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STEVENS POINT - Kaylee Weise (Brookfield/East) (Brookfield) and Amanda Prawat (Oregon/Oregon) (Oregon) each recorded hat tricks as UW-Stevens Point defeated UW-La Crosse in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matchup Wednesday afternoon.

Prawat opened the scoring for the Pointers by taking a pass from Emily Walsh (Waunakee/Waunakee) (Waunakee) and knocking it in 10:30 into the game. The rest of the first half was a defensive struggle, as the Pointers went into halftime clinging to a 1-0 lead.

The Pointers took over in the second half. Prawat punched in her second goal of the game 3:40 into the half thanks to passes by Jackie Spees (Wisconsin Rapids/Lincoln) (Wisconsin Rapids) and Weise. Kaylee Weise (Brookfield/East) then joined the scoring with her first goal just 1:10 later on passes from Spees and Vicki Bieschke (Oconomowoc/Waukesha Memorial) (Oconomowoc).

Prawat completed her sixth career hat trick and second of the season with an unassisted goal at the 58:25 mark. Jennisa Koch (Waupaca/Waupaca) (Waupaca) tallied a goal of her own after an assist from Weise with 2:10 left in the match.  The final score came when Weise banged home a penalty kick with 1:18 remaining in the game, her third hat trick of the season and fifth of her career.

In goal, Pam Luckow (Kaukauna/Kaukauna) (Kaukauna) recorded her fifth shutout the season. For the Eagles, goalkeeper Amanda Clark (Minocqua) had 16 saves in the loss.

With the victory, the Pointers move to 8-2-0 overall, 3-0-0 in the WIAC. The loss drops the Eagles to 5-4-1 overall, 2-1 in the WIAC.  The Pointers will host UW-Platteville on Parent's Day Saturday, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. The Eagles travel to face UW-Stout Saturday at 2:00 p.m.