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Whitewater advances to Stagg Bowl Championship game

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The six-time national champion UW-Whitewater Warhawks got a big defensive stop late to knock off St. John’s of Minnesota 35-32 to advance to the Stagg Bowl for the first time since 2014 and first time under head coach Kevin Bullis.

Warhawks linebacker Matt Anderson stripped Johnnies running back Kai Barber after a short reception to stop a late St. John’s drive.

The seventh-ranked Warhawks (13-1) advance to the title game against No. 5 North Central of Illinois, which advanced with a 45-14 win in the other D-3 National Semifinal over Muhlenberg (Pa.).

St. John’s quarterback Jackson Erdmann completed 29 of 50 passes for 342 yards and a touchdown.

Whitewater advances to NCAA D-3 football semifinals

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Photo Courtesy of Michael McLoone – UW Whitewater Athletics

The No. 7 UW-Whitewater Warhawks knocked off No. 2 and defending national champion Mary Hardin-Baylor 26-7 in Belton, Texas on Saturday.  The Warhawks held the Crusaders (12-1) to 140 total yards, including a negative three rushing yards.

The Warhawks (12-1) rushed for 239 yards and owning the time of possession to the tune of 43 minutes.  The Warhawks opening drive covered 17-plays and 79 yards, holding the ball for nearly 11 minutes.

Whitewater will face St. John’s of Minnesota, a 34-33 winner at Wheaton (Illinois), in next Saturday’s national semifinal.

The Warhawks will make their 12th appearance in the national semifinals, all since 2005.

 

Badger women’s volleyball hosts NCAA Regional

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Wisconsin coach Kelly Sheffield

The fourth-seeded Wisconsin Badger women’s volleyball team swept Illinois State and UCLA over the weekend, advancing to the NCAA’s Sweet 16 for the 17th time in program history.

For the fourth time in program history, the Badgers will host NCAA Regional action in the UW Field House.  The Badgers (24-6) will face off against No. 13 Texas A & M (23-7) on Friday at 1 p.m. (Live on ESPNU).  Fifth-seeded Nebraska (26-4) takes on No. 12 Hawaii (25-3) in the other regional semifinal at 3:30 p.m. on Friday (ESPN3).

Semifinal winners play on Saturday at 5 p.m. live on ESPNU for the right to advance to the NCAA National Championship on Dec. 19 and Dec. 21 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

The Badgers are 9-7 in the Sweet 16, including a 4-2 mark under head coach Kelly Sheffield.  UW swept San Diego in the Champaign (Illinois) Regional in 2018.

The Badgers have hosted regional action three other times, in 2006, 2000 and 1997, winning Sweet 16 matches all three years.

Badgers claim Big Ten Volleyball title, will host NCAA 1st and 2nd round matches

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Wisconsin Volleyball – File Photo

The Wisconsin Badger women’s volleyball team captured the Big Ten title outright after sweeping Rutgers on Saturday and seeing Minnesota knock off Penn State.

For the seventh-straight season and the 23rd time in program history, the Badgers earned a bid to the NCAA tournament.  The Badgers were selected as the No. 4-seed in the tournament and will host first and second round matches on Friday-Saturday in the UW Field House.

UCLA (18-11) takes on Notre Dame (19-9) in the opening first-round match on Friday at 4:30 p.m. before Wisconsin (22-6) faces off against Illinois State (22-11) at 7 p.m.  First-round winners advance to the second round of the tournament on Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Field House.

The Badgers hold a 46-22 (.676) all-time record in the program’s 22 NCAA tournament appearances.  UW [Read more…]

Marquette Earns 9th straight NCAA Volleyball berth

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The Marquette women’s volleyball team has earned a ninth consecutive berth to the NCAA Volleyball Championships.

The Golden Eagles (27-5) will travel to West Lafayette, Indiana and will face Dayton (22-8) in Friday’s opening round.  No. 16 Purdue will face Wright State in the other opening round match-up with the winners advancing to the second round on Saturday.

Marquette is one of three Big East programs to advance to the NCAA Tournament this season, joining regular season champion Creighton and St. John’s, which earned the league’s automatic bid after winning the 2019 conference tournament.

