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Balanced Attack
Keys Pointers' Sweep of Eagles
A balanced hitting attack erupted for 19 runs
and 26 hits as UW-Stevens Point posted a softball doubleheader sweep at
UW-La Crosse on Wednesday.
The Pointers tallied a 9-1 victory in the
opening game and then used a six-run fifth inning to pull away for a
10-4 win in the second game and improve to 21-5 overall and 6-2 in the
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. UW-La Crosse fell to 8-15
overall and 1-5 in the conference. Every starter had at least one hit in
each game for the Pointers.
Stephanie Anderson allowed just four hits and
struck out six with no walks in the opening game. She delivered a first
inning sacrifice fly to go with a run-scoring single by Korryn Brooks
for an early 2-0 lead. Mandy Jellish added a two-run single in the
second inning for a 4-0 lead.
UW-La Crosse�s Cara Salm led off the fourth
inning with a home run for her team�s only run, but the Pointers put the
game away with a five-run seventh inning, getting a two-run single by
Anderson followed by a three-run homer from Sarah Phillips.
The second game was tied 3-3 before the
Pointers� big fifth inning. Anderson and Phillips hit consecutive
run-scoring doubles to start the rally and Jackie Berger finished the
inning with a two-run single. Berger also had a two-run single that put
the Pointers� ahead 3-1 in the top of the fourth before UW-La Crosse�s
Sarah Pfeifer hit a two-run double in the bottom of the inning to tie
the game.
Jellish was three-for-five and Melissa Boldt
was two-for-four in the second game for UW-Stevens Point, which totaled
14 hits in the win. Hope Krause pitched a complete game to earn the
victory for the Pointers. |
