Pointer Softball Overcomes Green Knights in Nonconference Series Sweep
Photo by Jack McLaughlin.

Pointer Softball Overcomes Green Knights in Nonconference Series Sweep

With a collective 27 hits, the UWSP women’s softball team swept its nonconference series matchup against St. Norbert College.

The Pointers outscored the Green Knights 21-5 in their two victorious games, with their first win in game one going 11-3 in five innings of play.

In the first inning, neither team saw a run cross the plate, but the Pointers managed to get their bats swinging into the second.

A single from junior Cori Semler scored sophomore Averi Kanyuh to give UWSP the 1-0 lead. A single from freshman Morgan Johnson and a double by senior Bailie Sheahan knocked in a pair of runners in the second inning, boosting the Pointers to a 4-0 lead.

The Pointers continued their scoring efforts with three runs in the third inning and two in the fourth to increase their lead 9-0.

The Green Knights got their team on the board in the fifth inning with a pair of singles, making the score 9-3.

UWSP added two more runs by freshman Kylie Johnson and Sheahan to give the Pointers the 11-3 win.

Semler led the team’s batting efforts with three RBI, two runs and two hits. Freshman Jen Jacobson and Kanyuh each added two hits and two runs.

Freshman Maddie Durie pitched five innings with three runs and one strikeout to earn her the win.

The Pointers recorded 14 hits to the Green Knights’ six in game two, taking the 10-2 win.

After leaving runners stranded in the first inning, UWSP got their bats swinging in the second inning.

Sophomore Paige Allen, freshman Kelsey Roshell and Semler tallied three singles to leadoff the inning, which concluded with the Pointers recording a six run lead.

St. Norbert fired back, scoring two runs in the third inning. The Green Knights’ two runs would not be enough to fight for a chance to lead, as UWSP scored one run in the fourth inning and three runs in the fifth to give the Pointers their second win of the day.

Freshman Dana Gertschen recorded three runs, two hits and one RBI, while Sheahan, Jacobson, Semler and Allen added two runs each to the team’s total.

Kanyuh earned the win, having pitched five innings, counting six hits, three strikeouts and two runs.

The following day, the Pointers traveled south to take on UW-Whitewater.

The WIAC opponents were only able to play one game of their scheduled doubleheader, resulting in 12-4 Warhawk win.

In game two of the doubleheader, UWSP was the first to score with an RBI single from Cooper to score Sheahan.

The Blue Devils bounced back, tying the game at one apiece. Neither team scored after the third inning, with the score remaining 1-1.

UW-Stout’s Tori Workman hit the game-winning home run at the top of the eighth inning to score two more runs, making the final score 3-1 in the Blue Devils favor.

Cooper recorded two hits and one RBI for UWSP, while senior Jodi Vanderford, Morgan Johnson, Allen and Sheahan tallied one hit apiece.

The Pointers (12-22, 3-10 WIAC) will conclude their regular season when they play host to Wisconsin Lutheran for a nonconference doubleheader at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on May 3 in Stevens Point.

 

Pointer Track and Field Capitalize on Strong Performances at St. Norbert Invitational 

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point men’s and women’s track and field teams won 16 event titles to help garner first and second place team finishes at the St. Norbert Invitational.

The men’s team claimed the invitational title with 202 points, while Carthage placed second with 169 points and Concordia-Wisconsin was third with 111 points.

The women’s team finished in second place with 196.50 points behind host team St. Norbert. The Green Knights tallied 202.50 total points to win the meet and Concordia-Wisconsin finished third with 150.50 points.

The Pointer men’s team combined for eight event title winning performances, many of which stemmed from their younger athletes.

Freshman Dylan McGuire won the 400-meter dash in 51.04 seconds and his freshman teammate Noah Scheer crossed the line in 52.28 seconds to place fourth overall.

Freshman Travis Wollenberg was champion in the 800-meter run in 1:59.86 and sophomore Trey Hess earned a fifth place finish in the event with a time of 2:04.31.

UWSP swept the top three places in the 1,500-meter run, with junior Benjamin Jurenec winning the title in 4:08.89. Sophomore Ryan Spahn placed second with a time of 4:09.05 and freshman Alex Egbert finished third in 4:10.04.

Junior Takuto Kobayashi won the 400-meter hurdles in 56.15 seconds and also finished as runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.52 seconds. Junior Michael Pomaville finished second in the 110-meter hurdles in 57.62 seconds.

Team “B” from UWSP was champion in the 4×100-meter relay with a time of 44.57 and Team “C” placed third in 44.94 seconds.

Freshman James Mackenzie tallied a jump of 6.94 meters in the long jump to win the event and freshman Jeremy Lee finished fifth overall with a jump of 6.29 meters.

