OSHKOSH, Wis.- The UW-Oshkosh Athletics Department is proud to once again celebrate National Girls & Women in Sports Day by recounting highlights provided by our more than 250 student-athletes across 12 women's varsity sports from the Winter 2024-25 through Fall 2025-26 seasons.
 
Since last year's National Girls & Women in Sports Day, Titan women's programs combined to add the 51st national championship (volleyball) to the department trophy case as well as two WIAC regular season titles (basketball, volleyball), three WIAC postseason championships (gymnastics, softball, volleyball), seven national championship appearances (basketball, gymnastics, softball, indoor/outdoor track & field, volleyball, wrestling) and 21 All-WIAC First Team selections.
 
The department grew by one sport since the last National Girls & Women in Sports Day as flag football was added in August. Oshkosh women's flag football is set to debut Feb. 25 against Aurora University (Ill.) in the UW-Oshkosh Rec Plex Dome.
 
National Girls & Women in Sports Day, an annual observance started by the United States Congress in 1987, is also a day of recognition for advocates and trailblazers. This year's NGWSD department pioneer spotlight is Helen Briwa.
 
Briwa was the UW-Oshkosh women's athletic director from 1971-88 and the head coach of five different varsity programs (badminton, field hockey, softball, track & field, volleyball) during her tenure, which included time as an associate professor in the physical education department.
 
Briwa was one of three committee members who drafted the constitution for the Wisconsin Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1970 and oversaw a department that won three national titles and 18 WIAC championships. She was inducted into the UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame in 2006 and the WIAC Hall of Fame in 2022.
 
2025 Volleyball
Oshkosh women's volleyball clinched the program's first national title in dominant fashion, becoming the first team since 2004 to sweep all its opponents in the NCAA postseason. The Titans, who won each of their last 10 matches and 21 sets, secured the Division III championship with a 3-0 victory over University of La Verne (Calif.) on Dec. 6 in Bloomington, Ill.
The Titans finished the season as the unanimous top-ranked team in the country with a 34-3 record after winning the WIAC regular season and postseason titles. Playing the most difficult schedule in the nation, Oshkosh faced 12 nationally ranked teams during its final 13 matches and concluded the season with a 15-2 record against top-25 foes.
 
Oshkosh's title run was fueled by a squad that ranked second nationally in total blocks, third in total assists and kills, and eighth in total digs.
 
On the court Samantha Perlberg (Chippewa Falls/Chippewa Falls) was named First Team All-American, Region VIII Player of the Year, WIAC Offensive Player of the Year, and Most Outstanding Player at both the Division III finals and the Oshkosh Regional while being voted a First Team Academic All-American off the court.
 
Joining Perlberg on the All-America Team were Lauren Grier (Fond du Lac/Fond du Lac), a Second Team honoree, and Honorable Mention selection Grace Juergens (Lockport, Ill./Lockport Community). Callie Panasuk (Oak Creek/Oak Creek) was chosen to the WIAC All-Defensive Team. Jon Ellmann, who reached 200 career wins when the Titans clinched the WIAC Tournament title on Nov. 13, was tabbed WIAC Coach of the Year for an unprecedented fourth consecutive season.
 
Four Titans earned recognition on the Academic All-District Team: Juergens; Perlberg; Izzy Coon (Fond du Lac/St. Mary's Springs Academy); and Jaclyn Dutkiewicz (Franklin/Franklin).
 
2024-25 Women's Basketball
 
Oshkosh women's basketball made its deepest NCAA postseason run in nearly 30 years last season, advancing to the Final Four for the first time since winning the 1996 national title.
 
The Titans, making their sixth straight Division III Championship appearance and 10th in the past 11 national tournaments, defeated three consecutive ranked opponents during their postseason march, including a 63-43 win at fourth-ranked Illinois Wesleyan University in the third round and a 60-53 victory over seventh-ranked Baldwin Wallace University (Ohio) in the quarterfinals.
 
Oshkosh suffered a 49-47 setback to eight-ranked Smith College (Mass.) at the Final Four in Salem, Va., concluding the campaign ranked third in the country with a 27-5 record.
The Titans, who won their first 17 games of the year, clinched their second straight WIAC regular season title and league record-extending 16th overall. Oshkosh led the nation in turnovers committed per game.
 
Kayce Vaile (Greendale/Greendale) was named an All-American by a pair of organizations after garnering All-WIAC First Team recognition. Vaile was joined on the conference's First Team by Sammi Beyer (Appleton/Appleton East) while Kate Huml (Janesville/Janesville Craig), Avery Poole (Cottage Grove/Monona Grove) and Alex Rondorf (West Bend/West Bend West) joined Vaile on the Academic All-District Team. Paige Seckar (Oshkosh/Oshkosh West) was tabbed WIAC Newcomer of the Year and D3hoops.com Region IX Co-Rookie of the Year. Brad Fischer earned his third D3hoops.com Region Coach of the Year honor and fifth WIAC Coach of the Year award.
 
