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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team hosts Greenville (Ill.) for a first round game of the NCAA Division III Championship this Saturday at 12 p.m. at Perkins Stadium. The Warhawks are an automatic qualifier out of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, while the Panthers are the automatic qualifier out of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference.

The Warhawks surrendered a first-quarter field goal before tallying 28 unanswered points last Saturday in a 56-10 victory at UW-Stevens Point. UW-W totaled 599 yards, including a season-high 370 on the ground, and held the Pointers to 183 total yards, including 41 on the ground at a 1.7 yards-per-carry clip. UW-Whitewater wrapped up its first unbeaten regular season since 2018 and clinched the WIAC championship outright.

The Warhawks remained at No. 3 in the latest D3football.com Top 25, earning 580 points from pollsters without receiving a first-place vote. UW-W is also third in the latest American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches' Poll, picking up 1,080 points and one first-place vote from panelists. The team was ranked second in the Lindy's Sports Preseason Division III Top 25 and fourth in the preseason by College Football America.

Greenville scored 26 second-quarter points and compiled 514 total yards, including 336 on the ground, last Saturday in a 47-21 triumph against Minnesota-Morris to clinch the UMAC championship and the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA Playoffs. Paul Garrett led the offense with 23 carries for 227 yards and three touchdowns, and Greg Urbanc finished with 12 tackles to pace the defense, which held Minnesota-Morris to 80 rushing yards.

PARKING

The following information was released this week by UW-Whitewater Police Services:

Saturday, Nov. 20, is the first round of the NCAA Division III football playoffs for UW-Whitewater and, as a reminder, special event parking restrictions will be in place. All commuter parking lots in the area of Perkins Stadium will be paid parking lots on game day and will open three hours prior to kickoff.

Lot 24 and Lot 11 are reserved parking lots, with specific-space purchase available online until 4 p.m. Friday. Lot 24 is $24 per space and Lot 11 is $12 per space. You can also purchase spaces in these parking lots on game day in person at a cost of $30 per space for Lot 24 and $20 per space for Lot 11.

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Lots 7 and 9 are general admission parking lots that allow you to purchase a general pass online prior to Friday at 4 p.m. for $6 per space. You can also purchase these spaces on game day at a cost of $10 per space. These lots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

All yellow permit or resident lots are closed to anyone without a yellow permit on game day, to include Lots 22, 8, 18, 19, 20 and 3.

For information on purchasing passes and parking on football game day, visit the link below to be directed to the home football parking webpage. This link includes the Tailgating Policy and Carry-In Policy for Perkins Stadium.

uww.edu/ce/homefootballparking

For those attending a university class, you will not be charged to park in Lot 14 on game day. Please note, there will be heavy traffic around Perkins Stadium as other athletic events will be taking place.

Questions can be directed to Parking Services at 262-472-1011, parking@uww.edu, or the University Police at 262-472-4660, police@uww.edu.

ON THE AIR

Saturday's game will air live on UWW-TV, which can be viewed online, on channel 100.1 on campus or on Spectrum channel 989 for customers in the Whitewater area. The contest can also be heard on KIX 106.5 FM WKCH in the Whitewater area, or online at kix1065.com.

SERIES

Saturday's game is the first-ever between the two teams.

WHAT'S NEXT

The winner of Saturday's game advances to the second round to play the winner of the Rose-Hulman (Ind.) at DePauw (Ind.) game on Saturday, Nov. 27, at a site to be determined.

NOTABLE

The Warhawks are making their 17th appearance in the NCAA Division III Playoffs and 14th in the last 16 seasons. UW-Whitewater is 13-2 in the first round of the playoffs.

To view the entire edition of this week's game notes, click here.