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Adrian, Mich. – The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team survived Adrian College in the opening game of the NCAA DIII Regional Tournament. 

The Warhawks got off to a slow start offensively, recording only one hit the first time through the order. 

Adrian went the first two innings without allowing a single Warhawk base runner. The momentum of shutting out UWW carried into an RBI double for the Bulldogs to open up the scoring in the top of the 3rd. 

The Warhawks recorded their first hit in the bottom of the third, as Jackson hit a single. A double play ended the inning though, keeping the advantage on Adrian’s side.

The Warhawks were held without a runner again in the fourth, but the Warhawks finally added a run to the board with Sam Paden (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) hitting a sacrifice fly to tie the game. With two outs, Darryl Jackson (Milwaukee, Wis./Rufus King) hit his two-run home run to left field, putting the Warhawks up 3-1 and sparking some life into the batting.

Adrian tied the game back in the 6th and kept the top of the Warhawk order off the base path. Logan Eisenbarth (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) did his work on the mound, not allowing Adrian to expand on their hitting momentum. 

The Warhawks grabbed the lead after Andy Thies (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles) led off the bottom of the 7th with a solo home run. Thies’s home run started a 7th inning rally, scoring four runs for the Warhawks. Paden put another sacrifice fly in play, with Darryl Jackson (Milwaukee, Wis./Rufus King) and Dominik McVay (Mineral Point, Wis./Mineral Point) hitting back-to-back RBI doubles to put the Warhawks up 7-3.

Another three-up-three-down inning for Eisenbarth allowed another rally for the Warhawks in the eighth. Eli Frank (Bayport, Wis./Bay Port) hit an RBI single to give the Warhawks a five run lead. 

Heading into the ninth, Adrian kept their chances alive by loading up the bases. But Brady Malkow (Brodhead, Wis./Brodhead) grabbed the last three outs of the inning, securing the win for the Warhawks & getting his first save of the season. 

On the mound, Logan Eisenbarth (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) was credited with the win, going 2.2 innings without allowing a single hit. Malkow got the save with only one hit in the last inning while striking out one.

The Warhawks will face WashU tomorrow for the second game of the Regional tournament. First pitch is set for 1:30 PM (CDT) in Adrian, Michigan.  The livestream may be viewed here.

Cleveland, OH — The UW-Whitewater softball team opened the 2025 NCAA Regional hosted by Case Western in spectacular fashion Thursday. Josie Hammen (Combined Locks, Wis./Kimberly) tossed the first no-hitter in NCAA play in league history as the Warhawks topped Penn College of Technology 5-0. 

The day didn’t start off as planned as a rainstorm popped up in the middle of warmups causing a delay. The Warhawks headed to a locker room to wait out the next two hours before heading back to field to re-warmup. The delay didn’t seem to have an impact as the Warhawks took an early lead and Hammen shutdown the Wildcats. 

JJ Jakosalem (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Buffalo Grove) took one for the team to lead off the bottom of the third. Kaitlyn Weidemann (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) laid down a nifty bunt and legged out the infield single followed by a walk from Bella Eggert (Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North) to load the bases. Kiarra Kostroski (Fort Atkinson, Wis./Fort Atkinson) put the ball in play and forced a miscue to push the first run across. Emma Giese (Kenosha, Wis./Indian Trail) found the 5-6 hole beating the diving shortstop for a RBI single. Grace Wickman (Wausaukee, Wis./Peshtigo) scored another on a grounder before Dani Peshia (Newark, Ill./Newark Community) tagged a ball up the middle. The second baseman made a diving stop but Peshia got the infield single and an RBI for a 4-0 lead. Auburn Roberson (South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) plated the final run of the inning, and the game, on a grounder that the shortstop made a diving play on. Despite the great defensive effort, Giese was able to score from third and give UWW a 5-0 advantage.

The top of the fourth saw the lone Wildcat batter reach on a walk. Hammen threw to just one over the minimum, one batter away from the perfect game. 

The no-hitter is the first of Hammen’s collegiate career, the first seven-inning no-hitter for UW-Whitewater since 2017, and the first no-hitter by any WIAC pitcher in the NCAA tournament in conference history. 

The Warhawks advance to face Case Western Reserve, which beat Lebanon Valley 10-2 in five innings on Thursday. and Lebanon Valley tomorrow (Friday) at 10 AM CDT. All games of the Cleveland regional can be viewed live on NCAA Champs Pass. 

