Women's Basketball

February 2, 2002

MENOMONIE - The free throw line was not kind to UW-Stout down the final stretch, but it was from the charity stripe the Blue Devils would seal a 72-71 win over UW-Oshkosh, Saturday, Feb. 2, to stay in sole possession of first place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).

In front of a Johnson Fieldhouse crowd of more than 1200, the hometown Blue Devils had allowed Oshkosh to come back from a 15 point lead and even take a 70-69 lead with 1:51 left in the game.

Stout (17-4, 12-1) could not keep the Titans at bay, missing 5-of-7 free throws in a nearly seven minute stretch that saw Oshkosh (16-5, 9-3) claw their way back.

But down, 71-70, Stout's Tanya Halbach (Jr, Janesville) made the front end of two free shots with six seconds left in the game to tie the score. Five seconds later, Halbach was fouled on top of the key with 1.7 seconds left. Halbach missed the first chance and then was iced by Oshkosh with a full timeout. A minute later, Halbach stepped to the line and tweaked the twine for the win.

Oshkosh tossed the ball downcourt, but the ball was tipped out of bounds with .3 seconds left and the Titans could not get the ball towards the hoop in time.

The first half was fairly even, but Stout went on a 15-8 run in the final four minutes to take a 40-34 halftime lead.

Stout built up as much as a 15 point lead midway through the second half, built largely on Halbach's eight points during the run. The Titans started to attack inside as well as forcing 13 second half Stout turnovers to turn the game around. After Halbach's bucket with 5:15 left, Stout did not score from the floor again.

Halbach led Stout with 17 points. Sara Kahl (So, Menomonie) had 14, and Stacie Anderson (Sr, Clayton) added 12.

The Titans' Jamie Turtenwald led all scorers with 19 points. Melissa Schweitzer chipped in 18 points and Kristin Steckmesser and Kay Mikolajczak each had 11 points.

Stout will be at UW-River Falls, Wednesday, Feb. 6, then will close the home portion of the regular season when they host UW-Whitewater, Saturday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m.

January 30, 2002

EAU CLAIRE - When it came down to crunch time, UW-Stout made their free throws and made the big plays, coming out of a battle on the winning side with a 71-65 decision at UW-Eau Claire's Zorn Arena. The win keeps Stout in sole possession of first place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).

In a game that featured 18 lead changes and 10 ties, Stout (16-4, 11-1) took the lead for good with 4:09 remaining in the game when Sara Kahl (So, Menomonie) connected on a lay-up for a 62-61 lead.

Amy Zelinger (Sr, Racine) followed that up 30 seconds later with two shots from the line to give Stout a 64-61 lead. The Blugolds' Kristi Channing - who finished with a game-high 23 points - pulled Eau Claire back to within two, 64-63, with three minutes left.

Lindsey Erichsen (Fr, Spring Valley, Minn) broke a 90 second scoring lull by both teams with 1:38 left, giving Stout a 66-63 lead. Channing added another bucket with a minute remaining to tighten the score at 66-65.

Erin Churchill (Fr, Plum City) gave Stout a three point, 68-65 lead from the line. Stacie Anderson (Sr, Clayton) went to the line with 21 seconds left, dropping the first, but missing the second. Eau Claire (17-3, 9-3) worked the ball to their end of the court, getting inside, but Stout's Laura Verdegan (So, Tony) blocked a shot to Zelinger who raced coast-to-coast for the lay-in and the final score.

Stout had a balanced attack, with Tanya Halbach (Jr, Janesville) scoring 12 points. Verdegan and Kahl each tossed in 11 points. Lindsey Williams had 10 points for Eau Claire.

Coupled with a Blue Devil win in December at Johnson Fieldhouse, this marked the first time Stout has swept Eau Claire since the 1996-97 season, the last time Stout won the conference title.

