Sports

UW-W Baseball Competes in DIII World Series Beginning Friday – Apparently Rain Delayed until 8:50 p.m.!


The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team poses after capturing the NCAA Whitewater Super Regional title on May 24, 2025, in Whitewater. (UW-Whitewater athletics photo/Michael Gouvion): http://app.readmedia.com/news/

Updated on 5/29/25 @ 10:40 a.m. to add more information about the World Series format as well as historical information on the teams.

By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com

UW-W Baseball is among eight teams that are playing in the DIII World Series in Eastlake, Ohio. The series begins on Friday, May 30 and concludes on Thursday, June 5. UW-W was the runner-up last year, losing the championship game 10-5 versus Misericordia. The Warhawks last won the series in 2014, when they beat Emory by 7-0.

Competing teams are:
No. 1 John Hopkins
No. 2 Denison
No. 3 UW-Whitewater
No. 4 Endicott
No. 5 Kean
No. 6 Trinity (TX)
No. 7 Rowan
No. 8 Messiah

The Warhawks (44-6 overall) play in the first round against Trinity (TX) this Friday, May 30 at 7 p.m. CDT. The game will be streaming on the NCAA website. If UW-W wins that game, they will play on Saturday, May 31 at 7 p.m. CDT versus the winner of the Denison/Rowan game.

The World Series consists of 2 four-team double-elimination brackets. The champions of the two brackets will play in a best of three championship series starting on Wednesday, June 4.

The Warhawks earned the 3-seed out of the eight advancing teams. UWW will play the Tigers, with Denison and Rowan being the other two teams in the pod. Johns Hopkins, Endicott, Kean, and Messiah, make up the other bracket.

The Warhawks last faced Trinity (TX) in 2024’s season opener. The two teams split the series 2-2. The Warhawks won the first two games, 14-4 and 21-2, before falling 8-7 and 9-1 in the back half of the series.

UW-Whitewater qualified for the championship after winning the NCAA Adrian (Michigan) Regional and the NCAA Whitewater Super Regional. The team swept the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships.

This link will provide you with rosters, stats, etc., and will also provide the link to the video streams for all of the games.

This link has a variety of information about the series, including the official bracket.

Finally, d3baseball.com is also worth visiting. Their fan survey, copied below, currently predicts that UW-W has a very slight edge to win bracket two and then would likely face Johns Hopkins.

All-Region IX Selections Announced: Scolan, Huseboe earn Major Awards

The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and D3Baseball released their annual All-Region teams for NCAA Division III Baseball this afternoon.

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team, a member of Region IX, earned numerous accolades, including two major awards from the two programs.

Aaron Holland (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North), Matt Scolan (Downers Grove, Ill./South), and Adam Cootway (DePere, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran) earned First Team honors for both ABCA and D3Baseball.

Max Huseboe (Ripon, Wis./Ripon) was a First Team selection to the D3Baseball All-Region Team. He adds to his WIAC Pitcher of the Year accolade, earning D3Baseball’s All-Region IX Pitcher of the Year award

In addition to a First Team ballot, Matt Scolan (Downers Grove, Ill./South) was named the Position Player of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association. Scolan was named the WIAC Position Player of the Year 

Holland, the Warhawks starting catcher, appeared in 49 out of the 50 games played so far this season. The sophomore leads the team in hits with 84, the third most in a single Warhawk season.

Cootway has appeared in every game for the Warhawks, playing infield, outfield, and primarily designated hitter. Cootway is second in the Warhawk Single Season Record Book with his 18 home runs in 2025.

Andy Thies (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles) and Cade Hansen (New Braunfels, Texas/Smithson Valley) were named to the ABCA All-Region First Team, while picking up Second Team honors from D3Baseball. 

Thies has been a pivotal part of the Warhawk offense and showcased his skills with a two home-run game against UW-Oshkosh in the NCAA Super Regional.

Hansen makes up part of the Warhawk pitching rotation, the junior is 10-1 record and has three complete games during the 2025 season.

Logan Eisenbarth (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) and Eli Frank (Bayport, Wis./Bay Port) rounded out the Warhawks selections. Eisenbarth was selected to the ABCA Second Team, with Frank earning Third Team All-Region honors.

