MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
The Blue Devils will host UW-Eau Claire in a dual Friday, Oct. 22. Last week: The Blue Devils were 15th of 33 teams at the Jim Drews Invitational Oct. 16 in West Salem.

TENNIS
The Blue Devils will wait to hear the pairings for the WIAC Tournament set for Oct. 23-24 in Madison. Last week: Stout was beaten 8-1 by UW-River Falls Oct. 14 and 7-2 by UW-La Crosse Oct. 15.

HOCKEY
The Blue Devils will open their 1999-2000 campaign by hosting the Milwaukee School of Engineering Friday, Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Dunn County Ice Arena. Stout will then host Marian College Saturday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. Stout has not faced either team before. Last season: Stout finished fourth in the five-team WIAC, and sixth in the nine-team Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA). The Blue Devils had a record of 9-16-2 overall, 6-9-1 in the NCHA and 2-6-0 in the WIAC.

LAST TIME OUT: Stout: Three interceptions and two fumbles played a crucial role in Stout's loss to La Crosse. The Eagles scored first, but Stout answered back on a 57-yard pass play from Marty Goryl to Josh Antoni before the quarter ended. Then the turnovers kicked in, and the Eagles raced to a 35-7 lead before the Blue Devils scored on a 9-yard pass from Goryl to Ryan Patt in the fourth quarter. The Eagles put the frosting on the cake with a 37-yard interception returned for a TD. Stout finished with 297 yards of total offense, 166 by pass, 131 by run. The Eagles had 382 yards of offense, 252 on the ground, 130 in the air.

Platteville: Joel Beard and Troy Gagner hooked up for two TDs in the second quarter and Beard connected on a scoring strike to Jason Leonard to push Platteville to a 19-3 halftime lead over UW-Oshkosh. After Beard hooked up with Eric Bunner for his fourth TD strike of the afternoon early in the fourth quarter, the Pioneers had to hold off a furious Titan comeback. Oshkosh scored on two pass plays in the final seven minutes, then added a safety for the final 25-20 score. Platteville totaled 444 yards of offense, 305 in the air, 139 on the ground. Oshkosh had 328 yards of total offense, 331 by pass, minus-3 on the ground. The Platteville defense recorded three sacks.

THE SERIES: Platteville leads the series 26-15-1. Over the last 10 meetings, the series is an even 5-5, but Stout has won the last three meetings, including last year's 48-12 win. Shawn Lund scored three TDs in the second quarter and QB Matt Bunyan threw for five TDs. Stout tallied 372 total yards of offense, 298 by the pass, 87 on the ground. Platteville, in a switch from this year's offense, finished with 323 total yards, 270 on the ground, 53 in the air.

STOUT PLAYERS TO WATCH: WR Jesse Diaz (Sr, Cottage Grove) 30 rec, 380 yds, 1 TD; WR John Bekish (Sr, Blaine, Minn) 22 rec, 311 yds, 3 TDs; TB Ross Moline (So, Genoa) 547 rushing yds, 4.5 y/car, 122 carries, 4 TDs; RB Aaron Johnson (So, Clear Lake) 270 yds, 47 carries, 1 TD, 17 rec, 254 yds, 1 TD; QB Marty Goryl (Sr, Greenfield) 192-101-5, 1347 yds, 224.5 yd/game, 11 TDs; LB LB Jamie Spielman (So, Menomonie) 59 tackles, 34 solo, 5 tackles for loss of 26 yds, 4 sacks for loss of 29 yds; 1 fumble recovery; Steve Miller (Jr, Lodi) 55 tackles, 28 solo, 1 pass break up; FS Eric Lund (Jr, Ashland) 52 tackles, 26 solo, 2 sacks for 24 yds; 5 pass break-ups; Blue Devils avg 377.8 total ypg, 144.0 rushing, 233.8 passing; give up 343.0 total ypg, 187.7 rushing, 155.3 passing.

