Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 20-21
at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wis.

The 36th edition of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women’s Tennis Championship will be held on Oct. 20-21 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium to decide six singles champions, three sets of doubles champions and one team champion.

The team title will be determined by using a combination of the regular season dual meet standings and the conference championship results.  The finish in the regular season conference standings accounts for one-third of the criteria, while the WIAC championship accounts for the remaining two-thirds. 

Point distribution following dual meet competition included:  UW-Whitewater (6-0) (7 points), UW-Eau Claire (5-1) (6 points), UW-Stout (3-3) (5 points), UW-River Falls (3-3) (4 points), UW-La Crosse (2-4) (3 points), UW-Stevens Point (2-4) (2 points) and UW-Oshkosh (0-6) (1 point).

The first day of competition will consist of the first two rounds of doubles matches followed by the first round of singles matches. The second day of the championship will feature the final two rounds of singles matches followed by the final round of doubles matches.

The top four teams (following the conclusion of the conference championship) will advance to a team tournament format that will determine the conference's automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III Tournament.  The team tournament will be held at the site of the overall conference champion the weekend prior to the NCAA championship next spring.

UW-La Crosse has won back-to-back WIAC championships and three of the last four events, as well as a league-leading 15 trophies.  Sophomore Carlie Bohrman claimed the No. 5 singles crown a year ago and is the top seed at No. 2 singles this season, while junior Debbie Braun was a member of the championship No. 3 doubles team in 2005 and will participate at No. 2 doubles this year.

UW-Whitewater has captured seven conference titles in program history, including the 2004 event and appears primed to return to the top of league ledger.

Senior Jessie Farrar won the No. 2 singles title in 2005 and is seeded third this year.  Junior Kara Amundson and senior Tiffany Dawson also won championships in 2005 at No. 5 singles and No. 6 singles, respectively.

UW-Eau Claire earned 10 straight conference championships from 1993-02.  Senior Kristie Carlson and sophomore Brenna McCormick earned the No. 2 doubles crown a season ago and are seeded second for this year’s competition.   McCormick also claimed the No. 6 singles crown during the 2006 event and is seeded second at No. 4 singles this year.

Blugold sophomore Gina Dahl and senior Liz Deprey teamed to win the No. 3 doubles title last season.  Dahl will be competing at No. 1 doubles and Deprey at No. 3 doubles for this year’s event.

UW-Stevens Point sophomore Rachel Benn won the No. 2 singles crown in 2006, while competing with UW-La Crosse.  She is seeded second at No. 1 singles for this year’s spectacle.

UW-River Falls freshman Kozue Matsumoto claimed the top seed at No. 1 singles after rolling through the regular season with a 13-0 record, including 6-0 in WIAC matches.   She will participate at No. 1 doubles as the second seed with sophomore Kathryne Ostrowski.

UW-Stout senior Michelle Hohl will compete as the third seed at No. 5 singles, while junior Jodie Czech enters the championship as the fourth seed at No. 2 singles.

UW-Oshkosh sophomore Whitney Tornow will participate at No. 3 singles as the fourth seed, while freshman Alison Broerman is the fourth seed at No. 6 singles.  Broerman will team with twin sister Kate at No. 2 doubles.

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