Eagles Claim All Nine Contests Over Titans

LA CROSSE, Wis- The UW-Oshkosh women's tennis team fell 9-0 to UW-La Crosse on Saturday (Sept. 16). The match, previously scheduled to take place at Green Island Tennis Park, was moved to UWL's Fieldhouse due to weather conditions. 

UW-La Crosse (3-1, 1-1 WIAC) swept six singles matches and all three of the doubles contests against UWO (2-2, 0-2 WIAC). 

In the No.1 doubles, Eagles Shelby Roth and Hannah Cady outscored Olivia Pethan and Alysa Pattee 8-2. In doubles No. 2, Titans Ella Nguyen and Courtney Carpenter fell to Tasha Bailey and Lauren Lindow 8-2. Titans Jameson Gregory and Kayla Gibbs fought to the end but were outscored by Maia Samuelson and Isabelle Brinkman 8-6 in doubles No. 3.

In singles match No.1, Bailey defeated Pethan (6-0, 6-2), Lindow swept Pattee in No. 2 single with scores of 6-0, 6-0. In No. 3 singles, Nguyen fell to Roth with scores of 6-4, 6-1, Gregory battled hard but lost the No. 4 singles match (7-5, 6-4), Jenna Noble was defeated in the No. 5 matchup against Kate Townsend (6-1, 6-0), and Gibbs claimed the first of three sets in No. 6 singles with a score of 6-2 but dropped the following sets 6-0, and 10-7, eventually losing to Emma Heinert.

Titans return home against St. Norbert College next Saturday (Sept. 23). UWO is 26-8 against the Green Knights since their first meeting in 1985 and has won the last four duals by a combined score of 28-8.

Written by Emily Buffington, UW-Oshkosh Sports Information