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against UW-Platteville, and marks the sixth time in his career he has rushed for at least 200 yards. His<br />
most recent 200+ game had been a 299 yard performance in the 2010 Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.<br />
UW-SP <strong>to</strong>taled 204 yards in the first half, but just 297 in the game as the <strong>Whitewater</strong> defense held the<br />
Pointers scoreless the last forty minutes of the game.<br />
<strong>Whitewater</strong> received the opening kickoff, and three plays later the <strong>Warhawks</strong> led 7-0 on a 47 yard run by<br />
Coppage at 13:38..<br />
Point responded with an eight play 73 yard drive, the last yard coming on a Ben Wetzel run <strong>to</strong> make it 7-6<br />
at 10:45. Jered Fohrman missed the PAT, which would prove <strong>to</strong> be a fac<strong>to</strong>r later in the game when the<br />
Pointers had <strong>to</strong> look for two scores.<br />
UW-W came back on the next possession, marching 73 yards on six plays, with Coppage gaining 54 of<br />
those on three carries. Coppage broke the career rushing record with his fourth carry of the day, covering<br />
46 yards. Eric Kindler (German<strong>to</strong>wn/German<strong>to</strong>wn) made it 14-6 at 8:16.<br />
The ping pong match continued, with the Pointers holding serve (yes a mixed metaphor), covering 56<br />
yards in eight plays <strong>to</strong> set up a Fohrman 42 yard field goal with 4:32 still remaining in the first quarter and<br />
UW-W in the lead 14-9.<br />
With prospects of a Hous<strong>to</strong>n-Rice look alike game looming, <strong>Whitewater</strong> made it 3-3 on possessions, with<br />
Matt Blanchard (Lake Zurich, IL/Lake Zurich) hitting Tyler Huber (Mukwonago/North Prairie) with a 57<br />
yard pass for a 21-9 lead with 3:40 left in the quarter.<br />
UW-SP provided the only scoring of the second quarter, with Mitch Beau passing <strong>to</strong> Theo Maglio for 29<br />
yards with 10:32 <strong>to</strong> cut their deficit <strong>to</strong> 21-16.<br />
And that was it for Stevens Point. <strong>Whitewater</strong>’s defense did not allow the Pointers <strong>to</strong> score in the last<br />
forty minutes of the game. UW-SP, which had 204 yards in the first half, finished the game with 297.<br />
The only scoring of the third quarter came the first time <strong>Whitewater</strong> had the ball in the second half, with<br />
Kindler booting a 23 yard field goal with 7:53 remaining for a 24-16 lead.<br />
Coppage provided the last nail with a 40 yard <strong>to</strong>uchdown run with 2:27 left in the game for the final, 31-<br />
16.<br />
UW-W defensive back Noah Timm (Two Rivers/Two Rivers) intercepted a Beau pass <strong>to</strong> end the Pointers’<br />
next drive, and linebacker Ryan Cortez (Palatine, IL/Palatine, IL) picked off Beau in the Pointers’ last ditch<br />
effort.<br />
The Warhawk defense sacked Beau six times, four of those coming in the second half. Five players<br />
contributed <strong>to</strong> the sack <strong>to</strong>tal, and UW-W <strong>to</strong>taled eight tackles for a loss. The six sacks are a season high,<br />
and the most since November 20, 2010 and <strong>Whitewater</strong>’s win over Franklin College in the first round of<br />
the NCAA III playoffs. Sophomore linebacker Cole Klotz (Elm Grove/New Berlin Eisenhower) led the<br />
defense with nine tackles, one sack, and 1.5 tackles for a loss.<br />
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