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Caitlin Mertins (Racine, Wis./Park), Sophomore
Mertins rolled up a team-high 1,127 pins over six traditional games, good for an average of 187.33 per game, over the weekend to help the No. 18 Warhawks place ninth at the Prairie View A&M Invitational, which featured several of the nation's top teams. She finished 42nd out of 79 bowlers for traditional games and tallied an 85 percent fill percentage and a 48 percent strike percentage for the weekend. She helped UW-Whitewater record victories against No. 3 Nebraska, No. 6 Maryland Eastern Shore and No. 8 Stephen F. Austin.
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Bailey Kale (La Crosse, Wis./Central), Sophomore, Guard
Kale recorded a team-high 18 points, including the go-ahead jumper in the final minute, and added five rebounds, four assists and one steal during the Warhawks' 65-63 victory at No. 16 UW-La Crosse last Wednesday. He finished 7-of-15 from the field, including 2-of-5 from 3-point range, and hit both of his free-throw attempts. With 1:27 to play, Kale knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Warhawks their first lead since the 17:37 mark of the second half. His jumper with 34 seconds to play put UW-Whitewater ahead by two, a lead it held over the final seconds. |
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Veronica Kieres (Chicago, Ill./Resurrection), Sophomore, Guard
Kieres tallied a game-high 16 points on 7-of-14 shooting and added four rebounds and one steal in the No. 6 Warhawks' 73-47 triumph over No. 20 UW-La Crosse last Wednesday at Kachel Gymnasium. She scored all of her points over the first three quarters, including seven in the second quarter, when UW-Whitewater pulled away with an 18-8 scoring advantage. Kieres also registered seven straight UW-W points during a two-minute span early in the third quarter to help the team maintain its lead. |
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Jake Herlache (West Bend, Wis./Grafton), Junior
Herlache won one individual event and was part of relays that finished first and second Saturday in the Warhawks' dual at UW-La Crosse. He posted a season-best time of 22.14 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle, more than four-tenths faster than the runner-up. Herlache anchored the 200-yard freestyle relay to a first-place finish, tallying a split of 21.70 second to help the group finish the race in 1:28.30, nearly one second ahead of the runner-up. He swam the backstroke leg of the 200-yard medley relay, which finished second in 1:39.64, less than one-half second off the winning pace. |
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Bailey Weston (Fort Atkinson, Wis./Fort Atkinson), Senior
Weston won the 200-yard freestyle and was a part of two top-three finishing relays Saturday during the Warhawks' dual at UW-La Crosse. She posted a time of 1:59.18 in the 200 free to top the field of eight swimmers. Weston also anchored the 200-yard freestyle relay team to a first-place finish, contributing a split of 25.15 seconds. She anchored the team's third-place 200-yard medley relay team, splitting a 25.02 to help the group touch the wall in 1:54.08. |
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Sydney Olson (Cudahy, Wis./Cudahy), Junior
Olson placed third in the 3-meter dive and fourth in the 1-meter dive Saturday during UW-Whitewater's dual meet at UW-La Crosse. She collected a score of 211.50 on the 3-meter board, the second-best six-dive performance of her career. Olson posted a score of 169.80 on the 1-meter board even after failing one dive. |
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Alex Gray (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville), Sophomore
Gray finished with a 1-1 record at No. 1 singles on Saturday, including a 7-5, 6-0 triumph against Jacob Palley to help the Warhawks post a 9-0 victory over Millikin (Ill.). He started the day by pushing Niccolo Rossi of NAIA No. 3 Cardinal Stritch to a third-set super tiebreaker, eventually falling 7-6 (6), 4-6, 1-0 (10-4). Gray now owns four singles wins for the year including the fall season. |
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Noah Guillermo (Muskego, Wis./Marquette University HS), Sophomore and Ryan Mitchell (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East), Sophomore
Guillermo and Mitchell combined for a 6-3 victory over Nicolas Palacio and Francesco Tacconi of Cardinal Stritch, the No. 3 ranked team in NAIA, at No. 3 doubles in a match played under Division I rules. Guillermo and Mitchell are now 4-2 playing together this season, which includes matches played during the fall. |
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Lauren Marshall (Winthrop Harbor, Ill./Zion-Benton Township), Senior
Marshall placed second on vault and fourth on balance beam on Saturday to help the Warhawks post a season-high team score of 187.625 during a dual against UW-Stout at Russell Arena. She recorded a season-high score of 9.700 on vault for her fourth straight top-two finish to start the 2020 season and increased her season average score to a 9.556 in the event. Marshall added a 9.450 on beam, her third score of the season above a 9.400 in the event.
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Alex Duff (Oregon, Wis./Oregon), Senior
Duff placed first in the preliminaries of the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.18 seconds Friday as the No. 10 Warhawks placed third at the 10-team "Squig" Converse Invitational at Kachel Fieldhouse. His mark currently ranks second in the WIAC and is tied for 10th in NCAA Division III. |
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Lucas Skaaland (Westby, Wis./Westby), Junior
Skaaland led the team and finished sixth in the triple jump Friday to help the No. 10 Warhawks place third at the 10-team "Squig" Converse Invitational at Kachel Fieldhouse. His season-best distance of 45-03.00 (13.79 meters) currently ranks sixth in the WIAC and is among the top 45 in the nation. Skaaland added a fifth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.52 seconds. |
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Kailey Reynolds (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater), Sophomore
Reynolds placed fourth in the 60-meter dash Saturday to help the Warhawks place eighth at the Warhawk Classic Invitational at Kachel Fieldhouse. Her career-best time of 7.91 seconds is currently tied for fourth in the WIAC and tied for 32nd in NCAA Division III. |
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