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The Coaches<br />
<strong>Whitewater</strong>’s Lance Leipold is in his fifth year as head coach of the <strong>Warhawks</strong> and has compiled a record<br />
of 65-3, including 27-1 in the WIAC. In his first head coaching opportunity, Leipold has earned national<br />
Division III coach of the year honors three out of the four years and was named WIAC Coach of the Year<br />
the last two. UW-EC’s Todd Glaser is in his sixth year as the Blugolds’ head coach and has compiled a<br />
28-24-0 record. Like Leipold, Glaser played for the team he is coaching. Glaser received WIAC Coach of<br />
the Year and WFCA College Coach of the Year honors in 2007.<br />
UW-Eau Claire Notes<br />
Eau Claire is coming off a 31-21 loss at Platteville. The Blugolds scored first, leading 14-0 in the first<br />
quarter as Austin Neu threw TD passes <strong>to</strong> Jesse Linsmeyer and Mike O’Connell. Neu threw a third<br />
scoring pass, this time <strong>to</strong> Alex Plaster, just before halftime <strong>to</strong> send UW-EC in<strong>to</strong> the locker room with a 21-<br />
14 lead. Platteville, which gave up 221 yards passing in the first half, held UW-EC <strong>to</strong> 84 yards passing in<br />
the second half, and minus four yards rushing, in their comeback. Pioneer QB Nick Anderson threw for<br />
four <strong>to</strong>uchdowns. Key plays for UW-P included a blocked punt and a pickoff off a Neu pass in the end<br />
zone. The Blugold defense was led by Andy Neumann and Sean Graham, both with nine tackles.<br />
The Blugolds rack up more yards passing than anyone else in the WIAC, <strong>to</strong>ps at 242.8 yards per game.<br />
EC is also second in first downs and third down conversions. On the other side of the ball UW-EC is the<br />
number one team in quarterback sacks (17 in 5 games), is second in the league in pass defense (178.6),<br />
second in <strong>to</strong>tal defense (324.2), and tied for second with <strong>Whitewater</strong> in turnover margin (0.4). The<br />
Blugolds are also second in time of possession (31:22).<br />
Blugold QB Austin Neu leads the WIAC in passing yards (242.8/game) and running back Joel Sweeney is<br />
fifth in the league in rushing (60.0/game, 3.4/attempt). Mike O’Connell is the league’s number three<br />
receiver (30 receptions for 3 TD’s) and David Goodman is eighth (20, 1). O’Connell is also second in<br />
receiving yards per game at 64.6. Sean Graham, the sophomore linebacker who had the big game at<br />
Platteville, is second in the league with 50 tackles, and junior defensive lineman Jimmy Hall leads the<br />
WIAC in sacks (0.90/game).<br />
Eau Claire is 26 th in the D3 statistics in passing efficiency, and second in the WIAC <strong>to</strong> UW-<strong>Whitewater</strong>.<br />
Neu is 25 th in D3, and second <strong>to</strong> <strong>Whitewater</strong>’s Matt Blanchard (Lake Zurich, IL/Lake Zurich) in the WIAC.<br />
UW-<strong>Whitewater</strong> Notes<br />
<strong>Whitewater</strong> clinched a share of the WIAC title with a 31-16 win over UW-Stevens Point in Perkins<br />
Stadium last Saturday, the <strong>Warhawks</strong> record-setting seventh consecutive year. UW-W scored the first<br />
three times it had the ball, Point was also productive and UW-W led 21-16 at the half. The <strong>Whitewater</strong><br />
defense held the Pointers scoreless in the second half on just 93 <strong>to</strong>tal yards of offense. Warhawk senior<br />
running back Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park) carried the ball 29 times for 245 yards, breaking<br />
the school and WIAC career rushing mark formerly held by UW-W’s Justin Beaver. Coppage, the only<br />
back in WIAC his<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>to</strong> rush for 1,000 yards all four seasons, upped his career <strong>to</strong>tal <strong>to</strong> 6,776 yards, the<br />
third highest <strong>to</strong>tal in the NCAA III record books. It was the sixth 200 yard game in his career.<br />
In the WIAC stats, UW-W is number one in scoring offense (33.8), rushing offense (231.8), rushing<br />
defense (99.6), <strong>to</strong>tal offense (456.4), <strong>to</strong>tal defense (288.4), pass efficiency, first downs, third down<br />
conversions, fewest sacks allowed (which should be an interesting match with EC’s sack leading<br />
defense), kickoff coverage, and time of possession. Coppage is the leading rusher (151.4) and scorer<br />
(<strong>12</strong>.0/game), Ryan Wenkman (<strong>Wisconsin</strong> Dells/<strong>Wisconsin</strong> Dells) leads in interceptions (4), Blanchard is<br />
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