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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team has released its 2020 schedule, which kicks off Sept. 5 at 12 p.m. at Carthage: https://uwwsports.com/sports/football/schedule
More information will be released about season tickets and parking in the coming months.
The Carthage game is one of three non-conference contests on the 2020 slate for the Warhawks, who enter the program’s 127th season of competition this fall.
UW-Whitewater is coming off a 13-2 season that included the program’s 37th Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and 10th trip to the Stagg Bowl, the NCAA Division III championship game. The team finished the season as national runner-up.
The Warhawks’ season opener is the first-ever game against the Red Men, who finished with a 4-6 record a season ago, including a 4-5 mark in the grueling College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW).
UW-Whitewater hosts its final two non-conference games of the regular season on Sept. 12 against Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), which is Senior Day at Perkins Stadium, and Sept. 19 against St. Xavier (Ill.) in rematches of contests from last season.
The Cobbers posted a 5-3 mark in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) last season on their way to a 5-5 overall record. The Warhawks traveled to Moorhead on Sept. 14, 2019, emerging with a 20-10 victory.
St. Xavier, a member of the NAIA and Mid-States Football Association, reached the NAIA Championship Series quarterfinals in 2019. UW-Whitewater scored 14 unanswered points on its way to a 28-20 triumph against the Cougars on Sept. 21, 2019, in Chicago.
The Warhawks’ WIAC schedule includes alternating home and away games starting Oct. 3 at UW-Eau Claire. UW-Whitewater welcomes UW-Oshkosh to Perkins Stadium Oct. 10 as part of Family Fest on campus, looking to avenge its only loss of the 2019 regular season.
UW-Whitewater continues the conference slate Oct. 17 at UW-La Crosse and Oct. 24 against UW-River Falls for Homecoming at Perkins Stadium.
The Warhawks play two of their final three games on the road, starting Oct. 31 at UW-Platteville in the annual George Chryst Memorial Bowl. After hosting UW-Stevens Point for Shriners Day and Military Appreciation Day on Nov. 7, UW-W closes the regular season Nov. 14 at UW-Stout.
Four members of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team were selected to the 2020 Division III All-American teams by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
Seniors Mike Tortorice (Wauconda, Ill./Carmel), Hazen Rice (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg) and Jaritt Shinhoster (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Barrington) earned first team honors, while senior Ryder Sigler (Fredonia, Wis./Cedarburg) garnered second team accolades.
The quartet helped the Warhawks place second at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships and finish third at the NCAA Upper Midwest Regional Championships. All four qualified for the NCAA Championship, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The All-American teams, which usually consist of the top eight finishers in each weight class at the NCAA Championship, is based on each wrestler’s overall body of work through the regional tournaments.
Tortorice finishes his career as a three-time All-American. He was the top seed in the 125-pound bracket for the NCAA Championship with a 33-1 record. Tortorice claimed the WIAC championship for the third straight season and the Upper Midwest Regional title for the second consecutive year. He placed third in the nation in 2018 and finished as national runner-up in 2019.
Rice was set to be the No. 4 seed at the NCAA Championship after a strong senior campaign at 141 pounds. He finished the year with a 32-1 record, with his only loss coming in the Upper Midwest Regional final against Augsburg’s David Flynn, who was set to be the third seed. Rice closed his career as a two-time national qualifier, two-time regional champion and three-time conference champion.
Shinhoster enjoyed a dominant sophomore campaign, reaching the NCAA Championship for the second straight season at 174 pounds. Seeded fourth at the national tournament, Shinhoster finished the year with a 28-3 mark after winning the WIAC title and finishing as runner-up at the NCAA Upper Midwest Regional. He finished ninth in NCAA Division III with 18 pins.
Sigler broke through for his first NCAA Championship berth at 165 pounds after finishing as runner-up at the NCAA Upper Midwest Regional, including a major decision over two-time defending national champion Lucas Jeske of Augsburg in the regional semifinal to punch his ticket. He finished the year with a 23-13 record and placed third at the WIAC Championships.
Both Shinhoster and Sigler earned spots on the NWCA’s Division III Scholar All-America Team.
Thursday, March 12, was an amazing day for the Whippet family!
In front of their teammates, coaches, and family, Jack Mayer and Juan Cuellar Meza both signed their letters of intent to run track at the University of Dubuque!
Jack Mayer and Family 
Juan Cuellar Meza and Family
Congratulations, gentlemen!
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has canceled all athletic events, including contests and practices, for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Athletic Directors agreed to cancel all athletic events, including conference and non-conference competitions and WIAC spring championships, for the 2019-20 year.
In addition, any organized athletic related activities, including practices, strength and conditioning and athletic training, an all on- or off-campus, in-person athletic recruiting activities are suspended indefinitely.
“Our department is taking the COVID-19 situation very seriously, and we as leaders decided that the health and well-being of those in our campus community comes first,” Interim Athletic Director Ryan Callahan said. “We encourage our student-athletes, coaches and support staff to be safe in the coming months.”
“My heart breaks for all of our student-athletes, especially our seniors from fall and winter sports who were not able to close their careers competing for championships, and all our spring teams who are unable to play out their traditional seasons and qualify for individual and team championship events.”
Last Thursday, the NCAA canceled all remaining winter and spring national championship events, including the Division III wrestling and indoor track and field championships.
UW-Whitewater announced last week that Spring Break will begin one week early and run through Sunday, March 29. Beginning Monday, March 30, face-to-face instruction will be suspended, and the campus will move to alternative delivery of classes through at least Friday, April 17. All campus events are canceled through at least Friday, April 17, with limited exceptions.
Campus will remain open, and the university will continue daily operations.
Questions about the COVID-19 situation can be directed to 262-472-1362 or covid19info@uww.edu. The phoneline and e-mail will be monitored during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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