MADISON, Wis.–University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Matt Scolan has been named the recipient of the 2025 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Baseball Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete Award.
 
A senior from Downers Grove, Ill. (South), Scolan is majoring in finance and sustains a 3.81 grade point average. He was selected the 2024 NCAA Division III Baseball Academic All-America® of the Year, selected by the College Sports Communicators. Scolan is a three-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll and been recognized on UW-Whitewater’s Dean’s List numerous semesters. He was a UW-Whitewater Chancellor Scholar Athlete this year.
 
Scolan was tabbed the WIAC Kwik Trip Position Player of the Year this season and received the award for the second consecutive year. He is a three-time All-WIAC first team selection helped UW-Whitewater win four conference titles and three tournament championships in his career. Scolan received All-America First Team honors a year ago from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and D3baseball.com. He is a two-time ABCA All-Region honoree, claiming third team recognition in 2023 and first team accolades in 2024.
 
Scolan owns the conference career record in runs scored, and holds the program record for career at-bats, hits, and home runs. In 2024, he set single-season program marks with 228 at-bats, 81 runs scored, 92 hits and 78 RBI.
 
Scolan has provided community service at Helping Hand in Illinois. 
 
Also nominated for this year’s scholar-athlete award were: UW-La Crosse’s Tucker Bouche (Sr., Oconto Falls, Wis./Oconto Falls); UW-Oshkosh’s Mason Kirchberg (Sr., DeForest, Wis. /DeForest); UW-Platteville’s Brady Hoppert (Sr., New Berlin, Wis./Martin Luther); UW-Stevens Point’s Colton Martell (Sr., Sussex, Wis./Hamilton); and UW-Stout’s Justin Sedin (Sr., Poplar, Wis./Northwestern).
 
The WIAC Scholar-Athlete Award is named after Max Sparger, who served as commissioner of the Wisconsin State University Conference for 22 years from 1971-93. He oversaw the transition of the conference from NAIA to full NCAA membership. Sparger arrived at UW-Stout in 1959 and served the institution in a variety of capacities, including an assistant football and basketball coach, head wrestling coach and head football coach. He served as UW-Stout’s athletics director from 1969-71 and was inducted into the WIAC Hall of Fame in 2012.
 
In order to be nominated for the scholar-athlete award, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.50 grade point average. In addition, he must be in his last year of competition, or on schedule to graduate this academic year, and have competed for a minimum of two years. The award is based on academic achievements, athletics accomplishments and involvement in other campus activities, organizations and community service projects.

Editor’s note: Source – WIAC website

Update 5/14/25 @ 11 p.m.: UW-W Women’s Softball has its first game in the championship on Thursday, May 15 at 10 a.m. CDT. They play Penn College and livestream may be found here.

The Warhawk softball team, will make its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division III Softball Tournament starting Thursday, May 15, in Cleveland, Ohio.

UW-Whitewater (35-6 overall) will make its 25th appearance in the national tournament as an NCAA Division III member. The team takes on Penn College in its first game on Thursday, May 15, at 10 a.m. Central Time at the four-team Cleveland regional, which is being hosted by Case Western Reserve University.

The Warhawks claimed an at-large bid to the tournament after winning the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship for the third time in the last five years. UW-Whitewater reached the semifinals of the conference tournament last week in Whitewater.

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater club softball team earned the 2025 National Club Softball Association Division II national championship — the program’s second consecutive title — after winning the World Series last weekend in Cranberry, Pennsylvania.

The Warhawks topped High Point University on Sunday, May 11, by a 5-1 score in the World Series final to clinch back-to-back championships and the second title in program history.

UW-Whitewater finished 3-0 in pool play before winning consecutive games in bracket play to capture the championship. The team qualified for the World Series after winning the NCSA Division II District IV Regional in Elkhart, Indiana, topping Northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, St. Thomas, and Michigan Tech to punch its ticket to Pennsylvania.

UW-Whitewater is home to more than 30 individual club sport programs. Warhawk teams have combined to earn 32 national championships in the university’s history. For more information on club sports at UW-Whitewater, visit uww.edu/rec-sports/club-sports.

The 2025 NCAA DIII baseball championship saw its 64-team field revealed via a selection show on May 12 on NCAA.com. The tournament begins May 16 with the regional round and concludes June 5 at Classic Auto Group Park in Eastlake, Ohio. 

In 2025, the tournament will feature 64 teams competing across 16 regional brackets, each consisting of four teams in a double-elimination format.

