BASEBALL (37-10 overall, 22-6 WIAC)

Season complete

The Pointers� season came to a heartbreaking end with two losses to Lakeland, including a 5-4 loss in 10 innings in the NCAA Division III regional championship game in Oshkosh on Sunday.

UW-Stevens Point opened the regional Thursday with a 9-3 victory over George Fox (Ore.) and then blanked Calvin (Mich.) 6-0 on Friday. On Saturday, UW-Stevens Point and Lakeland entered the day as the only remaining undefeated teams, but the Muskies beat the Pointers 9-3.

UW-Stevens Point rebounded on Saturday night with an 8-7 win over St. Thomas, scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth to oust the defending national champions and reach Sunday�s championship.

The Pointers needed to beat Lakeland twice to advance to the Division III College World Series, but the Muskies took the first game 5-4 on a home run in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Bill Verbrick (Appleton, WI) suffered the loss, but still earned all-tournament honors with 17 1/3 innings and 20 strikeouts for the weekend. He also set the WIAC single-season record with 115 strikeouts this season. Josh Blaha (Two Rivers, WI) pitched a complete game shutout against Calvin to land a spot on the all-tournament team.

Mike Hall (Manitowoc, WI) led the Pointers with a .600 batting average (9-for-15) and was joined on the all-tournament team by Matt Peetz (Spring Green, WI) and Ryan Ivy (Kenosha, WI).

The Pointers finished with a school record 37 wins and also set records for runs, hits, doubles, RBI�s and home runs.

TRACK AND FIELD

May 23-25 - at NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships (St. Paul, Minn.)

UW-Stevens Point will likely send 21 athletes to this weekend�s NCAA Division III outdoor championships in St. Paul, Minn., hosted by Macalester College.

The Pointers have 15 entries on the men�s side with the best chances for high finishes coming in some of the field events. Luke Hilgers (Nekoosa, WI) had the fifth best hammer throw in the country this season at 183 feet, 11 inches at Saturday�s UW-Oshkosh Invite, while Jeremiah Rolfs (Iola, WI) had the sixth best throw in the discus at 170 feet.

Mike Mead (Neenah, WI) enters the meet with the seventh best high jump. Mark LaLonde (Park Falls, WI) will compete in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs and the 400 and 1600 meter relays will both participate as well.

On the women�s side, six athletes will take part. Jody Butkowski (Stevens Point, WI) has the fourth best triple jump in the country this season and Amanda Nechuta (Mosinee, WI) had the fourth best shot put throw at 46 feet, 7 1/2 inches at UW-Oshkosh on Saturday. Nechuta also provisionally qualified in the discus on Saturday.

Megan Lundahl (Sturgeon Bay, WI) had the nation�s sixth best discus throw at 148 feet, five inches Saturday in Oshkosh.

Becky Lebak (Burlington, WI) and Kara Vosters (Little Chute, WI) will compete in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs, while Marcie Fisher (Oshkosh, WI) will compete in the 5,000 meter run.

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