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Volume 6, Number 34 April 19, 2004
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April 18, 2004STOUT SOFTBALL PERFECT AT FIRST WIAC CLUSTER TOURNEY - UW-Stout took out the big lumber to stay perfect in the Wisconsin intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Cluster tournament by downing UW-Oshkosh, 15-1, and UW-Stevens Point, 11-3, in six innings, Sunday, April 18 at Platteville.Kaela Wold (Jr, Eau Claire) smashed out two home runs in the opening game with Oshkosh, including a three-run dinger in the seven run seventh. Wold led all hitters, going 4-for-5 with five RBI, smacking out a two-run shot in the fifth. With the game scoreless, Stout (24-10, 9-1) tagged on five runs in the fourth. Megan Donley (So, Fridley, Minn) allowed Oshkosh's (15-13, 7-4) only run of the game in the fourth. Erin O'Connell (Jr, Altoona) was 4-for-4 at the plate with two RBI and two runs scored. Kim Caswell (Sr, Stanley) was 2-for-5 with an RBI. Stout had 14 hits in the game. Stout scattered around 12 hits in the second game, but did not collect an extra base hit against the Pointers (13-17, 4-7), as they got at least one hit in every inning. Stout took a 2-0 lead in the first on RBIs by Wold and Jamie Gorges (Jr, New London). Gorges drove in another run in the third and Stout exploded for five runs in the fourth as Stout took advantage of three Pointer errors. O'Connell, Gorges and Wold each drove in runs. Cassie Tock (Fr, Sparta) and Justine Lehmann (Fr, Luck) each scored on errors. The Pointers did get to Donley for three runs in the fifth, but Stout came back with two more in the bottom of the inning as Caswell drove in a run and Lehmann scored on a wild pitch. The Blue Devils put an end to the game in the sixth inning when designated player Emily Zahn (So, Champlin, Minn) singled in Wold, who had opened the inning with a single. Gorges finished the game 2-for-3 with three RBI. Heather Novalany (Jr, Cottage Grove, Minn) and Caswell were 2-for-4. Zahn was 2-for-2. Donley pitched both games, running her record to 19-8. The Blue Devils will host UW-La Crosse, Thursday, April 22 at 4 p.m., then head to La Crosse, April 24-25 for the second WIAC Cluster Tournament. April 17, 2004BLUE DEVIL SOFTBALL TAKES TWO AT FIRST DAY OF CLUSTER TOURNEY PLATTEVILLE - UW-Stout scored nine unanswered runs over 12 innings and went to sweep UW-Platteville, 5-2, and UW-Whitewater, 5-0, Saturday, April 17 in the first day of the WIAC Cluster Tournament at Platteville.After scoring a run in the first inning, the Blue Devils surrendered two runs to the host Platteville Pioneers in the second inning as Abby Lalko hit a two run homer off starter Megan Donley (Sr, Fridley, Minn). The Pioneers would not get another runner past first base as Donley scattered five hits to go with her four strikeouts. Kaela Wold (Jr, Eau Claire) drove in a run in the third and Jamie Gorges (Jr, New London) followed with a two-run single. Stout added a run in the sixth on a throwing error. Melissa Coon (So, Cudahy) was 3-for-4 with an RBI in the first inning. Kim Caswell (Sr, Stanley) was 2-for-3. The Blue Devils - and Donley - carried their defensive efforts into the second game, allowing seven Whitewater hits, but shutting the door on the Warhawks. Heather Novalany (Jr, Cottage Grove, Minn) drove in a run in the second and Caswell scored on a wild pitch in the third to put Stout up 2-0. Stout had a three run attack in the fifth when Wold doubled in a run and Gorges uncorked a two-run home run to left center. Donley improved to 17-8, striking out two, but allowing no walks. Caswell and Wold were 2-for-4 in the contest, and Novalany was 2-for-3. April 15, 2004BLUE DEVILS STRIKE OUT IN SERIES WITH ST. SCHOLASTICA MENOMONIE - Strike out. Strike out. Strike out.UW-Stout was the victim of 24 strikeouts