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By Chris Lindeke
Assistant Athletic Director, Strategic Communications and Branding
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Saturday, May 22, 2021
The No. 5 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team captured its third straight conference tournament title and seventh all time Saturday afternoon with a 13-9 victory against UW-Stevens Point in the final game of the 2021 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Presented by Culver’s at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium in Whitewater.
With the win, the Warhawks (37-5 overall) secure the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship, which begins with the regional round next week. UW-Whitewater will host a six-team, double-elimination regional tournament starting Thursday at Miller Stadium.
The NCAA will announce the 48-team national tournament field on Sunday night on NCAA.com.
Trailing 9-6 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, first baseman/pitcher Donovan Brandl singled through the left side with two outs, and was brought home by left fielder Matt Korman, who doubled the opposite way to trim the deficit to two runs. After a pinch-hit, run-scoring hit to center by Ben Wilkins, catcher Ryan Norton extended the inning further with another hit to put two on with two outs.
On a 1-0 count, centerfielder Zach Campbell hit a double to deep right center field to plate Wilkins and Norton and give the Warhawks (37-5 overall) the lead for good.
Ben Muscatello got the first two outs in the top of the eighth, and Brandl came on for the final out, inducing a fielder’s choice ground ball to end the frame.
Korman provided insurance in the bottom of the eighth with a two-out, three-run homer out to left center field to account for the final margin.
Brandl stayed in the game on the mound and pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his first save of the year.
Kade Lancour pitched a scoreless seventh inning and earned the win, improving to 2-1 on the season.
UW-W took the early lead with two runs in the bottom of the first inning on consecutive two-out, run-scoring hits by right fielder Jacob DeMeyer and Brandl.
The Pointers (32-11) took the lead on a three-run homer in the top of the fourth, but the Warhawks responded with three in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly by Campbell and a pair of wild pitches.
The two teams traded runs in the fifth inning and, with UW-Whitewater leading 6-4, UW-Stevens Point plated five runs in the top of the sixth to take a three-run advantage.
Korman tallied four of UW-W’s 17 hits and collected three runs scored and four RBIs. Campbell posted two hits and three RBIs, and shortstop Nick Santoro finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Brandl collected three hits, one run scored and one RBI, and DeMeyer registered one hit, two walks, three runs scored and one RBI. Norton scored two runs with one hit, and designated hitter/pitcher Connor Moroder knocked in one run with a sacrifice fly.
Connor Spear started on the mound for the Warhawks and pitched 4 1/3 innings, striking out six. Moroder got out of a two-on, one-out jam in relief of Spear in the fifth and pitched 1 2/3 frames.
UW-Whitewater will play in its 13th consecutive NCAA Tournament and 23rd in program history.
By Chris Lindeke
Assistant Athletic Director, Strategic Communications and Branding
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Friday, May 21, 2021
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The No. 5 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team won its first two games Friday at the 2021 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship Presented by Culver’s to advance to the title game of the conference tournament.
The Warhawks (36-5 overall), the tournament’s No. 2 seed, edged third-seeded UW-La Crosse 5-4 in the first game of the day, and followed up the performance with a 10-0 triumph in seven innings against No. 4 seed UW-Stout to cap the day.
UW-Whitewater will play in the WIAC championship game at 3 p.m. Saturday against the winner of the UW-Stout/UW-Stevens Point game that starts the day at 12 p.m. With a loss, the Warhawks would play the same team again Sunday at 12 p.m. in a winner-take-all contest.
In the opener against UW-La Crosse (30-12), the Warhawks knocked three solo home runs, including a walk-off shot by second baseman Sam Vomhof with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning. Third baseman Tucker Criswell and first baseman Donovan Brandl provided the other homers as part of a two-run third that gave UW-W a 4-3 lead.
After three scoreless frames, the Eagles tied the game at 4-4 with a run in the top of the seventh, and neither team scored again until Vomhof sent a shot opposite field over the left field fence for his first long ball of the season.
Shortstop Nick Santoro plated the remaining two runs for the Warhawks on a two-out, two-run triple in the bottom of the second. Left fielder Matt Korman reached base three times with one hit and two walks and scored one run.
Pitcher Connor Spear earned the win in relief to improve to 6-0 on the year, tossing a pair of scoreless frames. Matt O’Sullivan started the game and allowed four runs (three earned) with six strikeouts over seven innings. Spear and O’Sullivan combined to strand 11 UW-L runners in the affair.
In the nightcap against UW-Stout, UW-Whitewater touched home plate four times in the bottom of the third inning and five times in the bottom of the seventh. Korman lifted a two-run home run to deep left field to end the contest by run rule.
Criswell joined Korman with two RBIs to lead the Warhawk offense. Centerfielder Zach Campbell registered two hits, one run scored and one RBI, and Santoro collected three hits and two runs scored. Vomhof and Brandl each finished with two hits and two runs scored.
Righgt fielder Jacob DeMeyer and pinch hitter Connor Moroder plated one run apiece for UW-W.
Westin Muir tossed all seven innings to improve to 8-1 for the season, not allowing a hit after the first batter of the game. He walked one hitter and struck out a season-high 11 batters as part of his efficient performance.
Information Submitted by Leif Knudsen
Whitewater High School Head Golf Coach
leifknudsen@sbcglobal.net
Photo Courtesy of Tom Ganser
On Wednesday, May 18, the Whippet Golfers took to the Janesville Riverside Golf Course for a meet with 10 RVC teams.
Whitewater placed third with a score of 389, behind Edgerton with 330 and Evansville with 371.
Jadon Condon led the Whippets with a 91, followed by Camden Frye with a 96.
Article Submitted by Michael Hookstead
Whitewater High School Head Baseball Coach
mhookstead@wwusd.org
Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka
The Whippet Varsity Baseball Team suffered a 12-4 loss to Big Foot on Thursday, May 20.
The team started off slow but they battled hard for the entire game. The offensive highlights came in the 5th inning when Jacob Heritage and Marc Jones both had ground rule doubles.
Jacob Heritage 
Marc Jones
The Whippets will be back in action this Friday when they travel to Brodhead.
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