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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.