The No. 4 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's basketball team suffered its first loss in more than one month Thursday, falling 81-65 at UW-Oshkosh in a semifinal of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship (Presented by Culver's) at Kachel Gymnasium.
 
The Warhawks (23-3) will now seek an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Championship. The NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Selection Show airs Monday at 1:30 p.m. live on NCAA.com.
 
UW-Whitewater was No. 1 in the latest NCAA Central Region rankings after winning the WIAC regular season championship outright.
 
Junior center Johanna Taylor (Wauwatosa, Wis./East) registered 11 points, seven rebounds and two blocks, and sophomore guard Veronica Kieres (Chicago, Ill./Resurrection) posted 11 points and eight rebounds to lead the Warhawks, who were held to 32.4 percent shooting from the floor in the contest.
 
Freshman forward Aleah Grundahl (DeForest, Wis./DeForest) collected nine points, six rebounds and two blocks, and freshman forward Abby Belschner (Grafton, Wis./Cedarburg) totaled eight points off the bench.
 
UW-Whitewater out-rebounded UW-Oshkosh 44-39, including an 18-7 margin on the offensive boards. The Titans shot 45.3 percent from the floor, including a 50 percent clip in the first half.
 
The two teams played neck-and-neck in the first quarter. The Warhawks led by as many as six points after Raeder hit a jumper with 3:58 to play, but the Titans converted their fifth 3-pointer of the period in the final minute to take a 24-21 lead.
 
UW-Oshkosh (17-10) continued the momentum in the second, building its lead to 10 by the 6:46 mark. Raeder knocked down a 3-pointer just past the midway point of the quarter to bring UW-W within seven, but the Titans build their advantage back up to double digits just over a minute later, and led 48-35 at halftime.
 
The Titans continued to build on their lead in the opening minutes of the second half, taking their largest lead at 59-38 midway through the third quarter. UW-Oshkosh built its advantage to as many as 26 in the fourth quarter.
 
UW-Whitewater entered the postseason on a seven-game winning streak. The team seeks its fifth straight NCAA Tournament bid and 12th in the last 13 years.