Men's Basketball

February 17, 1999

PLATTEVILLE - UW-Platteville's Merrill Brunson scored 23 of his game high 33 points in the second half to lead the Pioneers to a 77-54 win over UW-Stout Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Platteville.

The Blue Devils (13-11, 6-10) trailed by only three points at halftime, 27-23, but Brunson scored 14 points in the first nine minutes of the second half to power Platteville to a 49-33 lead.

Stout, which outrebounded Platteville 30-24, but shot only 42 percent to the Pioneers' 57 percent, were led by Ben Kuepers (Jr, Dickeyville) and Jeremy Preston (Sr, Madison) with 15 points. Kuepers pulled down a game-high nine rebounds, while Andy Myers (Jr, Eau Claire) added eight.

The Pioneers got 12 points from Mike Jones.

The contest ended the regular schedule, but the Blue Devils will return to action Monday, Feb. 22 when they travel to UW-Eau Claire for a 7 p.m. meeting with the Blugolds at Zorn Arena. Eau Claire was upset, 79-75, at UW-River Falls, Wednesday. The winner of that game will face the winner of the UW-Oshkosh/UW-Superior game.

Women's Basketball

February 17, 1999

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout's Heather Peterson (Jr, Altoona) ignited a Blue Devil 14-3 run to start off the second half as Stout went on to down UW-Platteville, 89-72, Wednesday, Feb. 17, in the conference finale at Johnson Fieldhouse.

Peterson, who finished with a team-high 20 points, scored six points during the run as Stout (13-11, 10-6) stretched the lead to 60-39 with 17:29 remaining in the second half. Stout would go on to expand the lead to as much as 27 points and Platteville (9-15, 3-13) never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way.

Shannon Berg (Sr, Ellsworth) added 16 points for the Blue Devils and Amy Zelinger (Fr, Racine) came off the bench to chip in 12.

The Pioneers' Lisa Dietzel came off the bench to score a game-high 22 points. Jolene Wessel added 11 and Ellie Nies 10.

Stout will now get a six day rest and will host UW-Stevens Point Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in the first round of the WIAC Basketball Tournament.

February 20, 1999

SUPERIOR - UW-Superior brought UW-Stout's season to a screeching halt by handing the Blue Devils an 8-1 loss in the first round of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) playoff Saturday, Feb. 20 in Superior.

The Blue Devils (9-16-2) had tied the Yellowjackets the previous night by jumping out to an early 4-0 lead, but Superior made sure that wouldn't happen again by scoring six goals before Stout got their only score of the game in the third period. Brad Weappa (So, Brooklyn Center, Minn) recorded Stout's only goal, with Greg Foster (Sr, Roseau, Minn) and Graham Lomen (Sr, Apple Valley, Minn) getting the assists.

Superior (19-6-2) scored midway through the first period, then scored again four minutes later. They rattled off three unanswered goals in the second period, then tacked on another for good measure to open up the third.

For the first time in the four games the two teams have played over the last eight days, shots on goals were fairly even with Stout actually outshooting Superior, 35-33.

Stout posted their best season record since returning to varsity status during the 1996-97 season and their 6-9-1 NCHA record was their best ever in their three seasons in the league. The Blue Devils closed the season by winning five of their last eight games.

February 19, 1999

SUPERIOR - UW-Stout, and Kevin Aube (So, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich) in particular stormed out of the games with a vengeance, but UW-Superior stormed back to record a 4-4 tie in a first round game of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) playoffs Friday, Feb. 19 at Superior.

Aube scored first two goals of the game, getting assists from Tom Schaffner (Sr, Janesville) on both goals, and the Blue Devils' Josh Markelevits (So, Red Wing, Minn) and Shane Maher (So, Forest Lake, Minn) also recorded goals in the first period. Aube assisted on Maher's goal, while Maher assisted on Marklevits'.

But the Yellowjackets (18-6-2), seeded No. 4 to the Blue Devils' (9-15-2) No. 5, got on the scoreboard with only six seconds remaining in the first period on a Clint Johnson goal, then added a goal with less than a minute remaining in the second stanza.

