The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's volleyball team, ranked tenth in the latest American Volleyball Coaches poll, swept No. 14 UW-Eau Claire 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-23) to wrap up Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a perfect 7-0 record. The victory secures the WIAC regular season title outright for the 18^th time in program history.
 
The top-seeded Warhawks earned a first-round bye in the WIAC Tournament and will host the winner of the #4 and #5 seeds Thursday, November 3 at 7 p.m. in Russell Arena. UWW has one match left of the regular season, a 4 p.m. meeting with Cornell College Saturday, October 29. The Warhawks will recognize the senior class prior to the match.
 
Jenna Weinfurt (Waukesha, Wis./Catholic Memorial) and Erin McNeil (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) combined for nine kills in the first set to lead the Warhawks to a 26-24 win.
 
UW-Whitewater jumped out to a quick 8-3 lead in set two. Kirsten Anderson (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie) and McNeil teamed up for a towering block that forced an early Blugold timeout. UW-Eau Claire worked their way back into the set pulling to within four, 15-11, forcing a UWW timeout. The Warhawks scored five of the next six out of the break to extend the advantage to 20-13 when the Blugolds tried to halt the UWW momentum. A fantastic rally on set point led to a UW-EC attack error to seal the 25-18 set two victory for the Warhawks.
 
Set three featured small runs by each team with the squads stealing momentum back-and-forth. One of those runs gave the Blugolds a 19-14 advantage. The Warhawks rattled off the next four to pull within one and force a UW-EC timeout. A McNeil tool of the block out of the break tied it up. From that point, the teams traded points with the Blugolds calling their final timeout of the set with the Warhawks leading 23-22 following a kill from Anderson.
 
UW-EC registered the first point out of the timeout but Weinfurt made it match point with a powerful kill. A great set from KellyAnn Sotiros (New Berlin, Wis./West Allis Hale) close to the net went out to Weinfurt who went high off the top of the block for the kill sealing the 25-23 win.
 
Weinfurt hammered down a match-high 14 kills hitting .355 in the contest. Hannah Proctor (Durand, Ill./Durand) led the Warhawks at the net defensively with four blocks including one solo. In the backcourt, Morgan Jensen (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie) tallied nine digs. Sotiros posted 24 assists in the match.