WIAC women's volleyball

['95 Blugold]

After an intense 5 setter in Oshkosh the WIAC final is set.

UW-Whitewater goes on the road to take down UWSP in  3 sets 2(25-21, 25-22, 28-26).

UW-Platteville goes on the road to UW-Oshkosh in what was an amazing 5 set match. Down 13-9 in the 5th set, Oshkosh goes on a run to tie it at 13. Back and forth from there until Oshkosh puts it away. (26-24, 21-25, 20-25, 25-19, 20-18).

WIAC Final Saturday evening as UW-Oshkosh hosts UW-Whitewater.

['95 Blugold]

UW-Whitewater goes on the road to UW-Oshkosh to win their 3rd consecutive WIAC championship in 5 sets.

['95 Blugold]

WIAC gets 5 teams in the NCAA post season. I'd have to go back and actually look, but I don't think that has happened before. Here are the following matchups with Nov. 12 rankings listed.

(#7) UW Whitewater vs. Ohio Wesleyan
(#24) UWEC vs. (#23) Northwestern-St. Paul
(#17) UW-Platteville vs. Edgewood
(#5) UW-Oshkosh vs. Marymount (VA)
(#25) UWSP vs. Otterbein

Whitewater, UWEC and Platteville are all in the same region. Whitewater would face UWEC in a 2nd round matchup if both win their first round games with a potential all WIAC matchup to see who goes to the final 8. If teams win out, it would be possible for the WIAC to have 3 teams represented at the final 8. I'll try and dig in a bit deeper this week and get a post up before play starts on Thursday.

['95 Blugold]

Good first day for the WIAC.

UW Oshkosh has no issues sweeping Marymount (VA). 25-9, 25-17, 25-10.

UW Platteville sweeps Edgewood 25-18, 25-16, 25-17.

UWSP takes down Otterbein in an exciting 5 set match. 19-25, 25-15, 25-21, 23-25, 15-13.

UWEC started strong in their match and kept it going rolling in a sweep of Northwestern-St. Paul 25-16, 25-16, 25-18.

UW-Whitewater after a tough 1st set win takes the next two in uneventful fashion for a sweep of Ohio Wesleyan 28-26, 25-14, 25-15.

['95 Blugold]

Pretty good day as 3 WIAC teams make it through the 2nd round.

UWSP falls to region host Hope 0-3 (15-25, 15-25, 18-25).
UW-Oshkosh downs University of Chicago 3-1 (18-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-16).
UW-Platteville defeats Wash U 3-1 (25-20, 25-18, 18-25, 25-17).
UW-Whitewater takes down fellow WIAC opponent UWEC 3-0 (25-12, 25-23, 25-21).

Unfortunately, the WIAC can only get 2 teams through to the final 8. Matchups tomorrow.

UW-Whitewater vs. UW-Platteville  (Whitewater defeated Platteville 3-0 in the only season matchup)
UW-Oshkosh vs. Illinois Wesleyan  (No in-season matchups)

['95 Blugold]

Two in the final 8 for the WIAC as both Whitewater and Oshkosh take care of business with relative ease in 3 set sweeps.

UW-Whitewater over UW-Platteville 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-19).

UW-Oshkosh over Illinois Wesleyan 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-20).

['95 Blugold]

Final 8 seeds are out.

#6 UW-Whitewater vs. #3 Emory

#7 UW-Oshkosh vs. #2 Johns Hopkins

Both on the right side of the bracket so no chance of an all WIAC final. Left side seeded as follows.

#1 Juniata vs. #8 La Verne
#4 Hope vs. #5 Washington & Lee

Games on 12/4.

[WLCALUM83]

Tough draws but the WIAC squads are used to such things, no doubt.

['95 Blugold]

Decent first day for the WIAC yesterday.

Whitewater sweeps Emory with relative ease 3-0. (25-13, 25-23, 25-19)

Oshkosh unfortunately falls in 5 to Johns Hopkins. (21-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-19, 11-15).

Whitewater faces Johns Hopkins today in the semis.

['95 Blugold]

UW-Whitewater takes down #2 seed Johns Hopkins in a weird 5 set match. Each set was a lopsided score for the winner (13-25, 25-16, 17-25, 25-16, 15-7).

Warhawks will be playing for the D3 National Championship on Saturday against #1 Juniata who needed 5 sets to take down #4 Hope and extend their win streak to 96.

[WLCALUM83]

The year Whitewater won the final was 2005-Kim Fruit was on that squad and per Warhawk all time records site through the completion of the 2023 season, she still holds the indviidual record for highest career hitting percentage (.363).

[WLCALUM83]

UW=Whitewater's reverse sweep bid falls short--Juniata prevails yet again--