Johnson got his second goal of the game seven minutes into the third period, then the Yellowjackets' Scott Wagner tied the score with nine minutes remaining in the game.

The two teams had split a series just last weekend, and again the Yellowjackets attacked the Blue Devil goal hard, outshooting Stout, 40-19. The Blue Devils' Ben Plester (Fr, Chemainus, BC) stopped 36 shots.

Women's Gymnastics

February 17, 1999

EAU CLAIRE - The UW-Stout gymnastics team flirted with 100 points again, but came up just short as they dropped a 132.25-97.45 decision at UW-Eau Claire Wednesday, Feb. 17 in the final dual meet of the season.

Brenna Jones (So, St. Paul, Minn) notched a couple of second places, finishing runner-up on the vault with an 8.55 and on the floor exercise with an 8.65. Jones took the all-around competition with a 32.75, her third best score of the season.

Alissa Martin (Fr, Coon Rapids, Minn) hit a career-best 6.60 on the floor exercise, but did not place.

The Blue Devils are off until Friday, Feb. 26 when they host the WIAC Gymnastics Championship beginning at 6 p.m. in Johnson Fieldhouse.

UW-Eau Claire 132.25, UW-Stout 97.45
(First place, all Stout finishers)
Vault: 1. Kim Heinen (EC) 8.70; 2. Brenna Jones 8.55; Lauren Seebert 8.05; Andrea Hassel 7.85; Kelli Mork 7.40; Scarlett Ramey 7.20; Uneven bars: 1. Jessica Pink (EC) 7.95; Brenna Jones 7.40; Scarlett Ramey 4.95; Balance beam: 1. Amy Windorski (EC) 8.75; Brenna Jones 8.15; Andrea Hassel 7.90; Lauren Seebert 6.00; Floor exercise: 1. Melissa Grabow (EC) 8.80; 2. Brenna Jones 8.65; Andrea Hassel 8.35; Lauren Seebert 7.35; Scarlett Ramey 6.85; Alissa Martin 6.60; Kelli Mork 5.25; All-around: 1. Brenna Jones 32.75.

Men's Track & Field

February 20, 1999

STEVENS POINT - Tim Hamill (Sr, Brookfield) set a school record on his way to winning the 5000-meter run at the Pointer Invitational Saturday, Feb. 20 in Stevens Point.

Hamill edged out Stevens Point runner Dan Schwamberger in an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 14-minutes, 48.68-seconds, more than six seconds better than the previous school record.

Jamie Buchholtz (So, Bloomer) and the 4X400-meter relay team each reached provisional qualifiers.

Buchholtz won the pole vault, recording a leap of 15-feet, 5.50-inches. The relay team of John Hanson (Fr, Grantsburg), Troy Wyatt (Sr, Byron, Minn), Dustin Green (Fr, Bensonville, Ill) and Billy Busch (Sr, Dickeyville) finished third in a time of 3:21.40.

As a team, Stout placed seventh with 53.50 points. The Blue Devils will host the UW-Stout Invitational Friday, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m.

Pointer Invitational
1. UW-La Crosse 184.50; 2. UW-Oshkosh 138; 3. UW-Stevens Point 110.50; 4. UW-Eau Claire 83.50; 5. St. Thomas 61; 6. UW-Whitewater 57; 7. UW-Stout 53.50; 8. St. Norbert 21.50; 9. Carroll College 15; 10. Lawrence 2; 11. Wisconsin Track Club 1.50; 12. Ripon College 1.

