Today is Tuesday, July 23, 2024
The No. 3 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team scored 17 unanswered points Saturday afternoon, Sept. 14 to defeat Concordia-Moorhead 20-10 in a non-conference affair at Jake Christiansen Stadium in Moorhead, Minn.
The Warhawks (2-0 overall) finished with 267 yards passing offensively and held the Cobbers to 62 yards rushing at a 1.8 yards-per-carry clip on the defensive side. UW-Whitewater also forced four turnovers, including two interceptions and two fumbles.
Junior quarterback Zach Oles finished 19-of-29 passing for 248 yards and one touchdown and rushed for a team-high 56 yards on 14 carries with one score. Senior running back Jarrod Ware rushed for 49 yards.
Junior wide receiver JT Parish collected four receptions for 99 yards and one touchdown, and junior wide receiver Derek Kumerow registered six catches for 68 yards.
Senior linebacker Matt Anderson totaled a team-high nine tackles, and senior defensive back Jacob Frey recorded eight stops.
Junior kicker Wojciech Gasienica opened scoring for the Warhawks with a 23-yard field goal midway through the first quarter after an interception by senior defensive back Garrett Purdy set up UW-W near midfield.
The Cobbers (0-2) tallied the next 10 points, finding the end zone five minutes into the second quarter and kicking a field goal with 2:38 left in the period for a 10-3 advantage.
UW-Whitewater closed the first half strong in just two plays. After a 16-yard completion to Kumerow, Oles hit Parish for a 54-yard touchdown with 1:53 on the clock to tie the game at 10-10.
Gasienica knocked through his second field goal of the game from 33 yards out five minutes into the third quarter to complete an 11-play, 58-yard drive that started the second half.
Early in the fourth quarter, Concordia drove deep into Warhawk territory, but junior defensive back Mark McGrath picked off Blake Kragnes in the end zone for a touchback with 11:52 to play in the contest.
On the ensuing drive, UW-Whitewater drove 80 yards on 14 plays, converting two third downs and a fourth down late in the drive. On second-and-10 from the Cobbers’ 14-yard line, Oles took a quarterback draw untouched into the end zone for a 20-10 lead with 4:59 to go.
The two teams exchanged punts, but the Warhawks forced and recovered a fumble on the punt return with 1:54 remaining to seal the win.
UW-Whitewater closes the non-conference regular season next Saturday, Sept. 21, at St. Xavier. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. in Chicago, Ill.
The Whippets participated in the Edgerton Quad on Sat. Sept. 14, played at Delavan-Darien High School due to construction taking place on Edgerton’s home courts. Whitewater had a very successful day defeating Delavan-Darien and Columbus 7-0 and Edgerton 6-1 to take home the championship. Edgerton finished second at 2-1, Delavan-Darien finished at 1-2 and Columbus was 0-3.
We were missing a couple of kids today due to ACT testing which led to a couple of different doubles teams, but the two new teams played well, especially considering the lack of practice time that they had to work together. Mariana Cano and Emily Scherer teamed up at 2 doubles and only lost 4 games combined in their 3 matches. Anisa Dauti and Crystal Chan, making her varsity debut, won all three of their matches in very close fashion having at least one tiebreaker in each match.
Whitewater will be back in action on Tuesday at Whitewater with a dual against Edgerton.
Whitewater Results:
1S Cassidy Laue beat Annyce Peralta (DD) 6-0,6-2
lost Sylvia Fox(Edg)0-6,1-6
beat Aly Theilen(Col)6-2,6-0
2S Kaitlyn Partoll beat JoJo Duran(DD) 6-2,6-0
beat Kylee Houfe(Edg)6-2,2-6,10-5
beat (Col) default
3S Tessa Papcke beat Anna Sorg(DD)6-0,6-2
beat Zoe Lein(Edg)6-3,6-0
beat Macy Woodward(Col)6-0,6-0
4S Josie Hintz beat Gabby Montelongo(DD)6-0,6-0
beat Natalie Langer(Edg)6-0,6-0
beat (Col) default
1D Odessa Sonn beat E.Dejong/L.Aleman(DD)6-0,6-2
Sophie Olson beat T.Shaw/A.Ulset(Edg)6-1,6-3
beat A.Olson/A.Olson(CC)6-3,6-2
2D Mariana Cano beat M.Shackett/D.Patel(DD)6-0,6-1
Emily Scherer beat J.Bauer/J.Rusch(Edg)6-0,6-2
beat A.Erdmann/H.Knipfer(Col)6-1,6-0
3D Anisa Dauti beat J.Olson/R.Crull(DD)7-6(3),6-1
Crystal Chan beat I.Gilmour/K.Smrecek(Edg)3-6,6-3,10-2
beat I.Coughlin/E.Purvis(Col)6-7(5),6-2,11-9
— Courtesy of Coach Tim Nelson
The Whippets defeated Beloit Turner in their home opener on September 12 while celebrating those who support the players the most, their parents and guardians. Whitewater won 3-0 by the scores of 25-7, 25-12, 25-16.
Coach Bullis stated, “It was really awesome having lots of fans cheering the Whippets on to their first conference win of the season. I don’t think we have had such a loud cheering section before! Thanks to all the fans who attended.”
Coach Bullis would like to extend a special thanks to the football team, that helped create a tunnel with the JV and JV2 volleyball players for the varsity players to run through before the game.
As of Thursday night, Whitewater is 7-6 overall and 1-0 in Rock Valley Conference play.
On Saturday, September 14, the Whippets took third at the Parker Invite.
Results from the Parker Invite:
Lost to Parker (0-2)21-25, 17-25
Beat Milton (2-1) 25-21, 18-25, 18-16
Lost to Stoughton (2-1) 25-27,25-16, 9-15
Beat Jefferson (2-1)25-18, 21-25,18-16
Lost to Shoreland (2-1) 19-25, 25-20, 14-16
Stat leaders for the weekend:
Aces: Emme Bullis 9, Cora Linos 8, Amanda Tovar 7
Kills: Emme Bullis 54, Kacie Carollo 27, Cora Linos 18
Blocks: Cora Linos 9, Kacie Carollo 6, Kiyla Kopecky 4
Assists: Cora Linos 65
Digs: Emme Bullis 70, Kacie Carollo 52, Cora Linos 35
Top Performers from the weekend tournament:
Catherine Skindingsrude, Hannah O’Brien and Amanda Tovar did a nice job on serve receive. Maddie Arnett did a nice job on both the right side and middle and continues to improve on off blocking defense. CC Alexander played some valuable minutes, which helps us add depth to our lineup.
Article submitted by Coach Kathy Bullis
The Whippets lost a close 3-4 match to Jefferson at Whitewater on Monday, September 9.
We certainly had our opportunities to pull this match out. Our lack of footwork continues to be an area that we need to work on. If we don’t move you can’t get the ball to go where you need it to go. I was pleased with several things as well though. Our 1 and 2 singles players actually played some very nice points. They were setting their points up quite well, but they were playing two very good players who don’t let you make an error of any kind without making you pay for it.
Melanie Reyes 
Tessa Papcke 
Mariana Cano
Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka
Tessa Papcke showed some mental toughness after completely losing focus in the second set; she was able to pull it back together and win a close 3rd set.
Our 1 and 2 doubles teams were hitting some very nice angles at the net. That is something that we have been working on and was a definite positive this evening.
On Thursday we head to Walworth to face a very tough Big Foot team.
Article Submitted by Coach Tim Nelson
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