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Warhawks Stay Atop National Polls
10/4/2011
After putting away UW-Platteville 34-14 last Saturday, the UW-Whitewater Warhawk football team once
again keeps a tight grip on the #1 spot in both the D3football.com Top 25 and AFCA D-III Coaches’ Top
25 polls.
In the D3football.com poll, UW-Whitewater received 21 of the 25 possible first-place votes. Mount Union
received the remaining 4 votes for the No. 2 spot. The Warhawks also took 40 of the 42 possible firstplace
votes in the AFCA Coaches’ Poll to stay at #1. No. 2 Mount Union received the other 2 votes.
Whitewater (4-0, 1-0 WIAC) travels to UW-River Falls (0-4, 0-1 WIAC) Saturday, October 8. Kickoff is set
for 1 p.m.
Warhawks’ Streak to 35 with Win over Falcons
10/8/2011
Winning never gets old, for the 35 th time in a row the UW-Whitewater football team won, this time 42-10
over UW-River Falls in River Falls Saturday. The Warhawks have now defeated the Falcons ten straight
times. UW-W remains undefeated this season, 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference. UW-W also boasts 23 straight wins on the road and 19 straight wins in the WIAC.
UW-River Falls is now 0-5 overall and 0-3 in the WIAC.
UW-W, ranked first in the D3football.com and American Football Coaches Association polls, forced the
Falcons into a three and out on the first possession of the ball game. The Warhawks followed by
covering 52 yards in seven plays for the first score of the game, a rushing touchdown by UW-W’s career
touchdown leader Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park). The drive included a 34 yard reception by
sophomore wide receiver Luke Menzel (Sheboygan Falls/Oostburg) and a fourth and one conversion by
Coppage. The extra point by Eric Kindler (Germantown/ Germantown) was good.
Again the ‘Hawks forced the Falcons into a three and out but this time they weren’t able to score on the
ensuing possession. A third straight three and out followed for the Falcons and the Warhawks took over
at their own 35 after downing the punt. On the third play of the drive Matt Blanchard (Lake Zurich,
IL/Lake Zurich) threw his second interception of the season, just the fifth of his career, to Falcons’ senior
defensive back Matt Ainsworth. However, the Warhawk defense came through and held the Falcons to
their fourth straight three and out.
UW-W took over on their own 33 after the Falcon punt and went 67 yards in six plays to take a 14-0 lead.
Blanchard connected with Robinson for six yards on the first play of the drive. On the second play
Coppage rushed for no gain, and on the third play, the Warhawks were aided by a Falcon pass
interference call to gain a first down. After another completion by Blanchard, this time to Bernie Tamsett
(Waterford/Waterford Union), then an incompletion, Coppage rushed 37 yards on third down for his
second rushing touchdown of the game and ninth of the season.
The Falcons started the second quarter with the ball and a deficit of 14 points. After eight plays River
Falls found themselves in a fourth and five situation. They decided to go for it but were flagged for a false
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