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Softball drops first WIAC game of season

Softball drops first WIAC game of season

Tyler Job, Sports Reporter April 23, 2018

The UW-Whitewater softball team continued to roll past its competition this past week, going 3-1 against WIAC foes UW-Platteville and UW-River Falls. All four games were contested on the road, even...

Womens’ tennis tops Wheaton College

Womens’ tennis tops Wheaton College

Cal Steed, Sports Reporter April 23, 2018

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s tennis team was victorious  Saturday against Wheaton with a score of 9-0. The Warhawks extended their winning streak against Wheaton to seven in a row....

Softball bounces back from slow start, wins five of six

Softball bounces back from slow start, wins five of six

Tyler Job, Senior Sports Reporter April 15, 2018

The UW-Whitewater softball team turned things around quickly this past week, going 5-1 in a span of three days. The Warhawks improve to 14-8 overall and 4-0 in the WIAC following a shaky regular season...

Warhawk football hires new assistant offensive coach

Warhawk football hires new assistant offensive coach

Kolton Hegstrom, Sports Editor April 15, 2018

The UW-Whitewater football team has announced that Peter Jennings will take over as the offensive coordinator on an interim basis for the 2018 season, and he couldn’t be more excited. “I don’t...

No. 3 Baseball starts WIAC play undefeated

No. 3 Baseball starts WIAC play undefeated

Joe Byers, Sports Reporter April 8, 2018

The No. 3 UW-Whitewater baseball team started conference play with four straight wins in two doubleheader sweeps of WIAC opponents. On April 5 the Warhawks traveled to Chicago to take on Illinois Tech...

O’Donnell springs her way to eleventh

O’Donnell springs her way to eleventh

Jack Miller, Assistant Sports Editor April 8, 2018

UW-Whitewater gymnastics junior Lisa O’Donnell placed 11th in the all-around competition with a score of 38.750 April 7 at the NCAA Minneapolis Regional at the University of Minnesota's Maturi Pavilion. O’Donnell,...

Women’s tennis finishes fifth at Midwest Invitational

Women’s tennis finishes fifth at Midwest Invitational

Calahan Steed, Sports Reporter April 8, 2018

The UW-Whitewater women’s tennis team finished fifth at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Invitational at Cherokee Country Club.   The Warhawks fell to No. 22 Kenyon but defeated Hope...

Several UW-W athletic facilities ready to be upgraded

Several UW-W athletic facilities ready to be upgraded

Kolton Hegstrom, Sports Editor April 2, 2018

Just months after finishing an expansion to UW-Whitewater baseball’s Miller Stadium--and while still in the process of an expansion to the Warhawk football team’s locker room--the UW-W athletic department...

Senior Heath Renz posted a 0.82 ERA in two appearances during the team’s spring trip. This photo shows Renz during the Warhawks’ March 30 game against Ripon College, which was not completed by press time at 4:30 on Friday, March 30.

Baseball gets off to hot start during spring trip

Kolton Hegstrom, Sports Editor April 1, 2018

The No. 2 ranked UW-Whitewater baseball team got out of the gates at the RussMatt Invitational hotter than the Florida sun but stumbled in their last two games in Auburndale to finish their spring trip...

Sophomore Acacia Fossum earned her first ever All-America honor with her performance on the floor exercise during the NCGA Individual Event Finals March 24. Fossum scored a 9.850, tied for third at the meet, and tied for the second highest score in program history.

Gymnastics puts on historic title performance

Jack Miller, Assistant Sports Editor April 1, 2018

The UW-Whitewater gymnastics team saved its best for last. The Warhawks captured their second straight national championship March 23 at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championship...

Sophomore pitcher Bella Matthias appeared in four games over this year’s spring break, with a 4.71 ERA during the Warhawks’ trip. As a freshman, she posted a 1.31 ERA and an 18-4 record, with more than 138 innings pitched.

Softball scores even record off the bat

Jack Miller, Assistant Sports Editor April 1, 2018

The No.18 UW-Whitewater women’s softball team started off their 2018 season in the team’s National Training Center spring break trip March 22-29 in Clermont, Florida. The Warhawks, who amassed a...

Trio of Warhawk swimmers compete at championships

Trio of Warhawk swimmers compete at championships

Jack Miller, Assistant Sports Editor April 1, 2018

Three UW-Whitewater women swimmers competed at the NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships March 21-24 in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Indiana University Natatorium.   Freshman...

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