Just one strike away from victory in the opening game, UW-Stevens Point fell victim to a dramatic UW-Whitewater rally and the Warhawks carried the momentum into the second game to sweep a baseball doubleheader on Tuesday at University Field.

The Pointers appeared to have the first game in hand, but the Warhawks' Jeff Donovan belted a two-run homer to right field on a 1-2 pitch to put his team ahead 5-4. UW-Stevens Point put a runner on base in the bottom of the ninth, but Mike Jacobson finished off a complete game for the Warhawks in the victory. The loss snapped the Pointers' 15-game home winning streak, dating to a 5-0 UW-Whitewater win on May 7, 2005.

UW-Whitewater carried over its energy into the first inning of the second game, getting the first four batters on base and scoring three runs in an eventual 8-6 win. The loss dropped the Pointers to 11-8 overall and 5-2 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, while the Warhawks are now 9-7 overall and 2-2 in the league.

UW-Whitewater held a 3-0 lead in the sixth inning of the opener as Jacobson was cruising with a three-hitter until Adam Evanoff (Plover/SPASH) hit a two-run homer for the Pointers. Justin Bushong (Rhinelander/Rhinelander) opened the seventh inning with a leadoff homer to the tie the game and UW-Stevens Point took the lead when Joel Hojnacki (Plover/SPASH) scored on a two-out error.

Pointers' starter Brandon Hemstead (DeForest/DeForest) worked into the eighth inning, giving up five hits and two earned runs before giving way to closer Matt Mehne (Amherst/Amherst). The senior stranded two runners in the eighth and was in control in the ninth before Donovan's blast.

Jacobson allowed 10 hits and struck out seven in his nine-inning performance.

In the second game, the Warhawks led 4-1 entering the bottom of the third inning and had chances for a bigger cushion, but stranded two runners in each of the first three frames. The Pointers rallied to tie the game with three runs on two hits in the third.

UW-Whitewater took the lead in the fifth when Billy Johnson hit a two-out, run-scoring single. The Warhawks added three more runs in the sixth with Thomas Donovan delivering a two-out, two-run single for an 8-4 lead.

UW-Stevens Point had a chance for a big inning in the seventh, loading the bases with none out, but Warhawks' reliever Aaron Dott forced a groundout and two strikeouts to limit the Pointers to one run in the frame. Ryan Byrnes (Beaver Dam/Beaver Dam) hit a solo home run in the ninth for the Pointers' final run.

Dott allowed six hits and two runs with seven strikeouts in five and two-third innings for the win. Mike Thrun (Franklin/Franklin) went five and one-third innings in relief for UW-Stevens Point and took the loss. Ryan Hopkins (Libertyville, IL/Carmel) gave the Pointers a chance to rally by allowing just two hits and one run over the final three and two-third innings.

Greg Harder was four-for-five for the Warhawks and Evanoff was three-for-four for the Pointers in the second game.