From Coach Tim Nelson

Whitewater celebrated senior night with a 5-2 victory on Sept. 17 over Edgerton. The win puts the Whippets at 14-7 on the year.

Overall, I was pleased with our effort. Our footwork was a little better this evening and we didn’t try and overdo things. Cassidy Laue played well this evening. She was down most of the first set but at 4-5 in the first set, she really started picking her game up and won the next three to take the first set and then kept it going in the second. Tessa and Josie at 3 and 4 singles were steady throughout the evening. Our 1 and 2 doubles teams were both pretty solid. They each had a game or two when they were a little flat, but were able to turn things around right away so that the matches were never in doubt.

We finish up the conference season at McFarland on Thursday evening.

Results:

1S Cassidy Laue beat Kelsey Lien 7-5, 6-2

2S Kaitlyn Partoll lost Sylvia Fox 6-0, 6-2

3S Tessa Papcke beat Ashley Ulset 6-2, 6-1

4S Josie Hintz beat Kylee Houfe 6-4, 6-1

1D Odessa Sonn beat Elizabeth Oetzel 6-1, 6-2

Sophie Olson Taylor Shaw

2D Melanie Reyes beat Johanna Rusch 6-2, 6-2

Mariana Cano Jordan Bauer

3D Katelyn Lashley lost Isabella Gilmour 6-3, 7-6(4)

Emily Scherer Karlye Smrecek

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