Sports

Hop on the Bandwagon; The Milwaukee Bucks are Good Again

The Milwaukee Bucks, Wisconsin’s professional basketball team, are the hottest team in the National Basketball Association. The Bucks have the best player, coach, and supporting cast of supplementary star players. The time to win a championship is now; and the Bucks have a real chance at doing so.  The Green Bay Packers (NFL) have been Super Bowl Contenders virtually each ... Read More »

UWSP Athletics Recap and Preview

As the school year comes to an end, so does the UW-Stevens Point athletic season. We look back at the schools’ athletics across the board, reaching all the way to a national title with the men’s hockey team. A few of the coaches spoke on their 2018-2019 seasons and what they were looking forward to in the upcoming 2019-2020 seasons. ... Read More »

Do You Need to Eat Completely “Clean” to Reach Your Goals?

When most people start their journey to achieve whatever fitness goal they have, whether it be losing fat or building muscle, they think they just have to start exercising and either don’t pay attention to food or simply think “eating healthy” will do the trick. While this may work for a short amount of time, what happens when you have ... Read More »

Opportunities Plentiful in UWSP Intramural Sports

Playing as a collegiate athlete has its benefits and can be fun for the student-athletes to make life time memories. But playing in recreational sports such as the sports hosted by UWSP called intramurals can give the same feeling. Arguably just as fun, way less work and stress, intramurals provide that for lots of students here on campus. During an ... Read More »

Sky is The Limit for UWSP Baseball

The UW-Stevens Point men’s baseball team sits at a 13-11 record with a 5-5 conference record. Their 5 conference losses have come against UW-Lacrosse, UW-Oshkosh, and Finlandia University. They have one win in conference against UW-Lacrosse and UW-Oshkosh both, they have three conference wins against Finlandia. It’s been an up and down season for the team as offensively and defensively ... Read More »

Reaching Your Fitness Goals

In fitness, many people set a general goal, such as “I want to lose weight” or “I want to build muscle.” In theory, these sound like a good place to get started, but when it comes to the application, there is no end result or any way to achieve the goal. They will go with it for a couple weeks, ... Read More »

Horsin’ Around With the Pointers

Last week, April 1-7 2019 was Division III week in the NCAA and across the nation, the impact of athletes and student-athletes in the community and on campus was celebrated. DIII schools and conference offices were encouraged to take part in an outreach activity and UW-Stevens Point did just that. Throughout the week UWSP student-athletes took part in several different ... Read More »

Vosters Finishes Second at NCAA Tourney

Ben Vosters competed at the NCAA Wrestling Tournament on March 8th and placed 2nd in the tournament. After the tournament, The Pointer caught up with him to talk about the weekend. What was the weekend like for you? “It was an emotional weekend, I knew going in though like kind of my mindset was just ‘wrestle as hard as you ... Read More »

Pointer Profile- Sylviann Momont

Year: Junior Major: Business Administration emphasis on management How does it feel to be named as the WIAC Women’s Field Performer of the Meet? It was pretty good, I was not expecting it at all. There are other seniors from other schools that are better than I am so it was a huge shock and honor for me to get ... Read More »

Pointer Profile: Connor Ryckman

Major: Business Management Hometown: Minesing, Ontario, Canada Favorite Hockey Team: Chicago Blackhawks Favorite Animal: Dog When did you start playing hockey? “I started playing hockey when I was seven, typically late for a kid, but I watched hockey growing up for the longest time.” Why do you play? “I love the game, I love watching the game. When I was ... Read More »