The UW-Stevens Point women�s soccer team had its regular season winning streak snapped at 18 matches Friday with a 2-0 loss at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill.

The Pointers, who are ranked third in the NCAA Division III rankings, had won their first nine matches of this season and finished last season with nine straight regular season victories. Wheaton (10-2), which is ranked eighth in the country and second in the Central Region behind the Pointers, avenged a 1-0 loss to UW-Stevens Point in last year�s NCAA regionals.

Wheaton scored the game�s first goal just 4:44 into the match on a header by Laura Rauh with an assist from Jenny Fichera.

UW-Stevens Point had a goal disallowed 10 minutes into the match on an offsides call and had several scoring opportunities, both late in the first half and early in the second half. The Pointers finished with a 13-12 advantage in shots and a 6-3 lead in corner kicks.

However, the Thunder made it a 2-0 score when All-American forward Rebecca Mouw scored with under 20 minutes remaining.

UW-Stevens Point entered the match having won 25 of its last 26 matches with the only loss during the span coming to Tufts (Mass.) in last year�s NCAA semifinals. The Pointers� last regular season loss was a 1-0 defeat to the University of Chicago on Sept. 26 last season.

The Pointers travel to UW-Oshkosh on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in a battle of teams with undefeated WIAC records.