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Volume 7, Number 6 September 27, 2004
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FOOTBALL VOLLEYBALL The Blue Devils (6-0-1, 1-0-0) will will get their stiffest test to date when they travel to perennial conference champion UW-Stevens Point (6-1-1, 2-0-0), Friday, Oct. 1. But first, Stout travels to Northland College (7-3-0), Wednesday, Sept. 29. Last week: Stout extended their scoreless streak to 662 minutes as the Blue Devils crushed Northland Baptist, 8-0, Sept. 25, and Marian College, 12-0, Sept. 26. Offensive player of the week: Shannon Hermes, So, Prior Lake, Minn; Defensive player of the week: Hilary Smiskey, Fr, Chippewa Falls, Wis. WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TENNIS
September 27, 2004BLUE DEVILS WRAP UP NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AT WALDORF UW-Stout Blue Devils (2-0, 1-0) at Waldorf College Warriors (2-3)Saturday, Oct. 2, 2 p.m. A. David Bolstorff Stadium, Forest City, Iowa ON THE LINE: UW-Stout steps out of conference play for the final time this weekend and will travel to first time opponent Waldorf College, a former junior college that is in its second year as a four-year institution. The Blue Devils moved to 26th on the Don Hansen Weekly Football Gazette Top 40. LAST TIME OUT: Stout: Ryan Englebert scored three TDs and collected 122 rushing yards on 16 carries as Stout buried UW-Oshkosh, 49-17, Sept. 25. Englebert ran for TDs of 2-, 55- and 21-yards. Quarterback Nick Ohman threw for TDs to John Henry Freeman (9 yds), Matt Sprester (53 yds) and Jesse Wendt (48 yds). Stephen Schils scored Stout's other TD, returning a fumble 13 yards. Stout collected 416 total yards, while Oshkosh had 283. Waldorf: The Warriors drew first blood, taking a 7-0 lead over UW-Stevens Point, but the Pointers rebounded quickly and ran off with a 41-7 win, Sept. 25 at Waldorf. Waldorf scored with two minutes remaining in the first quarter on a Michael Lewis to Dan Steffan 13-yard TD pass. The Pointers answered on the next series in only six plays The Warriors play five of their first six games at home. Their two wins have come in one-point games. LAST SEASON: Stout is a member of the eight-team Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). Last season, Stout was 6-4 overall, 4-3 (tied for fourth with Eau Claire) in the WIAC. Waldorf plays an independent schedule and is a member of the NAIA Division II. Waldorf was 0-10 in their first year as a four-year college program. THE SERIES: This is the first ever meeting. STOUT PLAYERS TO WATCH: QB Nick Ohman (Sr, Glenwood City) 52 att, 32 comp, 1 int, 420 yds, 5 TDs, 210 y/game, 23 car, 137 yds, 6.0 y/car; RB Ryan Englebert (So, Sturgeon Bay) 34 car, 180 yds, 5.3 yd/car, 3 TD; WR Matt Sprester (Sr, Amery), 5 rec, 134 yds, 26.8 yd/rec, 1 TD; WR Jesse Wendt (So, New Auburn), 7 rec, 118 yds, 16.9 yd/rec, 2 TDs; TE Ross Jones (Sr, Appleton) 6 rec, 81 yds, 13.5 y/rec; WR John Henry Freeman (So, St. Louis, Mo) 4 rec, 60 yds, 15 y/rec, 2 TDs; DB Jordan Sinz (Sr, Edgar) 13 tackles, 7 solo, 1 int; LB Stephen Schils (Fr, Green Bay) 13 tackles, 8 solo, 3.5 tackles for loss of 23 yds, 2 sacks for 18 yds, 2 fumbles recovered, 1 TD; LB Noah Mayer (Sr, Mayfield) 12 tackles, 10 solo, 4 tackles for loss of 22 yds, 2 sacks; LB Travis Phillips (Sr, Burnsville, Minn) 12 tackles, 8 solo, 5 tackles for loss of 16 yds, 2 sacks; Blue Devils avg 411.5 total ypg, 183 rushing, 228.5 passing; give up 277 total ypg, 109 rushing, 168 passing. Stout outscored opponents, 72-17. (36-9) WALDORF PLAYERS TO WATCH: QB Michael Lewis (So, Bayard, Iowa) 31 comp, 75 att, 277 yds, 1 TD, 55.4 yd/g, 5 int, 25 car, 48 yds; QB Robert Cox (Fr, Geneva, Ala) 16 comp, 37 att, 84 yds, 1 TD, 21 yd/g, 3 int; RB Kenny