|
Volume 6, Number 11 November 4, 2002
Blue Devil Sports Releases Football Soccer Volleyball Women's Cross Country Men's Cross Country Women's Tennis
Men's Basketball
Baseball Click on a sport or scroll through the document.
Read Our Back Issues Last Edition 2001-02 2000-01 1998-99 1997-98 Blue Devil Schedule Back to Blue Devil Athletics Statistics Football Soccer Volleyball Women's Tennis Women's Cross Country Men's Cross Country
Men's Hockey
Baseball |
SOCCER VOLLEYBALL FOOTBALL WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY HOCKEY MEN'S BASKETBALL
November 4, 2002BLUE DEVILS CONTROL OWN DESTINY, HEAD TO WHITEWATER UW-Stout Blue Devils (7-1, 4-1) at UW-Whitewater Warhawks (4-4, 3-2)Saturday, Nov. 9, 1 p.m. Warhawk Stadium, Whitewater, Wis. ON THE LINE: Use whatever cliche you would like. UW-Stout sits in the driver's seat or UW-Stout controls their own destiny - it still means the same thing. If Stout can win their final two games, they will assure themselves of at least a tie for the WIAC title and will get the automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs because they have beaten all of the other contenders. But UW-Whitewater stands in the way, and the Warhawks were right in the title race last week when they lost to UW-Eau Claire. LAST TIME OUT: Stout: Nick Ohman headlined the Blue Devils' 37-13 romp over UW-Stevens Point, Nov. 2. Ohman ran for two TDs, passed for two more, threw a two-point PAT, rushed for 125 yards and passed for 220 yards for 345 yards of total offense. Ohman had TD runs of 2- and 48-yards, threw for TDs of 7- and 12-yards, and pitched out to Ryan Englebert for a 48-yard TD scamper. Julio Vargas and Matt Schaeuble hauled in Ohman's TD passes. Stout racked up 504 total yards of offense to the Pointers 298. Whitewater: Eau Claire jumped out to 14-0 lead, but the Warhawks came back to take a 16-14 lead on a Jay Lorino 7-yard TD reception and three Chad Wurth field goals. But it was the Blugolds who came back with two fourth quarter TDs to take a 30-23 win. Eau Claire piled up 490 total yards, 366 in the air, while the Warhawks had 438 yards in the track meet, highlighted by quarterback's Randy Borgardt's career-high 313 passing yards. Jim Leszcynski had seven receptions for 108 yards, while Eric Stauss hauled in eight passes for 74 yards. Wurth rushed for 74 yards to move to fifth on the Whitewater all-time rushing list. LAST SEASON: Stout and Whitewater are members of the eight-team Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). Last season, Stout was 6-3 overall, 4-3 (tied for third with River Falls) in the WIAC. The Blue Devils were WIAC champions in 2000. Whitewater was 5-5 overall, 2-5 in the WIAC (tied for seventh). THE SERIES: Whitewater leads the series, 32-10-2, but Stout has controlled the last two seasons, taking a 28-25 win last year and clinched the WIAC title in 2000 with a 14-13 win at Whitewater. Before 2000, the last time Stout defeated Whitewater was 1985. Last year, holder Eric Moe scored from field goal formation to push Stout ahead, 21-14 midway through the third period, and Luke Bundgaard rumbled 52 yards late in the fourth quarter to clinch the win. Bundgaard finished with 134 yards rushing and the Warhawks' Chad Wurth had 110 yards on the ground. STOUT PLAYERS TO WATCH: RB Luke Bundgaard (Jr, Weyerhaeuser) 145 carries, 682 yds, 4.7 y/car, 85.2 y/g, 9 TD, 54 pts, Stout's all-time rushing leader; QB Nick Ohman (So, Glenwood City) 166 att, 87 comp, 5 int, 1111 yds, 9 TD, 185.2 y/game, 55 car, 256 yds, 4.7 y/car; RB Ryan Englebert (Fr, Sturgeon Bay) 142 carries, 601 yds, 4.2 y/car, 75.1 y/g, 5 TD; WR Dan Austin (So, Clintonville) 22 rec, 360 yds, 5 TDs, 34 pts; WR Matt Sprester (Jr, Clear Lake) 15 rec, 274 yds, 3 TDs; DB Eric Moe (Sr, Hixton) 25 tackles, 15 solo, 4 int for 56 yds, 1 TD, 10 pass break ups, Stout all-time interception leader; LB Jamie Spielman (Sr, Menomonie) 69 tackles, 46 solo, 16 tackles for loss of 54 yds, 6 sacks for 