Look Into Sports: Hockey Skates to Two Weekend Victories
The No.1 ranked Pointer men's hockey team improved to a 5-0-1 overall record after a pair of weekend wins against Concordia College and St. John's University. Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen.

Look Into Sports: Hockey Skates to Two Weekend Victories

Football Suffers Setback in Season Finale

The Pointer football team capped of their season with a 6-4 overall record and a 3-4 record in the WIAC. Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen.

The Pointer football team capped of their season with a 6-4 overall record and a 3-4 record in the WIAC. Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen.

After posting a 10-0 lead following the first quarter on Saturday, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point football team allowed UW-River Falls to climb back and win the game 34-16.

The Falcons were able to rack up 34 unanswered points to hold off the Pointers’ hot start to their final game of the season.

In senior Kyle Larson’s final game of the season, the Pointers quarterback totaled 217 passing yards with two touchdown passes.

Larson connected with senior Jared Pankow six times, including one touchdown during the game. Pankow totaled 74 receiving yards and was only nine yards short of 900 on the season.

The Pointers struggled to get much going on the ground during the game as they finished with only two total rushing yards.

The Falcons hurt the Pointers by putting together numerous lengthy drives and racked up 21 first downs compared to the Pointers 12.

The Pointers have now finished with a win percentage over .500 for the second time under head coach Tom Journell by finishing the season with a 6-4 record.

Men’s Hockey Skates to a Successful Weekend

On Nov. 11, UWSP men’s hockey team’s first game of the weekend, the Pointers squared up with Concordia-Moorhead and came away with a 6-3 victory.

Sophomore Tanner Karty led the charge for the Pointers by racking up two goals during the game.

Junior Omar Mullan got the scoring started for the Pointers in the first two minutes of play by netting his first goal of the season.

After Concordia tied the game up a few minutes later, senior Lawrence Cornellier got the Pointers back on top midway through the first. Karty then scored his first goal of the game to give UWSP a 3-1 lead before heading into the second period.

In the second period, senior Jacob Barber scored his fifth goal of the season, putting the Pointers up 4-1.

At 6:47 into the last period, sophomore Ryan Bittner tallied his first collegiate goal, giving UWSP a 5-1 lead until Concordia found the net shortly thereafter to bring the game within three.

Karty landed his second goal of the game only two minutes later to put the Pointers back up four points. The Cobbers scored the final goal of the night, putting the match at its final score of 6-3.

UWSP out-shot Concordia 35-18 as junior goalie Max Milosek recorded his second victory of the season.

On Saturday, the Pointers collected their fifth win of the season by taking down Saint John’s 5-2. Senior Eliot Grauer led the way for the Pointers scoring two goals on the evening.

Following a scoreless first period, Grauer scored the first goal of the night just under two minutes into the second period.

Barber kept the Pointers rolling by knocking in the second goal of the night at the 5:20 mark in the second.

The Pointers allowed Saint John’s to score their first goal just seconds later but recovered with junior Willem Nong-Lambert scoring his first Pointer goal, putting the team up 4-1.

The final three minutes of play saw a fair amount of action as Saint John’s brought the game to 4-2 before Cornellier put in an empty net goal to give the Pointers a three point advantage.

The Pointers 5-2 victory came behind sophomore goalie Jesse Gordichuk’s 23 saves for the Pointers.

UWSP takes to the road for their next two games against Marian and St. Norbert on Nov. 18 and 19.

Women’s Hockey Splits Weekend Slate

Junior forward Ali Biagini has scored five goals in the Pointers' six games so far this season. Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen.

Junior forward Ali Biagini has scored five goals in the Pointers’ six games so far this season. Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen.

After not scoring in the first two periods, the UWSP women’s hockey team rallied back to claim a 3-2 victory over Gustavus Adolphus this past Tuesday.

Fresh off a two-goal outing, junior Ali Biagini notched yet another two goals in the Pointers’ victory over the Gusties.

With the game tied at two in the last two minutes of play, sophomore Lauren Smith scored the game winner for the Pointers, putting the team at 2-2-1 on the season.

The Pointers then faced off against No. 2 ranked UW-River Falls on Friday where they fell 2-1 in UWSP’s home opener.

The Falcons took advantage of a Pointer penalty as they scored only a minute into a power play opportunity to go up 1-0.

After no scoring in the second period, the Falcons scored the deciding second goal only 27 seconds into the final period.

It took until later in the third period for UWSP to get on the board with a goal from Biagini to put the score at 2-1.

The Pointers were not able to get any more offense going as they fell to 2-3-1 on the year. The women’s next game comes Nov. 19 at UW-Superior.

UWSP Wrestling Splits Weekend Duals

Sophomore Moziah Clark recorded a victory in the 125 weight class against the University of Dubuque on Saturday, Nov. 12 in Dubuque, Iowa. Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen.

Sophomore Moziah Clark recorded a victory in the 125 weight class against the University of Dubuque on Saturday, Nov. 12 in Dubuque, Iowa. Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen.

The UWSP wrestling squad defeated the University of Dubuque by a slim 22-20 margin after being defeated by Loras College.

Sophomore Moziah Clark recorded a fall at 7:11 into his match at the 125 weight class, while junior Joe Cook also won by fall at the 1:17 mark in his match in the 157 weight class.

Other Pointer victories against Dubuque came from freshman Jordan Weinzetl who recorded a 13-1 victory at 165, senior Logan Hermsen who claimed a 7-2 victory in the 174 weight class and sophomore Donny Ralston who took a 6-1 decision in the 285 class.

In the Pointers loss to Loras, Ralston won by fall at 4:01, while Weinzetl pinned his opponent at the 5:56 mark for the Pointers.

Cross Country Closes Season at NCAA Regionals

Senior Neil Pederson finished his NCAA Division 3 Midwest Regional race in 25:31 to place 30th overall in a field of more than 240 runners on Saturday, Nov. 12 at Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winneconne, Wis. Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen.

Senior Neil Pederson finished his NCAA Division 3 Midwest Regional race in 25:31 to place 30th overall in a field of more than 240 runners on Saturday, Nov. 12 at Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winneconne, Wis. Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen.

Behind senior Neil Pederson, the UWSP men’s cross country team finished the NCAA Division 3 Midwest Regional in fifth place out of 33 teams on Saturday.

Freshman Bailey Wolf led the way for the women who placed 13th out of the 38 teams competing. She claimed a 39th place individual finish while also posting a sub-23-minute showing in the 6k.

Senior Dane Tyler finished only one second after Pederson, claiming a time of 25:32 as the two finished 30th and 31st.

For the women, juniors Kathy Derks and Emily Schlebecker finished with times of 23:11 and 23:26 to place in the top-100 out of 244 finishers.

 

Austin Krueger

Sports Editor

akrue333@uwsp.edu

 

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