WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
When: Wednesday, Jan. 6, UW-River Falls, (10-1, 2-1) at UW-Stout (4-7, 1-2), 7 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 9, UW-Stout at UW-Oshkosh (11-0, 4-0), 3 p.m., WMEQ-Radio broadcast; Monday, Jan. 9, UW-Stout at UW-Platteville (5-5, 0-3), 7 p.m.
Last Time Out: The Blue Devils split two non-conference games last week, falling to NCAA Division II Winona State, 112-74, Dec. 30, then bounced back to take Northland College, 67-56, Jan. 2. Oshkosh extended their unbeaten streak to 11 when they nipped Black Hills State, 73-65, and South Dakota Tech, 62-53, Dec. 29-30. The Titans will host UW-Stevens Point Wednesday, Jan. 6. Platteville is coming off a 1-2 effort at the Clarke College Tournament over the New Year's holiday, downing Clarke, 61-47, losing to Mount Mercy, 75-65, and falling, 75-60 to Cardinal Stritch. The Pioneers travel to UW-Eau Claire Wednesday, Jan. 6, and to Stevens Point, Saturday, Jan. 9.
Last Time They Met: The Blue Devils and the Falcons split last season, with each team taking their home contest. River Falls won, 90-88, Jan. 28 and Stout won, 93-78, Feb. 25. The Titans won both contests last season, a 71-56 decision Jan. 24 and a 74-64 win, Feb. 21. Stout twice disposed of Platteville, winning the opener, 94-59 and a 74-64 win at Platteville.

ICE HOCKEY
When: Last Time Out: Stout notched their first points in the conference standings by tying UW-Eau Claire, 2-2, Dec. 11 at Eau Claire, then downed the Blugolds, 8-3, the following night in Menomonie. The Beavers are riding a three-game winning streak after downing Augsburg, 3-1, Dec. 18. The Beavers had two games scheduled with the University of Manitoba this week.
Last Time They Met: Bemidji took both games last season at the Dunn County Ice Arena, a 5-3 win Jan. 16, 1998 and an 8-4 win the following night. Stout has never beaten Bemidji in 12 meetings.

GYMNASTICS
When: Saturday, Jan. 9, UW-Stout at UW-Oshkosh, 2 p.m.
Last Time Out: The Blue Devils finished third in a triangular at UW-La Crosse, Dec. 11, scoring 80.95 points, without a complete line-up card. The Titans scored 130.40 points in winning a triangular with UW-Eau Claire and UW-River Falls.
Last Time They Met: The last time the teams saw each other, the Titans won the NCGA Regional meet, March 7, 1998, with 146.05 points. The Blue Devils hit a school record 134.60 points. The teams did not meet in a dual or triangular last season.

MENOMONIE - The UW-Stout men's basketball team returns to action Wednesday, Jan. 6 when they travel to UW-River Falls for a 7 p.m. contest. The Blue Devils then open up a three-game homestand, welcoming in UW-Oshkosh Saturday, Jan. 9, defending national champion UW-Platteville, Monday, Jan. 11 and UW-Stevens Point Wednesday, Jan. 13. All games begin at 7 p.m.

Women's Basketball

January 4, 1999

ASHLAND - The UW-Stout women's basketball team held Northland College scoreless for about four minutes in the second half and went on to take a 67-56 non-conference win at Ashland, Saturday, Jan. 2.

Holding onto a slim 47-44 lead with 11 minutes remaining in the contest, the Blue Devils shut down Northland on 10 straight possessions to jump out to a 52-44 lead.

The Lumberjills did rebound and brought the score to 57-53 with two-minutes, 30-seconds remaining, but again the Blue Devil defense clamped down, holding Northland to only three points the rest of the way for the 67-56 final score.

Stout (4-7) had to come back the entire first half, with Northland (4-9) jumping out to a 7-0 early lead, then blew that up to 23-14 with four minutes left in the half. The Blue Devils exploded to take a 33-32 halftime lead.

Rachel Traynor (Sr, Ellsworth) scored 15 points to lead Stout, which shot 24-of-68 from the floor. Traynor connected on 4-of-6 3-point shots to pave the way. Aslynn Johnson (So, Clinton) added 10 points for the Blue Devils. Northland's Beth Tanula led all scorers with 16 points.

Stout returns to conference action Wednesday, Jan. 6 when they host UW-River Falls at 7 p.m.

December 30, 1998

WINONA, Minn. - Even Shannon Berg's (Sr, Ellsworth) career-high 28 points couldn't bail out UW-Stout as the Blue Devils fell, 112-74, at Winona State, Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Berg finished the afternoon by connecting on 7-of-18 field goals, 5-of-12 from 3-point range, and 9-of-10 free throws, but the Blue Devils (3-7) dug a 50-32 halfime hole they could not get out of.

Amy Zelinger (Fr, Racine) was the only other Stout player to reach double digits, tallying 15 points from off the bench.

The Warriors had four players in double figures, led by Amanda Brown with 26 points. Heather Livingstone scored 19 points, Lesley Miller 18 and Nicole Reisner 10.

The Warriors (5-7) hit 52 percent (39-of-75) from the floor and were 25-of-32 from the line. The Blue Devils, by contrast, connected on 23-of-66 field goals (35 percent) and 16-of-29 free throws.

The 112 points was a school record for most points scored by a Winona team, and a Blue Devil record for most points scored by an opponent. The previous record was 105 points earlier this season.

December 15, 1998

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout forward Graham Lomen helped his team to its first points of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) season last weekend and has been named the NCHA Player of the Week.

In two games against UW-Eau Claire the 6-0, 240-pound senior from Apple Valley, Minn., had three goals and one assist. He had one power-play goal and had the eventual game-winner in the Blue Devils' 8-3 home win over the Blugolds Saturday, Dec. 12. Lomen scored the first goal of the game in a 2-2 tie with the Blugolds Friday, Dec. 11 at Eau Claire.

Lomen is the teams' scoring leader, with 11 goals and eight assists. The Blue Devils are 4-10-1 heading into the Christmas break and have posted a 2-0-1 record over the last three games.

Stout returns to action Jan. 8-9 when they travel to Bemidji State for an NCHA weekend series.

Women's Gymnastics

December 18, 1998

MENOMONIE - The UW-Stout gymnastics team will be off until they travel to UW-Oshkosh, Saturday, Jan. 9.

Updated: January 4, 1998