 

Whitewater advances to NCAA football quarterfinals

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The UW-Whitewater Warhawks scored 31-straight first half points and knocked off Wartburg (Iowa) 41-28 in the NCAA Division III playoffs at Perkins Stadium on Saturday.

The Warhawks improved to 11-1 and advanced to the national quarterfinals for the 13th time in 15 years.  The Warhawks will face top-ranked Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) on Saturday.

The two teams met in last seasons national semifinal with Mary Hardin-Baylor pulling out a 31-14 win in Belton, Texas.

Badger women’s soccer heads to Los Angeles

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The Wisconsin women’s soccer team will head to Los Angeles for the second and third rounds of the 2019 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship.

Wisconsin is the 3-seed and will take on Duke on Friday in a 7 p.m. CT game at Wallis Annenberg Stadium.  The winner of the UW/Duke will take on the winner of the No. 2 UCLA/Clemson on Sunday in a 6 p.m. CT contest.

The Badgers beat UW-Milwaukee 1-0 in Friday’s NCAA opening round.

 

Green Bay’s Cohen invited to Cleveland’s NBA Summer Camp

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Sandy Cohen III – Photo Courtesy of Green Bay Phoenix Athletics

Former Green Bay Phoenix guard Sandy Cohen III has been invited to the Cleveland Cavaliers mini-camp in preparation for NBA Summer League 2019.

Cohen will report to the Cavaliers on Thursday in Cleveland and then travel with the team to Salt Lake City, Utah for the Salt Lake City summer League.  The Cavs will play three games in Salt Lake, playing on July 1-3.  Cohen is then expected to head to Nevada with the Cavs for the Las Vegas Summer League July 5-15.

Cohen will be hoping to earn a roster spot with the Cavs for the start of training camp.

The Seymour, Wisconsin native set the Division I single season scoring record at Green Bay last season (666).  He earned First Team All-Horizon League honors and CIT All-Tournament team honors.  He was invited to participate in the Portsmouth Invitational and also took part in the 3X3U Tournament for the Horizon League at the NCAA Final Four.

Cohen averaged 17.5 points and 6.4 rebounds a game to lead the Phoenix.

UW-Oshkosh names Lewis full-time head basketball coach

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Matt Lewis

The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh has officially removed the interim tag and named Matt Lewis the schools permanent head men’s basketball coach on Wednesday.

Lewis guided the Titans to their first NCAA Division 3 men’s basketball championship in March, knocking off Swarthmore College (Pa.) in the national title game.

Lewis led the Titans to a 29-3 record, claiming their first outright Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) title since 1978 before going on to win six NCAA postseason games en route to the national title.  The Titans averaged 93.7 points in its six Division III Championship victories and set the school’s NCAA postseason scoring record with its 108-point performance against University of Northwestern (Minn.) during the second round.

Lewis was elevated to interim head coach after previous UW-Oshkosh head coach Pat Juckem accepted the lead position of the Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) men’s basketball program.

Lewis is just the fifth UW-Oshkosh head men’s basketball coach since the 11964-65 season and the 14th overall.

Lewis named NABC D-3 Coach of the Year

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Matt Lewis

UW-Oshkosh head men’s basketball coach Matt Lewis was named the NCAA Division III Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) after leading the Titans to the program’s first national title.

Lewis, in his first season at the helm of the Titans, led UW-Oshkosh to a 96-82 victory over Swarthmore College (Pa.) during the Division III title game on March 16 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Lewis was previously tabbed national Coach of the Year by D3hoops.com and SNA Sports/D III News.

Lewis took over the Titans program on an interim basis in May after six seasons as the team’s top assistant coach.  His .906 winning percentage is the best among all 1,099 active NCAA men’s basketball coaches.

Under Lewis’ direction UW-Oshkosh produced a school-record 21-game winning streak from Nov. 20 through Feb. 9.  The fourth longest winning streak in WIAC history included 12 straight victories to open WIAC play as the Titans went on to claim their first outright league title since 1978.