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Five earn All-WIAC honors; most since 2014
Five earn All-WIAC honors; most since 2014

MADISON, Wis. – After what was arguably the best season for the UW-Platteville softball program in the past decade, five Pioneers were recognized by the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) for their individual efforts.

Pioneers name athletes of the week, Hoeppner and Gaul earn WIAC honors
Pioneers name athletes of the week
Pioneers split with UWO; playoff fate unknown
Pioneers split with UWO; playoff fate unknown

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The Pioneers took the first game of a doubleheader with UW-Oshkosh Saturday afternoon to keep their WIAC playoff hopes alive.

Shannon Gaul had five hits in the Pioneers' doubleheader at UW-La Crosse, including the game winning RBI single in the tenth inning of game two.
Softball gets important road wins

LA CROSSE, Wis. – In what were essentially must win games for UW-Platteville to keep their WIAC playoff hopes alive, the Pioneers held off UW-La Crosse for a doubleheader sweep at North Campus Field.

Ashton Hoeppner threw the eighth no-hitter in UW-Platteville history Tuesday afternoon in the Pioneers' 11-0 win over Wisconsin Lutheran.
Hoeppner throws Pioneers’ first no-hitter since 2008

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – On a perfect afternoon for softball at Neumann Family Field, Pioneer freshmen Ashton Hoeppner put herself in the UW-Platteville record book by becoming the eighth pitcher in program history to throw a no-hitter and the first since Maggie Mediicott in 2008.

Pioneers name athletes of the week
Pioneers name athletes of the week
Softball falls in pitching duals with Blue Devils
Softball falls in pitching duals with Blue Devils

MENOMONIE FALLS, Wis. – There were only six combined runs over 15 innings of play in UW-Platteville’s back-to-back 2-1 losses Sunday afternoon at UW-Stout.

Cayleen Ryan tied the UW-Platteville single game record for hits in a 5-for-5 performance in game one against UW-River Falls.
Ryan ties single game hits record in split with UW-River Falls

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – A four-run top of the first inning sent UW-Platteville  on their way to a 10-2 game one win over UW-River Falls Saturday afternoon at the UW-Platteville Softball Complex.

Alejandra Ochoa went 3-for-6 with three RBI and two runs scored in a doubleheader against UW-Stevens Point Friday afternoon.
Pioneers grab two conference wins against UW-Stevens Point

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – A blowout and a nail biter both fell UW-Platteville’s way Friday afternoon at the Softball Complex.

Pioneers name athletes of the week
Pioneers name athletes of the week
Softball on the wrong side of two one-run games
Softball on the wrong side of two one-run games

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The UW-Platteville softball team combined for 16 hits and limited a tough UW-Whitewater offense to five runs total in two games Tuesday night at the UW-Platteville Softball Complex, but the Pioneers couldn’t recover from two late inning surges by the Warhawks.

Collective effort gives Pioneers a sweep of Spartans
Collective effort gives Pioneers a sweep of Spartans

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – With warm temperatures finally making their way to Platteville there seemed to be an extra spring in the Pioneers’ step Thursday night at the UW-Platteville Softball Complex.

Pioneers name athletes of the week
Pioneers name athletes of the week
Abby Burns threw six shutout innings in a 2-0 UW-Platteville victory against Cornell and collected her first career win.
Pioneers’ pitching stifles Cornell

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – Two days after giving up 12 runs in a pair of games in their WIAC opener the UW-Platteville pitching staff surrendered only a single run to Cornell in a doubleheader.