Box Score WHITEWATER, Wis. – The Edgewood College Women's Tennis team competed at the ITA Midwest Regional with some players also competing at the Midwest Open, hosted by UW-Whitewater over the weekend. The Eagles had a solid showing at the event, which attracts the top players and teams from the region, highlighted by an Ellie Murphy win in her Midwest Open singles bracket.

EAGLES RESULTS
- Cecile Fuchs (ITA Singles): 2-1
- Alyssa Carew (ITA Singles): 0-1
- Ally Verbauwhede (ITA Singles): 0-1
- Carew/Murphy (ITA Doubles): 2-1
- Fuchs/Verbauwhede (ITA Doubles): 1-1
- Alina Tweet (Midwest Singles): 0-1
- Maggie Burgmeier (Midwest Singles): 0-1
- Karina Manders (Midwest Singles): 0-1
- Callie Belschner (Midwest Singles): 0-1
- Gigi Kuecker (Midwest Singles): 0-1
- Maeryn Shepherd (Midwest Singles): 0-1
- Ellie Murphy (Midwest Singles): 4-0, bracket champion
- Maddy Coopmans (Midwest Singles): 1-1
- Manders/Shepherd (Midwest Doubles): 0-1
- Tweet/Coopmans (Midwest Doubles): 1-1

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The top players from the region compete in the ITA brackets and the Eagles had a strong showing in those, highlighted by Cecile Fuchs going 2-1. Fuchs won twice on Friday, going 6-0, 6-2 in her first draw before a 6-1, 6-1 win in the second. She was defeated by the tournament's top seed, Grace Riermann of Bethel, who is still alive in the tournament.

- Murphy and Carew won two doubles matches to advance to Saturday, winning 8-6 and 8-7 (7-4). They fell on Saturday by an 8-2 score against the seven seed in the tournament.

- Murphy was sensational in her 14-player bracket, going 4-0 for a championship. In the final, she defeated Tea Armstrong of UW-Eau Claire, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3). Three of Murphy's wins need a tiebreak set. She opened with a 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8) win over Chloe Leithold of UW-Stevens Point and won her second match by a 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (14-12) score of Rachel Papp of Carroll.

UP NEXT
- The Eagles will visit St. Norbert College for a NACC match next Saturday at 10 a.m.