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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team hosts UW-Stevens Point in the regular season finale this Saturday. The 2022 senior class will be recognized prior to kickoff presented by Educators Credit Union. The game is also the team's annual Shriners game and Military Appreciation game. All veterans will receive two free tickets into Perkins Stadium (available at the ticket windows on Saturday only). Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

The Warhawks defeated UW-Stout 16-7 on the road last week. UW-Whitewater was dominant on the ground with 253 yards on 55 carries. The defense held the Blue Devils to just 13 rushing yards in the game. UWW held a 24-14 advantage in first downs. Tamir Thomas (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls) and Jaylon Edmonson (Racine, Wis./Case) combined for 168 yards on 32 carries.

Jeffery Isotalo-McGuire (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle) opened the scoring with a 38-yard field goal. UW-Stout countered with a 75-yard touchdown drive to take a 7-3 lead. Evan Lewandowski (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Lake Zurich) responded hitting Tommy Coates (Chicago, Ill./De La Salle Institute) from four-yards out to put the Warhawks back in front 10-7 in second quarter. Isotalo-McGuire split the uprights on a pair of 28-yard field goals to round out the scoring.

UW-Stevens Point fell to UW-Oshkosh 45-0 in the Pointers' home finale last Saturday. UWSP held the Titans to 14 points in the first half bolstered by a Marshal Bukowski interception late in the second. The Pointer quarterback tandem of Trey Schroeder and Charlie Smith threw for 120 yards on 15 completions while the ground game posted 76 yards on 33 attempts.

UW-Whitewater held its spot in a pair of national rankings this week. The Warhawks are tenth in the latest d3football.com poll and thirteenth according to the American Football Coaches Association.
 

ON THE AIR
Saturday's game can be streamed on the WIAC Network. Live stats can be followed on https://uwwsports.com/sidearmstats/football/summary. The contest can also be heard on 105.9 FM The Hog in the Whitewater/Janesville area, or online at www.1059thehog.com.
 

SERIES
The Warhawks lead the all-time series against UW-Stevens Point 69-31. UW-Whitewater won the first game of the series that took place in 1895, 10-0. UWW currently holds an eight-game win streak and the Warhawks have won the last six played at Perkins Stadium against the Pointers. A win Saturday will match the longest win streak in the series.
 

WHAT'S NEXT
UW-Whitewater and UW-La Crosse are currently tied for first place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings. A win for the Warhawks will seal the program's 39th WIAC title and an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Championship slated to begin Saturday, November 19. UWW has claimed at least a share of the last three WIAC titles and 13 of the last 16 dating back to 2005.