|
Volume 6, Number 13 November 18, 2002
Blue Devil Sports Releases Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Men's Hockey Women's Gymnastics
Football
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 Men's Hockey Men's Basketball Women's Basketball
Football
Women's Gymnastics
Baseball |
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MEN'S BASKETBALL HOCKEY FOOTBALL WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
November 16, 2002BLUE DEVILS TIPPED IN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH LA CROSSE MENOMONIE - It was a gutsy call, but it was a call that had to made. With a share of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs at stake, UW-Stout came up a foot short on a two-point conversion and lost, 28-27, to UW-La Crosse, Saturday, Nov. 16 at Don & Nona Williams Stadium. Trailing 28-21, Stout drove 85 yards in 16 plays, and Luke Bundgaard (Jr, Weyerhaeuser) scored from one yard out to pull Stout to within one point with 37 seconds remaining. Only moments earlier, it was announced that UW-Oshkosh had defeated UW-Whitewater, 21-20, giving Stout the chance to earn the automatic qualifying bid. Following a timeout, Blue Devil coach Ed Meierkort sent the regular unit back in because holder Eric Moe (Sr, Hixton) had been knocked out of the game earlier and could not return. Quarterback Nick Ohman (So, Glenwood City) rolled to his left, had blockers in front of him, as well as Eagle defenders, dived to the end zone ball first, but was about a foot short. Stout (7-3, 4-3) did not recover the onside kick, but did stop La Crosse (7-3, 6-1) on downs, forcing a punt with only 14 seconds remaining. Two Ohman "Hail Mary" passes fell incomplete. Stout played catch-up all afternoon as the Eagles jumped out to a 14-0 lead, starting off with a 55-yard pass receiving touchdown from Matt Markaryk to Scott Burnoski midway through the first quarter. Burnoski would burn the Stout defense throughout the game, hauling in five passes for a whopping 197 yards. La Crosse scored midway through the second with a two-yard reception by Andrew Lehman. Stout tightened the score at 14-7 when Ohman capped off a 70-yard drive with 55 seconds left in the first half. The Eagles came out smoking to open the second half when Jason Kettenhofen returned the kickoff 76 yards to Stout's 12, and five plays later Matt Smith scored from the one. Momentum shifted as Stout scored twice in the third. Seth Mattison (So, Hayfield, Minn) hauled in a pass and danced his way 55 yards for the score and three minutes later Stout knotted the score at 21 on a six play, 73-yard drive, highlighted by Bundgaard's 29 yard romp to the La Crosse 11. Fullback Matt Schaeuble (So, Wrightstown) got scoring honors three play later, one play after pulling down a 10-yard pass at the 1. The Eagles took advantage of an Ohman interceptions at the La Crosse 26 and drove 74 yards in four plays. Burnoski rapped off a 46-yard reception in the drive, and Ross Moline went three yards for the score with 7:09 left in the game. Stout scored on their next drive, starting on their own 15. Stout rolled up 556 yards of offense, 340 on the ground, 216 through the air. La Crosse finished with 417 total yards, 360 in the air, but were held to 57 rushing yards. Bundgaard led all rushers with 118 yards on 21 carries, while Ryan Englebert (Fr, Sturgeon Bay) had 117 yards on 22 carries. Ohman completed 14-of-36 passes for 216 yards with Mattison collecting two for 61 yards. Makaryk let the airwaves for 360 yards, completing 19-of-44 passes with two touchdowns and two interceptions. With Burnoski leading the with 197 yards, Kettenhofen pulled in four catches for 68 yards, while Matt Rizzo caught five balls for 44 yards.
November 18, 2002ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM TO BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK MENOMONIE - The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) soccer team is expected to be announced this week.
