CLERMONT, Fla. – Makenna Tkach (Streator, Ill./Marquette Academy) and MacKenzie Honish (Oconto, Wis./Oconto) combined for the 19th no-hitter in program history as the UW-Stevens Point softball team (13-5) defeated SUNY Old Westbury (0-9) in game one, 17-1, in five innings. The Pointers split on the day falling to MIT (8-7) in game two, 3-0.
 
Tkach and Honish combined for nine strikeouts and allowed just three bases runners, all walks.
 
Offensively, Sara Traxel (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek) had two hits, two runs scored and four RBI in game one.  Maddie Candre (St. Charles, Ill./East) also had a pair of hits in the opener. She had one of UWSP's three hits in game two. Candre scored two runs in game one.
 
Meg Lawrence (Antioch, Ill./Antioch Community), Emmie Cibrario (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper), Delaney Kunkel (Manhattan, Ill./Lincoln Way West) and Jayden Prondzinski (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) registered two hits apiece in game one. Lawrence also had a hit in game two. Kunkel had three RBI while scoring twice. Lawrence had two RBI and a runs scored. Cibrario crossed the plate three times and drove in one. Prondzinski scored two runs.
 
Game 1: UWSP 17, SUNY Old Westbury 1 (5)
UWSP broke a scoreless tie in a big way in the second inning. Rachel Baker (Richmond, Ill./Richmond-Burton Community) was hit by a pitch to start the frame. The first Panthers' error put two in scoring position and Kunkel hit a sac fly to drive in the first run. Walks by Cibrario and Candre loaded the bases. Jesse Klicker (Spring Grove, Ill/Richmond-Burton Community) drove in a run on a fielder's choice and the bases remained loaded. Traxel reached on an infield single and another Panthers' miscue plated two on the play. After a walk to Becca Geiyer (Grayslake, Ill./Warren Township), Lawrence drove in a run with an infield single. The third error of the inning allowed another run to score and Kunkel plated two more runs with a double for a 9-0 lead.
 
Candre led off the third with a double to center. With two away, the Panthers committed another error as UWSP made it 10-0.
 
Prondzinski legged out a bunt single to begin the fourth. An error and a single by Cibrario led to another run. Two batters later, Tenley Gassner (Lomira, Wis./Lomira) hit a single to load the bases. Old Westbury committed another error as UWSP extended the lead to 12-0. Allie Meyers (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) followed with a single up the middle scoring two runs. Lawrence followed with a sac fly to push the score to 15-0.
 
Old Westbury worked two walks and took advance of a pair of wild pitches to break the shutout in the bottom of the fourth.
 
In the fifth, Prondzinski again reached on an infield hit. Singles by Kunkel and Cibrario loaded the bases. With two away, Traxel singled through the left side pushing home two more runs.
 
Game 2: UWSP 0, MIT 3
Scoring was at a premium in game two. Lawrence led off the UWSP second with a single, but the Pointers couldn't capitalize.
 
In the third, MIT got two hits to take the lead, 1-0. Candre led off the fourth with a single and remained there as the inning closed. Jenna Eilers (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) beat out an infield single with one away in the fifth, but again UWSP couldn't generate a scoring rally.
 
The Engineers posted two runs in the six on three hits to complete the scoring.
 
Abby Van Beek (Mayville, Wis./Mayville) went 4.0 innings with two strikeouts. Tkach had one strikeout in 3.0 frames of relief.
 
The Pointers will return to Wisconsin and open the home slate on Thursday (March 31) with a 2:00 p.m. doubleheader against Lakeland.