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Oshkosh, Whitewater earn spots in NCAA D-3 Baseball Tournament Field

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For the 12th straight season, the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) will be represented by multiple teams in the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship after University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and UW-Whitewater received bids into this year’s championship.

The teams earned two of the 18 at-large spots into the 58-team field.  UW-Oshkosh (31-8) will compete in a regional hosted by College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota.  The Titans, who are making their league-leading 25th NCAA appearance, and first since 2008, will open against Bethel University (Minn.) (32-9).  Oshkosh won national titles in 1985 and 1994.

UW-Whitewater (31-6) is making its 11th straight appearance and 21st overall with national championships in 2005 and 2014.  The Warhawks will participate in a regional hosted by the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in Sauget, Illinois.  The Warhawks will face Monmouth College (Illinois) (28-12-2) in their first game.

Both regionals follow a double-elimination format and begin on May 17.  Winners of the eight regional tournaments will qualify for the NCAA D-3 Championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, May 25-30.

The 2018 Championships mark the final season that the event will be held at Fox Cities Stadium.

 

Wisconsin slips to 10th in NCAA Women’s Golf Regional

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Wisconsin’s Gabby Curtis (File Photo)

The Wisconsin Badger women’s golf team slipped from sixth to tenth after two rounds of the NCAA Regional at University Ridge golf course in Madison.  The Badgers are six shots behind sixth place Illinois heading into Wednesday’s final round.

The top six teams advance to the National Championship later this month.

First round co-leader Gabby Curtis shot a 2-over-74 and shares seventh place individually at three-under par.  Lexi Harkins fired a three-under 69 and is tied for ninth at two-under.

Rain and thunderstorms are in the forecast for today.

The top six teams from the regional advance to the NCAA Championships in Oklahoma City.

In addition, the top three players not on advancing teams also advance.

Wisconsin’s Curtis tied for the lead at NCAA women’s golf regional

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Senior Gabby Curtis fired a career-low 67 and is tied for first after day one of the NCAA Madison women’s golf Regional at University Ridge Golf Course.  As a team, the Wisconsin Badgers finished at +2, good for sixth place in the 18-team field.

Curtis made six birdies over her last 10 holes.  Her 67 is the second-lowest round by a Badger in NCAA Regional competition and the second lowest by a UW women’s golfer at University Ridge.

Seniors Lexi Harkins and Becky Klongland both shot 1-over par 73’s and are tied for 26th place.

Wisconsin’s 290 was the best score for a Big Ten team, two shots ahead of Illinois, three up on Ohio State and four ahead of Northwestern.

Round two tees off at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning.  Wisconsin tees off on the first hole starting at 8:54 a.m.

 

UW basketball players discussed NCAA boycott

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Nigel Hayes

Former Wisconsin men’s basketball player Nigel Hayes said he and his teammates discussed boycotting a game early in the 2016-’17 season to protest the NCAA’s limits on what athletes can receive while playing college sports.

According to USA Today Sports, Hayes told the story of the boycott discussion while appearing on a panel at an Aspen Institute event in Washington, D.C., titled “Future of College Sports: Reimagining Athlete Pay.”  The idea behind the program was for participants to discuss what the implications would be if the NCAA’s schools either chose or were forced to allow athletes to receive compensation for the use of their names, images and likenesses under a system modeled on how Olympic athletes are allowed to be paid.

During Hayes’ senior season, he reportedly proposed to his teammates, by way of group chat, that they refuse to play in a game against Syracuse that was part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and being televised on ESPN.

Hayes said he proceeded with the caveat that if even one member of the team was against the idea, it would be abandoned.

Hayes told USA Today Sports after the panel discussion, “I new 90% of the guys were on board from the get-go, before I asked the question.”  “But I let them know that if one of you guys says no, we won’t do it because, obviously, we’re a team and we’re going to stick together.

Hayes predicted that if the NCAA’s current limits are not changed, a player-boycott eventually will occur.

Hayes is among the named plaintiffs in one of two ongoing lawsuits challenging the NCAA’s current system, under which athletes basically can receive tuition, fees, room, board, books and money to cover certain incidental costs of attending college.

 

Badger women’s golf team to compete at NCAA Regional

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For the fifth time in the last six seasons, the Wisconsin women’s golf team has earned the right to play in the NCAA Regional Championships.  The Badgers will host the 18-team field at University Ridge Golf Course on May 7-9.

This is the first NCAA event held at University Ridge since the 1998 NCAA Women’s Championships.  University Ridge has also hosted the Big Ten Women’s Championships in 2000 and 2010 and the Big Ten Men’s Championships in 1995.  This June, the course will host the PGA Champions Tour American Family Insurance Championship for the third-straight year.

