Feb. 16—Wisconsin-Superior men's hockey earned a road sweep of Wisconsin-Stevens Point last weekend to conclude the regular season and with it a chance to play at home one more time in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament.
The Yellowjackets won 4-2 on Friday, Feb. 13 and 3-2 on Saturday, Feb. 14 to get into a tie for third-place in the six-team WIAC standings. Though UWS loses the tiebreaker with Wisconsin-River Falls, the two wins ensure the Yellowjackets will host the Pointers this weekend in the 4th-vs.-5th playoff game.
UWS gained the upper hand on Friday with a pair of goals late in the first period from Roope Tuomioksa and Ikki Kogawa, the latter coming on the power play.
The Pointers made it a one-goal game again just 16 seconds later, but never led, as Collin Pederson scored near the game's midpoint and Tyler Rider had a late empty-netter.
Jan Skorpik made 19 saves in the UWS net.
On Saturday, UWS scored the game's first three goals, then held on as the Pointers made it a one-goal game again.
Tuomioksa scored early, Chris Ishmael made it 2-0 in the second period and AJ Reed scored the 3-0 goal early in period three.
Skorpik finished with 29 saves.
UWS finishes the regular season 13-10-2 overall, 6-8-1 in the WIAC and will host the Pointers in a single-game playoff on Saturday, Feb. 21 at Wessman Arena in Superior.
Wisconsin-Superior women's basketball could not get the better of a Bethany Lutheran team that is still unbeaten in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference, as the Vikings took a 55-48 victory on their home floor on Saturday, Feb. 14 in North Mankato.
The UWS offense struggled with 20 turnovers and made only 2-for-14 3-point attempts but managed to stay within 25-22 at halftime and were still tied until the Vikings finished the third quarter on a 7-0 run for a 41-34 edge, then pushed their lead into double digits.
Hope Carlson scored 12 to lead UWS (10-13, 7-3 UMAC), while Maddie Reott added 10.
UWS will play at Crown on Wednesday night in its last road game of the regular season.
Wisconsin-Superior never fully recovered from a 25-point first half at Bethany Lutheran and stayed behind, falling 82-65 in North Mankato on Saturday.
A 19-4 run by the home team over a six-minute stretch of the first half made it 23-8 Bethany with 8:58 left until halftime. UWS trailed by 10 at halftime and closed to within four, 48-44, with 12:18 to play, but Bethany followed with a 15-2 run over the next four minutes to put it away.
Nick Nordaune's 11 points in 17 minutes led UWS offensively.
The Yellowjackets (6-17, 2-8 UMAC) travel to Crown on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Wisconsin-Superior softball opened its 2026 season with two games indoors in Dundas, Minnesota on Saturday, Feb. 14: a 9-2 loss to Carleton and a 7-4 win over Macalester.
UWS scored its two runs against Carleton on one hit in the top of the third on an RBI fielder's choice by Karen Balabon and an error. Six Yellowjackets had one hit apiece.
Against Macalester, Balabon, Peyton Bennett and Larissa Snyder had three hits apiece, while Samantha Swartz and Sophia Otto had two.
Abby Mitchell (Carlton/Wrenshall) allowed four runs on 11 hits for the victory.
UWS (1-1) has another indoor weekend Feb. 28-March 1 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin-Superior took advantage of some warm weather to get on the baseball field at Gustavus Adolphus on Sunday, Feb. 16, though the host Gusties took both games, 2-0 and 3-2.
In game one, the home team made two first-inning runs hold up and held UWS to four singles. Zach Romans took the loss, allowing two runs on four hits in four innings.
Brian O'Dwyer had an RBI single for UWS in the fifth inning of game two and was part of a double steal that gave the Yellowjackets a 2-1 lead in the seventh, but Gustavus' Isaiah Hasz hit a two-out, two-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth to win the game.
UWS (0-2) is next scheduled to be on the field Feb. 28 vs. Carleton at Marion, Iowa.