Karissa Smith (Women's Basketball)
Smith posted her first career double-double with a career-high 11 rebounds at UW-Stout on Wednesday. She scored 20 points in the win over the Blue Devils. Then on Saturday, Smith buried a season-high six three-pointers and was one point shy of her career-high with 23 points. For the week, she was 11-for-26 from behind the arc with 11 of her 15 makes from three-point range.
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Kara Kuge (Women's Wrestling)
Kuge took third in the 180 bracket winning twice by fall on Sunday at Quad City Division III National Invite.Â
Jenna Britz, Fr., Maple Grove, Minn. (Wayzata)
Britz recorded her first career multi=point game with a pair of goals at UW-Superior on Saturday. Her two goals came just 18 seconds apart to tie the game at 2-2.
Melanie Princl, So., West Bend, Wis. (West)
Princl ran 7.97 her first time running the 60-meter dash at the Big Dawg Invite good for 22nd in the conference.
Madeline Zirbel, Sr., De Pere, Wis. (De Pere)
Zirbel won the high jump at the Big Dawg Invite tying her lifetime best of 1.64 meters. She has the 3rd best mark in the conference and 26th in Division III.Â
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