40 yds; LB Noah Mayer (So, Mayville) 32 tackles, 25 solo, 11 tackles for loss of 54 yds, 6 sacks for 33 yds; LB Mark Ralph (Sr, Colfax) 51 tackles, 29 solo, 15 tackles for loss of 33 yds, 3 sacks for 14 yds; CB Tyrone Rhone (Sr, Milwaukee) 29 tackles, 19 solo, 3 int, 6 pass break ups, punt returns 20 for 173 yds, 8.6 y/ret, kickoff returns 8 for 191 yds, 23.9 y/ret; FS Rob Weinstein (So, Racine) 3 int; Blue Devils avg 385.2 total ypg, 212.6 rushing, 172.6 passing; give up 220.4 total ypg, 42.9 rushing, 177.5 passing. Stout has outscored their opponents, 237-105 (30-13 pts/g). WHITEWATER PLAYERS TO WATCH: QB Randy Borgardt (Sr, Racine) 198 att, 112 comp, 3 int, 1254 yds, 10 TD, 32 carries, 49 yds, 6.1 y/car, 0 TDs; RB Chad Wurth (Jr, Monona) 217 carries, 976 yds, 5 TD, 4.5 y/car, 7 rec, 101 yds, 14.4 y/rec, 0 TD, punt return 12 for 75, 6.2 y/ret, 8/14 FG/A, 19/20 PAT, 75 pts; RB Kyle Mayhugh (Jr, Milwaukee) 51 carries, 222 yds, 4.4 y/car, 1 TD; RB Keiya Square (So, Delavan) 47 carries, 170 yds, 3.6 y/car, 4 TD; WR Eric Stauss (So, Marinette) 36 rec, 386 yd, 10.7 y/rec, 2 TDs; WR Andy Rice (Jr, McFarland) 33 rec, 336 yds, 10.2 y/rec, 4 TD; WR Sean Erner (Fr, Waukesha) 19 rec, 284 yds, 14.9 y/rec, 3 TD; LB Derek Bergum (Jr, Evansville) 54 tackles, 27 solo, 4 tackles for loss of 8 yds, 1 sack; DL Mike Saddy (Sr, Muskego) 48 tackles, 24 solo; DE Dan Flanagan (Sr, Mazomanie) 47 tackles, 24 solo, 7 tackles for loss of 24 yds, 3 sacks for 13 yds; DB Fulton Bell (So, Racine) 35 tackles, 21 solo, 4 int for 18 yds; DB Josh Stemquist (Jr, Belvidere, Ill) 3 int; Warhawks avg. 362.8 total yds, 176.0 rushing, 186.8 passing; give up 401.4 total yds, 159.2 rushing, 242.1 passing. Warhawks have been outscored, 207-179 (26-22 pts/g). OFFENSIVE LOOK: Whitewater: 2-back-I pro set; Stout: multi-pro. DEFENSIVE LOOK: Whitewater: 5-2; Stout: 3-4. COACHES: Stout coach Ed Meierkort (49-49 career) is in his 10th year and has the most wins of any Stout football coach. Whitewater coach Bob Berezowitz (116-63-2) is in his 18th season. BUNDGAARD BAROMETER: Luke Bundgaard is tied for third with Steve Burr (1976-79) on the all-time scoring list with 162 points. Kicker Kevin McCulley (1997-2000) has 163 points and Scott Frederickson (1986-89) is the all-time leading scorer with 178 points. WINNING WAYS: With the exception of the 2000 championship season (10-1), the last time Stout had seven or more wins in a season was 1982 when the Blue Devils finished at 8-3. Stout was 7-4 in 1981. STOUT COACH ED MEIERKORT SAYS: "Our offense reached the level prior to where they were before (QB) Nick (Ohman) got hurt. We had the big plays that just magnify what our defense accomplishes. Our receivers made big plays, our offensive line played well. Our defensive pressure can just overwhelm a quarterback. Everyone stepped up. "We are in another must win game. This is what we have worked for all year, to come to the second to last game with only one loss and give the kids a chance to compete for another title. Our guys do understand how special this time of year is. The key to this game will be to keep the ball away from their offense. To keep the time-of-possession mode like it is now. (Running back Chad) Wurth is the best running back in the WIAC with his ability to create plays." RADIO: WMEQ 880 AM, Jake Bostrom, Steve Schrantz; the game will also be broadcast live over the Internet at www.wmeq.com November 2, 2002OHMAN-LED OFFENSE ROLLS OVER POINTERS MENOMONIE - Welcome to the Nick Ohman show. The UW-Stout sophomore quarterback led the 10th ranked Blue Devils to a 37-13 win over UW-Stevens Point, one of four teams that was sharing first place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) with Stout going into today's game. Ohman, from Glenwood City, threw for two touchdowns, threw one two-point conversion, ran for two more, rushed for a game high 125 yards and completed 21-of-31 passes for 220 yards. All told, Ohman, who went down a month ago to a knee