Falcon Sports Archive

Falcons Finish Fifth at WIAC Meet

Oct. 20, 2002

The Falcon women's tennis team placed fifth at the WIAC Meet held over the weekend in Madison.

The Falcons finished with 24 points at the meet. Combined with the three points the team earned for a 2-4 WIAC dual meet record, the Falcons finished with nine total points to place fifth in the final overall WIAC standings. The finish in the regular season conference standings accounts for one-third of the criteria, while the WIAC meet accounts for the remaining two-thirds.

At No. 1 singles, Jordan Anderson placed fifth overall. She lost her first match to Whitewater's Jennifer Stamm, 6-4, 7-6. She then defeated Stout's Rachael Weber, 6-0, 6-0. In the match for fifth place she defeated Stevens Point's Amber Wilkowski, 6-0, 6-1.

At No. 2, Amanda Gray also placed fifth. She lost to La Crosse's Jessica White, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 in her first match. She received a bye in the second and won the fifth place match over Stout's Tanya Petcher, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

At No. 3, Mary Metzer placed sixth. She opened with a lost to Whitewater's Autum Wilkowski, 6-2, 6-2. She then defeated UWSP's Tiffany Serpico, 6-3, 6-0. But she lost in the fifth place match to Stout's Lauren Patient, 6-3, 6-0.

At No. 4, Meredith Verberne also placed fifth. She lost a first round match to Oshkosh's Lauren Young, 6-1, 2-6, 6-1. She came back to beat Stout's Meghan Fieber, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1. She won the fifth place match over Stevens Point's Gretchen Weddig, 6-1, 6-4.

At No. 5, Megan Knobloch earned a fourth place finish. She opened with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Oshkosh's Michelle Baur, She then lost to Eau Claire's Becky Hollinger, 6-1, 6-4. In the match for third place she lost to Whitewater's Maggie Krueger, 6-3, 6-1.

At No. 6, Amber Weissinger lost to Oshkosh's Allison Orzech, 7-6, 6-1, to open her competition. She came back to beat Stevens Point's Rachel Ferge, 6-3, 6-4. But she lost in the match for fifth place to Stout's Tina Rodin, 6-4, 6-4.

In Friday's competition the Falcons No. 1 doubles team of Anderson and Gray placed third.

Anderson and Gray, seeded fifth in the tourney, beat the No. 4 seeded team of Kristen Mader and Erica Schmelzer of La Crosse, 8-5. The round two the Falcon pair lost the No 1 team from Eau Claire, Laurie Alonso and Alison Hover, 8-5. In the match for third place the Falcons beat the Whitewater team of Maggie Krueger and Autum Wilkowski, 8-5.

The No. 2 Falcon team of Mary Metzer and Meredith Verberne lost to the Whitewater team of Andrea Alioto and Jennifer Stamm, 8-1. The Falcons then lost in round two to the Stout team of Amy Boyle and Meghan Fieber, 9-7.

The No. 3 Falcon team of Megan Knobloch and Amber Weissinger list to the La Crosse team of Louie Dubinski and Jessica White, 8-1. In round two they lost to the Stout team of Tina Rodin and Rachael Weber, 8-4.

Falcons Compete at WIAC Meet

Oct. 19, 2002

The Falcons No. 1 doubles team of Jordan Anderson and Amanda Gray placed third at the WIAC meet being held in Madison.

Singles action continues on Sunday.

Falcons Defeated by La Crosse

Oct. 12, 2002

The Falcons lost a tough match to La Crosse on Saturday. La Crosse took 8 points, but River Falls Jordan Anderson defeated La Crosse player Kristen Mader to take 1 point..

The Falcons, now 9-6 overall and 2-4 in the WIAC, will compete in the WIAC Tourney on Friday.

Wis.-La Crosse 8, Wis.-River Falls 1
Singles
No. 1: Jordan Anderson (RF) defeated Kristen Mader (LC), 7-5, 6-0
No. 2: Jessica White (LC) defeated Amanda Gray (RF), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 3: Louie Dubinski (LC) defeated Mary Metzer (RF), 6-3, 6-3
No. 4: Erica Schmelzer (LC) defeated Meredith Verberne (RF), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5: Becky Bryant (LC) defeated Megan Knobloch (RF), 6-1, 6-0
No. 6: Stephanie Kill (LC) defeated Amber Weissinger (RF), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1: Mader-Schmelzer (LC) defeated Anderson-Gray (RF), 8-4
No. 2: Bryant-Palecek (LC) defeated Metzer-Verberne (RF), 8-6
No. 3: White-Dubinski (LC) defeated Knobloch-Weissinger (RF), 8-1

Falcons Fall to Eau Claire

Oct. 8, 2002

The Falcons lost a tough match to Eau Claire Tuesday afternoon. EC put up tough competition taking all nine points.

