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Tickets for home games are sold at the University Center ticket office on the main campus mall Monday-<br />
Friday during normal business hours, and are available at the stadium on game day. Call 262-472-2222<br />
for ticket information.<br />
<strong>UW</strong>-EC is 4-5 on the season, 2-4 in the league.<br />
Warhawks Wrap Up Regular Season 10-0<br />
11/<strong>12</strong>/2011<br />
<strong>UW</strong>-<strong>Whitewater</strong> closed out the regular season with a 17-3 win over <strong>UW</strong>-La Crosse Saturday at Perkins<br />
Stadium in <strong>Whitewater</strong>. <strong>UW</strong>-W, 10-0 overall and 7-0 in the WIAC, now awaits word on the NCAA III<br />
championship playoffs, which we will begin Saturday, November 19. <strong>UW</strong>-W expects <strong>to</strong> receive a home<br />
game, but the opponent and time won't be known until late Sunday.<br />
Midway through the first quarter <strong>UW</strong>-W started a drive on its 33 yard line. The Warhawks advanced <strong>to</strong><br />
the <strong>UW</strong>-L 14, where the drive stalled. Eric Kindler (German<strong>to</strong>wn/German<strong>to</strong>wn) put the first points on the<br />
board with a 23-yard field goal with 1:36 left in the quarter.<br />
La Crosse <strong>to</strong>ok the ensuing kickoff out <strong>to</strong> the 41. The Eagles used six plays <strong>to</strong> put the ball on<br />
<strong>Whitewater</strong>'s 23, but with a first and ten Andy Sires went for the end zone and Warhawk defensive back<br />
Ryan Wenkman (Wisconsin Dells/Wisconsin Dells) picked it off at the two.<br />
The Eagles forced <strong>Whitewater</strong> <strong>to</strong> go three and out, and after a punt were set up with the offense starting<br />
at <strong>Whitewater</strong>'s 45 yard line. Ten plays later <strong>UW</strong>-L was facing a fourth and 18 at the 33, and the Eagles<br />
faked a punt but the ball carrier was s<strong>to</strong>pped short.<br />
<strong>Whitewater</strong> turned that play around and went on its longest drive of the day, made even longer by two<br />
penalties on the Warhawks. Matt Blanchard (Lake Zurich, IL/Lake Zurich) threw the ball six times in the<br />
drive, completing five for 50 yards. Blanchard and Luke Menzel (Sheboygan Falls/Oostburg) combined<br />
for the final 13 yards with one minute remaining in the half <strong>to</strong> send <strong>Whitewater</strong> in<strong>to</strong> the lockerroom with a<br />
10-0 lead.<br />
<strong>Whitewater</strong>'s first drive of the second half started on their own 26. A nine play drive which included five<br />
Blanchard passes for 61 yards, ended with a Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park) 6 yard TD run. To<br />
make the score 17-0 with 9:15 left in the third quarter.<br />
On the next possession <strong>Whitewater</strong> moved the ball again going from it's 42 <strong>to</strong> the La Crosse 20 on 8<br />
plays. With fourth and four at the 20 Kindler's field goal attempt was wide left.<br />
Kindler's kickoff went through the endzone and La Crosse <strong>to</strong>ok the ball at their 20. Two plays later Sires<br />
hit Jake Welch for 31 yards <strong>to</strong> the <strong>Whitewater</strong> 44. Nine plays later, Justin Huinker kicked a 24-yard field<br />
goal <strong>to</strong> put La Crosse on the board 17-3 with 4:02 left in the game.<br />
<strong>Whitewater</strong> limited <strong>UW</strong>-La Crosse <strong>to</strong> 182 yards including 69 yards rushing on 29 attempts. Sires was 15-<br />
22 for 113 yards, five of those passes caught by wide receiver Tony Bilderback for 35 yards. <strong>Whitewater</strong><br />
also didn't have much success running, rushing the ball 32 times for 103 yards. With La Crosse<br />
defense keying on the running game, Blanchard completed 26-34 passes for 269 yards. Both the<br />
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