PLATTEVILLE PLAYERS TO WATCH: QB Joel Beard (Sr, Mequon) 218-112-18, 1317 yds, 219.5 yd/game, 10 TDs; WR Troy Gagner (Jr, Rice Lake) 43 rec, 490 yds, 4 TDs, leads league in rec, is third in yds/game (81.7), avg 21.5 yd/kickoff returns; WR Reggie Davis (Fr, Madison) 17 rec, 211 yds, 3 TDs; WR John Weaver (Sr, Darlington) 16 rec, 223 yds, 1 TD; RB Eric Bunner (Jr, Byron, Ill) 234 rushing yds, 3.4 yd/carr, 68 carries, 16 rec, 204 yds, 3 TDs; DE Tim Duffy (Sr, Beloit) 30 tackles, 10 tackles for loss of 65 yds, 8 sacks for 55 yds, 3 forced fumbles, 2 blocked kicks; FS Rob Erickson (Sr, Junction City) 41 tackles, 25 solo, 2 int for 64 yds; SS Brian Childs (Sr, Mineral, Ill) 41 tackles, 30 solo; 1 int for 54-yd TD; Pioneers avg 323.9 ypg, 70.2 rushing, 253.7 passing; give up 391.0 ypg, 189.2 rushing, 202.2 passing

OFFENSIVE LOOK: Platteville: Pro-Spread; Stout: multi-pro set which incorporates a West Coast style offense. DEFENSIVE LOOK: Platteville: Modified 50; Stout: 3-4

COACHES: Stout coach Ed Meierkort (26-40 career) is in his seventh year. Pioneer coach Mike Emendorfer (3-3) is in his first year.

STOUT COACH ED MEIERKORT SAYS: "Before the game (with La Crosse) I said short fields win the game. That's what happened. I thought our first half defense played valiently to keep the ball out of the end zone. We are not converting offensively when we have to. We are playing hard, just not converting.

"Platteville is putting the same personnel on the field, but they are just more excited to be there. They are doing a nice job. The quarterback (Joel Beard) delivers the ball well. He has a good arm, is very active and is a good athlete. We will have to keep (wide receiver Troy) Gagner out of the game. Pressure will be the key. We look at this as a chance to move up in the standings. This is the part of the schedule where we have got to make some hay. We respect what Platteville is doing. We think we can win this game and they (Platteville) will have to prove otherwise. Our key for this game is to get our offense rolling."

RADIO: WMEQ 880 AM, Jake Bostrom, Dan Stevens, Dick Lowery

October 16, 1999

LA CROSSE - Three interceptions and two fumbles proved to be very costly as UW-Stout dropped a 42-14 decision at UW-La Crosse Saturday, Oct. 16.

But it was not only the turnovers that would cost Stout, but also the Eagles' ground game which accounted for 252 yards and four touchdowns.

The Eagles (3-3, 3-1) got on the board early, after stopping the Blue Devils on three plays, as Tad Pieczynski scored with less than two minutes off the clock. Pieczynski got all of the yardage in the two-play drive, going 28 yards on his first rush, then scoring on a 14-yard scamper.

The Blue Devils (2-4, 1-3) would answer back, but it would take until the end of the quarter when Marty Goryl (Sr, Greenfield) hooked up with Josh Antoni (Fr, Onalaska) on a 57-yard pass play to knot the score at 7-7 with 58 seconds remaining in the quarter.

La Crosse would become opportunistic late in the second quarter. After picking off Goryl for the second time in the day, the Eagles needed only three plays to score with Pieczynski getting the call from three yards out.

The Blue Devils coughed up a fumble on their own 33 with 29 seconds left in the half, and La Crosse immediately scored when Nick Wagner caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from fellow receiver Ben Antony, who took the ball on a reverse.

Things would get no better for Stout in the second half. The Eagles' Joe Rivard scored twice in the third quarter as La Crosse jumped out to a 35-7 lead.

Stout did put together an 84-yard scoring drive in the fourth quarter, capped off by a 9-yard pass from Goryl to Ryan Patt (Sr, North Fond du Lac). The Blue Devils did stop La Crosse on the ensuing drive, but Goryl was picked off on first down by BJ McQuillan who returned the ball 37 yards for the final score of the game.

Stout totaled 297 yards of offense, 166 in the air, 131 on the ground. Goryl accounted for 133 yards passing, with Antoni getting a good chunk with his lone catch of the day. Ross Moline (So, Genoa) rushed for 55 yards.

