Football

September 9, 2002

UW-Stout Blue Devils (0-0, 0-0) at Millsaps College Majors (1-0, 0-0)
Saturday, Sept. 14, 6 p.m.
Alumni Stadium, Jackson, Miss.
ON THE LINE: UW-Stout will open their season by making a long trip to meet Millsaps College in the two teams first-ever meeting. The Majors opened their season Sept. 7 with a 16-14 win at Mississippi College. The Blue Devils will play three non-conference games this season, all against first-time opponents - at St. Thomas, Sept. 28 and will host Concordia-Moorhead, Oct. 19 for homecoming.

LAST TIME OUT: Stout: The Blue Devils finished up the 2001 season with a 10-7 win over UW-La Crosse.

Millsaps: The Majors took a 16-7 lead, then held on as Mississippi came back to score a TD with 1:36 left on the clock. Millsaps recovered the onside kick, but only 30 seconds ticked off the clock before they were forced to punt. The punt stuck Mississippi on their own 2-yard line. Mississippi picked up a first down, but Millsaps stopped them with 22 seconds remaining and no timeouts to give the Majors the win. Millsaps held a considerable lead in yardage, racking up 319 yards - 192 on the ground - to Mississippi's 176. Brandon Morris completed only four passes, but all four went to Wayne Brown for 127 yards and the opening touchdown, a 40-yard connection five minutes into the game. Chris Schiro scored on a 31 yard run near the end of the first half, and Robert Ezelle booted a 26-yard field goal in the third. Schiro finished with 71 yards rushing. Brent LeJune had 61 yards and Bret Burgess, 33. The Majors avenged a 15-3 loss to Mississippi in their 2001 season opener.

LAST YEAR: Stout is a member of the eight-team Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). Stout was 6-3 overall, 4-3 (tied for third) in the WIAC. The Blue Devils were WIAC champions in 2000 and their 16-4 overall record over the past two seasons is the best in the league during that stretch. The Majors are a member of the seven-team Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) and were 6-4 overall, 3-3 (4th) in SCAC play. Millsaps has perennial powerhouse Trinity in their league, along with Centre College, DePauw University, University of the South-Sewaunee, Rhodes College and Rose-Hulman. Both Stout and Millsaps are affiliated with the NCAA Division III.

THE SERIES: This is the first meeting for the two teams, which are scheduled to play again next year in Menomonie.

STOUT PLAYERS TO WATCH: (2001 stats) RB Luke Bundgaard (Jr, Weyerhaeuser) 174 carries, 721 yds, 4.1 y/car, 5 TD; QB Nick Ohman (So, Glenwood City) 165 att, 77 comp, 4 int, 991 yds, 9 TD, 110.1 y/game, 108 car, 291 yds, 2.7 y/car, 1 TD; WR Julio Vargas (So, Sturgeon Bay) 13 rec, 155 yds, 5 TDs; DB Eric Moe (Sr, Hixton) 8 int for 151 yds, one TD, 15 career int, 46.0 tackles, 34 solo, 16 pass break ups, preseason All-America; DB Kevin Dewey (Jr, Burnsville, Minn) 43.0 tackles, 19 solo, 7 pass break ups, 3 int; LB Jamie Spielman (Sr, Menomonie) 53.0 tackles, 25 solo, 7 tackles for loss of 31 yds, Blue Devils avg 323.0 total ypg, 161.4 rushing, 161.6 passing; give up 276.7 total ypg, 94.1 rushing, 182.6 passing.

MILLSAPS PLAYERS TO WATCH: (2001 stats) LB Matt O'Bryant (Sr, Ocean Springs, Miss) 121 tackles, 60 solo, 11 tackles for loss of 29 yds, 1.5 sacks, 5 pass breakups; DE Jed Mooney (Sr, Tyler, Texas) 53 tackles, 25 solo, 20 tackles for losses of 136 yds, 8.5 sacks for 112 yds; DB Craig Bowman (Sr, Hope Hull, Ala) 36 tackles, 16 solo, 4 int for 116 yds; DE Eugene Lamberth (Jr, Batesville, Miss) 30 tackles, 13 solo, 8 tackles for losses of 31 yds, 2.5 sacks for 25 yds; DB Jahreese Jones (Sr, New Orleans, La) 3 int for 40 yds; WR Jack Casanova (Sr, Churchpoint, La) transfer from Lousiana State, 9 rec, 101 yds, 11.2 y/rec; WR Thomas Bowden (Jr, Memphis, Tenn) 21 rec, 269 yds, 12.8 y/rec, 3 TDs; RB Brent LeJenune (Sr, Egan, La) 46 car, 134 yds, 2.9 y/car, injured for part of the season; Majors avg. 235.8 total yds, 95.4 rushing, 140.1 passing; gave up 258.5 total yds, 95.9 rushing, 162.6 passing.

