WOMEN'S BASKETBALL - UW-Whitewater Athletics

Warhawks Still Unbeaten with Win Against Superior
UW-Whitewater moves their record up to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in conference to keep their unbeaten
season alive with a 106-59 victory over UW-Superior at Kachel Gym in the Williams Center
Saturday afternoon.
The Warhawks scored the first points of the game on a Kelsey Hendrickson layup, but Superior
answered right back with a bucket of their own by Amanda Rounsville. UW-W guard, Trisha Thill
then knocked down a three point basket to give Whitewater the lead for good.
UW-W's first half was fueled by a 10 point scoring run to put the score at 20-6. Later in the first
half, UW-W had another big scoring run of 14 points to put the score at 40-8 with 5:32 to go in the
first half. The half ended with the Warhawks up, 58-16.
UW-Superior put together a five point scoring run to open the first half, but Whitewater fired right
back with eight straight points of their own. Whitewater and Superior battled to a fairly even
second half, but Whitewater outscored Superior by five in the second half giving them a
season high of 106 points of the night.
Whitewater's shooting helped propel them to a victory as they shot 36-65 (55.4%) from the field
and Superior only shot 18-59 (30.5%). Whitewater also forced 34 turnovers and only turned the
ball over 17 times themselves.
UW-W was led in scoring by Kelsey Hendrickson, who was 9-12 from the field and finished with
22 total points. Hendrickson also added five steals, three rebounds, and two assists. Rachel
Woolever also added 16 points making four of her six three point attempts. Megan Schmidt
scored 13 points for the Warhawks as well.
Tiffany Morton put in 11 points and a team high seven rebounds. Superior was led in scoring by
Carissa Nord, who finished with 10 points. Lisa Thielen and Gigi Hudson added nine points a
piece. Hudson also pulled down game high 12 rebounds.
UW-Whitewater resumes play on December 11, when they travel to Madison to take on
Edgewood College for a 7:00 tipoff.
Warhawks Defeat Edgewood, Break Century Mark in Back-to-Back Games
UW-Whitewater, ranked sixth in both national Division III poll, improved their overall record to 8-0
with a 104-62 victory over Edgewood College, 4-4, in a non-conference game at the Todd Wehr
Edgedome Wednesday night. The Warhawks equals the third highest score in school history,
tying a total accomplished December 10, 1991 against Wisconsin Lutheran College. Adding to
the accomplishment, UW-W has scored 100 or more points in a game just seven times in
school history, never even twice in one season --- and this team hit the mark in back-toback
games, scoring 106 (second best in school history) in a win over UW-Superior
Saturday.
The Eagles stayed even with the Warhawks until the 14:35 mark at 10-10. Sophomore Dana
Thompson made a layup that gave UW-W the lead for good, but Edgewood kept the game close
for a while. The Warhawks never had a lead of more than 10 points until sophomore Heidi
Sonntag hit a 3-pointer with 5:05 left in the first half to give UW-Whitewater a 35-22 lead.
The Eagles then scored back-back baskets to pull back to within 9 points at the 4:24 mark, but
UW-W ended the half on 19-0 scoring run for 54-26 halftime lead that sealed the deal. The
Warhawks outscored Edgewood 50-36 in the second half to allow them to cruise to victory and hit
the century mark for the second straight contest.
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