UW-Whitewater defeated Gustavus Adolphus College 1-0 Sunday in Saint Peter, Minnesota.  UW-W, ranked eighth and fourteenth in the two national Division III polls, remains unbeaten at 10-0-2.

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Both Gustavus and Whitewater got off four shots in the first half.  At 12:58 GAC's Daniel Jarrett put the ball on net but UW-W's Matt Mikesell (Waukesha/Kettle Moraine) made the save.  The tables were turned at 29:47 when Steve Nashleanas (Brookfield/East) got off a shot that was stopped by Gustie goalie Luke Strom. 

Gustavus out-shot Whitewater 6-2 in the second half, but UW-W got the only one that counted.  The Gusties already had three shots in the second half when UW-W's Tim Windler (South Milwaukee/South Milwaukee) tested Strom at 71:34.  Strom stopped that one, but less than two minutes later, at 73:29, Trevor Swentik (Delafield/Marquette University HS) scored with an assist from Kevin Grimstad (Hartland/Arrowhead).  Swentik's is making his team-leading seventh goals count -- five of them have been game winners.

UW-W wasn't out of the woods with the goal, as Gustavus got off three more shots, including a save by Mikesell at 78:01.

Whitewater, twelfth in the NCAA III statistics for goals against, has racked up nine shutouts in its twelve games.  Mikesell raised his keeper record to 7-0 with his fourth shutout. 

UW-W is shooting less, but enjoying the same results.  The Warhawks six shots tied their season low, equaling the total UW-W managed in a 2-0 win over UW-Platteville Wednesday.

The loss was the first in seven matches, a 5-0-2 streak, for Gustavus.  GAC is 7-4-3.

The Warhawk men's soccer team is approaching school records for wins.  The longest non-losing (win/tie) streak to start a season came in 2005 when UW-W began the year 13-0-1.  The school's all-time record for games without a loss (win/tie) is 16, set in 2007.

UW-W is 3-4-3 all-time versus Gustavus, but 2-0-1 in the last three meetings between the teams.

Whitewater will host North Park College (IL) Tuesday at 7:00 at Bob Fiskum Field.  Fiskum Field is west of Perkins Stadium and northwest of Williams Center on the UW-W campus.  Free parking is adjacent to the soccer/track complex.

For additional information:  Greg Henschel, UW-W soccer coordinator