Men's Basketball

February 2, 2002

OSHKOSH - Overtime and UW-Oshkosh have not agreed with UW-Stout. For the second time this season, the Blue Devils fell to the Titans in overtime as Oshkosh took a 66-64 win in Oshkosh, Saturday, Feb. 2.

The Titans (16-4, 8-4) took a five point lead in overtime, but the Blue Devils whittled the lead down. Jeff Vandenberghe (So, Coon Rapids, Minn) nailed a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left to pull Stout (11-10, 6-7) to within one, 65-64. The Titans' Scott Sowinski sealed the win for Oshkosh with a single free throw with seven seconds left.

Stout trailed 27-23 at halftime, but came back to take as much as a five point lead with 2:38 left in the second half. The Titans took a one point, 55-54 lead with a minute remaining. Nate Templer (So, Beaver Dam) went to the line for the Blue Devils to sink one free throw with 37 seconds left to send the game into overtime.

The Titans had a marked advantage from the free throw line, hitting 22-of-35 charity shots and nailed 5-of-6 charity shots in overtime The Blue Devils were no slouches from the line, though, nailing 13-of-14 chances.

Templer led Stout with 14 points before fouling out. Steve Krueger (Sr, Three Lakes) had 12 points and Barrington Smith (Jr, Oklahoma City, Okla), 11.

The Titans' Nate Miller led all scorers with 17 points. Nick Scherer and Sowinski finished with 13 points. The Blue Devils held the conference's leading scorer, Tim Dvorak, to 11 points, 12 points under his average.

Stout returns to Johnson Fieldhouse, to host UW-River Falls, Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. The Blue Devils will be at UW-Whitewater, Saturday, Feb. 9.

January 30, 2002

MENOMONIE - UW-Eau Claire's Andy Witte tipped in a missed shot by Jason Larson with 8.9 seconds left in the game to give the Blugolds a 69-67 edge-of-the-seat win over UW-Stout, Wednesday, Jan. 30 at Johnson Fieldhouse.

Eau Claire (11-10, 3-9) had only moments before taken their first lead of the game since very early in the contest when Larson, playing after missing the last three games, connected on a lay-up to give Eau Claire a 65-63 lead with 1:18 left. Stout's Steve Krueger (Sr, Three Lakes), but Larson again gave Eau Claire the lead.

Stout's Dave Larson (Sr, La Crescent, Minn) tied the game at 67-67 with 25 seconds remaining. Eau Claire broke the Blue Devils' full court pressure, and Jason Larson pulled up from near the top of the arc. The shot hit the front of the iron, rebounded off and Witte tossed the ball down the twine.

Stout (11-9, 6-6) had a couple of shots at the basket, but could only draw iron.

Throughout the second half, Stout would build a slight lead, but the Blugolds - in particular Steve Syrjala - nailed a number of 3-pointers to keep Eau Claire close. Syrjala led all scorers with 25 points, pouring in six 3-pointers, four in the second half. Eau Claire finished with 12 long distance bombs.

Eau Claire got 13 points each from Larson and Ryan Wietor. Stout was led by Andy Bray (Fr, Menominee, Mich) with 12 points. Krueger, Barrington Smith (Jr, Oklahoma City, Okla) and Dave Loewe (Sr, Hiles) each finished with 10 points.

Both teams shot better than 60 percent in the second half, with Eau Claire hitting 61.5 percent (16-26) and Stout shooting 64 percent (16-25). For the game, Eau Claire shot 49.1 percent and Stout, 48.3 percent.

Men's Ice Hockey

February 2, 2002

SUPERIOR - UW-Superior scored five goals in the third period to blow UW-Stout off the ice, 10-2, Saturday, Feb. 2 at Superior, in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) contest.

The Yellowjackets gave Blue Devil goalie, Nathan Anderson (Fr, Rosemount, Minn), a rude welcome-to-the-league party in Anderson's first collegiate start, pelting him with 49 shots on goal. Stout goalie Jeff Dotson suffered an injury in the Blue Devils' previous night's game at St. Scholastica.

After Superior (16-5-2, 7-3-2) jumped out to a 2-0 start in the first period, Stout (10-12-1, 3-9-0) got on the board when Charlie O'Hearn (So, Traverse City, Mich) took a pass from Mitch Kellin (So, Cohasset, Minn) and scored at 12:28.

But the Yellowjackets would score three more goals - on the first and two in the second periods.

Stout got their final goal 28 seconds into the third period, a John Schaffner (Fr, Janesville) goal with an assist by O'Hearn, to make it 5-2.

Then the Yellowjackets went on a tear, ripping off five unaswered goals.

Stout's Anderson did stop 39 shots. The 'Jackets Nate Ziemski tossed aside 21 shots.

Stout will close out the home portion of their schedule Friday, Feb. 8 when they host Lake Forest College and Saturday, Feb. 9 by hosting St. Norbert College.

February 1, 2002

DULUTH, Minn - UW-Stout did their damage in the first period and St. Scholastica did most of their damage in the third period. But the Saints couldn't do enough, and the Blue Devils hung on for a 4-3 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) win Friday, Feb. 1 in Duluth, Minn.

Stout (10-11-1, 3-8-0 NCHA) got three first period goals, all in the last seven minutes of the stanza.

Charlie O'Hearn (So, Traverse City, Mich) got Stout on the board at the 12:54 mark. Mitch Kellin (So, Cohasset, Minn) picked up his first of two goals on the night with just over four minutes remaining in the period. Bryan Cummings (So, Austin, Minn) gave Stout a 3-0 lead, chasing the Saints goalie at 17:35.

St. Scholastica's Sean Andrew picked up the only goal in the second period, coming with three minutes remaining in the period.

Kellin got what would prove to be the eventual game winner, a short handed goal at the 18:28 mark.

The Saints' (5-17-0, 1-10-0) Brian Charneski scored four minutes into the third period. Scholastica added another goal with only three minutes remaining in the period, a power play goal by Kyle Antilla.

Stout outshot the Saints, 34-26. Stout goalie Jeff Dotson (So, Chanhassen, Minn) recorded the win, making 18 saves. Nathan Anderson (Fr, Rosemount, Minn) came on in relief to record five saves.

Women's Gymnastics

February 1, 2002

WHITEWATER - UW-Stout's Tasha Pasch (Jr, Northfield, Minn) captured three second place finishes on the way to taking all-around honors in a dual with UW-Whitewater, Friday, Feb. 1, in Whitewater.

Pasch put together her top all-around score of the season, scoring a 35.975. Pasch was second on the vault (9.00), uneven bars (8.775) and balance beam (9.00).

Lacey Schroedel (Fr, Minneapolis, Minn) and Mandi Neuman (Fr, St. Paul, Minn) put together their second best all-around scores of the season, with Schroedel scoring a 33.75 and Neuman a 33.775.

Whitewater took the meet, 175.525-166.25.

The Blue Devils will be at UW-River Falls, Friday, Feb. 8.

UW-Whitewater 175.525, UW-Stout 166.25
Individual Results (First place, all Stout finishers)
Vault: 1. Ann Klingsnorth (WW) 9.250; 2. Tasha Pasch 9.00; Lacey Schroedel 8.70; Mandi Neuman 8.575; Jill Birschbach 8.45; Erika Opoien 8.15; Scarlett Ramey 7.50;

Uneven bars: 1. Ann Klingsnorth (WW) 8.90; 2. Tasha Pasch 8.775; Mandi Neuman 8.35; Lacey Schroedel 7.90; Erika Opoien 7.475; Scarlett Ramey 5.80;

Balance beam: 1. April Hubmann (WW) 9.05; 2. Tasha Pasch 9.00; Lacey Schroedl 8.75; Mandi Neuman 8.50; Jennie Rosinsky 8.25; Jill Birschbach 8.10; Erika Opoien 8.00; Exh: Scarlett Ramey 7.80;

Floor exercise: 1. Ann Klingsnorth, April Hubmann (WW) 9.40; 4. Tasha Pasch 9.20; Lacey Schroedl 8.40; Jennie Rosinsky 8.35; Mandi Neuman 8.35; Erika Opoien 8.175; Jill Birschbach 7.55; Exh: Scarlett Ramey 7.90;

All-around: 1. Tasha Pasch (Stout) 35.975; Mandi Neuman 33.775; Lacey Schroedl 33.75; Erika Opoien 31.80.

January 30, 2002

WINONA, Minn - UW-Stout's Tasha Pasch (Jr, Northfield, Minn) picked up two second place finishes and two fourth place awards as the Blue Devils dropped a 177-475-164.150 decision to NCAA Division II Winona State, Wednesday, Jan. 30 in Winona, Minn.

Pasch tied for second on the floor exercise (9.25), and was also second in the all-around (35.175). She was fourth on the vault (8.95) and the balance beam (8.825).

Mandi Neuman (Fr, St. Paul, Minn) recorded a fourth place on the uneven bars with a collegiate-best 8.35. Neuman was third in the all-around (33.175).

Winona State 177.475, UW-Stout 164.150
Individual Results (First place, all Stout finishers)
Vault: 1. Nicole Terbilcox (Win) 9.175; 4. Tasha Pasch 8.95; 8. Lacey Schroedl 8.375; 9. Jill Birschbach 8.175; 10. Erika Opoien 7.925; 11. Mandi Neuman 7.75; 12. Scarlett Ramey 7.55;

Uneven bars: 1. Allison Ethen (Win) 8.95; 4. Mandi Neuman 8.35; 7. Tasha Pasch, Lacey Schroedl 8.15; 10. Erika Opoien 7.95; 11. Scarlett Ramey 6.90;

Balance beam: 1. Emily Brys (Win) 9.00; 4. Tasha Pasch 8.825; 6. Mandi Neuman 8.50; 9. Erika Opoien 7.90; 10. Lacey Schroedl 7.55; 11. Jill Birschbach 7.125; 12. Scarlett Ramey 6.70;

Floor exercise: 1. Nicole Terbilcox (Win) 9.45; 2, tie. Tasha Pasch 9.25; 7. Lacey Schroedl 8.90; 9. Erika Opoien 8.65; 10. Mandi Neuman 8.575; 11. Jill Birschbach 8.20; 12. Scarlett Ramey 7.55;

All-around: 1. Nicole Terbilcox (Win) 35.65; 2. Tasha Pasch 35.175; 3. Mandi Neuman 33.175; 4. Lacey Schroedl 32.975; 5. Erika Opoien 32.425; 6. Scarlett Ramey 28.70.

Women's Track & Field

February 2, 2002

MENOMONIE - Kate Werner (Fr, Elk Mound) was a double winner and Jenney Luer (Sr, Colfax) broke her own shot put record as the UW-Stout women's track and field team won their first meet win since April 27, 1996.

Werner won the 55-meter dash (7.80) and the 200 meter dash (27.69). Luer broke the school record she established last week with a toss of 43-feet, 9.25-inches.

Stout will host the UW-Stout Pentangular, Friday, Feb. 8 and the Warren Bowlus Invitational, Saturday, Feb. 9.

Individual Results
(First place, all Stout finishers)
55: 1. Kate Werner (Stout) 7.80; 3. Sarah Jenne 8.14; 4. Sara Manion 8.21; Tricia Lipke 8.46; Kristin Becker 9.04; Hailey Broadhagen 10.62; 200: 1. Kate Werner (Stout) 27.69; 4. Sarah Jenne 29.52; 7. Tricia Lipke 31.13; 9. Kristin Becker 33.67; 400: 1. Heather Stiles (Stout) 1:04.17; 2. Angie McConnell 1:04.69; 3. Kelly Young 1:05.39; 800: 1. Chrissy Baune (Augsburg) 2:26.15; 5. Amy Arndt 2:39.69; 6. Denise Hady 2:43.42; 1500: 1. Chrissy Baune (Augsburg) 4:53.08; 3. Amy Arndt 5:19.94; 4. Mara Anderson 5:33.27; 5. Jackie Rust 5:33.55; 3000: 1. Jenny Maxted (Hamline) 11:39.06; 2. Lisa Sorvala 11:52.64; 4. Nacole Ewerdt 12:16.22; 5. Jenny Hopps 12:22.93; 5000: 1. Heidi Bedsted (Stout) 19:23.87; 3. Terra Dahlheimer 20:29.75; 4. Meredith Nordberg 20:45.85; 55-hurdles: 1. Crystal Thomason (Hamline) 9.52; 4. Linnea Kersten 10.19; 7. Amy Biegel 10.74; 4X200-relay: 1. Stout "A" 1:56.08; 3. Stout "B" 2:02.74; 4X400-relay: 1. Augsburg 4:23.98; 2. Stout "A" 4:25.77; 4. Stout "B" 4:49.00; 6. Stout "C" 5:10.34;

High Jump: 1. Danielle St. Louis (Hamline) 4-7.75; 2. Andi Schwabenlender 4-7.75; 3. Amy Biegel 4-6; 4. Ramona Vann 4-4; Pole Vault: 1. Andi Schwabenlender 9-0.25; Long Jump: 1. Lydia Clark (North Central) 14-6; 2. Amy Biegel 14-4.50; 3. Ramona Vann 13-7.75; 4. Sara Manion 12-10.75; 5. Marci Schachtner 12-7.75; Shot Put: 1. Jenney Luer (Stout) 43-9.25; 5. Tabitha Martin 35-1.25; 6. Marci Schachtner 33-1.75; 7. Donna Goodman 29-6.50; 8. Wendy Keller 25-7.25; Wt-throw: 1. Kristen Gulbro (Augsburg) 42-6; 5. Jenney Luer 33-10.25; 6. Kendra Busch 29-2.50; 7. Donna Goodman 29-01; 8. Wendy Keller 23-7.50.

February 2, 2002

MENOMONIE - Dave Hanson (Jr, Sun Prairie) won the 55-hurdles (7.96) and was a member of the winning 4X200-relay team as UW-Stout won their own UW-Stout Invitational, Saturday, Feb. 2.

Hanson clocked a time of 7.96 in the hurdles and actually had a quicker time in the preliminaries with a time of 7.89. The relay team finished in a time of 1:33.76.

Stout got firsts from Kevin Riester (So, Red Wing, Minn) in the 400 (52.05), as Stout swept the top three spots in the event, with Matt Schlough (Fr, Downing) second (52.45) and Taylor Hustad (Fr, Colfax) third (52.53).

Dave Huber (Jr, Mendota Heights, Minn) won the 3000-meter run (9:15.27) and Chad Sosalla (So, Whitehall) took the triple jump (43-1.50).

John Hanson (Sr, Grantsburg) put together a solid second place finish in the 800-meter run (1:56.95), his first of the year.

Sam Werner (So, Colfax) was second in the 200 (23.38) as was Ethan Webinger (Sr, La Crescent, Minn) in the 3000 (9:24.33) and Justin Zmyewski (Fr, Houston, Minn) in the high jump (6-0). Jeff Rotering (Sr, Waumandee) was second in the pole vault (15-4.25), behind only his former teammate, Jamie Buchholtz, who was competing unattached.

