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Tamir Thomas and Steven Hein celebrate a touchdown against UW-Platteville.

Warhawk Football brings back the axe

Chase Keller, Men's Sports Journalist October 29, 2023

In the 28th annual George Chryst Memorial Bowl, the No. 5 UW-Whitewater Football team (7-1, 4-1 WIAC) put together an impressive offensive performance en route to a 45-23 win over UW-Platteville (4-4,...

The Warhawks Men’s basketball team huddles and cheers together before the game against the
University of Whitworth Saturday, Nov. 13. 2021.

Coronavirus halts men’s basketball momentum

Mikey Rottier, Assistant Sports Editor January 16, 2022

Wednesday, Jan. 12 the men’s basketball game between the UW-Whitewater Warhawks (11-5 overall, 4-1 WIAC) and the No. 2 UW-Platteville Pioneers (16-0 overall, 5-0 WIAC) was cancelled due to an outbreak...

Freshman (quarterback) Jackson Chryst (9) runs across the Perkins Stadium field to score during the game against University of Wisconsin Platteville, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021.

Meylor Dominates in Warhawk win over Platteville

Sam Strash, Sports Jornalist October 10, 2021

The Warhawks beat the UW-Platteville Pioneers behind a stellar offensive performance from senior quarterback Max Meylor Saturday, Oct. 9 at Perkins Stadium. Meylor threw for 214 yards and had four touchdown...

Freshman Austin Gates has been a 3-point threat for the Warhawks all season, and his shot with 2:10 left in the game broke a tie late in the fourth quarter. He finished with a career-high nine points against Platteville.

Men’s basketball falls twice at home

Ryan Dietrich, Staff Writer February 17, 2020

The Warhawks nearly pulled off an upset against WIAC’s top ranked Platteville Pioneers, but fell short leaving the score at 70-68 in favor of the Pios. Going into Wednesday’s game, the men had the...

Erin Erb goes up for a kill against UW-Platteville on Tuesday night, Oct. 8.

Volleyball blanks Platteville

Brayden Lantta, Staff Reporter October 14, 2019

Warhawks ninth straight win highlighted with undefeated conference record. The No. 9 ranked volleyball team won at Kris Russell Arena in a game against UW-Platteville Wednesday night three games to zero. Two...

O’Sullivan makes history

Tyler Job, Sports Editor April 29, 2019

Warhawk baseball’s Matt O’Sullivan can officially say he is a part of special company. The sophomore pitcher earned his way to a no-hitter in game two against UW-Platteville at the University of Dubuque...

photo by Ivan Pomeroy / Staff Photographer

Twenty-one straight playoff berths

Tyler Job, Sports Editor February 18, 2019

Postseason bound. Barely. Following its road victory against UW-Stout, the Warhawk men’s basketball team clinched the sixth and final seed for next week’s WIAC tournament by winning both its home...

Warhawks clinch first-round bye

Ethan Maurice, Staff Reporter February 18, 2019

The Warhawk women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to nine games in a win over UW-Platteville before being stopped in the regular season finale on the road to UW-River Falls. UW-W finishes...

Women’s basketball heating up in WIAC

Women’s basketball heating up in WIAC

Ethan Maurice, Staff Reporter January 29, 2019

After a slow start to conference play, the Warhawk women’s basketball team has taken off on a four-game winning streak by beating UW-Platteville and No. 22 UW-La Crosse this past week. Sophomore guard...

Men’s soccer seniors lead ’Hawks on senior night

Men’s soccer seniors lead ’Hawks on senior night

Dylan Piccolo, Staff Reporter November 5, 2018

Senior night brings a lot of opportunities to leave a final note on the program that players have given everything to. That was clearly the way the three recognized seniors on the UW-W men’s soccer...

A Warhawks womens volleyball player positions to bump the ball back over the net during a home game.

Women’s volleyball wins eighth straight at home

Calahan Steed, Staff Writer October 13, 2017

The UW-Whitewater women’s volleyball team’s home dominance continued as the Warhawks dropped UW-Platteville in three sets. The ninth-ranked Warhawks were able to improve to 15-3 on the year, while...

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