2025 Women's Gymnastics
 
The Oshkosh women's gymnastics dynasty continued with its fifth consecutive WIAC championship that secured an automatic berth to the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association's Division III Championship, where the Titans went on to place third after winning the previous three NCGA titles.
 
The Titans won their 19th conference crown after setting program records on vault and balance beam during a regular season in which Delaney Cienkus (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North), Amaya McConkay (Broken Arrow, Okla./Union) and Reanna McGibboney (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East) each earned All-America honors. McConkay (uneven bars) and Jay Ratkowski (Franklin/Franklin) (floor exercise) won WIAC individual championships.
 
Cienkus went on to be named the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association Division III Gymnast of the Year, marking the second time a Titan has received the honor.
 
Garnering Academic All-District honors were McConkay, McGibboney, Ratkowski and Lydia Hayden (Broomfield, Colo./Broomfield).
 
2025 Softball
 
Oshkosh softball went 39-8 overall, won the WIAC Tournament title and advanced to the regional championship game for the third straight year. The Titans won the WIAC Tournament for the third time and earned the right to host a Division III regional for the third consecutive season.
 
The Titans, who ascended as high as fourth in the national poll, finished the year ranked second in the country in earned run average, third in shutouts, fifth in fielding percentage and eighth in WHIP ratio.
 
Sydney Nemetz (Marinette/Marinette), Sydney Rau (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) and Sophie Wery (Seymour/Seymour Community) were each named All-Region after Brianna Bougie (Oshkosh/Oshkosh West), Abby Garceau (Mishicot/Mishicot) and Sarah Hammerton (Appleton/Appleton West) represented the Titans on the All-WIAC First Team. Bougie, the national leader in ERA, was tabbed WIAC Pitcher of the Year while head coach Scott Beyer along with assistants Kaitlyn Krol and Hannah Ritter were voted WIAC Co-Coaching Staff of the Year. Beyer and Krol both received the league's top coaching laurel for the second time.
 
A whopping 16 Titans were named All-America Scholar-Athletes by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association: Garceau; Hammerton; Wery; Olivia Baugnet (De Pere/De Pere); Kendra Baumeister (Burlington/Burlington); Maddie Crick (Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove); Reese Koski (Appleton/Appleton North); Kenzie Longley (Sun Prairie/Sun Prairie East); Grace Nardi (Marquette, Mich./Negaunee); Mary Kate Quaid (Aurora, Ill./Oswego East); Josie Rammer (Janesville/Craig); Morgan Rau (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South); Sydney Rau (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South); Lizzie Slobodecki (Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North); Olivia Ullman (Denmark/Denmark); and Haylie Wittman (Kaukauna/Kaukauna). Bougie, Wery, Cali Divito (Inverness, Ill./Fremd) and Morgan Rau (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) were all selected to the Academic All-District Team by the College Sports Communicators.
 
2024-25 Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field
 
Oshkosh women's track & field placed 12th at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship after finishing 13th at the Division III Indoor Championship.
 
Brenna Masloroff (Franklin/Franklin) and Megan Hunt (Lemont, Ill./Lemont) led the Titans at outdoor nationals as Masloroff was the runner-up in both the shot put and hammer throw while Hunt placed sixth in the long jump.
At indoor nationals, Masloroff and Hunt also combined for three All-America efforts. Hunt finished third in the long jump and sixth in the pentathlon while Masloroff was third in the 20-pound weight throw.
 
Hunt earned Indoor All-WIAC First Team status the league champion in both the long jump and pentathlon en route to being named the WIAC Championship Field Performer of the Meet. Hunt, who established a new school record in the pentathlon on March 7, 2025, then went on to win WIAC outdoor titles in the long jump and heptathlon.
 
Masloroff, the 2025 WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete of the Year for indoor track & field and the North Region Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, was All-WIAC First Team and the Field Performer of the Meet outdoors after winning the league's hammer throw title.
 
Joining Hunt and Masloroff as WIAC outdoor individual champions were Libby Geisness (Waukesha/Waukesha South) in the 1,500-meter run and Cyna Madigan (Rosendale/Laconia) in the 800-meter run.
 
The outdoor 1,600-meter relay team of Madigan, Addie Baker (Delavan/Elkhorn Area), Olivia Stengel and Maddy LaVoi (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial) broke the school record on May 14, 2025.
 
Nine Titans – Geisness, Hunt, LaVoi, Madigan, Masloroff, Stenzel, Bobbi Blahnik (Algoma/Algoma), Ceanna Dietz (New Richmond/New Richmond Senior) and Julia Stenger – were all named to the All-Academic Team by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Earning Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Communicators were Blahnik, Hunt, Madigan and Masloroff.
 
