April 25, 1998

STOUT BASEBALL TEAM COMES UP WITH SPLIT TO EAGLES

MENOMONIE – The UW-Stout baseball team pounded one of the top pitchers in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC), taking a 10-8 win over UW-La Crosse in the opener, but were stymied in the second game, falling 10-3, Saturday, April 26 at Nelson Field.

With nearly a dozen professional baseball scouts on hand, the Blue Devils chased Joe Ohm in the seventh inning, sending him to the bench after giving up all 10 runs, seven earned, off eight hits.

Stout wasted little time with Ohm. After Blue Devil starter Shawn Fonder (Sr, Menasha) surrendered a run to the Eagles in the top of the first, the Blue Devils gave Fonder some support by clubbing out three runs, with some help by two Ohm wild pitches.

Stout (19-15, 5-5) scored in nearly every inning, getting single runs in the second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh and two runs in the third, a two-run home run by JR Dachel (So, Bloomer).

The Eagles (21-13, 5-5) pecked back. Fonder went out after giving up two runs in the sixth. Corey Paar (Jr, Black River Falls) tried to pick up his third save of the season, but he gave up three runs, two unearned and left the game with a runner on and the potential tying run at the plate. Troy Gustafson (Sr, Grand View) came out of the outfield to force a double play and save the game.

There would be no heroics for Stout in the nightcap. Stout took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the third, but the Eagles pounded starter Zak Arneson (Fr, Barneveld) with five runs on six hits in the top of the fourth. The Eagles added a single run in the eighth and two runs in the ninth.

Stout made a run at the Eagles in th bottom of the ninth, but left the bases loaded.

Stout will close out the regular season this weekend, hosting UW-Stevens Point Friday, May 1 and UW-Oshkosh Saturday, May 2. Both games are at 1 p.m. and are nine-inning doubleheaders. The WIAC Championships are set for May 8-9 at the home of the regular season champion. The top four teams will advance.

RIVER FALLS – Scott Meyer (So, Austin, Minn) pitched a complete game and picked up a 3-1 win as the UW-Stout baseball team split with UW-River Falls Friday, April 24, dropping the first game, 7-2, then coming back with the win at Ramer Field in River Falls.

In the opener, River Falls broke open a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the seventh with a six run explosion. Stout's Andy Guden (So, Medford) smacked a solo home run in the seventh.

In the nightcap, Stout (18-14, 4-4) got two runs in the top of the second when Guden and Ryan Hanson (Jr, Austin, Minn) reached on consecutive singles. Guden was driven home by Jake Mihm (Sr, Plover) and Hanson came home when JR Dachel (So, Bloomer) grounded out.

River Falls (14-11, 1-7) answered back with a single run in the bottom of the inning. Stout got a single run in the ninth when Shawn Fonder (Sr, Menasha) doubled in Hanson.

Meyer struck out four and walked two for his third win of the season.

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Softball

April 26, 1998

STOUT SOFTBALL GOES 3-1 AT STEVENS POINT TOURNAMENT

STEVENS POINT-Who is the top softball team in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference? After participating in the UW-Stevens Point Tournament April 25-26, the UW-Stout Blue Devils can make a legitimate claim.

Stout, which won the WIAC's West Division last week, went 3-1 in the tournament and downed East Division champion UW-Stevens Point, 3-0, in the final game of the tournament. Saturday, Stout downed NCAA Division II opponent Winona State, 5-4, then avenged losses to Concordia-St. Paul with a convincing 9-3 win.

The Blue Devils (19-17, 7-1) opened up Sunday play with a 5-1 loss to Lawrence University, before bouncing back with the win over Stevens Point.

Stout came out of the tournament with the best overall record, posting a 3-1 mark. UW-River Falls was 3-2, and UW-Eau Claire, who Stout beat for the West Division title, and Stevens Point went 2-3.

Against the Pointers, Tanya Petrie (Jr, Menomonie) got things started, driving in Charysse Minder (Fr, Ellsworth) in the fourth inning. Stout added two runs in the fifth when Melanie Dubnicka (Fr, Cameron) and Molly Wagner (Fr, Altoona) stroked consecutive singles. Janel Krenz (Fr, McFarland) reached on an error, and Dubnicka scored. Minder singled home Wagner for the final run of the game.

