2004 WIAC Women's Tennis
Athletes of the Week

Week of Oct. 11 - 17
Singles
Mercedes Blanch, Senior (Huesca, Spain/Yelm, Wash.), of UW-Oshkosh
Blanch won all three of her No. 1 singles contests against opponents from UW-Stevens Point on October 13, St. Olaf (Minn.) on October 16 and UW-Whitewater on October 16. She topped Tiffany Serpico of UW-Stevens Point, 6-2, 6-0; Beth Erie of St. Olaf, 7-5, 6-0; and Kristin Chamberlain of UW-Whitewater, 7-6, 6-3.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Kristie Carlson, Freshman, Arden Hills, Minn. (Mounds View)
UW-La Crosse, Angie Riedel, Sophomore, Wauwatosa (East)
UW-River Falls, Jen Kersten, Freshman, Eau Claire (Memorial)
UW-Whitewater, Nicole Stamm, Sophomore, Brookfield (Greendale Martin Luther)

Doubles
Sarah Riordan, Freshman (Appleton/North) & Molly Hunt, Sophomore (Owatonna, Minn.), of UW-Eau Claire
Riordan and Hunt remained undefeated in doubles action this season, topping the UW-River Falls duo of Becky Breise and Sarah VandenHoek. The Blugold combo lost just two games, winning 8-2 in the No. 2 doubles spot.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Erin Fekete, Sophomore, Menomonie & Shannon Mikulecky, Freshman, Lombard, Ill. (Glenbard East)
UW-Oshkosh, Jamie Simon, Freshman, Green Bay (Southwest) & Tina Wiesner, Freshman, Racine (Park)
UW-Stevens Point, Kim Goron, Senior, Green Bay (Notre Dame) & Angie Brown, Sophomore, Fond du Lac
UW-Whitewater, Kristin Chamberlain, Senior, Algonquin, Ill. (Jacobs) & Autum Wilkowski, Senior, Milwaukee (Bay View)

Week of Oct. 4 - 10
Singles
Louie Dubinski, Junior (Mukwonago), of UW-La Crosse
Dubinski went 4-0 at No. 4 singles this week, including a pair of conference victories. She defeated Maggie Seitz of UW-Whitewater, 6-4, 6-4, and Emily Bouche of UW-Stevens Point, 6-1, 6-4. Dubinski also beat Sally Fairfield of Beloit, 6-3, 6-0, and Katie Dulmage of Chicago (Ill.), 6-0, 6-1.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Kristie Carlson, Freshman, Arden Hills, Minn. (Mounds View)
UW-Oshkosh, Mercedes Blanch, Senior, Huesca, Spain (Yelm, Wash.)
UW-Stevens Point, Angie Brown, Sophomore, Fond du Lac
UW-Stout, Nicole Hayek, Junior, Rochester, Minn.
UW-Whitewater, Autum Wilkowski, Senior, Milwaukee (Bay View)

Doubles
Autum Wilkowski, Senior (Milwaukee/Bay View) & Kristin Chamberlain, Senior (Algonquin, Ill./Jacobs), of UW-Whitewater
The No. 1 doubles combination went 3-0 this week, highlighted by an 8-4 victory over UW-La Crosse's Angie Riedel and Erica Schmelzer. Wilkowski and Chamberlain also had victories over Lawrence, 8-5, and UW-Stevens Point 8-4. The Warhawk duo is now 5-0 in the conference and 8-3 overall with all three losses against regionally ranked opponents.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Kristie Carlson, Freshman, Arden Hills, Minn. (Mounds View) & Lindsay Lee, Senior, Eau Claire (Memorial)
UW-La Crosse, Louie Dubinski, Junior, Mukwonago & Julie Tellefsen, Sophomore, Racine (St. Catherine's)
UW-Oshkosh, Mercedes Blanch, Senior, Huesca, Spain (Yelm, Wash.) & Lauren Young, Senior, Menasha

Week of Sept. 27 - Oct. 3
Singles
Leah Baron, Junior (Hermantown, Minn./Proctor-Hermantown), of UW-River Falls
Baron had a solid week for the Falcons at No. 2 singles as she played the deciding match in a 5-4 dual meet victory at UW-Oshkosh. She defeated UW-Oshkosh's Lauren Young, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, to give the Falcons the win. Baron also upended UW-Stevens Point's Angie Brown, 6-3, 6-1, to improve her overall singles record to 8-2 on the season.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Lindsay Lee, Senior, Eau Claire (Memorial)
UW-La Crosse, Julie Tellefsen, Sophomore, Racine (St. Catherine's)
UW-Oshkosh, Jamie Simon, Freshman, Green Bay (Southwest)
UW-Stevens Point, Tiffany Serpico, Senior, Arlington Heights, Ill. (Algonquin Jacobs)
UW-Stout, Grace Brothen, Sophomore, White Bear Lake, Minn.