Misericordia came out on top in the 2024 NCAA DIII baseball championship, defeating Wisconsin-Whitewater for the title.

The regionals will be played May 16-18. The bracket is not reproducing well. UW-W is playing at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan. The other teams playing there are WashU and Ohio Northern.

11-inning Thriller in Game 1 swings momentum into Game 2 for an 11-4 win

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team secured their 9th tournament title in program history with a win over UW-Oshkosh in the 2025 WIAC Baseball Championship. After forcing a decisive game two in an 11-inning thriller, the Warhawks kept the momentum in their favor to cruise to an 11-4 win to claim the crown. 

The Warhawks batted first in game one, coming out of the elimination side of the WIAC Tournament bracket. Aaron Holland (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) led off the inning with a single, and scored the first run with the help of a few errors by the Titan defense.

UW-Oshkosh took the lead with a 2-RBI double in the bottom of the second, and kept the Warhawks from rounding in the next two frames. The third and fourth innings both ended with a “double” play, a 643 and then strike-them-out-throw-them-out.

UW-Oshkosh extended their lead in the 5th, hitting a solo shot to take a 3-1 lead. But Andy Thies (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles) answered back to cut the lead back to one with his own solo jack in the top of the 7th. 

The Warhawk defense and pitching kept working through the Titan order to keep the game close, it finally paid off with Sam Paden (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) hitting the tying single in the top of the 9th with two outs.

In the bottom of the 9th, UW-Oshkosh had runners in scoring position with one out, but Brandon Brust (The Woodlands, Tex./The Woodlands) got the Warhawks out of the jam, with a swinging strikeout and a weak pop-up. 

Both teams were held without a run in the first extra inning. The Warhawks were thrown out at home, to keep the game tied at 3-a-piece.

The Warhawks broke the tie in the top of the 11th, with Paden scoring two on a single. Dominik McVay (Mineral Point, Wis./Mineral Point) added an insurance run with two outs to put the Warhawks up 6-3.

Logan Eisenbarth (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) secured the save grabbing a quick two outs. The Titans managed two bases runners, but were stranded after a pop up to end the game.

In game two, the Warhawks switched back to the home team and a three-up-three-down sent the Warhawks to the bottom of the first quickly. UWW loaded up the bags, but the Titans ended the inning without a run.

The Warhawks took the first lead of the game with an Adam Cootway (DePere, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran) solo home run in the bottom of the third. The Warhawk defense kept UW-Oshkosh in check as well, not allowing more than one base runner through six innings. 

A rally in the bottom of the 6th kept swinging the Warhawks forward. The Warhawks scored six runs, all coming from two-RBI doubles from Holland, Eli Frank (Bayport, Wis./Bay Port), and then Cootway to put the Warhawks up 7-0.

UW-Oshkosh ended the shutout in the seventh, with two out singles to score two runners. 

The Warhawks answered back quickly though, Darryl Jackson (Milwaukee, Wis./Rufus King) scored from first with help from a single by Dominik McVay (Mineral Point, Wis./Mineral Point) and an error in the outfield. Aaron Holland (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) hit another homer to break the double digit mark on the scoreboard. 

Jack Hagen (San Clemente, Cal./San Clemente) finished the last three innings on the mound for the save, with George Hansen (Superior, Wis./Superior) earning the win after pitching the first six innings. 

The NCAA Selection show is scheduled for Monday, May 12th. The Warhawks will find out their placement in the NCAA Tournament during the selection show. 

Scolan Goes for Cycle; Warhawks to Face Titans in WIAC Title Bout

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team were victorious in the rematch against UW-Platteville in the elimination game of the 2025 WIAC Tournament. 

The Warhawks’ Matt Scolan (Downers Grove, Ill./South) added a new accolade on his already storied career. Scolan went 4-for-4 from the plate, completing the cycle, the fourth time in Warhawk history. Scolan joins Daytona Bryden (2016 & 2018) and Adam Cootway (DePere, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran) (2023) in the Warhawk record books. 

Scolan recorded his single in inning number one but was stranded after the Warhawks two-lead off singles to start the game. 

UWW offense got clicking quickly though, spotting three runs in the bottom of the second. Aaron Holland (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) hit a two-RBI double to clean up Daryl Jackson and Danny Hopper (Palatine, Ill./Palatine), as Scolan tallied his double to score Holland.