Patrick (Fr, Milwaukee) 43 car, 144 yds, 0 TDs, 3.3 y/car; RB Ken Scheff (Fr, Jackson, Minn) 40 car, 123 yds, 0 TDs, 3.1 y/car; WR Dan Steffab (Jr, Guttenberg, Iowa) 11 rec, 99 yds, 9.0 y/rec, 1 TD; LB Neal Bohnet (Jr, Jefferson, Iowa) 24 tackles, 3 tackles for loss; DL Andy Herrick (Jr, Charles City, Iowa) 26 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 1 fumble recovery; Waldorf avg 145.2 yds/g, 73 rushing, 72.2 passing; give up 414 yds/g, 196.8 rushing, 217.2 passing; have been outscored, 179-34 (36-7) OFFENSIVE LOOK: Warriors: multiple; Stout: multi-pro set. DEFENSIVE LOOK: Waldorf: 4-3; Stout: 3-4. COACHES: Stout coach Todd Strop (2-0 career) is in his first year as the Blue Devil head coach and was the Blue Devils' defensive coordinator the last six seasons. Waldorf coach David Bolstorff (176-139-2) is in his 33rd year. Bolstorff coached most of his career while Waldorf was a junior college and is the third-winningest active two-year college coach in the country. The football stadium is named after him and he also serves as the school chaplain. STOUT COACH TODD STROP SAYS: "Coming off the field at halftime (against Oshkosh), we were disappointed. Our discipline wasn't there, but then a lot of kids stepped up and made big plays (in the second half). I was pleased with the way our kids competed. Matt (Sprester) and Ryan (Englebert) are as close to 100 percent as they are going to get and I think everyone feeds off the emotions of what those two have done and what they have been through. This conference is very rarely decided on one game, but last year we started in a hole. This game gave us more confidence. It shows the kids all of the little things we have been working on are paying off."Our first goal of the year is to always take care of our non-conference opponents, and this is another game to take care of. Waldorf is an established program with a very powerful junior college football tradition. They have a very young group of kids that are looking to gel." RADIO: WMEQ 880 AM, Jake Bostrom, Steve Schrantz; All games are broadcast live over the Internet at www.wmeq.com September 25, 2004THIRD QUARTER TURNS TIDE AS BLUE DEVILS CRUSH OSHKOSH, 49-17MENOMONIE - UW-Stout scored 28 third quarter points and cruised to a 49-17 win over UW-Oshkosh, Saturday, Sept. 25 in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) contest at Don & Nona Williams Stadium. Ryan Englebert (So, Sturgeon Bay) and Matt Sprester (Sr, Amery) both showed they were recovered from an automobile accident last October that ended their 2003 season. Englebert started off the third quarter parade with a 55-yard touchdown jaunt, splitting two would-be tacklers and heading for paydirt only three minutes into the second half. Sprester followed suit three minutes later, taking a pass in the middle of the field and racing 53-yards for the score to put Stout (2-0, 1-0) up, 28-7. Stout wasted little time getting on the board again in less than a minute. Oshkosh quarterback Nick Wara had a pass batted back to him, but then was hit and fumbled the ball. Stout linebacker Stephen Schils (Fr, Green Bay) picked up the loose change and scored from 13 yards out for a 35-7 lead. The Titans (3-1, 0-1) drove, but only managed a field goal at the 5:50 mark of the third quarter. Two minutes later, Stout quarterback Nick Ohman (Sr, Glenwood City) found Jesse Wendt (So, Chetek) on the visitors sideline and hit him in stride. Wendt bobbled the ball a couple of times, but hauled it in and went 48 yards to score and a 42-10 Stout lead with four minutes left in the period. Englebert added another score in the fourth period, a 21 yards run. The Titans score with 1:40 left to close out the scoring. Stout jumped out to a 7-0 lead only two minutes into the first