Men's Basketball

February 29, 2000

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout's two leading scorers were named to the 1999-2000 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) honorable mention men's basketball team.

Aaron Vachowiak (Jr, Wausau) and Jeremy Leibfried (Sr, Dickeyville) were both named to the team for the first time.

Vachowiak finished the season as the team's leading scorer, finishing with an average of 15.2 points per game. Vachowiak also led the team in rebounding with 6.8 rebounds. He ranked 11th and seventh, respectively, in the conference in all games.

Vachowiak was the team leader in blocked shots with 37 and for the third year, held Stout's best field goal percentage, shooting .602. He ranked second in the league in field goal percentage.

In the 16 conference games, Vachowiak averaged 16.4 points per game (10th) and 6.7 rebounds (eighth).

Leibfried finished the season averaging 14.7 points per game and was the team leader in assists with 3.6. Leibfried topped off his career as the Blue Devils' career assists leader, dishing off 358. He also set the school record for most 3-pointers made in a career, hitting 186-of-478.

Leibfried ranked fifth in league games in assists with 3.81 per game. He ranked 14th in scoring.

Stout completed the season with an 11-14 record, but won three of their final four regular season games.

Women's Basketball

February 29, 2000

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout's three leading scorers were named to the 1999-2000 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) women's basketball team.

Heather Peterson (Sr, Altoona) and Stacie Anderson (Jr, Clayton) were named to the first team, while Andrea Bresette (Sr, Ashland) was an honorable mention choice. In addition, Peterson was named to the all-defensive team.

Peterson was the Blue Devils' fire plug all season, leading the team in scoring 10 times and in rebounding nine times, despite missing five games due to injury. Peterson averaged a team-high 13.7 points and pulled down a 5.8 rebounds. She averaged a league-best 3.43 steals per game. She hit 109-of-229 shots from the field and was 15-of-47 from 3-point range. Peterson averaged 2.8 assists per game.

Peterson was an honorable mention choice last season.

Anderson provided a spark at the point guard position, and averaged 12.6 points per game, while dishing off 2.3 assist per game. She was the team's leading 3-point shooter, connecting on 47-of-127 shots from downtown.

In back-to-back games, Anderson scored 32 and 30 points, respectively.

Bresette averaged 12.2 points per game, and was the team leader in rebounds, averaging 6.4 caroms per game. Bresette added an outside game to her itinerary this winter, hitting 19-of-49 long range bombs. Before this season, she was 2-for-5 from downtown. Bresette scored 38 points - one point short of the school record - Jan. 15 at UW-Superior.

The conference honors were the first for both Anderson and Bresette.

The Blue Devils finished the season with a 15-11 overall record and fourth place in the WIAC.

Women's Gymnastics

March 5, 2000

Baseball

February 29, 2000

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn - A Metrodome-imposed time limit cost UW-Stout a win as the Blue Devils opened the 2000 campaign by losing the opener and tying the second with Bethel College, Tuesday, Feb. 29 at the Metrodome. Bethel took a 5-4 first game win, and Stout appeared to have the second, but had to settle for a 3-3 tie because the game was called due to the time limit in the top of the seventh.

In the second game, Stout built a 3-0 lead behind solid pitching for three innings by starter Zak Arneson (Jr, Barneveld). Arneson was working on a perfect game heading into the fourth, but gave up two walks, a wild pitch, two hits and three earned runs.

Adam Shoberg (So, Minnetonka, Minn) came on in relief in the fifth inning with bases loaded and struck out the side. He pitched flawlessly in the sixth, not allowing a ball out of the infield.

The Blue Devils would have given Shoberg the win in the seventh when Stout's first two batters - Justin Biever (Fr, Milwaukee) and Eddie Young (So, La Crosse) - were hit by a pitch. Following a strikeout, Rich Young (Fr, Woodbury, Minn) walked to load the bases. JW Dachel (So, Bloomer) reached on an infield error, scoring Biever.

O'Connell delivered two runners with a double. JR Dachel (Sr, Bloomer) loaded the bases after being hit by a pitch and Kurt Ploog (Jr, Lakeville, Minn) picked up an RBI after he walked.

The game was called at that time because of a curfew enforced at the Metrodome and reverted back to the sixth inning.

The Royals roughed up starter Scott Meyer (Sr, Austin, Minn) for an unearned run in the second, then got another run in the fourth. After working one out in the sixth, Meyers gave way to relief and the Royals tacked on three more runs before Brian Bee (So, Bloomer) came in to shut down the side inthe sixht and seventh.

Stout got all of their runs in the sixth, starting with a JW Dachel double and a Brad O'Connell (Jr, Elk Mound) single. JR Dachel drove in both with a double. Following a walk and an out, Eddie Young drove in two runs, but that's all the Blue Devils would manage.

Stout is off until they head to Ft. Myers, Fla., for their annual spring break trip, March 12-18.

March 3-4, 2000

PLATTEVILLE - UW-Stout's Jamie Buchholtz (Jr, Bloomer) successfully defended his Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) pole vault crown and did it with his best leap of the season Friday, March 3 at Platteville.

Buchholtz vaulted 16-feet, 2-inches and assured himself of a repeat trip to the NCAA Division III national meet next weekend by automatically qualifying. The height matched the school record Buchholtz set last spring. Buchholtz, who also placed ninth in the triple jump, was named the field athlete of the meet.

