UW-Whitewater scored seven goals in the first twenty-five minutes of the game to defeat Finlandia University 7-0 on Friday in Whitewater at Robert W. Fiskum field.  The win keeps the Warhawks tied for the lead in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with a 2-0-1 league record.  UW-W is 6-4-3 overall.  Finlandia falls to 2-11-0 overall and 0-2-0 in the WIAC.

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The first goal of the game came in the fifth minute when Zach Rewasiewicz (South Milwaukee/South Milwaukee) found Trevor Swentik (Delafield/Marquette University HS) for his fourth goal of the season.  Five minutes later UW-W went up 2-0 when Cory Meyer (Prairie du Sac/Sauk Prairie) scored his first goal of the season off of a pass from Dan Montanye (Mukwonago/Mukwonago).

Just over a minute later Rewasiewicz scored a goal of his own off an assist from Luke Mangognia (Hoffman Estates, IL/Palatine).  Twenty-seven ticks later the 'Hawks went up 4-0 after a successful penalty kick by Montanye.

The fifth goal came in the 13th minute after some nice passing by Swentik and Rewasiewicz found an open Mangognia for a goal.

Luke Buchholz (Whitewater/Whitewater) scored the final two goals in the half and of the game in the 21st and 25th minute.  Both goals by Buchholz were unassisted.

UW-W controlled the game from start to finish and got 27 shots off in the game, 26 of them in the first half.  Finlandia got one shot off in each half including a very accurate one by Tim Carron from about 45 yards out that required UW-W goalkeeper Eugene Nagawiecki (Wauconda, IL/Wauconda) to make a save.

Splitting time in the net for the 'Hawks were Nagawiecki and Andrew Krueger (New Berlin/Catholic Memorial).

The Warhawks will play again on Sunday against Gustavus Adolphus at 1:00 pm at Robert W. Fiskum Field in Whitewater.  The game will commemorate the ten year anniversary of the 1999 NCAA tournament team.

For additional information, Greg Henschel