OFFENSIVE LOOK: Millsaps: multiple; Stout: multi-pro. DEFENSIVE LOOK: Millsaps: 4-3; Stout: 3-4.

COACHES: Stout coach Ed Meierkort (42-48 career) is in his 10th year and has the most wins of any Stout football coach. Majors’ coach Bob Tyler (48-38-3 overall, 6-4 at Millsaps) is in his second year with the Majors. Tyler has been the head coach at Mississippi State and North Texas State University.

STOUT COACH ED MEIERKORT SAYS: "After watching two future opponents play (Sept. 7), we don't know how we will size up until we play. Then, going to the south, we don't want to let all of the distractions get in the way. Offensively, we seem to be improved. Our timing is better and our tall receivers are catching the ball. Our offensive line, because they are back, understand what is going on. We have eight or nine offensive linemen we can trot out there. If we are smart and don't turn the ball over, we have a chance in every game. Depthwise defensively, we are as deep as we have ever been, but we still have to go out and make the plays.

"We don't have a good barometer on Millsaps yet. We know we outweigh them and they can outrun us. Our defense will play hard against them and try to lay a couple of helmets on them."

SIGHTSEEING: The trip will give the Blue Devils a chance to see not only the deep south - including New Orleans - but Stout is scheduled to take in the Green Bay Packer/New Orleans Saints game Sunday, Sept. 15. "Friday and Saturday, we need to be all business," Meierkort said. "Sunday will just be fun."

RADIO: WMEQ 880 AM, Jake Bostrom, Steve Schrantz; the game will also be broadcast live over the Internet at www.wmeq.com

Soccer

September 8, 2002

ST. PAUL, Minn - UW-Stout's Melissa Ballweg (So, Sauk Prairie) posted her second straight shutout in goal as the Blue Devil women's soccer team downed Graceland College, 1-0, Sunday, Sept. 8 in St. Paul, Minn.

Ballweg recorded 10 saves on the day and made Nellie Sivertsen's (Sr, River Falls) goal 18 minutes into the game standup. Sivertsen's shot came from the top of the box only minutes after Kelly Stolarczyk (Fr, Elk River, Minn) clanged a shot off the top bar.

Graceland outshot Stout, 14-12, but many of their shots came towards the end of the game, said coach Dave Morris, who was pleased with the play of his charges against the scholarship team.

The game was part of a two-day tournament that was scheduled at St. Catherine's, but a game with Iowa Wesleyan was cancelled when Wesleyan failed to field a team for the season.

Stout will host St. Mary's Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. as part of a doubleheader with the Menomonie High School boys team, which will play at 5 p.m. against Hudson.

September 4, 2002

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout goalkeeper Melissa Ballweg (So, Sauk Prairie) went the distance in the goal and picked up her first complete collegiate shutout as the Blue Devils blanked St. Scholastica, 4-0, Wednesday, Sept. 4 at Nelson Field.

Ballweg finished the night with five saves as the Blue Devil (1-1) defense allowed only five shots all evening. The Stout offense, in turn, pelted St. Scholastica (0-2) goalkeeper Jenny Boespflug with 17 shots, putting 12 shots on goal.

The Blue Devils wasted little time as Heidi Schultz (Fr, River Falls) headed home a ball in the fifth minute of the game. Fellow River Falls native Nellie Sivertsen (Sr, River Falls) punched a shot home from the right side in the 28th minute of the contest.

Carrie Schrank (So, Reedsburg) scored on a direct kick in the 73rd minute and Schultz picked up her second goal of the evening in the 81st minute with a long shot from just outside the center circle.

Volleyball

September 7, 2002

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn - Down after the first game, UW-Stout came all the way back to down UW-Eau Claire in the championship game of the Augsburg Volleyball Invitational, Saturday, Sept. 7 in Minneapolis, Minn.

The Blugolds took the first game, 30-23, but Stout battled back to take the final three games, 30-25, 30-27, 30-26, to hand Eau Claire their first loss of the season and, in the process, run their own record to 9-0.

