Blue Devils wrap up first day of WIAC Tennis Championship

WIAC Tennis Championship | First Day Results

MADISON (October 26, 2019) - Coming in as the seventh seed in doubles, Mariah Kent and Kennedy Kleist improved their seed by winning their second place match and will play in the fifth place match at the 2019 WIAC Tennis Championship at Nielsen Tennis Stadium at UW-Madison Saturday.

Lauren Couves overcame a first set loss to battle back and went on to win her opening round at No. 2 singles.

Play concludes Sunday, Oct. 27.

No. 1 SinglesFirst Round
Natalie Wijesinghe (UW-Eau Claire) (#1) - Bye
Alyssa Leffler (UW-Oshkosh) (#4) def. Isabella Kranz (UW-River Falls) (#5) 6-0, 6-2
Paige Nierman (UW-Whitewater) (#3) def. Barbara Covek (UW-Stevens Point) (#6) 6-2, 6-0
Kimberly Steinert (UW-La Crosse) (#2) def. Annie Sandry (UW-Stout) (#7) 6-0, 6-0
Second Round
Wijesinghe (EC) vs. Leffler (OSH)
Kranz (RF) - Bye
Nierman (WW) vs. Steinert (LC)
Covek (STP) vs. Sandry (ST)
Fifth Place
Kranz (RF) vs. TBA
Third Place
TBA
Championship
TBA


No. 2 SinglesFirst Round
Olivia Kraft (UW-Whitewater) (#1) - Bye
Maura Andersen (UW-La Crosse) (#4) def. Olivia Watzke (UW-River Falls) (#5) 6-3, 6-1
Lauren Couves (UW-Stout) (#3) def. Emily Cooper (UW-Eau Claire) (#6) 2-6, 7-5 (10-7)
Samantha Koppa (UW-Oshkosh) (#2) def. Jenna Koepp (UW-Stevens Point) (#7) 6-1, 6-0
Second Round
Kraft (WW) vs. Andersen (LC)
Watzke (RF) - Bye
Couves (ST) vs. Koppa (OSH)
Cooper (EC) vs. Koepp (STP)
Fifth Place
Watzke (RF) vs. TBA
Third Place
TBA
Championship
TBA


No. 3 SinglesFirst Round
Sabrina Palavra (UW-Whitewater) (#1) - Bye
Kelley Hodyl (UW-Oshkosh) (#4) def. Marissa Delaney (UW-Stevens Point) (#5) 6-0, 6-0
Kellie Hierl (UW-La Crosse) (#3) def. Kailey Courteau (UW-River Falls) (#6) 6-1, 6-2
Lindsey Henderson (UW-Eau Claire) (#2) def. Elizabeth Wentzel (UW-Stout) (#7) 6-2, 6-2
Second Round
Palavra (WW) vs. Hodyl (OSH)
Delaney (STP) - Bye
Hierl (LC) vs. Henderson (EC)
Courteau (RF) vs. Wentzel (ST)
Fifth Place
Delaney (STP) vs. TBA
Third Place
TBA
Championship
TBA


No. 4 SinglesFirst Round
Jessica Minkov (UW-Whitewater) (#1) - Bye
Michelle Spicer (UW-Oshkosh) (#4) def. Gabby Potthoff (UW-River Falls) (#5) 6-4, 6-1
Shira Busch (UW-La Crosse) (#3) def. Lillie James (UW-Stevens Point) (#6) 6-4, 1-6 (7-10)
Elaine Franta (UW-Eau Claire) (#2) def. Kennedy Kleist (UW-Stout) (#7) 6-2, 6-0
Second Round
Minkov (WW) vs. Spicer (OSH)
Potthoff (RF) - Bye
Busch (LC) vs. Franta (EC)
James (STP) vs. Kleist (ST)
Fifth Place
Potthoff (RF) vs. TBA
Third Place
TBA
Championship
TBA


No. 5 SinglesFirst Round
Madeline Slicker (UW-Whitewater) (#1) - Bye
Lesley Kutnink (UW-Oshkosh) (#4) def. Abbie Reed (UW-River Falls) (#5) 6-1, 6-2
Kaitlyn Kalinka (UW-La Crosse) (#3) def. Alison Bognar (UW-Stevens Point) (#6) 6-2, 6-0
Alexa Brooks (UW-Eau Claire) (#2) def. Mariah Kent (UW-Stout) (#7) 6-0, 6-0
Second Round
Slicker (WW) vs. Kutnink (OSH)
Reed (RF) - Bye
Kalinka (LC) vs. Brooks (EC)
Bognar (STP) vs. Kent (ST)
Fifth Place
Reed (RF) vs. TBA
Third Place
TBA
Championship
TBA


