Pointer Track and Field Teams Finish Top 10 at Meet of Champions

Both track and field teams placed inside the top 10 teams at the Meet of Champions on Saturday in Rock Island, Ill.

The men’s team placed fifth with 88 total points out of 12 teams, while the women’s team finished seventh overall with 87.20 points out of 13 total competing teams.

North Central won the men’s team title with 169.50 points and Olivet Nazarene University was champion of the women’s teams with 118 points.

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women’s team recorded three first place finishes to help lead them to their seventh place finish.

Senior Holly Winberg won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11:26.36 and Junior Jacklyn Butler took home the 400-meter hurdle title in a time of 1:03.16.

Butler was also a member of the first place 4×400-meter relay team, along with Junior Kathy Derks, Sophomore Leah Trempe and Freshman Autumn Nelson. The team finished their race in 3:56.59.

Derks and Trempe finished back-to-back in the 400-meter run with third and fourth place finishes. Their times were 58.41 and 58.58 seconds, respectively.

Freshman Isabela Weekly was runner-up in the heptathlon, tallying 3,914 points. Senior Shannon Burke cleared a height of 3.50 meters in the pole vault to crack the top three and Junior Megan School placed fourth in the long jump with a 5.33 meter jump.

Sophomores Emily Schlebecker and Ana Hogan each claimed seventh place finishes. Schlebecker finished the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:55.11 and Hogan posted a 10.85 meter jump in the triple jump.

Junior Abigail Clement crossed the line of the 100-meter dash in 12.81 seconds to place eighth.

Freshman Karen Wethal finished seventh in the discus throw, recording a 44.10 meter throw. She also placed eighth in the shot put with a throw of 12.02 meters.

On the men’s side, Sophomore Darin Ward picked up two top-five finishes in his events. He placed second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.55 seconds and recorded a 7.14 meter jump in the long jump finishing fifth overall and qualify for nationals.

The men’s long jumpers also recorded three additional finishes inside the top 10. Freshman Mac James led the way with his personal record 7.23 meter jump to finish in third and qualify for nationals. Seniors Jordan Richards and Alec Dix placed sixth and seventh with jumps of 7.11 meters and 6.97 meters, respectively.

Junior Jerry Williams was UWSP’s top triple jumper, placing third with a 14.20 meter jump. Freshman Josh Jones recorded a 13.48 meter jump and finished seventh.

In the hammer throw, Sophomore Logan Heil tallied a 56.03 meter toss to place second overall and in the javelin throw, Sophomore Tylar Kohke finished sixth with a throw of 52.49 meters.

Junior Albert Unruh recorded a lifetime best 6,102 points in the decathlon to place as runner-up.

Freshman Alex Egbert was the top Pointer in the 800-meter run in 1:57.09 and finished seventh.

Next up on UWSP’s schedule are the Drake Relays on April 29 and 30 in Des Moines, Iowa.

 

Women’s Golf Concludes Spring Season at UW-Whitewater Spring Fling

The UWSP women’s golf team rounded out its spring season with a 13th place finish at the two-day UW-Whitewater Spring Fling tournament.

Junior Tiffany Boak was the top Pointer, shoot 170 over two days.  Boak tied for 31st overall.

Freshman Jackie Halverson and Sophomore Jalyn LaBine each shot a 191, tying for 62nd overall.

Katy Moore totaled a 203 for her tournament play and Alexis Gustas shot 220.

UWSP totaled a 755 stroke total to place 13th in the 16-team field. Wartburg College won the invitational with a 624 stroke total.

 

Pointer Baseball on Seven-Game Winning Streak with Series Sweep over UW-Platteville

On a seven-game winning streak, UWSP baseball improved to a 15-13 overall record and 7-5 record in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with series sweeps over Marian University and UW-Platteville.

The Pointers first matched up against Marian during the week. The Sabres were unable to score even one run, as the Pointers went on to outscore their nonconference opponents 17-0 in the doubleheader.

In the first game, the Pointers defeated the Sabres 5-0.

Sophomore Ben Servais was awarded with the win, as he pitched a complete game. He allowed eight hits, with one walk and one strikeout.

UWSP’s batting efforts were led by Junior Sawyer Schultz who went 3-for-4 with one run. Junior Clint Rose and Sophomore Turner Doornink each recorded two hits and two RBI, in addition to Rose’s one hit. Junior Ben Gerber and Sophomore Ryan Stanicek  also tallied two hits each for the Pointers.

