Football

October 20, 2003

"We don't focus so much on the wishbone as we used to (in preparing for River Falls). You can't scheme a wishbone, so we just attack it with our defensive set. They have a really nice offensive team. Now we have to focus on winning a game at home. We have identified three areas where we need to improve: 1.) our return game; 2.) we have not been forcing enough turnovers on defense; and 3.) our perimeter play."

October 18, 2003

The Warhawks took a 28-23 win over UW-Stout, Saturday, Oct. 18 in Menomonie, thanks to five Blue Devil turnovers. Coming into the game, Whitewater held a plus-9 turnover margin and only built on that statistical lead.

Stout controlled the offensive stat sheet in the first half - and for the entire game - running off 47 plays to the Warhawks' 24 plays, as Stout gained 201 first half yards to Whitewater's 147. But Stout came away with only a field goal as they trailed 14-3 at halftime after coughing the ball up twice.

The Warhawks (5-1, 3-0 WIAC) scored twice in third quarter, once on a Keiya Square 16-yard run at 6:49 and again with 17 seconds left in the period when Kyle Mayhugh sauntered in from the 9.

The Blue Devils (3-3, 1-2 WIAC) put on a torrid comeback in the fourth quarter.

Nick Ohman (Jr, Glenwood City) connected with Dan Austin (Jr, Clintonville) for a 29-yard pass to the Whitewater 7 on the Blue Devils' first drive of the quarter. But Ohman was sacked - he was sacked five times on the day - at the Whitewater 20 for second and goal. A Whitewater penalty gave Stout a first down at the 10, and Ohman hit Austin in the end zone to pull Stout to within 28-9 with 9:27 left in the game.

Using all three timeouts during a Whitewater drive, Stout stopped the Warhawks. Stout started on their own 9, and Ohman completed six passes over 11 plays, capping the drive with a 12 yard TD pass to Austin to pull to within 28-16 with 5:35 remaining.

Stout recovered the onside kick, but Andy Walters picked off Ohman first passing attempt of the drive.

Again Stout stopped the Warhawks, and again Ohman marched the team downfield, passing four times and running once for all 88 yards of the drive in five plays. Ohman hit Austin for 25 yards on the first play of the drive, connected with fullback Matt Schaeuble (Jr, Wrightstown) for 22 yards on the second play, ran for one yard on the third, hit Julio Vargas (Jr, Sturgeon Bay) for 17 yards on the fourth play and finished the drive by finding a leaping Vargas in the corner of the end zone for a 23-yard pass with only 37 seconds remaining in the game.

The ball was kicked out of bounds, and Whitewater ran out the clock.

The Warhawks, who are now in sole possession of first place thanks to UW-Stevens Point knocking off UW-Eau Claire, showed they meant business on their first drive, scoring on a 76-yard pass play as Mike Askren hit Jim Lesczynski with a perfect pass over his shoulder down the visitor's sideline with only 45 seconds off the clock.

On the following drive, Stout marched to the Whitewater 1, but were turned back and settled for a field goal.

Then disaster set in for the Blue Devils. After again stopping Whitewater, Stout's Tony Fitts (Fr, Kewaskum) fumbled the punt at the Stout 19 and it was picked up by the Warhawks' Trey Bell who carried it to the 11. Three plays later, Whitewater's Chad Wurth scored from one-yard out for a 14-3 Whitewater lead with 3:21 left in the first quarter.

Stout had an opportunity go awry midway through the second quarter when Bell picked off a deflected Ohman pass at the Whitewater 3. Stout had another chance to score following a rare Whitewater turnover, a fumble recovered by Jake Rider (Sr, Shiocton) at the Whitewater 46. Stout drove to within field goal range, but the attempt went wide left.

The Blue Devils controlled the stat sheet, but the game was played on the artificial surface of Don & Nona Williams Stadium.

Stout collected 30 first downs to Whitewater's eight. The Blue Devils tallied 519 total yards to Whitewater's 271. But the key stat turned out to be turnovers where Stout committed five to Whitewater's one.

Luke Bundgaard (Sr, Weyerhaeuser) led Stout's running game with 119 yards as the Blue Devils piled up 318 rushing yards. Ohman completed 21-of-36 passes for 318 yards, but had the two interceptions. Austin hauled in seven passes for 129 yards and two TDs.

On Whitewater's side of the sheet, Kyle Mayhugh had 75 of Whitewater's 151 rushing yards, and Askren was 6-for-16 for 120 yards. Lesczynski had two catches for 98 yards.

Stout will host UW-River Falls, Saturday, Oct. 25.

