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October 14, 2002
Women’s Tennis Places Fourth at GLVC Tourney
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville women’s tennis team took home a fourth-place finish at the GLVC Championship, which was held Friday and Saturday at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in St. Louis.
SIUE opened play as the fourth seed and knocked off fifth seed Northern Kentucky 5-3. Gina Wohltman (Effingham), Katy McKay (Caseyville) and Allison Coats (Belleville) all were victorious in their singles matches. All-GLVC selection Keli Keener (Bethalto) and Wohltman won a doubles match, as well as the duo of McKay and Coats.
The Cougars then drew top-seeded Indianapolis and fell 5-1. Wohltman and Keener picked up the only Cougar victory in doubles action. In the third-place match, Southern Indiana defeated SIUE 5-1.
The Cougars close the fall season at a 7-5 overall record and a 6-3 mark in conference play.
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