October 9, 2004

DECORAH, IOWA . . . Six Iowa Conference singles champions have been crowned. Luther, who had five players in the finals, captured titles at #3 through #6. Simpson's Kristin Kovar captured the #2 singles title, while Cornell's Marie Schutte was crowned the #1 singles champion.

Schutte, the #1 seed in the first flight, defeated Luther's Annalise Conaway, the #2 seed, in straight sets (6-4, 6-2). Schutte, who posted three wins en route to the 2004 title, raised her season record to 12-2, 9-0 against Iowa Conference opponents. Conaway completed the singles portion of the tournament with a record of 11-4, 6-2 in the Iowa Conference.

At #2 singles, Central's Kristin Kovar, who entered the tournament seeded #4, posted an imporessive (6-0, 6-0) straight set victory over Natalia Fernandez of Loras. Kovar is now 9-3 overall, 6-1 in the IIAC. Fernandez is now 8-2, 6-3.

At #3 singles, the #1 seed, Tasha Allemang of Luther, defeated the #2 seed, Jenna Morris of Cornell, (6-3, 6-2). Allemang is now 10-2 overall and undefeated against Iowa Conference opponents with a mark of 8-0. Morris singles record is now 12-6, 8-2 in the IIAC.

At #4 singles, Luther's Molly Beyer defeated Central's Katie Moklestad (6-1, 6-1). Beyer also remained undefeated against Iowa Conference opponents, raising her record to 8-0. Beyer's overall mark is now 10-2. Moklestad's overall record stands at 8-4, 6-2 in the IIAC.

At #5 singlest #1Tara Huinker of Luther, defeated #3 Jessica Horn of Cornell (6-1, 6-0). Huinker, who has yet to lose this season, is now 8-0 overall, 7-0 in league play. Horn's record is now 10-7, 5-4.

At #6 singles, #1 Jacie Haroldson of Luther defeated #3 Kelli Mullen of Wartburg College. Haroldson posted wins of (6-1, 6-0) and is now 6-0 in IIAC action. Her overall record is 9-1. Mullen moved her record to 8-3, 7-3 in the IIAC.

In doubles competition, Luther crowned two doubles champions and Central claimed one.

Luther's Kirsten Madsen and Tara Huinker won the #1 doubles title posting an impressive 8-1 victory over Kristin Kovar and Tracy Van Zante of Central in the championship match. Luther was seeded #1 and Central was seeded #2.

At #2 doubles, Central's Katie Moklestad and Lindsey Yuska, defeated the duo of Annalise Conaway and Tasha Allemang from Luther, (9-8, (7-5)). This was also a battle of the top two seeds. Luther was seeded #1 and Central was #2.

At #3 doubles, Luther's Jacie Haroldson and Liesl Schwerin posted an 8-2 victory over Central's Jennifer Knobbe and Danielle Dowling. Central was seeded #3, while the Luther duo was seeded #1.

With all matches completed, the point totals have been added up to determine the top four teams that will return to Luther next Saturday, Oct. 16 to play for the 2004 team championship. This list includes Luther, Central, Cornell and Loras. Point totals were distributed throughout the tournament with nine points presented to first place down to one point presented for ninth place.

Luther captured six IIAC titles, two second place finished and a third, for a tournament best 77 points. Central had two first place finishes and three second place finishes en route to 67 points. Cornell captured one title and two second place finishes, posting a point total of 66 points. Loras did not crown a conference champion, but did have one second place finish, produced a point total of 44 points. The remainder of the teams order of finish was Coe (42), Simpson (41), Wartburg (41), Buena Vista (18) and the University of Dubuque (9).

The team championships will begin on the campus of Luther College at 10:00 a.m. on Oct. 16.

Complete results from the Individual Tournament are here.

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