The Falcons, now 9-5 overall and 2-3 in the WIAC, host La Crosse Oct. 8, with action starting at 11 a.m.

Wis.-Eau Claire 9 , Wis.-River Falls 0
Singles
No. 1: Alison Hover (EC) defeated Jordan Anderson (RF), 6-0, 6-4
No. 2: Laurie Alonso (EC) defeated Amanda Gray (RF), 6-0, 6-0
No. 3: Jennifer Stafford (EC) defeated Mary Metzer (RF), 6-0, 6-2
No. 4: Tara Anderson (EC) defeated Meredith Verberne (RF), 6-0, 6-2
No. 5: Becky Hollinger (EC) defeated Megan Knobloch (RF), 6-0, 6-2
No. 6: Katie Steffes (EC) defeated Amber Weissinger (RF), 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1: Hover-Alonso (EC) defeated Anderson-Gray (RF), 8-1
No. 2: Stafford-Tauer (EC) defeated Metzer-Verberne (RF), 8-0
No. 3: Hollinger-Cadwell (EC) defeated Knobloch-Weissinger (RF), 8-1

Falcons Beat Hamline

Oct. 2, 2002

The Falcons had a strong effort against Hamline Wednesday afternoon winning 7-2, losing one singles point and one doubles point.

The Falcons, now 9-4 overall and 2-2 in the WIAC, host Eau Claire Oct. 8 at 4 p.m.

Wis.-River Falls 7, Hamline 2
Singles
No. 1: Jordan Anderson (RF) defeated Becca Richards (H) 6-2, 6-4
No. 2: Amanda Gray (RF) defeated Lauri Munoz (H) 6-1, 6-1
No. 3: Hilary Wilson (H) defeated Mary Metzer (RF) 6-1, 6-4
No. 4: Meredith Verberne (RF) defeated Jenna McManus (H) 6-2, 6-2
No. 5: Amber Weissinger (RF) defeated Rophine Mushonga (H) 6-4, 6-4
No. 6: Michelle Cook (RF) defeated Ayesha Khan (H) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1: Richards-McManus (H) defeated Anderson-Gray (RF) 8-5
No. 2: Metzer-Verberne (RF) defeated Munoz-Wilson (H) 8-3
No. 3: Weissinger-Knobloch (RF) defeated Mushonga-Khan (H) 8-1

Falcons Defeat Stout

Sept. 26, 2002

The Falcons defeated UW-Stout Thursday afternoon 7-2, winning all three doubles points and 4 of 6 singles points.

The Falcons, now 8-4 overall and 2-2 in the WIAC, host Hamline Oct. 2 at 3:30 p.m.

Wis.-River Falls 7, Wis.-Stout 2
Singles
No. 1: Jordan Anderson (RF) defeated Rachael Weber (S) 6-2, 6-4
No. 2: Amanda Gray (RF) defeated Tanya Petcher (S) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
No. 3: Lauren Patient (S) defeated Mary Metzer (RF) 6-4, 6-1
No. 4: Meredith Verberne (RF) defeated Meghan Fieber (S) 6-3. 6-3
No. 5: Megan Knobloch (RF) defeated Amy Boyle (S) 6-2, 6-4
No. 6: Tina Rodin (S) defeated Amber Weissinger (RF) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
No. 1: Anderson-Gray (RF) defeated Petcher-Hiner (S) 8-0
No. 2: Metzer-Verberne (RF) defeated Weber-Fieber (S) 8-4
No. 3: Weissinger-Knobloch (RF) defeated Boyle-Rodin (S) 9-8 (7-2)

Falcons Lose to St. Catherine

Sept. 24, 2002

The Falcons lost a 9-0 decision at St. Catherine on Monday afternoon.

