Sports capsules 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 Feb. 9. Men's basketball: Jon Krull received his first career start in UW-SP's 69-51 victory over UW-Platteville. Krull contributed nine points on three-for-five shooting, including a three-point basket. He also had six points and three rebounds against UW-River Falls on Tuesday. Women's basketball: Cassandra Heuer notched a pair of double-doubles in two Pointer victories last week. Heuer nailed three three-point baskets and dished out five assists in a 14-point, 12-rebound performance against UW-River Falls. On Saturday, she recorded her third double-double of the season with 15 points and 12 rebounds in a 63-47 win over UW-Platteville. Men's hockey: Brett Coburn scored a pair of third period goals to lift the Pointers to a 2-1 victory over St. Scholastica. Coburn netted the game-winner off an assist by Adam Kostichka with 32 seconds remaining in the game. Coburn also scored a goal off a Kostichka assist in the Pointers game against UW-Superior on Friday night. Women's hockey: Ann Ninnemann became the third player in school history to score four goals in a game when she accomplished the feat in Friday's 9-0 win over UW-Eau Claire. Ninnemann scored single goals in the first and third periods, and added a pair in the second period. Men's track events: Andrew Schliepp won top honors in the 55-meter hurdles at the UW-Oshkosh Invitational, with a time of 7.79 seconds. He also ran on the Pointers' winning 4 x 400 meter relay team. Men's field events: Sverre Sundgaard, a freshman pole vaulter, established a new personal record at the UW-Oshkosh Invitational. Sundgaard cleared 4.32 meters to share second place with teammate Joel Ross. Women's track events: Jenna Mitchler recorded a personal best time in winning the 1,500-meter run at the UW-Stout Invitational in 4:43.20, which also eclipsed the NCAA provisional qualifying mark. She also anchored the first place 4 x 400 meter relay team. Women's field events: Julia Slabosheski claimed first-place honors in the shot put at the UW-Stout Invitational on Saturday. Slabosheski won the event with a toss of 12.92 meters. Wrestling: Cody Koenig claimed the individual title at the UW-Eau Claire Invitational. Koenig, ranked third in the country, defeated fourth-ranked Mark Sturm of Wartburg College, 4-1, in the championship match. * * * UW-SP ANNOUNCES 2004 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE: A home non-conference contest against one of the West Region's top teams highlights the 2004 UW-SP football schedule, which includes two home games against teams that qualified for last season's NCAA Division III playoffs. UW-Stevens Point will open the season at home with the annual Spud Bowl game against Tri-State (Ind.) on Sept. 11 before taking on traditional power Linfield (Ore.) in a non-conference game on Sept. 18 at Goerke Field. The Wildcats lost their only game this past season to eventual national champion St. John's (Minn.), 31-25, in the national quarterfinals. Linfield has an NCAA record 48 consecutive winning seasons. UW-SP's other non-conference game will be at Waldorf (Iowa) on Sept. 25 in Forest City, Iowa. Both Linfield and Waldorf are first-time opponents for the Pointers. UW-SP will open its conference schedule with a homecoming tilt against defending Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion UW-La Crosse on Oct. 2. Other home games are set for Oct. 23 against UW-Oshkosh and Nov. 6 against UW-Platteville. The road games in the WIAC are Oct. 9 at UW-Eau Claire, Oct. 16 at UW-Stout, Oct. 30 at UW-Whitewater and Nov. 13 at UW-River Falls. The Pointers enter the 2004 season with a five-game winning streak after finishing 8-2 last season and 5-2 in the WIAC.