Subway Athletes of the Week

Women's Basketball

UW-W Subway Athletes of the Week (Nov. 11-17)

For the week of November 11-17, 2019:

UW-W SUBWAY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:
MEN'S BASKETBALL
24839 Equan Ards (Milwaukee, Wis./Hamilton), Junior, Forward
Ards averaged 26.3 points per game on 58.2 percent shooting from the floor and 93.3 percent at the free-throw line and added 8.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per contest to help the Warhawks to a 2-1 record last week. He made his UW-W debut Tuesday night at MSOE with a 30-point performance on 10-of-17 from the field and 10-of-11 from the free-throw line to help the team to an 81-77 triumph. Three nights later, he posted 24 points (12-for-19 FGs), eight rebounds and three assists against seventh-ranked Washington-St. Louis at Kachel Gymnasium. Ards finished the weekend with a double-double on 25 points (10-for-19 FGs) and 14 rebounds to go along with two assists and two steals in UW-Whitewater's 79-73 victory over Viterbo.
        
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
24663 Swimming
Renata Schlomann (New Berlin, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels), Senior
Schlomann registered a team-best 43 points and swam season best times in all her individual events over the weekend to help the Warhawks place third among a field of Division I teams at the Saluki Invite in Carbondale, Ill. She finished third in the 50-yard freestyle with a result of 24.30 seconds, fourth in the 100-yard backstroke in 58.36 seconds and seventh in the 100-yard freestyle with a 53.63. Schlomann was also a part of the team's third-place 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley relays.


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FOOTBALL
Kyle Gannon head shot 2019 Offense
Kyle Gannon (Waukesha, Wis./West), Junior, Offensive Line
Gannon and Meinerz helped the No. 3 Warhawks total 328 yards for an average of 4.6 yards per play and hold the ball for more than 33 minutes, including nearly 13 in the third quarter alone, at UW-Oshkosh on Saturday night. The duo helped UW-Whitewater record 19 first downs, including nine by rushing, and finish 7-of-16 on third down.
Quinn Meinerz 2019 head shot Offense
Quinn Meinerz (Hartford, Wis./Hartford Union), Junior, Offensive Line
Gannon and Meinerz helped the No. 3 Warhawks total 328 yards for an average of 4.6 yards per play and hold the ball for more than 33 minutes, including nearly 13 in the third quarter alone, at UW-Oshkosh on Saturday night. The duo helped UW-Whitewater record 19 first downs, including nine by rushing, and finish 7-of-16 on third down.
Matt Anderson 2019 head shot Defense
Matt Anderson (Rockford, Ill./Lutheran), Senior, Linebacker
Anderson registered four tackles, including one sack, at UW-Oshkosh on Saturday night. He posted a tackle to limit a running play to two yards on the first play from scrimmage. On the second play of the fourth quarter, Anderson came up with a big play, sacking Kobe Berghammer for a loss of 14 yards on third-and-1 to force a Titan punt as the Warhawks led 20-14. He collected two more tackles during the period, holding rushing plays to three and four yards on a drive that forced UW-Oshkosh into a field goal attempt.
Justin Hansen 2019 Head Shot Defense
Justin Hansen (Beloit, Wis./Turner), Senior, Defensive Line
Hansen made one tackle and led the third-ranked Warhawks up front on the defensive line Saturday night at UW-Oshkosh. He posted his tackle to hold a running play to two yards in the second quarter. Hansen and UW-Whitewater's front four helped hold the Titans' offense, which ranks second in the WIAC in rushing, to 158 rushing yards at 3.7 yards per carry. He also helped the group generate pressure and hold UW-Oshkosh to 78 passing yards for the contest.
Ryan Liszka 2019 head shot Special Teams
Ryan Liszka (Naperville, Ill./Benet Academy), Sophomore, Linebacker
Liszka recorded a tackle in kickoff coverage and helped the third-ranked Warhawks limit UW-Oshkosh to 20.5 yards per kickoff return on Saturday night. He made the game's first tackle, holding the returner to 22 yards. Liszka and UW-Whitewater's kickoff coverage unit didn't allow a return longer than 25 yards.
                  
MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
24700 Swimming
Tyler Chatterton (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper), Junior
Chatterton scored a team-high 41 points in a competitive field of Division I teams over the weekend at the Saluki Invite in Carbondale, Ill. He placed fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke in a personal-record time of 58.43 seconds, fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke with a 2:07.16 and seventh in the 200-yard individual medley in a season-best 1:56.47. Chatterton was also a member of the team's third-place relays, including the 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley relays. He added a season-best performance in the 400-yard individual medley and a career record in the 100-yard freestyle.
             