Individual Results
(First place, all UW-Stout finishers)
55: 1. Jeremy Heckman (St. Thom) 6.40; 14. Jesse Hunter 6.81; 22. Aaron Scheffer 6.95; 34. Jim Staska 7.33; 200: 1. Jeremy Heckman (St. Thom) 22.09; 11. Jesse Hunter 23.23; 400: 1. Greg Matzek (Osh) 49.31; 3. Billy Busch 50.03; 600: 1. Chris Horvat (SP) 1:22.49; 800: 1. Josh Kath (St. Thom) 1:54.91; 7. Josh Johnson 1:58.58; 20. Joshua Webb 2:06.66; 22. Jeff Gross 2:08.00; 24. Aaron Hass 2:08.76; 1000: 1. Josh Bottorff (LX) 2:31.46; 5. Jason Petersohn 2:36.59; 8. Bryan Ott 2:39.81; 18. Bob Cahow 3:04.11; 1500: 1. Joe Kelsey (Osh) 3:59.80; 16. Aaron Hass 4:14.92; 18. Josh Webb 4:15.62; 25. Alex Anderson 4:25.60; 33. Tim King 4:43.00; 3000: 1. Dan Peso (LX) 8:43.78; 3. Eric Hanson 8:47.18; 10. Ryan Hill 9:02.43; 17. Jason Donovan 9:23.07; 21. Jamie Block 9:33.93; 5000: 1. Tim Hamill (Stout) 14:48.68*p; 10. Ethan Webinger 15:44.09; 55-hurdles: 1. Josh Wallace (LX) 7.70; 12. Aaron Scheffer 8.22; 15. Jesse Hunter 8.31; 22. Jeff Miller 8.64; 29. Bob Cahow 9.33; 200-hurdles: 1. Stuart Elzy (WW) 25.00; 3. Jesse Hunter 25.33; 11. Jeff Miller 26.39; 4X200-relay: 1. Eau Claire 1:30.52; 4X400-relay: 1. Oshkosh 3:18.23; 3. Stout 3:21.40p;

High jump: 1. Shannon King (Osh) 6-8.25; 11. Aaron Scheffer 5-10.50; Pole vault: 1. Jamie Buchholtz (Stout) 15-5.50; 15. Corey Knudsen 13-5.75; Matt Lausted, Jeff Rotering, NH; Long jump: 1. Shannon King (Osh) 24-1; 14. Eric Moe 20-4.50; 24. Bob Cahow 18-6; Triple jump: 1. Brad King (LX) 45-11.75; 4. Eric Moe 43-3.25; Shot put: 1. Chris Reed (LX) 51-5.50; 15. Joe Scracic 42-9.75; 33. Bob Cahow 26-9.25; 35-lb wt: 1. Mike Seifert (LX) 62-2.25; 20. Joe Scracic 35-10.50.

Women's Track & Field

February 19, 1999

RIVER FALLS - It's been at least five years since a UW-Stout women's sprinter has matched a qualifying time to the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships, but the Blue Devils' Noel Green (So, Alexandria, Minn) did it by winning the 55-meter dash in school record time at the UW-River Falls Open Friday, Feb. 19.

But because the time was a handheld time, it will not be able to be used as an automatic qualifying time. Green, who had been plagued with false starts this year, clocked a time of 7.10 seconds in the 55. Green, a transfer from Bethel College, edged out a former teammate in the finals, winning at the tape with a 7.20.

Katie Jacobson (Sr, Eau Claire), who is very familiar with national competition, earned an automatic berth at the nationals. Jacobson won the 800-meter run with a 2:15.80, getting the automatic qualifying time.

As a team, the Blue Devils finished second to host River Falls. The Blue Devils will host the UW-Stout Invitational Friday, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m.

UW-River Falls Falcon Open
1. UW-River Falls 182; 2. UW-Stout 86; 3. Carleton 82; 4. Macalester 80; Bethel 74; 6. Winona State 46

55: 1. Noel Green (Stout) 7.1*a; 200: 1. Holly Harris (Mac) 26.5; 3. Noel Green 27.4; 11. Tia Richardson 30.1; 400: 1. Holly Harris (Mac) 1:00.5; 15. Tia Richardson 1:12.7; 600: 1. Jody Myhre (RF) 1:42.2; 11. Kate Larson 1:50.6; 12. Nora Ready 1:53.1; 800: 1. Katie Jacobson (Stout) 2:15.8a; 3. Jen Bahr 2:29.3; 4. Katie Kuffel 2:29.7; 1000: 1. Abby Forster (Carl) 3:06.9; 1500: 1. Megan Auger (Mac) 4:48.7; 5. Katie Kuffel 5:02.1; 3000: 1. Julie Cousins (Win) 10:05.0; 2. Katy Olsen 10:29.0; 4. Jen Wucherer 10:46.0; 9. Amy Arndt 11:08.0; 55-hurdles: 1. Carrie Stuart (Carl) 8.5; 5. Michelle Abramczak 9.2; 7. Alison West 9.3; 200-hurdles: 1. Meghan Thieke (RF) 30.7; 2. Michelle Abramczak 31.1; 4. Marion Doble 32.4; 4X200-relay: 1. River Falls 1:48.5; 2. Stout 1:53.6; 4X400-relay: 1. River Falls 4:06.5; 4. Stout 4:15.9; 8. Stout B 4:35.2;

