Today is Friday, April 18, 2025
The No. 3 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team earned a hard-fought 28-20 victory at NAIA foe St. Xavier in a non-conference contest in Chicago, Ill.
The Warhawk (3-0 overall) closed out the non-conference season by holding the Cougars (1-1) to 3-of-15 on third-down coversions and posting 14 points off St. Xavier’s turnovers.
Sophomore quarterback Max Meylor passed 16-for-26 for 204 yards and two touchdowns. Junior linebacker Kaleb Kaminski led the defense with 17 takles.
After a field goal by the Cougars, senior running back Ronny Ponick capped a drive with a 1-yard touchdown to give UW-Whitewater a 7-3 advantage with 10:18 to play in the second quarter.
St. Xavier scored the next 10 points before the Warhawks responded with another rushing touchdown as junior running back Alex Peete plunged in from one yard out to make it 14-13 with 43 seconds left in the first half.
The Cougars took their last lead before UW-Whitewater took the lead for good on a 34-yard pass from Meylor to sophomore wide receiver Sam DeLany late in the third quarter.
The Warhawks tacked on seven more points when Meylor hit junior wide receiver Derek Kumerow for a 19-yard score with 25 seconds on the clock.
UW-Whitewater opens Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Oct. 5 against UW-Eau Claire. Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m. at Perkins Stadium.
In muggy conditions, soft footing and storms looming, the Whippets were able to get all their races in before the storms hit in Kenosha on the campus of UW-Parkside for the Racine St. Catherine’s Cross Country Invitational. This invitational features 40 teams from all 3 divisions.
On the girls side, freshman Sabrina Bomberg took the #1 position for the Whippets and finished 135th with a new 5K personal best time of 25:59. Sabrina continues to improve each race as she grows more confident on race day. Sophia Walton finished in 159th, and rounding out the final 3 scoring spots on varsity were Nikole Pelot, Morgan Stillwagon and Jenna Lee. There was a 3 second spread between them and finished in places 168, 169 and 170. The team finished in 27th place. Caelyn Caputo, also a freshman, led the JV team to a 17th place team finish while she claimed the 166th place in the field with a new personal best of 30:53.
On the boys side, Trenten Zahn continues to impress with a 12th place finish out of 236 runners. His time of 17:16 isn’t his best, but his technical race savviness was on full display as he slayed the field to a medal finish. Gio Anello took 32nd, Cooper Hammond 144th, Peter Zimdars 157th, Will Hofmann 177th, CJ Tomomitsu 182nd and Jack Mayer placed 215th. The team finished 19th overall. Mason West led the JV boys with a 136th finish with a time of 21:50. Running season best times on this day were Keith Cameron, Andy Vo, and Justin Mitchell. The JV team placed 21st overall. Full results: http://wisconsinrunner.com/results/2019AngelInvite.php
Next up for the Whippet runners will be the 82nd edition of the oldest inter-state cross country invitational in the country as they travel to Janesville to compete in the Midwest Invitational on Saturday. First race starts at 9:05.
Whitewater Volleyball defeated Evansville last night to improve to 2-1 in Rock Valley conference play and 11-10 overall. The match last night went 5 sets with the Whippets finishing on top with the scores of 25-22, 21-25, 25-13, 21-25 and 15-10.
The team played a very balanced game offensively and served aggressively. The Whippets compiled a total of 17 serving aces, 37 kills, 3 blocks, 33 assists, and 58 digs.
Saturday the Whitewater Varsity and JV2 head to Pewaukee for a very competitive tournament. The Whippets are looking forward to continuing with the momentum they have built from last weekend at the Parker Invite and the great conference play they had this week.
Article Submitted by Coach Kathy Bullis
By Tim Nelson, Coach
A shorthanded Whippets team fell to McFarland 1-6, in a series of very close matches.
I was very pleased with how we played this evening. We were without half of our 3 doubles team and our 4 singles player. McFarland is definitely a top-notch team and we pushed them in almost every spot. Their 1 singles player is a returning state qualifier and Cassidy pushed her to a third set tiebreaker. At three singles, Tessa has been fighting a cold all week, yet still pushed her player who will be one of the top seeds in the conference tournament to a 3rd set tiebreaker.
Doubles also saw some tight matches. At two doubles, Melanie and Mariana played one of their best matches all year and were in control the whole way. At both 1 and 3 doubles we played right with them the entire way, but just couldn’t quite get over the top losing 6-4, 6-4.
Next Thursday, at UWW and WHS, the Rock Valley Conference Tournament will take place beginning at 3pm.
Results:
1S Cassidy Laue lost Michelle Butcher 6-2, 2-6, 10-6
2S Kaitlyn Partoll lost Aeryn Olson 6-0, 6-1
3S Tessa Papcke lost Laura Maudlin 6-4, 4-6, 10-3
4S Crystal Chan lost Lexi Mazzara 6-0, 6-1
1D Odessa Sonn lost Grace Henes 6-4, 6-4
Sophie Olson Greta Corcoran
2D Melanie Reyes beat Sadie Bartzen 6-2, 6-1
Mariana Cano Sarah Kopp
3D Katelyn Lashley lost Lauren Shields 6-4, 6-4
Anisa Dauti Kimiya Pournik
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