Blue Devil Men's Basketball

January 31, 1998

PIONEERS TAKE IT TO BLUE DEVILS

MENOMONIE - UW-Platteville came into the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) game with UW-Stout as the top defensive team in the country. The Pioneers did nothing to hurt that claim as they put the hurt on the Blue Devils with a 90-53 win at Johnson Fieldhouse Saturday, Jan. 31.

The PIoneers also showed they could score, running up to a 45-27 halftime lead and they also controlled the boards, taking a 32-21 bulge off the glass.

Stout's only lead of the game came a minute into the game when Jeremy Preston (Jr, Madison) nailed a 3-pointer to give Stout a 3-2 shortlived lead.

The Blue Devils (9-9, 3-6) also had trouble with the Pioneer's full-court press, turning the ball over 20 times to eight for Platteville.

Platteville (17-0, 9-0), ranked second nationally in several polls, had four players in double digits, with Travis Schreiber leading all scorers with 18 rebounds. Merrill Brunson came off the bench for 15 points and Ryan Fuhrmann and Andre Dalton added 12 points.

Preston led Stout with 14 points. Andy Myers (So, Eau Claire) finished with 11 points.

Platteville held a huge advantage at the free throw line, sinking 19-of-27 attempts, while Stout made 2-fo-6 from the line.

Erich Kissel (Fr, Stevens Point) played perhaps his best game of the season, playing 17 minutes off the bench, scoring two points, pulling down four rebounds, dishing off an assist and recording two blocked shots.

The Blue Devils will be at UW-Eau Claire Wednesday, Feb. 4 for a 7 p.m. game, and return home Saturday, Feb. 7 to host UW-La Crosse at 8 p.m.

January 28, 1998

UW-STOUT TIPS UW-RIVER FALLS AT THE VERY END

MENOMONIE - With the outcome of the game in doubt, UW-Stout was holding a 62-59 lead, but UW-River Falls had the ball with about 12 seconds remaining and the Falcons were driving.

Stout's Aaron Vachowiak (Fr, Wausau) tipped a River Falls pass in the lane to teammate Jeremy Preston (Jr, Madison), who scooped the ball over to Andy Myers (So, Eau Claire).

Myers, who played for the Falcons last season before transferring to Stout, was fouled by Jason Beeler. Myers went to the line where he sank both free throws to give the Blue Devils a 64-59 win Wednesday, Jan. 28 at Johnson Fieldhouse.

The contest between the two longtime foes - this was their 165th meeting - was close the entire way. The Falcons (11-6, 4-4) took a 10 point lead midway through the first half, but the Blue Devils (9-8, 3-5) took the lead with 29 seconds in the half when Preston made a lay-up and Myers connected on the front end of two free throws.

The Falcons' Chad Meschke knotted the score at 30-30 at halftime.

Stout trailed only a few times in the second half, but never had a lead larger than six points.

Following back-to-back 3-pointers by Stout's Jeremy Leibfried (So, Dickeyville) around the 9 minute mark, it looked like Stout would take control, but the Falcons took the lead on a jumper by Meschke at 6:51, then briefly held the lead at 3:20.

Stout limited the Falcons to only two points in the final 5:48 of the game.

Meschke and Stout's Ben Kuepers (So, Dickeyville) led all scorers with 16 points. Pat Ptacek and Tony Fisher added 12 for the Falcons, while Stout got 14 from Kuepers, 13 from Preston and 10 from Myers.

Vachowiak and Beeler battled hard under the boards, with Vachowiak pulling down 10 rebounds and Beeler, nine.

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Blue Devil Women's Basketball

January 31, 1998

BENCH GIVES BLUE DEVILS A LIFT OVER PLATTEVILLE

PLATTEVILLE - Staci Rademacher (Sr, Sun Prairie) canned a layup and Monica Wittrock (Fr, Colfax) hit a 3-pointer to give UW-Stout a lead midway through the first half they would never relinquish and the Blue Devil went on to a 74-64 win over a pesky UW-Platteville team Saturday, Jan. 31 at Platteville.

The Pioneers played the Blue Devils close for much of the first half before Stout began to break the game open a bit, taking an 11 point, 36-25, lead on a Shannon Berg (Jr, Ellsworth) 3-pointer with three minutes left in the half.

Stout kept the a double-digit lead for most of the second half, but when Platteville started to slice away at the lead, the Blue Devils' bench, in the persons of Jessie Ustby (Fr, Onalaska) and Jenny Traynor (Fr, Ellsworth) turned the Pioneers back.

In a stretch of 90 seconds, Ustby scored seven points, sandwiched around a layup by Traynor for a 63-46 lead with 9:31 remaining.

The Pioneers cut the lead to 70-64 with 1:14 remaining in the game, but Stout scored four times at the line and shut down Platteville for the win.

Platteville's Jolene Wessel hit a game-high 20 points. Stout's Bree Mahone (So, Racine) led Stout with 13 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots to run her season totals to 26, setting a single season school record. Berg finished with 12 points, Ustby with 11 and Rademacher 10. Andrea Bresette (So, Ashland) came off the bench for seven rebounds.

The Blue Devils' bench outplayed the Pioneer bench, tossing in 32 points to Platteville's 16 and pulling down 26 rebounds to Platteville's 15.

The Blue Devils play host to UW-Eau Claire Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. and UW-La Crosse Saturday, Feb. 7 at 6 p.m.

January 28, 1998

RIVER FALLS UPSETS BLUE DEVILS WITH LAST SECOND SHOT

RIVER FALLS - UW-River Falls' Stephanie Olson hit a shot just before the final buzzer to lift the Falcons to a 90-88 upset win over UW-Stout Wednesday, Jan. 28 at River Falls.

The Blue Devils (11-5, 5-3) took the lead midway through the second half, building up to as much as a nine-point lead, and did not give it up until the final second of the game.

The Falcons (10-7, 4-4) whittled away at the lead, mostly at the free throw line where they connected on 6-of-10 free throws in the final 2:38 of the game. But it was from the floor where the Falcons clinched the win. Olson nailed a 3-pointer with 46 seconds left to cut the Stout lead to 88-85 and, following a free throw, Patty Sell knotted the score 12 seconds later at 88-88.

The Blue Devils took two timeouts, worked the ball into their own zone where Rachel Traynor (Jr, Ellsworth) was called for an offensive foul, setting up the Falcons' game winner. Stout did have fractions of a second remaining on the clock and did get a shot away, but it came up just short.

Stout, which was ranked fifth in the latest NCAA Division III Central Region poll, recorded 26 steals enroute to forcing 41 River Falls turnovers, but couldn't put the Falcons away.

River Falls had five players in double digits, with Missy Johnson leading all scorers with 18 points. Johnson also had 15 rebounds. Stout was led by Shannon Berg (Jr, Ellsworth) with 12 points. Traynor had 11 points and Bree Mahone (So, Racine) had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

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Blue Devil Hockey

January 31, 1998

LOMEN GIVES BLUE DEVILS WIN IN CLOSING SECONDS, RECORDS HAT TRICK

SUPERIOR - After completely dominating St. Scholastica the night before, the UW-Stout hockey team needed a goal by Graham Lomen (Jr, Apple Valley) in the final 11 seconds to to record the sweep, taking a 5-4 win Saturday, Jan. 31.

Friday night, the Blue Devils took an 11-3 win, but Saturday night was a different story when Lomen completed the hat trick after he took a pass from Barrett Cooke (Jr, Marquette, Mich) and Luke Murray (So, Bloomington, Minn) and slashed the puck past the Saints' goalie, James Boots.

The Blue Devils (7-14, 3-13) put on another offensive show, getting off 40 shots to the Saints 23.

Lomen had a goal in each period, closing out the scoring in the first and getting his second in the middle of the second period to record his first hat trick of the season.

Stout's Matt Romaniski (Fr, Cottage Grove, Minn) opened the scoring at 5:39, but the Saints answered right back two minutes later.

