A large sign that hangs over the UW-Whitewater football practice fields reminds players and coaches to FINISH. That will be the goal for the Warhawks when the host UW-River Falls Saturday afternoon at Perkins Stadium.
15 seniors will be playing their final regular season game at Perkins Stadium with a chance to finish a season 10-0 for only a seventh time in school history and sixth in the last seven years.
It’s a class group of guys and they all have a story,” UW-Whitewater head coach Lance Leipold told Gary Douglas on 940 WFAW Friday morning. “They have set a great example for our younger players of setting the tone on a weekly basis,. It’s great for these seniors and our whole football team,” Leipold said last following last week’s 17-7 win at UW-Stevens Point to clinch at least a share of a conference championship. “Where we’re at in some areas — in our youth and inexperience — for us to come together and put ourselves in this position is truly a credit to our players and assistant coaches. They’ve done an outstanding job.
The seniors have been practicing all week in their old high school jerseys as part of a long-standing tradition. They will be walked out onto the field with their parents in a special pregame ceremony prior to Saturday’s regular season finale.
”A win Saturday will result in an outright conference title and likely No. 1 seed when NCAA D3 playoff pairings are announced at 5 p.m. Sunday.
Kickoff on Saturday is set for 2:05 p.m. at the Perk with St. Johns (MN) and Whitewater in a virtual deadlock for the lead in NCAA Division 3 attendance. heading into Saturday’s regular season finales. SJU is averaging 7,620 per game at Clemens Stadium. UW-Whitewater is averaging 7,559 to the Perk. Whitewater has finished in the top three in regular season attendance for the past five years including No. 1 in 2011.
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