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STEVENS POINT – The 22nd-ranked UW-Stevens Point baseball team completed the four-game sweep over UW-Platteville today to finish 12-0 at University Field, as the Pointers won game one 14-4 in eight innings and game two 11-7.

The Pointers improve to 19-8 overall and 11-3 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). The last time the Pointers finished unbeaten at home was 2006 when they went 13-0. The Pioneers drop to 12-16 overall and to 5-9 in conference action.

In game one, the Pioneers manufactured a run on two singles in the first inning to take an early 1-0 lead. Stevens Point tied it up in the second inning when with two outs the Pioneers committed an error to allow Jared Surman (Kimberly/Kimberly) (Fr.-Kimberly) to score. The Pointers took the lead after a five-run third inning. With two outs and the bases loaded Garett Bloom (Tomah/Tomah) (Jr.-Tomah) ripped a bases-clearing double over the left fielder's head to make the score 4-1. Stewart Larsen (Sturgeon Bay/Sturgeon Bay) (Sr.-Sturgeon Bay) then drove in Bloom with a RBI single and later scored following an error to give the Pointers a 6-1 lead.

Platteville got two runs back in the top of the fourth with a two-run single. Another two-out double by Brad Frank (Slinger/Slinger) (Sr.-Slinger) made the score 7-3 after five innings. The Pioneers cut the lead to three in the top of the seventh with a leadoff home run. They then brought the tying run to the plate, but Tyler Lorenz (Pembine/Pembine-Goodman) (So.-Pembine/Pembine-Goodman) got the batter to ground out to end the threat.

In the bottom frame, Doug Coe (Appleton/North) (Sr.-Appleton/North) got an infield single with the bases loaded to get a run in and then Jared Surman (Kimberly/Kimberly) drew a walk to make the score 9-4. Brandon Scheidler (Chippewa Falls/McDonell) (Sr.-Chippewa Falls/McDonell) then had a two-run single to extend the lead to 11-4. With the bases loaded again in the eighth, Kyle Cummings (Prentice/Prentice) (Jr.-Prentice) was hit by a pitch to force in a run and Jared Surman (Kimberly/Kimberly) hit a double down the right field line to allow two to score and end the game 14-4 in eight innings.

Joel Delorit (Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door) (Fr.-Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door) (3-0) got the win as he struck out eight in 6.2 innings. Tyler Lorenz (Pembine/Pembine-Goodman) got the save for the Pointers. Brandon Scheidler (Chippewa Falls/McDonell) was 3-for-4 with two RBIs to lead Stevens Point at the plate.

Stevens Point loaded the bases again in the bottom of the first of game two. Brad Frank (Slinger/Slinger) scored on a groundout and then Justin Bushong (Rhinelander/Rhinelander) (Sr.-Rhinelander) followed with a two-run double to left center to make the score 3-0. After a Platteville error prolonged the bottom of the third, Stewart Larsen (Sturgeon Bay/Sturgeon Bay) hit a triple that scored two runs. Then an infield single allowed Larsen to score to make it 6-0.

Another Pioneer error in the fourth gave the Pointers life and Larsen again hit a two-run single to make it 8-0. A bases loaded walk and a sacrifice fly in the fifth gave Stevens Point a 10-0 lead. Platteville would not give up however as they got five runs in the top of the sixth to cut the lead in half 10-5. The Pioneers cut the lead to 10-6 in the top of the seventh.

The Pointers broke the Pioneers momentum in the eighth with a RBI single by Tim Schlosser (Oconomowoc/Oconomowoc) (Sr.-Oconomowoc) to make it 11-6. The Pioneers got a run in the ninth, but that's all they would get as the Pointers won 11-7.

Mitch Kouba (Maribel/Denmark) (Fr.-Maribel/Denmark) (2-1) got the win in relief for the Pointers. Jared Surman (Kimberly/Kimberly) and Tim Schlosser (Oconomowoc/Oconomowoc) each had three-hit performances and Stewart Larsen (Sturgeon Bay/Sturgeon Bay) was 2-for-3 with four RBIs. Schlosser also broke the school record by appearing in his 172nd game for the Pointers.

The Pointers will be on the road on Wednesday when they travel back to Oshkosh for a doubleheader. The first pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tiedemann Field.