WOMEN'S BASKETBALL - UW-Whitewater Athletics

The win extended Whitewater's best ever start to thirteen consecutive wins. The 1986-87 had
been the squad with the previous best beginning to a season at 7-0. The win also brought this
year's team one step closer to the school record win streak of eighteen, established by the 1985-
86 team (began January 11 vs. North Park, ended March 3 in the NCAA III quarterfinals at Rust
College).
UW-W, ranked second in the D3hoops.com national poll, is 13-0 overall and 4-0 in the Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. UW-RF is 6-7, and 0-4 in league play.
Whitewater will host UW-La Crosse Wednesday, January 9 at 7:00 in the Kachel Gym of Williams
Center.
#2 Warhawks 14-0 After Win Over La Crosse
UW-Whitewater, ranked second in the national Division III poll, remained unbeaten with a 92-62
win over UW-La Crosse Wednesday evening in Kachel Gym in Williams Center in Whitewater.
Senior center Lindsey Buechner became just the seventh player in school history to eclipse the
1,000 point mark, scoring 19 points to put her career total at 1,001.
Buechner led five Warhawks in double figures. Kelsey Hendrickson joined her in double digits
with 16, Heidi Sonntag with 13, 12 from Tiffany Morton, and 11 by Rachel Woolever. Morton was
also the game's leading rebounder, with seven. Hendrickson added a game-high four assists,
and was among three Warhawks with three steals (along with Trisha Thill and Sonntag). Junior
center Lindsay Wahl’s 22 points led the Eagles. Wahl hit 10-13 from the field. She was the only
UW-L player in double figures.
Both teams used sixteen players in the game, and both teams had eleven players break in to the
scoring column.
UW-W, which never trailed in the game, led 41-28 at halftime. The Warhawks pushed the margin
to 88-54 at 3:23 on a layup by Buechner, coincidentally points number 1,000 and 1,001 in her
career.
UW-Whitewater, the top scoring team in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and
number three in NCAA III statistics, passed the 90 point mark for the sixth time this season.
Whitewater shot 56% from the field in the game, the fifth time this season the Warhawks hit more
than 50% from the floor. The Warhawks also shot 47% (7-15) from three-point range, while ;the
Eagles did not hit a shot from beyond the arc (0-6).
UW-Whitewater is 14-0 overall, the longest season-opening win streak ever in UW-W women's
basketball, and 5-0 in the WIAC. UW-La Crosse is 6-7 overall and 1-3 in the WIAC.
Whitewater will play at UW-Eau Claire Saturday, and return home to host UW-Stout Saturday,
January 19 at 3:00.
Warhawks Suffer First Loss in Eau Claire
Second-ranked UW-Whitewater fell from the unbeaten ranks with a 63-60 loss to UW-Eau Claire
in Zorn Arena in Eau Claire Saturday night.
The Warhawks led just once, 9-8, in the first half and trailed 29-19 at the break after shooting just
22% from the floor and attempting just two free throws (both made). The Blugolds also had a 24-
15 rebound edge in the first half.
Eau Claire's lead stretched to twelve, 33-21 at 18:21 on a layup by Amanda Zenner, the largest
lead in the game. The Blugolds' lead was still eleven, 39-28 with 14:32 left, but the Warhawks
blitzed EC 14-0 over the next five minutes to take a 42-39 lead with 9:35 left. Eau Claire tied the
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