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Volume 6, Number 3 September 8, 2003
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September 8, 2003UW-STOUT TO OPEN SEASON WITH PERENNIAL POWER Hardin-Simmons University Cowboys (0-0) at UW-Stout Blue Devils (0-0)Saturday, Sept. 13, 1 p.m. Don & Nona Williams Stadium, Menomonie, Wis. ON THE LINE: This is the opening of the 2003 season, and the match-up between Hardin-Simmons and UW-Stout marks one of the top games among NCAA Division III powers this season. Both teams have been ranked in the top 25 for the past several years, although the Blue Devils are relatively new to the lofty perch, whereas the Cowboys have been singing at the top for a long time. Stout was ranked in the preseason as high as 10th by Sports Illustrated. Hardin-Simmons was ranked as high as 13th by Lindy's and D3football.com LAST TIME OUT: Stout: The Blue Devils were in the hunt for the WIAC title up until the final seconds of the game when they were stopped inches short on a two-point conversion that would have put them ahead of UW-La Crosse with only 37 ahead. The Eagles prevailed, 28-27, and went on to claim the championship and Stout slipped to third. Hardin-Simmons: The Cowboys rolled up a season-high 342 yards on the ground led by 81 yards and two touchdowns by Donta' Hayward on their way to a 42-24 win over Austin College. Dustin Proctor closed his dynamic career with a 14-for-20 day with 189 yards and a touchdown to Joe Lemberg. LAST SEASON: Stout is a member of the eight-team Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). Last season, Stout was 7-3 overall, 4-3 (tied for third with Stevens Point and Whitewater) in the WIAC. Hardin-Simmons, a member of the All-American Southwest Conference, was 8-2 overall, 6-2 in league play (third). It was the first time in five seasons the Cowboys did not win the league title and advance to NCAA Division III playoff action. THE SERIES: The teams have never met. STOUT PLAYERS TO WATCH: (2002 stats) RB Luke Bundgaard (Sr, Weyerhaeuser) 184 carries, 879 yds, 4.8 y/car, 84.6 y/g, 10 TD, 60 pts, Stout's all-time rushing leader; QB Nick Ohman (Jr, Glenwood City) 230 att, 115 comp, 7 int, 1460 yds, 11 TD, 182.5 y/game, 90 car, 370 yds, 4.1 y/car; RB Ryan Englebert (So, Sturgeon Bay) 179 carries, 801 yds, 4.5 y/car, 80.1 y/g, 6 TD; WR Dan Austin (Jr, Clintonville) 26 rec, 402 yds, 5 TDs, 34 pts; WR Julio Vargas (Jr, Luxemburg) 21 rec, 267 yds, 1 TD; WR Matt Sprester (Sr, Clear Lake) 18 rec, 309 yds, 3 TDs; LB Noah Mayer (Jr, Mayville) 39 tackles, 33 solo, 13 tackles for loss of 57 yds, 6 sacks for 33 yds; Blue Devils avg 397.8 total ypg, 224.8 rushing, 173.0 passing; give up 239.4 total ypg, 50.0 rushing, 189.0 passing. Stout outscored their opponents, 285-157 (29-16 pts/g). HARDIN-SIMMONS PLAYERS TO WATCH: RB Donta' Hayward (Jr, Fort Worth, Texas) 33 carries, 196 yds, 5.9 y/car, 3 TDs, played only three games due to broken arm; WR Joe Lemberg (Sr, Farmersville, Texas) 52 rec, 787 yds, 15.1 y/rec, 10 TDs; WR Matt Moskosky (Jr, Plano, Texas) 45 rec, 552 yds, 12.3 y/rec, 6 TDs; RB Lance Moore (Jr, Roby, Texas) 36 rec, 471 yds, 13.1 y/rec, 3 TDs; QB Travis Jones (Sr, Amarillo, Texas) started as freshman in 200, injured in 2001, back-up last season, 244 att, 142 comp, 12 Int, 2097 yds, 20 TDs (these are from 2000); DB Alex Hansen (Jr, Southlake, Texas) 9 int, 65 tackles, 28 solo, 7 pass break-up; LB Brent Gailey (Abilene, Texas) 74 tackles, 26 solo, 14 for losses of 50 yds, 5 sacks for 40 yds, 2 fumble recoveries; SS Anthony Renfro (Sr, Sonora, Texas) 66 tackles, 36 solo, 6 pass break ups; Cowboys avg 459.4 total ypg, 166.4 rushing, 293.0 passing; give up 338.9 total ypg, 131.7 rushing, 207.2 passing; Cowboys outscored opponents, 362-230 (36-23 pts/g) OFFENSIVE LOOK: Hardin-Simmons: multiple one-back; Stout: multi-pro. DEFENSIVE LOOK: Hardin-Simmons: 4-3; Stout: 3-4. COACHES: