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UWW Athletes of the Week (Oct. 19th)

Football

Moris, Noah

Defensive: Noah Moris – Senior - DL – Union Grove, Wis./Union Grove

Noah Moris bolstered the Warhawk defense as UW-Whitewater topped UW-Stout Polytechnic 37-31 to improve 6-0 on the season. Moris tallied six tackles in the contest including 2.5 tackles for a loss of six yards and 1.5 sacks for a loss of five. He forced one fumble and tallied a quarterback hurry in the game. His forced fumble came late in the first quarter and the quarterback hurry led directly to an interception in the third quarter with the Warhawks scoring on both turnovers caused by Moris. 

Cross Country

Wendl, Nick

Men's: Nick Wendl – Senior – Milwaukee, Wis,/Wisconsin Lutheran

Nick Wendl led the Warhawks for the first time in his career with a 40-second personal best at the Augustana Interregional Saturday. He became the 25th runner in UW-Whitewater history to break the 25-minute mark with a time of 24:53. 

Everson, Brinley

Women's: Brinley Everson – Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee

Brinley Everson posted a 25-second lifetime best at the Augustana Interregional Saturday. Everson was clocked in 23:10 moving her into the top 30 on the Warhawks' all-time women's 6k list. 

Men's Soccer

Konrad, Luke

Offensive: Luke Konrad – Freshman – Forward – Buxtehude, Germany/Buctehude Sued
 

Luke Konrad scored the Warhawks lone goal in their 1-1 draw with UW-Eau Claire on Saturday night. Konrad finished a long set piece off his right foot into the back of the net in the 29th minute. The Warhawk freshman played 68 total minutes, putting 2 of his 4 shots on goal.
 

Kaup, Adam

Defensive: Adam Kaup – Senior – Defender – Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Lincoln

Adam Kaup recorded the secondary assist on the Warhawks' lone goal in the 1-1 draw against UW-Eau Claire. Kaup sent a free kick down the field to generate the Warhawks set-piece goal in the 29th minute. Kaup played 72 minutes against the Blugolds. Earlier in the week, Kaup & the Warhawk defense held Lake Forest College to just four shots on goal & three corners in the 2-1 victory over the Foresters. 


 

Women's Soccer

Osborn, Karina

Offensive: Karina Osborn – Sophomore – Midfielder – Arena, Wis./River Valley

Karina Osborn scored the Warhawks game-winning goal in their WIAC win over UW-Eau Claire on Saturday. Osborn rose above the defenders on a corner kick to head in the Warhawks' lone goal of the game in the 1-0 victory. Earlier in the week, Osborn record the assist on the opening goal of the game in the Warhawks' 3-0 victory over Lawrence College. Through the week, the Warhawk sophomore had 1 goal & 1 assist putting all four of her shots on goal in 110 minutes of play.

Czajkowski Higgins, Tessa

Defensive: Tessa Czajkowski Higgins – Freshman – Defender – Prairie du Chien/Prairie du Chien

Tessa Czajkowski Higgins bolstered the Warhawks defense in their two wins this past week. To start the week, the Warhawks held Lawrence to just five shots on goal in a shutout victory. On Saturday, Czajkowski Higgins helped the Warhawks to another shutout victory over UW-Eau Claire, holding the Blugolds to just three shots on goal. The Warhawk freshman played in 176 minutes over the two-game span. 

 

Swimming and Diving

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Men's Swim: Nathaniel Foster – Freshman – Racine, Wis./Case

Nathaniel Foster had another successful weekend as the Warhawks took on UW-La Crosse on Friday night, followed by the MIAC v. WIAC Invitational on Saturday. Friday night, Nathaniel won the 200 Free in a season best time of 1:46.31 (only 0.27 off his best time), and is currently ranked 6th in the conference. Nathaniel also finished first in the 100 back in 53.99, which also ranks him 6th in the conference in that event. On Saturday, Nathaniel swam a season best time in the 50 free of 21.50, taking 7th overall and currently ranked 6th in the conference. He swam a season best time of 50.74 in the 100 fly, taking 3rd place overall at the meet and 3rd in the conference rankings.

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Women's Swim: Maya VandeKolk – Freshman – Seymour, Wis./Seymour

Maya VandeKolk had a successful weekend as the Warhawks took on UW-La Crosse on Friday night, followed by the MIAC v. WIAC Invitational on Saturday. Friday night, Maya won the 100 yard free in 56.53, and was runner up in the 50 free in 25.12. On Saturday, Maya took 6th in the 50 free in 24.78, which is ranked 4th in the conference. She also took 6th in the 100 free in a time of 55.03, which is ranked 4th in the conference and was also a new personal best time for Maya by 0.5 seconds.

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Men's Dive: Drew Schmitz – Senior – Appleton, Wis./North

Drew Schmitz had a successful weekend as the Warhawks took on UW-La Crosse on Friday night, followed by the MIAC v. WIAC Invitational on Saturday. Friday night, Drew won the 1-meter board against UWL with a score of 239.95, which currently leads the conference for 6 dive 1-meter events. He was also runner up on the 3-meter with a score of 181.40. On Saturday, Drew finished 5th on both boards, scoring 212.55 on 1-meter and 177.25 on 3-meter.

Women's Tennis

Weaver, Abigail

Singles: Abigail Weaver – Junior – Wakarusa, Ind./Mishawaka Marian

Abigail Weaver picked up the win at the top singles flight in the Warhawks dual match against UW-La Crosse on Saturday. Weaver defeated Shelby Roth in straight sets, at 6-2, 6-4. Weaver finished the fall portion of the conference season with a 5-1 record at No. 1 singles against conference opponents.

Andrae, Ava
Weaver, Abigail

Doubles: Ava Andrae – Sophomore – Cedarburg, Wis./Cedarburg & Abigail Weaver – Junior – Wakarusa, Ind./Mishawaka Marian

Abigail Weaver & Ava Andrae won the top doubles flight in the Warhawks WIAC dual against UW-La Crosse on Saturday. The Warhawk pair battled from behind to force a tiebreaker in the No. 1 doubles flight. Weaver & Andrae won the tiebreaker 7-4 to take the victory & finish the WIAC fall season with a perfect 6-0 conference record at the top flight. 

Volleyball

Dix, Abbie

Offensive: Abbie Dix – Senior – Middle Hitter – Brodhead, Wis./Brodhead

Abbie Dix had a phenomenal week at the net offensively and defensively. Leading the Warhawks to a 3-1 record last week, Dix hit.457 averaging 3.77 kills per set while registering 17 blocks, an average of 1.31 blocks per set. Dix hammered down 19 kills while hitting .444 and tallied four blocks in UWW's four-set win over UW-River Falls. She capped the week with two more double digit kill matches while tallying six blocks against Augsburg and three against Hamline in the pair of sweeps. 

Lawton, Natalie

Defensive: Natalie Powers – Sophomore – Libero – Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago

Natalie Powers led the Warhawks to a 3-1 week on the court. The Warhawks' libero averaged 4.54 digs per set across 13 sets. Her top match of the week was a 22-dig performance at UW-River Falls to help lead UWW to a WIAC win over the Falcons. Powers added six aces and committed a single reception error in 35 chances on the week.