The Falcons, now 7-4 overall and 1-2 in the WIAC, host UW-Stout at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday in a WIAC match.

St. Catherine 9, River Falls 0
Singles
No. 1: Christin Tiegs (SC) defeated Jordan Anderson (RF), 6-4, 6-2
No. 2: Deidre Lindstrom (SC) defeated Amanda Gray (RF), 6-3, 6-1
No. 3: Briggs Rolfsrud (SC) defeated Mary Metzer (RF), 6-2, 6-0
No. 4: Amy Willhite (SC) defeated Meredith Verberne (RF), 6-3, 6-2
No. 5: Lindsey Miller (SC) defeated Megan Knobloch (RF), 6-4, 6-3
No. 6: Nikki Richter (SC) degeated Amber Weissinger (RF), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1: Tiegs-Lindstrom (SC) defeated Anderson-Gray (RF), 8-2
No. 2: Rolfsrud-Willhite(SC) defeated Metzer-Verberne (RF), 8-1
No. 3: Miller-Richter(SC) defeated Weissinger-Knobloch (RF), 8-1

Falcons Lose at Oshkosh

Sept. 21, 2002

The Falcons lost a 9-0 decision at UW-Oshkosh Saturday morning.

No. 3 singles player Mary Metzer, and No. 4 player Meredith Verberne played three sets before falling.

The Falcons, now 7-3 overall and 1-2 in the WIAC, play at St. Catherine on Monday. Action starts at 3 p.m.

Oshkosh 9, River Falls 0
Singles
No. 1: Debra Aschenbrenner (O) defeated Jordan Anderson (RF), 6-1, 6-1
No. 2: Mercedes Blanch (O) defeated Amanda Gray (RF), 6-3, 6-2
No. 3: Diana Treu (O) Mary Metzer (RF), 7-6, 3-6, 6-2
No. 4: Lauren Young (O) defeated Meredith Verberne (RF), 7-6, 6-7, 7-5
No. 5: Michelle Bauer (O) defeated Megan Knobloch (RF), 6-3, 6-4
No. 6: Allison Orzech (O) degeated Amber Weissinger (RF), 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1: Aschenbrenner-Blanch (O) defeated Anderson-Gray (RF), 8-6
No. 2: Treu-Young (O) defeated Metzer-Verberne (RF), 8-2
No. 3: Lane Drechsler-Katie Pouba (O) defeated Weissinger-Knobloch (RF), 9-7

Falcons Defeat Stevens Point, 6-3

Sept. 20, 2002

The Falcons defeated UW-Stevens Point, 6-3, Friday afternoon, winning five of the six team points in singles play.

River Falls 6, UW-Stevens Point 3
Singles
No. 1: Jordan Anderson (RF) defeated Violet Adams (SP), 6-2, 6-4
No. 2: Amanda Gray (RF) defeated Amber Wilkowski (SP), 6-1, 6-4
No. 3: Mary Metzer (RF) defeated Gina Lamer (SP), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 4: Tiffany Serpico (SP) defeated Meredith Verberne (RF), 6-2, 6-1
No. 5: Megan Knobloch (RF) defeated Gretchen Weddig (SP), 6-1, 6-2
No. 6: Amber Weissinger(RF) defeated Kim Goron (SP), 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)

Doubles
No. 1: Anderson-Gray (RF) defeated Adams-Wilkowski (SP), 8-5
No. 2: Ferge-Braam(SP) defeated Metzer-Verberne (RF), 8-5
No. 3: Goron-Serpico (SP) defeated Weissinger-Knobloch (RF), 8-3

Falcons Win at St. Mary's, 7-2

Sept. 19, 2002

The Falcons won five of six matches in singles and two of three in doubles to take a 7-2 win at St. Mary's University on Wednesday afternoon.

Friday the Falcons, now 6-2 overall, play a WIAC match at UW-Oshkosh starting at 4 p.m.