Carolyn Bare (Sr, Superior) picked up the win, allowing three hits, striking out three and walking two.

In the Lawrence game, the Blue Devils stroked out three hits, but only had six runners reach base. Petrie got Stout's only run, hitting an in-the-park home run in the fourth. Lawrence got to starter Tiffany Wulf (Jr, Prior Lake, Minn) early, scoring two runs in the first and two in the second.

On Saturday, Deanna Johnson (Sr, Rochester, Minn) delivered the game-winning-hit in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Stout the 5-4 win over Winona. Bare recorded four strikeouts to get the win.

In the second game, Stout got three runs in the first and four in the fourth to avenge a sweep to Concordia last week. Minder, Angie Pinnow (Fr, Bruce) and Becky Wright (Fr, Eau Claire) each went 3-for-4 to lead the Devils. Wulf went the distance to get the win.

Stout will be at Winona State Tuesday, April 28 and then will be at the WIAC Championships May 1-2 at Eau Claire. The tournament schedule will be released Wednesday.

MENOMONIE – The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) West Division title looked firmly in hand for UW-Stout. The Blue Devils only needed a split with the Central Region's No. 1 ranked team, UW-Eau Claire, and were well on the way to taking the win. Then, near disaster struck for Stout, before Stout went on to a 4-3 first game win. The Blugolds (30-9, 6-2) roared back to win the second game, 9-0.

Taking a two-hit, 3-0 lead into the top of the seventh inning, then getting two routine outs, Stout (16-16, 7-1) committed two errors that led to three unearned runs and tied game.

Eau Claire's Becky Bourne worked Stout pitcher Carolyn Bare (Sr, Superior) for a walk. The game appeared over when Amy Henley hit a routine ground ball to shortstop Charysse Minder (Fr, Ellsworth). Minder flipped the ball to second basemen Cara Fenhouse (So, Superior) who couldn't get the handle and both runners were safe.

Niki Gangl drove in Bourne and Kenley advanced to third. Julie Hinzman reached first on an error, which brought in Kenley and moved Gangle to third. A past ball brought Gangl in and the score was tied 3-3. JoDell Bendickson grounded to first baseman Molly Wagner (Fr, Altoona) to get out of the inning.

Stout wasted little time getting the win.

Minder smashed a line drive to the left-centerfield wall for a double, and Angie Pinnow (Fr, Bruce) drove in Minder with a double to almost the exact spot to give Stout the 4-3 win and the Blue Devils' first ever West Division title.

Stout scored first in the second inning when Deanna Johnson's (Sr, Rochester, Minn) double drove in Tanya Petrie (Jr, Menomonie). Stout squandered an opportunity in the fourth inning, leaving the bases loaded.

The Blue Devils took advantage of two Eau Claire errors in the fifth inning to score two runs.

Bare picked up the win, and Carolyn Constant, who entered in the fifth inning, recorded the loss. Stout outhit Eau Claire, 10-3.

In the nightcap it was all Eau Claire with the Blugold's Heidi Bergstrom throwing a one-hitter. The Blugold offense worked three Stout pitchers for 15 hits and nine runs, eight earned runs.

MENOMONIE – Despite out-hitting Concordia-St. Paul in both games, the UW-Stout softball team couldn't figure out how to get runners home and fell to the Comets twice, 5-3, 6-5, in a doubleheader at Fowlers Court Tuesday, April 21.

The Blue Devils pounded out 11 hits in both games, but stranded nine runners in the first game. The Comets took a 2-0 lead before Stout came back with three runs in the bottom of the fifth when Angie Pinnow (Fr, Bruce), Carolyn Bare (Sr, Superior) and Tanya Petrie (Jr, Menomonie) each hit a double to drive in a run.

Concordia, which had defeated Stout earlier in the season, used the long ball in the sixth to take the game when Kelli Strehlo hit a three run home run for the win. Bare took the loss, giving up six hits, four earned runs, surrendered two walks and struck out six.

