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WHITEWATER, Wisco — UW-Whitewater Advances to the Final Four with Win Over DePauw

UW-Whitewater is going to the big dance. The Warhawks defeated defending National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III champion DePauw University 83-80 Saturday night in Kachel Gym of Williams Center in in a NCAA III championship tournament quarterfinal game. UW-W, 28-3, will advance to the final four at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. The final four will be played Friday-Saturday, March 21-22, with UW-W meeting Howard Payne University (TX), 31-0. Messiah College (PA), 29-2, will meet Oglethorpe College, 27-5 in the other semifinal. Friday's winners will meet for the NCAA III championship Saturday night, preceded by a third place game. Game times have not been set. Whitewater postseason tournament website.

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"Both teams battled to get to this point, and battled all game, but is guess that's what it's supposed to be like this time of year," UW-W coach Keri Carollo said. "It's been a long six years, but a fun six years. We knew if we go the pieces it would work in time."

DePauw and Whitewater tied the score six times in the first half, but it was always Whitewater doing the catching up. The Tigers held seven point leads four times, but the Warhawks finally regained the lead for the first time since 17:46 on a Nicole Bundy three-pointer, making it 42-41 with 1:46 left in the game. Whitewater led 46-44 going in to the locker room.

Neither team could shake the other in a second half that was a clinic in clutch shooting, resulting in seven more ties. UW-W senior center Lindsey Buechner tied the game at 80-80 on a layup with 1:45 left. DePauw did not score on its next possession, and UW-W's Dana Thompson made the score 81-80 with a free throw at 0:33. Senior guard Trisha Thill stole the ball from DePauw, was fouled, and converted both free throws to give UW-W an 83-80 lead with 0:19 left. That proved to be the end of the scoring, although DePauw attempted a three to tie the game.

Whitewater had four players score in double figures, led by sophomore guard Kelsey Hendrickson and sophomore center Tiffany Morton with 15 each. Buechner added 14 points and sophomore guard Heidi Sonntag 12. Thill had a game high six assists, and Buechner notched a double-double with ten rebounds.

DePauw junior guard Cassie Pruzin led both teams with 23 points, hitting 7-10 from three point range. Sophomore forward Jenna Fernandez chipped in with 17 points and a team high six rebounds. Senior guard Gretchen Haehl scored 16 points, hitting four of five threes. Haehl led the Tigers with five assists.

DePauw made 11-15 threes (73%), the most a Whitewater opponent has hit this season. Whitewater kept it close with 19-32 free throws, and countered with a season best 60% from the floor. DePauw finished the season 28-4.

Whitewater will be advancing to the final four for the second time in school history. UW-W, under head coach Dianne Jones, advanced to the 1982 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) final four in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. That edition of the Warhawks lost to Mount Mercy College (IA) 71-60 in the semifinal, then took third with a 61-51 win over Millersville University (PA).

Box score website: http://www.uwwsports.com/sports/wbball/2007/WWDEPAUW.HTM

Press release submitted by UW-Whitewater on Mar 15 2008 at 11:50 PM

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