Women's tennis defeats La Crosse for third WIAC win

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women’s tennis was jumped back into Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) play on Wednesday with a trip to UW-La Crosse to face the Eagles. With two of the top teams in the conference battling it out on the court, UW-Eau Claire powered through and found the edge over UWL, 5-4, for their third WIAC victory of the fall.

HOW IT HAPPENEDSamantha Fuchs (Senior. — DeForest, Wis.) and Anna Lee (Senior — Buffalo, Minnesota) both went 2-0 on the day as the pair for Blugolds won their singles matches and took home a 8-4 victory in #1 doubles. Liv Herzog (Junior — Owatonna, Minnesota) also went 2-0 on the day with a win at #5 singles and victory at #3 doubles.

Morgan Dekan (Sr. — Altoona, Wisconsin) helped secure that #3 doubles win with Herzog as the Blugolds went into the singles matches with a 2-1 lead.

UWEC handed UWL their first loss of the season and currently sit in second place with a 3-1 WIAC record.

WHAT’S NEXTThe Blugolds will return home for more WIAC play this weekend with a pair of home matches against UW-Stevens Point and UW-Oshkosh on Friday and Saturday. Both matches will be hosted at the 10th Street Park in Altoona, Wisconsin. Friday’s match against the Pointers is scheduled for 3 p.m. and Saturday’s match against the Titans is scheduled for 2 p.m.