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Titans Finish Fourth At WIAC Championship

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UW-Whitewater secured its fourth consecutive WIAC women's tennis title at the league championship on Oct. 23-24 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison.

The team crown was determined by using a combination of the regular-season dual meet standings and the WIAC championship results. The finish in the regular-season standings accounted for one-third of the criteria, while the conference championship accounted for the remaining two-thirds.

The WIAC championship for the Warhawks is the 11th in program history. They accumulated 21 points in this year's overall championship standings to surpass UW-La Crosse's second-place sum of 18. UW-Eau Claire placed third with 15, UW-Oshkosh fourth with 12, UW-Stevens Point fifth with eight, UW-River Falls sixth with six and UW-Stout seventh with four.

UW-Whitewater, UW-La Crosse, UW-Eau Claire and UW-Oshkosh advance to a team tournament in the spring that will be hosted by UW-Whitewater the weekend prior to the NCAA Division III Championship. The winner of the four-team tournament receives the conference's automatic bid into the national event.

Lauren Piotrowski (Fr. • Greendale) posted UW-Oshkosh's best finish by taking second place at No. 5 singles. She opened play with a 6-1, 6-2 win over UW-Stout's Katie Sorensen and a 6-0, 4-6, 7-5 victory over UW-Eau Claire's Emily Hiebl. The Warhawks' Alexandra Bayliss then gained the flight title with a 6-4, 6-0 decision over Piotrowski.

The Titans had three other individuals place third in singles play. Emily Bostwick (Jr. • Whitefish Bay) began her run with a 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Amanda Drangeid (UW-River Falls). Following a 6-4, 6-3 defeat to UW-Whitewater's Annie Smith, Bostwick tallied a 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 win over Taylor Heltne (UW-Eau Claire) in the third-place match.

In the fourth flight, Brianna Theobald (Fr. • Manitowoc) began with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep of Cassie Swenson (UW-River Falls). Eventual champion Sydney Divelbiss of UW-Whitewater knocked off Theobald by a 6-4, 6-1 tally. Against UW-Eau Claire's Gretchen Bachmeier, Theobald posted a 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 success to capture third place.

Whitney Tornow (Sr. • Neenah) gained a 6-1, 6-3 decision over Lizzie Johnson (UW-River Falls) to open her tournament. There she ran into another UW-Whitewater force, Lauren Aguilar, who prevailed by a 6-2, 6-0 score. Tornow recorded a comfortable 6-0, 6-1 win over UW-Eau Claire's Lexi DeMario in the third-place matchup.

UW-Oshkosh received solid scoring from its doubles groups in the second and third flights. The duo of Piotrowski and Tornow got off to a great start with an 8-5 victory against UW-River Falls before dropping an 8-3 match to UW-Whitewater and an 8-4 set to UW-Eau Claire. Also taking fourth place was the No. 3 doubles team of Theobald and Valerie Langkau (Fr. • Oshkosh). They snuck past Gretchen Bachmeier and Mary Frasetto of UW-Eau Claire by a 9-8 (8-0) tally. Theobald and Langkau then fell to a UW-La Crosse pair, 8-0, and a UW-Stevens Point team, 9-7.

The Titans also had Bostwick and Liz Leffler (Jr. • Racine) compete at No. 1 doubles. In singles action, Leffler played two matches in the first flight, while Eva Counsell took one of her three matches in flight No. 3.

The Warhawks claimed five singles titles and one doubles crown en route to this year's first-place trophy. Smith secured the No. 2 championship with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over UW-La Crosse's Kelly Kuether. Smith won the No. 3 title at the 2008 championship.

Megan Kasten claimed the No. 3 title with a 6-1, 6-0 decision over UW-Eau Claire's Katie Gillman, while Divelbiss earned the No. 4 crown with a 6-3, 6-0 triumph over UW-La Crosse's Jenny Maruyama. Aguilar captured the No. 6 championship with a 6-2, 6-3 decision over UW-La Crosse's Abby Tresedder.

UW-Eau Claire's Megan Born secured the No. 1 title with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over UW-Whitewater's Amy Siemon.

In doubles action, Kasten and Aguilar teamed to win the No. 3 crown with a 9-8 (6-0) decision over UW-La Crosse's Amanda O'Keefe and Lindsay Seccombe.

UW-La Crosse claimed a pair of doubles titles as Kelly Stadum and Kelly Kuether won the No. 1 trophy with a 9-7 victory over UW-Stout's Allie Hinman and Abby Werwie. Maruyama and Tresedder earned the No. 2 championship with an 8-3 win over UW-Whitewater's Smith and Divelbiss.

UW-Oshkosh's Steve Francour was voted Coach of the Year by the league coaches, while Hinman received the Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete Award.

An All-Sportsmanship Team was chosen for individuals that displayed exemplary sportsmanship throughout the season. It included one member from each school. Named to the squad were: UW-Eau Claire's Stephanie Wolf, UW-La Crosse's Kelly Stadum, UW-Oshkosh's Tornow, UW-River Falls' Amanda Drangeid, UW-Stevens Point's Allison Fortier, UW-Stout's Katie Sorensen and UW-Whitewater's Lauren Aguilar.