No. 6 SinglesFirst Round
Elsie Ha (UW-Whitewater) (#1) - Bye
Anna Dobbe (UW-Stevens Point) (#5) def. Karyn Duddeck (UW-River Falls) (#4) 6-4, 6-0
Morgan Graf (UW-La Crosse) (#3) def. Taylor Johnson (UW-Oshkosh) (#6) 7-6 (4), 4-6 (10-4)
Emma Barnd (UW-Eau Claire) (#2) def. Emily Preston (UW-Stout) (#7) 6-1, 6-0
Second Round
Ha (WW) vs. Dobbe (STP)
Loser of #4/5 - Bye
Graf (LC) vs. Barnd (EC)
Johnson (OSH) vs. Preston (ST)
Fifth Place
Duddeck (RF) vs. TBA
Third Place
TBA
Championship
TBA


No. 1 DoublesFirst Round
Paige Nierman/Sabrina Palavra (UW-Whitewater) (#1) - Bye
Samantha Koppa/Kelley Hodyl (UW-Oshkosh) (#4) def. Lauren Couves/Elizabeth Wentzel (UW-Stout) (#5) 8-6
Natalie Wijesinghe/Emily Cooper (UW-Eau Claire) (#3) def. Barbara Covek/Jenna Koepp (UW-Stevens Point) (#6) 8-4
Kimberly Steinert/Kellie Hierl (UW-La Crosse) (#2) def. Isabella Kranz/Olivia Watzke (UW-River Falls) (#7) 8-4
Second Round
Koppa/Hodyl (OSH) def. Nierman/Palavra (WW) 8-6
Couves/Wentzel (ST) - Bye
Wijesinghe/Cooper (EC) def. Steinert/Hierl (LC) 8-5
Covek/Koepp (STP) def. Kranz/Watzke (RF) 8-3
Fifth Place
Couves/Wentzel (ST) vs. Covek/Koepp (STP)
Third Place
Nierman/Palavra (WW) vs. Steinert/Hierl (LC)
Championship
Koppa/Hodyl (OSH) vs. Wijesinghe/Cooper (EC)


No. 2 DoublesFirst Round
Molly Rueth/Megan Setter (UW-Whitewater) (#1) - Bye
Alyssa Leffler/Michelle Spicer (UW-Oshkosh) (#4) def. Kailey Courteau/Karyn Duddeck (UW-River Falls) (#5) 8-0
Maura Andersen/Kaitlyn Kalinka (UW-La Crosse) (#3) def. Lillie James/Nancy Cozzi (UW-Stevens Point) (#6) 8-4
Lindsey Henderson/Elaine Franta (UW-Eau Claire) (#2) def. Annie Sandry/Kylie Rennie (UW-Stout) (#7) 8-1
Second Round
Rueth/Setter (WW) def. Leffler/Spicer (OSH) 8-6
Courteau/Duddeck (RF) - Bye
Henderson/Franta (EC) def. Andersen/Kalinka (LC) 8-3 
James/Cozzi (STP) def. Sandry/Rennie (ST) 8-3
Fifth Place
Courteau/Duddeck (RF) vs. James/Cozzi (STP)
Third Place
Andersen/Kalinka (LC) vs. Leffler/Spicer (OSH)
Championship
Rueth/Setter (WW) vs. Henderson/Franta (EC)


No. 3 DoublesFirst Round
Olivia Kraft/Courtney Day (UW-Whitewater) (#1) - Bye
Gabby Potthoff/Abbie Reed (UW-River Falls) (#5) def. Lesley Kutnink/Taylor Johnson (UW-Oshkosh) (#4) 8-4
Hannah Riegle/Lauren Witt (UW-La Crosse) (#3) def. Anna Dobbe/Alexis Means (UW-Stevens Point) (#6) 8-4
Alexa Brooks/Emma Barnd (UW-Eau Claire) (#2) def. Kennedy Kleist/Mariah Kent (UW-Stout) (#7) 8-1
Second Round
Kraft/Day (WW) def. Potthoff/Reed (RF) 8-2
Kutnink/Johnson (OSH) - Bye
Brooks/Barnd (EC) def. Riegle/Witt (LC) 8-4
Kleist/Kent (ST) def. Dobbe/Means (STP) 8-3
Fifth Place
Kutnink/Johnson (OSH) vs. Kleist/Kent (ST)
Third Place
Potthoff/Reed (RF) vs. Riegle/Witt (LC)
Championship
Kraft/Day (WW) vs. Brooks/Barnd (EC)