The Warhawk defense was also clicking, not allowing their first base runner until the third inning. The Pioneers went 4.1 innings without a hit as Cade Hansen (New Braunfels, Texas/Smithson Valley) continued to deal on the mound.

Adam Cootway (DePere, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran) added another run to the lead with a solo home run in the bottom of three, his second of the day. UW-Platteville was able to get out of the inning without any more damage and held the Warhawks without a run in the fourth.

Scolan led off the bottom of the fifth with a triple to left center. Eli Frank (Bayport, Wis./Bay Port) sent one to left field to give the Warhawks a 6-0 lead. However, the inning wasn’t over, with Dany Hopper hitting an RBI single, followed by Sam Paden (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) 2-run homer to push the lead up to nine. 

Holland had a productive at bat to score another, with Scolan achieving the cycle with a no-doubter over the right field scoreboard in the bottom of the 5th.

In the bottom of the 6th, Paden pushed in Cootway on a fielder’s choice. The Pioneers had two singles to lead off the 7th, but a 643 double play and Cade Hansen (New Braunfels, Texas/Smithson Valley) strikeout gave the Warhawks the 13-0 win.

Hansen only allowed five hits while fanning five in his complete game win. 

UWW baseball will take on UW-Oshkosh in the WIAC Championship Saturday morning, May 10. The game is set for 11 am. The Warhawks will need to win the first game in order to force a decisive second game for the WIAC Tournament Title.

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Tournament Schedule
Thursday, May 8
Game 1–UW-Platteville (#4) 6, UW-Whitewater (#1) 3  (Box Score)
Game 2–UW-Oshkosh (#3) 15, UW-La Crosse (#2) 4 (8 inn.)  (Box Score)

Friday, May 9
Game 3–UW-Whitewater 6, UW-La Crosse 5  (Box Score)  (UW-La Crosse eliminated)
Game 4–UW-Oshkosh 15, UW-Platteville 5 (7 inn.)  (Box Score)
Game 5–UW-Whitewater 13, UW-Platteville 0 (7 inn.)  (Box Score)  (UW-Platteville eliminated)

Saturday, May 10
Game 6–UW-Oshkosh at UW-Whitewater, 11:00 AM  (Live Video)  (Live Stats)
Game 7 (if necessary)–Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 2:00 PM

Hosted by UW-Whitewater at Prucha Field at Jim Miller Stadium

Dogs, cats and other pets (with the exception of licensed service animals) are prohibited on the site of all WIAC championships and postseason tournaments (regardless of whether the event is conducted on- or off-campus)

Softball Tournament at van Steenderen Complex

Tournament Schedule

Friday, May 9
Game 1–UW-Platteville (#5) 9, UW-La Crosse (#4) 0 (6 inn.)  (Box Score)  (UW-La Crosse eliminated)
Game 2–UW-Stevens Point (#6) 9, UW-Eau Claire (#3) 4  (Box Score)  (UW-Eau Claire eliminated)
 
Saturday, May 10
Game 3–UW-Platteville at UW-Whitewater (#1), 11:00 AM  (Live Video)  (Live Stats)
Game 4–UW-Stevens Point vs. UW-Oshkosh (#2), 1:30 PM  (Live Video)  (Live Stats)
Game 5–Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 4:00 PM  (Live Video)  (Live Stats)
 
Sunday, May 11
Inclement weather date

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship for the 23rd time in the program’s history and the seventh time in the last eight seasons.

UW-Whitewater clinched the title outright – its second straight – on May 3 with a 19-4 victory against UW-Platteville.

The Warhawks are hosting the WIAC Tournament this weekend. The team dropped its opening game by 6-3 in the tournament against UW-Platteville and takes on UW-La Crosse in an elimination game today – Friday, May 9, at 10 a.m.

The NCAA Tournament begins with regional tournaments next week. UW-Whitewater was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the latest D3baseball.com National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25. D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25.

Softball also clinched WIAC title; Also hosting WIAC tournament this weekend

The 2025 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater softball team, clinched its 16th Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 12-2 league record.

The Warhawks, who’ve won six of the last eight league regular season titles and eight of the last 11, will host the WIAC Tournament starting Friday, May 9. As the top seed, the team has a first-round bye and plays its first game Saturday, May 10, at 11 a.m. at van Steenderen Softball Complex.

The NCAA Tournament begins next week with regional tournaments. UW-Whitewater was ranked 15th in the nation in the most recent National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll.