WHITEWATER, Wis.- UW-Oshkosh softball beat UW-Stevens Point, 3-0, in its first game of the WIAC Tournament (presented by Culver's) on Saturday (May 10) to advance to the championship game against UW-Platteville, winning 9-2.
 
The No. 18 nationally ranked Titans (36-6) moved to a 56-64 record in the WIAC Tournament with the pair of wins and won the third tournament title in program history. Oshkosh previously claimed the 2008 and 2021 crowns.
 
With the championship, the Titans earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship. They will find out where they will start their national tournament trip during the selection show on Monday (May 12) at 10 a.m. The selection show will be broadcast live on NCAA.com.
 
Oshkosh has made 11 appearances in the Division III Championship, most recently reaching the World Series and finishing fifth last season.
 
UW-Oshkosh recorded 17 hits including four doubles, and three home runs across the pair of games, adding three stolen bases. Titan pitchers struck out four batters and allowed just two earned runs.
 
Sixth-seeded UW-Stevens Point (28-12) got to day two of the tournament with a 9-4 win over third-seeded UW-Eau Claire on Friday (May 9).
 
Brianna Bougie (Oshkosh/Oshkosh West) threw the complete game shutout against the Pointers, allowing just four hits, four walks, and one hit batter while striking out one. She held Stevens Point to just two runners that reached second base.
 
Haylie Wittman (Kaukauna/Kaukauna) went 2-for-3 with a run in Oshkosh's first game of the day while Cali Divito (Inverness, Ill./Fremd) hit 1-for-2 with a walk and two RBIs.
 
Amanda Martineck (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) led off the second inning with a single through the right side of the infield and Lizzie Slobodecki (Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North) came on to pinch run for her. A Wittman single moved Slobodecki to second before Divito doubled to score both runners and put Oshkosh up, 2-0.
 
The Titans added their third run in the third inning when Morgan Rau (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) hit a one out solo home run.
 
Oshkosh put runners on second and third base in the fifth inning when Divito drew a leadoff walk, Abby Garceau (Mishicot/Mishicot) reached on a bunt, and Sydney Rau (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) laid down a sacrifice bunt. Morgan Rau (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) recorded the second out before the bases were loaded when Olivia Ullman (Denmark/Denmark) was intentionally walk. The Pointers escaped without allowing a run when Martineck popped up to third base.
 
With the win, the Titans earned their first win over Stevens Point this season after dropping both regular season contests on April 23.
 
UW-Platteville (26-15), the five seed in the tournament, reached the championship game by defeating four seed UW-La Crosse, 9-0, in six innings on Friday and beating top seed and host UW-Whitewater, 1-0, in Saturday's first contest.
 
Grace Nardi (Marquette, Mich./Negaunee) started in the circle for the championship, going four innings and fanning three batters. She allowed two runs on three hits, three walks, and a hit batter, earning her 11th win of the season. Brianna Bougie (Oshkosh/Oshkosh West) earned her seventh save of the season with three relief innings of scoreless work. She allowed three hits and two walks while striking out a pair of Pioneers.
 
Sophie Wery (Seymour/Seymour Community) went a perfect 4-for-4 against Platteville, sending in two RBIs with two doubles. Martineck hit 2-for-3 with a walk, two home runs, three runs, and three RBIs. Divito scored a pair of runs on a 2-for-4 game, a double, and an RBI.
 
The Pioneers broke the 0-0 tie in the second inning with a two-run home run to left field. Oshkosh claimed the lead in the bottom half of the frame. Divito notched a ground-rule double to lead off the inning and scored when Wittman reached on an error. Martineck hit her first homer of the game in the following at-bat to make the score 3-1. Maddie Crick (Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove), pinch running for Wery who reached on a single, tallied the fourth run on a reach-on-error for Sydney Rau (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South).
 
Wery tied the WIAC's all-time RBI record in the third inning, sending Divito home on a bunted single.
 
UW-Oshkosh went up, 7-2, in the fourth inning. Sydney Rau (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) beat out a leadoff infield single and advanced to second when Morgan Rau (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) laid down a sacrifice bunt. She moved to third on a single for Ullman and scored when she and Ullman pulled off a double steal. Ullman advanced to third on the play, scoring when Divito grounded out.
 
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Martineck knocked her second ball out of the park with a leadoff home run. Wery double and moved to third when Sarah Hammerton (Appleton/Appleton West) singled to left field. Mary Kate Quaid (Aurora, Ill./Oswego East) then drew a walk to load the bases, however the Pioneers sat the next three Titans down in order to save more runs.
 
The first two Titans to bat in the sixth inning got out before Martineck walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Wery passed Suzanne Gersich, who played for UW-Whitewater from 2006 to 2009, as the all-time conference leader in RBIs at 171 with a double that scored Martineck for Oshkosh's ninth run.
 
The Pioneers reached third base on a groundout in the top of the seventh and threatened to score, but the next batter flew out to Morgan Rau (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) at shortstop and the Titans secured the automatic bid to the national championship.