Soccer

October 17, 2003

As the Pioneers (2-14, 1-6) bunkered down into a defensive stance, it took a while for the Blue Devils (10-5, 4-3 WIAC) to pierce the net, but once they did, they did it consistently.

Krista Hight (Jr, Brookfield) got things going, taking a pass from Diane Ehlen (Sr, Bloomington, Minn) in the 32nd minute.

Shannon Hermes (Fr, Prior Lake, Minn) scored 11 minutes later when she received a pass from Carrie Schrank (Jr, Reedsburg) in the 43rd minute. Schrank, the NCAA Division III assists leader, added to her totals when she redirected a pass from Kate Rindahl (Fr, Cambridge) to Tina Dora (Fr, Kenosha) 14 minutes into the second half.

The Blue Devils' Sarah Geiger (Sr, West Bend) scored her third goal of the season, this time on a penalty kick in the 76th minute. Tanya Gegare (So, Kimberly) also picked up her third goal of the season, on an assist from Heidi Schultz (So, River Falls).

Stout will be at UW-River Falls, Wednesday, Oct. 22 to wrap up the conference season.

October 14, 2003

Schrank's two assists were key in getting the Blue Devils past UW-Eau Claire, 2-1, Tuesday, Oct. 14 at Nelson Field.

Both of Schrank's assists - the first broke the school all-time assists record - came off corner kicks.

Following a scoreless first half, the Blugolds (7-8-1, 2-3 WIAC) took a lead in the 64th minute when Marcia Foltz scored unassisted.

It didn't take long for the Blue Devils (9-5, 3-3) to answer back. Schrank slammed the corner kick into the mob in front of the goal, and Krista Hight (Jr, Brookfield) put her left foot on the ball, driving it into the goal.

Eight minutes later it was more of the same as Schrank fired a corner kick in front of the net and found Diane Ehlen (Sr, Bloomington, Minn), who rocketed the ball into the goal as she fell back. The win marked Stout's first-ever win over Eau Claire. The teams tied, 0-0, last season.

Eau Claire outshot Stout, 16-11. Stout's Melissa Ballweg (Jr, Merrimac) recorded eight saves, while the Blugolds' Megan Brady had four saves.

Schrank now has 17 assists on the year and 27 for her career, breaking the record of 25 set by Becky Howard.

Volleyball

October 18, 2003

Zenner pounded out a match-high 20 kills - tops for her for the year - and also recorded a solo block and three assisted blocks. Mensink and Zenner both had 14 kills the previous night in a 3-0 loss at La Crosse. Mensink recorded 10 kills, a solo block and four assisted blocks. UW-Stout's Gretchen Schroer (Sr, Eau Claire) had 12 kills.

Neither team hit particularly well, as Stout (14-11, 2-5 WIAC) had 28 hitting errors, with a hitting percentage of .152. The Pioneers (15-10, 2-5) had 26 errors and hit at a .134 clip.

Stout will be at UW-River Falls, Wednesday, Oct. 22, then will host their own tournament, Oct. 24-25.

October 17, 2003

Stout, which earlier in the season beat the Eagles in five games, could not find their own game tonight, bowing out, 30-21, 30-27, 30-24.

The Eagles' (21-3, 7-0) Elissa Hansen had a match-high 18 kills, while Rachel Ask had 11 kills. The Eagles clinched at least a tie for the conference crown with the win.

Stout (13-11, 1-5) got three block assists from Mensink, and Zenner added a solo block and three assisted blocks.

October 15, 2003

In the opening game, Stout found themselves down by as much as 23-9, before battling back, but the deficit was too much.

The Blue Devils (13-10, 1-4 WIAC) came to life in the second game win, and showed spunk in the third game, before too many hitting errors spelled out their doom in the fourth contest.

Stout got 12 kills from both Tanille Zenner (So, Athens) and Gretchen Schroer (Sr, Eau Claire), and 10 from Lindsay Mensink (Jr, Ostrander, Minn). Jenny McDermid (Fr, Oconto Falls) had a decent night at the defensive met, teaming up for four block assists. Zenner had three solo and three assisted blocks. Schroer finished with three solo blocks.

Stout could not match Eau Claire's (15-6, 3-2) one-two punch of Brooke Wozniak-Schmidt and Molly Menard. The pair collected 16 and 15 kills, respectively, and Wozniak-Schmidt added eight block assists, teaming with Jessica Groh for half of those.

Women's Cross Country

October 20, 2003

Men's Cross Country

October 20, 2003

Women's Tennis

October 20, 2003

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