2008 WIAC Women's Tennis Championship
Saturday-Sunday, October 25-26
Hosted by UW-La Crosse
at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wis.

UW-Whitewater Wins Second Straight Women’s Tennis Championship

UW-Whitewater won its second straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) women’s tennis championship at the league meet that was held Oct. 25-26 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.

The team title was 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 accounted for one-third of the criteria, while the WIAC championship accounted for the remaining two-thirds.

The conference crown for the Warhawks is the ninth in school history and third time they have won back-to-back first-place trophies (1984-85, 1987-88).  UW-Whitewater totaled 21 points in the final championship standings to outdistance UW-La Crosse’s second-place total of 18.  UW-Eau Claire finished third with 15, UW-Oshkosh fourth with 11, UW-Stevens Point fifth with 10, UW-Stout sixth with five and UW-River Falls seventh with four.

UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh and UW-Whitewater advance to a team tournament to decide the conference’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division III Tournament.  The WIAC team tournament will be held at UW-Whitewater the weekend prior to the NCAA championship in the spring.

During the two-day conference championship, UW-Whitewater won all six singles titles and all three doubles crowns.  Former league member Marquette University is the only other program to win all nine individual titles at the WIAC championship - accomplishing the feat in 1982.

Leading the charge for UW-Whitewater was Jenny Woyahn who won her second straight No. 6 singles crown with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over UW-River Falls’ Mindy Rudiger.  

Kalla Schaefer claimed the No. 1 singles plaque with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over UW-Stout’s Allie Hinman, while Ingrid Stensvaag was victorious at No. 2 singles with a 6-2, 6-2 win over UW-Stevens Point’s Chelsea Allbaugh.

At No. 3 singles, Annie Smith earned a 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-0 triumph over UW-La Crosse’s Katie McDonald.  Amy Siemon won the No. 4 singles championship with a 6-2, 6-3 win over UW-Eau Claire’s Erin Welch.

Michelle Daciolas upended UW-La Crosse’s Sarah Schoenwaelder by a 6-3, 6-1 margin to claim the No. 5 singles title.

Schaefer and Siemon teamed to win the No. 1 doubles crown with an 8-1 victory over UW-Stevens Point’s Allbaugh and Rachel Benn, while Stensvaag and Daciolas claimed the No. 2 doubles title with an 8-2 win over UW-Eau Claire’s Welch and Brenna McCormick.  Siemon was the No. 3 doubles champion a year ago.

UW-Whitewater’s Brittany Gering won her second consecutive No. 3 doubles trophy with an 8-5 triumph over UW-Oshkosh’s Liz Leffler and Kristina Naidicz.   Kara Amundson teamed with Gering in the victory.

UW-Whitewater head coach Frank Barnes was voted the Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season, while UW-Stout’s Jodie Czech received the Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete Award.

Named to the All-Sportsmanship Team were:  UW-Eau Claire’s Brenna McCormick, UW-La Crosse’s Katie McDonald, UW-Oshkosh’s Brittany Braasch, UW-River Falls’ Kathryne Ostrowski, UW-Stevens Point’s Kaitlyn King, UW-Stout’s Kiersten Thomsen and UW-Whitewater's Jenny Woyahn.