Blue Devils meet Falcons in breakfast match

UW-River Falls 6. UW-Stout 3

MENOMONIE (September 15, 2019) - Lauren Couves was part of two victories and Mariah Kent needed three sets to take a win as UW-Stout was defeated by UW-River Falls, 6-3, in a breakfast-time match Sunday morning at the South Courts.

Kent, playing at No. 5 singles, opened her match with with the Falcons' Abbie Reed with a 6-4 win. But Reed battled back to knot the match at one set apiece with a 6-3 win. Kent returned the favor in the third set with a 6-3 win.

Couves found wins at No. 1 doubles with partner Elizabeth Wentzel and at No. 2 singles. Couves and Wentzel took an 8-6 win in doubles over Isabella Kranz and Olivia Watke. Couves dispatched Watke at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-0.

Annie Sandry dropped her first set at No. 1 singles to Kranz 6-1, but dug deep to force a tie breaker in the second set, but came up just short, 7-6. 

Wentzel, playing at No. 3 singles, lost 7-6 on a tie-breaker in the first set with Kailey Courteau, then lost the second set 6-1. 

The Blue Devils are off until Wednesday, Sept. 28 when they face St. Thomas at 4 p.m. in a make-up date from an earlier season rain-out. 


UW-River Falls 6, UW-Stout 3
9/15/2019 at Menomonie, Wis. (South Courts)

Singles competition

1. Isabella Kranz (UWRF) def. Annie Sandry (STOUT) 6-1, 7-6 (5-0)

2. Lauren Couves (STOUT) def. Olivia Watke (UWRF) 6-2, 6-0

3. Kailey Courteau (UWRF) def. Elizabeth Wentzel (STOUT) 7-6 (0-7), 6-1

4. Gabby Potthoff (UWRF) def. Kennedy Kleist (STOUT) 6-1, 6-1

5. Mariah Kent (STOUT) def. Abbie Reed (UWRF) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

6. Karyn Duddeck (UWRF) def. Elizabeth Wahlquist (STOUT) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles competition

1. Lauren Couves/Elizabeth Wentzel (STOUT) def. Isabella Kranz/Olivia Watke (UWRF) 8-6

2. Kailey Courteau/Karyn Duddeck (UWRF) def. Annie Sandry/Kylie Rennie (STOUT) 8-4

3. Gabby Potthoff/Abbie Reed (UWRF) def. Kennedy Kleist/Mariah Kent (STOUT) 8-6

Match Notes

UW-River Falls 3-3, 1-1 WIAC

UW-Stout 0-4, 0-3 WIAC

Exhibition: Delaney Osmond (RF) def. Kayla Chamberlain, 8-0;

Kyrstin Hanson (S) def. McKenna Kellogg, 8-2;