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Pointers Add Four Commitments to Women's Basketball Squad
Head Coach Shirley Egner has received verbal commitments from four standout high school basketball student-athletes to attend UW-Stevens Point next fall and play for the Pointers.  more...

Nechuta Named First-Team Kodak All-American
For just the second time in school history, UW-Stevens Point landed a first-team Kodak women�s basketball All-American as Amanda Nechuta earned the honor as selected by the Women�s Basketball Coaches Association. more...

Pointers Let Lead Slip in Third Place Game Loss to Rochester
Following the NCAA Division III women�s basketball third place game on Saturday in Virginia Beach, Va., there was no hiding the feelings of the UW-Stevens Point squad after its 64-63 loss to Rochester (N.Y.).  more...

Pointers Fall to Bowdoin in NCAA Semifinals
The UW-Stevens Point women�s basketball team answered nearly every single run by top-ranked and undefeated Bowdoin Friday, but couldn�t muster one final rally in falling to a 64-59 loss to the Polar Bears in the NCAA Division III semifinals in Virginia Beach, Va.  more...

Final Four Information (.pdf)
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Women's Basketball NCAA Final Four Notes - 3/15/04 (.pdf)

Pointers Survive Past Hardin-Simmons to Reach Final Four
The line on the UW-Stevens Point women�s basketball team�s gas tanks was well past the �E� in the final minutes of Saturday�s sectional final with Hardin-Simmons, but the Pointers persevered, scoring the final five points of the game to secure their third trip to the NCAA Division III Final Four with a 72-67 victory. more...

Pointers Hold off Washington to Reach Elite Eight
Cassandra Schultz isn�t supposed to be the player taking the shots down the stretch for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women�s basketball team, though nobody on the Pointer team is complaining. more...

NCAA Stevens Point Sectional Tournament

Women's Basketball NCAA Sectional Notes - 3/9/04 (.pdf)

Pointers to Host Four-Team Sectional Tournament at Quandt Fieldhouse
For the second time in three years, the UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team will host the NCAA Division III sectional tournament. Games will be Friday and Saturday at the Quandt Fieldhouse. more...

Pointers Run Past Ripon to Earn Sweet 16 Berth
Two of the top shooting teams in NCAA Divison III women�s basketball lived up to their billings on Saturday as UW-Stevens Point outlasted Ripon 84-66 in an NCAA tournament second round game at a packed Berg Gymnasium in Stevens Point. more...

Women's Basketball NCAA Second Round Notes - 3/4/04 (.pdf)

Nechuta, Egner Land WIAC Women's Basketball Top Honors
After capturing its first Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women�s basketball title since 1987 and its first-ever conference tournament crown, UW-Stevens Point landed the league�s top honors as junior Amanda Nechuta was named Player of the Year and Shirley Egner was named Coach of the Year. more...

Men's and Women's Basketball Teams to Open NCAA Tournaments at Home
After playing every Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament game at home last week, the UW-Stevens Point men�s and women�s basketball teams will both open the NCAA Division III tournament on their home courts this weekend. more...

Pointers Beat Titans For WIAC Tournament Championship
Amanda Nechuta had 32 points with a tournament record 18 rebounds and Cassandra Schultz added 28 points as UW-Stevens Point earned its first Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women�s basketball tournament title with a 91-77 win over UW-Oshkosh on Saturday in Berg Gym. more...

UW-Stevens Point to Host Both WIAC Basketball Tournament Title Games
UW-Stevens Point will host the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men�s and women�s basketball tournament championship games on Sat., Feb. 28. The Pointer women will host UW-Oshkosh at 3 p.m. in Berg Gymnasium, while the men�s team will host UW-Platteville at 7 p.m. in the Quandt Fieldhouse. more...

Heuer Named to All-District Women's Basketball Third Team
UW-Stevens Point senior Cassandra Heuer has been named to the Academic All-District third team by the College Sports Information Directors of America. more...

Pointers Reach First-Ever WIAC Title Game
The UW-Stevens Point women�s basketball team�s biggest obstacle over the past four years has finally been conquered. more...

Pointers Roll into WIAC Semifinals for Fourth Straight Year
UW-Stevens Point used a 22-point spurt during the first half to pull away from UW-River Falls and post a 90-57 victory in the quarterfinal round of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women�s basketball tournament. more...

