UW-Stout 7, UW-Stevens Point 0 |
UW-Stout 5, UW-Stevens Point 2
MENOMONIE (April 28, 2019) – UW-Stout held UW-Stevens Point scoreless for 13 consecutive innings on their way to a sweep over the Pointers, 7-0, 5-2, Sunday at Alumni Field.
Sommer Kunstmann worked six innings, sharing the shutout with
Madee Kleinschmidt, who threw the final inning. Kunstmann scattered six hits, while stranding 10 Pointers and striking out two.
Stout (18-17, 7-7 WIAC) got all the offense they would need in the first inning when they put a 5-spot on the board, keyed by
Kyncaide Diedrich's two-run home run.
Alicia Meyer plated two runners with a single. Diedrich,
Mary Iliopoulos and Jessica Christianson each had two hits. Diedrich finished with three RBI and Christiansen two.
In the nightcap,
Melea Bruns pitched six scoreless innings, but got in trouble in the seventh inning, giving way to Kleinschmidt, who came on with the potential tying run on deck in the seventh to earn the save.
The Blue Devils scored in the first on
Jessica Daley's single, then added a run in the third on Daley's sacrifice fly.
Renee Murphy drove in a pair of runs in a three-run fifth and Iliopoulos drew a bases loaded walk for Stout final run. Iliopoulos, who last season went 8-for-9 in a doubleheader with the Pointers, was walked her last three times at bat, twice intentionally.
Haley Barnes' RBI single in a two-run seventh gave the Pointers their first run of the day.
Daley was 2-for-2 with two RBI. Bruns was 2-for-3 in the game, including her first double of the season.
The Blue Devils need to win both games to stay in contention to qualify to the WIAC Championship, but tied for fifth with UW-Oshkosh, which swept UW-River Falls today. The Titans took two games from the Blue Devils during the season and earned the tie-breaker.
Stout will conclude the season Monday, April 29 at the University of Northwestern.
