Rock Island, Ill. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's tennis team split a pair of matches Saturday, falling 7-2 to Augustana College (Ill.) while earning a 7-2 victory over Coe College (Iowa).  UWL is now 18-3 on the season.  Augustana (Ill.) is 19-2 on the year and Coe (Iowa) 13-7.

UWL is ranked 16th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Central Region while Augustana (Ill.) is ranked 15th and Coe (Iowa) 20th.

UWL's Bridget Bellissimo is ranked 14th in singles in the ITA Central Region while Augustana's (Ill.) Lauren Goggin is 15th and Coe's (Iowa) Haley Resnick is 19th.  Resnick and Lauren French are ranked 10th in doubles in the ITA Central Region.
 
Augustana College (Ill.) 7, UW-La Crosse 2
Singles competition
1. Goggin, Lauren (AUGIE) def. Bridget Bellissimo (UWL) 3-6, 7-5, 10-7
2. Goggin, Dana (AUGIE) def. Sadie Spahn (UWL) 6-0, 6-4
3. Schaffer, Caitlyn (AUGIE) def. Hayley Clope (UWL) 6-2, 6-2
4. Badawi, Zeana (AUGIE) def. Samantha Fleming (UWL) 6-4, 6-2
5. Maura Andersen (UWL) def. Andonova, Vicki (AUGIE) 6-1, 6-1
6. Alaina Bublitz (UWL) def. Lombardi, Madeline (AUGIE) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Goggin, Dana/Schaffer, Caitlyn (AUGIE) def. Bridget Bellissimo/Sadie Spahn (UWL) 8-6
2. Goggin, Lauren/Lombardi, Madeline (AUGIE) def. Hayley Clope/Alaina Bublitz (UWL) 8-4
3. Badawi, Zeana/Andonova, Vicki (AUGIE) def. Samantha Fleming/Kim Drangeid (UWL) 8-6

UW-La Crosse 7, Coe College (Iowa) 2
Singles competition
1. Bridget Bellissimo (UWL) def. Haley Resnick (COEW) 6-3, 6-2
2. Lauren French (COEW) def. Sadie Spahn (UWL) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-1)
3. Hayley Clope (UWL) def. Sarah Lasecki (COEW) 6-4, 6-1
4. Samantha Fleming (UWL) def. Kaitlin Fosler (COEW) 6-4, 6-0
5. Maura Andersen (UWL) def. Lakyn Boltz (COEW) 6-0, 6-1
6. Alaina Bublitz (UWL) def. Ella White (COEW) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)

Doubles competition
1. Haley Resnick/Lauren French (COEW) def. Bridget Bellissimo/Sadie Spahn (UWL) 8-2
2. Hayley Clope/Alaina Bublitz (UWL) def. Sarah Lasecki/Kaitlin Fosler (COEW) 8-4
3. Samantha Fleming/Kim Drangeid (UWL) def. Lakyn Boltz/Ella White (COEW) 8-0

UWL returns to action Sunday, April 2 at noon at Edgewood College (Wis.).