The Warhawks are finishing preparations and leave for Eastlake, Ohio, tomorrow morning. UW-Whitewater will face Trinity (Texas) in the first round of the NCAA Division III World Series on Friday, May 30th at 8 PM (ET).

Editor’s note: This article appeared on the UW-W Athletics website.

Warhawk Baseball Advances to NCAA DIII World Series after Decisive Game against UW-Oshkosh

Return to Eastlake: Warhawk Baseball Advances to NCAA World Series after Decisive Game against UW-Oshkosh

Titans force third game, but UWW answers back with a 10-0 shutout to clinch their spot in the DIII World Series for the second consecutive season

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team will make their return to Eastlake, Ohio after an all-around showcase in a decisive third game against UW-Oshkosh in the NCAA Division III Super Regional in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

The Titans (35-16) forced a decisive third game, after opening the day with a 5-2 victory, but the Warhawks shut-out the Titans in the decision, allowing their bats to get to work with 10 runs on 17 hits. 

To open the day, it was a must win for the Titans in the best-of-three series as the Warhawks took the opening game with a dominant 14-1 win, yesterday. Read more…

The Titans got out to an early start on defense, stranding the Warhawks on the corners at the top of the first. UW-Oshkosh was the designated home team per NCAA policy in both games of the day. The momentum shifted into the bottom of the frame as UWO took an early 3-0 lead with an RBI-single and 2-run homer in the first inning.

Eli Frank (Bayport, Wis./Bay Port) closed the gap with a 2-out RBI single in the third, but UW-Oshkosh would make back up the run immediately with a sacrifice in the bottom of the inning.

The Warhawks had eight hits in the early game, but nothing was together. That changed in the 6th, when three consecutive singles ended with an RBI for Darryl Jackson (Milwaukee, Wis./Rufus King). That run cut the lead to just two, where it held until the bottom 8th.

UW-Oshkosh added an insurance run in the bottom of the 8th with a small ball rally. UW-Whitewater couldn’t make up the deficit with their last three outs, setting the stage for the decisive third game at Prucha Field. 

The Warhawks batted first again in the third game, and it didn’t take long to get the bats going. The second inning began with three straight singles to load the bases for UWW. However, UW-Oshkosh managed to escape only allowing one run on a sacrifice fly from Jackson. 

Andy Thies (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles) tacked on another run, hitting his first home run of the day in the top of the 3rd. Dominik McVay (Mineral Point, Wis./Mineral Point) followed it up in the next frame, with his own no-doubter to left field. McVay’s jack scored two, but the Warhawks continued to rally in the top of the fourth. Thies and Frank each hit doubles that bounced high off the outfield wall to score two more as the UWW lead increased to 6-0.

Logan Eisenbarth (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) continued to deal on the mound, putting down nine batters straight. The offense added on two more to help him and the defense out, a sacrifice fly from Matt Scolan (Downers Grove, Ill./South) in the 5th and Andy Thies’s (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles) second home run of the game in the 6th.

In the top of the 7th, the Titans got through three outs without allowing a run for the first time since the first inning. Eli Frank (Bayport, Wis./Bay Port) changed that in the top of the 8th with just one swing, hitting the 100th home run of the season for the Warhawk crew. 

Eisenbarth was relieved in the eighth and made his way to the dugout under a standing ovation from the Warhawk faithful. Jack Hagen (San Clemente, Cal./San Clemente) picked up where he left off, keeping the Titans shut out in the final two innings of work. 

Thies added an insurance run in the top of the ninth, going from second to home on a dropped-third-strike wild pitch. 

UW-Oshkosh grabbed their only extra-base-hit of the game in the bottom of the ninth, but a fly out to Scolan in left field secured the Warhawks’ spot in the NCAA Division III World Series for the second consecutive season.

Eisenbarth earned the win on the mound, going 7.0 innings without allowing a run and only three hits. The junior fanned six batters on the way to his 8th victory of the season.

The Warhawks will await word from the NCAA on the seeding for the NCAA World Series. Information will be released via www.ncaa.com/sports/baseball/d3 in the coming days. For the most up-to-date news and stories, visit uwwsports.com or download the Warhawk Athletics App. 

Editor’s note: The above article was posted to the UW-Whitewater website.

