It will be a long Sunday for the UW-Stevens Point softball team as the Pointers are forced to wait to see if their 32-8 record will be good enough for an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III tournament.

The Pointers split a pair of games on Saturday at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament in Eau Claire to complete their season resume for the selection committee. The committee will choose 17 at-large teams nationwide and announce the pairings on Monday morning. UW-Eau Claire won the league's automatic berth, beating UW-Oshkosh 3-2 in nine innings in the finals.

UW-Stevens Point opened the day by winning a 12-7 slugfest over UW-Whitewater and then saw UW-Oshkosh take advantage of just two hits to pull out a 3-1 victory in the second game. The Pointers needed to win five straight games to win the double elimination tournament after losing on Friday. UW-Oshkosh played five games during the day and was on the field for 10 and a half hours before placing second.

Trailing 2-0 after the first inning, the Pointers scored 10 runs in the third inning of the opening game, getting 10 hits in the frame. Chelsea McIlquham (Sun Prairie/Sun Prairie) had a two-run double and Jackie Berger (Bonduel/Bonduel) had a two-run single for UW-Stevens Point's biggest hits. Six of the Pointers' hits came after two outs in the inning.

UW-Whitewater battled back with two runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth to close within 10-6. Mandy Jellish (Kaukauna/Kaukauna) added a run-scoring double to put the Pointers up 11-6 in the bottom of the fifth and, after the Warhawks scored in the top of the sixth, Korryn Brooks (Stevens Point/SPASH) homered for the fifth straight game in the bottom of the inning to make it 12-7. Hope Krause (Mishicot/Mishicot) allowed a leadoff single in the seventh before retiring the final three batters for her first career save. Krause pitched the final three innings in relief of winning pitcher Stephanie Anderson (Milwaukee/King).

Both teams had 13 hits with Jellish leading the Pointers at three-for-four. Berger was two-for-three with three RBI's, while Brooks and McIlquham also had two hits apiece.

Against UW-Oshkosh, the Pointers jumped out quickly as Jellish doubled and Berger singled to open the game. Laura Van Abel followed with a sacrifice fly for what proved to be the Pointers' lone run.

UW-Oshkosh converted both of its hits into three runs in the third inning. With a runner on base and two outs, the Titans kept their inning alive with a two-out error. Jennelle Schmidt drew a bases loaded walk to tie the game and Lyndsey Allen drilled a two-run single.

The Pointers had runners at second and third with one out in the sixth and had two runners on base in the seventh, but failed to score. Anderson struck out four in the complete game and Titans' pitcher Ronnessa Stampfli struck out 11 in a five-hitter. Van Abel was two-for-two to lead the Pointers' offense.