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This Week in Yellowjacket Athletics

General Joe Hansen

This Week in Yellowjacket Athletics (5/4/17)

Last Week's Highlights
- The University of Wisconsin Superior honored each of its athletics award winners from spring 2016 until winter 2016-17 while also handing out its major awards for the year on Tuesday evening.

Baseball (11-23, 5-7 UMAC)
- Yellowjacket baseball took on the University of Wisconsin Stout on Wednesday at Wheratt Field beginning a string of eight games within five days. UW-Superior takes on St. Olaf College in a rescheduled non-conference doubleheader on Thursday. The Oles are 11-22 on the season after taking on Carleton College on Wednesday afternoon. The Yellowjackets will wrap up Upper Midwest Athletic Conference play this weekend hosting a pair of league doubleheaders at Whereatt Field. North Central University arrives on campus Saturday just 2-10 against UMAC foes, while the University of Northwestern comes in Sunday for a rescheduled twinbill. The Eagles are 4-7 and battling with UWS and Northland College for the final playoff spot heading into the final weekend of the regular season.

Softball (16-15, 97-7 UMAC)
- The Yellowjackets are in action at the UMAC Tournament beginning Thursday morning. The fourth-seeded UW-Superior opens the playoffs against fifth seed Bethany Lutheran College, with the winner advancing to take on top-seeded The College of St. Scholastica at 2 p.m. The loser will not be eliminated from the double elimination format but will have a must-win game at 4 p.m. against the loser of the 12 p.m. opening round game between second-seed Crown College and the third-seed University of Northwestern. The Yellowjackets split their conference doubleheader with Bethany Lutheran on Saturday, April 22, winning game two 4-0 after a Viking walk-off victory in the seventh inning of game one. The tournament continues into Friday and Saturday.

Men's and Women's Track & Field
- UW-Superior will be competing at the two-day UMAC Championships meet on Friday and Saturday. The Yellowjacket men's team is the defending champion in the event, and UWS returns the UMAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Meet from earlier this season in senior Alex Fathie (Rochester, Minn./John Marshall H.S.) and sophomore C.J. Pillath (Coleman, Wis./Coleman H.S.). The men currently have 28 athletes on the UMAC top-five performers for 2017. On the women's side, the Yellowjackets boast UMAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet Svenja Ruehl (Kirchuers, Germany/Gymnasium Philippinum Marburg). UW-Superior has 18 women in the top-five performances for the UMAC this spring season.

Follow Live!
Thursday, May 4
- Softball vs. Bethany Lutheran - UMAC Tournament (Duluth, Minn.) - 10 a.m.
Live stats & Video | Tournament site (Mostly sunny, High: 55°, Precipitation chance: 10%, winds ENE 8 mph)
- Baseball @ St. Olaf (Northfield, Minn.) - 2:30 p.m.
Live Video (Partly cloudy, High: 64°, Precip chance: 10%, winds N 13 mph)

Friday, May 5
- Men's & Women's Track & Field @ UMAC Championships (Collegeville, Minn.) - 4 p.m.
Live coverage | Championships page (Sunny, High: 71°, precip chance: 10%, winds WSW 10 mph)

Saturday, May 6
- Men's & Women's Track & Field @ UMAC Championships (Collegeville, Minn.) - 11 a.m.
Live coverage | Championships page (Sunny, High: 64°, Precip chance: 0%, winds NE 7 mph)
- Baseball vs. North Central (Whereatt Field) - 1:30 p.m. - DH
Live stats | iFan.tv (Partly cloudy, High: 53°, Precip chance: 10%, winds ENE 9 mph)

Sunday, May 7
- Baseball vs. Northwestern (Whereatt Field) - 1 p.m. - DH
Live stats | iFan.tv (Sunny, High: 58°, Precip chance: 0%, winds E 5 mph)
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Players Mentioned

Alex Fathie

Alex Fathie

6' 1"
Senior
CJ Pillath

CJ Pillath

6' 3"
Sophomore
Svenja Ruehl

Svenja Ruehl

5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Alex Fathie

Alex Fathie

6' 1"
Senior
CJ Pillath

CJ Pillath

6' 3"
Sophomore
Svenja Ruehl

Svenja Ruehl

5' 6"
Junior