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BASEBALL (32-8 overall, 19-5 WIAC)

WIAC Tournament (at Wisconsin Rapids)

May 13 � UW-Whitewater vs. UW-Platteville, 10 am

May 13 � UW-Stevens Point vs. UW-Oshkosh, 1 pm

May 13 � First round losers, 4 pm

May 13 � First round winners, 7 pm

May 14 � Elimination game, Noon

May 14 � Championship game, 3 pm

May 14 � Championship game, if necessary, 6 pm

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UW-Stevens Point swept a doubleheader from the nation�s top-ranked team on Friday, but UW-Whitewater came back to post two wins on Saturday and claim the WIAC regular season title. The teams will battle again this weekend with UW-Oshkosh and UW-Platteville for the WIAC postseason tournament in Wisconsin Rapids.

The Pointers are the second seed and play third-seeded UW-Oshkosh at 1 p.m. on Friday. It marks the fourth straight year that the Pointers and Titans have met in the opening round. The title game is set for 3 p.m. on Saturday.

UW-Stevens Point amassed 31 runs and 35 hits in Friday�s sweep, beating the Warhawks 10-0 and 21-8. However, UW-Whitewater�s top two pitchers limited the Pointers to three runs and 11 hits on Saturday in 5-3 and 5-0 wins.

Chuck Brehm (Spencer, WI) was eight-for-16 for the weekend and hit his fourth grand slam of the season in the second game on Friday as the Pointers slugged six home runs in the win. Steve Wiczek (Stevens Point, WI) was seven-for-14 for the week and hit two home runs. Joel Hojnacki (Plover, WI) also homered twice and Ryan Jones (Eau Claire, WI) hit one homer as both finished six-for-14 for the weekend.

J.C. Reinke (Bonduel, WI) tossed a two-hit complete game shutout in Friday�s opening game victory. He had a no-hitter until two outs in the fifth inning for his second straight shutout.

 

SOFTBALL (26-15 overall, 9-7 WIAC)

Season complete

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   The Pointers played four games on Saturday and fell one game short of the title game at the WIAC tournament in Whitewater.

   UW-Stevens Point opened with a 3-0 win over UW-Superior and then lost to UW-Eau Claire 4-2 in eight innings, sending the Pointers into the losers� bracket. They beat UW-River Falls 2-1 and UW-Oshkosh 4-1 before losing to UW-Stout 1-0. Earlier in the week, the Pointers lost two games to Winona State 4-3 and 4-0.

   Kelly Jablonski (Stevens Point, WI) pitched a shutout and Stephanie Anderson (Milwaukee, WI) homered in the opening round win over UW-Superior.

   The Pointers then held a 1-0 lead over UW-Eau Claire in the top of the seventh inning and Blugolds loaded the bases with none out. Jablonski recorded a pair of strikeouts, but a passed ball following the second strikeout allowed the tying run to score. UW-Eau Claire scored three unearned runs in the top of the eighth and the Pointers mounted a rally with a Rebekah Bauer (Stevens Point, WI) home run in the bottom of the inning before falling short.

    UW-Stevens Point ousted UW-River Falls 2-1 in the next round as Bauer drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth. Melissa Boldt (New Berlin, WI) gave the Pointers a 1-0 lead in the fifth before the Falcons tied the game in the top of the sixth. Anderson scattered six hits for the win.

    The Pointers rallied from behind to beat UW-Oshkosh in the next game. After Korryn Brooks (Stevens Point, WI) tied the game with a run-scoring double in the fourth, Laura Van Abel (Kaukauna, WI) slugged a two-run homer for a 3-1 lead and then added an RBI double in the sixth. Jablonski allowed six hits for the victory.

    UW-Stout hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning for the win in the final game. It was one of only four hits off Anderson, while the Pointers had six hits and runners in all but one inning.

 

TRACK AND FIELD

May 12-13 � at North Central Invitational

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    Liz Goergen (Apple Valley, MN) and Mark LaLonde (Park Falls, WI) each had an individual victory and runner-up finish to lead UW-Stevens Point at the WIAC outdoor championships over the weekend in La Crosse.

    Goergen had a pair of NCAA provisional qualifying times, winning the 400-meter hurdles in 1:03.07 and the 100-meter hurdles in 14.66 seconds. Bethany Richter (Green Bay, WI) also won the javelin in 124 feet, 10 inches as the women�s team placed third with 120.5 points. UW-La Crosse won the meet with 177 points.

    LaLonde won the 3000-meter steeplechase in an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 9:04.92 and was second in the 1500-meter run 3:56.38 as the men�s team placed fourth with 96 points. UW-La Crosse won the meet with 278. LaLonde�s steeplechase time was the second-fastest in Division III this season.

    Jenna Mitchler (Kaukauna, WI) competed in three events, placing second with provisional times in the 800-meter run in 2:15.08 and the 1,500-meter run in 4:34.10, while also finishing third in the 5000-meter run in 18:07.11. Marie Burrows (Menomonee Falls, WI) was second in the 400-meter run in a provisional time of 57.46 seconds.

Ryan Shepard (Cornell, WI) was runner-up in the men�s high jump in six feet, 6.75 inches and the 1600-meter relay was second in a provisional time of 3:15.28.

The Pointers will compete at the North Central Invitational on Thursday and Friday this week.

 

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