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WHITEWATER – For the fifth straight season, the UW-Stevens Point baseball team emerged victorious from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, defeating UW-Whitewater 11-1 in a run-shortened seven inning affair on Saturday afternoon. The win gives the Pointers the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament, scheduled to begin May 13.

Tournament pairings will be announced on Monday morning.

The Warhawks defeated the Pointers the in the day's first game 3-2, forcing the decisive second game.

Play began on Saturday with the Pointers needing just one win to capture the conference title, but a late run by the Warhawks broke a 2-2 tie, giving Whitewater the game one victory and forcing a second game in the double-elimination tournament.

In game two, the Pointers jumped all over Warhawk pitching, as Sam Spurney (Manitowoc) hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the first with two outs, Cody Koback (Plover) added a solo shot in the second and Spurney again belted a three-run shot in the third, giving the Pointers the 7-1 lead.

Two more Pointer runs scored in the fourth and fifth innings, as Spurney drove in two more runs in the fourth on a two out single and Kyle Cummings (Prentice) drove in the final two Pointer runs in the fifth, again with two outs, to give the Pointers the 10-run edge.

Kyle Barry (Twin Lakes), who threw two innings in the Pointers win on Friday against the Warhawks picking up the save, threw seven innings in the decisive game on Saturday, allowing just three hits, striking out four. He surrendered just two walks, earning his sixth victory of the season.

Spurney finished the championship game with eight RBIs, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored.

The Warhakws Ben Versnik suffered the loss, his fourth of the season, lasting just one inning, surrendering the home run to Spurney. The Warhakws used five pitchers in game two, with none logging more than 1.2 innings.