River Falls 7, St. Mary's 2
Singles
No. 1: Jordan Anderson (RF) defeated Joni Peterson (SM), 6-2, forfeit
No. 2: Amanda Gray (RF) defeated Jennifer Dutty (SM), 6-3, 6-0
No. 3: Mary Metzer (RF) defeated Angie Beissel (SM), 4-6, 6-1 (10-5)
No. 4: Meredith Verberne (RF) defeated Cassie Check (SM), 6-3, 6-1
No. 5: Megan Knobloch (RF) defeated Amanda Clark (SM), 6-1, 6-4
No. 6: Lisa Thompson (SM) defeated Amber Weissinger (RF), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1: Anderson-Gray (RF) defeated Peterson-Clark (SM), 9-7
No. 2: Metzer-Verberne (RF) defeated Dutty-Beissel (SM), 8-4
No. 3: Czech-Thompson (SM) defeated Weissinger-Knobloch (RF), 8-1

Falcons Win at Bethel, 7-2

Sept. 16, 2002

The Falcons won five of six matches in singles and two of three in doubles to take a 7-2 win against Bethel College on Monday afternoon. The match was played at Roseville, Minn., High School.

Wednesday the Falcons, now 5-2 overall, play at St. Mary's at 4 p.m.

River Falls 7, Bethel 2
Singles
No. 1: Jen Kastner (B) defeated Jordan Anderson (RF), 8-1
No. 2: Amanda Gray (RF) defeated Amy Velasco (B), 8-3
No. 3: Mary Metzer (RF) defeated Becky Trickett (B), 8-5
No. 4: Meredith Verberne (RF) defeated Courtney Kelly (B), 8-3
No. 5: Megan Knobloch (RF) defeated Lindsey Chapman (B), 8-1
No. 6: Amber Weissinger (RF) defeated Tasha Otterness (B), 8-4
Exh: Keri Oslin (B) defeated Michelle Cook (RF), 8-4
Exh: Maite Oyarbide-Sanchez (RF) defeated Molly Otterness (B), 8-5

Doubles
No. 1: Kastner-Velasco (B) defeated Anderson-Gray (RF), 8-3
No. 2: Metzer-Verberne (RF) defeated Trickett-Kelly (B), 8-5
No. 3: Weissinger-Knobloch (RF) defeated Chapman-T Otterness (B), 9-8 (11-9)
Exh: Cook-Oyarbide-Sanchez (RF) defeated Oslin-M Otterness (B), 8-6

Falcons Top Ripon, 6-3

Sept. 14, 2002

The Falcons avenged a loss from last year with a 6-3 win over Ripon College Saturday morning at the Knowles Center.

This was a great win for us since Ripon beat us last year," Coach Lee Lueck said.

Monday the Falcons play Bethel at 5 p.m. at Roseville High School.

River Falls 6, Ripon 3
Singles
No. 1: Jordan Anderson (RF) defeated Kristin Jansky (R), 6-3, 6-2
No. 2: Amanda Gray (RF) defeated Megan Anderson (R), by forfeit
No. 3: Tracy Bicknell (R) defeated Mary Metzer (RF) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 4: Emily Salentine (R) defeated Meredith Verberne (RF), 6-4, 6-4
No. 5: Megan Knobloch (RF) defeated Natalie Schnick (R), 6-3, 6-0
No. 6: Amber Weissinger (RF) defeated Natalia Rincon (R), 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
No. 1: Anderson-Gray (RF) defeated Jansky-Anderson (R), 8-4
No. 2: Salentine-Bicknell (R) defeated Metzer-Verberne (RF), 8-3
No. 3: Weissinger-Knobloch (RF) defeated Schnick-Rincon (R) 8-6

Falcons beat St. Scholastica, 5-4

Sept. 11, 2002

The Falcon tennis team won a close match agaist St. Scholastica, 5-4, winning all three doubles points, but struggled in singles with the only team points coming from the number 4 and 6 singles.

Wis.-River Falls 5, St. Scholastica 4
Singles
No. 1: S. Meitten (SS) defeated Jordan Anderson (RF) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 2: S. Spavby (SS) defeated Amanda Gray (RF) 6-2, 6-4
No. 3: K. Kundel (SS) defeated Mary Metzer (RF) 6-1, 6-2
No. 4: Meredith Verberne (RF) defeated Erin Simonson (SS) 6-1, 6-3
No. 5: Jenna Wood (SS) defeated Megan Knobloch (RF) 2-6, 7-6 (9-7), (10-6)*
No. 6: Amber Weissinger (RF) defeated Stacy Novak (SS) 6-4, 4-6, (10-5)*

Doubles
No. 1: Anderson-Gray (RF) defeated Spavby-Meitten (SS) 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7), (11-9)*
No. 2: Metzer-Verberne (RF) defeated Kundel-Simonson (SS) 7-5, 7-6 (8-6)
No. 3: Weissinger-Knobloch (RF) defeated Wood-Novak (SS) 1-6, 6-4, (10-4)*
*Third set was a 10 point super tie-breaker

Falcons Win at Lawernce, 9-0; Also Beat Edgewood, 8-1

Sept. 7, 2002

The Falcon tennis team won every match to gain a 9-0 win at Lawrence University Saturday morning. The Falcons came back in the afternoon to take an 8-1 win over Edgewood College.