High jump: 1. Kady Kleven (RF) 5-1.75; 3. Andrea Schwabenlender 4-11.25; 3. Ann Marie Curtis 4-11.25; 9. Alison West 4-7.50; Long jump: 1. Anne Habbena (Bethel) 17-1.50; 10. Alison West 14-10; 12. Jamie Schwabenlender 14-6.75; 16. Marion Doble 13-5.75; Triple jump: 1. Sarah Anderson (RF) 36-9; 7. Ann Marie Curtis 30-10.25; 9. Marion Doble 30-3.75; Pole vault: 1. Brandi Long (RF) 2.97m; Dana Rozmenoski NH; Shot put: 1. Sarah Peterson (RF) 41-4.50; 6. Sarah Pivec 35-4.50; 11. Jamie Schwabenlender 30-0; 20-lb. wt: 1. Sarah Peterson (RF) 47-10; 5. Jen Turner 39-6.50; 9. Sara Pivec 36-1.50; 11. Amy Lueder 33-3.75; 14. Carolyn Myrlie 32-1.

February 19, 1999

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout head baseball coach Terry Petrie was recently recognized by the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association (WBCA) at their Feb. 13-14 in Milwaukee in recognition of his 500th career win.

Stout captured the WSUC title in 1982 and 1990, and have added the Northern Division titles in 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1993. Since Petrie took over as Blue Devil coach in 1971, Stout has had only 11 sub-.500 seasons, and nine of those came in the 1970’s.

Petrie, who has a career record of 504-361, has been named the College Coach of the Year by the state high school coaches association in 1983 and 1987, WSUC Coach of the Year in 1982 and 1990, and NAIA Area 4 Coach of the Year in 1989.

Petrie will begin his 29th season at the helm of the Blue Devils when Stout opens up March 2 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn., when they face St. Johns (Minn) University at 11 a.m.

February 19, 1999

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Lauren Mader (Jr, Neenah) and Lauren Johnson (So, Hamel, Minn) were the only UW-Stout singles players to win a game as the Blue Devils were shut out by St. Thomas, 9-0, in a springseason tennis opener Friday, Feb. 19 at St. Thomas.

Mader dropped a 6-2, 7-5 decision at No. 1 singles to Kasay Biesenstein and Johnson was upended, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 2 singles by Sara Ziegler.

Stout returns to action Sunday, Feb. 28 when they travel to St. Mary's in Winona, Minn.

St. Thomas 9, UW-Stout 0
Singles: No. 1: Kasay Biesenstein (ST) def. Lauren Mader, 6-2, 7-5; No. 2: Sara Ziegler (ST) def. Lauren Johnson, 6-0, 6-1; No. 3: Brianna Chatelle (ST) def. Megan Schwanbeck, 6-0, 6-0; No. 4: Kim Mueller (ST) def. Jodi Anderson, 6-0, 6-0; No. 5: Nikki Korman (ST) def. Jenny Anderson, 6-0, 6-0; No. 6: Amy Fritzer (ST) def. Carrie Paska, 6-0, 6-0;

Doubles: No. 1: Mel Puetz/Biesenstein (ST) def. Mader/Schwanbeck, 8-2; No. 2: Mueller/Ziegler (ST) def. Jodi Anderson/Johnson, 8-1; No. 3: Chatelle/Kormann (ST) def. Jenny Anderson/Pasko, 8-1.

Updated: February 22, 1999