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Pointers Gain Home Field for
Whitewater Rematch
Box Score
With another matchup looming in three days,
UW-Stevens Point secured the home field for its Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women�s soccer quarterfinal against
UW-Whitewater with a 5-0 win over the Warhawks on Saturday in
Whitewater.
The teams entered the final regular season
match likely to face off again in the tournament with Saturday�s contest
determining the site of the postseason encounter. The Pointers got three
goals in the first half and added two more in the second, fighting off
cold and windy conditions for their fourth straight win and setting up a
rematch with the Warhawks on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Pointer Soccer
Bowl. UW-Stevens Point is the third seed and UW-Whitewater is seeded
sixth.
Despite playing without WIAC scoring leader
Amanda Prawat, who missed the match with an injury, the Pointers
continued their torrid play and have now outscored their past four
opponents by a combined 29-0. The other half of UW-Stevens Point�s
potent offensive tandem, Kaylee Weise, had two goals and two assists on
Saturday to match Prawat with 18 goals for the season.
Alison Regal scored the Pointers� first two
goals, converting the first on a free kick with the wind that carried
into the net five minutes into the contest. She added a second goal 20
minutes later off a pass from Weise.
Weise tallied her first goal with four minutes
left in the first half off a feed from Anna Van Stippen for a 3-0 lead.
Playing into the wind in the second half, the Pointers� defense took
over from that point, holding the Warhawks to six total shots for the
match. UW-Stevens Point posted its fourth straight shutout and held its
11th consecutive opponent to fewer than 10 shots.
The Pointers, now 11-3-2 overall, added two
late goals with Liz Kidd scoring off two quick passes from Weise and
Tami Endres. Weise scored in the final minute of the match with an
assist from Meghan Vanden Heuvel. |
