Sports capsules LOOMIS NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-MIDWEST CONFERENCE: Hillary Loomis, a sophomore from Stevens Point, recently was named an Academic All-Midwest Conference selection. Loomis, a chemistry major who graduated from Stevens Point Area Senior High School, played for the Knox College Prairie Fire soccer team in the fall. To be nominated, a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.2 is required. Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college in Galesburg, Ill., with students from 48 states and 41 nations. * * * POINTER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UW-SP) has announced the players of the week for the teams during the week ending Dec. 15. Men's basketball: Neal Krajnik nailed four three-point baskets as the Pointers earned their first road win of the season, 73-64, at UW-Stout. Krajnik hit a pair of triples in each half and finished four-for-six from the three-point line. He finished four-for-seven from the field and two-for-three from the free throw line for 14 points. Women's basketball: Cassandra Schultz established a new career-high in both of the Pointers' games this week. Schultz scored the Pointers' final five points in the last 1:05 of their 76-75 win at UW-Stout. She had 19 points and eight rebounds against the Blue Devils. Schultz topped herself on Saturday with 20 points on seven-for-eight shooting in a 100-65 win over Carroll College. For the week, Schultz had 39 points, hit three of four three-point shots, was 14-for-19 from the free throw line, had six steals, two assists and two blocked shots. Men's hockey: Nick Zebro of Mosinee scored once in each game and added three assists in a weekend sweep of 15th-ranked UW-Eau Claire. Zebro scored the game-winning goal in Friday night's 4-2 win over the Blugolds, and assisted on Brent Halverson's first period equalizer. On Saturday, Zebro scored late in the second period for a 3-1 Pointers' lead, and added two assists to give UW-SP a 5-3 victory. Women's hockey: Jackie Foley tallied four assists and helped the Pointers to their third and fourth consecutive shutouts. Foley picked up one assist in the Pointers 3-0 win over UW-Eau Claire on Friday, and added three assists in Saturday's 6-0 blanking of the Blugolds. Wrestling: Ed Wynimko won a pair of key matches at 165 pounds to lift the Pointers to two WIAC dual match victories this week. Wynimko defeated Derek Hebrink of UW-La Crosse, 5-3, to help the Pointers to a 19-17 win breaking the Eagles 24-match WIAC winning streak. On Thursday, he beat Mike Jackowski of UW-Platteville on a 10-2 major decision as the Pointers topped the Pioneers, 28-12. * * * JAKUSZ NAMED UW-SP HEAD WOMEN'S TENNIS COACH: Karlyn Jakusz had never given much thought to being a collegiate head coach, but when asked by the UW-SP to take over the school's women's tennis program, she couldn't pass up the chance. The Stevens Point native has been tabbed to replace Nancy Page, who retired after 18 years as the Pointers' head coach. "I guess I never thought about it," said Jakusz, who was first asked by Page this past summer to help as the team's assistant coach. "I think we can get this program where I want it to be and it's going to be a challenge, but I'd like to try it." Jakusz takes over a program that finished sixth of seven teams this past fall and has not finished higher than fifth since 1996. The Pointers have never won a conference title and finished second in 1992. Jakusz will be a part-time athletics staff member, but is employed on campus as the telemanagement administrator in the UW-SP Telephone Support Office. She is a SPASH and UW-Madison graduate. Jakusz has helped with local high school teams and spent four years as the United States Tennis Association coordinator for the North Central League. Page joined the UW-SP staff in the fall of 1973 and coached the Pointers' women's field hockey team to three NCAA Division III tournament appearances in 13 seasons. She also coached softball for 10 seasons during her 31-year tenure at UW-SP. * * * KRAUSE NAMED FIRST-TEAM QUARTERBACK BY TWO ALL-AMERICAN SQUADS: An outstanding season on the field has yielded some prestigious postseason awards for UW-SP senior quarterback Scott Krause, who has been named a first-team All-American by Football Gazette and the College Sports Information Directors. Krause, the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year, is the 13th player in UW-SP history to earn a first-team All-American honor. The Waunakee native is the first UW-SP first-team All-American since defensive back Andy Palzkill was tabbed by Football Gazette in 1999. Krause is the third UW-SP quarterback to earn first-team honors, joining Reed Giordana in 1977 and Kirk Baumgartner in 1987-89. He is only the seventh UW-SP player to be named to the first team on two All-American teams in the same year. Only one quarterback is selected to the first team by each All-American squad. Tyler Matthews of Linfield (Ore.) and Dan Cole of Rensselaer Poly Institute (N.Y.) were the second- and third-team quarterbacks on both teams. Krause led the NCAA Division III in the regular season with 37 touchdown passes, marking the fourth-highest season total in WIAC history. He threw for 2,963 yards with just nine interceptions and completed a school-record 66.1 percent of his passes. Krause ranked second nationally in passing efficiency and fifth in total offense, while rushing for 322 yards and four touchdowns. He completed 74.0 percent of his passes and threw for 14 touchdowns over the final four games of the season.