La Crosse tallied 382 total yards, 252 on the ground, 130 in the air. Pieczynski finished with 119 rushing yards, and Rivard had 106.

Stout returns home to face UW-Platteville Saturday, Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. for the annual Hall of Fame game.

October 12, 1999

MENOMONIE - Kevin McCulley (Jr, Fond du Lac) kicked three field goals including the game winner with 15 seconds left to lift UW-Stout to a 22-20 win over arch-rival UW-Eau Claire Saturday, Oct. 9 at Eau Claire.

McCulley's game-winner came from 33 yards out. McCulley kicked two field goals - 44-yards and 36-yards - in the second quarter to give Stout a 13-7 halftime lead. McCulley added a PAT in the first quarter.

For his efforts, McCulley was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) special teams player of the week.

McCulley, who has been named the Stout special teams player of the week for the past three weeks, is averaging 38.8 yards per punt, and is leading the WIAC in conference games with a 38.3 yd/punt average. He has placed six punts on the season inside the 20 yard line and has had two touchbacks.

McCulley has made 5-of-7 field goals this season, and is 13-of-14 for points after touchdowns (PAT). He leads the team in scoring with 28 points.

Soccer

October 16, 1999

LA CROSSE - After allowing three goals in the first half, the UW-Stout soccer team played UW-La Crosse even the rest of the way, but still dropped a 3-0 conference decision to the Eagles Saturday, Oct. 16 in La Crosse.

The Eagles (9-4, 5-1) scored three goals in the first 24 minutes of play.

The Blue Devils (5-10, 3-3) had several opportunities, but came up dry each time. La Crosse outshot Stout, 19-9.

Stout goalkeeper Jessie Sutherland (So, Duluth, Minn) settled down after the first few minutes, and went on to stop eight shots.

Stout will close out their regular season this weekend when they travel south, making a stop in Madison Friday, Oct. 22, to face Edgewood College, then wrap up the conference schedule with a trip to UW-Whitewater, Saturday, Oct. 23.

October 13, 1999

MENOMONIE - It was senior day for UW-Stout and the Blue Devils' lone senior, Jessica Unterweger (Sr, Nashotah), wasted little time in making her final home game a memorable one as she racked up two assists and a goal on Stout's way to a 6-0 non-conference win over Martin Luther College, Wednesday, Oct. 13 at the River Heights field.

After several early Martin Luther attacks were squelched, Howard provided an unassisted goal in the 23rd minute.

Unterweger, Sivertsen and Co., went to work again 18 minutes into the second half. The Knights had perhaps their best scoring opportunity of the afternoon, but Blue Devil goalkeeper Jessie Sutherland (So, Duluth, Minn) made the stop and punted the ball to Unterweger. Unterweger cleared the ball the distance of the field, then passed to Sivertsen who recorded her 13th goal of the season, only one goal short of the Blue Devil single season record.

Seven minutes later, it was Sivertsen who would provide the assist, taking a pass from Theresa Hamilton (Fr, Woodbury, Minn), then finding Stacy Normington (Fr, Delavan) who blasted the shot home.

Unterweger got some help from Howard just three minutes later to run the score to 5-0.

Lisa Cocchiarella (Fr, Woodbury, Minn) closed out the scoring with her first career goal, taking a crossing pass from Shannon Camp (Jr, Blaine, Minn) with five minutes to play.

"Jess really showed the value of senior leadership today," Stout coach Dave Morris said. "She led by example, created scoring chances, wone balls in the air and played solid defense. That is the type of all-around effort we must have to be successful at our level."

The Blue Devils (5-9) outshot Martin Luther (7-4-1), 30-8. Sutherland finished with seven saves while the Blue Devils put 17 shots on goal.

Volleyball

October 16, 1999

MENOMONIE - Less than 24 hours after being done in by UW-Whitewater at the service line, the UW-Stout volleyball team rediscovered the serve and used it to take a 15-10, 15-8, 15-8 conference win over UW-Stevens Point Saturday, Oct. 16 at Johnson Fieldhouse.

The Blue Devils (12-8, 3-4) racked up 12 service aces, with Rachel Eidet (So, North Mankato, Minn) and Holly LaVallie (So, Owatonna, Minn) leading the way with four each. Tori Feit (Sr, Rushmore, Minn) added three aces.

