Sept. 21, 2002

Complete Results

MILWAUKEE - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's tennis team dropped their season opener this afternoon to UW-Whitewater, 5-2, in Whitewater, Wis. The Panthers lost their fifth-straight season opener, having last beaten Northeastern Illinois to open the 1997 season.

Collecting their first collegiate wins were freshmen Alyssa Halcomb and Margie Vanlieshout, who won at second and fourth singles. Halcomb defeated UWW's Jenni Stamm, 6-2, 6-2, while VanLieshout needed three sets to defeat the Warhawks' Autum Wilkowski, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.

Two other Panthers nearly claimed victory as well, as sophomores Tammie Spiel and Megan Brown both lost in three sets. Victories from the pair of sophomores would have given the Panthers a 4-3 victory.

The Panthers return to action in two weeks when they travel to Muncie, Ind., to compete in the Ball State Invitational.