November 12, 2002STOUT HAS FOUR NAMED TO ALL-WIAC VOLLEYBALL SQUAD MENOMONIE - In a record breaking season, four UW-Stout players who played a big part in those records have been named to the 2002 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) volleyball team. Outside hitter Brooke Viegut (Jr, Abbotsford) and middle hitter Tanille Zenner (Fr, Athens) were named to the first team. Setter Laura Bogenschutz (Jr, Baxter, Minn/Brainerd HS) was an honorable mention pick and libero Erin Heger (So, Chaska, Minn) was placed on the all-defensive team. Stout finished with a 31-6 overall record, only the second time in the 32 year history of Stout volleyball the Blue Devils have exceeded 30 wins in a season. The 1994 team was 33-6. The Blue Devils also broke four team records and came within a whisker of a couple of others. The team set new marks for most assists (1710), hitting attempts (4984) and digs (2462) and tied the mark for team hitting percentage (.245). The Blue Devils had 380 block assists, three shy of the school record, and 1846 kills, nine short of the school mark. Viegut was the team's top hitter, smacking out 467 kills (3.86 k/g) and, defensively, had 531 digs (4.39), just three short of the season record of 536 set by Monica Cyrus in 1998. Viegut, who transferred to Stout after two years at Western Illinois, was third in the league in kills and fourth in digs. Viegut also produced 44 service aces, 21 solo blocks and 53 assisted blocks. Viegut was named the WIAC player of the week, Sept 2, and was voted to three all-tournament teams. Zenner may very well be the top producing freshman in Stout history. Despite playing all season with an injured hand, Zenner put down 445 kills (3.56) and broke the school record for block assists with 107. She tagged on 53 solo blocks and averaged 1.28 blocks per game, second in the conference. Zenner was second in the WIAC in hitting percentage (.343) and eighth in kills. The team player of the week four times, Zenner was named to four all-tournament teams and was the WIAC player of the week, Nov. 5. Bogenschutz quarterbacked the Blue Devils for the third consecutive year and broke her own single season record in assists with 1448 (11.58 a/g). Her previous best was 1406 assists her freshman season. Bogenschutz has 4124 career assists and is well within range of breaking the school career record of 4461. Bogenschutz ranked fourth in the conference in assists and was named to two all-tournament team. With the advent of the libero into NCAA play this year, Heger wore the libero shirt for the Blue Devils and worked her way to the all-defensive team. The libero is a defensive specialist who cannot serve or attack, but can substitute at will. Heger, who transferred from St. Benedict, finished with 469 digs (3.88), ninth in the conference, and added 44 assists.November 12, 2002TAMI MARTINEK NAMED TO ACADEMIC HONOR TEAM MENOMONIE - UW-Stout's Tami Martinek (Sr, Eau Claire) was named to the 2001 Verizon Academic All-District Volleyball College Division District V second team. Martinek, an outside hitter, is posting a 4.0 grade point average while majoring in Vocational Rehabilitation with a concentration in psychiatric rehabilitation. Martinek, a team captain who was the first player off the bench, finished the season with 41 kills, 10 solo blocks and 27 block assists. Martinek, who transferred from UW-Superior after her sophomore year, received the Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence three times, is a member of the Academic Honor Society, a Vocational Rehabilitation Club member and has volunteered at Brotolac. Stout finished the season at 31-6, their best overall record since 1994, advanced to the semi-finals of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) tournament and were ranked 17th in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll.
November 16, 2002BLUE DEVILS PLACE 20th AT MIDWEST REGIONALS PEORIA, Ill - UW-Stout placed 20th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Cross Country Championships in Peoria, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 16. Tracy Oostdyk (So, Spooner) was Stout's top performer, placing 64th with a time of 23-minutes, 19.87-secconds in the 6000-meter race. Lacey Osuldsen (Sr, Ladysmith) did not finish the race. Washington University won the meet. UW-La Crosse finished second and will advance to the NCAA Division III Championships next weekend at St. Olaf in Northfield, Minn. NCAA Division III Midwest Regional team results1. Washington University 112; 2. UW-La Crosse 128; 3. Elmhurst 129; 4. UW-Oshkosh 178; 5. UW-Stevens Point 185; 6. U of Chicago 200; 7. Wheaton 232; 8. UW-Eau Claire 238; 9. Augustana 274; 10. UW-River Falls 301; 11. St. Norbert 343; 12. Illinois Wesleyan 370; 13. Carthage 412; 14. UW-Whitewater 438; 15. Carroll 478; 16. Greenville 497; 17. Beloit 501; 18. Principia 527; 19. Lawrence 548; 20. UW-Stout 576; 21. Millikin 616; 22. Monmouth 621; 23. North Park 635; 24. Maryville 640; 25. UW-Platteville 655; 26. UW-Superior 684; 27. Wisconsin Lutheran 693; 28. Ripon 696; 29. Benedictine 720; 30. Concordia-Mequon 748; 31.Hendrix 818; 32. MSOE 910; 33. Knox 928; 34; Concordia-Ill 959. Individual Results (6K) (First place, all Stout finishers) 1. Steph Hood (Principia) 20:57.03; 64. Tracy Oostdyk 23:19.87; 121. Lisa Sorvala 24:26.31; 125. Kersten Wilson 24:29.69; 132. Heidi Bedsted 24:42.06; 149. Rachel Wurz 25:02.02; 165. Leah Karaliunas 25:26.63.
