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UW-Whitewater, 30-4, will meet UW-Platteville, 24-11, for the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament Championship Saturday afternoon at 2:30 in Williams Center. Whitewater defeated UW-La Crosse 3-0 and Platteville topped UW-Eau Claire 3-1 Friday evening in the tourney semi-finals. The Whitewater-Platteville title match will be preceded at 12:00 by the third place match between UW-La Crosse, 23-9, and UW-Eau Claire, 22-9.
Abby Schultz (Appleton/Kimberly) (sr, Appleton/Kimberly) led the Warhawks with a game high 17 kills and a .385 hitting percentage. Schultz added a game high 22 digs. #Carley Polk (Dousman/Mukwonago)# (sr, Dousman/Mukwonago) chipped in with ten kills and a .321 hitting percentage. #Kate Lazotte (Stoughton/Stoughton)# (sr, Stoughton) had 44 assists. The Eagles were led by Amber Schoonover's (jr, Tomah) ten kills, with Katelyn Carlson (sr, Rochester, MN) chipping in with 19 digs and Samantha Dries (sr, Pine Island, MN) 24 assists.
Whitewater's .385 hitting percentage tied the season high equaled October 26 against Edgewood College. La Crosse hit .143.
The winner of the WIAC Tournament earns the league's automatic berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Championship Tournament. The winner will advance to a regional hosted by Carthage College in Kenosha Thursday-Saturday, November 8-10. The winners of eight regionals will meet for the NCAA III Championship November 15-17 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois.
For additional information:
WIAC volleyball site
NCAA regional site
NCAA volleyball site