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Anna Lee and Liv Herzog WIAC champions

Women's Tennis

Lee, Herzog win titles as Blugolds place 2nd at WIAC Championship

MADISON, Wis. (blugolds.com) – The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women's tennis team produced a singles champion and doubles champion at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship on Sunday at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. Anna Lee (So. – Buffalo, Minn.) earned the second singles conference title of her career by winning the No. 3 flight, and she and Liv Herzog (So. – Owatonna, Minn.) teamed up to win the No. 3 doubles title.

The Blugolds finished as the conference runner-up in the team standings. The Blugolds earned 18 points to finish three behind WIAC champion UW-Whitewater.

Lee won the No. 4 singles title as a freshman last fall, and remained a conference champion by taking the No. 3 title this year. She won 6-0, 6-2 in the semifinals, and defeated UW-Whitewater's Kellie Ha 3-6, 6-4 (10-4) in the finals to earn the crown.

In doubles, Lee and Herzog defeated UW-Oshkosh's Kayla Gibbs and Jameson Gregory 8-1 to win the No. 3 championship. It was the first doubles conference championship for either player. They had advanced to the championship match by winning twice on Saturday.

Herzog was also the runner-up at No. 5 singles. She won 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals before falling 7-5, 6-1 to UW-Whitewater's Alex Repplier in the finals.

Samantha Fuchs (Jr. – DeForest, Wis.) was the runner-up at No. 2 singles. She won her semifinal match 6-0, 6-2, but fell in the finals 6-3, 6-1 to UW-Whitewater's Gracie Ha.

UW-Eau Claire also had five third-place finishes. Clare Palen (Sr. – Rochester, Minn./Lourdes) took third at No. 1 singles, winning the third-place match 6-0, 6-1 over UW-Stevens Point's Tristin Jantz.

Sydney Presler (Sr. – Eau Claire, Wis./Altoona) finished third at No. 4 singles. She won the third-place match 6-0, 6-1 over UW-Oshkosh's Jameson Gregory.

Morgan Dekan (Jr. – Altoona, Wis.) took third in the No. 6 singles flight. She defeated UW-Oshkosh's Hannah Stitt 6-0, 6-1 to finish third.

In doubles, Palen and Fuchs teamed up to win the No. 1 third-place match 8-3 over UW-Stevens Point's Jantz and Jordan Scharf. Dekan and Presler took third at No. 2, beating UW-Stevens Point's Quinlyn Mack and Chloe Leithold 8-3 in the third-place match.

Presler was named the Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete, and Dekan was selected to the WIAC All-Sportsmanship team.
 
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Players Mentioned

Morgan Dekan

Morgan Dekan

Junior
Samantha Fuchs

Samantha Fuchs

Junior
Liv Herzog

Liv Herzog

Sophomore
Anna Lee

Anna Lee

Sophomore
Clare Palen

Clare Palen

Senior
Sydney Presler

Sydney Presler

Senior

Players Mentioned

Morgan Dekan

Morgan Dekan

Junior
Samantha Fuchs

Samantha Fuchs

Junior
Liv Herzog

Liv Herzog

Sophomore
Anna Lee

Anna Lee

Sophomore
Clare Palen

Clare Palen

Senior
Sydney Presler

Sydney Presler

Senior