Decorah, Iowa - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's tennis team had its seven match winning streak snapped with a 5-4 loss at Luther College (Iowa) Thursday afternoon. The Eagles drop to 14-4 on the season while the Norse improve to 17-9.

UWL took two of the three doubles matches as Kellie Hierl/Katie Kearney (No. 1) and Susi Hu/Ani Bulbulian (No. 2) earned victories. 

In singles, Hierl (No. 1) and Kearney (No. 3) each earned wins.

Luther College (Iowa) 5, UW-La Crosse 4
Singles competition
1. Kellie Hierl (UWL) def. Renata Martinez (LUTHER) 6-3, 6-4
2. Sofia Sackett (LUTHER) def. Susi Hu (UWL) 6-2, 3-6, 10-5
3. Katie Kearney (UWL) def. Julia Moreno (LUTHER) 6-3, 6-1
4. Riley O'Donnell (LUTHER) def. Kate Townsend (UWL) 6-3, 6-4
5. Natalia Smith (LUTHER) def. Ani Bulbulian (UWL) 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 10-3
6. M. Ramirez-Mainou (LUTHER) def. Emma Heinert (UWL) 6-3, 5-7, 10-6

Doubles competition
1. Kellie Hierl/Katie Kearney (UWL) def. Sofia Sackett/Natalia Smith (LUTHER) 8-6
2. Susi Hu/Ani Bulbulian (UWL) def. Emily Rubbelke/Kylie Dunning (LUTHER) 8-7 (8-6)
3. Lexi Hastings/Julia Moreno (LUTHER) def. Kate Townsend/Izzy Schmiesing (UWL) 8-7 (7-2)

UWL returns to action Saturday, April 29 at UW-Whitewater in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Automatic Qualifying Tournament for the NCAA Division III Championships. Match time is 12 p.m.