St. Peter, Minn. - Sheila Miech became the fifth coach in NCAA Division III women�s soccer history to reach 200 career victories and UW-Stevens Point improved to 2-0 for the season with a 2-1 victory Sunday at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Miech, who is now 200-71-16 in her 15^th season with the Pointers is just the second female coach to reach the milestone, joining Aliceann Wilber of William Smith (N.Y.), who has 207 wins. The only other Division III coaches to reach the mark are Dan Blank of St. Mary�s (Minn.), Joe Bochicchio of Scranton (Pa.) and Joe Russo of College of New Jersey.

�It�s a great honor to reach 200 wins, but that really wasn�t the most important statistic for me today,� Miech said. �This was an important game for our team and to start the season with two wins against Minnesota teams is a great accomplishment.

The Pointers also beat St. Thomas on Friday and have now beaten Gustavus Adolphus four straight times. UW-Stevens Point has now won 18 of its last 19 games dating to last season.

Miech is the only coach in UW-Stevens Point history, so the win also marked the 200^th win in the history of the school�s program, which has won eight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles and made seven NCAA tournament appearances.

�Two hundred wins is really hard to imagine,� Miech said. �I honestly think I can remember them all.�

The Pointers gave Miech a game to remember on Sunday as Kelly Fink sprinted past the Gusties� defense off a lead pass from Molly Cady to give UW-Stevens Point a 1-0 lead just 7:51 into the match.

UW-Stevens Point held possession of the ball for most of the first half and held Gustavus Adolphus without a shot for the first 26 minutes of the game, however, the Pointers were unable to add to their lead.

The Pointers made it 2-0 at the 6:03 mark of the second half when Fink collided with Gusties� goalie Linnea Carlson, who was retrieving a free kick by Jenny Bruce. The ball squirted away and Mickey Jacob fired a shot into the empty goal.

Gustavus Adolphus rallied four minutes later when Lindsay Parker sent a cross in front of the net that Michelle Kurtz put in to cut the lead to 2-1.

Brianna Hyslop made seven saves as the Pointers held off the Gusties, who had a significant wind advantage in the second half. The Pointers outshot the Gusties 25-10, including 15-3 in the first half.

UW-Stevens Point will continue its games against Minnesota opponents by hosting St. Benedict Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Pointer Soccer Bowl.