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Pointers Sweep
to Run Winning Streak to Four
UW-Stevens Point ran its winning streak to four
straight games and improved to 8-2 for the season with a pair of decisive
softball victories on Wednesday in Kissimmee, Fla.
Laura Van Abel hit a grand slam in an 11-5 win
over Western Connecticut State in the opening game and Stephanie Anderson
pitched a complete game five-hitter in the second game as the Pointers
beat Hope (Mich.) 7-1.
Van Abel was two-for-three in the first game and
finished off a six-run fifth inning with her inside-the-park homer. The
Pointers, who drew seven walks in the game, scored five runs in the first
inning and six in the fifth. UW-Stevens Point beat Western Connecticut
State in 11 innings on Saturday.
Anderson finished two-for-four and pitched two
middle innings in relief of starter Hope Krause to earn the win. Allison
Dorn finished off the victory on the mound.
Anderson struck out five in her complete game
win in the second game. UW-Stevens Point built an early lead with a run in
the first inning and three in the second. Mandy Jellish was two-for-three
with three runs scored, including a run-scoring triple and run scored in
the second inning. Van Abel was two-for-four and Korryn Brooks was
two-for-three. |
