AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The UW-Stevens Point baseball team tallied five runs on Wednesday afternoon as the sixth-ranked Pointers handed the 24th-ranked Road Runners of Ramapo College a 5-2 defeat at Lake Myrtle Field.

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“I'm proud of our guys for playing a solid nine innings of baseball against a quality opponent in Ramapo,” said head coach Pat Bloom. “They have a potent offense and were averaging more than 10 runs per game coming in. You have to tip your hat to JP [Feyereisen] and Brad [Stroik] for putting us in a position to win.”

Ramapo entered the contest with a perfect 10-0 record and was hitting .377 as a team. They had had scored 31 runs and 21 runs in separate games this spring and were the nation's last undefeated team that had played 10 or more games.

After getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the first, the Pointers bats brought in the games first runs in the second as a Ryan Schilter (West Bend, WI/West) doubled to lead off the inning and came around to score on a Bryan Clark (Oshkosh, WI/North) double. Bobby Gregorich (Plover, WI/SPASH) doubled later in the inning to drive in Clark.

The Pointers added another run in the third when Justin Jirschele (Clintonville, WI/Clintonville) scored on another Schilter double. Runs also came across in both the fourth and fifth innings thanks to RBIs from Dan Douglas (East Troy, WI/East Troy) and Clark.

JP Feyereisen (River Falls, WI/River Falls) secured the victory, his first of the season, throwing four solid innings in relief of starter Zach Wendorf (Merrill, WI/Merrill). Brad Stroik (Stevens Point, WI/SPASH) finished the final five innings, allowing just three hits and recorded three strikeouts.

Ramapo (10-1) pitcher Walker Larson suffered the loss, his first of the appearance, allowing five runs, four earned, in 4.2 innings of work.

No. 6 UW-Stevens Point (6-1) returns to action on Thursday, March 22 with a pair of in-region games against St. Olaf College in Auburndale, Fla. First pitch is set for noon Eastern. Live stats will be available for both games.