WAVERLY, Iowa --- No. 18 women's basketball is set to participate in the Hyatt Place Tournament hosted by Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. with the Knights to begin play against No. 4/6 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Friday, Nov. 13.
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The top-25 ranked matchup will tip-off at 7 p.m. on Friday with the winner advancing to Saturday's championship game against either the host Augustana or Bethany College (WV).
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Friday, Nov. 13 | Rock Island, Ill. | Roy J. Carver Center
Wartburg vs #4/6 UW-Oshkosh | 7 PM CT | Live Stream | Live Stats
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Saturday, Nov. 14 | Rock Island, Ill.| Roy J. Carver Center
Wartburg vs Augustana or Bethany College (WV) | 2/4 PM CT | Live Stream | Live Stats
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Series History
- UW-Oshkosh
- Friday will mark the ninth all-time matchup between these programs
- The all-time series is split at 4-4
- Wartburg has won four of the last five matchups
- The Titans won the last meeting in 2022-23
- Wartburg is 2-0 all-time against UW-Oshkosh in the NCAA Tournament
- Augustana
- If the Knights meet up with Augustana on Saturday, it will be the eighth meeting
- Wartburg holds a 4-3 edge over Augustana in the all-time series
- The most recent matchup came during the 2006-07 season
- The Knights won that matchup
- Bethany College
- If the Knights meet up with Bethany College on Saturday, it will mark the first matchup in program history
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Tournament Schedule
Friday, Nov. 13
5 PM – Augustana vs Bethany College (WV)
7 PM – Wartburg vs UW-Oshkosh
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Saturday, Nov. 14
Consolation Game - 2 PM – Losers of Friday's games
Championship Game - 4 PM – Winners of Friday's games
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Preseason Media Day Interview
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About the Knights
- Wartburg enters the weekend with an overall record of 2-0 and ranked No. 18 in the D3hoops.com national poll
- The Knights defeated No. 13/16 Concordia-Moorhead 73-44 in their last time on the court
- Friday will mark their second top 25 matchup of the season
- Through two games played, Wartburg has an average point differential of +28.5 after scoring an average of 70.5 points per game, while allowing just 42 points per game defensively
- Katie Boulanger and Grace Hennessy are the leading scorers for the Knights with 16 and 15 points per game respectively
- The duo has combined for 11 of Wartburg's 16 made three pointers
- Corrie Harrison has been Wartburg's top rebounder through two games with an average of seven per game
- Five Knights are averaging seven or more points per game:
- Boulanger (16), Hennessy (15), Harrison (9.5), Townsley (9.5) and Golinghorst (7.5)
- As a team, Wartburg is shooting 44.4% from the field, 32.7% from three and 61.7% from the free throw line
- Reagan Pagniano leads the team in assists with 10 through two games
- The Knights have tallied 18 steals and nine blocks so far this season
- Golinghorst is the leader in steals (five) and Hennessy is the leader in blocks (three)
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A Closer Look at This Week's Opponents
- UW-Oshkosh
- The Titans enter Friday's matchup with a 2-0 record after defeating Simpson and No. 24/RV Carroll University
- Ranked No. 4 in the D3hoops.com Poll and No. 6 in the WBCA poll
- UW-Oshkosh has an average scoring differential of +41.5 after scoring an average of 85.5 points per game, while allowing just 44 points per game through two games played
- Both Emily La Chapell and Sammi Beyer lead the team in scoring with an average of 15.5 points per game each
- Beyer is 9/16 from three to start the season (56.3%)
- As a team, the Titans are shooting 49.6% from the field, 40.4% from three and 69.6% from the free throw line
- Olivia Witkowski averages near a double-double with 9.5 points per game and rebounds per game
- UW-Oshkosh has forced 29 steals and seven blocks through two games
- Augustana
- Augustana will be opening the 2026-27 season this weekend at their own tournament
- Fell to Illinois State (Division I) 96-54 in an exhibition contest last weekend
- Last season, Augustana finished 11-14 overall and 6-10 in CCIW play
- The Vikings return both their second and third lead scorers from a season ago
- Audrey Erickson – 11.1 PPG in 2025-26
- Tia Lewis – 11 PPG in 2025-26
- Augustana vs Bethany College (WV) is the first ever matchup between those programs
- Bethany College
- The Bison enter the tournament with a 1-0 record after opening the season with a 61-56 win over Capital
- In Bethany's win over Capital, the Bison were led by Lindsey Best, who led all scorers with 24
- The sophomore guard got to the line 12 times and went 11/12 while also shooting 50% from the field
- The Bison went 2/13 from deep as a team and allowed 10 made threes defensively
- Bethany had a +3 rebounding margin and a -1 turnover margin in its opening game
- The Bison finished their 2025-26 season with an overall record of 17-10 and a PAC record of 11-5