over two games, losing both contests to St. Scholastica, 6-1, 2-1, at Alumni Field, Thursday, April 15. The Saints' Laura Heise notched 24 strikeouts in pitching all 14 innings, recording 14 in the first game, 10 in the second, this coming off a 13 strikeout performance the day before. Of the 10 batters Stout sent to the plate on the day, only one did not record at least one strikeout.St. Scholastica (20-3) took advantage of two third inning Stout errors to score four runs in the inning. Stout (20-10) got their only run in the fourth. Heather Novalany (Jr, Cottage Grove, Minn) reached on a single, then scored from first when a pick off play went awry as the ball went into right field. Scholastica tacked on single runs in the fifth and seventh innings. Stout managed only four hits, with Kaela Wold (Jr, Eau Claire) getting two. The Blue Devils left the bases loaded in the second inning for their best scoring opportunity. Missy Erickson hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning to hand St. Scholastica the sweep. Stout opened the game with a run in their half of the first inning. Kim Caswell (Sr, Stanley) singled, then advanced to second on an error. Caswell moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Melissa Coon (So, Cudahy), then came home on a bunt single by Erin O'Connell (Jr, Altoona). St. Scholastica tied the score in the sixth on an RBI by Joann Juten. Wold went 3-for-3 in the game, 5-for-6 on the day, but did not drive in a run or score. Stout stranded eight runners in the first game, five in the second. April 14, 2004BLUE DEVILS SWEEP HIGH FLYING SUPERIORSUPERIOR - UW-Stout had to work hard for it, but the Blue Devils swept a pair of games from UW-Superior at Superior, Wednesday, April 14. The Blue Devils (20-8, 5-1) got three runs in the top of the 11th inning to win the first game, 6-5, then came back with a strong first three innings to take the nightcap, 7-6. The two conference wins puts the Blue Devils in first place heading into this weekend's WIAC Cluster Tournament. In the opener, Kim Caswell (Sr, Stanley) opened the 11th by reaching on an error. Melissa Coon (So, Cudahy) bunted her to second and Superior opted to intentionally walk Erin O'Connell (Jr, Altoona), last year's conference home run leader. Kaela Wold (Jr, Eau Claire) made the Yellowjackets pay when she doubled to bring both Caswell and O'Connell home. Wold advanced to third on a play at the plate and scored on Jamie Gorges' (Jr, New London) groundout.Superior (20-3, 2-2) added two unearned runs in the bottom of the 11th, but stranded a runner at second base. Caswell was 3-for-6, include a triple, with three runs scored. Wold drove in three runs on 2-for-2 hitting. Stout opened the second game with a three-run second inning, thanks to two RBI by Megan Donley (So, Fridley, Minn), who was in the lineup as a designated hitter. Cassie Tock (Fr, Sparta) drove in the other run in the inning. Stout tacked on three more in the third, two of them coming on a Courtney Zafft (So, Rochester, Minn) triple to center field. Heather Novalany (Jr, Cottage Grove, Minn) was credited with driving in the other run, despite grounding into a double play. O'Connell hit her sixth home run of the year, a solo shot in the fourth inning, the eventual game winner. Superior put up two runs in the fourth and three in the fifth, then made it interesting with one run in the bottom of the seventh, but Donley, who went to the mound in the fifth, settled down to get the final three outs with a runner on third. Donley got the win in the first game, striking out six, to run her record to 15-7, one more win than all of last year, and Emily Zahn (So, Champlin, Minn) worked four innings to record the second game win. April 12, 2004O'CONNELL, DONLEY NAMED WIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK MENOMONIE - UW-Stout's Erin O'Connell (Jr, Altoona) and Megan Donley (So, Fridley, Minn) were named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) softball players of the week for their performances last week.O'Connell hit a blistering .692 last week and committed no errors in 59 chances at first base in leading Stout to a perfect 4-0 finish last week. O'Connell blasted three home runs on the week, including two against UW-River Falls, April 8, with a three-run blast in a 7-1 win. O'Connell was 9-for-13 with seven runs scored, two doubles, three home runs and seven RBI. She finished with a slugging percentage of 1.462. Stout defeated River Falls, 3-1, 7-1, and earlier in the week defeated Hamline, 3-0, 7-2. Donley was the only pitcher Stout used last week in the four wins, pitching all 28 innings. She gave up only four runs, three earned for an ERA of 0.75. Donley struck out six, walked four and surrendered only two extra base hits, both doubles. Donley improved to 13-6 on the year. April 12, 2004BLUE DEVILS SHARE A PAIR OF GAMES WITH BLUGOLDS MENOMONIE - UW-Stout had only seven hits on the day but strung enough together to earn a split with UW-Eau Claire, Monday, April 12 in Stout's home opener at Alumni Field.Stout (18-8, 3-1) won the first game, 2-0, but Eau Claire (12-11, 3-1) bounced back for a 7-2 win in the nightcap. The Blue Devils' managed only two hits in the opener, but made a two-run home run by Erin O'Connell (Jr, Altoona) in the bottom of the fourth inning stand up. Melissa Coon (So, Cudahy) led off the inning with a walk and O'Connell's no-question drive over the center field fence was the only offensive fireworks of the game. Megan Donley (So, Fridley, Minn) picked up her fifth consecutive win - and her fifth shutout of the season - in scattering four hits, two each by the Blugolds' Molly Blakewell and Shannon Wing. After Stout took a 1-0 lead in the second game on a bases loaded walk by Jamie Gorges (Jr, New London), the Blugolds got to Donley, driving her to the dugout in the second inning with a four run, four hit inning. Stout could never recover as Eau Claire added a run in the third on a Wing double and two more runs in the fifth, this time on RBI singles by Emily Planert and Beth Steward. Stout had a last gasp in the seventh inning when O'Connell, who hit 3-for-4 for in the game, tagged a deep single to drive in a run. Andrea Neuville picked up the win for Eau Claire, allowing four hits, along with striking out three and walking two. Donley got tagged for her first loss in almost two weeks. Planert was 3-for-3 for the Blugolds with an RBI, while Steward was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Wing was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
April 18, 2004BLUE DEVILS BLOW BACK FOR BIG SECOND GAME WIN MENOMONIE - After losing the opening game, 10-5, committing more errors than runs, the UW-Stout baseball team blew back in a big way to win the second game of a conference doubleheader with UW-Stevens Point, 20-6 in eight innings, Sunday, April 18 at Nelson Field.The Blue Devils (5-18, 4-10) blew through four Stevens Point pitcher for 24 hits and 17 earned runs in the nightcap. The Pointers (13-9, 7-5) took a 2-0 lead after solo runs in the first and second innings. Stout roared back with four runs in the third inning on RBIs by Tim Nielson (So, Rosemount, Minn), Greg Meinertz (Jr, La Crosse) and Jim Foreman (Sr, Apple Valley, Minn). Stout tacked on a run in the fourth when Corey Endreas (Sr, Spencer) scored on a passed ball. The Pointers added a run in the fifth, but Stout took over with four runs in the sixth as Nielson drove in two runs with a single. Jake Riek (Sr, Boyceville) doubled in a run and Brandt Buckley (So, Menomonie) had an RBI. Stevens Point put up three runs in the sixth on five hits. Stout assumed control with five runs in the seventh and six in the eighth. Buckley, who went 11-of-16 in the four game weekend series with the Pointers, was 3-for-3 with four RBI and a run scored - and he didn't even start, coming as the designated hitter after two at-bats. Nielson, who hit 10-of-19 with eight RBI on the weekend, went 3-for-5 with four RBI. Foreman was 4-for-6 with three RBI. Riek was 4-for-5 with four runs scored. Jason Kuehn (Jr, Augusta) picked up his first win of the season, giving up all six runs, five earned, in six complete innings pitched. Kuehn struck out three and walked three. Dan Olson (Fr, Eau Claire) came on in relief to pitch the final two innings, giving up only one hit and allowing a walk. Even with the wind blowing at gusts up to 40 miles per hour from left field to right, the ball did not sail out of the park. Stevens Point's Mike Hall was the only hitter to collect a home run. The first game belonged to the Pointers, but not until Stout took a 5-0 lead over the first two innings. Stout picked up four runs in the opening inning, as Nielson, Meinertz, Olson and Dustin VanderVorst (Fr, River Falls) each drove in a run. Foreman brought Nielson home in the second inning with a sacrifice fly, and Stout's scoring was over in that game. The Pointers took advantage of six Stout errors over the course of the rest of the game, scoring four runs in the third, two in the fourth, sixth and eighth innings. Nielson went 3-for-5 for the Blue Devils. Matt Peetz was 4-for-4 with six RBI and two runs scored, including a home run, for the Pointers. Jon Severson (Jr, Hayfield, Minn) was slapped with the loss, giving up six runs, but only two earned. Stout will host UW-La Crosse, Wednesday, April 21 at 1 p.m., Viterbo, Thursday, April 22 at 3 p.m. and UW-Platteville, Saturday and Sunday, April 24 and 25. April 17, 2004BLUE DEVILS AND POINTERS SPLIT EXTRA INNING GAMES MENOMONIE - It was a good day for baseball and UW-Stout and UW-Stevens Point played a lot of it as the two conference rivals split a pair of extra inning games with each team producing the winning run in the final inning, Saturday, April 17 at Nelson Field.The Blue Devils (4-17, 3-9) won the first game, 5-4, in 12 innings on the final play of the and the Pointers (12-8, 6-4) took the nightcap, 3-1, in their half of the 10th inning as the teams played 22 complete innings of ball. Corey Endreas (Sr, Spencer) beat the throw to the plate on Greg Meinertz's (Jr, La Crosse) fielder's choice to second to notch the opening game win. Stout led for most of the game as Tim Nielson (So, Rosemount, Minn) drove in a run in the third and the fifth and Jake Riek (Sr, Boyceville) hit a solo home run in the fourth. The Pointers broke up Joe Huiting's (Sr, Little Chute) shutout bid in the eghth when Joe Waksmonski grounded into a double play with the bases loaded to score Jake Frombach. Stevens Point tied the game in the ninth when Frombach doubled to centerfield to drive in two runs. Huiting lasted 11 complete innings, giving way to Nick Jones (Sr, La Crosse) and Dan Olson (Fr, Eau Claire). The right-handed Jones and left-handed Olson alternated between the mound and first base, giving up a run in the top of the 12th on a Wakmonski single to shallow centerfield. The Blue Devils started off hot in the 12th when Brandt Buckley (So, Menomonie), who would go 7-for-10 on the day, opened the inning with a shot off the pitcher. Buckley advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Todd Brunclik (So, Birchwood), then was pushed to third by Endreas' single. Nileson was safe on a fielder's choice, and so was Endreas on an error that sent him to third. Meinertz then hit a hard shot deep in the hole at second base and Endreas slide under the tag for the win. Olson was the benefactor of the play, picking up his second win of the season, facing only two batters and surrendering a hit. Kevin Pankow was saddled with the loss in three innings of relief. Frombach was 4-for-6 with two RBI for the Pointers and Waksmonski was 2-for-5. Buckley was 4-for-5 for the Blue Devils. Nielson was 2-for-5 with three RBI and Brunclik was 2-for-4. In the second game, Matt Peterson hit a single to centerfield in the top of the 10th to drive in the eventual winning runs. Stout nursed a 1-0 lead into the fifth innning when pitcher Matt Christman (So, South Milwaukee) threw a wild pitch, allowing a run. Christman pitched 9-2/3 innings before an error put the eventual winning run on. Christman faced 39 batters, striking out six. Matt Mehne pitched 2-1/3 innings for the win, striking out two. Both teams had their opportunities with Stevens Point stranding nine runners and Stout 14. Stout three times left two runners on base and once left the bases loaded. Buckley and Jim Foreman (Sr, Apple Valley, Minn) were each 3-for-5 for the Blue Devils. Brunclik was 2-for-5 and Nielson 2-for-4. Chuck Brehm was 2-for-5 for the Pointers and Peterson, who figured into all of the scoring, was 2-for-4 with the two RBI and one run scored. April 12, 2004HUITING EARNS WIAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS MENOMONIE - UW-Stout's Joe Huiting (Sr, Little Chute) was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) baseball pitcher of the week for his performance last week.Huiting pitched his first collegiate complete game, going the distance in an 7-4 win over nationally ranked UW-Whitewater, April 8 in Menomonie. Huiting scattered 11 hits through the nine innings, but allowed only one hit in the final four innings of the game - and that runner he picked off. Huiting struck out one and allowed no walks in getting his first win of the season.
April 17, 2004SCHACHTNER, FRISCH SHATTER RECORDS; VERDEGAN TRIPLE WINNER NORTHFIELD, Minn - UW-Stout's Marci Schachtner (Jr, Deer Park) and Liana Frisch (Fr, Madelia, Minn) shattered school records and Laura Verdegan (Jr, Tony) won three events at the Mantiou Classic at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn, Saturday, April 17.Schachtner laid waste to her own hammer throw record by more than six feet, tossing the ball-on-a-chain 167-feet, 9-inches to capture first place by more than 20 feet. Frisch finished 12th in the pole vault, but her vault of 10-6 broke her own record by nearly nine inches. Verdegan held court, winning the long jump (18-1.50), the triple jump (38-8.75) and the 400-meter hurdles (65.19). The Blue Devils got a fourth place finish from Ann Schachtner (Jr, Somerset) in the shot put (43-0.50). The meet was unscored. Stout will be at the UW-La Crosse Classic, Saturday, April 24. Manitou Classic High jump: 1. Michaela Webb (Mankato) 5-4.25; 19. Carrie Petersen 4-10.25; 20. Becky Monyhan 4-10.25; 23. Camelle Meyer 4-8.25; Long jump: 1. Laura Verdegan (Stout) 18-1.50p; Sam Strunk 14-0.25; Triple jump: 1. Laura Verdegan (Stout) 38-8.75p; Pole vault: 1. Amanda Frame (Mankato) 11-11.75; 12. Liana Frisch 10-6*; 29. Molly Klinger 8-6.25; Shot put: 1. Jackie Luehmann (Gustavus) 45-4.50; 4. Ann Schachtner 43-0.50p; Bonnie Nutt 35-7.25; Discus: 1. Kami Sweet (Mankato) 147-8; Marci Schachtner 110-0; Kim Randt 106-2; Ann Schachtner 100-1; Hammer: 1. Marci Schachtner (Stout) 167-9*p; Kim Randt 116-3; Javelin: 1. Dana Olimb (ND) 143-2; Sam Strunk 102-1. April 17, 2004OOSTDYK NAMED WIAC RUNNER OF THE WEEK MENOMONIE - UW-Stout's Tracy Oostdyk (Sr, Spooner/Shell Lake) was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) women's track athlete of the week for her performance last week.Oostdyk broke her school record in the 3000-meter steeplechase, winning the event at the Lee Krough Invitational at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn, April 9, in a time of 11-minutes, 32.30-seconds, taking 17 seconds off the school record mark she had set last week.
April 17, 2004HANSON WINS HURDLE EVENT AT EAU CLAIRE MEET EAU CLAIRE - UW-Stout's Dave Hanson (Sr, Sun Prairie) won the 400-meter hurdles at the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Open, Saturday, April 17.Hanson took the event in a time of 53.28 seconds, outpacing his second place opponent by more than a half second. Derek Gonzenbach (Fr, Milbanks, S.D.) was third in the event (56.19), as was Nate Lynch (Jr, Appleton) in the 3000-meter steeplechase (10:04.67). The Blue Devils got fourth place finishes from Andy Smith (So, Rice Lake) in the pole vault (14-2.50) and Patrick Gentert (Fr, La Crosse) in the 110-hurdles (16.20). Stout will be at the Macalester Twilite, Wednesday, April 21. UW-Eau Claire Blugold Open Pole vault: 1. John Heinz (LX) 14-8.25; 4. Andy Smith 14-2.50; 7. Joe Cook 13-8.50; 8. Patrick Doty 13-8.50; 10. Nick Onesti 13-8.50; Long jump: 1. Shaun Marek (EC) 21-8.75; 8. Zak Germo 18-8.25; 14. Brad Hoerth 17-7; 15. Josh Becker 17-6; Triple jump: 1. Shaun Marek (EC) 45-3; Shot put: 1. Dan Soldner (UMD) 56-4.75; 6. Travis Hoffman 49-1.75; Discus: 1. Dan Soldner (UMD) 170-0; 5. Ryan Kawski 148-4; 17. Dewey Josephson 113-10; Hammer: 1. Dan Baemmert (unattached) 198-4; 13. Ryan Kawski 126-7; 17. Travis Hoffman 105-0; Javelin: 1. Andy Steurnagel (EC) 166-1; 13. Mark Kempen 108-2.
April 15, 2004BLUE DEVILS BLANKED BY ST. MARY'S WINONA, Minn - UW-Stout lost their second consecutive spring tennis match, falling 9-0 at St. Mary's College, Thursday, April 15 in Winona, Minn.The Blue Devils will be at UW-River Falls, Monday, April 19 and at Hamline University, Tuesday, April 20. St. Mary's 9, UW-Stout 0Singles: No. 1: Ashley Meschke (SMC) def. Tina Rodin, 6-1, 6-1; No. 2: Lisa Thomas (SMC) def. Jenna Bettmann, 6-2, 6-4; No. 3: Liz Hillke (SMC) def. Cecily Hiner, 6-2, 6-1; No. 4: Emily Strom (SMC) def. Elizabeth Hanson, 6-3, 6-3; No. 5: Jennifer Cochran (SMC) def. Grace Brothen, 6-2, 6-2; No. 6: Anne Chow (SMC) def. Kirby Laackmann, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: No. 1: Thompson/Christina Tobin (SMC) def. Bettmann/Hanson, 8-1; No. 2: Meschke/Strom (SMC) def. Rodin/Hiner, 8-1; No. 3: Cochrane/Anna Hardee (SMC) def. Brothen/Laackmann, 8-2. April 14, 2004BLUE DEVILS FALL TO ST. BEN IN SPRING OPENER ST. JOSEPH, Minn - St. Benedict took all nine matches as UW-Stout opened the spring portion of their women's tennis scheduled, Wednesday, April 14 in St. Joseph, Minn.Jenna Bettman (Fr, Blaine, Minn) was the only Blue Devil to win a set, taking her opening set, 7-4, over Beth Welle. She dropped the second two sets, 6-2, 10-6. Stout will be at St. Mary's, Thursday, April 15, and at UW-River Falls, Monday, April 19. St. Benedict 9, UW-Stout 0 Doubles: No. 1: Tiegs/Waldschmidt (Ben) def. Bettman/Hanson, 8-3; No. 2: Sigl/Welle (Ben) 8-4; No. 3: Jen Kling/Sawyer (Ben) def. Brothen/Laackman, 8-1. Back to Top | Tennis Home Page Updated: April 19, 2004 |