Women's Tennis

UW-Stout's Becker and UW-Eau Claire's Henderson and Franta Named WIAC Kwik Trip Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week

MADISON, Wis.--University of Wisconsin-Stout's Ellie Becker and UW-Eau Claire's Lindsey Henderson and Elaine Franta have been named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Kwik Trip Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week for the week of Oct. 11 - 17.

Becker (Fr., St. James, Minn./St. James) snared UW-Stout’s lone win against UW-Whitewater on Oct. 16, and secured two wins at No. 3 singles on Oct. 17, to run her singles winning streak to five meets as UW-Stout defeated UW-Oshkosh, 9-0, and Marian University (Wis.), 9-0. Becker defeated the Warhawks’ Zenia Barretto, 3-6, 6-2, 10-7. Becker continued her strong play taking a 6-3, 6-2, win over the Titans' Jenna Nolde and a 6-0, 6-0 win over Marian's Julia Loomans. With the two wins, Becker extended her winning streak to five matches, stretching back to a tie-breaker win against Wisconsin Lutheran College on Oct. 3. Becker combined with Mariah Kent to win both matches on Oct. 17 at No. 2 doubles, 8-3 against UW-Oshkosh and 8-2 against Marian. On the season, Becker is 7-3 in singles and is 5-3 in doubles.
 
Henderson (Sr., Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake) and Franta (Jr., White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake) represented the Blugolds at the ITA National Tournament in Rome, Ga. In their opening match they dropped a 6-1, 6-0 decision to Goetz/Li of Emory University (Ga.), The duo rebounded to upend the No. 1 seed Landells/Roarty of The College of New Jersey. In the next round, Henderson and Franta fell 6-0, 6-0 to Ziehm/Kesterson of Southwestern University (Texas).

Also nominated for singles:
UW-Eau Claire, Alexa Brooks, Senior, Beaver Dam, Wis. (Beaver Dam)
UW-La Crosse, Kimberly, Steinert, Senior, Oshkosh, Wis. (West)
UW-Oshkosh, Michelle Spicer, Milwaukee, Wis. (Lutheran)
UW-Stevens Point, Kaitlyn Hess, Senior, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (Lincoln)
UW-Whitewater, Gianna Nikoleit, Freshman, Elmhurst, Ill. (York Community)

Also nominated for doubles:
UW-La Crosse, Morgan Graf, Junior, Sullivan, Wis. (Jefferson) & Hannah Riegle, Junior, Chatham, Ill. (Glenwood)
UW-Oshkosh, Alyssa Pattee, Freshman, Waupun, Wis. (Waupun) & Hannah Stitt, Sophomore, Baldwin, Wis. (Baldwin-Woodville)
UW-Stevens Point, Barbara Covek, Junior, Barrington, Ill. (Barrington) & Jenna Koepp, Junior, Watertown, Wis. (Watertown)
UW-Stout, Lauren Couves, Junior, Ames, Iowa (Ames) & Annie Sandry, Senior, Clara City, Minn. (MACCRAY)
UW-Whitewater, Bryce Bigelow, Senior, Kenosha, Wis. (Tremper) & Madalyn Bigelow, Senior, Kenosha, Wis. (Tremper)
 
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