Tag Archives: Pointers

Mungion and Butter’s Thursday Night Jam Session

Centertainment Productions hosted another great concert on Thursday, Sept. 28, in the Encore Room of the Dreyfus University Center. The music played was a jam concert by the bands Butter and Mungion. Both bands hail from Chicago and are heavily-instrumental but do not conform to a specific genre. Butter, who opened the show, define themselves as “a lot like jam ... Read More »

Debot Renovation Plans Revealed

Debot is set to be shut down for a year and renovated and revamped starting at the end of the 2017-18 school year. Students should mark their calendars for Friday, May 18, 2018, which is the day Debot will serve its last meal, according to Suzette Conley, the Director of Dining and Summer Conferences. After the last meal, all of ... Read More »

A Look into Sports 3/8 – 3/12

With the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point baseball, softball, swimming and hockey teams on breaks in their respective schedules this past week, the spotlight shifted towards the UWSP wrestling and track & field teams. Neither team disappointed. In NCAA Championship competition over the weekend, UWSP’s track and wrestling teams shined, as both came away with All-American and National Champion representatives.   Track and ... Read More »

A Look Into Sports 2/22 – 2/26

Men’s Hockey Advances to Conference Championship The men’s hockey team dominated UW-Superior in a pair of blowout wins over the weekend to advance to the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship. Friday, the Pointers defeated the Yellow Jackets 5-1 at KB Willett Ice Arena. Stevens Point got on the board first, as Willem Nong-Lambert scored at 4:28 minutes into the opening ... Read More »

UWSP Basketball Seniors Leave Lasting Impression

The 2017 senior class of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point men’s basketball have been through quite the journey over their careers. In the 2014-15 season, Brad Freeborn, Caden Untiedt, Jared Gjertson and Aaron Retzlaff inserted themselves into Pointer sports lore as sophomores, winning that year’s NCAA Division III championship. Two years later, they welcomed a 20-point-per-game scoring transfer from Lancaster Bible College, Bryce Williams to ... Read More »

Look Into Sports

Men’s Hockey Clinches WIAC Regular Season Crown Over the weekend, the men’s hockey team clinched their second Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season title in the past three seasons. The reigning national champs posted back-to-back wins at UW-Stout and UW-Eau Claire. Friday’s affair at Stout saw the Pointers overwhelm the Blue Devils, using a 3-1 second period to hold a ... Read More »

Women’s Hockey Team Mid-Season Reflection

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women’s hockey team currently stands at 11-7-2. In early January, the team went on a winning streak, having won three games in a row. Head Coach Ann Ninnemann said that a positive aura and chemistry played a role in the team’s success. “They are excited to be here, which adds a whole other dynamic to coming in and ... Read More »

Women’s Basketball Looking to Hit Stride as Tournaments Loom

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women’s basketball head coach Shirley Egner is not one to compare her current team to any past iteration of Pointers. “It’s always a different season, with different things that happen on and off the court,” Egner, UWSP coach of 29 years, said. Such an outlook is understandable, especially in the case of this year’s team. Last year at this ... Read More »

Volleyball Team Embraces Optimistic Outlook

The women’s volleyball team is starting off its season strong with a record of 9-0. This is, Women’s Volleyball Coach, Abbey Sutherland’s fourth season at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Sutherland hopes that the team will make it to the NCAA tournament this season, but is focusing most of her energy on helping the players improve. According to Sutherland, this ... Read More »

Why Graduation Doesn’t Signify the End

I got an email this week instructing me to register to be a part of commencement, something I never thought I’d see when I started at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Since day one, graduation has seemed like something advisers and instructors talk about to keep you motivated and signing up for classes, but not an event that you’ll ever ... Read More »