Stout (15-15) looked on the road to revenge in the second game, picking up two runs in the second. Petrie added a solo home run in the third. But Concordia added a solo run in the fourth, then chased Stout starter Tiffany Wulf (Jr, Prior Lake, Minn) in the fifth with a four-run attack. The Comets added a solo home run in the sixth to take a 6-3 lead, which Stout picked at with single runs in the sixth and seventh. Stout left the tying run stranded at second.

DULUTH, Minn. – St. Scholastica snapped the UW-Stout softball team's 10-game winning streak by a 2-1 score, then went out and handed the short-handed Blue Devils a second 2-1 defeat in a doubleheader in Duluth, Minn., Monday, April 20.

Cara Fenhouse (So, Superior) went 2-for-3 at the plate in the opener for the Blue Devils, while Carolyn Bare (Sr, Superior) went 2-for-3 in the second game. Bare took the loss on the mound in the first game, only her fourth loss of season, and Tiffany Wulf (Jr, Prior Lake, Minn) picked up the nightcap loss.

In the first game, the Saints scored single runs in the first and third innings. Stout (15-13) added their only run in the fourth inning. The Saints picked up their two runs of the second game in the third inning, both unearned.

Stout was playing without five of its starters because of class commitments.

April 25, 1998

LEHMAN BREAKS STOUT SHOT PUT, HAMMER RECORDS AT EAU CLAIRE MEET

EAU CLAIRE – In the two events he did not place first, UW-Stout's Jason Lehman (Sr, Bruce) broke his own school records at the UW-Eau Claire Invitational Saturday, April 25.

Lehman threw the shot 55-feet, 5.75-inches, breaking the mark of 54-4.75 he set last season at the conference meet. Lehman finished second to a competitor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lehman placed third in the hammer throw with a school record swing of 174-7. Lehman set the previous mark last week.

Lehman easily won the discus event, throwing the discus 166-7, eight feet more than his nearest competitor. All three throws were NCAA Division III automatic qualifying distances.

Corey O'Donnell (Jr, Chippewa Falls) helped the Blue Devils to a sixth place finish in the 13-school meet, placing sixth in the discus (149-2) and seventh in the hammer (164-0).

Also scoring points for the Blue Devils were: Bob Cahow (Fr, New Brighton, Minn), who placed third in the pole vault (14-11); Sean Fagan (Sr, Janesville), fifth in the long jump (21-6.75), Dan Reinert (So, Elk Mound) fifth in the 100-meter dash (11.25); Troy Wyatt (Sr, Byron, Minn) sixth in the 400 (51.13); Jeff Jenson (Sr, Menomonie) eighth in the 1500 (2:00.43); Aaron Scheffer (Fr, Humbird) eighth in the 110-hurdles (16.45); Steve Quackenbush (So, McFarland) sixth in the high jump (6.3.25) and eighth in the triple jump (40-8.25) and Aric Hanusa (Fr, Baraboo) was seventh in the javelin.

Elsewhere, Paul Gilles (Sr, Plum City) placed 12th in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the prestigious Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, April 25. Gilles clocked an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 9:17.45. Only one Division III competitor finished in front of Gilles.

The Blue Devils' 4X400-relay team of Ryan Geier (Fr, McFarland), John Boldt (Sr, Hartland), Chris Valois (Sr, Anoka, Minn) and Billy Busch (Jr, Dickeyville) did not advance out of the preliminaries of the Drake Relays, Friday. The team completed the run in a provisional qualifying time of 3-minutes, 17.57-seconds.

The Blue Devils will be at the WIAC Championships, May 2-3, at UW-Platteville.

1. UW-Madison 159.50; 2. UW-Eau Claire 98; 3. UW-Whitewater 91; 4. UW-La Crosse 87; 5. UW-Stevens Point 70; 6. UW-Stout 66.50; 7. UW-Oshkosh 51; 8. UW-Superior 16; 9. UM-Duluth 13; 10. Michigan Tech 12.50; 11. Augsburg 11; 12. UW-Platteville 8; 13. Mankato State 3