UWSP more than doubled their runs from the previous game, beating Marian 12-0.

The Pointers scored two runs in the first and second innings and then went on to score six unanswered runs in the third inning.

The third inning began with walks from Junior Parker Sadowski, Doornink and Rose. The final two runs of the game were scored in the fifth and sixth innings for the Pointers.

Stanicek went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI, while Gerber recorded three runs, two hits and two RBI. Rose posted three runs and one hit.

Five different pitchers threw for UWSP to shutout the Sabres.

Senior Alex Thompson earned the win, having pitched three innings with two strikeouts and allowing one hit.

The first game of the doubleheader against UW-Platteville lasted 15 innings, but UWSP was able to pull away with the 1-0 win.

Freshman William Iloncaie started off the bottom of the 15th inning with a double. He advanced to third base after a sacrifice bunt from Rose. Gerber’s fielder’s choice drove Iloncaie in to score the Pointers’ sole run of the day and cement the win.

The game began with Junior Cole Erickson throwing six strikeouts for eight scoreless innings.

Sophomore Drew Spaeth threw four innings of relief, striking out two and allowing one hit. Freshman Alex Stodola earned the win, completing the remaining three innings with two strikeouts and no hits.

Rose tallied three of UWSP’s five hits during the game.

The highlight of the final game against the Pioneers was when the Pointers scored six runs in the third inning, which helped boost them to their 9-1 win.

Doornink scored the first of the six runs in the third inning and was followed up by an RBI single from Junior Ray Greco.

Senior Cody Hanke, Greco and Gerber recorded two hits each in UWSP’s batting efforts, while Senior Peter Strommen, Doornink, Iloncaie, Rose and Schultz each added one hit.

Thompson was awarded his second win of the weekend after pitching six innings with three strikeouts and one run.

The Pointers will be on the road for a doubleheader against St. Scholastica at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on April 26 in Duluth, Minn.

 

Softball Sweeps Pioneers in Sunday Series

The Pointer softball team won a pair of games—8-7 and 6-4—against UW-Platteville.

In the first game, the Pioneers took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning, but UWSP battled back with a leadoff triple from Senior Bailie Shehan.

Shehan’s triple was followed up with two singles from Freshmen Alyssa Cooper and Jen Jacobson to a 2-1 edge over UW-Platteville.

The Pioneers scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to regain their lead.

Freshman Kirsten Perkinson singled and Sheahan knocked out a two-run home run—and her first homer of the season.

After a few wild pitches from the Pioneers in the sixth inning, Freshman Payton Mix hit a two RBI single to put the Pointers up by two runs, earning the 8-7 win at the end of the game.

Sheahan went 2-for-3 with three runs and two RBI. Junior Cori Semler, Cooper and Perkinson each tallied two hits of their own in UWSP’s win.

Freshman Maddie Durie earned the win after pitching 3.2 innings of relief with three runs and five hits.

The Pointers picked up their second win, 6-4, of the afternoon, which was highlighted by Freshman Paige Kitzing’s first collegiate home run.

UWSP was down 2-0 after the third inning, but Sheahan once again put bat to ball with a leadoff triple. Perkinson stepped up and drove Sheahan home and Copper followed suit with a RBI.

Kitzing then powered a two-run home run over the fence to regain the lead 4-1.

Cooper led the team with three hits, two runs and one RBI and Semler, Jacobson and Sheahan contributed two hits of their own.

Freshman Amelia Heup was awarded the win pitching four innings, allowing five hits and two strikeouts.

On Friday afternoon, conference opponent UW-Eau Claire swept UWSP in a doubleheader. The Blugolds won 9-1 and 5-2.

The Pointers (10-19, 3-7 WIAC) will host a nonconference doubleheader matchup against St. Norbert College at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on April 26 in Stevens Point.

 

Tennis Falls to Concordia at Home

Three Pointers won their individual singles matchups, but in the end, Concordia University won 6-3 over the Pointers.

Junior Katelyn Asfeld defeated Concordia’s Hannah Tresdder 6-0 and 6-1, while Erin Lemmer won her matchup against Falcon Sabine Jacobson 6-1 and 6-0.

Sophomore Abbey Johnson won the last UWSP match 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-5) against Alisia Macioch of Concordia.

The Falcons won all three of their doubles play matchups, winning 8-4, 8-2 and 8-2 against the Pointers.

 

Kylie Bridenhagen

Sports Editor

kbrid305@uwsp.edu