12-6 Book to Upload - UW-Whitewater Athletics

Offensive Line (5 players) averages 292 pounds
Defensive Line (4 players) averages 252 pounds
Offense, Class Breakdown: six seniors, five juniors
Defense, Class Breakdown: five seniors, three juniors, three sophomores
Salisbury University
Offensive Line (5 players) averages 276 pounds
Defensive Line (3 players) averages 243 pounds
Offense, Class Breakdown: four seniors, six juniors, one sophomore
Defense, Class Breakdown: four seniors, two juniors, three sophomores, two freshmen
What's Coming Up
The winner of Saturday's game will advance to the fourth round (semifinals) on Saturday December 10,
and will face the winner of the quarterfinal between the University of Saint Thomas and Saint John
Fisher. The Division III championship game, the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, will be held in Salem, Virginia
Friday December 16.
Warhawks Advance to Semifinals with Salisbury Win
12/3/2011
Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park)'s record-tying four touchdowns and fourth 200+ rushing game of
the season, and a UW-Whitewater defense that held the number one scoring team 34 points under its
season average keyed the Warhawks' 34-14 win over Salisbury University in a NCAA III playoff
quarterfinal game at Perkins Stadium in Whitewater, Wisconsin Saturday. UW-W, 13-0, will host the
University of Saint Thomas, 13-0 and 45-10 winner of Saint John Fisher in a quarterfinal played in Saint
Paul, Minnesota Saturday, December 10 at a time to be announced later.
Photo Gallery (courtesy of Andrew Smith available for sale)
Photo Gallery (courtesy of Pazy Yang available for sale)
Whitewater's first possession began at their own 30. Nine plays later Coppage, the second leading
rusher in NCAA III history with 7,594 yards, scored on a ten yard run at 5:44 to put Whitewater up 7-0.
The second time UW-W got the ball was late in the first quarter. The drive spilled over into the second
quarter, senior quarterback Matt Blanchard (Lake Zurich, IL/Lake Zurich) connecting with junior wideout
Tyler Huber (Mukwonago/North Prairie) on a 41 yard pass that put the ball on the Salisbury four.
Coppage ended the drive with a one yard run, to up the score to 14-0 with 12:00 in the second.
The Warhawks made it three-for-three, covering 71 yards in 11 plays for an Eric Kindler
(Germantown/Germantown) 26 yard field goal with 1:54 left in the half.
Salisbury made a bid to put some points on the board in the time remaining, but Eric Hart's 48 yard
attempt, just his fifth of the season (1-5) was blocked by senior linebacker Greg Arnold (Big
Bend/Mukwonago) and Whitewater went into the lockerroom with a 17-0 lead.
Blanchard went 8-8 for 116 yards in the first half, and contributed 35 yards rushing. Salisbury, which
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