Stout coach Ed Meierkort (49-51 career) is in his 11th year and has the most wins of any Stout football coach. Hardin-Simmons coach Jimmie Keeling (109-34) is in his 14th season. BUNDGAARD BAROMETER: Luke Bundgaard is second on the UW-Stout all-time scoring list with 168 points. Hall of Famer Scott Fredrickson (1986-89) is the all-time leading scorer with 178 points. STOUT COACH ED MEIERKORT SAYS: "We are anxious to play. An obvious disadvantage to coming in late is we get to see everyone else play, but once we tee it up on Saturday, we will be okay. Offensively, our running game is ahead of where we were last year at this time. Our passing game needs to get better. We will hang our hats on our seven senior offensive line and for (quarterback) Nick Ohman's ability to create. Defensively, we have been either hit or miss in practice. We are either playing very well or very poorly. We must get that squared around by Saturday. I will tell you what, we will play real hard. " We decided to host a very good team to open. Hardin-Simmons is a very confident team. One of their biggest worries seems to be how to spread the ball around. They feel that an 8-2 season (last year) was a down year. We will do what we can to keep it close." RADIO: WMEQ 880 AM, Jake Bostrom, Steve Schrantz; All games be broadcast live over the Internet at www.wmeq.com The game will also be broadcast live over the Internet by d3football.com
September 5, 2003BLUE DEVILS HAVE LITTLE TROUBLE IN 9-0 WIN OVER SUPERIOR MENOMONIE - UW-Stout scored two goals in the first 15 minutes of the game and it was off to the races as the Blue Devils scored often in a 9-0 win over UW-Superior in the home and conference opener, Friday, Sept. 5 at Nelson Field. Heidi Schultz (So, River Falls) showed a good burst of speed as she picked up a ball at about midfield and raced down the entire sideline to put the ball home for Stout's (3-0, 1-0) first goal. Less than a minute later Chelsey Seawell (So, St. Anthony, Minn) scored her first collegiate goal after the Superior goalie dropped the ball on a shot by Carrie Schrank (Jr, Reedsburg). Tina Dora (Fr, Kenosha) scored with 24 minutes left in the half. Diane Ehlen (Sr, Bloomington, Minn) scored off a corner kick to open the half before Superior (1-1, 0-1) got into the act in the second half, knocking in two own goals, two on shots by Schrank. Tanya Gegare (So, Kimberly) scored with a header off a corner kick with 20 minutes remaining in the contest and Shannon Hermes (Fr, Prior Lake, Minn) scored twice in the final 10 minutes. Schrank finished the night with a school record tying five assists. Two of Schrank's assists came on corner kicks. The loneliest place on the field was in front of Stout's goal as Melissa Ballweg (Jr, Merrimac) and Katie Thompson (Fr, St. Francis, Minn) combined for the shutout. Thompson preserved the shutout in the second half when she stopped Superior's only real threat by deflecting it straight back over the goal. Stout outshot Superior, 19-4, and put 17 shots on goal. Stout will be at St. Thomas, Tuesday, Sept. 9, then will host Maranatha Baptist, Friday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m.September 3, 2003MELISSA BALLWEG DEFENSIVE SOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK MENOMONIE - In two games last week, UW-Stout goalkeeper Melissa Ballweg (Jr, Merrimac) recorded two shutouts as the Blue Devils won the Advantage Emblem Cup in Duluth, Minn. For her efforts, Ballweg was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) soccer defensive player of the week. The Blue Devils defensively dominated both of their opponents in the two-day classic-style tournament, St. Scholastica and NCAA Division II Bemidji State, by identical 1-0 scores. Ballweg stopped 10 shots against St. Scholastica and nine shots against Bemidji. Last season, Ballweg posted six shutouts and had a 1.17 goals against average.
