Korryn Brooks (Stevens Point/SPASH) had a huge day to help the UW-Stevens Point softball team achieve its first 30-win softball season since 1999 by sweeping a pair of non-conference games from St. Norbert on Saturday in De Pere by scores of 9-5 and 5-3.
Brooks, a Stevens Point native, went five-for-seven with three home runs and eight RBI's in the two games as the Pointers, ranked 21st in the NCAA Division III, concluded the regular season with a 30-6 overall record. UW-Stevens Point has clinched the second seed for next weekend's Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament in Eau Claire.
UW-Stevens Point was scheduled to face Edgewood in a doubleheader on Sunday at home, but the games have been cancelled.
Brooks started fast by hitting home runs in each of her first two at-bats of the opening game. After
Jackie Berger (Bonduel/Bonduel) hit a solo home run in the first inning, Brooks delivered a two-run shot and then had a solo homer to lead off the fourth inning.
The Pointers went ahead 7-2 in the fifth as Brooks hit a sacrifice fly and
Stephanie Anderson (Milwaukee/King) had a two-run single. The Pointers added two more runs in the sixth with four straight singles after two outs, including run-scoring hits from Laura Van Abel and Brooks, who finished the opener three-for-three with four RBI's. Berger and
Mandy Jellish (Kaukauna/Kaukauna) were also three-for-three as the Pointers' first four hitters were a combined 11-for-12. Anderson pitched a complete game with five strikeouts to run her season record to 17-3.
Brooks had a run-scoring single in the opening inning of the second game before St. Norbert tied the game on a leadoff home run by Tracy Palmer. The game remained tied until the sixth when Anderson scored on a two-out wild pitch. Brooks then finished her big day with a three-run homer in the seventh for a 5-1 lead. St. Norbert scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh and had two runners on base when
Hope Krause (Mishicot/Mishicot) worked out of the jam. Krause pitched a complete game, scattering 10 hits to improve her record to 13-2 for the season.
Anderson was three-for-four in the second game and Brooks was two-for-four with four RBI's. Jellish finished two-for-three.