Marie Muhvic had three goals and two assists to lead the UW-Stevens Point women’s soccer team into the semifinals of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament with a 7-0 quarterfinal win over UW-Platteville Wednesday at the Pointer Soccer Bowl.

The Pointers will host UW-Eau Claire in the semifinals at 11 a.m. Friday. The Blugolds advanced with a 3-0 win over UW-Stout Wednesday. UW-La Crosse, which beat UW-Whitewater 1-0, will face UW-River Falls in the other semifinal at 2 p.m. UW-River Falls advanced with a 2-0 win over UW-Oshkosh.

UW-Stevens Point is 19-1 all-time in WIAC tournament games and is looking for its seventh WIAC title in eight seasons.

UW-Stevens Point outshot the Pioneers 33-2, including a 19-0 advantage in the second half. Hope Wadel scored the Pointers’ first goal 6:40 into the match with assists from Muhvic and Jennifer Davis. Davis made it 2-0 seven minutes later, finishing from a cross by Heather Camps.

Muhvic scored her first goal 10 minutes into the second half with an assist from Davis. Wadel made it 4-0, scoring on a long pass from Muhvic at 63:22.

Muhvic scored two goals in a 1:34 span in the second half with assists from Davis and Brwynn Maas. Micky Jacob finished the scoring with a header off a pass from Camps.

Davis’ three assists gave her 45 for her career, tying her with Susie Lindauer (1989-92) for the most career assists in UW-Stevens Point history. Muhvic now has 19 goals this season, ranking second on the single-season list behind her 21 last season.

Score by Halves 1 2 F
UW-Platteville    0 0 0
UW-Stevens Point 2 5 7

Scoring

SP – Hope Wadel (Jennifer Davis, Marie Muhvic), 6:40
SP – Jennifer Davis (Heather Camps), 13:54
SP – Marie Muhvic (Jennifer Davis), 55:44
SP – Hope Wadel (Marie Muhvic), 63:22
SP – Marie Muhvic (Jennifer Davis), 79:44
SP – Marie Muhvic (Brwynn Maas), 81:18
SP – Micky Jacob (Heather Camps), 89:11

Shots on Goal – UWSP 33, UWP 2

Fouls – UWSP 8, UWP 5

Goalie Saves – UWP 11 (Amy Shuman), UWSP 2 (Brianna Hyslop).