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
24658 Diving
Sydney Olson (Cudahy, Wis./Cudahy), Junior
Olson finished 10th in 3-meter diving and 12th in 1-meter diving over the weekend to help the Warhawks place third at the three-day Saluki Invite in Carbondale, Ill. Competing against Division I teams, Olson posted a score of 180.89 in the prelims and 173.17 in the finals on the 3-meter board. She tallied a 136.43 on the 1-meter board in the finals.
                   
BOWLING
24877 Mary Conneely (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West), Junior
Conneely posted a strong performance over the weekend to help the 10th-ranked Warhawks finish eighth at the 15-team SFA Ladyjack Hammer Open at Sheridan Lanes in Kenosha, Wis. She registered an 87 percent fill percentage, 57 percent strike percentage and 90 percent single pin conversion rate (26-of-29). Conneely finished 31st out of 110 bowlers in traditional games with 983 pins, good for a 196.60 average.
24875 Taylor Purgett (Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield), Sophomore
Purgett was the No. 10 Warhawks' top finisher in traditional games over the weekend at the SFA Ladyjack Hammer Open at Sheridan Lanes in Kenosha. She placed 11th out of 110 players with 1,042 pins for a 208.4 average. Purgett recorded an 88 percent fill percentage, 47 percent strike percentage and 93 percent single pin conversion rate (28-of-30) for the weekend. Her performance helped UW-Whitewater finish eighth at the 15-team tournament.

        
                  
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
24758 Becky Raeder (Sheboygan Falls, Wis./Sheboygan Falls), Senior, Guard
Raeder averaged 16.7 points on 50 percent shooting from the field and 82.4 percent from the free-throw line and was named to the All-Tournament Team at the UW-Whitewater Tip-Off Classic presented by Holiday Inn Fort Atkinson over the weekend. Her performance last week helped the Warhawks post a 2-1 record. Raeder opened the season Tuesday with 17 points, including 8-of-10 from the free-throw line, to go along with three rebounds and two steals in UW-Whitewater's 66-54 win at Calvin (Mich.). She started the Tip-Off Tournament Friday with 13 points, five rebounds and two steals in the team's 75-48 victory over Concordia Chicago. On Saturday afternoon, Raeder tallied a team-high 20 points and hit a game-tying 3-pointer with under a minute to play in regulation to force overtime against No. 10 DePauw (Ind.). She also recorded three rebounds, two assists and one steal in the contest against the nationally-ranked Tigers.
WRESTLING
24810 Riley Kauzlaric (Coal City, Ill./Coal City), Senior, 197 Pounds
Kauzlaric placed third in the 197-pound Elite bracket at the Luther Open over the weekend in Decorah, Iowa. He finished with a 3-1 record for the weekend, including a victory by decision over Connor Corbin of Division I Iowa. His lone loss came against Coe's Taylor Mehmen, who is ranked second in the nation by D3wrestle.com, by a narrow 12-7 decision.
 
             
                   


 
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Players Mentioned

Matt Anderson

#56 Matt Anderson

LB
6' 0"
Senior
Kyle Gannon

#55 Kyle Gannon

OL
6' 1"
Junior
Justin Hansen

#98 Justin Hansen

DL
6' 2"
Senior
Quinn Meinerz

#77 Quinn Meinerz

OL
6' 3"
Junior
Becky Raeder

#13 Becky Raeder

G
5' 8"
Senior
Tyler Chatterton

Tyler Chatterton

Breast/IM
Junior
Sydney Olson

Sydney Olson

Diving
Junior
Renata Schlomann

Renata Schlomann

Sprint
Senior
Mary Conneely

Mary Conneely

Junior
Taylor Purgett

Taylor Purgett

5' 9"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Matt Anderson

#56 Matt Anderson

6' 0"
Senior
LB
Kyle Gannon

#55 Kyle Gannon

6' 1"
Junior
OL
Justin Hansen

#98 Justin Hansen

6' 2"
Senior
DL
Quinn Meinerz

#77 Quinn Meinerz

6' 3"
Junior
OL
Becky Raeder

#13 Becky Raeder

5' 8"
Senior
G
Tyler Chatterton

Tyler Chatterton

Junior
Breast/IM
Sydney Olson

Sydney Olson

Junior
Diving
Renata Schlomann

Renata Schlomann

Senior
Sprint
Mary Conneely

Mary Conneely

Junior
Taylor Purgett

Taylor Purgett

5' 9"
Sophomore