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St. Norbert in MWC title game for 6th straight year (D-3 Update)

February 28, 2015 By Bill Scott

Kaukauna Basktball 0083rd-ranked St. Norbert College advanced to the championship game of the Midwest Conference Tournament for the sixth straight year with an 85-74 win over Ripon College in a league semifinal at Schuldes Sports Center.

The Green Knights (23-1) advanced to play Grinnell College in the tournament championship game (6pm) tonight.

Steven Hofacker led the Green Knights with 24 points, while Andrew Schwoerer added 22.  Kyle Loughrin led the Red Hawks with 29 points in the loss.

St. Norbert women

St. Norbert College knocked off Illinois College 61-51 in the MWC semifinals on Friday.  The Green Knights (21-3) will face Cornell College at 3 p.m. Saturday at Schuldes Sports Center in the tournament championship.

WIAC Championship

The WIAC Championship will be decided today when Whitewater plays host to upset minded Oshkosh.  The Titans upset 2nd seeded Stevens Point in the semifinals on Thursday to advance.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Midwest Conference, Ripon College, St. Norbert College, Whitewater, WIAC

Whitewater is top seed for WIAC tournament

February 23, 2015 By Bill Scott

WIAC Logo-ColorUW-Stevens Point and UW-Whitewater each claimed a share of the 2015 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) men’s basketball championship following games played on February 21.

The Pointers beat Superior 70-60 while the Warhawks knocked off Stout 86-77 on Saturday.

Stevens Point captured its third straight WIAC regular season title and 29th in program history.  It’s the 15th title in Warhawks program history.  It’s also the first time since 2005 that the conference title has been shared.

Whitewater received the No. 1 seed for the WIAC tournament via a coin flip tiebreaker, while Stevens Point gains the 2-seed.  Both get first round byes for the tournament, which starts Tuesday night.  No. 6 seed Eau Claire faces No. 3 seed River Falls and No. 5 seed Oshkosh takes on No. 4 seed Platteville.

The winner of the conference tournament receives the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.

 

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Stevens Point, Whitewater, WIAC

Whitewater & Stevens Point remain unbeaten in NCAA Regional play

May 16, 2014 By Bill Scott

UW-Whitewater ran its win streak to five by rolling to a 13-3 win over UW-La Crosse in the NCAA Midwest Regional on Thursday at Whitewater.

The top seeded Warhawks improved to 38-7 and will meet Adrian (32-13) in a winners bracket game at noon on Friday.  La Crosse (26-8) has been eliminated.  Adrian also remains perfect in the Regional, beating Concordia-Chicago 4-1 yesterday.

Concordia-Chicago will face St. Norbert College (24-15) in a 3pm elimination game today.  St. Norbert College eliminated second-seeded Heidelberg 9-5 on Thursday.  It’s just the second NCAA tournament win in program history for the Green Knights.

Out west, UW Stevens Point remained perfect by beating Cal Lutheran 5-2 on Thursday.  For the Pointers, it sets up a date with defending NCAA Champion Linfield College in a winners bracket game today.

 

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: NCAA, St. Norbert College, Stevens Point, Whitewater

Warhawks end Point’s long win streak

February 6, 2014 By Bill Scott

Nick Bennett made his head coaching debut for Whitewater last night, filling in for coach Pat Miller who is recovering from cervical spine surgery.

What a debut it was for Bennett, who helped lead the Warhawks to a 81-76 win over UW-Stevens Point.  The top ranked Pointers saw their win streak to start the season end at 20-games.

WIAC Scoreboard

Oshkosh 60, Platteville 66
La Crosse 64, River Falls 63
Superior 70, Eau Claire 62

Midwest Conference

St. Norbert 79, Lawrence 69
Carroll 79, Ripon 75
Beloit 69, Lake Forest 60

 

 

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: St. Norbert College, Stevens Point, Whitewater

NCAA Div. 3 baseball Regionals start Wednesday

May 14, 2013 By Bill Scott

UW-Stevens Point won the regular season WIAC Baseball title.  For their efforts, they’re the 2-seed in the Midwest Regional which opens tomorrow at UW-Whitewater.  The Pointers (35-9) will open play at 3pm against the 5-seed, Benedictine University (32-10), which received an at-large birth out of the Northern Athletics Conference.

The host team, Whitewater (34-7) also received an at large bid and is seeded No. 3.  The Warhawks will open play at 6pm against No. 4 Case Western Reserve (27-12), which is making its second NCAA tournament appearance.

St. Thomas (33-5) is the top seed.  They’ve won 25 of their last 26 games and will face the 6-seed, St. Scholastica (27-9) at noon Wednesday.

In the Central Regional in Moline, Illinois, Ripon College (24-14) is the 6-seed and will take on top-seeded Webster University (32-9) at noon Wednesday.

 

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Ripon College, Stevens Point, Whitewater, WIAC

Warhawks off to good start in softball regionals

May 10, 2013 By Bill Scott

Top-seeded UW-Whitewater knocked off Finlandia, 6-1, to open the NCAA Division III Whitewater regional on Thursday.

The Warhawks (32-5) will face Luther college in a winners bracket game against Luther, a 6-4 winner over Carthage.

UW-Eau Claire fell in their opening round game, 12-10 to North Central.  The Blugolds fell to 26-8.

College Baseball

The Midwest Conference baseball tournament opens today.  Top seeded Ripon hosts Grinnell and 2nd seeded St. Norbert College faces Knox in Fond du Lac.  –  The WIAC conference baseball tournament opens Saturday at host Whitewater.

 

 

Filed Under: Sports, Titletown Report Tagged With: NCAA, Ripon College, St. Norbert College, Whitewater, WIAC

NCAA Division 3 pairings announced

February 26, 2013 By Bill Scott

The NCAA Division 3 basketball tournament pairings were announced.

St. Norbert College opens up at Wheaton College on Saturday night.  Whitewater hosts Dubuque and Stevens Point will host Nothwestern College.

In women’s play, Whitewater hosts Wisconsin Lutheran, Carthage takes on Thomas More and Stevens Point squares off against Concordia-Moorhead.

 

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Carthage College, NCAA, St. Norbert College, Stevens Point, Whitewater

Pointers lock up share of WIAC

February 14, 2013 By Bill Scott

In Division 3 men’s college hoops, 15th ranked Stevens Point squeaked by Stout 76-74 on Wednesday night to clinch at least a share of the WIAC regular season title and the top seed in the upcoming conference tournament.  The Pointers improved to 19-4 overall, 12-2 in the WIAC.

Elsewhere in the WIAC on Wednesday night,

Whitewater 75, Oshkosh 58
La Crosse 85, River Falls 64
Platteville 76, Eau Claire 65

 

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: River Falls, Stevens Point, Whitewater, WIAC

WIAC men’s basketball race remains tight

February 9, 2012 By Bill Scott

The race for the men’s WIAC regular season basketball championship remains tight.

UW-Stevens Point (19-4, 12-2 WIAC) survived a scare on Wednesday night, holding off UW-Oshkosh (4-18, 0-13) to win 87-83 in Oshkosh.  The Pointers have a half game lead on UW-Whitewater for the league lead.

UW-Whitewater (20-2, 11-2 WIAC) earned a 77-58 road victory over UW-Platteville (12-11, 6-8).

UW-River Falls is also just 1/2 game off the conference lead after the Falcons (17-5, 11-2 WIAC) rallied for a 57-56 win over the visiting Yellowjackets of UW-Superior (13-10, 7-7).

La Crosse also knocked off Stout 63-52.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: River Falls, Stevens Point, Whitewater, WIAC



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