UWSP recorded three of the top five marks of the meet in the triple jump.

Freshman Josh Jones’ 13.68 meter jump won the event, while freshman Se’Kon Stephens finished fourth overall with a jump of 12.20 meters and sophomore Tanner Akers’ jump of 12.15 meters was good for a fifth place finish.

Photo by Jack McLaughlin.

Photo by Jack McLaughlin.

UWSP rounded out its event winners with sophomore Tylar Kohnke, who won the javelin throw with a toss of 55.08 meters.

The women’s team also won eight events and began its winning performances with junior Abigail Clement winning the 100-meter dash in 12.64 seconds. Freshman Lindsay Born finished fourth overall in 13.63 seconds.

Three Pointers clocked under-30 second times to place within the top five finishes in the 200-meter dash. Juniors Sarah Vils and Megan School finished 1-2, with times of 27.70 and 28.60, respectively. Born rounded out the top five finishers in 29.22 seconds.

Junior Kathy Derks was the only competitor in the field to finish the 400-meter dash in less than one minute. As the sole Pointer in the event, she won the event in 59.43 seconds.

As the only UWSP representative in the 800-meter run, sophomore Leah Trempe won the event in 2:23.35, nearly seven seconds ahead of the second place winner.

Junior Jacklyn Butler earned a first place finish in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.26 seconds.

UWSP’s 4×100-meter relay team won the event, crossing the line in 50.07 seconds.

Senior Kadie Flynn won a pair of events guiding the Pointers to their second place team finish. She won the discus throw with a toss of 47.17 meters and recorded a 52.88 meter throw in the hammer throw to win that event.

The Pointer track and field teams will compete next at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference outdoor championships May 6-7 in Whitewater.

 

Baseball Moves to Third in WIAC Standings Splitting Series with UW-Oshkosh

The Pointer baseball team split a pair of games against nonconference opponent St. Scholastica.

UWSP won in walk-off style, 3-1, ahead of St. Scholastica after 10 innings of play.

St. Scholastica’s Jake Kuschke’s double in the second inning put the Saints on the board early in the game for the 1-0 lead.

In the third inning the Pointers answered with an RBI double from sophomore Ray Greco to score junior Ben Gerber to tie the game up.

Both teams remained tied at 1-1 all the way through to extra innings. At the top of the tenth inning, sophomore Turner Doornink smashed a two-run, game-winning home run to pick up the Pointers win.

Doornink tallied a team-high two RBI, one run and one hit. Freshman Ryan Stanicek, Kyle Mrozinski, freshman Peter Stommen, junior Clint Rose and Greco each contributed one run to the team’s total.

Sophomore Drew Spaeth earned the win, having pitched 3.1 innings with tallying one strikeout. Freshman Ben Servais pitched 6.2 innings and recorded five hits, three strikeouts and one run.

Coming off the down-to-the-wire win, UWSP was defeated by the Saints 12-1 in seven innings in game two.

On Saturday, UWSP split a doubleheader series with conference competitor UW-Oshkosh.

The Titans defeated the Pointers 6-3 in game one, but UWSP rallied back in game two with a 4-2 victory.

UWSP’s scoring efforts began with two unanswered runs in the first inning of the second game.

Photo by Jack McLaughlin.

Photo by Jack McLaughlin.

Doornink stuck first with a single to score Schultz and freshman William Iloncaie reached on a fielder’s choice to score.

UW-Oshkosh’s Robbie Kleman knocked out a two-run home run to tie the game at two runs apiece. This is how the score would remain until the Pointers were up to bat in the eighth.

Sadowski hit a two-run double, scoring Hanke and Strommen for the game win.

Hanke’s two runs and one hit lead the Pointers, while Sadowski had two RBI and one hit.

Freshman Luke Thomka earned the win on the mound after pitching seven innings, striking out seven. Spaeth pitched two complete innings and recorded one hit.

UWSP also split its Sunday doubleheader against UW-Oshkosh, loosing game one 7-6 and rallying back in the second game 16-2 in seven innings.

UWSP tallied 17 hits to UW-Oshkosh’s six in game two to split the last series.

Doornink lead the way for the Pointers with six RBI, four hits and three runs. Sadowski recorded four hits, two RBI and two runs and Hanke went 2-for-3 and three runs.

Junior Alex Thompson was given his third win of the season having pitched five full innings with a game-high two strikeouts.

UWSP (18-16, 9-7 WIAC) will face Benedictine for a doubleheader at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on May 3 in Lisle, Ill.

 

Kylie Bridenhagen

Sports Editor

kbrid305@uwsp.edu

 

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