. 3.

UW-Eau Claire's lineup is led by junior Catherine Wagner and senior Sara Mattes. Wagner, a two-time All-WIAC first team selection, owns a league-best 78.1 stroke average and posted a first-place finish at the Southwest Minnesota State Invitational this fall after placing second at the O'Brien National Invitational.

Mattes, the reigning WIAC Player of the Year, captured medalist honors at last year's league championship and carries a 79.5 stroke average. She finished second at the Division III Midwest Classic.

Also producing consistent scoring for the Blugolds are seniors Emily Swift (81.9) and Maggie Lattery (82.6), along with freshman Kate Engler (82.8). Swift is a two-time All-WIAC first team choice, while Lattery was a second team pick a season ago.

UW-Whitewater is ranked 17th by the NGCA and possesses two WIAC trophies with the most recent in 1999. The Warhawks are led by junior Nicole Wescott who owns an 80.9 stroke average and captured medalist distinction at the UW-Whitewater Fall Fling. She is followed by senior Melissa Ellis (85.5), freshman Claudia Rhein (86.0) and junior Alexa Campanile (88.1).

UW-Stevens Point is ranked 20th in the NGCA poll and has collected three conference crowns, including back-to-back titles in 2007 and 2008. The Pointers have received solid scoring performances from a trio of sophomores, including Mary Welch (78.3), McKenna Prestigiacomo (82.2) and Ashley Schmidt (88.9). Welch, an All-WIAC second team selection a year ago, has posted first-place finishes at the Doug Georgianni Memorial Invitational, UW-Oshkosh Invitational and UW-Stevens Point Mad Dawg Invitational. Prestigiacomo secured medalist honors at the UW-Stevens Point Mad Dawg Invitational.

Additional conference regulars averaging rounds below 90 strokes this season are UW-Oshkosh's Kim Sippl (Sr. • Omro) (86.7), UW-Platteville's Kelsey Lieving (85.4), Kellsey Welter (89.0) and Ellyn Subak (86.1), UW-River Falls' Paige Cook (88.3) and Mackenzie Casey (90.0), and UW-Stout's Brittany McNett-Emmerich (82.2) Mariah Chesley (86.0), Becca Eggers (84.7), Meghan Wittaker (87.6) and senior Kitty Nicastro (84.0). Eggers captured medalist distinction at the Border Battle Triangular.

UW-Oshkosh, which captured WIAC titles in 2000, 2002 and 2003, will also be represented at this year's league championship by Amanda Bingham (Jr. • Mukwonago), Coree Georgenson (Jr. • Stevens Point), Theresa Henke (So. • Wisconsin Rapids) and Andrea Kirchenwitz (Fr. • Sheboygan).