Fast Start Leads Pointers to First WIAC Title Since 1987
One of the few teams in college sports with more national championships than conference championships can no longer boast that claim. After scoring the first eight points of the game, the UW-Stevens Point women�s basketball team never looked back and rolled to an 80-43 win over UW-Superior on Saturday at Berg Gym, clinching the school�s second conference title and first since 1987. more...

Trio Sowed Seeds of Victory for Pointer Women
The current mentality of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team was crafted in March of 2002. The Pointers were dominated by three tough seniors and featured several role players that led to the NCAA Division III national championship. more...

Pointers Survive Overtime Thriller to Move Within One Game of WIAC Crown
Amanda Nechuta poured in 36 points as UW-Stevens Point moved to within one victory of its first Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women�s basketball title since 1987 with a 79-77 overtime victory at UW-Oshkosh on Wednesday. more...

Pointers Fall in Nail-Biter at Eau Claire
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's women's basketball team struggled to hold onto leads throughout the second half of action at the W.L. Zorn Arena Saturday night, and left with a 64-60 loss to Eau Claire. more...

Pointers Clinch Fourth Straight 20-Win Season
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team scored the first 11 points of the second half and rolled to a 77-57 win over UW-Whitewater on Wednesday. more...

Heuer Named WIAC Athlete of the Week
UW-Stevens Point landed two Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Athletes of the Week as senior Cassandra Heuer earned the honor in women�s basketball and sophomore Jenna Mitcher was named in women�s track and field. more...

Pointer Women Roll Past UW-Platteville
The final score of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's 63-47 win Saturday over UW-Platteville was well below average. more...

Pointers Handle Falcons in River Falls
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women had averaged close to 80 points per basketball game this season heading into Wednesday's game at UW-River Falls.  more...

Pointers Struggle but Earn Win Over La Crosse
Against any other basketball team, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women might have been on the outside looking in after the first half of their 84-69 win over UW-La Crosse on Saturday. more...

Heuer and Kraemer Both Reach 1,000 Points in Win
UW-Stevens Point�s Andrea Kraemer and Cassandra Heuer both reached 1,000 career points on the same night as the Pointers held off UW-Stout for a 72-66 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women�s basketball victory at Berg Gymnasium. more...

Heuer, Kraemer on Verge of 1,000 Career Points
When junior Amanda Nechuta of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team nailed a driving layup against UW-Whitewater on Jan. 13, she joined some elite company. more...

UW-Oshkosh Drops Pointers in Overtime Thriller
UW-Oshkosh�s Laurie Turtenwald nailed a three-pointer at the end of regulation to send the game to overtime and the Titans fought off UW-Stevens Point for a 75-74 victory in a matchup of co-leaders in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women�s basketball race. more...

Pointers Hold Off Yellowjackets
Just when UW-Superior caught back up, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team found enough juice to stay ahead through the finish line.  more...

Nechuta's 'Grand' Showing Paces Pointers Past Warhawks
Amanda Nechuta reached a personal milestone on Tuesday, but the final step on the road to 1,000 career points was a hard one. The junior forward from Mosinee became the 12th Pointer in school history to reach the mark in UWSP's 76-40 win over UW-Whitewater at Berg Gym.  more...

Basketball Teams Drop to Sixth in National Rankings
After each suffering their first losses of the season last week, the UW-Stevens Point men�s and women�s basketball teams both dropped to sixth in this week�s NCAA Division III rankings by D3hoops.com.  more...

Pointer Women Get Back on Track Against La Crosse
After losing its first game of the season, and most likely their top national ranking by D3Hoops.com, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team was looking for a little bit of redemption. Unfortunately for UW-La Crosse, the Eagles came next on the Pointers' schedule.  more...

No. 1 Pointer Women Fall in Platteville
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team learned earlier in the day it was the top-ranked team in the country, as voted on by D3hoops.com. UW-Platteville made sure the Pointers' stay atop the rankings would be short-lived Tuesday night.  more...

Pointers Edge Blugolds to Run Record to 12-0
UW-Stevens Point scored the final six points of the game over the last 4:25 to pull out a 57-55 victory over UW-Eau Claire and match its best start in school history in a matchup of top 10 nationally ranked teams on Saturday at Berg Gym. more...

