After blasting UW-Oshkosh 21-2 in game one of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament Friday, the Warhawks fell to host UW-Stevens Point 6-5 in the second game of the day.  The tournament uses a double-elimination format so UW-Whitewater (32-10) remains alive and will play UW-Oshkosh again Saturday in a game beginning at 10:00 at University Field in Stevens Point.

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Strange things happen on Friday the 13th and that's exactly what happened in the first inning Friday as UW-W plated a run with the bases loaded on a catcher's interference call.  The 1-0 lead didn't last long as the Pointers knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly to tie the score in the bottom half of the first.

The Pointers, the regular season WIAC champion, took the lead in the bottom of the second scoring two runs; one on a double and the other on a single, but UW-W battled back to tie the score in the top of the third on a two RBI single by Brent Young.

Stevens Point regained the lead in the bottom of the third using five hits to plate three and go up 6-3.

Young led off the sixth with a solo homer to left field, his third of the season and his second of the day, to bring the Warhawks to within two, 6-4.

Whitewater mounted a comeback in the top of the ninth when Matt Beyer started the inning with a double down the right field line.  Two batters, and outs, later Daniel Putnam belted his eleventh double of the season to left center to plate Beyer and put the tying run in scoring position.  The Pointers removed starter Scott Williams in favor of Joel Delorit, normally a starter.  Delorit walked Andrew Eichstaedt to put the winning run on base but a ground out to end the threat and the game.

UW-W pitcher Justin Lambert went the distance scattering 13 hits and six runs while striking out four and walking one.  Williams earned the victory for Point and Delorit the save, his first of the season.

Putnam, Young, and Beyer were the only Warhawks to collect multiple hits (two apiece) and Young did the most damage notching three RBI and scoring one run.

The Warhawks and Titans will face off for the sixth time this season on Saturday with the loser eliminated from the WIAC tournament.  The winner of the game will advance to play UW-Stevens Point at 1:00.  Either team will have to defeat the Pointers twice to claim the tournament title.  The winner of the tournament receives the automatic bid into the NCAA Division III championship beginning May 18.

For additional information, John Vodenlich, UW-W head coach, vodenlij@uww.edu or 262-472-1420