UW-W Softball: Warhawks’ Phenomenal Season Comes to a Close in Super Regional

By Angela Kelm
Asst. Athletic Director for Sports Information

Winona, Minn. – The Warhawks’ phenomenal 2025 campaign came to a close in the NCAA Division III Super Regional hosted by Saint Mary’s University Friday. UW-Whitewater fell in the opener 4-0 and the if necessary game 7-1 to wrap up the season with a 39-8 record. 

UW-Whitewater opened the season on a 15-0 run. In Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play, UWW went 12-2 to secure the program’s 16 regular season conference title. Receiving an at-large bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament, UW-Whitewater made its 25th appearance in the postseason, third trip to the Super Regionals and the Warhawks’ tallied win #800 for Head Coach Brenda Volk along the way. 

Friday saw the host school take an early lead as the Cardinals utilized small ball to push a single run across. SMU would add two more in the sixth and another in the seventh. Meanwhile, the Warhawks bats just couldn’t gather momentum. UWW was making good contact, registering six hits in the contest, but Saint Mary’s always seemed to stifle the momentum quickly. 

Six different Warhawks recorded hits in the game while Brooke Hock suffered the loss in the circle to move to 7-2 on the season. 

Game two was a little deja vu as the Warhawks won the coin flip for home team and SMU took an early lead on a solo homerun in the top of the first. They added two in the top of the second and a few more in the top of the seventh. 

The Cardinal defense held the Warhawks at bay with some fantastic defensive plays, robbing multiple shots that looked to be at least base knocks with sliding, diving and leaping catching. 

True to form, UW-Whitewater did not quit as Dani Peshia blasted a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh, but SMU held on for the win. 

All of the UWW hits came from different Warhawks in the game. Josie Hammen suffered the loss to move to 18-3 on the season. 

In a season that featured big win streaks, thrilling comeback victories and numerous gritty team wins, Friday was the first time UW-Whitewater had fallen in back-to-back games across their 47-game 2025 campaign. 

Warhawk Baseball Super Regional Recap: UWW 14, UWO 1; One or two more games on Sat. [Updated]

Image from Michael Gouvion, gouvtography

Updated 5/23/25 @ 6:55 p.m. to add information regarding ticket prices, parking, etc.

By Broderick Frye
Assistant Sports Information Director

Box score

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team opened up the NCAA Super Regionals with a 14-1 win over UW-Oshkosh on Prucha Field. The Warhawk bats got going early, and the momentum kept carrying through as Aaron Holland (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) and Adam Cootway (DePere, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran) both had five RBIs on the day. The Titans had no answer to a complete game win from Cade Hansen (New Braunfels, Texas/Smithson Valley) on the mound.

Head Coach John Vodenlich reached a career milestone with his 800th win (768th at UW-Whitewater). Vodenlich is the second Warhawk coach to reach the 800 win mark in as many days, with Warhawk Softball head coach Brenda Volk reaching the milestone in their own Super Regional win yesterday. Read More…

UW-Oshkosh scored their only run of the day on a wild pitch in the first inning. The Titans rallied two singles with two outs before scoring on the WP. 

UW-Whitewater answered back with their own two-out rally, this time with Eli Frank (Bayport, Wis./Bay Port) driving in a run. 

The Wahawks expanded their lead with an RBI-single from Holland, followed by a three-run homer from Adam Cootway (DePere, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran). Cootway’s 18th homer of the season leads the Warhawks and ranks second on the Warhawk Single Season Record list. 

The Titans grabbed two singles again in the top of the third, but both were stranded after two consecutive strike-outs from Hansen. The first and third were the only two multi-hit innings for UWO against Hansen.

In the bottom of the 4th, the Warhawks expanded on their lead with a walk and three singles. Holland, Cootway, and Andy Thies (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles) all drove in a run during the fourth, with Frank hitting a sacrifice fly to put the Warhawks up 8-1 after four complete.

The batting didn’t slow down from there, with Sam Paden (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) hitting a lead-off double to start another 3-run inning in the 5th. Paden’s double and Cootway’s homer from the 2nd were the only extra-base hits of the Warhawks’ 19 total hits. Holland and Cootway both drove in more runs during the frame to put the lead at double-digits, 11-1.

Holland, Matt Scolan (Downers Grove, Ill./South), and Thies completed the third consecutive three-run inning for the Warhawks in the sixth.

With the 13-run lead, the Warhawks defense closed out the game with 9 straight outs. Oshkosh only recorded one hit in the final three frames, but the runner was put out on a double play.