November 16, 2002BLUE DEVILS PLACE 18th AT MIDWEST REGIONALS PEORIA, Ill - UW-Stout placed 18th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Cross Country Championships in Peoria, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 16. UW-Oshkosh won the meet, and will be joined at the national meet by third place UW-Stevens Point and fourth place UW-La Crosse. NCAA Division III Midwest Regional team results1. UW-Oshkosh 51; 2. North Central 82; 3. UW-Stevens Point 91; 4. UW-La Crosse 102; 5. UW-Platteville 124; 6. U of Chicago 172; 7. UW-EauClaire 215; 8. UW-Whitewater 253; 9. Washington University 254; 10. Elmhurst College 289; 11. Augustana College 291; 12. Carthage 341; 13. Greenville 414; 14. Wheaton 457; 15. Illinois Wesleyan 494; 16. Principia 533; 17. Monmouth 553; 18. Uw-Stout 555; 19. UW-River Falls 661; 20. Millikin 680; 21. Concordia-Ill 684; 23. St.Norbert 690; 23. UW-Superior 692; 24. Ripon 708; 25. Knox 743; 26. MSOE 771; 27. North Park 806; 28.Hendrix 821; 29. Beloit 835; 30. Maryville 846; 31. Carroll 883; 32. Concordia-Mequon 958; 33. Benedictine 1069. Individual Results (First place, all Stout finishers) 1. Ryan Kleimenhagen (Platteville) 24:28.90; 99. Adam Burrack 26:52.74; 107. Ryan Chernik 27:02.09; 112. Casey Otto 27:09.11; 119. Tim King 27:15.16; 127. Brett Heimstead 27:36.47; 130. Mike Heinen 27:39.33; 159. Nate Lynch 28:16.64.
November 16, 2002BLUE DEVILS BREAK FOUR GAME SKID WITH 5-4 WIN OVER HAMLINE MENOMONIE - Two goals within a 24-second time frame in the third period helped UW-Stout snap a four game losing streak as they took a 5-4 non-conference win over Hamline University, Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Dunn County Ice Arena. After Hamline (3-3) had jumped out to a 4-3 lead midway through the third period, Stout's Derek Nichols (Jr, Victoria, Minn) scored at the 14:27 mark, assisted by John Schaffner (So, Janesville) and Mitch Kellin (Jr, Cohasset, Minn). Twenty-four ticks of the clock later, Nate Legler (Jr, Lakeville, Minn) scored his first goal of the season, with an assist by Dan Riffe (Byron, Ill). Stout (3-4) got off to a quick start when Dan Winkler (Jr, Brooklyn Center, Minn) scored only 51 seconds into the game. Winkler was assisted by Legler and Cullen Flaherty (Sr, Duluth, Minn). Hamline scored just before the end of the period when Eric Weum scored with 13 seconds remaining in the stanza. The Pipers then came out two minutes into the second period to take a short-lived lead when Jason Stellino scored. The Blue Devils' Kory Mortel (So, Cottage Grove, Minn) gave Stout the equalizer only 37 second later, with assists by Dan Moes (Sr, North St. Paul, Minn) and Bryan Cummings (Jr, Austin, Minn). The teams traded goals to put the period to rest. Hamline's Ryan Manke scored seven minutes into the period and Cummings scored with seven minutes remaining in the period, with an assist by Winkler. Hamline took a the 4-3 lead midway through the third period after Brice Parks scored off the faceoff in the Stout zone. Hamline outshot Stout, 44-27, with Hamline goalie John Harstad stopping 22 shots. Stout used three goalies with Andy Scanlon (Fr, Apple Valley, Minn) working the last period to record the win. Scanlon stopped 13 shots. Jeff Dotson (Jr, Chanhassen, Minn) worked the first period, recording 15 shots. Tim Elde (Fr, Grafton, N.D.) stopped 14 shots in the second period. The game was virtually penalty free, with Stout getting called for two and Hamline, one. Stout will host St. Norbert College, Friday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Lake Forest College, Saturday, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m.
November 11, 2002UW-STOUT TO HOLD BASKETBALL BASHMENOMONIE - The UW-Stout men's and women's basketball teams will hold "The Biggest Basketball Party of the Year" and is inviting the entire community to participate. The event will be held Tuesday, Nov. 19 beginning at 7 p.m. and running until approximately 8:30 p.m. at Johnson Fieldhouse. The evening will feature intrasquad scrimmages from both teams, a vast number of basketball contests, a live disc jockey and prize drawings every five minutes. The contests include 3-point shooting, free throw shooting, slam dunk, half court shots and shooting for time. The event is free and open to the public. Concessions will be available. The Blue Devils men's team opens their 2002-03 season, Friday, Nov. 22 when they participate in the Pepsi Tip-Off Classic at Minnesota State (Mankato) by playing Michigan Tech. Stout will then play host Mankato the following night. The Blue Devil women's team will get their season underway, Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Millikin University Tournament when they face Webster, then will meet host Millikin on Sunday. The women will be home Tuesday, Nov. 26 to host Northwestern College at 7 p.m.
Updated: November 18, 2002 |