Pointers Claim Surf n' Slam Championship
Out rebounded 51-27 the Sea Lions fell to UW-Stevens Point by a 75-59 score in the Championship game of the 2nd Annual Surf N Slam Women's Basketball Tournament. The loss drops PLNU to 7-5 overall, 2-1 in the tournament while the #3 Pointers improve to a perfect 11-0, 3-0 in tournament action. more...

Pointer Women Remain Unbeaten in San Diego
A change of scenery did nothing to diminish the current hot streak of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team, as the Pointers handily defeated Thomas More in their second game at the San Diego Tournament on Monday. more...

Pointer Women Open San Diego Swing with Victory
UW-Stevens Point dominated the action of game three of the Surf n' Slam Classic defeating Rutgers-Camden by a 89-48 score. The win propels the undefeated Pointers (9-0) into a match-up with Thomas More College at 2:15 pm on Monday, while the Raptors (2-5) will meet UW La Crosse at 10:00 am. more...

Pointers to Host Annual Alumni Basketball Games Feb. 7
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Alumni Association will host their annual Alumni Basketball Games on Saturday, February 7th, 2004. The men's game will take place at 2:00 on Quandt Fieldhouse, while the women's game will begin at 3:30 in Berg Gymnasium. more...

Women's Basketball Maintains High National Ranking
Both holding undefeated records, the UW-Stevens Point men�s and women�s basketball teams maintained their positions near the top of the NCAA Division III rankings by D3hoops.com. more...

Pointers Top Century Mark in Win Over Carroll
Taking a break from its Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference schedule, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team hardly looked like a team on vacation when it hit the road for a non-conference tilt with Carroll College. more...

Pointers End 14-Year Drought at Stout
The Johnson Fieldhouse curse is over. Behind the post presence of Amy Scott and good fortune at the free throw line, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team - ranked fourth in the latest D3hoops.com poll - ended a 14-year drought by beating UW-Stout 76-75 in Menomonie on Tuesday. more...

Nechuta Earns WIAC Athlete of the Week Honor
UW-Stevens Point landed three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Athletes of the Week as junior basketball players Jason Kalsow and Amanda Nechuta and senior wrestler Yan White were all honored. more...

UWSP's Nechuta Scores 29 in Win Over Ripon
Nechuta scored a game-high 29 points in 29 minutes and fifth-ranked UW-Stevens Point pulled away from Ripon College in the second half for a 78-53 non-conference win. more...

Pointer Women Bury River Falls in WIAC Opener
For the first 20 minutes of action, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team conducted a clinic at Berg Gym on Tuesday. more...

Big First Half Lifts Pointers Past Wheaton
Amanda Nechuta had a bad taste lingering in her mouth. The junior forward for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team still felt the pains of last year's overtime loss at Wheaton College (Ill.) and aimed for a little payback on Saturday. more...

Pointers Surge to Rout of Wisconsin Lutheran
The first three games of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball season have yielded three wins - the third coming Tuesday in a 72-30 drubbing of Wisconsin Lutheran at Berg Gym on Tuesday.  more...

Nechuta Guides Pointers to Tipoff Title
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball team's 73-57 win over Lawrence on Saturday did not come without a fight. The Pointers possessed just a slim two-point lead at halftime of the Tipoff Classic championship game and trailed the Vikings 41-40 with 13:13 remaining on the clock.  more...

Pointer Tipoff Tournament Recap

Basketball Rankings; Nechuta Named Preseason All-American; J.J. Jumper to Visit
Expectations are high for the UW-Stevens Point men�s and women�s basketball teams in 2003-04 as the Pointer men�s team is ranked third in the nation and the women are ranked seventh in the preseason NCAA Division III rankings by D3hoops.com. more...

2003-04 Women's Basketball Preview
Give UW-Stevens Point women�s basketball coach Shirley Egner the opportunity to change anything about her team from one year to the next and she�d probably decline the offer. more...

Pointers Add Three More Recruits to Team for 2003-04 Season
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women�s basketball team has added three recruits for next season. Becky Pepper, Rosemary Janeczko and Amanda Roth have all informed coach Shirley Egner that they plan to attend school in the fall and play for the Pointers. more...

UW-Stevens Point Women's Basketball Team Lands Swiss Standout
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women�s basketball team will have an international flavor next season as Nathalie Lechault, a native of Chavannes-Bogis, Switzerland, has informed Pointer coach Shirley Egner that she plans to attend the school in the fall and play for the Pointers. more...

4th Annual Women's Basketball Golf Outing
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