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University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Athletics

OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF UW-STEVENS POINT
Emmie Cibrario
9
Winner UW-Stevens Point UWSP 28-11
4
UW-Eau Claire UWECSB 27-14
Winner
UW-Stevens Point UWSP
28-11
9
Final
4
UW-Eau Claire UWECSB
27-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UW-Stevens Point UWSP 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 9 12 2
UW-Eau Claire UWECSB 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 4 2

W: Harwood, Morgan (15-3) L: Jacie Schultz (12-4) S: Zygowski, Ashley (9)

Game Recap: Softball |

Pointers Advance to WIAC Tournament Semifinals with Win over UWEC

WHITEWATER, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point softball team (28-11) earned a 9-4 win over UW-Eau Claire (27-14) in the quarterfinals of the WIAC Tournament (presented by Culver's) on Friday.
 
Senior Emmie Cibrario (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) went 4-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases. Kaitlyn Roberts (Yorkville, Ill./Yorkville) and Sophie Schmidt (Twin Lakes, Wis./Wilmot Union) had two hits and two runs scored each. Schmidt also drove in two runs.
 
The Pointers had five stolen bases in the game setting a new program single season record with 114 steals this season.
 
Roberts led off the second inning with a single. Two batters later, Cibrario singled to put runners on the corners. With two away, Trinity Otto (Mequon, Wis./Homestead) got UWSP on the board with an RBI single.
 
Rachel Baker (Richmond, Ill./Richmond-Burton Community), Cibrario and Schmidt hit consecutive one-out singles in the fourth to load the bases. A wild pitch plated one run. A fielder's choice and a throwing error allowed two more runs to cross the plate as UWSP took a 4-0 lead.
 
After UWEC got a run in the fourth, Jesse Klicker (Spring Grove, Ill/Richmond-Burton Community) singled to begin the fifth. Roberts followed with a single and, two batters later, Cibrario singled to drive in a run. Schmidt reached on a fielder's choice as the Pointers scored again for a 6-1 advantage.
 
The Blugolds got three runs in the sixth to cut UWSP's lead to 6-4.
 
Baker reached on an error to start the seventh. Cibrario and Schmidt had consecutive singles to drive in one run. With one away, Sophia Heckendorf (Jackson, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) singled to plate one run. Ella Smith (Johnsburg, Ill./Johnsburg) followed with a sac fly as UWSP went up, 9-4.
 
Morgan Harwood (Neenah, Wis./Neenah) went 5.0 innings with six strikeouts and four hits allowed to earn the win. Ashley Zygowski (Saukville, Wis./Port Washington) notched the save with 2.0 hitless and scoreless innings. She struck out three.

The Pointers face UW-Oshkosh in the semifinals at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday (May 10). The winner faces the winner of UW-Platteville and UW-Whitewater at 4:00 p.m. in the championship game.
 
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