Pointer Notes - April 2, 2002

Baseball, Softball Schedules Continue to Change

     With the recent snowfall, the UW-Stevens Point baseball team had its fourth straight day of games postponed on Tuesday and the Pointers have also changed their plans for the upcoming weekend.

     UW-Stevens Point was scheduled to host St. Norbert on Tuesday, but the games have been rescheduled for Tues., April 9 at 1 p.m. at Lookout Park.

     Also, this weekend�s WIAC-opening series against UW-River Falls has been moved to Stevens Point. The games will be the Pointers� first home games of the season and will begin Saturday and Sunday at noon each day.

     The Pointers� softball team had its games with UW-Platteville postponed on Tuesday as well. The two teams will open their conference schedule Mon., April 8 at 3 p.m. at McCarty Field in Stevens Point.

     The softball team will be heading the right direction this weekend with four games in Illinois. The Pointers play the University of Chicago on Friday and Aurora on Saturday.

Van Wychen, Briski, LaLonde Earn WIAC Athlete of the Week Honors

     UW-Stevens Point landed both the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference softball Position Player and Pitcher of the Week after finishing 7-4 on its spring trip to Fort Myers, Fla.

     Junior centerfielder Jill Van Wychen was named the league�s Position Player of the Week, while sophomore Jeanann Briski was the Pitcher of the Week.

     Also, sophomore Mark LaLonde was named the conference�s men�s outdoor track Athlete of the Week.

     Van Wychen, a Kaukauna native and former Freedom High School standout, hit .559 (19-for-34) for the week with 12 runs scored and five RBI�s. She had seven multiple hit games among the 10 games she played in Florida.

     Briski, a Berlin native and Berlin High School graduate, finished with a 1.14 earned run average and 2-0 record for the week. She pitched a perfect game in her first collegiate start, beating Cardinal Stritch 9-0. For the week, she pitched 12 1/3 innings, allowing two earned runs and six hits. She had nine strikeouts and two walks.

     LaLonde, a Park Falls native and Park Falls High School graduate, provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III outdoor championships as the top collegiate finisher in the 5,000 meter run at last week�s Big Cat Classic in Memphis, Tenn. with a time of 14:41.33.