Individual Results
(First place, all Stout finishers)
55: 1. Kevin Drake (Hamline) 6.67; 3. Sam Werner 6.70; 4. Brady Hurtgen 6.73; 6. Dave Hanson 6.70; David White 6.83; Mike Twining 6.90; Steve Wenhardt 6.98; 200: 1. Brian Lempola (Hamline) 23.23; 2. Sam Werner 23.38; 3. Brady Hurtgen 23.45; 4. Mike Twining 23.47; 7. David White 24.55; 10. Steve Wenhardt 25.38; 13. Jay Sitek 26.59; 400: 1. Kevin Riester (Stout) 52.05; 2. Matt Schlough 52.45; 3. Taylor Hustad 52.53; 800: 1. Mike Baker (Hamline) 1:56.14; 2. John Hanson 1:56.95; 7. John Maresh 2:11.26; 8. John Ulrich 2:14.07; 10. Derek Schmitz 2:15.19; 1500: 1. Jason Altman (Hamline) 4:07.00; 3. Dave Huber 4:11.22; 5. Ethan Webinger 4:15.45; 8. Todd Dexheimer 4:24.23; 10. John Maresh 4:35.40; 11. Ryan Chernik 4:35.79; 3000: 1. Dave Huber (Stout) 9:15.27; 2. Ethan Webinger 9:24.33; 7. Ryan Chernik 9:50.82; 8. Tim King 9:52.68; 55-hurdles: 1. Dave Hanson (Stout) 7.96; 4X200-relay: 1. Stout 1:33.76; 4X400-relay: 1. Hamline 3:25.06; 2. Stout "A" 3:25.29; 5. Stout "B" 3:47.20;

High Jump: 1. Dean Harder (Falcon Flyer) 6-2; 2. Justin Zmyewski 6-0; 3. Jay Sitek 5-10; Pole Vault: 1. Jamie Bucholtz (unattached) 15-10; 2. Jeff Rotering 15-4.25; 4. Lewis Cassillius 13-10.50; Long Jump: 1. Will Sallee (Hamline) 20-11.25; 3. Mark Swenson 19-10.75; 7. Tim Faber 17-11; Triple Jump: 1. Chad Sosalla (Stout) 43-1.50; 4. Nathan Olson 37-5.75.

January 26, 2002

Beckham, playing in his second nationally televised collegiate all-star game, was a member of Team Florida that soundly defeated Team USA, 42-13. Beckham also played in the annual Blue-Gray Classic on Christmas Day. Beckham was the only NCAA Division III player on the roster of either team, which was made up of mostly NCAA Division I players and a smattering of Division II players.

Baseball

January 30, 2002

MENOMONIE - The UW-Stout baseball team recently made a $5000 donation to the American Red Cross. The funds raised are earmarked to help with relief efforts following the terrorist attacks Sept. 11.

The Blue Devils played a 110-inning - each inning representing one floor of the toppled World Trade Center - intrasquad game, Oct. 20 over UW-Stout's homecoming weekend.

"Our baseball program not only needs to help ourselves annually in this fund raising campaign," said first year coach Craig Walter, "but we also want to take the opportunity to help others who need our help.

"We know our contributions to this relief effort will be small in comparison to the overall financial support the relief aid efforts have received, but we do know that it will help and we want to be contributors in this effort."

January 30, 2002

MENOMONIE - The UW-Stout women's soccer team recently received an honorable mention award from the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators for their community service work.

The Blue Devil players, along with coach Dave Morris, developed and ran a free, after school soccer clinic for about 100 girls from the Milwaukee area at Milwaukee Vincent High School last April.

UW-Stout received honorable mention recognition at the annual NCAA convention in January. The award is sponsored by Minneapolis-based Josten.

The Blue Devils also received a national academic award when they were awarded for the second consecutive season, the 2001-02 NSCAA/Adidas College Team Academic Award, an award based on team grade point average. The GPA is based on academic performance for the 2000-01 school year. Teams must maintain a 3.00 GPA to be eligible for the award.

Updated: February 4, 2002