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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's basketball team welcomes UW-La Crosse to Kachel Gymnasium Friday at 7 p.m. for a semifinal in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship (Presented by Culver's).
 
Tickets for Friday's game can be purchased online at tickets.uww.edu or at the door starting at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $8 per adult, $4 for senior citizens (ages 62 and over), $3 for students and free for children ages 4 and under.

Complimentary tickets will be available at the door for UW-Whitewater students with ID, courtesy of UW-Whitewater Housing and DLK Enterprises. Tickets can be picked up by DLK residents at their residences between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
 
The winner of Friday's game advances to the tournament's championship game, which is scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m. at the highest remaining seed.
 
The second-seeded Warhawks (17-8 overall), who are ranked seventh in the latest NCAA Central Region rankings, enter the postseason with nine wins in their last 10 games. The team tied for second in the WIAC regular season standings with a 10-4 record and earned the tiebreaker for the No. 2 seed over UW-La Crosse thanks to its two wins over first-place UW-Oshkosh.
 
The Eagles (22-4 overall) bested sixth-seeded UW-Stevens Point 61-55 in Wednesday's first-round game in La Crosse. Delaney Schoenenberger totaled 18 points and five rebounds to lead UW-La Crosse, which held the Pointers to 31.6 percent shooting in the game and recovered from an early 12-2 deficit.
 
UW-Whitewater and UW-La Crosse split two meetings during the regular season. The Eagles topped the Warhawks 60-49 back on Jan. 12 at Kachel Gymnasium before UW-Whitewater pulled out a 55-53 triumph on Jan. 26 in La Crosse. Senior forward Olivia Freckmann (Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI) averaged 10.5 points, 15.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals in the two contests.
 
The Warhawks started the season with a 4-1 record, including a 78-73 victory at nationally-ranked Illinois Wesleyan on Nov. 20. The team split its last six games in non-conference play, with two of the three losses coming against nationally-ranked foes.
 
UW-Whitewater opened its conference slate with a 67-55 win over UW-Stevens Point before dropping its next three games to slip to 8-7 for the season.
 
The Warhawks topped nationally-ranked UW-Oshkosh on the road in their next game, and the victory started a nine-game winning streak, which included wins at UW-La Crosse and at home against UW-Oshkosh on Feb. 4 to complete a season sweep of the eventual WIAC champion.
 
UW-Whitewater was downed in its regular season finale at UW-River Falls, but still held the second seed in the conference tournament and a bye to the semifinal round.
 
The Warhawks enter the postseason averaging 65.4 points per game, good for fourth in the league, and allowing 59.4 points per contest, good for third in the conference.
 
Sophomore guard Emily Schumacher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha South) leads the team and ranks 11th in the WIAC in scoring at 12.3 points per game. She is shooting 41.5 percent from the floor and ranks second in the league with 53 made 3-pointers.
 
Freckmann owns 11.3 points per game and is averaging a conference-leading 9.4 rebounds per contest. She also leads the team and ranks among league leaders in field goal percentage (50.2), free-throw percentage (76.1) and steals (43). Freckmann's 11 double-doubles entering the postseason also lead the WIAC.
 
Junior guard Becky Raeder (Sheboygan Falls, Wis./Sheboygan Falls) averages 8.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game and leads the team with 59 assists. Junior guard Camri Conley (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland), a fellow backcourt starter, enters Friday's game averaging 6.9 points and shooting 75.6 percent from the free-throw line.
 
Senior forward Sarah Schumacher (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater) rounds out UW-Whitewater's starting five, and is averaging 7.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per affair while shooting 46.0 percent from the floor.
 
Senior center Becky Deichl (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville), junior guard Megan Corcoran (Madison, Wis./LaFollette) and sophomore center Johanna Taylor (Wauwatosa, Wis./East) each average more than 10 minutes per game off the bench. Corcoran ranks second on the team with 30 made 3-pointers and is averaging 4.6 points per game. Deichl averages 3.5 points and 2.6 rebounds per contest, and Taylor has emerged as one of the league's premier shot-blockers, entering the postseason with 37 blocks, third-most in the league.
 
The Warhawks seek their third consecutive WIAC Championship title. UW-Whitewater is 11-18 all time in the conference tournament, including a 2-0 mark in games against UW-La Crosse.