Augsburg Game 1 Box Score
Augsburg Game 2 Box Score
Concordia-Moorhead Game 1 Box Score
Concordia-Moorhead Game 2 Box Score

MINNEAPOLIS – The 17th-ranked UW-Stevens Point softball team went 4-0 this weekend at the Auggie Dome Tournament sweeping both Augsburg College and Concordia-Moorhead, winning by a combined score of 35-4.

The Pointers played Augsburg College Friday afternoon. The closest of the four games would be the season opener against the Auggies as Stevens Point prevailed 1-0. The Pointers scored the lone run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning when Samantha Bizeau (Gladstone, MI/Gladstone) (Fr.-Gladstone, MI) singled to left plating Sarah Butts (Greenfield/Greenfield) (Fr.-Greenfield). Hope Krause (Mishicot/Mishicot) (Sr.-Mishicot) went the distance on the mound, striking out four to get the complete game victory. The Auggies left nine runners on base and were just 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

In game two versus Augsburg, Stevens Point used a three-run second inning on its way to a 6-4 win. In the top of the second, Danielle Ashbeck (Wabeno/Wabeno) (Sr.-Wabeno) doubled to left field. Bizeau then followed that with a triple to right, scoring Ashbeck. After the double and the triple, Elyse Nelson (Batavia, IL/Batavia) (Fr.-Batavia, IL) hit the first home run of the season for the Pointers with a two-run blast to make the score 3-0.

With runners at second and third in the top of the fourth, Laura Van Abel (Kaukauna/Kaukauna) (Sr.-Kaukauna) reached on a fielder's choice to score Nelson from third and make the score 4-0. Melissa Wenig (Oshkosh/West) (So.-Oshkosh/West) scored in the top of the fifth on a RBI single by Korryn Brooks (Stevens Point/SPASH) (Sr.-Stevens Point/SPASH) to make the score 5-0. After the Auggies got a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth, Lauren Watkins (Baraboo/Baraboo) (Fr.-Baraboo) hit a solo home run in the sixth to give the Pointers a 6-2 lead.

The Auggies scored two more runs in the bottom of the sixth and had the bases loaded with one out, but the Pointers got a force out at home and a groundout to get out the inning. Augsburg didn't threaten in the seventh as the Pointers won 6-4.

Transfer pitcher Kayla Kastenmeier (Ashwaubenon/Ashwaubenon) (So.-Ashwaubenon) earned the win for the Pointers going six innings and striking out five. Allison Dorn (Greenville/Fox Valley Lutheran) (Jr.-Greenville/Fox Valley Lutheran) earned the save. Freshman Elyse Nelson (Batavia, IL/Batavia) was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and a home run to lead Stevens Point at the plate.

On Saturday against Concordia-Moorhead, neither game of the doubleheader would go the regulation seven innings as the Pointers won game one 18-0 in five innings and game two 10-0 in five innings.

It was all about the 10-run third inning in game one against the Cobbers. Samantha Bizeau (Gladstone, MI/Gladstone) drove in two in the top of the first to give the Pointers a 2-0 lead. Then in the third, Korryn Brooks (Stevens Point/SPASH) doubled to leadoff the inning. Two batters later Bizeau hit an infield single that plated Brooks. After a RBI single by Allison Dorn (Greenville/Fox Valley Lutheran), Chelsea McIlquham (Sun Prairie/Sun Prairie) (Sr.-Sun Prairie) hit a three-run home run to right center to make the score 7-0.

Stevens Point was not done in the inning as Niki Schomer (Marinette/Marinette) (Sr.-Marinette) hit a RBI single and Korryn Brooks (Stevens Point/SPASH) hit a RBI double to make it 9-0. Danielle Ashbeck (Wabeno/Wabeno) hit a RBI single and Samantha Bizeau (Gladstone, MI/Gladstone) capped off the inning with a two-run home run to give the Pointers a 12-0 advantage.

The Pointers got three more runs in both the fourth and fifth innings as Bizeau got an RBI in both of those innings as the Stevens Point won 18-0.

Samantha Bizeau (Gladstone, MI/Gladstone) finished the game 5-for-5 with seven RBIs. The five hits are tied for the second-most in a game and the seven RBIs are one shy of the record for most RBIs in a game. Stevens Point set a record with 23 hits in the game, breaking the previous record of 19 hits almost a year ago to the day.

Kayla Kastenmeier (Ashwaubenon/Ashwaubenon) struck out nine and allowed just one hit in six innings to improve to 2-0 this season.
In game two, the Pointers scored six runs in the fourth on their way to a 10-0 victory. Hope Krause (Mishicot/Mishicot) pitched a no-hitter in the five innings striking out four and walking one to improve to 2-0. It is the 15th no-hitter in school history and the first since the 2003 season.

Laura Van Abel (Kaukauna/Kaukauna) led off the game with a single to extend her hitting streak to 24 straight games. She later scored in the inning on a wild pitch. An unearned run and a pair of RBI singles made the score 4-0 entering the fourth inning.

In the bottom of the fourth, Elyse Nelson (Batavia, IL/Batavia) had a two-RBI infield single. Nelson later scored on an error to give the Pointers a 7-0 lead. Danielle Ashbeck (Wabeno/Wabeno) then hit a three-run home run to make the final score 10-0. Ashbeck was 2-for-3 with four RBIs to lead Stevens Point at the plate.

The Pointers will play in the Tucson Invitational Games in Arizona starting on Sunday, March 16th. The Pointers will face both Nazareth College and Eastern Connecticut State on Sunday. The Pointers first game will be at 4 p.m. local time.