injury, accounted for 345 yards and 26 points. But it would be the Pointers who drew first blood in this contest, marching 79 yards in 10 plays after a failed Blue Devil field goal early in the first quarter. LaRon Ragsdale hauled in a 22-yard pass in the back of the end zone from quarterback Scott Krause to give the Pointers a 7-0 lead at 6:55 in the first. Krause was no slouch himself, tallying 234 passing yards, completing 8-of-27 passes. Krause was the Pointers' leading rusher, but was limited to 41 yards. Stout (7-1, 4-1) got on the board just as the period ended. With a drive that began when Jordan Sinz (So, Edgar) returned a punt 25 yards to the Stout 43, Ohman capped off the 57-yard drive with a 2-yard dash to the end zone with no time left on the first quarter clock. The kick failed, and the Pointers led, 7-6. No problem, as Ohman led Stout on a four play, 78-yard drive on their next series, and carried in from 40 yards out, to give Stout a 12-6 lead with 10:52 left in the second quarter. Five minutes later, Stout got on the board again after Jake Rider (Jr, Shiocton) recovered a muffed punt on the Pointer 16 and Ohman hooked up with Julio Vargas (So, Sturgeon Bay) two plays later on a 12-yard play. An Ohman to Dan Austin (So, Clintonville) two-point conversion pushed Stout to 20-7 lead. The Pointers (5-3, 3-2) rumbled back, needing only two plays, a Krause to Kurt Keilback 58 yard pass play and a 10-yard TD pass to tight end Ross Adamczak to pull to within 20-13. Stout had one last chance in the half, and got a 38-yard field goal from Evan Larson (Fr, River Falls) for a 23-13 halftime lead. Stout struck again midway through the third period when Ohman pitched to tailback Ryan Englebert (Fr, Sturgeon Bay) who bulled through the Pointer defense for 48-yard TD and a 30-13 lead. Stout got their final score on an Ohman to Matt Schaeuble (So, Wrightstown) 7-yard play. Stout totaled 504 total yards, 233 through the air, 217 on the ground. The Pointers finished with 298 total yards, 234 by pass, 64 by rush. Englebert finished with 88 yards rushing on 15 carries, while Luke Bundgaard (Jr, Weyerhauser) had 50 yards on 14 carries. Adam Moiles (Jr, High Rolls, New Mexico) pulled in catches for 26 yards. Vargas had four grabs for 55 yards and Ross Jones (So, Appleton) had three for 54 yards. For Pointers, Tony Romano pulled in five passes for 42 yards. Ragsdale had four for 85 yards and Keilblock had two for 63 yards. Stout stays in first place with UW-Eau Claire, which defeated UW-Whitewater, 30-23, and UW-La Crosse, which defeated UW-River Falls, 29-16. Stout will be at Whitewater, Saturday, Nov. 9.November 2, 2002MARK RALPH RECEIVES ACADEMIC/ATHLETIC AWARD MENOMONIE — UW-Stout senior linebacker Mark Ralph (Sr, Colfax) was awarded the Burger King/Warren Bowlus Academic Achievement Award during halftime of the Stout-Stevens Point football game Saturday, Nov. 2. Ralph, one of the Blue Devils captains and a second team all-conference choice last year, is a packaging engineering major, and holds a 3.493 grade point average. Throughout his career as a Blue Devil, Ralph has been willing to play where he is needed to help the team, moving back and forth between offense and defense throughout his career. Ralph started his career on defense, moved to offense for a season and has been back at linebacker the last two seasons. This season, Ralph is second on the team in number of tackles with 51. Ralph has 29 solo tackles, 15 tackles for losses of 33 yards, three sacks for 14 yards, two pass break ups and one forced fumble. Ralph is a five-time recipient of the Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence, has been named to the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll, has received the Heller Scholarship, Forum Scholarship and the Kell Container Scholarship. Gene Hatfield, of the Menomonie Burger King, presented the $500 award to Ralph. Ralph is the son of Ingman and Mary Ellen Ralph of Colfax.