September 6, 2003BLUE DEVILS FINISH RUNNER UP AT AUGSBURG TOURNEY MINNEAPOLIS, Minn - UW-Stout simply ran out of gas as they dropped the championship match at the Augsburg Tournament, Saturday, Sept. 6 in Minneapolis, Minn. After winning the first game of the championship game, 30-26, with Macalester, the Blue Devils (6-3) fell in three straight games, 30-24, 30-20, 30-16. Stout's Gretchen Schroer (Sr, Eau Claire) provided 14 kills and Lindsay Mensink (Jr, Ostrander, Minn) added 13, but it didn't stand up to the pounding of the Scots (5-3) led by Maggie Buttermore with 18 kills and Carley Bomstad and Bethany Tate with 15 apiece. Mensink added two solo blocks and Kjersti Hamlin (Jr, Spring Valley, Minn), who was named to the all-tournament team, supplied 21 digs. Setter Erin Heger (Jr, Chaska, Minn) was also named to the all-tournament team. Earlier in the day, Hamlin provided the hammer for the Blue Devils in their first game of the day as Stout dispatched St. Olaf, 21-30, 30-25, 30-19, 30-27. Hamlin pounded down 18 kills, along with three service aces. Schroer added 14 kills. Heger had 46 assists and Mensink had three solo blocks. Stout will be off until Friday, Sept. 12 when they play in the Trinity, Texas, University Tournament in San Antonio, Texas.September 5, 2003BLUE DEVILS SWEEP IN FIRST DAY AT AUGSBURG TOURNEY MINNEAPOLIS, Minn - The UW-Stout volleyball team swept two games Friday, in the first day of the Augsburg Tournament in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, Sept. 5. The Blue Devils downed Bethany, Kansas, 30-12, 30-23, 30-18 and St. Benedict, 30-22, 30-27, 30-21. Stout had no trouble with Bethany as Kjersti Hamlin (Jr, Spring Valley, Minn) served up six service aces. St. Benedict proved to more of a challenge as Gretchen Schroer (Sr, Eau Claire) led the way with 12 kills and Tanille Zenner (So, Athens) added 10.September 3, 2003BLUE DEVILS COME BACK TO DOWN BETHEL COLLEGE ST. PAUL, Minn - Even without one of their top players in the line-up, the UW-Stout volleyball team came all the way back to down Bethel College, 3-2, Wednesday, Sept. 3 in St. Paul, Minn. Outside hitter Brooke Viegut (Sr, Abbotsford) was lost indefinitely to injury in the third game, but Gretchen Schroer (Sr, Eau Claire) and transfer Kjersti Hamlin (Jr, Spring Valley, Minn) picked up the slack. Schroer, who finished with 17 kills on the evening, racked up five kills in the fourth game, while Hamlin slammed down seven of her nine match kills in the fourth and tying game. It was Lindsay Mensink's (Jr, Ostrander, Minn) turn in the fifth game. Injured early during the preseason, Mensink took only three swings in the final game, but scored on each of them. Mensink finished the night with 11 kills as Stout went on to a 20-30, 27-30, 30-25, 30-27, 15-10 win. The Blue Devils (3-2) held a balanced attack with Viegut finishing with 11 kills. Tanille Zenner (So, Athens) added 10. Schroer was tough on the net, recording two solo blocks and three block assists. Viegut had six assisted blocks, while Mensink finished with seven. Erin Heger (Jr, Chaska, Minn), another of Stout's walking wounded, finished with 56 assists. Rachel Linbo (So, Stewartville, Minn) had a career-high 25 digs.
