La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's tennis team earned a 6-3 win over UW-Stevens Point Tuesday afternoon in the Eagles' final home dual of the fall season. UWL improves to 5-2 overall and 4-2 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) while UW-Stevens Point drops to 7-4 overall and 2-3 in the conference.
UWL took two of three doubles matches to start the dual.
Kellie Hierl/
Katie Kearney (No. 1) and
Kate Townsend/
Izzy Schmiesing (No. 3) won in doubles.
The Eagles won four singles matches on Tuesday, including Hierl (No. 1), Kearney (No. 3), Townsend (No. 5) and
Emma Heinert (No. 6).
UW-La Crosse 6, UW-Stevens Point 3
Singles competition
1.
Kellie Hierl (UWL) def. Quinlyn Mack (UWSPW) 6-1, 6-2
2. Tristin Jantz (UWSPW) def.
Susi Hu (UWL) 6-4, 6-2
3.
Katie Kearney (UWL) def. Faith Leithold (UWSPW) 7-6, 6-4
4. Barbara Covek (UWSPW) def.
Ani Bulbulian (UWL) 6-3, 6-2
5.
Kate Townsend (UWL) def. Maya Kunze (UWSPW) 6-2, 6-0
6.
Emma Heinert (UWL) def. Chloe Leithold (UWSPW) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles competition
1.
Kellie Hierl/
Katie Kearney (UWL) def. Quinlyn Mack/Tristin Jantz (UWSPW) 8-3
2. Barbara Covek/Jenna Koepp (UWSPW) def.
Susi Hu/
Ani Bulbulian (UWL) 8-5
3.
Kate Townsend/
Izzy Schmiesing (UWL) def. Jordan Scharf/Grace Henes (UWSPW) 8-5
UWL returns to action Saturday, October 22 at the WIAC Championships (presented by Culver's) at 1 p.m. at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
