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Pointers Sweep
UW-Platteville in Different Ways
Proving it can win close games in entirely
different ways, UW-Stevens Point earned a softball doubleheader sweep
over UW-Platteville by scores of 1-0 and 13-10 on Monday in Platteville.
It was the Pointers� fourth road conference
doubleheader in a six-day span and they finished 7-1 during the stretch.
In fact, the Pointers are now 13-1 on the road this season and kept
their Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship hopes
alive with a 26-6 overall record and 11-3 league mark. UW-Platteville
fell to 8-20 overall and 1-9 in the WIAC.
Stephanie Anderson pitched a three-hit shutout
with eight strikeouts and two walks in the opening game. UW-Stevens
Point scored the only run in the fourth inning when Sarah Phillips
reached on a two-out throwing error, allowing a runner to score from
third base.
UW-Platteville drew both of its walks in the
seventh inning and had a runner at third with one out, but Anderson
forced a strikeout and groundout to end the game. Six different players
had singles for the Pointers.
UW-Stevens Point scored six runs in the first
inning of the second game and led 8-0 after two innings before holding
on for the victory. Five of the Pointers� first eight runs scored on
wild pitches as the Pioneers uncorked seven wild pitches in the first
two innings.
UW-Platteville answered with seven runs in the
bottom of the third inning. Anderson entered the game during the inning
and pitched the final five innings to earn the victory. She allowed two
earned runs and struck out four. The Pointers extended the lead back to
11-7 with three runs in the top of the fourth. The 10 runs were the most
the Pointers have allowed in a victory since a 21-11 win over Lawrence
on April 23, 1996.
Anderson led the Pointers at the plate, going
three-for-four with four runs scored. Phillips was three-for-five with
two RBI�s, while Laura Van Abel, Katherine Mess and Chelsea McIlquham
each had two hits. |
