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Pointers
Outscore Warhawks to Earn Split
Despite surrendering nine runs in each game,
UW-Stevens Point amassed plenty of hitting in the second game to earn a
split with UW-Whitewater in a softball doubleheader on Wednesday in
Whitewater.
The Pointers dropped the opening game 9-1 and
then held off a furious Warhawks� rally to pull out a wild 10-9 victory in
the second game. UW-Stevens Point is now 15-6-1 overall and 1-3 in the
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, while UW-Whitewater is 15-7
overall and 4-4 in the league.
UW-Stevens Point busted out to a 7-0 lead in the
fourth inning of the second game, getting four runs in the first inning as
Kristen Koneiczny had a run-scoring double and two runs scored on a
dropped fly ball. The Pointers, who had 13 hits in the second game, got
another unearned run in the second and then two runs in the fourth on
singles by Laura Zierler and Konieczny.
UW-Whitewater rallied with four runs in the
bottom of the fourth and got one run in the fifth before Laura Van Abel
hit a solo homer and Jenny Feidt added a run-scoring single in the sixth
to push the Pointers� lead back to 9-5. However, the Warhawks took
advantage of a pair of UW-Stevens Point errors in the bottom of the sixth
to score four unearned runs and tie the game on a squeeze bunt by Renee
Hamilton.
The Pointers plated the winning run in the top
of the seventh as Mandy Jellish, who was four-for-five, reached on a
one-out single, moved to second on an error and advanced to third on a
wild pitch before scoring on Jackie Berger�s groundout. Winning pitcher
Hope Krause left the game in the fifth, but re-entered in the sixth and
retired the Warhawks in the bottom of the seventh to preserve the win.
In the opener, UW-Stevens Point had two of its
three hits in the first inning and took the lead on a run-scoring single
by Rebekah Bauer. However, the Warhawks were too much from that point and
broke the game open with three runs in the fourth and three in the fifth
to win by the eight-run rule. Ashley Tobalsky took the loss for the
Pointers.
UW-Stevens Point will host Ripon in a
doubleheader on Friday at 3 p.m. at McCarty Field. |
