The Whitewater Whippets Boys Soccer team finished up the regular season this past Thursday with a 3-0 victory over Big Foot-Williams Bay.  The Whippets picked up two goals in the first half, the first from a header from Cristian Reyes off of a corner kick from Colin Chenoweth and the second from a strike from Juan Cuellar with Marcos Contreras picking up the assist. Juan Cuellar notched the third goal of the night on a low, hard-driven corner kick that proved too difficult to handle by the keeper.  Good defensive play by defensive midfielders and defensive back stopped most of the offensive pressure of Big Foot with goalkeepers Antwan Banda and Sergio Zuniga each stopping shots to pick up the clean sheet.  The Whippets are in the state playoffs Thursday with an away game at Jefferson.

The Lady Whippet CC team competed in the RVC championships on Thursday evening in perfect race conditions.  Freshman Sabrina Bomberg led the team to an 8th place finish out of 10 teams. Her time of 24:37 secured 45th place. Sophomore Olive Coburn turned in a time of 25:10, good enough for 48th place. This was close to Olive’s best time of the year on what is a very challenging course. Morgan Stillwagon was the team’s 4th runner in 55th and was also a few ticks of the clock off of her personal best for the season.

The JV squad was led by Freshmen Emma Weigel and Caelyn Caputo. These two pack run well together and catapulted the team to a 6th place finish out of 10 teams. Both runners nearly ran a personal best on this day. The program also celebrated senior night which includes Rosie Aschenbrener, Jenna Lee and Morgan Stillwagon.

The group looks to recover from today’s gutsy efforts and tackle the WIAA Sectional meet which will be hosted again by Whitewater High School at UW-Whitewater on Saturday, October 26th. 

Photos by Pete

Full results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/162734/results  

Whippet CC boys were led by a strong lead performer in Sophomore Gio Anello. Gio attained his second all-conference honor in as many years, however, this race he earned first team all-conference honors. His time of 17:25 was good enough for 6th place overall. Junior Trenten Zahn also secured all-conference honors by placing 11th, his third all conference honor, this being a second team recognition. The boys were then tightly packed together in runners 3-7 as Junior Peter Zimdars was the top finisher of the group in 32nd with a time of 19:25. Freshman CJ Tomomitsu ran gutsy with the upperclassmen and nearly running a PR. Also right in there was Will Hofmann with a solid effort also running close to his personal best. The varsity boys finished 5th out of 10 teams.

The JV squad was led by Senior Mason West stopping the clock in 2-:48, good enough for 13th. First year runner and Sophomore Marcus DePorter really ran strong and was the team’s 2nd runner in 17th with a time of 21:03.  The program also celebrated senior night which includes Broderick Frye, Jack Mayer, Justin Mitchell, Jaden Salmieri, Andy Vo, and Mason West.

The group looks to recover from today’s gutsy efforts and tackle the WIAA Sectional meet which will be hosted again by Whitewater High School at UW-Whitewater on Saturday, October 26th.    Full results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/162734/results

The No. 7 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater volleyball team used a strong start Wednesday night to extend its win streak to 13 matches with a 25-10, 19-25, 25-16, 25-20 triumph at Concordia Wisconsin in a non-conference match in Mequon, Wis.

The Warhawks (19-3 overall) did not commit an attack error in the first set and hit .290 for the period. The team sprinted out to an 8-1 advantage and claimed the final five points of the set to take a 1-0 match lead.

The Falcons (15-6) flipped the script on UW-Whitewater in the second set, pushing out to a 14-8 advantage. The two teams played even from there, allowing CUW to tie the match at 1-1.

The Warhawks started the third set much like they did the first, this time by a 10-1 margin. The Falcons got as close as six points, but UW-Whitewater continued to control the frame on its way to a 2-1 match lead.

Concordia Wisconsin led 7-2 in the fourth set before the Warhawks embarked on an 8-1 run to lead 10-8. With the set tied at 13-13, UW-Whitewater scored the next five points to take control before the Falcons closed to within 23-20, forcing a UW-W timeout.

The Warhawks ended the match on back-to-back kills by freshman outside hitter Chloe Buescher and senior outside hitter Rachel Butterfield.

Buescher led the offense with her eighth double-double of the season, totaling 14 kills, 12 digs and five blocks. Senior middle hitter Ashton Doll collected 11 kills on a .455 hitting percentage and added four blocks, and Butterfield registered nine kills on a .474 hitting percentage.

Freshman setter Maggie Streckert posted 26 assists, two kills, two digs and two blocks, while sophomore setter KellyAnn Sotiros contributed 13 assists and four digs. Sophomore outside hitter Emma Aske recorded 11 digs, two kills and three service aces.

Freshman Morgan Jensen finished with 24 digs and four service aces, and sophomore defensive specialist Hailey Mackenthun tallied 17 digs and four service aces.

UW-Whitewater returns to Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play Friday at 7 p.m. at UW-River Falls.