April 27, 2003
PLATTEVILLE WINS REGULAR SEASON CONFERENCE TITLEMENOMONIE - After losing three games on Saturday, UW-Platteville came back to win two games on Sunday to claim the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Softball regular season title at the WIAC Cluster Tournament held at UW-Stout April 26-27.
The Pioneers posted a 12-4 conference record. They lost to UW-River Falls, UW-Superior and UW-La Crosse on Saturday. The Pioneers defeated UW-Eau Claire and UW-Stout Sunday. The Pioneers needed some help from arch-rival UW-Whitewater. Going into today's games, Platteville was tied with UW-La Crosse. The Eagles were blanked by Whitewater, 7-0, in their first game of the day.
In other news, UW-Stevens Point's Jill Van Wychen broke an NCAA Division
III record by hitting safely in her 36th consecutive game. Van Wychen safely
bunted in her first at-bat Sunday against River Falls. UW-Stout's Erin O'Connell
hit her 13th, 14th and 15th home runs of the season to extend her WIAC single season home
run record.
This was the second cluster tournament of the season. The first cluster tournament of the season was held at Stevens Point April 12-13. This is the second year the cluster tournament format has been used in WIAC scheduling.
The WIAC Softball Tournament is scheduled for May 2-4 in Platteville hosted by UW-Platteville. Seedings are expected to be available late Monday, April 28.
WIAC Cluster Tournament Schedule
(The team listed second is considered the home team)
Saturday, April 26
| Diamond No. 1 | Diamond No. 6 |
| Stevens Point 4, Superior 3 | Box | Oshkosh 7, Stout 6 | Box |
| River Falls 7, Platteville 2 | Box | Eau Claire 3, Whitewater 1 | Box |
| Superior 5, Platteville 2 | Box | Whitewater 1, Stout 0 | Box |
| La Crosse 6, Stevens Point 5 | Box |
Oshkosh 6, Eau Claire 3 (8 inn). | Box |
| La Crosse 5, Platteville 4 (10 inn) | Box | River Falls 8, Whitewater 2 | Box |
Sunday, April 27
| Diamond No. 1 | Diamond No. 6 |
| Platteville 4, Eau Claire 2. | Box | Whitewater 11, Superior 4. | Box |
| River Falls 8, Stevens Point 6 | Box | Superior 12, Oshkosh 10 | Box |
| Whitewater 7, La Crosse 0 | Box | Platteville 6, Stout 4 | Box |
| La Crosse 6, Oshkosh 1 | Box | Eau Claire 12, Stevens Point 0 (5 inn) | Box |
| River Falls 10, Oshkosh 6 | Box | Stout 5, Stevens Point 4 | Box |
WIAC Team Web Pages: UW-Eau Claire , UW-La Crosse , UW-Oshkosh , UW-Platteville , UW-River Falls , UW-Stevens Point , UW-Stout , UW-Superior , UW-Whitewater
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Updated: April 27, 2003