Cade Hansen (New Braunfels, Texas/Smithson Valley) threw his third complete game of the season, but first 9.0-inning one. Hansen allowed only five hits, with one earned run, while fanning seven Titan batters.

The Warhawks and Titans will return to Prucha Field Saturday, May 24 at 11 am for the second game of the best of three Super Regional. If a third game is necessary, the start time will be 45-minutes after game two. 

_______________________________________________________________________________

This Whitewater Banner article provides the story of how UW-W baseball won the right to compete in the Super Regional, which will be held on their home field.

2025 NCAA Division III Baseball Super Regional
Hosted by UW-Whitewater | May 23-24, 2025

Prucha Field at Jim Miller Stadium
910 W. Schwager Dr.

*NO PETS allowed at Prucha Field per NCAA Policy*

Tickets – Cash only
$10 – Adults
$8 – Seniors / Students

Parking
Lots 22 (nearest Prucha Field) and 24 (next to Perkins Stadium)
NO PARKING IN LOT 11 (by the Williams Center)

More information regarding the teams’ records, rosters and stats may be found here.

UW-W Softball: Warhawks Open Super Regional with Win as Volk Records 800th Win [Updated]

Updated 5/23/25 @ 5:11 p.m. to correct the day of the first game to Thursday and the second game to Friday.

By Angela Kelm
Asst. Athletic Director for Sports Information

Winona, Minn. — The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater softball team opened the NCAA Division III Winona Super Regional with a 5-3 win over host Saint Mary’s on Thursday. The win marked the 800th on Head Coach Brenda Volk’s career at UWW. 

The Warhawks set the tone early. Bella Eggert hit a rocket down the left field line, beating the third baseman for a leadoff single. Kiarra Kostroski laid down a sacrifice bunt to push Eggert to third and Emma Giese followed with a single to center to put runners on the corners. Grace Wickman blasted a deep ball straight back up the middle that even the center fielder turned to watch sail over the fence. 

The Cardinals, a small ball style team, plated two in the bottom of the first courtesy of three base knocks. 

That score held until the fourth when UWW got the offense going with two outs. Claire Kohnle sparked the bats with a hard single through the left side. JJ Jakosalem followed with a soft liner that fell just inside the foul line in shallow left field. Kaitlyn Weidemann’s single to right field had Kohnle cruising around the bases. Volk sent her and Kohnle slid to the backside of home. The catcher put the tag on, but the umpire was signaling for obstruction. Kohnle’s run counted on the call to give UWW a 4-2 advantage. 

The top of the seventh saw more two-out offense from the Warhawk bats. Eggert singled to center. The speedster was flying around the bases to score on Kostroski’s double that went off the left fielder’s glove near the wall. The run gave UW-Whitewater a three-run cushion heading into the bottom of the seventh. 

After a leadoff single down the left field line, Weidemann nearly robbed a second base hit. A blooper just over the infield toward the right field line had the second baseman laying out but it was just out of her reach. Brooke Hock took over for Josie Hammen in the circle and got out of the inning with three consecutive groundouts. 

Eggert paced the offense with a 2-3 day at the plate while Wickman tallied three RBI on the bomb. 

Hammen got the start and the win tossing six innings to improve to 18-2 on the season. Hock shutout the Cardinals in the final inning for her eighth save of the season. 

The Warhawks return to the diamond in Winona tomorrow for game two of the three-game series at 1 PM on Friday. A third game will start at 3:30 Friday if necessary.

Editor’s note: This press release was received from UW-Whitewater.

UW-W Softball Playing Super Regional in Winona, MN beginning Thursday

As was previously announced on The Whitewater Banner, the UW-W Softball Team won their regional contest and is playing in the Super Regional in Winona, MN.

  • Winona, Minnesota – Saint Mary’s
    • Thursday, May 22
    • Friday, May 23
      • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Game 2: Wis.-Whitewater vs. Saint Mary’s, 2 p.m.
      • Game 3 (if necessary):  Wis.-Whitewater vs. Saint Mary’s, 4:30 p.m.
  • The games should be livestreamed here.

UW-W Hosting NCAA DIII Baseball Super Regional on Fri.-Sat. vs. UW-Oshkosh. 

This Whitewater Banner article provides the story of how UW-W baseball won the right to compete in the Super Regional, which will be held on their home field.