100: 1. Ashley Bronk (UW-Madison) 10.75; 5. Dan Reinert 11.25; 200: 1. Ashley Bronk (UW-Madison) 21.88; 9. Dan Reinert 22.96; 14. Joe Johnson 23.15; 31. Brian Francis 24.47; 33. Scott Shila 24.49; 36. Cabal Yarne 24.70; 400: 1. Ryan Truschinski (UW-Madison) 48.54; 6. Troy Wyatt 51.13; 16. Brian Francis 53.47; 18. Cabal Yarne 53.87; 19. Scott Shilha 53.93; 800: 1. Nate Uselding (UW-Madison) 1:55.57; 8. Jeff Jenson 2:00.43; 23. Bryan Ott 2:03.15; 28. Todd Johnson 2:04.24; 32. Jason Petersohn 2:05.48; 47. Jeff Gross 2:10.63; 1500: 1. Jon Krupa (WW) 4:00.06; 24. Jamie Block 4:16.89; 32. Mike Schumann 4:21.36; 39. Joe Anderson 4:26.56; 43. Jason Donovan 4:32.37; 5000: 1. Jason Finch (EC) 15:10.17; 26. Ethan Webinger 16:34.07; 30. Chad Pallansch 16:37.64; 33. Joshua Peters 16:58.16; 34. Josh Webb 17:03.02; 110-hurdles: 1. Mason Rebarchek (LX) 14.75; 8. Aaron Scheffer 16.45; 400-hurdles: 1. Stuart Elzy (WW) 55.34; 4. Jesse Hunter 57.50;

High jump: 1. Jason Slaikeu (EC) 6-9; 6. Steve Quackenbush 6-3.25; Pole vault: 1. Gordon Zietlow (UW-Madison) 16-2.75; 3. Bob Cahow 14-11; 10. Jamie Buchholtz 13-1.50; 15. Cory Grenier 12-11; Chad Beiler NH; Long jump: 1. Jeremy Fischer (UW-Madison) 24-8.25; 5. Sean Fagan 21-6.75; 15. Aaron Scheffer 19-5.50; Triple jump: 1. Tommy Ngo (EC) 45-9.75; 8. Steve Quackenbush 40-8.25; Shot put: 1. Bobby Smith (UW-Madison) 56-8.75; 2. Jason Lehman 55-5.75*a; 14. Kevin McCulley 46-3.25; Discus: 1. Jason Lehman (Stout) 166-10a; 6. Corey O'Donnell 149-2; Hammer: 1. Bryan Cunningham (Unatt) 186-6; 3. Jason Lehman 174-7*a; 7. Corey O'Donnell 164-0; Javelin: 1. Jason Fredericks (SP) 173-7; 7. Aric Hanusa 149-0; 13. Jim Nehring 133-8; 28. Jesse Hunter 95-06.

April 26, 1998

HURDLE CREW LEADS BLUE DEVIL WOMEN TO THIRD PLACE FINISH

EAU CLAIRE – Gretchen Sommerfeldt (Sr, Hartland) won the 100-meter hurdles and the javelin throw and Michelle Abramczak (Fr, Stanley) won the 400-meter hurdles to help lift the UW-Stout women's track and field team to a third place finish at the UW-Eau Claire Invitational Saturday, April 26.

Sommerfeldt paced the field in the 100-hurdles with a time of 16.68 seconds, but Abramczak was right on her heels with a second place finish of 16.81 seconds. Abramczak was nearly three seconds faster than her nearest competitor in the 400-hurdles, leading the field in 1:08.32. Sommerfeldt was fourth in the event (1:12.12). Sommerfeldt won the javelin with a throw of 103-feet, 9-inches.

Katie Kuffel (Fr, Minneapolis, Minn) and Katie Jacobson (Jr, Eau Claire) picked up first place finishes, with Kuffel leading the pack in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:27.63, and Jacobson moving down to the 400-meter run in a time of 1:00.60.

Gretchen Patterson (Fr, Prescott) picked up a second in the long jump (15-11), a fifth in the high jump (4-4.75), and a seventh in the triple jump (30-8.50). Alisa Zimmerman (Sr, Madison) was fifth in the 200 (28.88) and seventh in the 100 (13.88). Jen Turner (Fr, Eden Prairie) was fourth in the hammer throw (118-9).