Brooke Viegut (Jr, Abbotsford), who was named to her second all-tournament team in a week, led the way in the championship game with 15 kills and 17 digs. Tenille Zenner (Fr, Athens), who joined Viegut on the all-tournament team, was not far behind, smashing down 14 kills and recording two solo blocks. Gretchen Schroer (Jr, Eau Claire) finished with nine kills. Erin Heger (So, Chaska, Minn) had 22 digs.

The Blugolds (7-1) got 16 kills from Brooke Wozniak and 14 from Annie Kabat.

In Stout's final game of pool play earlier in the day, the Blue Devils had little trouble with UW-Superior, winning 30-22, 30-20, 30-24. Schroer scattered 15 kills to lead the way at the net and Lindsay Mensink (So, Ostrander, Minn) added 11. Mensink was hot defensively at the net, notching two solo blocks and four assisted blocks.

Setter Laura Bogenschutz (Jr, Baxter, Minn) finished the match with 33 assists, 13 digs and three blocks.

The Blue Devils will host Macalester College, Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

September 6, 2002

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn - For the first time this season, the UW-Stout volleyball team was taken past three games, but the Blue Devils (7-0) still managed to keep their unbeaten streak alive as they downed St. Benedict and Macalester College at the Augsburg Invitational, Friday, Sept. 6 in Minneapolis.

After Stout disposed of St. Benedict for the second time this season, this time by a 30-23, 30-28, 30-24 score, the Blue Devils needed one extra game to get past the Scots, 30-15, 30-21, 29-31, 30-22.

Lindsay Mensink (So, Ostrander, Minn) had a career-high 20 kills to lead Stout's charge, while Brooke Viegut (Jr, Abbotsford) slammed down 18 and Gretchen Schroer (Jr, Eau Claire) had a career-high 14 kills. Mensink also had five assisted blocks and a solo block. Erin Heger (So, Chaska, Minn) had 23 digs to lead Stout defensively.

Against St. Ben's, Viegut led the way at the net with 17 kills. Schroer finished with 17 digs.

The seven game winning streak is the longest streak to start the season. The Blue Devils started the 1994 season with six consecutive wins when Stout finished the season at 33-6.

September 5, 2002

MENOMONIE - It didn't take Brooke Viegut (Jr, Abbotsford) long to make an impression in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) volleyball community.

The UW-Stout outside hitter, a transfer from Western Illinois, was named the WIAC volleyball player of the week after her performance at the UW-River Falls Invitational, Aug. 30-31.

In 12 games that saw Stout go to a perfect 4-0 record at the UW-River Falls Invitational, Viegut was named to the all-tournament team after pounding 52 kills (4.33 per game) with a hitting percentage of .333. Viegut (pronounced Vee-goot) had five assists, five service aces, four solo blocks and five assisted blocks.

September 4, 2002

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout volleyball ran their record to 5-0 with a sweep of Hamline University, sending the Pipers packing on scores of 30-21, 30-17, 30-21, Wednesday, Sept. 4 at Johnson Fieldhouse.

Brooke Viegut (Jr, Abbotsford), Lindsay Mensink (So, Ostrander, Minn) and Gretchen Schroer (Jr, Eau Claire) combined for 30 kills to lead Stout's attack. Viegut recorded 13 kills, while Mensink added nine and Schroer, eight.

The Blue Devils blitzed the Pipers (3-2) from the serving line, recording 14 service aces, with Schroer leading the way with four aces. Viegut had three, as did Scooter Aspen (So, Eau Claire) and Laura Bogenschutz (Jr, Baxter, Minn). Bogenschutz finished the night with 32 assists.

Defensively, Viegut led the way with a match-high 15 digs. Schroer hit the floor for nine digs.

Amber Birner (Jr, Warren) celebrated her 21st birthday by recording a season-high five kills.

Women's Cross Country

September 7, 2002

GREEN BAY - Last season, the UW-Stout women's cross country team captured their first multi-team race in many years, but the 2002 version of the Blue Devils went one step further when they took the top prize at the 17-team Tom Barry Cross Country Invitational in Green Bay, Saturday, Sept. 7.

Returners, buoyed by underclassmen, allowed Stout to edge host St. Norbert by a 77-82 score. Beloit was third with 97 points and Carroll was fourth with 103.