It is the ninth time in school history the Badgers have qualified for NCAA play.  A total of 18 teams and six individuals were chosen to compete at each regional site.  The Badgers were awarded the No. 9 seed and will be joined in Madison by Duke, USC, Arizona State, Northwestern, Illinois, Purdue, Iowa State, Virginia, Campbell, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Old Dominion, Oregon State, Idaho, Murray State, North Dakota State and IUPUI.

The top six teams and the top three individuals not on qualifying teams will advance from each regional to the NCAA Championships, which will take place at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma, From May 18-23.

Last season, Wisconsin finished 13th at the NCAA Columbus Regional.  UW’s best regional showing came in 2003, when the Badgers finished sixth in Lincoln, Nebraska, to qualify for the NCAA Championships.  The Badgers also reached the NCAA Championships in 2013 after placing seventh at the Central Regional in Norman, Oklahoma.

St. Norbert, Stevens Point advance to NCAA D-3 Frozen Four

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Two Wisconsin teams will make up half of the four-team field at this week’s Division 3 NCAA Frozen Four in Lake Placid, New York.

St. Norbert College and UW-Stevens Point both advanced with victories over the weekend.

The Green Knights advanced for a record 12th time following a 5-2 win over Augsburg University in a national quarterfinal game at Cornerstone Community Center in De Pere, Wis.

St. Norbert (25-4-1) will face Colby College (17-10-2) in a national semifinal at 5:30 p.m. CT on Friday at Herb Brooks Arena.  The schools 12th appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four ties Norwich University.

UW-Stevens Point will face Salve Regina University in the other semifinal game.  The Pointers advanced by knocking off Adrian College 5-2 on Saturday in Adrian, Michigan.  Stevens Point improved to 21-5-3 on the season.  Freshman forward Zach Zech tallied a pair of goals in the win.

 

 

UW-Oshkosh among the final 8 in NCAA D-3 Tournament

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Charlie Noone – Photo Courtesy of UW-Oshkosh Titan Athletics.

The state of Wisconsin went into the NCAA Division 3 Sweet 16 with three teams remaining in the field on Friday night.  One team, the Oshkosh Titans emerged as the field was reduced to eight teams heading into tonight’s Sectional Finals.

The Titans (23-7) got 32 points from Charlie Noone to knock off Emory college 93-72.  Oshkosh faces host Augustana at 7 p.m. tonight with the winner heading to the NCAA D-3 Final Four.

Both Platteville and Stevens Point lost in Platteville last night.  The host Pioneers fell to Nebraska-Wesleyan 79-78 as Nate Schimonitz hit a jumper with two seconds left to give the Prairie Wolves the last second win.

Earlier in Platteville, Stevens Point fell to top-ranked Whitman College 65-55.

 

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.

Badger volleyball season ends in round of 16

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The 11th ranked Wisconsin volleyball team saw their season come to an end at the NCAA Regional semifinals, falling in four sets to defending NCAA Champion Stanford.

Wisconsin (22-10 overall) won the opening set 25-22 but lost the next three.  The Badgers hit an amazing .593 (19 kills – 3 errors – 27 attempts) in the first set but finished .315 (55-16-124) for the match.

Freshman Grace Loberg lead the Wisconsin offense with a career-high 20 kills.  Fellow freshman Dana Rettke added another 13 kills for Wisconsin.

Stanford improved to 29-3 and moves on to the Regional final tonight.

 

Wisconsin volleyball players honored by the Big Ten

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The Wisconsin Badger women’s volleyball team had two players named to the 2017 All-Big Ten team.  A pair of middle blockers, junior Tionna Williams and freshman Dana Rettke were both named to the squad.

Rettke and teammate, setter Sydney Hilley were named to the All-Freshman team.

Rettke, after setting a Big Ten Conference record with nine Freshman of the Week awards, was named the Big Ten’s Freshman of the Year.  The 6’8 middle blocker becomes the fifth Badger to earn the rookie honor, following teammate Molly Haggerty, who was honored in 2016.  Her selection to the All-Big Ten team was unanimous.

On the season, Rettke leads the Badgers and ranks second in the Big Ten with a .445 hitting percentage.  She also leads the team and ranks 13th in the conference with 3.37 kills per set.  The freshman has a team-best 1.42 blocks per set, which ranks third in the Big Ten.  The Riverside, Illinois native leads all Big Ten freshmen in hitting percentage and blocks per set while ranking third in kills per set. [Read more…]