2025 NCAA Division III Baseball Super Regional
Hosted by UW-Whitewater | May 23-24, 2025

Prucha Field at Jim Miller Stadium
910 W. Schwager Dr.

*NO PETS allowed at Prucha Field per NCAA Policy*

Tickets – Cash only
$10 – Adults
$8 – Seniors / Students

Parking
Lots 22 (nearest Prucha Field) and 24 (next to Perkins Stadium)
NO PARKING IN LOT 11 (by the Williams Center)




GAME SCHEDULE

Friday May 24TimeResultsMedia
Game 1 – UW-Whitewater vs. UW-Oshkosh12 PM CDTLive Stream | Live Stats
Saturday, May 25
Game 2 – UW-Whitewater vs UW-Oshkosh11 AM CDT Live Stream | Live Stats
Game 3 – (If Necessary)45 min. after Game 2Live Stream | Live Stats

More information regarding the teams’ records, rosters and stats may be found here.

Dancing into Supers, Warhawk Softball Claims NCAA Regional Title

Photo courtesy of Karl Jakosalem

Cleveland, OH — The UW-Whitewater softball team claimed the NCAA Regional title with a 7-3 win over Case Western Reserve University Saturday. The Warhawks went 3-0 at the regional hosted by CWRU to punch their ticket to Super Regionals. 

UW-Whitewater will take on St. Mary’s (MN) for the best-of-three Supers series. The location and times of Super Regional games will be announced when made official by the NCAA. 

After a three-up, three-down inning for both teams in the first, the Spartans threatened in the second. Auburn Roberson (South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) robbed the extension of an at bat for the leadoff with a nifty sliding catch in foul territory for the first out. CWRU drew a walk and pushed the runner into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt. The Spartans put runners on the corners with an infield single before Josie Hammen (Combined Locks, Wis./Kimberly) got out of the jam with a strikeout. 

UWW responded in the bottom half of the inning with two out offense. Roberson turned her stellar defense into clutch offense with the Warhawks’ first back knock of the game. Claire Kohnle (Tisch Mills, Wis./Kewaunee) made the pitcher work — after falling down 0-2 in the count, the senior fouled off a pitch before watching the next four balls sail by out of the zone for the walk. JJ Jakosalem (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Buffalo Grove) followed suit with a walk to load the bases. Kaitlyn Weidemann (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) sent a hard shot back up the middle for a single to center that plated two for the 2-0 UWW lead. 

Case Western Reserve knotted the game with back-to-back four baggers to open the fourth. A couple of singles later and the Spartans had their only lead of the game, 3-2. 

UW-Whitewater responded immediately in their half of the frame, once again scoring with two outs. Kohnle sent a rocket off the wall in center field for a double. Weidemann singled before Taylor Koehler (Wauconda, Ill./Wauconda) drew a huge pinch hit walk to load the bases. Emma Giese (Kenosha, Wis./Indian Trail) took one for the team off of her front leg for the RBI hit-by-pitch. A wild pitch had all of the Warhawks on the bases moving with Weidemann sliding into home safely to give UWW a 4-3 advantage. 

After a three-up, three-down top of the fifth, UW-Whitewater’s bats added one more in the bottom of the inning. Roberson was hit-by-pitch and Kohnle drew another walk. Roberson came around to score on Weidemann’s single down the right field line. 

Giese kept the offense going in the bottom of the sixth with a one-out single to left center. Grace Wickman (Wausaukee, Wis./Peshtigo) stepped to the plate and took the first pitch for a ball. The next offering had the powerful righty swinging, connecting and the UWW bench yelling BOOM as the no-doubter left the park, easily clearing the wall in left field. The senior trotted around the bases, meeting her celebrating teammates at home plate. 

With a four-run, 7-3 lead heading into the seventh, the Warhawk defense held. As Kohnle secured the final out in left field, the Warhawks streamed out of the dugout to the mound in celebration. 

Weidemann was a perfect 3-3 at the dish with 3 RBI. Wickman added the two-run bomb to cap the scoring. 

Hammen tossed the first three innings before Hock came in to claim the win in the game with four shutout innings of work. 

Hammen, Wickman and Dani Peshia (Newark, Ill./Newark Community) were named to the All-Tournament Team while Weidemann was selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the Regional.