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Badger women’s volleyball hosts NCAA matches

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Badger Volleyball – File Photo

For the sixth-straight season and the 22nd time in program history, the Wisconsin volleyball team earned a bid to the NCAA tournament.  The Badgers were selected as the number-six seed in the 2018 championship bracket and will host first and second rounds in the UW Field House on Thursday and Friday.

Wisconsin (22-6) will face Green Bay (20-10) in the first round on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.  Northern Iowa (24-9) faces off against Pepperdine (21-8) in the opening first-round match at 5 p.m.  First-round winners will face off on Friday at 7 p.m. for the right to advance to regional play.

The Badgers hold a 43-21 (.672) all-time record in the program’s 21 NCAA tournament appearances.  UW is 15-5 under head coach Kelly Sheffield in the NCAA tournament, advancing to at least the Sweet 16 round of play each season.

Wisconsin has been a top-10 seed in the tournament six times since seeding began in 2000.

A total of seven Big Ten Conference teams made it into the NCAA tournament, including No. 2-seed Minnesota and No. 3-seed Illinois.

Peralta leads Brewers past Reds in series finale

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Rookie Freddie Peralta tossed seven shutout innings and added an RBI single at the plate to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon at Miller Park.

Peralta (6-4, 4.02) allowed just three hits with two walks while striking out seven.  Peralta has now allowed just 40 hits in 69 1/3 innings.

The Brewers gave Peralta an early lead when Christian Yelich led off the bottom of the first with a long home run to left-center for his 21st home run of the season.  The 21 home runs matches his career high back in 2016.

Peralta put the Brewers up 2-0 in the fourth inning when he singled home Ryan Braun from second base.  The Reds intentionally walked Manny Pina to get to Peralta, who entered the at bat hitless in 22 at bats this season.

Run scoring singles by Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain in the sixth plated the final two runs for the Brewers.  Yelich finished with four hits.

 

Heideman loses battle with cancer

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Mike Heideman – Photo courtesy of Tom Neises.

Former UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College men’s basketball coach Mike Heideman died Saturday at the age of 70, losing a battle with cancer.

Heideman served as head coach of the Phoenix for seven seasons, posting a 110-95 overall record.  He posted 20 or more wins in two of those seasons.

Heideman was fired after going 9-21 in 2001-’02, his third straight losing season.  Prior to that, Heideman had never finished below .500 in any of his first four years.

Heideman led the Green Knights to the Division 3 Sweet 16 in 1984.

 

Green Bay captures 4th straight Horizon League title

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Allie LeClaire

Senior guard Allie LeClaire scored 24 points and was named the tournament Most Valuable Player as the Green Bay Phoenix (29-3) knocked off Wright State 62-44 to capture the women’s Horizon League Championship on Tuesday in Detroit.

Senior teammate Jessica Lindstrom added 12 points and 14 rebounds for her 18th double-double of the season and 41st of her career.

Green Bay’s stellar defense held HL Player of the Year Chelsea Welch to just 13 points on 2-of-15 shooting.

The Phoenix captured their fourth straight HL title and 7th in the last eight years.  They are now 16-4 all-time in the tournament’s biggest game and continued their dominance over Wright State as well, winning its 62nd game in 66 all-time meetings.

The 29 wins by the Phoenix are the most since the 2012-13 season and it’s the sixth time in program history the team has reached that mark.

Green Bay now awaits its seeding in the 2018 NCAA Tournament, with the bracket being announced on Selection Monday at 6 p.m. on ESPN.

Marquette, Green Bay advancing to title games tonight

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Both Marquette and Green Bay are headed back to their respective conference title games today.

Allazia Blockton poured in a career-high 32 points to lead Marquette to a 76-70 win over Creighton in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament on Monday.

The Golden Eagles (23-8) will take on DePaul (25-7) in the Big East championship game at 6 p.m. tonight.

Amani Wilborn added 16 and Danielle King 12 for the Golden Eagles.

Green Bay advances

The Green Bay Phoenix (28-3) advanced to today’s Horizon League championship game against Wright State.  The Phoenix knocked off Youngstown State 66-45 in Monday’s semifinals, reaching the HL championship game for the eighth straight season.

Senior Jessica Lindstrom scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds to set a program Division 1 record with 1,000 career rebounds.

Today’s title game tips off at 11am from Detroit.

Green Bay women advance to Horizon League title game

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The 22nd-ranked Green Bay Phoenix (28-3) women knocked off Youngstown State 66-45 in Monday’s semifinals of the Horizon League Tournament in Detroit.

