Madison, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Falls women's tennis team took part in the WIAC Championships this past weekend. The team title is determined by using a combination of the regular-season dual-meet standings and the WIAC Championship results. The Falcons finished tied for 6^th overall.
 
THE RUNDOWN 
Results: UW-River Falls: 5 points (6^th  place)
Location: Nielsen Tennis Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
 
WHAT HAPPENED

• Isabella Kranz took part in the number one singles tournament as the fifth seed. In her first match, she fell to fourth seeded Alyssa Leffler of UW-Oshkosh, 0-6, 0-2.
• Kranz had a bye the second round.
• Kranz then played in the fifth place match against sixth seeded Barbara Covek of UW-Stevens Point. Kranz lost the match, 2-6, 4-6.
• In the number two singles, Olivia Watzke (5^th seed) fell 3-6 and 1-6 in her first match against Maura Anderson (4^th seed) of UW- La Crosse. She had a bye the second round.  Watzke was defeated in the fifth place match against Emily Cooper of UW-Eau Claire, 6-7, 0-6.
• Kailey Courteau took part in the number three singles for UWRF as the sixth seed. She was defeated in round one by Kellie Hierl (3^rd seed) of UW-La Crosse, 1-6 and 2-6. In the second round, she was defeated by seventh seeded Elizabeth Wentzel of UW-Stout, 6-7, 1-6.
• The Falcons had Gabby Potthoff (5^th seed) take part in the number four singles tournament. Falling 4-6 and 1-6 in the first round to Michelle Spicer (4^th seed) of UW-Oshkosh, she advanced to take on seventh seeded Kennedy Kleist of UW-Stout in the fifth place match after a second round bye. Haglund was downed in straight sets 5-7 and 1-6.
• River Falls' Abbie Reed (5^th seed) fell in her first match to fourth seeded Lesley Kutnink of UW-Oshkosh, 1-6, 2-6.  After a second round bye, Reed was defeated in the fifth place match by Alison Bognar (6^th seed) of UW-Stevens Point, 1-6, 0-6.
• In the final singles tournament, Karyn Duddeck took part as the fourth seed. In the first round she was defeated by fifth seeded Anna Dobbe of UW-Stevens Point in straight sets, 4-6, 0-6. In the second round, Duddeck advanced via a bye to the fifth place match. In that match, she was defeated by sixth seeded Taylor Johnson of UW-Oshkosh in straight sets 2-6, 0-6.
• In the doubles tournaments, the Falcons got a fourth place finish by the number three team of Gabby Potthoff and Abbie Reed, seeded fifth. They defeated UW-Oshkosh (4^th seed) in the first round, 8-4. In the second round, they were defeated by first seeded UW-Whitewater 2-8, sending them to the third place match.  Facing the third seeded number three team from UW-La Crosse, the Falcon duo were unable to obtain the third place finish with a 0-8 set loss.  
• Isabella Kranz was named the UW-River Falls representative on the All-Sportsmanship team. 

 
THE OPPOSITION

• UW-Whitewater obtained the 2019 overall team championship with a total of 21 points, UW-Eau Claire finished second with 18, and UW-La Crosse was third with 15 points.
• Winning the number one singles tournament was Natalie Wijesinghe of UW-Eau Claire with a straight set championship victory over Kimberly Steinert (LC).
• Wijesinghe also took part in the number one doubles championship with her partner Emily Cooper as the number three seed. They defeated the number four team from UW-Oshkosh 8-2 in the championship.

2019 Overall Championship Standings
1.  UW-Whitewater = 21 points
2.  UW-Eau Claire = 18 points
3.  UW-La Crosse = 15 points
4.  UW-Oshkosh = 12 points
5.  UW-Stevens Point = 8 points
6 (tied).  UW-River Falls = 5 points
6 (tied).  UW-Stout = 5 points

2019 WIAC Championship Points
1.  UW-Whitewater (54 points) (7 x 2 = 14 championship points)
2.  UW-Eau Claire (52 points) (6 x 2 = 12 championship points)
3.  UW-La Crosse (50 points) (5 x 2 = 10 championship points)
4.  UW-Oshkosh (38 points) (4 x 2 = 8 championship points)
5.  UW-Stevens Point (21 points) (3 x 2 = 6 championship points)
6.  UW-Stout (19 points) (2 x 2 = 4 championship points)
7.  UW-River Falls (18 points) (1 x 2 = 2 championship points)

2019 Dual-Meet Standings
1.  UW-Whitewater (6-0) (7 points)
2.  UW-Eau Claire (5-1) (6 points)
3.  UW-La Crosse (4-2) (5 points)
4.  UW-Oshkosh (3-3) (4 points)
5.  UW-River Falls (2-4) (3 points)
6.  UW-Stevens Point (1-5) (2 points)
7.  UW-Stout (0-6) (1 point)