For just the second time in school history, UW-Stevens Point has recorded three straight softball shutouts after blanking Ripon twice on Thursday in a non-conference doubleheader in Ripon.

The Pointers took the opening game 5-0 and then rolled to an 8-0 win in the second game. They won their previous game 8-0 over Carleton, matching the shutout streak of three straight from late in the 2001 season. UW-Stevens Point is now 13-3 overall, while Ripon dropped to 7-4 after winning its first seven games.

Stephanie Anderson (Milwaukee/King) pitched a three-hit shutout in the opener with seven strikeouts. Two of Ripon's hits came to open the fifth inning, but Anderson set down the next three batters in order to preserve the shutout.

Korryn Brooks (Stevens Point/SPASH) opened the scoring with a two-out, two-run double in the third inning and then scored on a double by Jackie Berger (Bonduel/Bonduel) for a 3-0 lead. The Pointers added two unearned runs in the fifth as Mandy Jellish (Kaukauna/Kaukauna) singled and later scored on an error and Brooks had a run-scoring groundout.

Hope Krause (Mishicot/Mishicot) fired her third straight shutout in the second game with a one-hitter in a game shortened to six innings by the eight-run rule. Krause now has 18 consecutive scoreless innings pitched.

The Pointers jumped on the Red Hawks early with two runs in the first inning and three in the second. Laura Van Abel had a run-scoring triple and scored on a single by Anderson in the second inning. Van Abel and Anderson both finished three-for-four and Berger delivered a two-run double in the sixth inning.

UW-Stevens Point is scheduled to open its home season on Saturday against Northland at 2 p.m. at McCarty Field.