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The University of Wisconsin- Whitewater women's basketball team downed UW-Superior, 81-46, in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament Friday night at Kachel Gymnasium.
 
With the win, the Warhawks (25-3 overall) advance to Saturday's second round and will face Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), a 60-52 winner over Rose-Hulman (Ind.), at 7 p.m. at Kachel Gymnasium.
 
Senior guard Malia Smith (Bolingbrook, Ill./Neuqua Valley) sank a 3-pointer in the third quarter to eclipse 1,000 points for her career and is now the 17th Warhawk in women's basketball history to reach the scoring plateau.
 
UW-Whitewater held UW-Superior to 30.5 percent in the game and outrebounded the Yellowjackets 48-31.
 
Senior guard Brooke Trewyn (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater) led the Warhawks with 18 points, 10 rebounds and four assists.  Smith tallied 15 points and two assists and junior forward Olivia Freckmann (Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI) recorded 13 points and eight rebounds.
 
UW-Whitewater started the game on an 8-0 run that included a layup from Trewyn in the first 10 seconds of play.
 
UW-Superior came within four, but the Warhawks responded with six straight points to make the score 14-4.
 
With just under a minute in the first period, Smith finished the layup and earned a trip to the line and converted a 3-point play.
 
The Warhawks came out on fire in the second quarter and went on a 12-2 run that was concluded with a 3-pointer from Smith to make the score 31-9.
 
Senior forward Andrea Meinert (West Bend, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) found sophomore guard Becky Raeder (Sheboygan Falls, Wis./Sheboygan Falls) behind the arc with 1:52 remaining in the half to give the UW-Whitewater a 22-point lead.
 
The Warhawks held UW-Superior to 25 percent shooting on the floor in the first half.
 
UW-Whitewater continued to extend its lead in the third quarter.  At 7:34 Meinert found Smith behind the arc and Smith sank the 3-pointer to give the Warhawks the lead 47-22.
 
Raeder found Freckmann inside, with 1:38 remaining in the period, to record another 3-point play for UW-Whitewater.
 
Two free-throws from sophomore Camri Conley (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland) with five seconds remaining in the third quarter accounted for the final margin of 64-34 going into the final period.
 
The Warhawks continued to extend the lead in the fourth.  Freshman guard Emily Schumacher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha South) sank a 3-pointer to give UW-Whitewater the lead at 71-36.
 
Freshman guard Rebekah Schumacher (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater) drained a 3-pointer with just under five minutes remaining in the game to give the Warhawks their largest lead of the game of 41.
 
Sophomore forward Morgan Rosencrants (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) finished two free-throws and accounted for the final margin of the game.
 
The Warhawks shot 20-of-22 from the free throw line in the contest and sank nine 3-pointers from seven different players.