(In the photo above - Tyler Huber goes up high for one of his 10 receptions in UWW's 17-3 win over La Crosse on Saturday - photo courtesy of Josh Smith, Daily Jefferson County Union)
The UW-Whitewater football team wrapped up a third consecutive unbeaten regular season Saturday afternoon with a 17-3 win over UW-La Crosse at Perkins Stadium.
The game marked the second time the two teams had squared off this season. Whitewater defeated the Eagles 26-7 in the mandated “in-conference – non-conference game at La Crosse to open the season.
The 17 points was the lowest scoring output for the Warhawks this season.
Eric Kindler’s 23 yd field goal late in the 1st quarter gave the Hawks a 3-0 lead.
Whitewater extended the lead to 10-0 on a 13 yd pass from Matt Blanchard to Luke Menzel with exactly one minute remaining in the first half.
Whitewater put together its longest drive of the game on its first possession of the 2nd half. Levell Coppage capped the 13-play, 74 yard drive by slashing into the end zone from 6 yards out to give the Warhawks a 17-0 lead with 9:15 remaining in the third quarter.
That would do it in the scoring department for the Warhawks.
UWL averted a shutout on Justin Huinker’s 24 yd field goal early in the 4th quarter.
The UWL defense held Levell Coppage to a season low 68 yards rushing. The senior tailback did catch 4 passes for 34 yards. He also returned punts for the Warhawks with 5 returns for 112 yards including a 42 yard effort in the 4th quarter.
The Eagles may have slowed down Whitewater’s running game but that was not the case in stopping the Hawks’ passing attack.
Matt Blanchard torched the UWL defense with a 26 for 34 afternoon for a season-high 269 yards an a touchdown.
While Blanchard spread the catches among six Warhawks, Tyler Huber was his primary target. The junior receiver caught 10 passes for 123 yards. Luke Menzel added 6 receptions for 62 yards including a touchdown.
Whitewater’s defense was outstanding limiting the Eagles 182 yards including just 69 yards on the ground.
Greg Arnold, seeing his first action since early in the Oshkosh game, led the Hawk D with 10 tackles. Noah Timm added 8 stops. Ryan Wenkman’s interception was his 6th of the season.
Whitewater extended it's win streak to 40 games, the longest active streak in college football. The streak also moved into a tie with the University of Washington (1908-1914) for the fifth longest in NCAA history, any Division.
The Warhawks now await word on its road in NCAA III championship playoffs, which we will begin Saturday, November 19th. The tournament bracket will be announced at 5 p.m. Sunday evening.
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