Football

October 22, 2001

ON THE LINE: The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference can only be termed the "Wacky WIAC" this year, with just about everybody still alive for a chance at the title. UW-Eau Claire sits in the drivers’ seat with a 3-1 conference record, but Stout, along with this week’s opponent, UW-Stevens Point and four other schools, have 2-2 conference records, good for a six-way logjam at second. The winner is still in the race. The loser will need a lot of help and is likely out of the race, but this is the Wacky WIAC.

STEVENS POINT PLAYERS TO WATCH: QB Scott Krause (So, Waunakee) 188 att, 93 comp, 10 int, 1238 yds, 206.3 y/g, 6 TD, 57 car, 233 yds, 4.1 y/car, 4 TDs; RB Kurt Kielblock (Fr, Scandinavia) 67 car, 352 yds, 5.3 y/car, 5 TD; RB Jason VanderVelden (So, Winneconne) 79 car, 334 yds, 4.2 y/car, 19 rec, 156 yds; WR Chad Valentyne (Jr, Kimberly) 17 rec, 282 yds, 16.6 y/rec, 3 TD; LB Nick Haffele (So, Monroe) 51 tackles, 34 solo, 14 tackles for losses of 44 yds, 4 sacks for 26 yds; DE Paul Schmitt (Sr, Stratford) 24 tackles, 15 solo, 10 tackles for losses of 53 yds, 5 sacks for 46 yds, 4 pass break ups; DB Dillon Maney (Jr, Three Lakes) 51 tackles, 30 solo, 3 int for 63 yds; Pointers avg 421.2 total ypg, 214.8 rushing, 206.3 passing; give up 326.2 ypg, 92.2 rushing, 234.0 passing.

"Stevens Point is one of the powers in the league. They have big, strong kids with a solid running game and play well at home. Scott Krause is a mobile quarterback who can hurt you with his feet and his arm. John Miech is too good a coach to let what happen last year happen again. This is a big game for us, it’s a big game for them - just another day at the office in the WIAC. We must take care of business."

October 20, 2001

MENOMONIE - First, UW-Stout shot themselves in the foot. Then UW-Stout buried themselves in a hole. Then UW-Stout starting digging out. Finally, UW-Stout healed thyself as the Blue Devils came back from a 20-0 first quarter deficit to down UW-River Falls, 26-23, Saturday, Oct. 20 at Don & Nona Williams Stadium.

On Stout's first series, the Falcons blocked a Blue Devil punt deep in Stout territory and Aaron Griesen returned the ball two yards for a score. A missed extra point attempt gave the Falcons a 6-0 lead with not even two minutes off the clock.

On the ensuing kickoff return, Stout (4-2, 2-2) fumbled the ball at their own 21, and two plays later, Rob Ohman ran 20 yards for the touchdown. The point after gave the Falcons a 13-0 lead with 12:12 showing on the clock.

On the following drive, Stout quarterback Nick Ohman (Fr, Glenwood City) fumbled after he was sacked by Jeremy Larson, and Larson scooped the ball up and waltzed into the end zone from two yards out. River Falls led, 20-0, and not even five minutes was off the clock.

Somehow, the Blue Devils pulled themselves together and Nick Ohman quickly redeemed himself when he ran for 37 yards on first down and connected on two passes to Tony Beckham (Sr, Ocala, Fla), the second one a 27-yard hook-up that Beckham took into the end zone.

The Blue Devil defense would stiffen, and linebacker Steve Anderson (So, Stanley) recovered a Rob Ohman fumble at the River Falls 30. Two plays later, Stout's Nick Ohman found Julio Vargas (Fr, Luxemburg) for a 27-yard touchdown, to pull Stout to within seven points, 20-13 with 27 left in the first quarter.

A Chris Parent (Fr, Racine) 64-yard punt put the Falcons (2-4, 2-2) in the hole on their own 7, and the defense held. Matt Kren (Fr, Neillsville) returned the short River Falls punt 14 yards to the Falcons' 27.

Eric Baker (Sr, Sarona) rushed two yards, and Ohman completed two passes to Vargas for a total of 24 yards to the Falcons' 1, where Baker got the call with five minutes left in the half. A Justin Zmyewski (Fr, Houston, Minn) knotted the score at 20-20 at halftime.