Mark Corbett (Jr, New Hope, Minn) gave Stout the lead - a lead they would not surrender - at 12:16, and Lomen scored his first goal of the night at 18:14 in the first.

Scholastica (3-19-1, 1-17) scored in the middle of the second period to pull within 3-2, but Lomen scored only 22 second later.

The Saints, playing with only 13 men on their roster, knotted the score at 4-4 with two goals to close out the second period.

The Blue Devils needed more than 23 minutes to score the game winner.

Todd Sether (Jr, International Falls, Minn) picked up the win, putting aside 19 shots.

The Blue Devils scored two of their goals while on the power play and the Saints had three power play goals.

Stout returns to action Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7, when they travel to Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill.

January 30, 1998

BLUE DEVILS BLOW SAINTS OFF THEIR HOME ICE

SUPERIOR - Eight different UW-Stout players scored goals and 13 in all scored as the Blue Devils completely dominated St. Scholastica, 11-3, in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) contest Friday, Jan. 30.

The 11 goal outburst is the biggest offensive output for Stout since the program resumed varsity status last season.

The first 22 minutes of the game forecast the tale of the tape as the Blue Devils jumped out to a 5-1 lead when Barrett Cooke (Jr, Marquette, Mich) scored with one minute, 11 seconds gone in the second period.

Stout would score five consecutive goals beginning two minutes later that would carry into the third period.

Barrett Olson (Jr, International Falls, Minn) got the Blue Devils (6-14, 2-13) started with a goal at the 8:16 mark in the first period. Jason Jones (So, Plymouth, Minn) matched that with a goal 31 seconds later. St. Scholastica's Ryan Solem cut the lead in hallf, but then it was off to the races for the Blue Devils.

Greg Foster (Jr, Roseau, Minn) scored at 14:25, and R.J. Schriefer (So, Inver Grove Heights, Minn) closed out the period with 56 seconds remaining.

Kevin Aube (Fr, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich) scored two goals and added an assist, as did Luke Murray (So, Bloomington, Minn). Foster finished with one goal and three assists. Mark Corbett (Jr, New Hope, Minn) had three assists.

Stout outshot the Saints, 55-44, and Blue Devil goalie Kevin Hulsey (Fr, New Richmond) stopped 41 shots

The game was ugly from the penalty standpoint where the Saints (3-18-1, 1-16) were hardly saints, collecting 17 penalties for 58 minutes, including two disqualification and four misconduct penalties. Stout made 11 trips to the box for 22 minutes.

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Blue Devil Gymnastics

January 30, 1998

BLUE DEVILS HAVE CHANGES IN SCHEDULE

MENOMONIE - The UW-Stout gymnastics team has several changes in their schedule. The Blue Devils were scheduled to compete at Gustavus Adolphus in St. Peter, Minn., Wednesday, Jan. 28, but poor road conditions forced the meet to be moved to Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m.

The Blue Devils' dual meet with UW-Oshkosh scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 22 has been moved to Saturday, Feb. 14 at noon, and has been expanded to a triangular with UW-River Falls included.

Stout has cancelled their appearance in the Goshen Invitational at UW-La Crosse Saturday, Feb. 7.

Stout's next meet is Wednesday, Feb. 11 at UW-River Falls.

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Men's Indoor Track & Field

January 30, 1998

BLUE DEVIL WEIGHTS CREW SWEEPS SHOT PUT EVENT

EAU CLAIRE - The UW-Stout weights team came through by sweeping the top three spots in the shot put as the Blue Devil track and field team placed third at the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Invitational Friday, Jan. 30 at McPhee Fieldhouse.

Jason Lehman (Sr, Bruce) easily took the event, tossing the weight 51-feet, 6.50-inches. Shane Swope (Fr, Thorp) was second (48-2), while Jim Nehring (Fr, Bloomer) was third (47-9). In the 35-pound weight, Corey O'Donnell (Sr, Chippewa Falls) finished second (48-0.75) and Lehman was third (46-1.50).

