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The No. 12 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's basketball team wrapped up its fourth appearance in the Final Four Saturday afternoon with a 71-58 loss against No. 2 Hope (Mich.) in the national title game of the 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, Pa.
 
The Warhawks conclude the 2021-22 season with a 28-5 record, good for the second-most wins in program history. UW-W won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 12-2 league record and defeated Ripon, Illinois Wesleyan, Smith (Mass.) and UW-Oshkosh on the way to its fourth appearance in the national semifinals since 2008.
 
With Thursday's 55-51 win against Amherst (Mass.), UW-Whitewater punched its ticket to the national championship game for the second time in program history and first time since 2013.
 
Playing in her final game at UW-W, Rebekah Schumacher (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater) tallied a team-high 14 points with three rebounds and three steals. Johanna Taylor (Wauwatosa, Wis./East), also closing her Warhawk career, posted 12 points, nine rebounds and five blocks, adding to her program-record total of 208 career blocks. Courtney Oomens (Lake Geneva, Wis./Badger) also played in her final game as a Warhawk.
 
Aleah Grundahl (DeForest, Wis./DeForest), who was named to the All-Tournament Team following the conclusion of play, registered 11 points, five assists and two steals. Kacie Carollo (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater) collected 11 points, five rebounds and three assists, while Yssa Sto. Domingo (Streamwood, Ill./St. Edward) recorded eight points and three assists.
 
The two teams traded the lead in the first quarter before the Flying Dutch (32-1) took an 8-5 advantage just past the midway point of the period.
 
Taylor and Grundahl converted baskets to give UW-Whitewater the advantage, and the two teams exchanged the lead again before Grundahl's layup just before the buzzer gave UW-W a 16-14 lead.
 
The Warhawks' lead jumped to five in the opening minute of the second on a 3-pointer by Sto. Domingo. UW-W took its largest lead of the quarter at 27-21 with 6:07 on the clock following a jumper by Taylor.
 
Hope scored the next eight points, and the two teams exchanged buckets over the final three minutes of the half. Carollo's 3-pointer tied the game at 34-34 heading into halftime.
 
The Dutch scored the first six points of the third and increased its lead to eight by the 3:33 mark. UW-Whitewater pulled to within four on two separate occasions in the final three minutes of the quarter, but Hope held a 56-49 advantage heading to the fourth.
 
A 3-pointer by Carollo one minute into the fourth quarter pulled the Warhawks within three before the Flying Dutch scoed the next 13 points for a 69-53 advantage with 2:58 remaining. UW-W got no closer than 13 the rest of the way.