Box Score

STEVENS POINT - After an emotional win over the defending national champion UW-Whitewater Warhawks, the Pointers came out ahead in another exciting finish as they defeated the Titans of UW-Oshkosh 34-33 in overtime at Community Stadium in Stevens Point Saturday afternoon.

After a couple of special teams let downs, the Pointers trailed by 14 points late in the fourth quarter when Jared Beckwith (Baraboo/Baraboo) (Baraboo) scored on a quarterback sneak to cut the deficit to seven with 5:02 remaining in the fourth quarter.

The Pointers defense forced the Titans to punt on the ensuing possession, which gave the Pointers the ball back at their own 27 yard-line. The Pointers marched down the field and scored a touchdown on a pass from Beckwith to Jack Marx (Scandinavia/Iola-Scandinavia) (Scandinavia) with just :34 remaining in regulation. Ryan Graboski (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury) (Woodbury, MN) hit the extra point to tie the score and send the game into overtime.

In the overtime frame, the Pointers struck first when Mike Ferron (Racine/Horlick) (Racine) plowed into the endzone on a 7-yard run to give the Pointers the lead. But the Titans came right back with a touchdown of their own on a 14-yard pass to Charlie Weissman from Craig McClelland.

Faced with a similar situation the Pointers found themselves in a week ago, Titans head coach Pat Cerroni opted to go for the two-point conversion and the win. The Pointers sealed up the victory when McClelland's fade pass to Steve Levonowich was broken up by Kody Morgan (Iola, WI/Iola-Scandinavia) (Scandinavia) in the corner of the endzone.

The rest of the Pointers scoring came from a 61-yard pass from Beckwith to Jared Jenkins (Milwaukee/Rufus King) (Milwaukee) on the opening drive and a pair of field goals from Graboski.

The Titans received much of their scoring from their special teams. Matt Haass threw a touchdown pass to Weissman on a fake field goal attempt and Jeremy Roach ran back the opening kickoff of the second half 90 yards for a touchdown. Haass and Roach also caught touchdowns from 14 and 71 yards respectively.

Beckwith had a career day passing for the Pointers, finishing 32 of 59 with 470 yards two touchdowns and two interceptions. Brad Kalsow (Huntley, Ill./Huntley) (Huntley, IL) and Jenkins caught a majority of Beckwith's passes. Kalsow had 12 catches for 134 yards and Jenkins grabbed 10 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown.

On the ground for the Pointers, Ferron led the way with 48 yards on 14 carries with a touchdown.

Defensively, Matt Lunder (Waunakee/Waunakee) (Waunakee) had two sacks and three tackles-for-loss and Mike Krueger (Wauwatosa/Wauwatosa East) (Wauwatosa) finished up with a team-high six unassisted tackles.

For the Titans, Roach was the teams leading rusher, finishing with 51 yards on 17 carries. McClelland ended up 16 of 23 through the air for 196 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Haass was the teams leading receiver, catching four balls for 46 yards and one touchdown.

Nate Heard had a game-high seven solo tackles and Cameron Heilman and Luke Bingen each recorded sacks for the Titans in the loss.

The Pointers are set to return to action next Saturday when the travel to take on the Blugold of UW-Eau Claire at Carson Park in Eau Claire at 1 p.m.