Women's Tennis | 10/17/2026 5:48:00 PM
Whitewater, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's tennis team clinched the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) regular season title with a 6-1 victory at UW-Whitewater Saturday afternoon at the Warhawk Outdoor Tennis Complex.
The Eagles improve to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the WIAC while the Warhawks drop to 5-2 overall and 4-2 in the conference.
Lauren Lindow
WIAC TITLE
* UWL clinched the WIAC regular season title outright with Saturday's win. The Eagles had secured at least a share of the championship with a 7-0 victory over UW-Eau Claire on October 14.
* It is the Eagles' 17th regular season conference championship in school history, including second straight.
* With Saturday's win, UWL finished undefeated in conference duals for fourth time (2005, 2006, 2025, 2026) in school history.
* Head coach
Bill Hehli has now led UWL to five (2003, 2005, 2006, 2025, 20226) WIAC regular season titles.
* The conference champion is determined by regular season standings. The WIAC Tournament will be held in April-May 2027 with the winner earning the league's automatic bid to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championships.
CONFERENCE SUCCESS
* UWL improves to 19-1 in its last 20 WIAC duals with Saturday's win.
* The Eagles have won 13 straight league duals.
DOUBLES PLAY
* UWL won the team point with victories at No. 2 and 3.
*
Lily Jorgenson/
Caitlyn Stadter defeated Alex Repplier/Kaitlyn Remke at No. 2 (7-5).
*
Maia Samuelson/
Lauren Lindow beat Ashley Adkisson/Savannah Millard at No. 3 (7-5).
* UW-Whitewater's Abigail Weaver/Ava Andrae defeated
Hannah Cady/
Shelby Roth at No. 1 (7-6).
Hannah Cady
SINGLES PLAY
* UWL took five of the six singles matches to earn the team victory.
* Jorgenson defeated Remke at No. 2 (6-2, 6-1).
* Stadter beat Adkisson at No. 3 (6-3, 6-0).
* Lindow defeated Millard at No. 4 (6-0, 6-0).
* Cady beat Chloe Knutson at No. 5 (6-0, 6-1).
* Samuelson defeated Repplier at No. 6 (6-7, 6-3, 10-8).
* UW-Whitewater's Weaver beat Roth at No. 1 (6-2, 6-4).
UP NEXT
* UWL travels to Hamline University (Minn.) on Saturday, October 24 at 11 a.m.
