The No. 3 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team batted down a pass in the end zone on the final play of the game Saturday to preserve a 13-7 victory against No. 12 UW-La Crosse in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest in front of 11,991 fans at Perkins Stadium.
With the win, the Warhawks (9-0 overall, 6-0 WIAC) clinch a share of the program's 38th conference championship and earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Playoffs, which begin Nov. 20.