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Pointers remain perfect in NCAA Regional

May 17, 2013 By

The UW-Stevens Point Pointer’s are the only unbeaten team in the NCAA Div-3 Whitewater baseball regional.  The Pointers beat the Warhawks 7-6 in 10-innings yesterday to move to 2-0 in the double-elimination tournament.

The Pointers trailed 5-2 before scoring once in the 8th, twice in the 9th and 2-more times in the 10th inning to pull out the win.

Stevens Point (37-9) will play at 6pm tonight against the winner of today’s noon elimination game between St. Scholastica (28-10) and Whitewater (35-8).

Top seeded St. Thomas eliminated Benedictine 10-1 on Thursday.

At the Central Regional in Moline, Illinois, Ripon College was eliminated.  They were swept by Wartburg College 10-0 yesterday.

 

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Stevens Point and Whitewater advance in D-3 winners bracket

May 16, 2013 By

Second seeded UW-Stevens Point and third seeded UW-Whitewater will square off in the winners bracket of the NCAA Division 3 Whitewater Regional Tournament today.  Both teams earned opening round victories yesterday

Stevens Point (36-9), which won the WIAC tournament last weekend at Whitewater, came from 4-runs down to beat fifth seeded Benedictine 6-5 in 10-innings.

Whitewater (35-7) got a complete game from senior right-hander Tom Kerndt and knocked off fourth seeded Case Western 2-0.

Top seeded St. Thomas (MN) lost its opening round game 1-0 to sixth seeded St. Scholastica in the opener.

The day 2 schedule follows:

12:00pm  St. Thomas (33-6) vs. Benedictine (32-11)
3:00pm    Case Western (27-13) vs. St. Scholastica (28-9)
6:00pm    UW-Stevens Point (36-9) vs. UW-Whitewater (35-7)

At the Central Regional in Moline, Illinois, top-seeded Webster scored six runs in the third inning and beat Ripon College 7-6 in an opening round game.

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WIAC Women’s basketball race heating up

January 17, 2013 By

The WIAC Women’s basketball race is starting to heat up.  Last night’s 54-49 UW-Oshkosh win over UW-Whitewater has forged a 4-way tie for the lead.

Oshkosh, Whitewater, Stevens Point and Superior are all 6-2 through the first 8-conference games.

Oshkosh, Stevens Point and Superior are also all 14-3 overall.  Whitewater is 12-5.

Here’s the Wednesday night scoreboard in the WIAC.

La Crosse 69, Stout 56
Oshkosh 54, Whitewater 49
Stevens Point 71, Platteville 49
Superior 72, River Falls 67

 

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Whitewater picked as pre-season favorites to win men’s hoops title

November 9, 2012 By

Defending NCAA Division III Champion UW-Whitewater, is the preseason choice to secure the 2013 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) men’s basketball championship in a vote by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors.

The Warhawks, ranked third nationally in a preseason poll by D3hoops.com, received 15 first-place votes in the conference projections after winning the third NCAA Division III championship in program history and 10th by a WIAC program a season ago. 

UW-Stevens Point, ranked 15th in the D3hoops.com poll, secured the remaining three first-place votes in the league poll and is slotted for a second place conference finish. 

LaCrosse finished 3rd, Platteville 4th and River Falls 5th.  The rest of the poll is Eau Claire, Stout, Superior and Oshkosh projected to finish 6 through 10.

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GB Southwest alumni signed to Packers’ practice squad

October 18, 2012 By

#99 Drew Vanderlin

When Drew Vanderlin attended the Green Bay Packers vs the Dallas Cowboys game on November 23, 1997, little did he know he would have an opportunity to play on the same field almost 15 years later.

Vanderlin, a rookie defensive end and alumni of Green Bay Southwest high school, was signed to the Packers practice squad Wednesday after participating in a rookie tryout camp the team held in May.

The rookie describes the signing to be “a dream come true” and is excited to have the opportunity. [Read more...]

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