Pointer baseball and soccer teams advance UW-Stevens Point takes part in the WIAC tournament this weekend in Whitewater and will meet top-seeded UW-Whitewater in the first round Friday at noon, while UW-Oshkosh meets UW-La Crosse at the same time. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III tournament. The winners of the games play in game 3 at 4 p.m., the same time that losers play in game 4. The winner of game 4 then faces the loser of game 3, with the winner playing the winner of game 3. The Pointers tied with UW-LC for third place in the league, but rain on Sunday forced the Pointers to take the fourth seed. UW-SP lost the first game of a doubleheader to UW-LC 5-3 in 10 innings and the Eagles led 2-0 in the fourth inning of the second game when the game was cancelled after a two-hour rain delay. UW-SP and UW-LC tied for third place at 8-5 in the WIAC, but the Eagles gain the third seed because of their victory in the first game. The Pointers were 25-11 overall for the season. The Pointers split with UW-River Falls on Saturday to clinch the tournament spot. UW-Stevens Point won the opener 2-1 as Jeff Pieper (Wausau) struck out eight in a complete game effort. The Falcons then scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth in the second game for an 8-5 victory. Sam Molski (Stevens Point) was 5-for-11 for the week and hit his single-season school record tying 11th home run of the season against UW-LC. Softball The Pointers will make their fourth NCAA Division III tournament appearance in six seasons after winning the WIAC tournament for the first time since 1995. UW-Stevens Point will travel to Waverly, Iowa, this weekend and will take on Marian in the first round in a rematch of a pair of nonconference games last week. The Pointers swept Marian, 1-0 and 8-0, as Karen Guckenberger (South Milwaukee) pitched a one-hitter in the opener and Nicki Bertram (Marion) had a two-hitter in the second game. Kelly Rutta (Stevens Point) hit a solo home run for the only run in the first game. Guckenberger pitched 28 innings in two days over the weekend and went 4-0 to lead the Pointers to the WIAC tournament title. Rutta was 9 for 16 for the weekend and reached base in 15 of her 19 plate appearances. The Pointers beat UW-River Falls 5-0 to open the tournament as Cari Briley (Creston, Iowa) had a two-run homer and a two-run single. UW-SP then beat UW-Whitewater 4-2 behind a three-run homer from Rutta and then topped UW-La Crosse 3-2 as Sarah Berg (Stillwater, Minn.) had a game-tying single and scored the winning run on an error. The Pointers lost to UW-Eau Claire, 5-0, but beat UW-LC, 2-1, in the title game as Nicole Alexander (Dodgeville) singled home Rutta with the winning run in the third inning. In Game 1 of the tournament, UW-SP (25-11) will face Marian (21-13) at 10 a.m. Game 2 pits St. Mary's (Minn.) (31-6) against. St. Thomas (Minn.) (31-7) and noon and Game 3 has the Game 1 winner against Wartburg (Iowa) (34-7-1) at 2 p.m. The final game on Friday, Game 4 will have the Game 1 loser against the Game 2 loser at 4 p.m. On Saturday, May 12, Game 5 will be between the Game 2 and Game 3 winners at 10 a.m.; Game 6 will be between the Game 4 winner and the Game 3 loser at noon; Game 7 will be between the Game 6 winner and the Game 5 loser at 2 p.m. On Sunday, May 13, in Game 8, the Game 5 winner will face Game 7 winner at 1 p.m., followed by a rematch at 3 p.m. if Game 5 winner loses Game 8. Track and Field The Pointer men's team finished second for the sixth straight year and the women's team was third at the WIAC Championships in Whitewater over the weekend. UW-La Crosse won both team titles. UW-Stevens Point had eight individual champions, including six women's winners. Becky Lebak (Burlington) was the only multiple winner, capturing the 10,000 meters in 37:51.37 and the 5,000 meters in 17:34.35. Leah Juno (Brillion, WI) won her second straight 800-meters title and set a WIAC record in 2:11.29. Becky Clarke (Antioch, Ill.) won the javelin in 127 feet, one inch and provisionally qualified for nationals with a second place finish in the heptathlon. Jenny Todd (Wisconsin Rapids) won the long jump at 18 feet, 7.5 inches after winning the indoor title in March. She is the first Pointer female ever to win the indoor or outdoor WIAC long jump titles. The 4x800 relay team of Kara Vosters (Little Chute), Erin Dowgwillo (Watertown), April Raykowski (Stevens Point) and Juno also won with a time of 9:28.00. Chris Horvat (Menomonee Falls, WI) won the men's 800-meters title in 1:52.83 and Jon Casey (Randolph) won the javelin in 176 feet, one inch as the Pointers had the top three finishers in the event. The Pointers will participate in the Dr. Keeler Invitational in Naperville, Ill., on Friday, May 11, and the North Central Invitational in Naperville, Ill., on Friday, May 18.