STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The No. 22 UW-Stevens Point softball team (25-3, 5-1) is tied for first place in the WIAC after a sweep of UW-Platteville (21-7, 2-4) on Monday. The Pointers hit three home runs for the second-straight outing in a 4-1 victory in game one. UWSP finished the sweep with a 3-1 win in game two.
 
Rachel Baker (Richmond, Ill./Richmond-Burton Community) extended her hitting streak to 10 games with three hits on the day. She hit one of UWSP's three long balls. Jesse Klicker (Spring Grove, Ill/Richmond-Burton Community) hit her third home run in the last two games and had three hits on the day.
 
Allie Meyers (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) hit her first career home run in game one. She had two hits on the day, one in each game, and drove in two runs. Sophia Heckendorf (Jackson, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) and Emma Stolzman (McHenry, Ill./McHenry Community) each had a two-hit game on Monday.
 
In the circle, Morgan Harwood (Neenah, Wis./Neenah) and Ashley Zygowski (Saukville, Wis./Port Washington) had a win and a save each. Both are now 9-1 on the season.
 
Game 1 – UWSP 4, UWP 1
Klicker led off the bottom of the first with a solo home run to put the Pointers in front. It was her third home run in four at-bats since game two on Saturday began.
 
After the Pioneers tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the fourth, it didn't stay tied for long. Meyers hit the first pitch of the bottom of the fourth over the left-field fence for her first career round-tripper. Heckendorf followed up with a single. She moved to second on a sac bunt and scored on a pinch-hit double by Sawyer Holberg (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Lincoln) for a 3-1 lead.
 
With two away in the fifth, Baker belted a first-pitch home run to left to push the advantage to 4-1.
 
Harwood went 4.0 to earn her ninth win of the year. She struck out four. Zygowski notched her 10th save of the season with 3.0 innings of one-hit action. She struck out three.
 
Game 2 – UWSP 3, UWP 1
The Pioneers pushed across a run in the top of the first on a pair of hits.
 
Kaitlyn Roberts (Yorkville, Ill./Yorkville) hit a double with one away in the bottom of the first. She moved to third on a wild pitch. Sara Traxel (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek) drew a walk to put runners at the corners. Baker grounded out but drove in the tying run. Meyers then reached on an error as another run came home.
 
Baker singled with two down in the third. She stole second and scored on a single by Meyers to push the lead to 3-1.
 
Zygowski earned the win, her ninth of the year, with 4.2 scoreless innings in relief. She struck out three. Harwood picked up her second save with a perfect seventh with one strikeout. Elli Matzke (Glendale Heights, Ill./Glenbard North) struck out two in 1.1 frames in the start.
 
The Pointers travel to UW-Oshkosh on Wednesday (April 24) for a 2:00 p.m. doubleheader.