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Karlie Laveau recorded one of the Titans' two individual shutouts
Karlie Laveau recorded one of the Titans' two individual shutouts

Titans Sneak Past Falcons In WIAC Opener

Results

Karlie Laveau (So. • Waukesha) and Erica Van Riper (So. • Waukesha) earned shutout victories in singles play as UW-Oshkosh pulled out a 5-4 win over the UW-River Falls women's tennis team on Friday (Sept. 14) at the Kolf Sports Center Complex. The match was the WIAC opener for both teams.

UW-Oshkosh (5-0/1-0 WIAC) clinched the triumph with Valerie Langkau's (Jr. • Oshkosh) 6-1, 7-5 decision over Jodi VandeRiet at No. 3 singles.

In the sixth singles flight, Laveau breezed by Courtney Swanson, 6-0, 6-0. Van Riper matched that feat with her 6-0, 6-0 win over Makayla Newberry at No. 5 singles.

Morgan Counts (Jr. • Oshkosh) gained the Titans' other individual win with her 6-3, 6-1 victory over Amanda Drangeid at No. 2 singles.

UW-Oshkosh's lone doubles win came in the second flight as Counts and Van Riper posted an 8-3 triumph over Swanson and Brittany Mohn.

UW-River Falls (2-5/0-1 WIAC) got wins from Jenny Paxton and Kelsey Hochberger at No. 1 and No. 4 singles. respectively. Paxton defeated Preslee Nolte (So. • Warren, N.J.), 6-3, 6-3, while Hochberger ousted Megan Etten (Jr. • Howard), 6-4, 7-5.

In doubles play, Drangeid and Paxton teamed up to give the Falcons an 8-4 victory over Etten and Nolte in the top flight. At No. 3 doubles, Newberry and Hannah Klimek marked an 8-5 decision over Langkau and Laveau.

UW-Oshkosh welcomes a visit by Ripon College to the Kolf Sports Center Complex on Tuesday (Sept. 18).