Oct. 17, 2009
Five members of the 2009 Iowa Conference championship Luther College tennis team earned all-conference honors at the league's individual championship, led by Kelsie Allen who was crowned the Flight A Singles Tournament champion. This weekend's two-day tournament was held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was hosted by the University of Dubuque.
To earn all-conference honors, a player must reach the quarterfinals of the 32-player Flight A Singles Tournament or reach the semi-finals of the 16-team Flight A Doubles Tournament.
In singles play, Kelsie Allen, Alana Humpal and Fran Fairfield all earned all-conference honors for the second time of their careers. Brynne Zinnecker earned this honor for the first time.
Allen, the top seed of the Flight A singles tournament, captured the 2009 individual title, posting a 0-6, 6-4, 1-0 (6) decision over Coe's Hannah Jensen in a rematch of the 2008 Flight A singles final. Allen defeated Fairfield 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10) and Jensen topped Wartburg's Molly Eslick 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals to advance to the championship match. Eslick went on to defeated Fairfield 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (8) for third place. Humpal and Zinnecker were both eliminated from the tournament in the quarterfinals.
Zinnecker and Allen became repeat all-conference performers in doubles play, while Fairfield and Katy Lindstrom reached the semifinals for the first time of their careers. Allen's all-conference honor in doubles play was the third of her career.
Fairfield and Lindstrom, who defeated Allen and Zinnecker in the semifinals 8-6, were defeated in the championship match 8-3, by the top seeded duo of Andrea Schupbach and Michelle Schupbach of Coe .
The Iowa Conference individual tournament concludes Luther's fall schedule. The Norse completed the fall slate with a dual meet record of 14-2.
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