half. John Henry Freeman (So, St. Louis, Mo) scored on a 9-yard pass from Ohman. The score was set up with a 37-yard pass from Ohman to Sprester. The Titans tied the score at 7-7 on a Wara two-yard run with three minutes left in the quarter. Stout answered back on the ensuing drive. Wendt returned the kickoff 22 yards, then hauled in a 20-yard pass from Ohman. Seth Mattison (Sr, Byron, Minn) also pulled in a 20-yard pass, setting the stage for Englebert's first score on the day, a 2-yard run. Stout tallied 416 total yards of offense, 241 in the air, 175 on the ground. Ohman completed 9-of-22 passes for 204 yards. Sprester made four catches for 113 yards, while Wendt had three grabs for 90 yards. Englebert rushed 16 times for 122 yards. The Titans finished with 283 yards of offense, 154 by rush, 129 by pass. Wara completed 14-of-33 passes for 108 yards. Andy Moriarty rushed for 60 yards, and Wara for 38. Stout will be a Waldorf College, Saturday, Oct. 2. September 22, 2004BACK AT STOUT AFTER WORKING TOGETHER By Scott BarthelUW-Stout Sports Information Assistant They have been friends since they walked onto campus. They have lived together, worked out together, played football together, and since one horrible October night last year, they have also lived the same life together. Nearly a year ago, on Oct. 1, 2003, Matt Sprester (Sr, Amery) and Ryan Englebert (So, Sturgeon Bay) were on their way to Sprester’s parents’ home near Amery for a late evening dinner when they were involved in a car accident. Both of the UW-Stout football players were rushed to Amery Regional Medical Center. They were later transferred to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis where they stayed for a week. Sprester had three surgeries on his foot; Englebert never had surgery, but his hip was severely damaged. For the following month, their parents, family, and friends took care of them, as they were both bed ridden at their respective parents' homes. However, it isn’t in their nature to just lie around or feel sorry for themselves, so they decided to do something about it. They teamed up together, lived with Sprester’s parents and traveled to Burnsville, Minn., daily for rehabilitation. "The doctors said we wouldn’t walk until February," said Englebert, "but we saw an accelerating rehab specialist in Burnsville, and he had us walking by mid-November." "Walking again was unbelievable," Sprester said. After a month of rehab, the two headed to Lake Geneva and finished rehabilitation with Englebert’s brother, Cory. The pair worked out with the personal trainer two to three times a day from January to August. We owe a lot to Cory," said Sprester. "Without him, we wouldn’t be here."While working out in Lake Geneva, the two worked harder than ever before, and it paid off. Sprester said he is bigger, stronger, and as fast as he was before the accident. Englebert was timed doing a 40-yard dash in 4.35 seconds, his fastest ever. Not only did these two get into as good of shape as before the accident, but they also met their goal: be ready for the season opener. For the first time in almost a year, Englebert and Sprester joined the Blue Devils to beat DePauw University in the season opener. Englebert had 58 yards rushing and caught eight passes out of the backfield for 28 yards. Sprester had one catch for 21 yards. Both players were a little sore after their first game, but were simply happy to be a part of it. It was definitely emotional," said Englebert. "Before the game, we looked at each other, and we had tears in our eyes."According to the doctors, neither player was supposed to play football again. However, through hard work, determination, and support from family and friends, these two made it back on the field, - and they did it together.
