Women's Gymnastics

March 29, 2003

EAU CLAIRE - Cassie Johnston (Fr, Albertville, Minn) and Tiffany Reber (Sr, Mantorville) earned All-America honors at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championships, Saturday, March 29 at UW-Eau Claire.

Johnston finished fourth on the balance beam, scoring a 9.475 to bring her two-day total to 18.975. The top six individual performers earn All-America honors.

Reber finished eighth in the all-around with a score of 35.75. The top 10 all-arounders earn All-America status.

Johnston just missed out on honors on the floor exercise, placing in a tie for seventh. She scored a 9.425 to total a 19.075. Rhian Paulson (Fr, Stillwater, Minn) finished seventh on the uneven bars, scoring a 9.125 to bring her two-total to 18.275.

Reber placed 15th on the vault.

March 28, 2003

EAU CLAIRE - Cassie Johnston (Fr, Albertville, Minn), Tiffany Reber (Sr, Mantorville) and Rhian Paulson (Fr, Stillwater) advanced to the final day of competition at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championships, Friday, March 28 at UW-Eau Claire.

Johnston advanced in two exercises, placing second on the balance beam with a scored of 9.50, and is currently ninth in the floor exercise in tying a school record with a score of 9.650. Johnston tied the school record set earlier this season by Reber. Johnston also placed 26th on the uneven bars (8.625). The top 12 advance to the finals.

Paulson advanced in the uneven bars, currently tied for fifth place with a score of 9.15. Paulson was 26th on the vault (9.175).

Reber is currently tied for 12th on the vault with a score of 9.175. Reber placed eighth in the all-around with a score of 35.75. Reber was 28th on the bars (8.575), 50th on the beam (8.40) and 14th on the floor (9.60), and just missed the cut.

Helen Pansch (Fr, Zimmerman, Minn) placed 47th on the floor exercise with a score of 9.025.

UW-La Crosse won their third consecutive NCGA national team championship. SUNY-Courtland was second. The NCGA championships will conclude Saturday, March 29 with the individual championships competition scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.

Softball

March 31, 2003

March 30, 2003

WAVERLY, Iowa - In an afternoon slugfest, UW-Stout fell, 20-12, to Wartburg College, Sunday, March 30, in Waverly, Iowa.

Stout pounded out 16 hits, but surrendered 26 hits in the nine-inning contest.

Stout's Seth Meier (Fr, Park Falls) led Stout's hit parade, going 4-for-5 with five RBI and two runs scored. After flying out in his first at-bat, Maier drove in at least one run in each of his final four at-bats.

Justin Biever (Sr, South Milwaukee) went 3-for-5 for the Blue Devils (1-9).

Greg Torgerson led Wartburg's attack with two home runs.

Wartburg (15-4-1) scored three runs in first, but Stout took the lead with two runs in the second and three in the third. Wartburg pounded out six runs in the third and never trailed after that.

Stout will open WIAC play Wednesday, April 2 when they host UW-Superior at 1 p.m. at Nelson Field.

March 29, 2003

FAYETTE, Iowa - By the skin of their teeth, the UW-Stout baseball team picked up their first win of the season, as they downed Upper Iowa University, 5-4, in the second game of a double header. Earlier, the Blue Devils allowed four runs in the bottom of the seventh to lose, 4-3, Saturday, March 29 in Fayette, Iowa.

Matt Christman (Fr, Milwaukee) pitched four innings, allowing two runs and three hits, to record the win. John Englund (Fr, Burnsville, Minn) come on in relief to get the save, but not before surrendering two runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Third baseman Greg Meinertz (So, La Crosse) made a key play in the bottom of the seventh, staying with a fly ball that started foul, then drifted back into play for the second out of the inning. Englund got the final out on a strikeout.

Seth Maier (Fr, Park Falls) hit a two-run double in the third inning to lift Stout (1-8) to a 4-0 lead. Upper Iowa scored single runs in the third and fourth. Justin Biever (Sr, South Milwaukee) scored what would prove to be the game winning run in the fifth inning when he scored from third on a passed ball.

In the opener, Jon Severson (So, Hayfield, Minn) pitched six strong innings before allowing two runners in the bottom of the seventh and Upper Iowa (6-7-1) scored four times for the win. Stout had an opportunity to send the game into extra innings when Upper Iowa's Justin Inskeep flied to left field, but Eddie Daniels beat the throw for the game winning run.

March 27, 2003

Amy Boyle (Jr, Racine) was the only Blue Devil not to get swept, winning her first set at No. 6 singles, then getting tipped 6-4, 11-9.

Stout will be at Hamline, Friday, April 4.

St. Mary's 9, UW-Stout 0
Singles: No. 1: Nicole Hilo (SMU) def. Rachael Weber 6-2, 6-1; No. 2: Joni Peterson (SMU) def. Lauren Patient 6-0, 6-0; No. 3: Amanda Clark (SMU) def. Meghan Fieber 6-0, 6-1; No. 4: Allison Ast (SMU) def. Tina Rodin 6-2, 6-0; No. 5: Cassie Czech (SMU) def. Cecily Hiner 6-0, 6-0; No. 6: Angie Beissel (SMU) def. Amy Boyle 0-6, 6-4, 11-9; Exh: Erika Millspaugh lost, 8-1; Lauren Patient won 6-1

Doubles: No. 1: Hilo/Clark (SMU) def. Weber/Fieber 8-2; No. 2: Peterson/Czech (SMU) def. Boyle/Millspaugh 8-0; No. 3: Ast/Beissel (SMU) def. Rodin/Hiner 8-1

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