Libertyville's Deichl Part of WIAC Tournament Title, NCAA Bid for UW-Whitewater Women's Basketball

2018 Feb 27

Becky Deichl, a native of Libertyville, IL, and graduate of Libertyville High School, is a member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's basketball team, which claimed its second consecutive Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament championship on Saturday and will host the first two rounds of the NCAA Division III Championship this Friday and Saturday at Kachel Gymnasium in Whitewater, Wis.

Deichl, a junior at UW-Whitewater, is majoring in marketing.

The Warhawks, who swept the WIAC regular season and tournament championships for the first time in school history, will host UW-Superior Friday at 7 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of that contest will face the winner of the Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.)/Rose-Hulman (Ind.) game on Saturday at 7 p.m.

UW-Whitewater (24-3) defeated UW-Oshkosh 68-65 Saturday at Kachel Gymnasium to clinch the WIAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. The program is making its 17th appearance in the national tournament.