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Women’s basketball
The women’s basketball team finished their highly successful 26-4 season in a 77-64 loss against Illinois Wesleyan in the sectional match-up on March 13.
The team grabbed seventh on D3hoops.com in the final poll of the season after travelling to the NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen.
Numerous players won accolades post-season, including the All-Region award from D3Hoops.com, which sophomore Britta Peterson added to her growing collection. Peterson was also named to the All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference First Team with senior teammates Katie Webber and Janell Van Gomple.
Webber was also named to the All-Defensive Team and senior Jessi Sporle was named to the All-WIAC Honorable Mention and All-Sportsmanship teams.
Coach Shirley Egner was named the WIAC Coach of the Year for the third time.
Athletes of the Week
Baseball:
Pitcher- Jeff Zielke
Position player- Jeremy Richter
Softball:
Pitcher- Kayla Kastenmeier
Position player- Lauren Watkins
Swimming
The women’s and men’s swimming and diving teams competed in the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships this past week.
The men’s team finished eighth place, its seventh consecutive year within the top 20 rankings.
Senior Chase Gross earned an eighth-place finish with his 44.66 finish in the 100-yard freestyle. The 400-yard freestyle relay team including Gross, Sam Davy, Rob Donish and Steve Lynam also earned eighth. Swimmer Ian Girdley took seventh in the 200-yard backstroke.
The women went on to take 27th in the NCAA tournament and had their 400-yard freestyle relay finish 16th in the fourth day of competition.
