Box Score

The Carthage women's tennis team (20-3, 7-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked No. 13 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's April 9 NCAA Division III-Central Region poll, fell to Augustana College (Ill., 22-8, 5-2), 5-3, in the semifinals of the CCIW Women's Tennis Automatic Qualifier Tournament, on Friday, April 24, at the Wheaton College (Ill.) Tennis Courts in Wheaton, Ill.  The Vikings were ranked No. 18 in the regional poll.
 
Haleigh McPeek (Sr., Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest, 22-5), ranked No. 20 in the region, was a winner at No. 1 singles, defeating the Viking's and No. 22 Lauren Goggin, 6-2, 6-2.  Max Mella (Fr., Warren, Ill./Warren Township, 17-10) fell at No. 2 singles to Dana Goggin, the latter winning 6-4, 6-2.  Abbi Howell (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest, 23-9) lost at No. 3 singles, as did Taylor Bolyard (Fr., Kenosha, Wis./Tremper, 17-6) at No. 4 singles, and Kristen Kalinka (So., Kenosha, Wis./St. Joseph, 9-4) at No. 5 singles.  Kirsten Peterson's (Jr., Hastings, Minn./Hastings, 21-4) match at No. 6 singles against Augustana's Vicki Andonova was left unfinished with a score of 5-7, 6-2, 3-1.
 
The No. 1 doubles tandem of McPeek and Mella (27-6) defeated the Viking's duo of Dana Goggin and Ali MacDonald, 8-6. The team of Bolyard and Kalinka (22-5) fell at No. 2 doubles, however, the pair of Howell and Peterson (9-3) defeated the duo of Miranda Pence and Andonova, 8-3.