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St. Norbert Hockey to raise championship banner

October 28, 2011 By

The top ranked Division 3 hockey team, St. Norbert College, opens NCHA play this weekend.  The Green Knights are at UW-Stevens Point tonight for the first of two games this weekend. 

The two teams return to Green Bay for the rematch on Saturday night as the Green Knights will celebrate their most recent NCAA Division 3 National Hockey Title by raising the Championship Banner to the rafters. 

St. Norbert leads the series with UW-Stevens Point by a 38-18-5 margin.  St. Norbert is 38-10-2 in the last 50 games against the Pointers after opening the series 0-8-3. 

The Knights open the season 1-0, blanking Concordia 8-0 on Oct. 25th.  The Pointers are 0-1, after dropping their season opener last Friday, 5-4 to Marian College.

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Whitewater picked to win another football title

August 11, 2011 By

Two-time defending NCAA Division III National Champion, UW-Whitewater is the preseason choice to win the 2011 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) football title.

UW-Whitewater, ranked No. 1 nationally in preseason rankings by D3football.com, Sporting News and Lindy’s Sports.  The Warhawks captured all eight first-place votes in the conference poll of Sports Information Directors.  They’re aiming for an unprecedented seventh consecutive WIAC first-place trophy.  The Warhawks enter the 2011 campaign riding a NCAA-best (all divisions) 30-game winning streak.

UW-Stevens Point, ranked No. 23 by D3football.com, is 17-4 in WIAC play in the last three seasons and the last conference team to beat the Warhawks (October 25, 2008).  The Pointers are picked to finish second, followed by UW-Stout, UW-Oshkosh and UW-Platteville.  La Crosse, Eau Claire and River Falls round out the predicted conference finish.

 

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NCAA Divison 3 baseball regionals

May 20, 2011 By

All four Wisconsin teams remain alive heading to Day 3 of the NCAA Division 3 baseball regionals.

In the Midwest Regional, hosted by UW-Whitewater, the Warhawks are still playing in the winners bracket.  Whitewater beat Hamline 7-6 yesterday to improve to 2-0 in regional play. 

Stevens Point is also in the Midwest Regional, but the Pointers stranded 14 base runners yesterday and fell to St. Scholastic 3-2.  That means the Pointers are a loss away from elimination.

In the Central Regional, both Carthage College and Ripon College are trying to make their way through losers bracket.  Carthage eliminated top seeded Coe College yesterday with a 5-3 win. 

Ripon fell to Thomas More 5-3 and will face Illinois-Wesleyan in an elimination game today.

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NCAA Division 3 baseball tournament is underway

May 19, 2011 By

Three of the four Wisconsin teams in the NCAA Division 3 baseball regionals earned opening day wins on Wednesday. 

In the Midwest Regional, top seeded Stevens Point scored on a suicide squeeze in the 10th to beat Aurora 3-2.  The Pointers (33-8) on the season, will face St. Scholastica at 1pm this afternoon.  Second seeded UW-Whitewater earned a 3-2 win over St. Thomas and will face Hamline at 4pm today.

In the Central Regional, 6th seeded Ripon College picked up a 3-2 win over top-seeded Coe in Bloomington, Illinois.  Ripon faces Thomas More at 3:30 today. 

Second seeded Carthage College suffered an 8-1 loss to Buena Vista and will face Coe in an elimination game at noon today.

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St. Point’s Bloom is WIAC Coach of the Year

May 18, 2011 By

UW-Stevens Point baseball coach Pat Bloom has been named the WIAC’s Coach of the Year for the second time.  Bloom last captured the honor back in 2005. 

In his 8th season in charge at Stevens Point, the Pointers went 32-8, capturing their ninth WIAC regular-season championship in program history.  The Pointers also won the WIAC tournament crown for the sixth time in the last seven years.

UW-Oshkosh’s Luke Westphal and UW-Stevens Point’s Cody Koback were chosen the Pitcher of the Year and Position Player of the Year.

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