(@ Hoosier-Illini Tournament)
Day 1:
* Defeated St. Louis University: 25-18, 28-26
* Defeated Northern Illinois University: 23-25, 25-16, 15-7
* Lost to #1 Virginia Tech: 22-25, 20-25
* Defeated Texas A&M: 25-19, 25-18
Day 2:
* Lost to #3 Ohio State: 21-25, 25-23, 12-15
Finished T-9th
Lakeland (2.19)
The Muskies came with a broom as they swept the Warhawks at home on Friday. UWW played strong, but unforced errors plagued the Warhawks once again. After loosing the first set 30-32, the Warhawks started slow in the second set. Due to questionable plays at the end of the set, UWW lost 25-27 after being down 20-24. Seems like UWW spent it all in the those first two sets as Lakeland walked away with the third set 25-17. The Warhawks were led by the hitting of Mark Haertle as he racked up 17 kills.
@ Oshkosh
The Warhawks came out swinging taking the first set against WVC rival #8 UW-Oshkosh. But Oshkosh's serving proved to be too much as the Titans took the next set. UWW made sets three and four interesting, but Oshkosh was too much as UW-O won the match in four sets (21-25, 25-16, 25-22, 26-24).
Marquette (2.12)
The Hawks came out strong taking two of the first three sets on Friday. UWW put on a show as Derek Walters bounced a ball to complete the second set. After going back and fourth in game three, the warhawks came around and won the fourth set, winning the match (25-20, 25-23, 20-25, 25-18).
@ Platteville (2/7)
The Warhawks bounced back sweeping UW-Platteville 3-0. UWW came out strong as they defeated the Pioneers 25-8, 25-10, 25-13.
@ Marquette (2/2)
Both the varsity and junior varsity squads went the distance and fell short at Marquette. Unforced errors gave too many points away as UWW- I fell to the Golden Eagles in 5, while UWW-II dropped two straight loosing in 3.
January 31st Play Date
UWW had a great weekend up in Sheboygan, WI. The Warhawks went on to face UW-Stout, UW-Steven's Point, and UW- La Crosse in a divisional cross over play date. UWW swept UW-S and UW-SP 3-0. UWW made the match against UW-L a close one with many unforced errors, but ended up taking the deciding set 15-11, winning the match 3-2.
WVC Season Opener 2010: December 5th @ UW-Oshkosh
Whitewater had a great season opener. Whitewater went 9-3 in the round robin portion of the tournament taking a 2nd place seed into the playoffs. UWW went against UW-LaCrosse in the semifinals. Having split earlier in the day, both teams went at it in a close match. In the deciding set however, the hawks took over and won the 3rd set sending them to the championship match (which was later cancelled).
However, in the most unfortunate of events, during the Lakeland v UW-Oshkosh match, sophomore MH Jared Sparrey went down with an injury. UW-Whitewater and all of the WVC gives the best wishes to Jared, his family, and Lakeland Volleyball.
Nations 2009 in Kansas City
NATIONALS (Apr. 9th-11th)- Whitewater had a great tournament this year. The first time in years that UWW has finished in the top 16 in the nation. After a tough pool day one UWW defeated both Notre Dame and Rutgers University in two straight sets. Due to a reffing mistake, the hawks beat Fresno State the first match 25-0 due to a forfeit! Then Fresno came back and defeated the hawks in 3. Taking second in pool play put the Hawks in a challenge round the next morning.
Day 2 the Hawks started off facing UW-Milwaukee for a spot in a 3-team power pool. UWW beat UW-M in three exciting sets. This pooled UWW with two #1 seeds: Michigan State and Utah Valley. With the Hawks needing only to clinch one match, they put everything they had into Michigan State. Whitewater came out on top over the Spartans in three high energy sets. After putting it all into that last match, the hawks came out flat against Utah Valley who defeated the hawks in 2. All UWW could do was hope that Utah Valley beat Michigan State. Which they did! Finishing second in the power pool brought the hawks into GOLD!!
Day 3 began facing Arizona University. In a close first match the Hawks fell to Arizona. In a close game 2, New Comer of the Year: Danny Wittke came down on the opposing team's foot and was out for the game. With freshman, Rob Kuhnke, on the outside, the hawks battled but eventually fell to the Wildcats, tying for 9th place in the nation.
Quick Results:
UW-Whitewater is the #26 seed in Division I.
Lost to #2 Fresno State 1-2.
Defeated #23 Notre Dame 2-0.
Defeated Rutgers University 2-0.
Defeated UW-Milwaukee 2-0
Defeated #15 Michigan State University 2-1.
Lost to #7 Utah Valley State 0-2.
Lost to #12 University of Arizona 0-2.
WVC
Whitewater finished 3rd in the WVC with a record of 6-4 in matches, 23-16 in sets.