Winona State takes two from UW-SP baseball The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point baseball team ran into red-hot Winona State in a doubleheader Monday and fell to the visiting Warriors 7-1 and 6-3. The sweep gave Winona State (29-10) 12 wins in a row and 18 victories in its last 19 games. The losses broke a two-game winning streak for UW-SP (19-10). The Pointers have lost six of their last eight games. The Warriors shut down UW-SP's bats in both games, as the Pointers could muster only five hits in each contest. In the first game, Jon Jagler scored on an error for UW-SP's lone run. He finished 2-for-3 at the plate. Winona scored twice in the first, once in the second and third and then three times in the seventh. Jeremy Zimmerman allowed four runs in six innings and struck out six. David Busse gave up three runs (two earned) in an inning of relief. The Pointers grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the second game but the Warriors scored six unanswered runs to take a 6-1 advantage. UW-SP's Randy Reed hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh. On the mound, Eric Schlender allowed five earned runs in four-and-one-third innings. Jared Szews retired the final eight batters he faced after surrendering hits to the first two batters he faced. Pointers - UW-River Falls doubleheader The Pointers broke their four-game losing streak Saturday, sweeping visiting UW-River Falls in a WIAC doubleheader. Troy Bielmeier allowed one earned run in a complete-game, 6-3 win over the Falcons in the first game. The Pointers scored three times in the fourth, twice in the seventh and once in the bottom of the eighth. Ryan Ivy's two-run blast in the fourth inning gave UW-SP a 3-2 lead and Jon Jagler and Sam Molski both drove in runs in the seventh. Molski had three hits while Mike McCann, Rob Govek and Jagler had two hits. Jeff Pieper threw nine shutout innings in the nightcap, a 2-0 UW-SP victory. The shutout was Pieper's second in a row and he now has pitched 16 straight scoreless innings. Molski's solo homer in the third inning gave the Pointers a 1-0 lead and catcher Nick Cahoon's RBI single in the sixth inning put UW-SP ahead 2-0. Pointers - UW-La Crosse doubleheader The Pointers had a pair of damaging WIAC losses last Friday when UW-La Crosse swept a doubleheader at UW-SP. An eight-run eighth inning gave the Eagles a 13-6 lead in the first game, a 14-6 La Crosse win. All eight runs in the inning came with two outs as starter Bill Verbrick and reliever Jared Szews were tagged in the La Crosse attack. UW-SP's Rob Govek went 4-for-5 at the plate and Kevin Fry had three RBIs. The Eagles rallied again in game two, scoring five runs in the last three innings to top the Pointers 9-5. Denver Harris was 4-for-4 with two solo homers and four RBIs. His second solo shot broke a 5-5 tie in the seventh inning. A James DeCremer two-run double in the eighth and a two-run home run by Tom Tollefson in the ninth sealed the win. Jon Jagler had three hits while Sam Molski, Pat McCann and Govek each had a pair of hits. Eric Bennett had a solo home run. Softball The Pointers dropped their final WIAC doubleheader of the season Monday, falling to UW-Whitewater 8-5 and 4-2. UW-SP freshman pitcher Karen Guckenberger suffered her first loss of the season in the first game and then lost after throwing a complete game in the nightcap. Whitewater's Michelle Markham broke late ties in both games, with a RBI single in the fifth inning of the first game and a two-run homer in the sixth inning of game two. In the opener, the Pointers rallied from a 5-0 deficit by scoring three runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth. Pacelli graduate Kelly Rutta's two-run home run in the fifth tied the game. Cari Briley finished 3-for-4 at the plate, driving in both UW-SP runs on a first inning single and fifth inning RBI double in the second game. The Warhawks answered with two runs in the bottom of the first and then broke the tie on Markham's homer. Nikki Best was 3-for-4, while Rutta and Sarah Grubba each had two hits. Guckenberger allowed seven hits and struck out two in the game two, complete game loss. She relieved Jamie Lowney in the fourth inning of the first game and surrendered Whitewater's go-ahead run. The Pointer Fastpitch Invitational scheduled for last weekend was cancelled. The tournament was scheduled to feature UW-SP, UW-La Crosse, UW-Eau Claire and Calvin (Mich.), but was not be played due to rain. The tournament was originally scheduled for last Thursday and Friday, but was later changed to a one-day format on Friday. The tournament will likely not be made up. Track and field The UW-SP men's team finished first and the women were third at the Augustana Meet of Champions Friday and Saturday. The Pointer men came away with titles in four events and met qualifying standards for the NCAA Division 3 National Championships in five events. Chris Horvat finished second in the 800 meters (1:51.54) but surpassed the automatic qualifying standard. Finishing first and meeting provisional standards were Joel Schult (discus with 163-feet-1), Jesse Drake (5,000 in 14:48.59) and the 4x100 relay (Shawn Hau, Kyle Newman, Craig Gunderson, Eric Miller in 41.55). Mike Mead was second in high jump (6-9-1/2) and was a provisional qualifier. Brian Buege (triple jump with 45-0), the 4x400 relay (3:16.29) and the 4x800 relay (8:12.08) all took first place. Shane Suehring (5,000 meters) and Gunderson (200 meters) were second. UW-SP's Leah Juno and Becky Lebak both won events and met provisional qualifying standards. Juno finished first in the 1,500-meter run in 4:43.14 while Lebak took the 3,000-meters in 10:10.03. Jenny Krenz won the 2,000 steeplechase (8:01) and the 4x400 relay (Laura Lacrosse, Katie Eiring, Missy Kraemer, Juno) finished first in 4:01.32. Grabbing runner-up finishes were SPASH grad Alyssa Garbe (2,000 steeplechase in 8:09), Marcie Fisher (3,000 in 10:19.05), Julie Stemper (400 hurdles in 66.45) and the 4x800 relay (Garbe, Amber Stratton, Michelle Beck and Krenz in 10:23.36).