River Falls, Wis.  (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Falls football team played host to UW-Whitewater, and came up on the short end of the scoreboard 20-7 against the Warhawks.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Final Score:  UW-Whitewater 20, UW-River Falls 7
Location:  River Falls, Wis.
Records:  UW-River Falls 3-4 (1-3 WIAC), UW-Whitewater 4-3 (3-1 WIAC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST UW-WHITEWATER

• Michael Diggins led the Falcon rushing attack with 58 yards on 19 carries.  He also was the leading receiver with 2 receptions for 46 yards.
• Ben Beckman was 5 of 15 for 77 yards for the game.
• Travon Hearns went 4 of 13 for 18 yards.
• Mitch Dienger led the defense with 16 tackles in the contest.
• Max Praschak had 12 tackles with 3 of them being for loss, and a sack.
• Joey Leonard had 10 tackles.
• Rakeem Felder chipped in 7 tackles from his defensive end position, with 2.5 sacks.

THE OPPOSITION

• Cole Wilber went 16 for 20 for 231 yards and 2 touchdowns.
• Drew Patterson rushed for 88 yards on 16 carries.
• Marcus Hudson caught 9 passes for 173 yards and 2 touchdowns.
• Bryce Leszczynski paced the Warhawk defense with 9 tackles.

IN-DEPTH LOOK

• UW-Whitewater had 22 first downs in the game, while holding UW-River Falls to just 6.
• The Falcons had 170 yards of total offense in the game.  UW-Whitewater had 449 yards of total offense.
• The UW-River Falls defense sacked Cole Wilber 6 times during the game.
• The Warhawks held onto the football for 35:37 during the game.

LOOKING AHEAD
The UW-River Falls Falcons return to action this coming Saturday as they go on the road to UW-Oshkosh.  Kick-off is set for 1 PM at the Oshkosh Sports Complex.