WOMEN�S BASKETBALL (26-3 overall, 14-2 WIAC)

NCAA Division III Sectional Tournament (at Berg Gym)

March 8 - Chapman (Calif.) vs. Pacific Lutheran (Wash.), 5 pm

March 8 - UW-Stevens Point vs. Webster (Mo.), 7 pm

March 9 - Sectional championship game, 7 pm

The Pointers pulled off a stunning victory Saturday by ousting four-time defending national champion Washington University with a 66-60 victory on the Bears� homecourt in St. Louis. The win snapped Washington�s 36-game winning streak and its incredible 70-game home win streak.

The Pointers advanced to the second round with an 88-52 win over Lake Forest in the opening round on Wednesday at Berg Gym.

Now the Pointers return home to host the sectional tournament, marking the first time UW-Stevens Point has ever hosted such an event in men�s or women�s basketball. Four teams will play at Berg Gym this weekend for the right to advance to the Division III Final Four.

Action begins Friday at 5 pm when Chapman, Calif. (23-4) meets Pacific Lutheran, Wash. (22-3). Then at 7 pm, UW-Stevens Point takes on Webster, Mo. (25-2). The winners play Saturday at 7 pm for a berth in the Final Four, which is set for March 15-16 in Terre Haute, Ind.

Senior Carry Boehning (Auburndale, WI) scored a season-high 18 points to lead the Pointers Saturday at Washington. The Pointers used a 13-1 run in the first half to build an 11-point halftime lead. Washington threatened the Pointers� lead several times in the second half, but the Pointers fought off every attempt and held on for the historic victory.

In Wednesday�s first round, Kari Groshek (Rosholt, WI) scored 22 points and Cassandra Heuer (Two Rivers, WI) added 16 points as the Pointers rolled over Lake Forest.

MEN�S HOCKEY (18-9-2 overall, 8-4-2 NCHA)

Season complete

Despite a strong late-season surge, including a third place performance at last weekend�s NCHA tournament, the Pointers fell short of a spot in the NCAA Division III tournament.

UW-Stevens Point finished 18-9-2 overall, including an 8-1-2 mark in its final 11 games. The Pointers� only loss during that span came Friday in a 4-3 overtime setback to UW-Superior in the NCHA semifinals, but they bounced back for a 2-1 win over UW-River Falls in the third place game on Saturday.

Randy Enders (Madison, WI), Joel Marshall (Madison, WI) and Nick Glander (Brookfield, WI) all scored second period goals to stake the Pointers to a 3-1 lead, but the Yellowjackets came back to win the game 10:31 into overtime.

Mike Brolsma (Appleton, WI) and Nick Molski (Stevens Point, WI) tallied first period goals in Saturday�s win and Bob Gould (Eagle River, WI) stopped 44 shots in his final career game to lead the Pointers past UW-River Falls.

Gould finished his career with a 47-23-4 career record and ranked second in school history in career wins, saves, shutouts and games played.

WOMEN�S HOCKEY (26-1 overall, 15-1 NCHA)

Season complete

An amazing season has come to an end for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women�s hockey team as the Pointers were not awarded a berth to the first-ever NCAA Division III championship.

The Pointers finished 26-1 and won their last 15 games to capture the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association championship. However, the league does not have an automatic berth and only one bid goes to independents and teams from non-automatic qualifying conferences. Elmira (N.Y.) finished 24-1-1 and won the East Coast Athletic Conference West Division, which also doesn�t have an automatic berth, and the Soaring Eagles were picked over UW-Stevens Point.

Elmira is the top seed for the six-team event and will host the first-ever Division III �Frozen Four� March 8-9.

SWIMMING AND DIVING

March 14-16 - Women�s NCAA Championships (at Oxford, Ohio)

March 21-23 - Men�s NCAA Championships (at Oxford, Ohio)

The Pointers have two weeks to prepare for the NCAA Division III women�s championships in Oxford, Ohio, while the men�s team has three weeks to get ready for the event.

Both teams were off this past week, though some individuals competed at a last chance meet in La Crosse, hoping to still qualify for the NCAA championships.

TRACK AND FIELD

March 8-9 - NCAA Indoor Championships (at Ada, Ohio)

Megan Lundahl (Sturgeon Bay, WI) was UW-Stevens Point�s lone individual champion, but the Pointer track teams showed their depth with third place performances in both the men�s and women�s competitions at last week�s WIAC championships. UW-La Crosse won both titles.

Lundahl had a throw of 52 feet, 4.5 inches to win the weight throw title. Second place finishers for the women�s team were Jenny Todd (Wisconsin Rapids, WI), who had a jump of 17 feet, 11 inches in the long jump, Jody Butkowski (Stevens Point, WI), who had a time of 26.54 seconds in the 200 meters, Megan Craig (Mindoro, WI), who posted a time of 4:45.14 in the 1500 meters and Becky Lebak (Burlington, WI), who finished the 3000 meters in 10:17.86. The distance medley relay team was second in 12:12.33.

Noah Eschenbauch (Rosholt, WI) was the top men�s performer with a throw of 59 feet, seven inches to finish second in the weight throw. The men had third place efforts from Aaron Carley in the long jump at 23 feet, 4.75 inches, Mark LaLonde (Park Falls, WI) in the 5000 meters at 14:50.57 and Jesse Bauman (Verona, WI) in the 800 meters at 1:55.61.

WRESTLING (3-3 overall, 2-2 WIAC)

Season complete

UW-Stevens Point sophomore Yan White (Antigo, WI) won four straight matches and posted a pin in the championship match to capture the NCAA Division III wrestling championship at 197 pounds late Saturday in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

White pinned Upper Iowa�s Cliff Thompson in 4:51 in the championship match to become the third wrestler in UW-Stevens Point history to win a national title. White joins two-time winner Perry Miller, who was the heavyweight champion in 1997 and 1998, and Bob Berceau, who won at 134 pounds in 1989.

White, who was seeded fourth at the weight class, completed his season with a 24-4 overall record and his finish led the Pointers to a 12th place team finish, which is their highest since finishing ninth in 1998.

Also for the Pointers, freshman Cody Koenig (Underwood, IA) won his opening match at 165 pounds with a 14-12 victory over fourth-seeded James Henderson of College of New Jersey, however, he lost his next two matches to end the year with a 20-9 record.

Junior Mark Burger (Merrill, WI) lost to the third and sixth-seeded heavyweight wrestlers in his only two matches. Burger ended his season 15-10.

White opened with an 11-0 whitewash of Bart George of Simpson (Iowa) and then pinned Rich Gildner of College of New Jersey in 2:26 in the quarterfinals. White then pulled out a 3-2 victory over top-seeded Kevin Rasmussen of Augsburg (Minn.) in the semifinals to reach the championship match. He is the sixth wrestler in UW-Stevens Point history to wrestle in a national championship match and his 24-4 record is the eighth best single-season record in school history.

Augsburg won the team title, edging Upper Iowa and Wartburg (Iowa) by six points. UW-La Crosse finished fourth. UW-La Crosse�s Jason Ott won the heavyweight title to give the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference two individual champions.

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