WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 11/15 Wartburg women's basketball team (26-3 overall) will face No. 13/13 UW-Oshkosh (26-3) Friday, March 8 at 5:30 p.m. in the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Tournament. St. Thomas will serve as host. No. 5/6 Amherst will play No. 2/3 St. Thomas in the other Sweet Sixteen round game at 8 p.m. Friday's winners will advance to Saturday's Elite Eight game at 7 p.m.



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Tournament Schedule
Friday, March 8
5:30 p.m.   No. 11/15 Wartburg vs. No. 13/13 UW-Oshkosh
8 p.m.       No. 5/6 Amherst vs. No. 2/3 St. Thomas

Saturday, March 9
7 p.m.  Elite Eight game

Tickets
Tickets will go on sale at 4 p.m. on Friday. Prices are $7 for adults and $4 for students and seniors. Once purchased, tickets are valid for both games on Friday.
On Saturday, tickets will go on sale at 5:30 p.m.
*No passes accepted

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The Series
The all-time series is tied at 3-3. Wartburg has won the last three straight meetings, which includes the NCAA Tournament game on March 5, 2016 in Oshkosh en route to the program's first Final Four appearance.

Wartburg
This marks the fourth-straight and 13^th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the program, and the third Sweet Sixteen game in the last four seasons. The Knights are 19-12 in the Big Dance and have advanced to two Final Fours.

Senior Adrienne Boettger (Cedar Falls) leads the team with 12.7 PPG and junior Emma Gerdes (Cedar Falls) follows at 11.7 PPG. Gerdes has a team-best 5.6 rebounds/game and 137 assists.

Boettger has a team-best .702 field goal percentage, while junior Amanda Brainerd (DeWitt) leads the team from beyond the arc (.439) and from the free throw line (.867).

Single Season Record Watch
Boettger's field goal percentage stands second the single season leader list. Gerdes' assist total ranks third.

Career Record Watch
Gerdes has 274 assists, which ranks sixth on the career leader list.

UW-Oshkosh
The Titans earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as they won the WIAC tournament championship. UW-Oshkosh advanced to the Sweet Sixteen on a last-second shot by Nikki Arneson to defeat DePauw, 54-52.

Isabella Samuels leads her team with 10.3 PPG. Melanie Schneider has a team-high 4.7 rebounds/game.

Wartburg in the NCAA Tournament: (19-12)
Wartburg vs. Augustana, 1989, First-round, L 74-93
Wartburg vs. Milliken, 1989, Regional Third Place, W 97-75
Wartburg vs. Augustana, 1990, First-round, W 72-57
Wartburg vs. Buena Vista, 1990, Regional Finals, L 63-78
Wartburg vs. Luther, 1991, Regionals, L 54-78
Wartburg vs. Wis.-Stout, 1992, Regionals, W 90-72
Wartburg vs. St. Benedict, 1992, Sectional Semifinals, W 74-64
Wartburg vs. Luther, 1992, Sectional Finals, L 61-70
Wartburg vs. Washington-St. Louis, 1993, Regionals, W 75-60
Wartburg vs. Wis.-Whitewater, 1993, Sectional Semifinals, W 83-77
Wartburg vs. Central, 1993, Sectional Finals, L 60-62
Wartburg vs. Aurora, 1994, First-round, L 57-61
Wartburg vs. St. Thomas, 1999, First-round, L 41-67
Wartburg vs. Chapman, 2001, First-round, W 86-78
Wartburg vs. Neb. Wesleyan, 2001, Second-round, W 85-71
Wartburg vs. Fontbonne, 2001, Sectional Semifinals, W 82-78
Wartburg vs. Washington-St. Louis, 2001, Sectional Finals, L 71-83
Wartburg vs. Carleton, 2002, First-round, L 61-71
Wartburg vs. Wisconsin Lutheran, 2016, First-round, W, 65-49
Wartburg vs. #11/16 UW-Oshkosh, 2016, Second-round, W 66-56
Wartburg vs. #8/9 St. Thomas, 2016, Sweet Sixteen, W 70-66
Wartburg vs. #5/6 UT-Tyler, 2016, Elite Eight, W 80-74
Wartburg vs. #7/7 Tufts, 2016 Final Four, L 50-63
Wartburg vs. Chicago, 2017 First-round, L 63-67
Wartburg vs. Webster, 2018 First-round, W 86-45
Wartburg vs. #12/13 George Fox, 2018, Second-round, W 82-58
Wartburg vs. #7/11 Trine, 2018, Sweet Sixteen, W, 78-54
Wartburg vs. East Texas Baptist, 2018, Elite Eight, W 65-61
Wartburg vs. No. 5/5 Bowdoin, 2018, Final Four, L 62-90
Wartburg vs. Bethany Lutheran, 2019 First-round, W 91-63
Wartburg vs. No. 9/10 Hope, 2019 Second-round W 79-49