Green Bay trailed 28-26 at halftime but outscored the Penguins 21-5 in the third quarter and 40-17 in the second half.  The Phoenix shot 58.6% from the field in the final 20 minutes.

With the win, Green Bay has now won 10-straight HL tournament games and also won its 10th-straight game over the Penguins (16-15) in the process. [Read more…]

Green Bay women secure 20th straight Horizon League title

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Jessica Lindstrom – File Photo Courtesy of Green Bay Athletics

The Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball team secured its 20th-consecutive regular-season conference championship at the Kress Center on Friday night, knocking off Oakland 78-48.

The Phoenix had already clinched a share of the title with Monday’s win over UIC, then Green Bay (25-3, 15-2 HL) won the title outright against the Golden Grizzlies.

Senior guard Allie LeClaire scored 13-points to move into the top 10 on Green Bay’s all-time scoring list.  LeClaire has 1,393 points in her career.

Green Bay led 22-13 after the first quarter and 40-22 at halftime.

Senior forward Jessica Lindstrom scored a game-high 16 points and 12 rebounds, her 15th double-double of the season and 38th of her career.

It is the 17th time in the unrivaled streak that Green Bay has secured the championship outright.

Green Bay wraps up the regular season on Sunday when the Phoenix welcomes Detroit Mercy to the Kress Center for a 1 p.m. Senior Day and Parents’ Day.

The Phoenix will be the number 1 seed at the Horizon League Tournament in Detroit, Michigan, with its first action coming in the Quarterfinals on March 3.

Milwaukee rolls past Detroit

In Milwaukee, the Panther women doubled up Detroit 90-45.  The 45 point victory margin is the third largest in school history.

 

Cohen leads Green Bay to comeback win in Oakland

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The Green Bay Phoenix hit a program-record 15 3-pointers and finished the game on a 14-3 run in a 96-90 win over Oakland in Horizon League play on Thursday night in Rochester, Michigan.

The Phoenix (11-19, 6-11 HL), got a career-high 36 points and 11 rebounds from Sandy Cohen III.  Cohen had 24 points in the second half alone.  The redshirt junior enjoyed the best game of his collegiate career, registering his fourth double-double.  He finished a career-high 4-for-6 from beyond the arc and hit 12 of his 13 free throw attempts.

Khalil Small added 20 points and pulled down eight rebounds.  It’s the 11th 20-plus point scoring effort for Small, who ranks second in the Horizon League in scoring.  Small also moved into 14th all-time in scoring in Green Bay program history, passing both Troy Cotton (2006-10) and Ben Berlowski (1992-96).

Green Bay closes out the regular season at Detroit on Saturday afternoon.

Milwaukee cruises past Detroit

The Milwaukee Panthers got 23 points and 15 rebounds from Bryce Nze to knock off Detroit 72-49 in Detroit.  The Panthers improved to 15-15 overall and 8-9 in Horizon League play.

The Panthers close out the regular season at Oakland on Sunday.

Milwaukee & Green Bay fall short of Horizon League upsets

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Both Milwaukee and Green Bay fell just short in Horizon League upset bids on Thursday night.

The UW-Milwaukee Panthers dropped a 54-52 decision to conference co-leader Northern Kentucky.  The Panthers (13-14, 6-8 Horizon League) Jeremiah Bell missed a three-point attempt with three seconds to go that would have won it.

Bryce Barnes had 13 points to lead the Panthers.

In Dayton, Ohio, the Green Bay Phoenix fell to Horizon League co-leader Wright State 68-64.

The Phoenix (10-17, 5-9 HL) took an 11-point lead with just under 11 minutes remaining, but the Raiders (19-7, 11-2 HL) responded with a 12-0 run to get back the momentum and the eventual win.

Sandy Cohen had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Phoenix in defeat.

Green Bay wins at Northwestern

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Allie LeClaire led all scorers with a season-high 22 points, leading the No. 21/23 Green Bay Phoenix (10-1) to a 63-57 win over the Northwestern Wildcats (6-7) in Evanston on Tuesday.  The Phoenix improved to 10-1, capping its best start through non-conference play since the 2011-12 campaign.

Green Bay opened the game on a 7-0 run and led early 21-9 before the Wildcats started to put things together and make it a game.

The Phoenix secured its second win over a Big Ten program this season, having defeated in-state rival Wisconsin earlier in the season, 67-34.

Superior native Jessica Lindstrom tallied her fifth double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds in 35 minutes.  Caitlyn Hibner added 14 points on 5-for-10 shooting.

The Phoenix get some time off now.  They open Horizon League play on December 28 against Wright State in Dayton, Ohio.