October 31, 2002STOLARCZYK, SIVERTSEN HAT TRICKS HIGHLIGHT 11-0 WIN SUPERIOR - Kelly Stolarcyzk (Fr, Elk River, Minn) scored a natural hat trick and Nellie Sivertsen (Sr, River Falls) scored a hat trick of her own as UW-Stout had little problem spooking UW-Superior, 11-0, Thursday, Oct. 31. Stolarcyzk scored three goals in the first half, then added another in the second. The four goals in a game is a new Stout individual game record. Sivertsen scored twice in the first half and also added a goal in the second half. Raina Schneider (Sr, Sheboygan), a Blue Devil defender, waited until the final regular season game of her career, but scored her first career goal to cap off the evening with the final goal of the game. Stout (7-4-5, 2-2-4) also got goals from Heidi Schultz (Fr, River Falls), Rachel Anderson (So, Victoria, Minn) and Tanya Gegare (Fr, Kimberly). Sivertsen, Stolarczyk and Anderson each added two assists, as did Stacy Normington (Sr, Delavan), Kala Schmuck (Fr, New Glarus), Carrie Schrank (So, Reedsburg), and Sarah Geiger (Jr, West Bend). Laura Beck (Sr, Centerville, Minn) and Kristi Symons (Fr, Reedsburg) had single assists. Melissa Ballweg (So, Merrimac) and Steph Hennick (Fr, Elk River, Minn) combined for the shutout with Ballweg collecting two saves, while Hennick had no shots against her in the second half. Stout outshot the Yellowjackets, 37-2, and Superior goalkeeper Erin Johnson had 21 saves. Stout will be at UW-Oshkosh, Tuesday, Nov. 5 in the first round of the WIAC playoffs.
November 2, 2002VIEGUT SERVES BLUE DEVILS TO TWO WINS AT RIVER FALLS RIVER FALLS - UW-Stout's Brooke Viegut (Jr, Abbotsford) served 11 service aces in the opening game of the second day of the Bob & Steve's BP Amoco Shops Volleyball Classic, Saturday, Nov. 2 at UW-River Falls as Stout cruised to two 3-0 wins. Viegut accounted for 11 of the 18 service aces by the Blue Devils (29-5) in their 30-23, 30-18, 30-11, win over Illinois College. Scooter Aspen (So, Eau Claire) contributed four aces. The school record for service aces is 13. In Stout's 30-26, 30-22, 30-26, win over St. Olaf, Tanille Zenner (Fr, Athens), who was named to the all-tournament team with teammate Laura Bogenschutz (Jr, Baxter, Minn), led the way with 14 kills. Zenner had 11 kills against Illinois, but was topped by Gretchen Schroer (Jr, Eau Claire), who had 12. Zenner finished the tournament with 50 kills in 12 games (4.17 k/g) and Bogenschutz, the team's setter, collected 128 assists, along with 21 kills. Stout will host UW-La Crosse, Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the first round of the WIAC Volleyball tournament.November 1, 2002BLUE DEVILS BREEZE THROUGH FIRST DAY OF FALCON TOURNEY RIVER FALLS - UW-Stout had little trouble during the first day of the Bob & Steve's BP Amoco Shops Volleyball Classic, Friday, Nov. 1 at UW-River Falls. The 19th ranked Blue Devils (27-5) blew past Augsburg College, 30-16, 30-19, 30-14 and conference rival UW-Superior, 30-19, 30-10, 30-22. Tanille Zenner (Fr, Athens) led the Blue Devils at the net in both games, putting down 14 kills against Augsburg and 11 against the Yellowjackets. Defensively, Zenner had four solo blocks and five assisted Augsburg, and followed that up with three solos and two assisted versus Superior. Brooke Viegut (Jr, Abbottsford) had 10 kills against the Auggies and nine with Superior. Viegut had 20 digs in both games. Setter Laura Bogenschutz (Jr, Baxter, Minn) had nine kills against Superior, as did Gretchen Schroer (Jr, Eau Claire).