Doubles
Angie Riedel, Sophomore (Wauwatosa/East) & Erica Schmelzer, Junior (Brookfield/Central), of UW-La Crosse
Riedel and Schmelzer swept a pair of No. 1 doubles matches this week in conference play. The duo defeated Katie Kuzma/Kristie Carlson of UW-Eau Claire, 8-2, and Mercedes Blanch/Lauren Young of UW-Oshkosh, 8-3. Riedel and Schmelzer improved to 8-1 on the season with the two victories.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Molly Hunt, Sophomore, Owatonna, Minn. & Sarah Riordan, Freshman, Appleton (North)
UW-Oshkosh, Mercedes Blanch, Senior, Huesca, Spain (Yelm, Wash.) & Lauren Young, Senior, Menasha
UW-River Falls, Megan Knobloch, Junior, Marshfield (Columbus) & Leah Baron, Junior, Hermantown, Minn. (Hermantown-Proctor)
UW-Stevens Point, Tiffany Serpico, Senior, Arlington Heights, Ill. (Algonquin Jacobs) & Emily Bouche, Freshman, Dane (Sauk Prairie)

Week of Sept. 20 - 26
Singles
Angie Riedel, Sophomore (Wauwatosa/East), of UW-La Crosse
Riedel advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships held September 24-26 at Luther (Iowa). She went 3-1 in singles play, defeating Shweta Khajuria of Grinnell (Iowa), 7-5, 6-4, Amanda Sta Romana of Carthage, 7-6 (5), 6-2, and Kara Smiley of Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 3-6, 7-6)4), 10-6, before falling to eventual second-place finisher Jaime Gaard of Gustavus Adolphus in the quarterfinals.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, Lauren Young, Senior, Menasha
UW-River Falls, Leah Baron, Junior, Hermantown, Minn.
UW-Stout, Grace Brothen, Sophomore, White Bear Lake, Minn.

Doubles
Mercedes Blanch, Senior (Huesca, Spain/Yelm, Wash.) & Lauren Young, Senior (Menasha), of UW-Oshkosh
The doubles tandem advanced to the quarterfinal round of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships held September 24-26 at Luther (Iowa) College. They won two of their three matches with their lone setback being an 8-2 loss to top seed and eventual champion Lauren Horn and Kara Smiley of Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.).

Also nominated:
UW-River Falls, Sarah VandenHoek, Sophomore, Elk River, Minn. & Becky Briese, Sophomore, Roseau, Minn.

Week of Sept. 13 - 19
Singles
Angie Riedel, Sophomore (Wauwatosa/East), of UW-La Crosse
Riedel won the No. 1 singles title at the UW-La Crosse Invitational held September 17-18. She went 3-0 overall and defeated teammate Erica Schmelzer, 6-1, 6-2, in the final. Riedel defeated UW-Oshkosh's Lauren Young in the first round and Winona State's (Minn.) Michelle Bailey in the second round to advance to the finals.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Katie Kuzma, Junior, Buffalo, Minn.
UW-Oshkosh, Jamie Simon, Freshman, Green Bay (Southwest)
UW-River Falls, Leah Baron, Junior, Hermantown, Minn.
UW-Stevens Point, Tiffany Serpico, Senior, Arlington Heights, Ill. (Algonquin Jacobs)
UW-Stout, Elizabeth Hanson, Sophomore, Waseca, Minn.
UW-Whitewater, Kristin Chamberlain, Senior, Algonquin, Ill. (Jacobs)

Doubles
Amber Weissinger, Senior (Eau Claire/North) & Jen Kersten, Freshman (Eau Claire/Memorial), of UW-River Falls
Weissinger and Kersten went undefeated this week at No. 3 doubles. In WIAC play, they beat UW-Whitewater's Andrea Alioto and Katherine Smith, 8-6, giving the Falcons their only point in the dual match. The duo also defeated a St. Mary's (Minn.) team, 8-2, to improve to 4-1 on the season.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Angie Riedel, Sophomore, Wauwatosa (East) & Erica Schmelzer, Junior, Brookfield (Central)
UW-Oshkosh, Mercedes Blanch, Senior, Huesca, Spain (Yelm, Wash.) & Lauren Young, Senior, Menasha
UW-Stevens Point, Tiffany Serpico, Senior, Arlington Heights, Ill. (Algonquin Jacobs) & Kim Goron, Senior, Green Bay (Notre Dame)

Week of Sept. 6 - 12
Singles
Kara Theis, Sophomore (Greendale), of UW-Whitewater
Theis improved her record to 7-0 this week by winning the No. 3 singles title at the Warhawk Invitational on September 11 and claiming a dual match victory against an UW-Eau Claire opponent. At the 34th annual Warhawk Invitational on September 11, Theis claimed the No. 3 singles title, winning matches against Wisconsin Lutheran, UW-La Crosse and UW-Oshkosh, losing only six games in six sets. Theis also defeated UW-Eau Claire's Laura Geissler, 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5 singles in UW-Whitewater's 7-2 dual meet victory on September 10.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Katie Kuzma, Junior, Buffalo, Minn.
UW-La Crosse, Julie Tellefsen, Sophomore, Racine (St. Catherine's)
UW-Oshkosh, Mercedes Blanch, Senior, Heusca, Spain (Yelm, Wash.)
UW-River Falls, Megan Knobloch, Junior, Marshfield (Columbus)
UW-Stevens Point, Nikki Koon, Freshman, Ripon
UW-Stout, Tina Rodin, Senior, Champlin, Minn. (Park)

Doubles
Erin Fekete, Sophomore (Menomonie) & Shannon Mikulecky, Freshman, Lombard, Ill. (Glenbard East) of UW-La Crosse
Fekete and Mikulecky won the No. 2 doubles crown at the UW-Whitewater Invitational on September 11. The duo went 3-0 in the tournament and defeated UW-Eau Claire's Liz DePrey and Molly Hunt, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2, in the championship match.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, Kaia Viney, Freshman, Cottage Grove (Monona Grove) & Tina Wiesner, Freshman, Racine (Park)
UW-River Falls, Leah Baron, Junior, Hermantown, Minn. & Megan Knobloch, Junior, Marshfield (Columbus)
UW-Stevens Point, Liz Ganshert, Senior, Stoughton & Jada Fenske, Senior, Milton

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