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According to The Advance-Titan, UW Oshkosh Athletic Director Darryl Sims announced on March 1 that Peter Jennings would be the new head coach of the Titan football team during a press conference at the Culver Family Welcome Center.
“Peter has a real vision for Titan football,” Sims said. “He is a strong leader. He has an innovative football mind and has demonstrated the ability to work well with student athletes: to help them be successful in the classroom and on the football field.”
Jennings was the offensive coordinator for four seasons at UW-Whitewater, where he helped the Warhawks compile a 39-4 record and win three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championships from 2018-21. The Warhawks advanced to the 2019 NCAA Division III championship game and reached the semi-finals in 2018 and 2021.
Further information is provided in the article at the above link.
By Merit Pages News
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s basketball team has earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Championship and will host the first and second rounds in the NCAA Whitewater Regional this Friday and Saturday at Kachel Gymnasium.
The Warhawks (23-4 overall) will face Ripon in the first round Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Red Hawks earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by winning the Midwest Conference Tournament championship.
DePauw (Ind.) and Illinois Wesleyan complete the four-team pod and will square off in the first round Friday at 5 p.m. The Tigers earned a Pool C, or at-large, berth to the NCAA Tournament after reaching the semifinals of the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament. The Titans claimed a Pool A, or automatic, bid after winning the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Tournament.
The winners of the first-round games will play in the second round Saturday at 7 p.m. at Kachel Gymnasium.
UW-Whitewater earned an at-large bid to the national tournament, its sixth consecutive appearance and 13th in the last 14 seasons. The team claimed the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 12-2 league record and reached the WIAC Tournament championship game last week.
The Warhawks were second in the NCAA Region IX rankings last week.
See below for the complete weekend schedule.
Friday, March 4
Game 1: DePauw (home) vs. Illinois Wesleyan, 5 p.m.
Game 2: UW-Whitewater (home) vs. Ripon, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 5
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m.
*host will be the home team; if host does not advance, winner of Game 1 will be home team
The following local UW-Whitewater student-athletes are members of the 2021-22 Warhawk women’s basketball team:
Rebekah Schumacher of Whitewater, WI (Whitewater High School), a senior majoring in elementary education.
Kacie Carollo of Whitewater, WI (Whitewater High School), a freshman majoring in integrated science and business.
Carter Friend entered his senior year with a goal of improving on his 2021 state placement finish by finishing in the top 3 at his weight class in the state of Wisconsin. Saturday afternoon, mission accomplished. Friend ended a stellar high school wrestling career by going 3-1 in the WIAA state wrestling tournament, putting him in 3rd place at the 160-pound weight class.
Carter Friend 
Carter Friend
Carter wrestled an outstanding tournament having extremely tough matches as to be expected at that level. He started off Friday morning with a very well wrestled match, winning 5-2 to put him into the state semi-finals. On Friday evening, Carter had a tough hill to climb as he was competing against a young man who is the two-time defending champion and is ranked number 4 in the country. Carter did not back down, and although he lost, he gave the young man a full match, which has not happened often to him the last two years, and he scored a takedown on the young man, a feat that only one other wrestler can claim they did this year. It is disappointing to lose in the state semi-finals, but Carter came back strong against two more very strong opponents on Saturday morning. He won his first match in a very tight match in overtime 4-2 to put himself into the 3rd place match. Again, Carter had a tough, hard-fought match as it was knotted up the entire match. Carter was able to hit an outstanding counter shot with 15 seconds left to secure a takedown and the 5-2 win, thus reaching his goal coming into the season by placing 3rd in the tournament. Carter ended his season with a 42-6 record, with three of his losses coming against state champions! Carter ended his high school career with an impressive 124 wins, placing him second all-time in Whitewater History.
Mason DePorter also had the opportunity to compete at the state tournament this weekend. Mason came out very strong in his first match, securing a takedown to his Lodi opponent’s back. Unfortunately, things did not continue to go Mason’s way in that match, and he came up short. This opponent went on to win his next couple of matches to finish as a state runner-up. Mason had a great senior campaign with 36 wins, 29 of which were by pin, breaking a school record that has held since 2010.
Mason DePorter
Congratulations to both of these young men on not only an outstanding season but an outstanding career.
Article Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org
Action Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka
By Chris Lindeke, Assistant Athletic Director, Strategic Communications and Branding, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Friday, February 25, 2022
NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Web Page (Selection Show – Monday, 1:30 p.m. Central Time)
The No. 9 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s basketball team held a double-digit lead early in the second half but was unable to sustain the advantage Friday night in a 77-63 setback against UW-Eau Claire in the championship game of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament (presented by Culver’s) at Kachel Gymnasium.
The Warhawks (23-4 overall), who won the WIAC regular season championship and were making their eighth appearance in the tournament title game, hope to secure an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The 64-team field will be revealed Monday at 1:30 p.m. Central Time during a live selection show on NCAA.com.
UW-Whitewater outrebounded the Blugolds by a 47-39 margin, including 23-9 on the offensive glass that led to a 25-13 edge in second-chance points. UW-W was limited to 34.2 percent shooting from the floor, including a 20 percent clip in the fourth quarter.
UW-Eau Claire (21-7) turned 15 Warhawk turnovers into 20 points at the other end and shot 56.0 percent from the floor in the second half.
Kacie Carollo led UW-Whitewater with 14 points to go with five rebounds. Johanna Taylor registered a double-double with 10 points and 15 rebounds (11 offensive) to go along with seven assists and two blocks.
Yssa Sto. Domingo collected 13 points and Aleah Grundahl finished with nine.
The Blugolds started the contest with seven straight points, but the Warhawks recorded 10 of the next 13 points to tie the game at 10-10 following a jumper by Rebekah Schumacher with 3:45 left in the first quarter. UW-EC held a 17-13 advantage through the first 10 minutes.
UW-Whitewater held UW-Eau Claire to 25 percent shooting in the second quarter and finished with a 25-13 scoring advantage in the period. The Warhawks took their first lead of the period on a 3-pointer by Sto. Domingo with 6:27 left, and a 10-0 run capped on a 3-pointer by Maggie Trautsch gave UW-W a 36-24 lead with just over two minutes remaining.
A pair of free throws by Carollo in the final seconds of the quarter gave UW-Whitewater a 38-30 halftime lead.
Sto. Domingo knocked down a 3-pointer to begin the second half and Grundahl generated five points over a two-minute stretch to give the Warhawks their largest lead of the game at 48-35 with 7:37 to play in the third.
The Blugolds rallied with 13 straight points to tie the game at 48-48 just past the midway point of the quarter. The two teams traded baskets the rest of the period and UW-EC held a 57-55 edge heading to the fourth.
Grundahl brought UW-Whitewater within two points at the 8:28 mark before UW-Eau Claire scored eight straight points for a 67-57 advantage with 5:43 on the clock.
The Warhawks drew as close as eight points the rest of the way.
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