Titans Fall Short In Bid For WIAC Title

Luke Buchholz' header off of a teammate's miss lifted the UW-Whitewater men's soccer team to a 1-0 win over UW-Oshkosh Titans on Saturday (Nov. 7) at J.J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium.

Buchholz' goal, his WIAC-leading 12th of the season, came at 55:46 mark of the match. It came when teammate Luke Mangognia's header bounced off UW-Oshkosh goalkeeper James Pike. Buchholz then rebounded the miss for the only goal of the game.

The contest featured two teams listed high in the NCAA Division III North Region rankings. UW-Whitewater (11-5-3/3-0-1 WIAC) was ranked third in the poll and UW-Oshkosh (13-4-2/2-1-1 WIAC) sixth.

UW-Whitewater captured the inaugural WIAC championship with the victory. UW-Platteville (9-8-3/2-0-2 WIAC) placed second, UW-Oshkosh third, UW-Superior (7-9-3/1-3 WIAC) fourth and Finlandia University (Mich.) (2-17/0-4 WIAC) fifth.

UW-Oshkosh, which suffered its first loss to UW-Whitewater in four contests (1-1-2 record), attempted 10 shots. Brandon Briones launched three shots and Tim Stadler two. The Titans had three corner kicks.

UW-Whitewater took seven shots, including five by Buchholz. The Warhawks earned six corner kicks.

Goalkeepers James Pike of UW-Oshkosh and Andrew Krueger of UW-Whitewater both saved four shots.

UW-Oshkosh and UW-Whitewater will find out if their season continues when bids to the NCAA Division III Championship are announced on Monday (Nov. 9).