Lacey Osuldsen (Sr, Ladysmith) finished sixth and broke the 20-minute mark with a time of 19-minutes, 12.34-seconds. Tracy Oostdyk (So, Spooner) was eighth in a time of 20:16.39.

Freshman Christine Enger (Blue Earth, Minn) was 16th (21:06.47), sophomore Kersten Wilson was 17th (21:09.07) and freshman Lindsay Enger was 30th (21:35.67).

28th Tom Barry Cross Country Invitational
1. UW-Stout 77; 2. St. Norbert 82; 3. Beloit 97; 4. Carroll 103; 5. Lawrence 124; 6. Wisconsin Lutheran 191; 7. Ripon 195; 8. St. Norbert Alumni 201; 9. Concordia-Mequon 248; 10. Northland Baptist 279; 11. Maranatha Baptist 282; 12. Lake Forest 305; 13. Edgewood 336; 14. MSOE 356; 15. Cardinal Stritch 435; 16. Madison AreaTech 457; 17. Alverno 476

Individual Results
(First place, all Stout finishers)
1. Julie Deyo (St. Norbert) 19:12.34; 6. Lacey Osuldsen 19:55.46; 8. Tracy Oostdyk 20:16.39; 16. Christine Enger 21:06.47; 17. Kersten Wilson 21:09.07; 30. Lindsay Enger 21:35.67; 36. Heidi Bedsted 21:49.11; 49. Valori Schaffer 22:17.66; 50. Alison Weis 22:20.39; 55. Rachel Wurz 22:31.33; 72. Leah Karaliunas 23:26.91; 77. Katie Heard 23:43.21; 83. Laura Eysnogle 24:02.97; 86. Becky Werner 24:19.45.

Men's Cross Country

September 7, 2002

GREEN BAY - The UW-Stout men's cross country team placed second at the 17-team Tom Barry Invitational in Green Bay, Saturday, Sept. 7 as the Blue Devils were led by two freshmen and two sophomores.

Justin Graham (So, Apple Valley, Minn) placed eighth in 22-minutes, 26.73-seconds to lead Stout. Brett Heimstead (Fr, Savage, Minn) was 10th (22:33.09), Adam Burrack (Fr, Shawano) was 12th (22:42) and Ryan Chernik (So, Pewaukee) was 13th (22:44). The course was a four-mile course.

NCAA Divison II UW-Parkside won the meet with 33 points. The Blue Devils racked up 63 for second.

28th Annual Tom Barry Cross Country Invitational
1. UW-Parkside 33; 2. UW-Stout 63; 3. St. Norbert 108; 4. Ripon 135; 5. Beloit 207; 6. MSOE 216; 7. Lake Forest 217; 8. Carroll 247; 9. Wisconsin Lutheran 247; 10. St. Norbert Alumni 274; 11. Concordia-Mequon 301; 12. Edgewood 321; 13. Northland Baptist 326; 14. Lawrence 341; 15. Cardinal Stritch 366; 16. Madison Area Tech 404; 17. Maranatha Baptist 416.

Individual Results
(First place, all Stout finishers)
1. Cal Kromm (Parkside) 21:53.46; 8. Justin Graham 22:26.73; 10. Brett Heimstead 22:33.09; 12. Adam Burrack 22:42.44; 13. Ryan Chernik 22:44.14; 20. Casey Otto 23:16.41; 31. Todd Dexheimer 23:37.90; 39. Tim King 23:50.72; 40. Nate Lynch 23:53.21; 44. Mitch Schlough 23:59.07; 55. Mark Kempen 24:29.64; 82. Matt Miller 25:52.81; 94. Chad McNutt 26:45.31; 99. Brian Desjardins 27:02.23; 110. Jon Gallo 27:55.37.

September 7, 2002

DETROIT LAKES, Minn - Former UW-Stout cross country and track distance runner Jamie Block collapsed and died, Saturday, Sept. 7, while competing in the Dick Beardsley Half-Marathon in Detroit Lakes, Minn.

Block was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit Lakes where the apparent cause of death was reported as being a congenital heart condition of which he nor his family was unaware of. Block's father, Dennis, was also running the race.

Block, a native of West Bend, competed for Stout from 1997-2001 and graduated with an industrial design degree in December, 2001. Block recently moved to the Fargo, North Dakota, area to begin a job with Sugar Sand, Inc., in Fargo, North Dakota, a boat manufacturing company.

Women's Tennis

September 9, 2002

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