Teammate Jeff Rotering (So, Waumandee) finished fourth in the pole vault with a provisional qualifying height of 15-5.75.

Eric Hanson (Sr, Winona, Minn) placed fifth in the 1500-meter run (4:00.03) and the distance medley relay team was third (10:13.56) with an NCAA Division III provisional qualfying time. As a team, Stout placed seventh.

1500: Dan Schwamberger (SP) 4:03.83; 5. Eric Hanson 4:00.03; 21. Bryan Ott 4:10.69; 25. Chris Stevens 4:15.01; 26. Josh Johnson 4:16.36; 28. Chris Emerson 4:19.27; 29. Alex Anderson 4:20.40; 3000: 1. Tyler Foos (LX) 8:33.06; 25. Ryan Hill 9:17.65; 27. Joshua Webb 9:23.23; 28. Bryan Ott 9:25.99; 31. Jason Donovan 9:36.31; 5000: 1. Dan Schwamberger (SP) 14:43.86; Ryan Hill 15:47.13; Dave Huber 16:19.63; Alex Anderson 16:23.09; Jason Donovan 16:24.80; 55-hurdles: 1. Derek Walgrave (LX) 7.59; 9. Jeremy Weir 7.96; 10. David Hanson 8.17; 14. Jeff Miller 8.58; 4X200-relay: 1. LaCrosse 1:30.29; 6. Stout 1:33.52; 4X400-relay: 1. Platteville 3:20.02; 6. Stout 3:26.85; Distance medley: 1. Oshkosh 10:07.06; 3. Stout 10:13.56p;

High jump: 1. Mike Mead (SP) 6-8.50; 8. Steve Quackenbush 6-4.25; Triple jump: 1. Tommy Ngo (EC) 47-10.50; 9. Jamie Buchholtz 43-00.50; Pole vault: 1. Jamie Buchholtz (Stout) 16-2a; 4. Jeff Rotering 15-5.75; 8. Bob Cahow 15-0; 12. Jeremy Weir 14-0; 18. Matt Lausted 13-0.25; Shot put: 1. Luis Maroney (LX) 54-9.25; Mike Bethke 46-11.50; Kevin McCulley 46-1.50; 20-lb wt: 1. Mike Koenning (LX) 58-10.25; Pentathlon: 1. Aaron Nett (Osh) 3486; 9. Steve Quackenbush 2740; 12. Bob Cahow 2057.

Women's Track & Field

March 3-4, 2000

PLATTEVILLE - Seems as if everytime UW-Stout's Sara Pivec (So, Coon Rapids, Minn) picks up the shot put, she breaks the school record. At the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships, Friday, March 3, Pivec did it again and this time increased her chances of qualifying to the NCAA Division III national meet.

Pivec tossed the soft rock 43-feet, 1.50-inches to finish second in the event. Going into the conference meet, Pivec was ranked 11th in the nation, and needed to be in the top 10 to have a chance to advance to the national meet. Pivec has broken the school record in five of the last six meets she has competed in, adding three feet to the record.

While Dana Rozmenoski (So, Black River Falls) did not place in the pole vault, her height of 8-4.75 established a new school record.

Michelle Abramczak (Jr, Stanley) placed eight in the pentathlon. As a team, Stout placed eighth.

Individual Results
(First place, all Stout finishers)
55: 1. Camille Ross (WW) 7.11; 22. Sarah Jenne 8.14; 200: 1. Amber Lindblad (LX) 25.27; 21. Sarah Jenne 28.69; 400: 1. Lisa Mickelson (LX) 57.66; 800:1. Leah Juno (SP) 2:15.04; 26. Heidi Bedsted 2:46.48; 1500:1. Jessica Dober (LX) 4:41.81; 32: Heidi Bedsted 5:38.23; 3000:1. Stephanie Grieber (WW) 10:14.75; 10. Lisa Sorvala 11:00.04; 11. Katie Kuffel 11:00.70; 22. Amy Arndt 11:19.84; 27. Ellen Everson 11:42.19; 29. Merideth Nordberg 12:13.72; 5000:1. Stepanie Greiber (WW) 17:35.05; 17. Amy Arndt 20:05.29; 55-hurdles: 1. Crystal Bullion (Osh) 8.61; 20. Michelle Abramczak 10.02; 23. Amy Biegel 10.34; 4X200-relay 1. La Crosse 1:41.73; 8. stout 1:54.59; 4X4000-relay: 1. La Crosse 4:00.01; 8. Stout 4:22.18; Distance medley: 1. Stevens Point 12:14.71; 5. Stout 13:03.17;

High jump: 1. Toni Bonnett (Osh) 5-5.75; 8. Andi Schwabenlender 4-11.75; 14. Ann Marie Curtis 4-7.75; Triple jump: 1. Jill Kincaid (Osh) 38-4; Pole vault: 1. Jessica McNaughton (LX) 10-10.25; 12. Dana Rozmenoski 8-4.75*; Shot put: 1. Tabitha Fendrich (WW) 43-11.25; 2. Sara Pivec 43-1.50*a; Jessie Krejci 38-11.50; 20-lb wt: 1. Megan Lundahl (SP) 51-11.25; 9. Sara Pivec 42-00.50; Caroline Myrlie 35-11.50; Pentathlon: 1. Beccy Moyer (Osh) 2945; 8. Michelle Abramczak 2444; 9. Amy Biegel 2409.