The No. 7 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's basketball team secured the program's 10th Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship outright on Saturday with an 87-56 win against UW-Stout at Kachel Gymnasium.
 
The Warhawks (22-2 overall, 12-1 WIAC), who have now won three conference regular season titles in the last five years, also honored Courtney Oomens (Lake Geneva, Wis./Badger), Rebekah Schumacher (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater) and Johanna Taylor (Wauwatosa, Wis./East) on Senior Day presented by Educators Credit Union in a halftime ceremony.
 
Aleah Grundahl (DeForest, Wis./DeForest) registered a game-high 18 points to go with three rebounds and three steals to pace a group of seven UW-W scorers with eight or more points in the contest. Veronica Kieres (Chicago, Ill./Resurrection) collected 13 points and five rebounds, and Abby Belschner (Grafton, Wis./Cedarburg) posted 12 points and five rebounds.
 
Taylor recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds to go with four blocks and two steals. Schumacher and Kacie Carollo (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater) totaled nine points apiece and Yssa Sto. Domingo (Streamwood, Ill./St. Edward) added eight points.
 
UW-W turned 28 turnovers into 36 points on the other end and added 20 second-chance points on 20 offensive rebounds.
 
The Blue Devils (13-9, 8-4) scored the first four points of the game and held an 8-3 lead three minutes into the opening quarter. UW-Whitewater rallied for 11 straight points and never trailed again in the contest.
 
The Warhawks' lead increased to double digits in the final minute of the period, and Taylor's put-back layup made the score 24-13 through 10 minutes of play.
 
UW-Stout scored the first basket of the second before UW-Whitewater's 8-0 run made it 32-15 just past the midway point of the quarter. The Warhawks maintained a double-digit advantage and led 47-32 by halftime.
 
UW-Whitewater scored six consecutive points to start the third quarter, including buckets by Schuamcher, Kieres and Grundahl, for a 21-point advantage with 8:42 on the clock. UW-W led by as many as 27 points in the period and held a 69-46 advantage heading to the fourth.
 
All 19 players saw action in the fourth quarter for the Warhawks and eight of them found their way into the scoring column.
 
UW-Whitewater closes the regular season Wednesday at UW-Oshkosh. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m.