September 6, 2003OOSTDYK TAKES COMMAND IN SEASON OPENING RACE GREEN BAY - Tracy Oostdyk (Sr, Spooner) put some separation between herself and the rest of the field as she won the individual title at the 22nd Tom Barry Invitational Saturday, Sept. 6 in Green Bay. Oostdyk carried a 15 second gap to the finish line of the 5000-meter course, coming in at 19-minutes, 44-seconds. Trina Bower of host St.Norbert finished second at 19:59. Oostdyk placed eighth individually last season in the event. As a team, Stout placed third behind St. Scholastica and St. Norbert. Kersten Wilson (Jr, Tomahawk) was 24th (21:22), Stephanie Nichols (Fr, Chetek) was 30th (21:40) and Christine Enger (So, Blue Earth, Minn) was 32nd (21:43). Stout is off next week, but returns to action Satuday, Sept. 20at the St. Olaf Invitational. 29th Annual Tom Barry Invitational Team results1. St. Scholastica 53; 2. St. Norbert 80; 3. UW-Stout 122; 4. St. Norbert Alumni 125; 5. Ripon 141; 6. Lawrence 143; 7. Wisconsin Lutheran 169; 8. Edgewood 179; 9. Lake Forest 223; 10. Madison Area Tech 255; 11. Fox Valley Tech 275; 12. Northland 284; 13. Northland Baptist 292; 14. Maranatha Baptist 341; 15. Alverno 395; 16. MSOE 427 Individual Results (Top five finishers, all Stout finishers) 1. Tracy Oostdyk (Stout) 19:44; 2. Tina Bower (St. Norbert) 19:59; 3. Katie Snowden (Lake Forest) 20:07; 4. Jennifer Houck (St. Scholastica) 20:09; 5. Courtney Miller (Lawrence) 20:10; 24. Kersten Wilson 21:22; 30. Stephanie Nichols 21:40; 32. Christine Enger 21:43; 36. Leah Karaliunas 21:49; 39. Valori Schaffer 21:55; 42. Anne Westpetal 22:06; 49. Carly Mann 22:26; 52. Katie Heard 22:30; 62. Jenny Hopps 22:47; 68. Laura Eysnogle 23:11; 69. Jodi Welhoefer 23:12; 70. 23:13; 73. Amanda Rau 23:18; 81. Bethany Dick 23:46; 89. Rachel Wurz 24:04; 94. Alison Weis 24:13; 96. Becky Werner 24:25; 98. Jaime Henning 24:26; 113. Pam Gundrum 24:55; 116. Shelby Tabery 25:13.