September 22, 2004BLUE DEVIL VOLLEYBALL BLOCKS WAY TO WIN OVER RIVER FALLSMENOMONIE - UW-Stout came from behind in the final two games to sweep a three set match over UW-River Falls in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) volleyball match, Wednesday, Sept. 22 at Johnson Fieldhouse. Stout trailed by as much as three points in the second game and overcame a seven point deficit in the third contest to win, 30-23, 31-29, 30-26. The Blue Devils (11-2, 3-1) blocked well, going to the net for 21 block assists, with Tanille Hartwig (Sr, Athens) getting seven block assists. Jenny McDermid (So, Oconto Falls) had five and Lindsay Mensink (Sr, Ostrander, Minn) had four. McDermid also had two solo blocks. Brooke Viegut (Sr, Abbotsford) and Hartwig each finished the night with 13 kills and Mensink added 11 for the 16th ranked Blue Devils. For the 15th ranked Falcons (10-3, 1-2), Nina Peterson recorded 13 kills. Andrea Geehan had four solo blocks and two assisted blocks.
September 26, 2004RINDT SCORES HAT TRICK, BLUE DEVILS SHUT OUT MARIANMENOMONIE - Carli Rindt (So, New Berlin) scored her first career goal in the first half. Then she added her second with 20 minutes left in the game. Ten minutes later, Rindt completed the hat trick to lead Stout to a 12-0 non-conference win over Marian College, Sunday, Sept. 26 at Nelson Field. Rindt's first career hat trick overshadowed Stout's defensive effort, which did not allow a single shot by the Sabres (3-6-0). Blue Devil goalkeepers Melissa Ballweg (Sr, Merrimac) and Katie Thompson (So, St. Francis) each played a half, and each touched the ball only once apiece - and those were back passes by Stout defenders. Carrie Schrank (Sr, Reedsburg) opened the scoring only four minutes into the game on a direct kick and it was off to the races for the Blue Devils (6-0-1), who haven't been scored on in 662 minutes. Kelly Stolarczyk (Jr, Elk River, Minn) scored two goals. Shannon Hermes (So, Prior Lake, Minn) had a goal and three assists. Danielle Belanger (So, Ashland) scored her first career goal and Kristy Symons (Jr, Reedsburg) scored her first goal of the season. Stout got solo goals from Tina Dora (So, Kenosha), Michelle Lizotte (Fr, Racine) and Megan Lee (So, Cambridge). Lizotte also had three assists. Liz Eldred (Fr, Wentworth) had two assists. Stout will be at Northland College, Wednesday, Sept. 29 and at UW-Stevens Point, Friday, Oct. 1. September 25, 2004BLUE DEVILS EXTEND SCORELESS STREAKMENOMONIE - The UW-Stout defense extended their scoreless streak to 572 minutes as they blanked Northland Baptist Bible College, 8-0, Saturday, Sept. 25 at Nelson Field. The Blue Devils (5-0-1) allowed only two shots on goal as seven different Stout players scored. Michelle Lizotte (Fr, Racine) scored twice, once in each half. Stout jumped out to a 6-0 halftime lead as Tina Dora (So, Kenosha) opened the scoring six minutes into the game. Kelly Stolarczyk (Jr, Elk River, Minn), Shannon Hermes (So, Prior Lake, Minn), Heidi Schultz (Jr, River Falls), Lizotte and Megan Lee (So, Cambridge) each scored in the first half. Chelsey Seawell (Jr, St. Anthony, Minn) and Lizotte scored in the second half. Melissa Ballweg (Sr, Merrimac) recorded two saves for Stout, while Northland Baptist's (1-3) Rachel Pettit made seven saves. September 21, 2004BALLWEG NAMED WIAC SOCCER DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKMENOMONIE - UW-Stout goalkeeper Melissa Ballweg, (Sr, Merrimac/Sauk Prairie) was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) soccer defensive player of the week. Ballweg has posted 482 shutout minutes in a row and has gathered four consecutive shutouts. She was credited with one save against UW-Whitewater in a 4-0 win on September 17, when she came out to make stops before the shot. Ballweg has allowed only one goal so far this season for a goals against average of 0.17. She has 36 saves with a save percentage of .973. She is currently posting a 6-0-1 record on the season, the same as the team.
