Men's Track & Field

March 13, 1999

ADA, Ohio - UW-Stout's Jamie Buchholtz (So, Bloomer) placed second in the pole vault event at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio, Friday, March 12.

Buchholtz actually wound up in a tie in the event, clearing the bar at 15-feet, 11-inches. Buchholtz was seeded No. 2 going into the event.

Tim Hamill (Sr, Brookfield) placed 10th in the 5000-meter run with a time of 15-minutes, 27.35-seconds.

As a team, the Blue Devils finished 20th with seven points.

Women's Track & Field

March 13, 1999

ADA, Ohio - UW-Stout's Katie Jacobson (Sr, Eau Claire/Altoona HS) broke a school record and placed third in the 1500-meter run at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday, March 13 at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio.

Jacobson recorded a time of 4-minutes, 35.77-seconds to break the record of 4:36.03 set by Sue Meyer in March, 1986.

Jacobson owns four indoor Stout middle distance records and two outdoor middle distance records.

In preliminary competition Friday, Jacobson clocked the best time in her heat and the second-best time of the day with a run of 4-minutes, 40.70-seconds. Jacobson entered the field with the best time of the 13 runners.

As a team, the Blue Devils finished in a five-way tie for 21st. The national meet concludes the indoor track and field season.

March 14, 1999

FT. MYERS, Fla. - The UW-Stout baseball team felt the brunt of Mother Nature Sunday, March 14 when their annual Florida spring break trip opener was rained out.

The Blue Devils were scheduled to play MacMurray (Ill) College in a doubleheader in Ft. Myers, Fla.

Rain was not in the forecast in either area until Wednesday.

March 14, 1999

ORLANDO, Fla. - The UW-Stout softball teams saw the opener of their annual Florida spring break trip opener rained out, Sunday, March 14.

The Blue Devils were scheduled to play Millikin (Ill) University and Rowan (NJ) University near Orlando, Fla.

Rain was not in the forecast in either area until Wednesday.

March 15, 1999

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout gymnast Brenna Jones (So, St. Paul, Minn) will advance to the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championships for the second consecutive season.

Jones will compete at the national meet as a specialist on the floor exercise. The NCGA Championships will be held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., March 19-20.

Gymnasts advance to national competition using a formula based on one home meet score, two away meet scores and the next highest scores. Those scores are then combined with the score obtained at the NCGA Regional qualifying meet, which was held March 5 at UW-River Falls.

Last season, Jones finished 10th at the national meet on the floor exercise, and set a school record for the floor exercise with a 9.50.

Men's Basketball

March 3, 1999

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

Jeremy Preston (Sr, Madison) repeated to the team and Ben Kuepers (Jr, Dickeyville) was a first-time pick.

Preston led the Blue Devils in scoring from beginning to end, finishing the season with 16.9 points overall, and finished eighth in the conference with a 16.3 average during the 16 league games. Preston was the team's leading 3-point shooter, hitting 56-of-159 treys overall and was third in WIAC games, averaging 2.19 3-pointers made.

Preston was an 84 percent free throw shooter and averaged 3.7 rebounds per game.

Kuepers was one of the top rebounders and shot blockers in the WIAC, finishing second in both categories.

In league games, Kuepers averaged 8.9 rebounds per game, considerably above his overall average of 7.4 rebounds, and averaged 1.63 blocked shots per game, while all in all games he averaged 1.41 blocks.

Kuepers finished behind Preston in scoring, averaging 12.5 points per game, and 13.6 in conference games, 12th in the league.

The Blue Devils finished the season 15-12 overall, 6-10 in the WIAC. Stout concluded the season three points short of getting a first-ever bid to the NCAA playoffs. Stout was seeded sixth in the league tournament, then proceeded to knock off No. 3 seeded UW-Eau Claire and No. 2 seeded UW-Oshkosh, before falling to No. 1 seeded UW-Platteville, 90-88, in overtime.

Women's Basketball

March 4, 1999

MADISON - UW-Stout's Rachel Traynor (Sr, Ellsworth/Spring Valley HS) was named to the All-WIAC women's basketball team for the second consecutive season, while teammates Shannon Berg (Sr, Ellsworth) and Heather Peterson (Jr, Altoona) were named as honorable mention.

Traynor, who was also named to the WIAC all-defensive team, proved to be a fire plug for the Blue Devils all season as Stout fought to recover from an early 1-6 start. And recover Stout did, finishing the season with a 14-12 overall record, 10-6 in the conference, good for fourth place.

Traynor finished the season second on the team in scoring with 12.7 points, and ranked 11th in conference games only with 11.6 points. Traynor scored a career-high 31 points Feb. 13 against UW-Superior. Traynor led the team in scoring in nine games.

Traynor moved from point guard to the wing this season, and was eighth in the WIAC in 3-point shots made with 1.50. She was second on the team in assists with 2.5 per game. She made 43 percent of her shots and 77 percent of her free throws.

Berg ranked eighth in the WIAC in scoring with 13 points and led the team in scoring with 13.8 points in all games. Berg pulled down five rebounds per game, ranking her 14th. She shot 72 percent from the free throw line and was third in the league in 3-point field goals made with 1.94 per game.

Peterson returned to the Blue Devils after a year off, and the guard proved to be tough under the boards, pulling down a team-high 5.7 rebounds. In conference games, Peterson stepped up her average to 6.8 rebounds per contest, ranking her eighth.

The same held true in scoring where Peterson averaged 11.2 points in all games, but averaged 13.8 points in league games to rank fifth. Peterson was second on the team in steals with 56 and third in assists with 52.

March 8, 1999

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout's Graham Lomen (Sr, Apple Valley, Minn) and Mark Corbett (Sr, New Hope, Minn) were named to the 1999 All-Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) honorable mention team for the second time in both of their careers.

Both Lomen and Corbett were named to the NCHA honorable mention squad in 1997.

Lomen, a 6-foot, 240-lb. forward, was the Blue Devils' leading scorer, racking up 15 goals and 11 assists for 26 points. In NCHA games only, Lomen had nine goals - including three power play goals and two game winning goals - and seven assists for 16 points. Lomen, the Blue Devils' second-leading scorer in 1997, bounced back this season after back surgery in 1998.

Corbett, a 5-9, 185-lb. forward, finished the season with eight goals and 12 assists, playing in all 27 games. In the NCHA, Corbett scored four goals and 10 assists for 14 points.

Corbett was also named to the 1999 NCHA Academic team for the second time. Corbett is majoring in business.

To be named to the team, a player must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, have earned at least 50 semester or 75 quarter hours and be recommended by his head coach. Thirty-seven student/athletes were named to the squad, four for the third time and 12 for the second time.

Lomen was named for the first time, as was forward Luke Murray (Jr, Bloomington, Minn). Lomen is a human development major and Murray is a business major.

Updated: March 15, 1999