Jamie Buchholtz (Fr, Bloomer) captured the pole vault, jumping 14-feet.

Finishing second in the meet were John Boldt (Sr, Hartford) in the 400 (52.26), Billy Busch (Jr, Dickeyville) in the 600 (1:25.23) and Paul Gilles (Sr, Plum City) in the 5000 (14:56.88). Gilles' time was an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time.

The Blue Devils are back in action Saturday, Feb. 7 when they compete at the Eastbay Invitational in Stevens Point.

UW-Eau Claire Invitational

1. Eau Claire 125; 2. St. Thomas 117; 3. Stout 104.5; 4. Whitewater 103; 5. Mankato 60; 6. Augsburg, Carroll 27; 8. St. Mary's, Northwestern 9; 10. Superior 7.

Individual Results
(First place, Stout finishers, top six places only)

55: 1. Jeremy Heckman (ST) 6.46; Aaron Scheffer 7.18; Dan Reinert 6.91; Joe Verstegen 6.77; Joe Johnson 6.86
200: 1. Jeremy Heckman (ST) 22.73; 4. John Boldt 23.46; 10. Joe Johnson 23.64; 18. Billy Busch 24.00; Dan Reinert 24.13; 25. Joe Verstegen 24.42
400: 1. Brad Hall (EC) 51.42; 2. John Boldt 52.26; 6. Chris Valois 53.34; 10. Brian Francis 54.22; 15. Scott Silha 58.68
600: 1. Nick Taraboi (WW) 1:23.42; 2. Billy Busch 1:25.23; 13. Cabal Yarne 1:32.69
800: Mike Gruba (ST) 1:58.30; 4. Jeff Jenson 2:03.00; 8. Eric Hanson 2:07.01; 9. Jeff Gross 2:07.13
1000: 1. Joe Alexander (Man) 2:29.98; 3. Bryan Ott 2:39.83; 4. Chad Pallansch 2:40.78; 8. Todd Johnson 2:43.25; 13. Kevin Butler 2:52.93; 17. Jesse Hunter 3:05.54
1500: 1. Ryan Kollman (ST) 3:58.65
3000: 1. Eric Bloemendahl (Aug) 9:06.60; 6. Tim Hamill 9:25.62; 10. Eric Hanson 4:14.98; 20. Jamie Block 4:22.69; 21. Joe Anderson 4:23.69; 22. Ethan Webinger 4:24.50; 24. Mike Schumann 4:33.84
5000: 1. Ryan Meissen (WW) 14:55.06; 2. Paul Gilles 14:56.88; 6. Jason Petersohn 15:46.90
55-hurdles: 1. Ryan Quinn (ST) 7.99; Aaron Scheffer 8.67; Travis Fliehr 8.69; Jesse Hunter 8.99; Kevin Butler 11:31
200-hurdles: 1. Brian Mischler (EC) 26.94; 6. Travis Fliehr 27.77; 14. Aaron Scheffer 28.98
4X200-relay: 1. Mankato 1:33.50; 5. Stout 1:35.05
4X400-relay: 1. Whitewater 3:27.60; 5. Stout 3:34.00
High jump: 1. Jason Slaikeu (EC) 6-7; 4. Steve Quackenbush 5-10.75; 6. Aaron Scheffer 5-7.75; 7. Kevin Butler 5-7.75
Pole vault: 1. Jamie Buchholtz (Stout) 14-0; 6. Bob Cahow 13-0.25; 8. Cory Grenier 12-6
Long jump: 1. Erik Deutscher (EC) 21-8.75; 8. Steve Quackenbush 19-8.25; 19. Jesse Hunter 17-2; 20. Kevin Butler 16-8.75
Triple jump: 1. Rob Thompson (WW) 48-4.50
Shot put: 1. Jason Lehman (Stout) 51-6.50; 2. Shane Swope 48-2; 3. Jim Nehring 47-9; 6. Kevin McCulley 45-1.50; 21. Jesse Hunter 30-5.75; 22. Kevin Butler 29-2
35 lb wt: 1. Connor Graffin (WW) 48-2.75; 2. Corey O'Donnell 48-0.75; 3. Jason Lehman 46-1.5; 11. Kevin McCulley 27-0.