September 6, 2003HUBER, UW-STOUT DOMINATE TOM BARRY FIELD GREEN BAY - UW-Stout placed five runners in the top 10 finishers as the Blue Devils cruised to the championship of the season-opening Tom Barry Invitational, Sept. 6, in Green Bay. Dave Huber (Sr, Mendota Heights, Minn), coming off a red-shirt season, outpaced the field, taking individual honors in the four-mile course in a time of 21-minutes, 6-seconds. The second place finisher, Ripon’s Dave Billings, clocked a 21:35. Ryan Chernik (Jr, Pewaukee) was fifth for the Blue Devils (21:52), while freshmen Nate Haney (Sauk Prairie, Minn) and Jim Trudeau (Fr, Marshfield) were sixth and seventh, respectively in times of 21:55 and 21:57. Brett Heimstead (So, Savage, Minn) was ninth (22:10), Casey Otto (Sr, Fall Creek) was 12th (22:22) and Adam Burrack (So, Shawano) was 14th (22:23). As a team, Stout scored 28 points compared to 126 for second place St. Norbert. The Blue Devils were runner-up in the meet last year. Stout is off next week, but returns to action Saturday, Sept. 20 at the St. Olaf Invitational. 29th Annual Tom Barry Invitational Team results1. UW-Stout 28; 2. St. Norbert 126; 3. Northland 144; 4. St. Scholastica 148; 5. St.Norbert Alumni 156; 6. Ripon 157; 7. Lake Forest 169; 8. MSOE 179; 9. Lawrence 198; 10. Wisconsin Lutheran 261; 11. Northland Baptist 291; 12. Edgewood 347; 13.Bay de Noc Community College 349; 14. Maranatha Baptist 359; 15. Madison Area Tech 364; 16. Fox Valley Tech 425. Individual Results (Top five finishers, all Stout finishers) 1. Dave Huber (Stout) 21:06; 2. Dave Billings (Ripon) 31:35; 3. Tim Koepsel (Wis. Lutheran) 21:36; 4. Blaise Sopiwiak (Northland) 21:39; 5. Ryan Chernik (Stout) 21:52; 6. Nate Haeny 21:55; 7. Jim Trudeau 21:57; 9. Brett Heimstead 22:10; 12. Casey Otto 22:22; 14. Adam Burrack 22:23; 19. Mike Heinen 23:00; 21. Todd Dexheimer 23:03; 28. Justin Graham 23:17; 29. Mark Kempen 23:20; 34. Nate Lynch 23:32; 36. Luke Kramer 23:36; 44. Scott Barthel 23:57; 69. Chad McNutt 25:07;
August 22, 2003MARK NOLL NAMED UW-STOUT WOMEN'S TENNIS COACH MENOMONIE - Mark Noll has been named as the head coach of the UW-Stout women's tennis team.Noll, a UW-Stout graduate, served as the interim women's tennis coach in the spring of 2003. No stranger to Blue Devil athletics, Noll has been a women's assistant basketball coach for three years, a position he will carry on with. Noll was also an assistant men's basketball coach at Stout. Noll will continue to be an instructor in the physical education department. "I want to bring a new atmosphere into the women's tennis program," Noll said. "We will accomplish that by working as hard as we can during both practice and competition. "I appreciate the opportunity to be the head women's tennis coach and expect to bring the program along slowly. I look forward to the challenges of coaching in the WIAC (Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)." Noll, a native of nearby Colfax, has worked with AAU girls programs for the last 15 years, having run AAU camps and tournaments, including serving as tournament supervisor and coach for the immensely popular Great Lakes Shootout held every summer in Menomonie and the surrounding communities. Noll and his wife, Kara, live in Menomonie with their two children, Jackson and Tyler. The Blue Devils report for the 2003 season Thursday, Aug. 28, and first year coach Mark Noll is expecting a large turnout. The Blue Devils do not open play until Friday, Sept. 12 when they travel to defending conference champion UW-Eau Claire.
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September 5, 2003FIVE BLUE DEVIL STANDOUTS TO BE INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME MENOMONIE - Five UW-Stout athletes from the past 40 years will be inducted into the UW-Stout Atheltic Hall of Fame, Saturday, Sept. 27. Dick Fredrickson, who played football and ran track in the early 1960s, then went on to be come one of the most successful high school track coaches in the state, will be joined by punter Andy Caflisch, who played football in the early 1990s, Paul Bons, an All-American cross country and track performers in the mid-1980s, Carol Sanders, a prime mover in starting the women's tennis program at Stout in the late 1970s, and Lisa Bloom, who provided a foundation for the now highly successful women's basketball program, will be inducted into the Hall beginning at 10 a.m. in Grand View Terrace of the Memorial Student Center. Carol Dobrunz will receive the Athletic Distinguished Service Award. The day begins with registration at 9 a.m., followed by the ceremony at 10 a.m. A luncheon will follow. Cost for the ceremony/banquet is $12. Tickets can be ordered by calling the atheltic department at 715-232-2224. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the UW-Stout Hall of Fame, and many past inductees are expected to return for the day's festivities.Updated: September 8, 2003 |