CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (UWSP-WSAU) — Monday saw the end of the No. 12 UW-Stevens Point baseball team’s run at the College World Series with a 5-2 loss to the defending national champions Salisbury (39-10) by a 5-2 final.
Aaron Simmons (Franklin, Wis./Franklin) concluded a massive senior season with another home run, his program record 22nd of the year, and singled in his final at-bat.
Quin Henwood (Appleton, Wis./North) also had two hits for the Pointers. Matt Baumann (New Berlin, Wis./Eisenhower), Payton Nelson (Wausau, Wis./West), Anthony Tomczak (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) and Jakob Boos (Littleton, Colo./Heritage) had one hit each. Logan Matson (Neillsville, Wis./Neillsville) scored a run.
The Pointers took the lead in the first as Simmons belted a solo home run to right-center. It was his team-leading 77th hit and school-record 74th run scored on the year.
In the second, UWSP added to its lead. Boos led off with a single and was replaced at first by Matson on a fielder’s choice. Baumann singled through the right side and the throw to third was errant allowing Matson to make it 2-0.
The Sea Gulls lifted their starter and the relief pitcher, Xavier Marmol, shut down the Pointers to the tune for four hits the rest of the way. Salisbury’s offense chased starter Casey Pickering (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) after posted single runs in the third and the fourth. In the fifth. The Sea Gulls put three runs on the board, the pivotal frame in the game.
Tyler Beyer (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Lincoln) entered in the fifth inning an finished the game on the mound. He tied a career-high with four strikeouts, including all three hitters in the eighth.
The Pointers (42-10) wrap up the season with a top-4 national finish and a program record for wins (42) and walks (278). Simmons set single-season records for home runs (22), runs scored (74), walks (49) and total bases (161). He left a mark on the program with career records in triples, his 17 also set the WIAC record, and total bases with 423. Nelson also set a school record with 50 career doubles.
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