The UW-La Crosse women's tennis team set the tone with a 3-0 sweep in doubles play and flew to a 7-2 victory over UW-Oshkosh on Friday (Oct. 10) at the Kolf Sports Center Complex.

UW-La Crosse (7-1/3-0 WIAC) jumped to its early lead on doubles victories from Carlie Bohrman and Sarah Schoenwaelder in the first flight, Debbie Braun and Katie McDonald in the second and Megan Fallon and Kelly Kuether in the third.

Bohrman and Schoenwaelder edged Jenna Abbott (Sr. • Oshkosh) and Emily Bostwick (Fr. • Whitefish Bay), 8-5, while Braun and McDonald defeated Brittany Braasch (Jr. • Ixonia) and Alison Broerman (So. • Kenosha), 8-1. Fallon and Kuether rounded out UW-La Crosse's doubles sweep by posting an 8-6 win over Liz Leffler (Fr. • Racine) and Kristina Naidicz (Fr. • Kenosha).

UW-Oshkosh earned its only team points on singles wins by Bostwick in the third flight and Leffler in the fourth. Bostwick posted a 3-6, 6-4 (12-10) victory over McDonald, while Leffler tallied a 6-4, 6-4 triumph over Fallon.

The Titans suffered a tough loss at No. 2 singles as Abbott dropped a 5-7, 6-2 (10-5) decision to Bohrman.

Other singles winners for the Eagles were Kuether in the first flight, Schoenwaelder in the fifth and Braun in the sixth. Kuether registered a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Naidicz, while Schoenwaelder counted a 6-2, 6-0 win over Braasch. Braun won on a result of 7-6, 6-1 over Eva Counsell (Fr. • Elkhorn).

Emily Bostwick (Fr. • Whitefish Bay) won at both No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles to lead the UW-Oshkosh women's tennis team to a 6-3 victory over Lawrence University on Thursday (Sept. 25) at the Kolf Sports Center Complex.

Bostwick prevailed in singles play as she posted a 7-5, 6-2 win over Lisa Ritland. In doubles action, Bostwick teamed with Jenna Abbott (Sr. • Oshkosh) to record an 8-6 triumph over Ritland and Elizabeth Larson.

Liz Leffler (Fr. • Racine) also won twice for the Titans. She registered a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Emily Dalton at No. 4 singles and united with Kristina Naidicz (Fr. • Kenosha) to pick up an 8-4 win over Dalton and Emma Kent at No. 3 doubles.

Other winners for UW-Oshkosh (6-2) were Brittany Braasch (Jr. • Ixonia) and Alison Broerman (So. • Kenosha). Braasch marked a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Katherine Valde at No. 5 singles while Broerman tallied a 6-1, 7-6 win over Kent at No. 6 singles.

Lawrence University (9-4) owned a pair of singles winners in Larson and Hanah McCarthy. Larson beat Naidicz by a 6-2, 6-2 score in the first flight while McCarthy topped Abbott by a 4-6, 6-0 (10-7) result in the second.

The Vikings won at No. 2 doubles as McCarthy and Tara Lahtinen trimmed Braasch and Broerman, 9-8.

The WIAC has named UW-Oshkosh women's tennis players Jenna Abbott (Sr. • Oshkosh) and Emily Bostwick (Fr. • Whitefish Bay) as its Doubles Team of the Week. The award recognized their efforts in matches held Sept. 8-14.

Competing at No. 1 doubles, Abbott and Bostwick opened WIAC play by defeating their opponents from UW-Stout on Sept. 12 and UW-Eau Claire and Sept. 13.

In UW-Oshkosh’s 5-4 win over UW-Stout, Abbott and Bostwick posted an 8-6 victory over Amanda O’Keefe and Sarah Smith. In the Titans’ 6-3 loss to UW-Eau Claire, Abbott and Bostwick tallied an 8-6 win over Gina Dahl and Jackie Gillespie.

The UW-Oshkosh tandem concluded the week with a 2-1 record after dropping an 8-6 decision to Alana Humpal and Kathryn Nichols of Luther College (Iowa) on Sept. 13.

The UW-Oshkosh women’s tennis team opened the season by capturing 16-of-18 matches in wins over both Wartburg College (Iowa) and Edgewood College on Saturday (Aug. 30) at McKee Farms Park in Fitchburg.

The Titans prevailed, 8-1, in both matches as they started the season 2-0 for the second consecutive year. UW-Oshkosh took advantage of the doubles competition, sweeping all six contests.

Jenna Abbott (Sr. • Oshkosh) and Emily Bostwick (Fr. • Whitefish Bay) teamed up to take down Wartburg College’s Molly Eslick and Leanna Jenkins by a score of 8-6. The Titans’ No. 1 pair also defeated Edgewood College’s duo of Hannah Pinczak and Lizzie Starck in an 8-3 decision.

UW-Oshkosh’s No. 2 doubles flight of Brittany Braasch (Jr. • Ixonia) and Alison Broerman (So. • Kenosha) earned victories of 9-8 over Wartburg College (0-2) and 8-6 over Edgewood College (1-2). In the third flight, Liz Leffler (Fr. • Racine) and Kristina Naidicz (Fr. • Kenosha) posted wins of 8-0 and 8-2 against Wartburg and Edgewood, respectively.

Eslick topped Abbott in the No. 1 singles match, 6-0, 6-2 for Wartburg’s lone triumph. Bostwick defeated Emily Heying, 6-2, 4-6 (10-3) at No. 2 and Naidicz earned a 6-1, 6-2 win against No. 3 Jenkins.

In the fourth flight against Wartburg College, Braasch scored a pair of 6-1 set wins over Natalie Branstad, while Broerman knocked out Keyley Grant 6-2, 6-2 in flight No. 5. The sixth flight saw Leffler take both sets, 6-0, against Alana Schneider.

UW-Oshkosh also went 5-1 in singles play against Edgewood, led by Naidicz’s 6-0, 6-2 win over Jenny Pietkauskis in flight No. 3. Bostwick prevailed 6-3, 6-2 against Pinczak at No. 2, but Abbott fell, 7-6 (8-6), 6-0 to Kelsey Steinhorst in the first billing.

Braasch continued the Titans’ success with a fourth flight win of 6-1, 6-2 against Erica Troia, along with Broerman’s 6-2, 6-3 victory over Rebecca Chavey at No. 5. UW-Oshkosh closed out the match with a sixth-flight decision of 7-5, 6-2 from Leffler over Edgewood’s Brittany Storhoff.