Stout took their first lead of the game in the third quarter, when punt returner Kren returned the ball 30 yards to the Falcons' 28. After failing to move the ball, Zymewski came in to nail his first collegiate field goal, a 46-yarder.

River Falls answered back with a 12-play drive to the Stout 22, but Taylor Hall was dumped for a one-yard loss and Falcons had to settle for a 39-yard, Adam Bergdahl field goal to tie the score with 1:18 remaining in the third quarter.

Stout would get what would prove to be the game-winning field goal from Zymewski, a 35-yarder that just made it over the crossbar with 8:07 left in the game.

An offensive pass interference on River Falls put the Falcons deep in the hole late in the game. Facing second-and-26, Hall ripped off a 26-yard gain, good for a first down, the last first down Stout would give up in the game, as the Blue Devils stuffed Hall on fourth-and-three at the Stout 30 with 1:44 left.

River Falls called two timeouts, and Stout could not run the clock out, forcing a punt which the Falcons' Aaron Griesen returned 15 yards to the River Falls 48.

On the Falcons' second play, Eric Moe (Jr, Whitehall) intercepted the Falcons' quarterback Dustin Vogelgesang and returned the ball, but Stout penalties wiped out the gain. With only three seconds remaining, Stout ran out the clock.

The Blue Devil defense held the potent River Falls' attack to 223 yards, all on the ground. Stout picked up 248 yards, 151 rushing, 164 through the air.

The Falcons' Rob Ohman led all rushers with 103 yards, while Hall finished with 82 yards.

Luke Bundgaard (So, Weyerhauser) finished with 55 rushing yards. Nick Ohman rushed for 15 yards, but was sacked seven times. Ohman completed 10-of-16 passes for 164 yards. Beckham hauled in four catches for 75 yards. Vargas had three catches for 52 yards. Kren returned three punts for 65 yards.

The Blue Devils fumbled the ball four times, losing it three times, while River Falls lost one fumble.

Stout will be at UW-Stevens Point, Saturday, Oct. 28.

October 20, 2001

MENOMONIE — UW-Stout senior wide receiver Mark Bergman (Sr, Grantsburg) was awarded the Burger King/Warren Bowlus Academic Achievement Award during halftime of the Stout-River Falls football game Saturday, Oct. 20.

Bergman, one of the Blue Devils captains is an applied math major, and holds a 3.36 grade point average. Throughout his career as a Blue Devil, Bergman has been willing to play where he is needed to help the team, moving back and forth between offense and defense. Bergman started his career on the offensive side for two years, earning offensive scout player of the year honors as a freshman. As a sophomore, he played linebacker, and returned to the offensive side as a junior. This season, Bergman has been a wide receiver and a running back. Bergman is averaging 16.1 yards per reception with seven catches for 113 yards.

Bergman was a DOBY Award recipient based on his work habits, efforts and intensity. He has received the Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence, has been named to the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll, is a member of Campus Crusade for Christ, has served two internships with IBM in Rochester, Minn., as a software developer, and has volunteered to work with the Menomonie Youth Football Clinic and the UW-Stout Career Conference.

Gene Hatfield, of the Menomonie Burger King, presented the $500 award to Bergman.

Bergman is the son of Paul and Yvonne Bergman of Grantsburg.

Soccer

October 19, 2001

WHITEWATER - UW-Whitewater's Wendy Scott scored the only goal of the game to hand UW-Stout a 1-0 loss in Whitewater, Friday, Oct. 19.

In a game that saw only eight shots by Stout and five shots by Whitewater (9-7, 4-4), Scott got the game-winner in the 61st minute.

The loss knocks Stout (10-7-1, 4-4) out of the possibility of hosting a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) playoff game Tuesday, Oct. 23. The Blue Devils will play at UW-Eau Claire.

The game was a make-up game from Sept. 15 when Stout suspended all athletic competition the weekend following the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC.

October 16, 2001

MENOMONIE - For more than a half, it looked like UW-Stout would have a chance to perhaps notch their first win against perennial soccer power UW-Stevens Point, but the Pointers stacked two goals within 10 minutes in the second half and went on to a 4-1 win at Nelson Field, Tuesday, Oct. 16.

Blue Devil (10-6-1, 4-3) goalkeeper Jessie Sutherland (Sr, Duluth, Minn), who had earlier in the day been named the WIAC defensive player of the week, swept aside three Pointer shots before the Pointers' Kelly Fink scored her first goal of the night with 10 minutes remaining in the first period.

Fink came back with her second goal six minutes into the second stanza and Jenny Bruce tacked on another in the 61st minutes. The Pointers scored their final goal in the 84th minute.

Two minutes later, Stout got their lone goal of the when Desiree Nardini (So, White Bear Lake, Minn) pushed a penalty kick to the left side of Pointer (12-1-0, 8-0) goalkeeper Brianna Hyslop.

The Pointers outshot Stout 17-4, but the Stout defense restricted the Pointers to eight shots on net. With the win, Stevens Point recorded their fifth consecutive WIAC title and ninth in 10 years.

October 16, 2001

MENOMONIE - After holding four opponents scoreless for more than 225 minutes, UW-Stout goalkeeper Jessie Sutherland (Sr, Duluth, Minn) was named the WIAC defensive player of the week. Working the first half of each of the four games, Sutherland did not allow a goal. The streak was broken when UW-Stevens Point scored with 10 remaining in the first half, Oct. 16.

Volleyball

October 20, 2001

MENOMONIE - The first two games couldn't get much closer, but unfortunately for UW-Stout, the Blue Devils were on the short end of both of them and dropped a 3-0 decision to UW-Oshkosh, Saturday, Oct. 20 at Johnson Fieldhouse.

With the games tight throughout the contest, Oshkosh took a 32-30 and 31-29 decision in the first two games before Oshkosh had a bit of an upper hand in the third, winning 30-26.

Kim Roshell (Sr, Cornell) had 12 kills to lead Stout (19-6, 5-2), while Brooke Palmer (Sr, Mantorville, Minn), who was playing on a hobbled leg, finished with 11 kills.

The Titans (24-3, 6-1) were led by Jessie Goffard and Kristi Kujak led all players with 19 kills each. Christina Southward had 41 assists, while Stout's Laura Bogenschutz (So, Baxter, Minn) had 35.

The Blue Devils will be at Viterbo University, Monday, Oct. 22.

October 19, 2001

MENOMONIE - UW-Whitewater showed why it is ranked No. 1 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches' Association (AVCA) poll as they came from behind in the third game to outmuscle UW-Stout, Friday, Oct. 19 at Johnson Fieldhouse.

Trailing 19-13 in the third game after winning the first two games by identical scores, the Warhawks came back to take a 30-25 win.

The game scores weren't indicative of the play seen on the court throughout the night as both teams battled through several very long volleys.

The Blue Devils (19-5, 5-2) got no players in double digit kills, with Kim Roshell (Sr, Cornell) leading the way with nine kills. Lindsay Mensink (Fr, Ostrander, Minn), Brooke Palmer (Sr, Mantorville, Minn) and Rachel Eidet (Sr, North Mankato, Minn) each finished with six kills.

Whitewater's Melinda Erickson led all scorers with 14 kills, while Lindsay Tomasovich had 13 and Allison Erickson 11. Whitewater (23-1, 6-0) finished the night with 50 kills to Stout's 35.

The Blue Devils had trouble getting things going in the first game, committing 12 attack errors.

October 15, 2001

ST. PAUL, Minn - UW-Stout had an opportunity to empty their bench on the way to a relatively easy 3-0 non-conference win over Hamline University, Monday, Oct. 15 in St. Paul, Minn.

The Blue Devils improved to 19-4 overall, their best start since 1994, behind 14 kills by Rachel Eidet (Sr, North Mankato, Minn) and 12 kills by Kim Roshell (Sr, Cornell). Lindsay Mensink (Fr, Ostrander, Minn) had nine kills. Laura Bogenschutz (So, Baxter) had 34 assists.

Women's Cross Country

October 19, 2001

MENOMONIE - Heidi Bedsted (Jr, Plainview, Minn) shaved nearly three minutes off her last outing and Jacki Rust (Fr, Coon Rapids, Minn) led UW-Stout at the Blue Devil Cross Country Invitational, Friday, Oct. 19 at the Menomonie High School course.

Bedsted, who had to sit out most of the season following surgery, came in 14th in a time of 21-minutes, 59-seconds, besting her only other meet of the season when she finished at 24:52.

Rust led Stout with a 12th place finish with a time of 21:36.50. Jenny Hopps (Fr, Coon Rapids, Minn) was 16th (22:07.85).

No team scores were kept with UW-LaCrosse and UW-Eau Claire also competing. La Crosse took the top 10 spots.

Stout will next compete at the WIAC Championships, Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Colfax Golf Course.

2001 Blue Devil Cross Country Invitational
Individual Results
(First place, all Stout finishers)
1. Nicole Ohmen, La Crosse, 19:38.25; 12. Jacki Rust, Stout, 21:36.50; 14. Heidi Bedsted, Stout, 21:59.90; 16. Jenny Hopps, Stout, 22:07.85; 18. Valori Schaffer, Stout, 22:44.65; 19. Pam Gundrum, Stout, 22:50.70; 20. Becky Werner, Stout, 22:50.90; 22. Jamie Souza, Stout, 23:02.57; 25. Michelle Beckman, Stout, 23:59.92.

Men's Cross Country

October 22, 2001

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout used the week to prepare for the upcoming Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Cross Country Championships scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27 at Colfax Golf Course. The men will run at 11 a.m., while the women will run at noon.

Women's Tennis

October 21, 2001

MADISON - UW-Stout's Tina Rodin (Fr, Champlin, Minn) matched her fifth seed in No. 5 singles at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Tennis Championships, Sunday, Oct. 21, at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison.

Rodin dropped her opening round to UW-River Falls' Mary Metzer, 6-4, 6-4, then drew a bye in the second round. She defeated Tiffany Serpico of UW-Stevens Point, 6-3, 6-2, in the fifth place match.

Sixth place finishes went to Tanya Petcher (So, Marshfield) at No. 1 singles, Tammy Petcher (So, Marshfield) at No. 2 singles, Jill McDowell (Fr, Blaine, Minn) at No. 4 singles and Becky McNamara (Fr, New Richmond) at No. 6 singles.

All three doubles teams bowed out after the second round. As a team, Stout placed seventh. UW-Eau Claire captured it's ninth straight conference title and Blugolds' first year coach Tom Gillman, a former Stout tennis standout on the Blue Devil men's championship teams of the late 1980s, was named the coach of the year.

2001 Overall WIAC Women’s Tennis Standings
1. UW-Eau Claire 21; 2. UW-Whitewater 18; 3. UW-La Crosse 15; 4. UW-River Falls 12; 5. UW-Oshkosh 9; 6. UW-Stevens Point 6; 7. UW-Stout 3

Individual UW-Stout Results
Singles No. 1: Tanya Petcher lost to Kristen Mader (LX) 6-2, 6-3; def Katie Pollock (SP) 6-4, 6-3; lost to Jeanna Anderson (WW), 6-1, 6-1; placed sixth; No. 2: Tammy Petcher lost to Jenny Stafford (EC) 6-1, 2-1 default; def. Aimee Strebig (SP) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2; lost to Mercedes Blanch (Osh) 6-4, 6-0; 6th; No. 3: Rachael Weber lost to Jordan Anderson (RF) 6-2, 6-2; lost to Amber Wilkowski (SP) 6-4, 6-3; 7th; No. 4: Jill McDowell lost to Amanda Gray (RF) 6-2, 7-6 (6); bye; lost to Gina Lamer (SP) 7-5, 6-3; 6th; No. 5: Tina Rodin lost to Mary Metzer (RF) 6-4, 6-4; bye; def. Tiffany Serpico, 6-3, 6-2; 5th; No. 6: Becky McNamara lost to Stephanie Kill (LX) 6-2, 6-1; def. Brenda Ambrosius (SP) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; lost to Erin Connolly (Osh) 6-3, 6-2; 6th;

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