WVC Championships @ UW-Whitewater

UWW hosted the conference tournament for the 2nd time over the 19 year history of the WVC.  The host Warhawks were pooled with the top seeded Titans (UW-Oshkosh), fifth seed Golden Eagles (Marquette) and the eighth seeded Pioneers (UW-Platteville).  UWW went 1-1 on Friday, defeating UW-Platteville and dropping a match to UW-Oshkosh.  Saturday morning the Warhawks came out strong and defeated Marquette in two.  In first round tournament play, UWW faced UW-Stout.  UWW continued their strong play as they defeated the Blue Devils in two.  In the semi-finals the Warhawks faced #9 Lakeland, who UWW had defeated earlier in the week.  After dropping the first set, the Warhawks battled back and took the second set.  Even though UWW came out fast and strong in the third set winning the switch point, the Warhawks then gave up a 1-9 run as the Muskies finished the match 15-9.  #9 Lakeland went on to defeat #4 UW-Oshkosh in an exciting 3-game WVC Championship match.

@ Lakeland (3/9)

The Warhawks showed the Muskies that they would not lay down at the end of the season.  UWW started out strong taking the first two sets 26-24, 28-26.  Hitting errors plagued the Warhawks as they fought, but eventually lost the next two sets 19-25, 23-25.  The fifth and deciding set was all Whitewater.  The Warhawks took the set 15-11.  This is the first time UWW has beat Lakeland College in conference play in four years.  This puts the Warhawks in a good position for the upcoming WVC Conference Tournament hosted by UW-Whitewater.

University of Iowa Tournament (3/6-3/7)

UW-Whitewater came to the tournament ranked as the second place team.  After the first part of pool play, the Warhawks were perfect going 6-0 in sets.  In the power pool that afternoon, UWW was paired up with host Iowa.  In two exciting sets, the Warhawks kept rolling as they beat the Hawkeyes in two.  For the last match of the day, UWW faced College of Dupage.  With the first set going into extra points, UWW finally took the set 29-27.  After losing the second set 16-25, Whitewater came back winning the third and final set.  Sunday morning came early for the #1 seeded Warhawks, but after defeating Providence in two sets, UWW next had UW-Oshkosh II.  With a poor performance, the Warhawks were able to push the match to three games, but fell short in the end.  Mizzou beat UW-Oshkosh II in the championship.

UW-Oshkosh (3/3)

Both teams came ready play on Wednesday night.  With the Titans leading the conference (9-0) the Warhawks were looking to add a blemish to their record.  With the match televised on Warhawk TV, the hawks wanted to put on a show, and they did.  Whitewater came out fast and took the first set in exciting fashion, winning 29-27.  UW-Oshkosh however did not like that, UW-O came back taking the next two sets.  Life sprang to the Warhawks though as they fought hard and took set four 26-24.  But that life ran out as UW-Oshkosh took the final set in a dominating 15-9 performance. 

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