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UW-Whitewater Receives NCAA III Championship Tournament Berth
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's basketball team has received a berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III championship tournament. The Warhawks, 22-5, will play a first round game against Defiance College, 23-5, Friday evening in Wooster, Ohio. For more information about the NCAA tournament go to UW-Whitewater Championship Central site.
Wooster, 23-5, will host the second game of Friday's doubleheader, facing Grove City College, 19-8. The winners of Friday's games will meet Saturday in Wooster.
NCAA III tournament play continues with sectionals March 12-13, hosted by participating schools. The Division III final four teams will gather in Salem, Virginia March 19-20.
UW-Whitewater, the 1984 and 1989 NCAA III champion, will be making its sixteenth appearance in the national tournament.
More information will be available throughout the day. Please watch the UW-W athletics web site at www.uwwsports.com.