Wednesday the Falcons host St. Scholastica at 3:30 p.m.

River Falls 9, Lawrence 0
Singles
No. 1 Jordan Anderson (RF) defeated Adriana Teodere-Dier (L), 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 Amanda Gray (RF) defeated Amy Gammon (L), 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 Meredith Verberne (RF) defeated Claire (L), 6-7, 7-6, 6-2
No. 4 Megan Knobloch (RF) defeated Abigail Birling (L), 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 Amber Weissinger (RF) defeated Liz Bullock (L), 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
No. 6 Maite Oyarbide-Sanchez (RF) defeated Natalie Fleming (L), 6-3, 1-6, 7-5

Doubles
No. 1 Anderson-Gray (RF) defeated Teodere-Dier-Mallory (L), 8-4
No. 2 Metzer-Verberne (RF) defeated Birling-Bullock (L), 8-3
No. 3 Michelle Cook-Knobloch (RF) defeated Gammon-Fleming (L), 8-3

River Falls 8, Edgewood 1
Singles
No. 1 Keelyn Williams (E) defeated Jordan Anderson (RF), 7-5, 6-2
No. 2 Amanda Gray (RF) defeated Jenny Stelle (E), 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 Mary Metzer (RF) defeated Ann Marie Lindahl (E), 6-0, 6-4
No. 4 Meredith Verberne (RF) defeated Eileen Flemming (E), 7-5, 6-0
No. 5 Mary Knobloch (RF) defeated Samantha Fronek (E), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Amber Weissinger (RF) defeated Ellie Hougan (E), 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 Anderson-Gray (RF) defeated Williams- Stelle (E), 8-4
No. 2 Metzer-Verberne (RF) defeated Lindahl-Katie Arnenson (E), 8-1
No. 3 Knobloch-Weissinger (RF) defeated Flemming-Kelsey Smith (E), 8-4
Exhibition Maite Oyarbide-Sanchez-Michelle Cook (RF) defeated Hougan- Fronek (E), 8-5

Falcons Drop Opener at St. Norbert, 5-4

Sept. 6, 2002

The Falcon tennis team dropped a close 5-4 decision in the team's first match of the season at St. Norbert on Friday.

The Falcons won three points in doubles, but only one in singles play. At No. 5 singles, Megan Knobloch came back to take a 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 win. Three of the six doubles matches went to three sets. At No. 1 doubles, the team of Jordan Anderson and Amandy Gray won, 6-2, 6-4. At No 2, Mary Metzer and Meredith Verberne won, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 and at No. 3, Amber Weissinger and Knobloch won, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5.

Saturday the Falcons play at Lawrence at 9 a.m. and play Edgewood at Lawrence at 2:30 p.m.

St. Norbert 5, River Falls 4
Singles
No. 1 Lauren Weis (SN) defeated Jordan Anderson (RF), 7-5, 3-6, 6-0
No. 2 Kahlee Hansen (SN) defeated Amanda Gray (RF), 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
No. 3 Amy Voigt (SN) defeated Mary Metzer (RF), 7-6 (7-4), 6-2)
No. 4 Katie Warner (SN) defeated Meredith Verberne (RF), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
Nov. 5 Megan Knobloch (RF) degeated Heather Kerswill, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
No. 6 Marin Adams (SN) defeated Amber Weissinger (RF), 7-5, 6-3

Doubles
No. 1 Anderson-Gray (RF) defeated Weis-Voigt (SN), 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 Metzer-Verberne (RF) defeated Warner-Kerswill(SN), 7-5, 1-6, 6-2
No. 3 Weissinger-Knobloch (RF) defeated Hansen-Katie Glisch (SN), 6-4, 1-6, 7-5