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Offense
Ryan Wisniewski (Sparta, Wis./Sparta), Junior, Wide Receiver
Wisniewski totaled five receptions for 111 yards and helped the No. 3 Warhawks swing the momentum in the second half Saturday to defeat UW-La Crosse 21-17 at Perkins Stadium. After posting two catches for six yards in the first half, Wisniewski enjoyed a big second half. With UW-Whitewater trailing 10-0 midway through the third quarter, he caught a 15-yard pass on first down. Two plays later, he recorded a 33-yard catch to set the Warhawks up in Eagle territory for an eventual touchdown. With the team trailing 17-14 in the fourth quarter, Wisniewski got separation from the defense and caught a 57-yard pass to put the team into the red zone. Two plays later, UW-Whitewater took the lead for good. |
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Offense
Alex Peete (Ringwood, Ill./Johnsburg), Junior, Running Back
Peete totaled a season-high 26 carries for a season-high 145 yards and one touchdown Saturday to help the third-ranked Warhawks to a 21-17 victory over UW-La Crosse at Perkins Stadium. After a slow start to the game, Peete posted a 33-yard run late in the second quarter to set UW-Whitewater up inside UW-La Crosse territory. In the third quarter, he recorded a 37-yard run to bring the Warhawks inside the Eagles' 5-yard line, and finished the drive two plays later with a two-yard touchdown run to bring UW-W within 10-7. In the fourth, Peete helped UW-Whitewater run the clock out with the lead, recording seven carries for 23 yards on the game's final drive. The showing was his third straight 100-yard performance and fourth in his last five games. |
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Defense
Matt Anderson (Rockford, Ill./Lutheran), Senior, Linebacker
Anderson tallied seven tackles Saturday to help the third-ranked Warhawks to a 21-17 victory over UW-La Crosse at Perkins Stadium. he registered two tackles on the opening drive to help UW-Whitewater hold the Eagles to a field goal. Ten minutes into the second quarter, he recorded a stop on third down, and the Eagles turned the ball over on downs on the next play. Anderson added three tackles in the fourth quarter, holding a pair of rushing plays to no gain and another to two yards. |
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Special Teams
Hayden Iverson (Lake Mills, Wis./Lake Mills), Freshman, Wide Receiver
Iverson made one tackle and was a key cog on the kickoff coverage unit Saturday during No. 3 UW-Whitewater's 21-17 triumph over UW-La Crosse at Perkins Stadium. His tackle came midway through the fourth quarter after the Warhawks had taken the lead for good, and limited the return to 13 yards out to the Eagles' 29-yard line. Iverson and the kickoff coverage unit held UW-La Crosse to just under 17 yards per return. |
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Offense
Chloe Buescher (Janesville, Wis./Milton), Freshman, Outside Hitter
Buescher totaled 34 kills in two matches last week and averaged 4.25 kills per set for the No. 17 ranked Warhawks. She posted a season-high 23 kills and added 11 digs and two blocks against regionally-ranked UW-Stevens Point on Friday, and finished with 11 kills on a .290 hitting percentage to go along with seven digs on Saturday against Aurora (Ill.). |
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Defense
Morgan Jensen (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie), Freshman, Defensive Specialist
Jensen finished with 57 digs in two matches last week and averaged 7.12 digs per set for the 17th-ranked Warhawks. She tallied 34 digs and added five assists and one service ace on Friday against regionally-ranked UW-Stevens Point. On Saturday against Aurora (Ill.), Jensen registered 23 digs and one assist. |
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Defense
Katy Kusswurm (South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North), Junior, Defender
Kusswurm helped the Warhawks allow only two goals in two games last week and clinch the WIAC regular season championship for the seventh time in 10 years. She played 84 minutes and helped UW-Whitewater hold UW-Eau Claire to only one corner kick opportunity on Wednesday at Fiskum Field. On Saturday at UW-River Falls, she helped the Warhawks post a shutout and hold the Falcons to four shots on goal. Kusswurm also added an assist in the match on a goal in the 33rd minute and played 59 minutes in the contest. |
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Justin Krause (Ixonia, Wis./Pewaukee), Freshman
Krause became the Warhawks' first true freshman in more than 30 years to earn all-conference honors on Saturday in helping UW-Whitewater finish fifth at the WIAC Championship at Cole Acres Golf Course in Cuba City. He posted a time of 27:01.9 to finish 18th out of 90 runners and garner honorable mention accolades. Krause is only the 28th freshman in the conference to earn All-WIAC standing over the last 20 years. |
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Jessie Braun (Wales, Wis./Kettle Moraine), Junior
Braun earned honorable mention all-conference accolades Saturday at the WIAC Championship at Cole Acres Golf Course in Cuba City, becoming the program's first All-WIAC honoree since 2014. She placed 18th out of 84 entries with a 24:32.9. |
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Kelsey Jaeger (New London, Wis./Little Wolf), Sophomore
Jaeger finished 14th overall out of nearly 60 players in traditional games over the weekend to help the Warhawks place second at the United States Bowling Congress sanctioned Titan Open at Classic Lanes in Neenah, Wis. She averaged a 173.7 in six traditional games, including two 200+ performances, and posted a 42 percent strike percentage and 80 percent fill percentage for the weekend. UW-Whitewater was edged 3-2 in five games by defending USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships winner Robert Morris in the tournament final. |
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