Whitewater Stellar in 49-0 Drubbing of UW-Stout

Waukesha, WI-- The Whitewater Women's Rugby Team just needed a win against the UW-Stout Blue Devils to advance to the finals of the 2nd Annual Ruck the Dub Tournament. Not only did they win, but their 49-0 victory over Stout was the largest margin of victory in team's post-blue & green history.

Beth "Cheer" Wiza fights her way to the try zone

Once again, Senior Center Michelle Lutzen opened the scoring when she took a well-timed pass from Forward Katie McNeil as she drew the defense in front of the try zone. Lutzen paid the favor forward with a well-timed pass of her own to Wing Tanya Tetzner who worked the ball down the sideline for her first score of the season. McNeil added a pair of scores before the end of the half to send her team to the break with a 29-0 lead. Lutzen, Beth "Cheer" Wiza, Cass Pitts and Ellie Torn added tries in the second half putting their team one point short of 50-mark.

Side Notes: Whitewater's win is the largest margin of deficit since they beat UW-Lacrosse 62-0 in the Fall of 2007…Whitewater's largest known margin of victory in team history was their 83-0 win over Northern Michigan University in the Fall of 2007…The Fall of 2007 was also the last time these two teams met, Stout got the better of the Hawks 28-14…Ellie Torn suffered a lower body injury in the final seconds of play that will keep her out of the rest of the tournament…rookies Katie Mack, Sara Holtzman and Noel Cipra made their debuts in a Warhawk uniform.