2025 Women's Soccer
 
Oshkosh women's soccer compiled a 6-7-5 record and made a return to the WIAC Championship. The Titans ceded more than two goals just twice in 18 matches on the way to allowing 1.17 goals per contest.
 
Addyson Edwards (Appleton/Appleton West) and Ariana Gonzalez (Appleton/Appleton North) were named All-WIAC First Team.
Erin Coppernoll notched her 200th victory as the Titans head coach with a 1-0 decision at St. Norbert College on Sept. 29, becoming the fourth coach to win 200 matches in the WIAC.
Gonzalez was joined on the Academic All-District Team by Maris Heun (Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer), Mallory Kehrin, Anika Roush (Byron, Ill./Byron), Greta Steines (Eau Claire/Eau Claire Memorial) and Shannon Walsh (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West).
 
2024-25 Women's Swimming & Diving
 
Oshkosh women's swimming & diving finished fourth at the WIAC Championship.
Francesca Schiro (New Glarus/New Glarus), the repeated as the WIAC Swimmer of the Meet at the league championship a year ago, became the first Titan swimmer since 2005 to compete at the NCAA Division III Championship, qualifying in the 100-yard freestyle. Schiro played a role in setting five program records last season, including the 100- and 200-yard freestyles, 200-yard individual medley and a pair of relays.
 
Also establishing new school records last year were Callee DeBruin (Kimberly/Seton Home Study School) in the 500-, 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyles, and Rowan Sinclair (Temecula, Calif./Great Oak) in the 400-yard individual medley.
 
Joining Schiro on the school record-setting relays were Kori Burnett (Beloit/Beloit Memorial), Grace Fergus (Sugar Grove, Ill./Aurora Central Catholic) and Cadence Showalter (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) in the 200-yard freestyle and Showalter, Sinclair and Brianna Wesenberg (Ripon/Homeschool) in the 800-yard freestyle.
 
Schiro, Showalter, Wesenberg and Paige Vitek (Raymond/Union Grove) were each selected to the Academic All-District Team.
 
2025-26 Women's Golf
 
Titan women's golf placed fifth at the WIAC Championship after winning the Wisconsin Lutheran College and Milwaukee School of Engineering invitationals during the regular season.
 
Taryn Endres (Windsor/DeForest) won medalist honors at the season-opening Highland Championship in Rock Island, Ill., before Sydney Bornhorst (Grayslake, Ill./Warren Township) won the individual title at the Wisconsin Lutheran College Invitational in Hartford.
 
Endres and Alyssa Dreher (Campbellsport/Campbellsport) and were voted to the CSC's Academic All-District At-Large Team in June.
 
2025-26 Women's Tennis
 
Oshkosh women's tennis produced a 6-4 record during the fall portion of the schedule, including four wins by 7-0 scores.
 
Courtney Carpenter (Oshkosh/Oshkosh West), Kayla Gibbs (Muskego/Muskego), Alysa Pattee (Waupun/Waupun) and Olivia Pethan (Oshkosh/Fox Valley Lutheran) received Academic All-District accolades in June from the College Sports Communicators before the program earned All-Academic honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in July.
 
The Titans' seven ITA Scholar-Athletes were Carpenter, Gibbs, Pattee, Pethan, Cate Gerl (Joliet, Ill./Lincoln-Way West), Olivia Nielsen (Oshkosh/Lourdes Academy) and Brianna Owens (Appleton/Kimberly).
 
2025-26 Women's Cross Country
 
Oshkosh women's cross country finished sixth at the WIAC Championship and eighth at the Division III North Regional Championship after winning Lawrence University's Gene Davis Invitational during the regular season.
 
Lehna Mitchell (Oshkosh/Oshkosh North) earned All-Region status. Ashley Groothoff (Two Rivers/Two Rivers) won the individual title at the Ripon College Red Hawk Open.
 
Cyna Madigan (Rosendale/Laconia) was tabbed to the Academic All-District Team by the College Sports Communicators in June.
 
2024-25 Women's Wrestling
 
Oshkosh women's wrestling completed its first season as a varsity sport with a 2-4 dual match record. The Titans secured their first dual win with a 30-16 triumph vs. Carthage College on Nov. 21, 2024.
 
The Titans proceeded to place fifth at the Region VI Championship and 37th of 64 teams at the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championship as Alivia Davey, Annesley Day and Mya Delleree (Fredonia/Ozaukee) became the program's first national qualifiers.
 
Five Titans were named National Wrestling Coaches Association NCAA Scholar All-Americans: Day; Delleree; Paige Haaf (St. Croix Falls/St. Croix Falls); Emma Hady (Muscoda/Richland Center); and Keara Micek (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg).