Football

October 8, 2001

"Now, we have got our rival (Eau Claire) and the winner of this game is still in the (title) hunt. I told our players that our (winning) streak would eventually stop. Now, we have got to start another streak. Eau Claire is a very talented team with a diverse offense. They have running back Darrell Souhrada and quarterback Brian Rassmussen. We have always respected Eau Claire. I have always thought the Eau Claire offensive line is one of the best and Bob Schmidt is one of the premier players. We have got to stretch the field more. If we turn the ball over six times against Eau Claire, we lose by 100."

October 6, 2001

OSHKOSH - The meat grinder portion of the UW-Stout football season was supposed to start next week, not this week against the lowly regarded UW-Oshkosh Titans.

The Blue Devils (3-1, 1-1) lost 5-of-6 fumbles and tossed an interception as the Titans (2-2, 1-1) took a 19-7 win at Titan Stadium, Saturday, Oct. 6 in the Oshkosh homecoming.

It looked like Stout would dominate the game very early. On the opening kickoff, the Blue Devils forced the Titans' Shannon King to fumble and, only a three plays later Stout had a 7-0 lead after quarterback Matt Lonergan (Jr, Hartford) hooked up with Julio Vargas (Fr, Luxemburg) for an 11-yard scoring pass.

But King would make up for the mistake, scoring on a 43-yard pass play from Alan Beversdorf to knot the game with six minutes left in the first quarter.

The Titans got a safety late in the second quarter when the snap for the punt went way over the Stout punters' head and out of the end zone, allowing the Titans a 9-7 halftime lead.

Oshkosh took a 16-7 lead four minutes into the third quarter when Matt Kimler rolled into the end zone from 22-yards out. The Blue Devils got in big trouble late in the third quarter when they fumbled on their own 17. Stout's defense actually pushed Oshkosh back two yards on their drive, but David Gaulke connected on a 36 yard field goal with 5:20 showing on the clock.

Stout put together what may have been their most impressive drive of the season when they started at their own 16 yard line and moved down to the Oshkosh 3 in 14 plays before fumbling the ball away. Stout fumbled away another drive minutes later on first down when they took over on their own 49.

Stout led most statistical categories, rolling up 275 total yards to Oshkosh's 188. The Blue Devils also led in time of possession with 33 minutes to 27 minutes. But most important to the final outcome was the fumble margin, where the Titans lost only 2-of-3 they put on the ground.

Kimmler led all rushers with 98 yards on 32 carries. For Stout, Luke Bundgaard (So, Weyerhauser) had 66 yards on 19 carries and Eric Baker (Sr, Sarona) had 50 yards on nine carries. Beversdorf was 6-of-13 for 94 yards passing, while Lonergan was 6-for-12 for 102 yards and Nick Ohman (Fr, Glenwood City) was 4-for-7 for 21 yards.

The loss stopped Stout's consecutive Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) win streak at eight and their regular season win streak at 13.

Stout now must conclude their schedule with the teams that were picked to finish on the top of the league, beginning with UW-Eau Claire next weekend. The Blugolds were ranked 12th nationally, to Stout's eighth national ranking, but Eau Claire dropped a 24-23 double overtime decision to UW-River Falls. Stout will host River Falls Oct. 20 for homecoming.

Soccer

October 7, 2001

MADISON - With a 2-1 win over Wisconsin Lutheran, Sunday, Oct. 7 at Breeze Stevens Field in Madison, the UW-Stout soccer team recorded their seventh win over the last eight games and are off to the best start in Stout women's soccer history.

Nellie Sivertsen (Jr, River Falls) opened the scoring in the first half on assists by Stacy Normington (Jr, Delavan) and Desiree Nardini (So, White Bear Lake, Minn). Normington added a goal later in the stanza, getting assists from Kristi Field (So, Bloomington, Minn) and Sarah Gieger (So, West Bend).

Wisconsin Lutheran averted a shutout in the second half when they scored on a penalty kick, the second straight game where Stout (9-3-1) was denied a shutout because of a penalty kick.

Jessie Sutherland (Sr, Duluth, Minn) picked up the win in the goal, getting one save. Melissa Ballweg (Fr, Merrimac) had two saves while working the second half.

Stout rarely allowed Wisconsin Lutheran (9-4) into their defensive zone, and outshot Lutheran, 19-6. Stout had a corner kick advantage of 16-1. The Wisconsin Lutheran goalkeeper stopped 13 Stout shots on goal.

Stout will host Viterbo University Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. and UW-Eau Claire, Thursday, Oct 11 at 7 p.m.

October 5, 2001

MENOMONIE - Nellie Sivertsen (Jr, River Falls) scored with less than three minutes left to lift UW-Stout to a 2-1 conference win over UW-Platteville, Friday, Oct. 5 at Nelson Field.

With the score knotted at one goal apiece, Carrie Schrank (Fr, Reedsburg) took a ball to the corner, fired a pass to Kristi Field (So, Bloomington, Minn) who found Sivertsen and Sivertsen scored her 10th goal of the season.

After a scoreless first half, Stout (8-3-1, 4-1) scored only five minutes into the second stanza when Field and Sivertsen combined to feed Stacy Normington (Jr, Delavan), who put the ball into the net.

Stout goalkeeper Melissa Ballweg (Fr, Merrimac) kept the Pioneers silent, but she got plenty of help from her defense that allowed only one shot on goal during play in the second half. The Pioneers (1-8-1, 0-4) got their only goal when Jessi Jones was awarded a penalty kick in the 82nd minute.

Stout allowed only three shots on goal all evening, while the Blue Devils put 19 shots on goal.

October 2, 2001

RIVER FALLS - Nellie Sivertsen (Jr, River Falls) wasted little time putting the ball in the net as she led UW-Stout to a 4-1 win over UW-River Falls in her hometown of River Falls, Tuesday, Oct. 2.

Sivertsen scored only 29 seconds into the contest. She added another goal late in the contest and also got an assist.

The Blue Devils (7-3-1, 3-1) also got goals from Ramona Vann (Fr, Grand Rapids, Minn) and Kristi Field (So, Bloomington, Minn). Stout outshot the Falcons, 35-11, and put 25 shots on goal. The Falcons (5-4-0, 2-2-0) got their only goal in the 18th minute when Amy Gilfillan tied the score. Vann's goal, with Sivertsen's assist just before halftime, would prove to be enough for the Blue Devils.

Sarah Geiger (So, West Bend) notched two assists and Amy Boyle (So, Racine) and Jessie Sutherland (Sr, Duluth, Minn) each chalked up another. Sutherland recorded six saves in the first half before moving to the midfield for the second half and earned the win. Melissa Ballweg (Fr, Merrimac) only faced one shot on goal in the second half.

Volleyball

October 6, 2001

PLATTEVILLE - UW-Stout ran their winning streak to 10 matches with a 3-0 conference win over UW-Platteville, Saturday, Oct. 6 at Platteville.

Even though the Blue Devils took all three games, Blue Devil head coach Jill Jolliff said "We never had a commanding lead," and Jolliff said it even felt like Stout (17-3, 5-0) was behind most of the time. The Devils won 30-28, 30-22, 30-27.

Rachel Eidet (Sr, North Mankato, Minn) put together a strong first game, picking up seven of her team-high 17 kills for the match. Eidet finished with 14 digs.

Kim Roshell (Sr, Cornell) had 15 kills and Laura Bogenschutz (So, Baxter, Minn) had 44 assists, but seven Blue Devils finished up with at least one assist. Eidet, Brooke Palmer (Sr, Mantorville, Minn), Aira Ryan (Sr, Zumbrota, Minn) and Lindsay Mensink (Fr, Ostrander, Minn) each collected four block assists.

Platteville, which had been receiving national votes, fell to 15-7 overall, but 0-4 in the WIAC.

Stout will be at UW-River Falls, Wednesday, Oct. 10 and will host Gustavus Adolphus, Saturday, Oct. 13.

October 5, 2001

LA CROSSE - UW-La Crosse has had the UW-Stout volleyball team's number since 1994, but not anymore as the Blue Devils downed the Eagles, 30-25, 30-22, 30-22, Friday, Oct. 5 at La Crosse as Stout stayed unbeaten in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) play.

The Blue Devils (16-3, 4-0) have not beaten the Eagles since Oct. 22, 1994, but Stout reversed that by never seriously falling behind at any point in the contest.

"We had an outstanding night defensively," said Blue Devil coach Jill Jolliff.

Laura Bogenschutz (So, Baxter, Minn) notched 44 assists, but her only solo block of the night led to match point.

October 3, 2001

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout's four senior hitters provided a balanced hitting attack as the Blue Devils upended UW-Eau Claire, 30-26, 25-30, 30-28, 30-24, Wednesday, Oct. 3 at Johnson Fieldhouse.

The quartet of Brooke Palmer (Sr, Mantorville, Minn), Kim Roshell (Sr, Cornell), Rachel Eidet (Sr, North Mankato, Minn) and Aira Ryan (Sr, Zumbrota, Minn) combined for 56 of Stout's 68 total kills.

Roshell led the way with 16 kills, while Palmer finished with 14 and Eidet and Ryan each racked up 13. Eidet led all players with 28 digs, while Roshell finished with 17 digs.

Defensive specialist Sara Weflen (Sr, Jackson, Minn) came on to nail down five service aces. Laura Bogenschutz (So, Baxter, Minn) had 50 assists and eight kills.

Eau Claire's Rachel Gullerud led all players with 22 kills. Brooke Wozniak had 11 kills for the visitors.

The teams played typical nail biters throughout the entire match. After Stout won the first match, the Blugolds (17-4, 1-2) came back for the second win and looked like they would crush Stout (15-3, 3-0) in the third game. The Blue Devils came back from 10-1 and 17-7 deficits to pull to tie the score at 24. Eau Claire took a 28-27 lead, but Palmer came on to serve the final three points to lift Stout.

The pattern repeated itself in the fourth game with Eau Claire jumping out to a 6-1 lead, before Stout came back and took control late.

Women's Cross Country

October 5, 2001

COLFAX - Lacey Osuldsen (Fr, Ladysmith/Bruce) and Amy Arndt (Sr, Lakefield, Minn) paced UW-Stout at the Midwest Short and Long Course Challenge hosted by UW-Stout and UW-Eau Claire, Friday, Oct. 5 at the Whitetail Golf Course south of Colfax.

Osuldsen and Arndt both broke the 20-minute mark as they finished in the top 50 of 267 runners in the 8-kilometer race. Osuldsen finished 39th and clocked a time of 19:36.2 while Arndt placed 45th and checked in with a time of 19:45.7.

Tracy Oostdyk (Fr, Spooner/Shell Lake) was 92nd for the Blue Devils, Meredith Nordberg (Jr, Bloomington, Minn) was 112th (20:38.4) and Terra Dahlheimer (Jr, St. Michael, Minn) was 118th (20:42.8).

In the 3-kilometer race, Stout had only four runners. Jacki Rust (Fr, Coon Rapids, Minn) was 47th (12:31.2) to lead Stout.

As a team, Stout placed 11th in the 5K race and seventh in the 3K race.

Stout will be at the Northland College Invitational, Saturday, Oct. 13.

Women's 5K Long Course Team Results
1. UW-Oshkosh 33; 2. UW-La Crosse 43; 3. UW-Stevens Point 51; 4. St. Olaf 94; 5. Minnesota-Duluth 104; 6. UW-Eau Claire 109; 7. St. Thomas 142; 8. Augustana 150; 9. Paradise Valley CC 186; 10. Bethel 187; 11. UW-Stout 194; 12. Winona State 201; 13. Northwestern, Minn., 247; 14. Augsburg 255; 15. St. Mary's 295; 16. UW-Superior 297; 17. St. Catherine 343; 18. North Central 383.

Combined Women's Team Scores
1. UW-La Crosse 76; 2. St. Thomas 152; 3. Augustana 184; 4. UW-Stevens Point 209; 5. Minnesota-Duluth 308; 8. UW-Stout 342; 7. Northwestern, Minn, 381

Combined scores were determined by taking the top three performers from both the long and short race.

Men's Cross Country

October 5, 2001

COLFAX - UW-Stout's Dave Huber (Jr, Mendota Height, Minn) led for more than half the race, but had to settle for an eighth place finish in the 8-kilometer race of the Midwest Short/Long Course Challenge, Friday, Oct. 5 hosted by UW-Stout and UW-Eau Claire at the Whitetail Golf Course near Colfax.

Huber finished with a time of 26-minutes, 12.8-seconds to place eighth of 159 runners. Ethan Webinger (Sr, La Crescent, Minn) placed 21st (26:40.4), Jason Kirch (Sr, Sauk Prairie) 76th (27:52.7), Tim King (Sr, Waukesha) 81st (28:01.5) and Ryan Chernik (Fr, Pewaukee) was 97th (28:33.5).

In the 5-kilometer race, Justin Graham (Fr, Apple Valley, Minn) placed 53rd (17:39.9) to lead Stout.

As a team, Stout eighth of 17 teams in the 8-kilometer race and were 10th in the 3-kilometer race.

The Blue Devils will be at the Northland College Invitational, Saturday, Oct. 13.

Men's 5K Short Course Team Results
1. St. Thomas 14; 2. St. Olaf 45; 3. UW-Eau Claire 57; 4. UW-La Crosse 67; 5. Minnesota-Duluth 86; 6. Carthage 113; 7. Macalester 127; 8. Augustana 159; 9. Winona State 186; 10. UW-Stout 202; 11. Northwestern, Minn., 215.

Men's 8K Long Course Team Results
1. (tie) St. Olaf, Augustana 48; 3. (tie) Paradise Valley CC, Minnesota-Duluth 52; 5. UW-Oshkosh 77; 6. UW-La Crosse 86; 7. UW-Eau Claire Alumni 139; 8. UW-Stout 153; 9. UW-Eau Claire 159; 10. Augsburg 193; 11. Carthage 201; 12. St. Thomas 228; 13. UW-Superior 260; 14. UW-River Falls 292; 15. North Central 298; 16. St. Mary's 303; 17. Winona State 333.

Combined Men's Team Scores
1. St. Olaf 51; 2. Minnesota-Duluth 71; 3. UW-La Crosse 100; 4. Augustana 149; 5. UW-Eau Claire 154; 6. St. Thomas 202; 7. Carthage 235; 8. UW-Stout 295; 9. Winona State 531.

Women's Tennis

October 6, 2001

MENOMONIE - Tina Rodin (Fr, Champlin, Minn) recorded UW-Stout's only win of the day as the Blue Devils dropped a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) contest, 8-1, to UW-La Crosse, Saturday, Oct. 6 in Menomonie.

Rodin tripped up Janae Jorgensen at No. 5 singles, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2. Rodin found herself down in the second set, and looked to face elimination, but came back to win the set and went on for the match.

Dana Rozmenoski (Sr, Black River Falls) lost her first set, 6-2, came back for a 6-1 second set win, but fell, 6-0 in the final set to Holly Smith at No. 4 singles.

The Blue Devils will host UW-River Falls, Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 4 p.m.

UW-La Crosse 8, UW-Stout 1
Singles: No. 1: Kristen Mader (LX) def. Tanya Petcher, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2); No. 2: Leah Larson (LX) def. Tammy Petcher, 6-0, 6-0; No. 3: Jessica White (LX) def. Rachael Weber, 6-1, 6-1; No. 4: Holly Smith (LX) def. Dana Rozmenoski, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0; No. 5: Tina Rodin (Stout) def. Janae Jorgensen, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2; No. 6: Becky Bryant (LX) def. Becky McNamara, 6-0, 6-0; Exh: Stephanie Kill (LX) def. Amanda Micheel, 6-0, 6-1; Anne Palecek (LX) def. Anna Ebert, 8-1.

Doubles: No. 1: Mader/White (LX) def. Petcher/Petcher, 8-3; No. 2: Larson/Smith (LX) def. Weber/Ebert, 8-0; No. 3: Bryant/Palecek (LX) def. 8-2; Exh: Jorgenson/Kill def. Monk/Laskaskie, 8-1.

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