La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's tennis team fell 8-1 to UW-Whitewater Saturday at La Crosse Central High School. The Eagles drop to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) while the Warhawks improve to 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the conference.

UWL's Kimberly Steinert won at No. 1 singles (6-4, 6-2) over Paige Nierman. 

UW-Whitewater 8, UW-La Crosse 1
Singles competition
1. Kimberly Steinert (UWL) def. Paige Nierman (UWW) 6-4, 6-2
2. Olivia Kraft (UWW) def. Maura Andersen (UWL) 6-3, 6-0
3. Sabrina Palavra (UWW) def. Kellie Hierl (UWL) 6-2, 6-0
4. Jessica Minkov (UWW) def. Shira Busch (UWL) 6-3, 6-4
5. Elsie Ha (UWW) def. Kaitlyn Kalinka (UWL) 6-1, 6-0
6. Courtney Day (UWW) def. Lauren Witt (UWL) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Paige Nierman/Sabrina Palavra (UWW) def. Kimberly Steinert/Kellie Hierl (UWL) 8-7 (7-4)
2. Molly Rueth/Megan Setter (UWW) def. Shira Busch/Maura Andersen (UWL) 8-3
3. Bryce Bigelow/Madalyn Bigelow (UWW) def. Hannah Riegle/Kaitlyn Kalinka (UWL) 8-3

UWL returns to action Friday, September 20 at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Midwest Regional at Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.).