WAUWAUTOSA, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point softball team (9-4) scored four times in the first inning en route to a 7-1 win at Wisconsin Lutheran College (5-3) on Monday.
 
Freshman Jessie Davidenko (Plainfield, Ill./North) and junior Madi Greenaberg (Downers Grove, Ill./North) each had a hit and two runs batted in.  Senior Sammy Buerger (Oshkosh, Wis./North) and sophomore Sara Traxel (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek) had two hits apiece and each scored a run.
 
The Pointers jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first.  Buerger and Lauren Luedtke (Lomira, Wis./Lomira) hit back-to-back one-out doubles to score the first run. Two batters later, Maddie Candre (St. Charles, Ill./East) drew a walk and promptly stole second.  Greenaberg followed with a two-RBI infield single.  Davidenko closed out the four-run inning with a run-scoring single to center.
 
Traxel started the third with single and Candre was hit by a pitch.  Both runners advanced into scoring position on a sac bunt by Greenaberg.  Davidenko drove in a run with a sac fly to center.  Freshman Kally VanLaanen (Green Bay, Wis./Ashwaubenon) singled to up UWSP's advantage to 6-0.
 
Becca Geiyer (Grayslake, Ill./Warren Township) led off the fourth with a single to right.  She moved all the way to third on a sac bunt and an error.  Buerger followed with a sac fly.
 
The Warriors got on the board in the bottom of the fourth after a leadoff double advanced on consecutive outs.
 
Makenna Tkach (Streator, Ill./Marquette Academy) picked up her fifth victory of the year with 5.0 solid innings.  She struck out four and scattered three hits.  MacKenzie Honish (Oconto, Wis./Oconto) tossed the final 2.0 frames with a pair of strikeouts.
 
The Pointers travel to Minnesota on Wednesday (March 24) for a twin bill against St. Benedict. First pitch is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.