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Women's Track & Field

January 30, 1998

OLSEN NOTCHES A FIRST IN 3000-METER RUN; RELAY TEAM SETS RECORD

EAU CLAIRE - Katy Olsen (Jr, Rice Lake) easily took first in the 3000-meter run, outpacing her nearest competitor by nearly 20 seconds as the UW-Stout women's track and field finished seventh at the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Invitational Friday, Jan. 30.

Olsen cruised the course at 10:37.54, while UW-La Crosse's Sue Bolke came in second at 11:00.18.

The distance medley team of Katie Kuffel (Fr, Minneapolis, Minn), Kate Roedl (Sr, Beaver Dam), Jennifer Bahr (So, Maple Lake, Minn) and Katie Jacobson (Jr, Eau Claire) took a first in the distance medley relay in school record time of 12:54.04. The relay, a conference meet event, is an 800- 400-, 1200-, and 1600-meter event series.

The only other Blue Devils to place in the meet were Michelle Abramczak (Fr, Stanley) in the 200-meter hurdles (31.26) and Kuffel in the 1000-meter run (3:19.74). Both placed sixth.

The Blue Devils return to action Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Eastbay Invitational in Stevens Point.

UW-Eau Claire Blugold Invitational

1. La Crosse 181; 2. Eau Claire 94.50; 3. Mankato 92; 4. St. Thomas 91; 5. Whitewater 53.75; 6. Winona State26.75; 7. Stout 23; 8. Parkside 22; 9. St. Mary's 13; 10. Superior 10; 11. Northwestern 4; 12. Augsburg 3; 13. Carroll 1.

Individual Results
(First place, Stout finishers, top six places only)

55: 1. Camille Ross (WW) 7.29; Shelly Hawro 8.26; Alissa Zimmerman 8.28
200: 1. Misty Gorski (LX) 26.69; 19. Alisa Zimmerman 30.11
400: 1. Heather Reider (Man); 17. Laura Froehling 1:10.25; 18. Jenny Schmidt 1:11.95; 600: 1. Shamaine Martin (LX) 1:37.17
800: 1. Katie O'Leary 2:24.32
1000: Kelly McPhee (Park) 3:02.06; 6. Katie Kuffel 3:19.74; 10. Jennifer Bahr 3:28.33
1500: 1. Ann Kelley (Park) 4:56.37; 15. Tanya Miller 5:26.62
3000: 1. Katy Olsen (Stout) 10:37.54; 5000: Sarah Anderson 17:59.19; 11. Coryn Delaey 21:14.20
55-hurdles: 1. Nicole Sickels (Man) 8.32; Gretchen Sommerfeldt 9.43; Gretchen Patterson 13.82
200-hurdles: 1. Nicole Sickels (Man) 28.70; 6. Michelle Abramczak 31.26
4X200-relay: 1. Mankato 1:47.94; Stout DQ
4X400-relay: 1. Mankato 4:06.05; 8. Stout 4:35.93
Distance Medley (800-400-1200-1600): 1. Stout (Kuffel, Roedl, Bahr, Jacobson) 12.54.04

High jump: 1. Katie Arnes (LX) 5-6
Long jump: 1. Doreen Bechtold (ST) 16-0.50; 7. Abbie Sempf 14-9.25; 12. Shelly Hawro 14-5.25; 18. Gretchen Sommerfeldt 13-7.25
Triple jump: 1. Stacey Hornickel (WW) 35-10; 15. Shelly Hawro 29-8.75
Shot put: 1. Patti Franckowiak (LX) 41-8; 11. Jennifer Turner 30-8.25; 17. Amy Lueder 26-8.25
20-lb wt: 1. Patti Franckowiak 54-4; 9. Amy Lueder 29-5.25.

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