Yellowjackets report: UWS sweeps UMAC soccer titles again
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Nov. 9—Wisconsin-Superior's soccer teams found themselves in familiar territory on Saturday, UMAC champions and on the way to the NCAA tournament.
Both Yellowjackets teams claimed shutout victories on home turf in the conference tournament championship, the men routing Bethany Lutheran 6-0 and the women defeating Northwestern 2-0 at SCCU Stadium.
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The UWS men were all over Bethany in the first half, scoring five times in a span of less than 25 minutes on goals from five different players. Seth Davidson and Harvey McLoughlin had a goal and assist, while Wyatt Nelson, Wyatt Anderson and Jay'ce Jones also found the back of the net in the outburst.
Bryce Boldt scored in the 72nd minute and was named tournament MVP.
The Yellowjackets had a little tougher time in Wednesday's semifinals, as Boldt scored in the first half and Davidson in the second in a 2-0 home win over Crown.
UWS, which has now won 10 consecutive conference tournament titles, will find out its opponent for the NCAA tournament on Monday morning.
The UWS women made it six UMAC tournament titles in six years with first-half goals from Niamh Larson in the 18th minute from Brook Judnick's assist, and Judnick scoring in her own right about 12 minutes later.
Baylee Nygard made 10 saves in the UWS net, allowing the Yellowjackets to overcome a narrow disadvantage to the Eagles in shot attempts (19-17) and shots on target (12-10).
UWS reached Saturday's final by taking down Minnesota Morris 4-0 on Wednesday. Judnick and Larson struck early again in that one, with Larson's total of two goals and two assists in the two-game tournament netting her MVP honors.
The UWS women will also learn their NCAA opponents on Monday morning.
A 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-14, 25-17) victory for Minnesota Morris in both teams' regular-season finales on Saturday in Morris ensured the Yellowjackets are headed back there on Wednesday for the semifinals of the UMAC tournament.
UWS won the first set despite being narrowly outhit, but Morris pulled away as the gap widened, finishing at .268 to .126 for the match.
Makenna Hohbein led the UWS offense with 14 kills. She and Alaina Wilberg had 14 digs apiece to go with team leader Savanna Hering's 24.
The night before, UWS swept Crown 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-19) behind 11 kills apiece from Hohbein and Kyndra Peterson.
Wisconsin-Superior men's basketball had an interesting outing on debut Friday night, holding on for an 82-81 win over St. Olaf in the NBC Tip-Off Classic at Mertz Mortorelli Gym in Superior.
UWS led 40-35 at halftime, but the teams went possession for possession down the stretch. Federico Foddai's 3-pointer gave the 'Jackets an 80-77 edge with 47 seconds left. Down 82-79 with 11 seconds to go, the Oles drew up a chance to tie, but a late 3 from the corner from leading scorer Luther Tostrud (29 points) was off the mark and a putback at the buzzer wasn't enough.
Foddai led UWS with 15 points, while Jett Rogowski and Gage Braiedy scored 14 apiece.
Saturday's weekend finale vs. Saint John's wasn't as fun, as the Johnnies issued a 95-57 blowout.
Braiedy and Nick Nordaune scored 10 points apiece for UWS (1-1), which plays at St. Norbert on Saturday.
The first game of the season didn't get off to a good start for Wisconsin-Superior on Friday night, as host Lawrence took a 24-10 lead in the first quarter and went on to win 66-48 in Appleton, Wisconsin.
UWS closed to within six points early in the second half but a 15-0 Vikings run in the third quarter sealed the visitors' fate.
Eva Peterson and Megan Schafer finished with 12 points apiece for UWS (0-1), which has its home opener vs. St. Scholastica on Thursday.
St. Scholastica piled up 14 goals this weekend in a pair of road wins, first 6-1 on Friday at No. 15 Saint John's, then 8-3 over St. Scholastica at Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth on Saturday.
UWS put three goals past the Johnnies in the first period on Friday, then tacked on two third-period goals on the power play.
Nick DeGeorge finished with a goal and two assists, while UWS goalie Jack Boschert made 35 saves.
Blake Setter had a hat trick for the Yellowjackets on Saturday in Duluth, finishing the feat just past the halfway point of the second period as UWS scored three times in each of the first two periods.
Easton Schmit scored and added three assists for UWS (3-1), which got 27 saves from Kobe Grant.
UWS opens conference play with a home game vs. Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Friday night.
Wisconsin-Superior found itself on the wrong end of both games of a home-and home with No. 5 Hamline, losing 7-1 in St. Paul on Friday and 6-2 in Superior on Saturday.
Duluth Marshall and North Shore alum Nina Thorson had two goals and an assist for Hamline. UWS's goal came from Lucy Mitshulis late in the second period. Suri Langley (Proctor/Hermantown) made 29 saves for UWS.
Thorson had a goal and three assists for Hamline on Saturday. UWS got a goal and assist from Emma Kligora and 28 saves from Aliya Gricius.
UWS (0-4) begins a home-and-home with St. Scholastica on Friday in Superior.