The UW-Oshkosh women's tennis team finished seventh in the race for the 2007 WIAC championship.

The Titans earned their overall ranking after placing seventh at the WIAC Tournament held Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 20-21) in Madison and seventh in the league's regular season dual meet standings. The overall WIAC champion is determined by using dual meet results as one-third of the championship criteria and postseason tournament rankings as the remaining two-thirds.

UW-Whitewater won the WIAC title for its eighth crown in school history and first since 2004. The Warhawks totaled 21 points in the final championship standings to outdistance second place UW-Eau Claire with 18 points. UW-River Falls finished third with 14 points, two-time defending champion UW-La Crosse placed fourth with 11, UW-Stout fifth with nine, UW-Stevens Point sixth with eight and UW-Oshkosh seventh with three.

UW-Whitewater, UW-Eau Claire, UW-River Falls and UW-La Crosse 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 in the spring at UW-Whitewater the weekend prior to the NCAA championship.

The Warhawks claimed three singles titles and a pair of doubles crowns during the two-day conference championship. Tiffany Dawson won the number five singles trophy with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 decision over UW-Eau Claire’s Erin Welch. Dawson earned the number sixth singles crown during the 2005 championship.

Lauren Fahl claimed the number four singles title with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over UW-Eau Claire’s Brenna McCormick, while Jenny Woyahn won the number sixth singles event with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over the Blugolds’ Liz Deprey.

In doubles competition, Fahl teamed with Jessica Farrar at number two and earned a championship with an 8-3 decision over UW-Eau Claire’s McCormick and Kristie Carlson.

The Warhawks’ Amy Siemon and Brittany Gering won the number three doubles title with a 9-8 (3) triumph against UW-Eau Claire’s Deprey and Welch.

UW-River Falls’ Kozue Matsumoto won the number one singles crown with a 6-1, 6-0 decision over UW-Whitewater’s Ingrid Stensvaag. Matsumoto teamed with Katie Ostrowski to win the number one doubles title after an 8-3 victory over UW-Eau Claire’s Gina Dahl and Sarah Riordan. The singles championship for Matsumoto was the first for the program since Jenny Anderson won the number three singles trophy in 1993, while the doubles victory was the school’s first since Anderson and Emily Davis claimed the number three title in 1993.

The Blugolds’ Dahl won the number two singles championship with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over UW-Stout’s Jodie Czech, while UW-La Crosse’s Katie McDonald earned the number three singles crown with a 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) triumph over UW-Eau Claire’s Kristie Carlson.

UW-Oshkosh's highest finish in any flight at the WIAC Tournament came in number five singles, where Brittany Braasch (So. • Ixonia) placed third. Braasch began play by defeating UW-River Falls' Katie Anderson ???? and losing to UW-Eau Claire's Erin Welch 6-3, 6-4. In the third-place match Braasch tallied a 6-4, 6-2 decision over UW-Stout's Michelle Hohl.

The Titans also had fourth-place results from Alison Broerman (Fr. • Kenosha) at number six singles and number two doubles as she teamed up with Kate Broerman (Fr. • Kenosha). Alison Broerman began the championship by defeating UW-River Falls' Lindsay Gillman 7-6 (3), 6-2 before losing to UW-Whitewater's Jenny Woyahn 6-1, 6-2. In the third-place match Alison Broerman lost to UW-Stevens Point's Kaylei Sorensen 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3).

In doubles play, the Broerman tandem defeated UW-River Falls' Katie Anderson and Mindy Rudiger 8-2. The duo finished action by losing 8-0 to UW-Whitewater's Lauren Fahl and Jessie Farrar and 8-5 to UW-La Crosse's Debbie Braun and Katie McDonald.

Other UW-Oshkosh participants that snagged victories included Jenna Abbott (Jr. • Oshkosh) at number two singles and Whitney Tornow (So. • Neenah) at number three singles.

Abbott's championship included a 6-1, 6-1 loss to Jessie Farrar of UW-Whitewater, a 6-1, 7-6 (3) victory over Emily Riordan of UW-Stevens Point and a 2-6, 6-0, 6-4 loss to Kathryne Ostrowski of UW-Eau Claire. Tornow lost her first match to UW-Whitewater's Kara Amundson 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 and then beat UW-Stevens Point's Mashell VerBockel 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

UW-Whitewater head coach Frank Barnes was voted the coach of the year, while the Warhawks’ Jessica Farrar received the Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete Award.

Named to the inaugural All-Sportsmanship Team were UW-Eau Claire’s Gina Dahl, UW-La Crosse’s Brit Wagner, UW-Oshkosh’s Brittany Braasch, UW-River Falls’ Katie Ostrowski, UW-Stevens Point’s Mashell VerBockel, UW-Stout’s Kiersten Johnson and UW-Whitewater’s Jessica Farrar. The team was selected for individuals that displayed exemplary sportsmanship throughout the season. It included one member from each school as selected by that school.