The Blue Devils will be at the WIAC Championships, May 2-3, at UW-Platteville.

1. UW-Eau Claire 213; 2. UM-Duluth 139; 3. UW-Stout 117; 4. Michigan Tech 81; 5. Augsburg 51; 6. UW-Superior 41; 7. UW-Platteville 38

100: 1. Astrid Larssen (Aug) 12.56; 7. Alisa Zimmerman 13.88; 200: 1. Astrid Larssen (Aug) 25.79; 5. Alisa Zimmerman 28.18; 9. Erin Rutten 28.93; 400: 1. Katie Jacobson (Stout) 1:00.60; 7. Laura Froehling 1:08.00; 9. Gretchen Patterson 1:13.27; 800: 1. Katie Kuffel (Stout) 2:27.63; 10. Jennifer Bahr 2:35.44; 11. Jenny Schmidt 2:37.87; 1500: 1. Sarah Anderson (Sup) 4:50.27; 3000: 1. Kelly Bullion (EC) 10:39.86; 100-hurdles: 1. Gretchen Sommerfeldt (Stout) 16.68; 2. Michelle Abramczak 16.81; 5. Jamie Schwabenlender 18.35; 400-hurdles: 1. Michelle Abramczak (Stout) 1:08.32; 4. Gretchen Sommerfeldt 1:12.12; 7. Michelle Beckman 1:15.71; 4X100-relay: 1. Eau Claire 50.23; 3. Stout 53.55;

High jump: 1. Heather Douglas (EC) 5-0.50; 5. Gretchen Patterson 4-4.75; Long jump: 1. Susan St. Claire (EC) 16-3.25; 2. Gretchen Patterson 15-11; 4. Jamie Schwabenlender 15-9.75; 8. Laura Froehling 15-2; Triple jump: 1. Jackie Lien (UM-D) 33-1.25; 7. Gretchen Patterson 30-8.50; Shot put: 1. Beth Lundquist (PV) 39-10.50; 7. Jessica Gjertsen 34-2; 9. Jamie Schwabenlender 31-4; 13. Amy Lueder 24-2.5; Discus: 1. Edie Boyer (Unatt) 190-10; 8. Jessica Gjertsen 106-10; 11. Amy Lueder 93-11; Hammer: 1. Beth Lundquist (PV) 155-8; 4. Jen Turner 118-9; 8. Jessica Gjertsen 100-5; 11. Amy Lueder 76-8; Javelin: 1. Gretchen Sommerfeldt (Stout) 103-9.

ST. PAUL, Minn.-The UW-Stout women's tennis team opened up the a two-meet spring season with a 5-4 win over Bethel College, Tuesday, April 21 at Bethel.

Lauren Mader (So, Neenah) and Susan Hamann (Jr, Pine City, Minn) were the Blue Devils' only double winners. Mader breezed through her No. 1 singles match, downing Becca Robertson, 6-1, 6-3, then teamed with Hamann at No. 1 doubles for an 8-4 8-game pro-set win. Hamann needed three sets to win at No. 5 singles, 5-7, 7-6(7-4), (7-2).

Also picking up singles wins were Carrie Kish (Sr, Anoka, Minn) at No. 2, and Lauren Johnson (Fr, Hamel, Minn) at No. 3.

Stout will play at UW-Stevens Point Saturday, May 2.

Singles: No. 1: Lauren Mader (S) def. Becca Robertson, 6-1, 6-3; No. 2: Carrie Kish (S) def. Christina Busman, 6-3, 6-2; No. 3: Lauren Johnson (S) def. Carla Eggiman, 7-6(7-4), 5-7, (7-5); No. 4: Lisa Beckerman (B) def. Ann Jackson, 6-3, 7-5; No. 5: Susan Hamann (S) def. Val Jackson, 5-7, 7-6(7-4), (7-2); No. 6: Jaimi Schlough (B) def. Claire Stone, 6-1, 6-0

Doubles: No. 1: Mader/Hamann (S) def. Robertson/Busman, 8-4; No. 2: Eggiman/Schlough (B) def. Jackson/Johnson, 8-6; No. 3: Beckerman/Jackson (B) def. Kish/Cecily Marx, 8-4.