DE PERE, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point softball team (9-21) racked up double-digit hits in both games of a non-conference split at St. Norbert (16-14) on Tuesday. Sophomore
Jen Jacobson (Bolingbrook, IL/Bolingbrook) scored twice and drove in three runs in a game one win, 8-6. She drove in three more in a 5-4 setback in game two.
Jacobson was one of three Pointers with two hits in each game.
Morgan Johnson (Combined Locks, WI/Kaukauna) had four hits and scored three runs.
Paige Allen (South Elgin, IL/South Elgin) went 4-for-8 with a run batted in and two runs scored.
Alyssa Cooper (Little Suamico, WI/Bay Port) scored three times and added three hits.
Paige Kitzing (Mount Pleasant, WI/J.I. Case),
Payton Mix (New London, WI/New London) and
Cori Semler (Hartford, WI/Hartford Union) also contributed multiple hits over the twin bill.
Game 1 – UWSP 8, SNC 6
Johnson led off the game with a first-pitch base hit. Cooper followed with a bunt single. Two batters later, Jacobson singled to put the Pointers in front, 2-0. UWSP later added an unearned run to up the advantage to three.
The host Green Knights turned a leadoff triple into a run in the bottom of the inning, but starter
Maddie Durie (Appleton, WI/East) stranded a pair on base to hold the lead.
In the second inning, SNC rallied for two runs on three hits to tie the game at 3-3. The game remained tied until the fifth.
Allen hit a one-out single and came around to score on a double by Jacobson. Two batters later, Mix singled to push home Jacobson for a two-run lead.
In the sixth,
Sydney Opdahl (Greenfield, WI/Whitnall) led off with a single. Johnson reached on a bunt single and a throwing error on a sac bunt plated a run for UWSP. Allen singled again to drive in a run and Mix sent another run home with a single.
The Green Knights got three runs back in the bottom of the sixth. Four hits, including two with two outs, accounted for the three runs. Reliever
Ashley Cohen (Wheaton, Ill./Glenbard South) nailed down the win with a scoreless seventh.
Game 2 – UWSP 4, SNC 5
St. Norbert got on the board in the bottom of the first on an inside-the-park home run. The Green Knights added a second run in the second inning following a leadoff double to take a 2-0 lead.
In the top of the third, Johnson and Cooper singled back-to-back with one out to put runners at the corners. Then with two down, Jacobson ripped a double to left-center to tie the game at 2-2.
Katie Uhlenbrauck (Hortonville, WI/Hortonville) doubled to begin the fourth. She moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Kitzing. An RBI groundout by Semler put the Pointers in front.
UWSP got a leadoff single from Johnson in the fifth. She advanced to second on a sac bunt by Cooper. Allen singled to put runners on the corners and Jacobson followed with a run-scoring single to give the Pointers a two-run lead.
In the bottom of the sixth, SNC tied the game with a two-run home run. A walk followed and came around to score to give the home side a one-run lead.
The Pointers return home for the final time in 2017 with a conference doubleheader on Wednesday versus UW-Oshkosh. First pitch is slated for 2:00 p.m. at McCarty Memorial Field.
