STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point women's soccer team (1-2-0) scored four goals in the first half to pick up the first win of the year, 4-3 over visiting Hamline (1-1-0).
 
The Pipers scored the first goal of the match in the 10th minute of play.
 
The Pointers equalized in the 21st minute as Kati Frierdich (Neenah, Wis./Winneconne) drilled a free kick over the HU keeper's head.
 
Less than a minute later, the Pipers regained the lead with a goal off a cross.
 
In the 33rd minute, Lauren Johnson (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./SPASH) took a free kick from outside the box.  She powered the ball over the wall and the goalkeeper to put UWSP level again.
 
Two minutes, Olivia Piloni (Rochelle, Ill./Rochelle Township) put the Pointers in front for the first time all season.  She won a scramble in the box on a corner kick by Johnson.
 
UWSP wasn't done.  In the 40th minute, Jessica Camarato (DeForest, Wis./DeForest Area) scored her first career goal, the eventual game-winner.
 
Hamline added a goal in the 54th minute to make it a one-goal game.  UWSP goalkeeper Miranda Nieman (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Lincoln) made seven saves late in regulation to secure the win.
 
Nieman made nine saves in the match for her first win of the year.  Hamline's Lauren Sicora made four second-half saves.
 
The Pointers head out for a road match on Tuesday (Sept. 7) at Wheaton.  Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m.