September 25, 2004BLUE DEVILS SECOND AT ST. MARY'S INVITATIONALMENOMONIE - Kersten Wilson (Sr, Tomahawk) placed fifth to pace UW-Stout to a second place finish at the St. Mary's Invitational, Saturday, Sept. 25, in Arcadia. Wilson finished in a time of 24-minutes, 50-seconds. Stephanie Nichols (So, Chetek) was eighth (24:58), Abbey Ring (Fr, Manitowoc) was 11th (25:07) and Bridgette Crozier (Fr, Winona, Minn) was 12th (25:17). Stout is off until Saturday, Oct. 9 when they are at the Beloit College Old English meet. St. Mary's Invitational1. UW-Eau Claire 39; 2. UW-Stout 55; 3. St. Mary's 72; 4. Winona State 94; 5. Martin Luther 96; 6. Crown 190. Individual Results
September 25, 2004ULLRICH PLACES FIFTH AT ST. MARY'S INVITATIONALARCADIA - John Ullrich (Jr, Savage, Minn) placed fifth to lead the UW-Stout cross country at the St. Mary's Invitational, Saturday, Sept. 25 in Arcadia. Ullrich finished in a time of 28-minutes, 14-seconds. Stout will be at the Pre-Nationals, Friday, Oct. 1 at Whitetail Golf Club near Colfax. St. Mary's Invitational1. UW-Stevens Point 22; 2. Martin Luther 65; 3. UW-Stout 69; 4. Winona State 109; 5. St. Mary's 118. Individual Results
September 25, 2004DOUBLES TEAMS HELP SNAPS SKID WITH WIN OVER RIPONMENOMONIE - UW-Stout snapped a six match losing skid with a 5-4 win over Ripon College in a non-conference women's tennis match. All three of the Blue Devils' doubles teams picked up wins against the Red Hawks. Stout's Grace Brothen (So, White Bear Lake, Minn) and Tina Rodin (Sr, Champlin, Minn) both picked up doubles and singles wins. Brothen teamed with Nicole Hayek (Jr, Rochester, Minn) at No. 3 doubles for an 8-2. She snagged a (7-6 (8-6), 6-0 win at No. 6 singles. "Grace really stepped up big for us today," coach Mark Noll said. Rodin combined with Cecily Hiner (Jr, Marshfield) at No. 2 doubles for an 8-2 win, and took a 6-0, 7-5 win at No. 2 singles. Jenna Bettmann (So, Blaine, Minn) and Elizabeth Hanson (So, Waseca, Minn) chalked up an 8-4 No. 1 doubles win. Stout will be at Marian College, Friday, Oct. 1 and at UW-Stevens Point, Saturday, Oct. 2. UW-Stout 5, Ripon College 4 Doubles: No. 1: Bettmann/Hanson (S) def. Hilligoss/Lichon, 8-4; No. 2: Rodin/Cecily Hiner (S) def. Rincon/Schnick, 8-2; No. 3: Hayek/Brothen (S) def. Wagner/Engring, 8-2. September 24, 2004RIVER FALLS SERVES UP A SHUTOUT TO STOUTRIVER FALLS - UW-River Falls won every set as they defeated UW-Stout, 9-0, Friday, Sept. 24 at River Falls. Elizabeth Hanson (So, Waseca, Minn) had Stout's closest game, losing 6-4, 6-4, to Sarah VandenHoek at No. 6 singles. Nicole Hayek (Jr, Rochester, Minn) came close in her first set at No. 4 singles, losing 7-5 to Amber Weissinger, but then fell in the second set, 6-2. Stout will host Ripon College, Saturday, Sept. 25 at 1 p.m. UW-River Falls 9, UW-Stout 0 Doubles: No. 1: Knobloch/Baron (RF) def. Bettmann/Hanson, 8-0; No. 2: Breise/VandenHoek (RF) def. Hayek/Pingry, 8-4; No. 3: Weissinger/Kersten (RF) def. Rodin/Cecily Hiner, 8-4. Back to Top | Tennis Home Page Updated: September 27, 2004 |