Sports

The University of Wisconsin-Stevnes Point men’s volleyball club has faced adversity this season and hopes to finish strong at nationals. The team has been on campus since the 1990s, and is the first men’s college volleyball club team in the state. The team has seen recent success finishing fifth in the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation Division I-AAA tournament. The team ... Read More »

Only appearing in six games last year, Nick D’Avolio has made an impact this year playing center for the men’s hockey team. D’Avolio has been playing hockey since he was 3 years-old and has spent three years playing junior hockey in Canada, Chicago, and Minnesota before coming to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. This year as a sophomore, D’Avolio has ... Read More »

Will Rossmiller wross460@uwsp.edu @willrossmiller Commentary With spring training in full swing it is time to talk some baseball. More specifically, some Milwaukee Brewers baseball. The Brewers have a shot at the playoffs this season if a few things go in their favor. If the following five pieces of the Brewer team puzzle fall into place, we could see Milwaukee playing ... Read More »

Will Rossmiller wross460@uwsp.edu Commentary Earlier this week, former Missouri defensive lineman and NFL prospect Michael Sam took a brave step forward in an attempt to establish universal acceptance in sports by coming out as a homosexual. If Sam is drafted, experts have him going in the third to fifth round. He would become the first openly gay athlete in the ... Read More »

Marty Kauffman mkauf036@uwsp.edu Curling is exposed to the world every four years during the Winter Olympics and this year it has been exposed to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus. The Curling Association of UWSP is currently in its first year as a university recreational club, as the university approved the club last November. In their first year they have ... Read More »

  The Winter Olympics have begun in Sochi this week with many athletes from around the world, including athletes from Wisconsin and the local area. Joe Pavelski, from Plover, will compete in his second Winter Olympics as a member of the United States men’s hockey team. Pavelski was a member of the team in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. ... Read More »

Will Rossmiller wross460@uwsp.edu With a majority of players returning and the team’s leading scorer coming back from an injury, the Pointer men’s basketball team was set for a great season; but no one expected this. The Pointers have not lost a game yet, compiling a 20-0 record. Senior guard Tyler Tillema has come back from injuries last season to now ... Read More »

Will Rossmiller wross460@uwsp.edu The Pointers women’s track and field team has broken not one, but two school records after just three meets this season. On Jan. 18, senior thrower Maggie Martin broke the school’s weight throw record at the Pointers Alumni Open Meet. Martin surpassed the record by a foot, registering a mark of 55-feet, 11-inches. Then on Jan. 31, ... Read More »

Marty Kauffman mkauf036@uwsp.edu Sierra Dart is an athlete that every coach wants. She has the competitiveness, work ethic, leadership, and strength every coach looks for in an athlete. Dart is currently a member of the women’s swimming team and competes in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle, as well as the 100-meter breaststroke. As a fifth-year senior, this is the only ... Read More »

Will Rossmiller wross460@uwsp.edu Women’s Basketball Going into the season, the coaching staff and players knew that it would be a challenge to match the production of graduated guard Sam Barber. The Pointers women’s basketball team has still experienced success this season, just maybe not what they were hoping for. The team is currently 13-5 overall, 6-3 in conference, which is ... Read More »