November 2, 2002LACEY OSULDSEN PLACES 18TH AT WIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS PLATTEVILLE - Lacey Osuldsen (Sr, Ladysmith) placed 18th as UW-Stout finished seventh at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) women's cross country championships. Osuldsen crossed the finish line in a time of 24-minutes, 23-seconds. Tracy Oostdyk (So, Shell Lake) was 34th (25:14), Lisa Sorvala (Jr, New Brighton, Minn) 48th (25:52), Heidi Bedsted (Sr, Plainview, Minn) 51st (25:58), Kersten Wilson (So, Tomahawk) 53rd (26:07) and Rachel Wurz (Fr, Marathon) 55th (26:12). The race was a 6000-meter run, rather than what was the usual 5000-meter. All championship races are now 6000-meter. 2002 WIAC Championships1. La Crosse 45; 2. Stevens Point 72; 3. Oshkosh 88; 4. Eau Claire 101; 5. River Falls 138; 6. Whitewater 164; 7. Stout 179; 8. Superior 197; 9. Platteville 235. Individual Results (First place, all Stout finishers) 1. Julia Rudd (La Crosse) 23:20; 18. Lacey Osuldsen 24:23; 34. Tracy Oostdyk 25:14; 48. Lisa Sorvala 25:52; 51. Heidi Bedsted 25:58; 53. Kersten Wilson 26:07; 55. Rachel Wurz 26:12; 71. Leah Karaliunas 27:17; 80. Lindsay Enger 27:50; 83. Laura Eysnogle 28:04; 87. Mara Anderson 28:18; 89. Alison Weis 28:22.
November 2, 2002BLUE DEVILS PLACE SEVENTH AT WIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS PLATTEVILLE - UW-Stout placed seventh at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) men's cross country championships, Saturday, Nov. 2 at Platteville. Ryan Chernik (So, Pewaukee) had Stout's best finish with a 62nd place finish (28:08). Adam Burrack (Fr, Shawano) was 64th (28:22). 2002 WIAC Cross Country Championships1. Oshkosh 38; 2. La Crosse 48; 3. Platteville 59; 4. Stevens Point 75; 5. Whitewater 136; 6. Eau Claire 178; 7. Stout 240; 8. Superior 244; 9. River Falls 273. Individual Results (First place, all Stout finishers) 1. Ryan Kleimenhagen (Platteville) 25:33; 62. Ryan Chernik 28:08; 64. Adam Burrack 28:22; 69. Casey Otto 28:43; 71. Mike Heinen 28:49; 73. Tim King 29:02; 78. Nate Lynch 29:18; 79. Brett Heimstead 29:19; 81. Mark Kempen 29:25; 86. Todd Dexheimer 30:04; 88. John Ullrich 30:18; 94. Mitch Schlough 31:06; 99. Chad McNutt 32:42.
November 2, 2002BLUGOLDS ALL OVER STOUT, 6-1 EAU CLAIRE - UW-Eau Claire picked up their first win of the season at the expense of UW-Stout, taking a 6-1 win, in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) game at Hobbs Ice Arena in Eau Claire, Saturday, Nov. 2. Justin Huth (Fr, Shakopee, Minn) put the Blue Devils (2-2, 0-2 NCHA) ahead midway through the first period, taking a pass from Charlie O'Hearn (Jr, Traverse City, Mich), but it was the Blugolds (1-3, 1-1) all the way from there as Eau Claire, after tying the score in the first period, scored four goals in the second period. The Blugolds outshot Stout, 47-29, in the game. Stout returns to action Friday, Nov. 8 when they travel to UW-Superior, then will be at St. Scholastica the following night.November 1, 2002POINTERS HAND STOUT FIRST LOSS STEVENS POINT - UW-Stevens Point gave UW-Stout their first loss of the season, 4-1, in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) opener for both teams at Stevens Point, Friday, Nov. 1. The Pointers (1-0, 1-0 NCHA) scored the first four goals of the game, with the Pointers' Nick Glander scoring two first period goals. Zenon Kochan and Nick Molski each added goals in the second period. The Blue Devils (2-1, 0-1) avoided the shutout when they got their only goal in the final minute of the game. Drew Nichols (Sr, Victoria, Minn) scored on the power play with 34 seconds remaining, with assists by Cullen Flaherty (Sr, Duluth, Minn) and Mitch Kellin (Jr, Cohasset, Minn). Stout's Jeff Dotson (Jr, Chanhassen, Minn) recorded 39 saves and the Pointers' Ryan Scott kicked out 27 shots.October 29, 2002JUSTIN HUTH NAMED WIAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK MENOMONIE - UW-Stout forward Justin Huth (Fr, Shakopee, Minn) scored three goals - including the game winner in overtime - and added an assist last weekend and for his efforts, was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) hockey player of the week. Making his first collegiate appearance, Huth scored two goals and an assist in the Blue Devils' season opening 7-1 win over Lawrence University, Friday, Oct. 25, then scored the game winner two-minutes, 26-seconds into overtime in a 3-2 win over the Vikings the following night.Updated: November 4, 2002 |