While Stout was chipping away at the service line, Brooke Palmer (So, Mantorville, Minn) was pounding away at the Pointer (10-15, 1-5) defense, racking up 13 kills. Eidet added 10 kills. Feit had two solo blocks, and two assisted blocks.

The Blue Devils will be at UW-Superior Wednesday, Oct. 20, and then head the other direction to participate in the UW-Whitewater Invitational Oct. 22-23.

October 15, 1999

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout shot out and took the first game over nationally ranked UW-Whitewater, but it was all down hill from there for the Blue Devils as the Warhawks bounced back to take a 12-15, 15-3, 15-7, 15-5 decision Friday, Oct. 15 at Menomonie.

The Warhawks found a soft spot in the Blue Devil defense and served up 13 service aces, most of those coming in the final three games.

Tori Feit (Sr, Rushmore, Minn), playing on senior night, finished the night with 13 kills to lead the Blue Devils (11-8, 2-4), while Heather Cassell (Fr, Lake Geneva) had 11.

The Warhawks (22-3, 6-0) had a balanced attack with Allison Erickson getting 12 kills, Lynn Olson 11 and Angie Wildish 10. Wildish had three service aces.

October 12, 1999

MENOMONIE - In 11 games last week, Tori Feit (Sr, Rushmore, Minn) finished with 57 kills and had a hitting percentage of .319. In a five game match against UW-Eau Claire, Feit matched a school single match record of 28 kills.

During the week, in addition to her team-high kills numbers, Feit served up three service aces, had six digs, and 10 assisted blocks.

For her efforts, Feit was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) volleyball player of the week.

The Blue Devils defeated Eau Claire, 15-13, 15-8, 14-16, 13-15, 15-13, then downed the Milwaukee School of Engineering, 15-8, 15-7, 15-8, before falling to nationally ranked UW-River Falls, 15-7, 15-7, 15-13.

Feit leads the team in kills with 237 (3.54/g) and is hitting .219 on the season. She also has 13 assists, 30 service aces, 94 digs, five solo blocks and 42 assisted blocks.

Men's Cross Country

October 16, 1999

WEST SALEM - Coming off a season filled with early season injuries, UW-Stout's Tim Hamill (Sr, Brookfield) ran a career best to pace the Blue Devils to a 15th place finish at the Jim Drews Maroon 8K at the Maple Grove Country Club in West Salem Saturday, Oct. 16.

Hamill finished 40th in the 385-runner field, clocking a time of 26-minutes, 8.1-seconds. Eric Hanson (Sr, Winona, Minn) placed 50th (26:15.6) for the Blue Devils.

UW-Madison won the race, with host UW-La Crosse finishing second. Eight of the nine Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference schools competed in the meet.

In the Jim Drews Gray 8K, Stout finished 13th.

The Blue Devils will host UW-Eau Claire in a dual Friday, Oct. 22.

Jim Drews Maroon Men's 8K
1. UW-Madison 21; 2. UW-La Crosse 112; 3. UW-Stevens Point 121; 4. Minnesota 135; 5. Nebraska-Wesleyan 155; 6. UW-Oshkosh 191; 7. UW-Whitewater 217; 8. UW-Eau Claire 264; 9. St. John's 281; 10. Wartburg 301; 11. St. Thomas 305; 12. UW-Platteville 365; 13. Augustana 382; 14. St. Olaf 404; 15. UW-Stout 433; 16. Duluth 439; 17. Chicago 530; 18. Macalester 555; 19. Carleton 558; 20. Concordia-Neb. 568; 21. St. Mary's 598; 22. Elmhurst 625; 23. Concordia-Minn. 640; 24. Loras 696; 25. Augsburg 697; 26. Hamline 712; 27. Gustavus Adolphus 716; 28. Knox 764; 29. Rhodes 770; 30. Central 797; 31. Illinois Wesleyan 889; 32. UW-River Falls 993; 33. Bethel 1031.

Individual Results Maroon (First place, all Stout finishers)
1. Matt Downin (Madison) 24:04.2; 40. Tim Hamill 26:08.1; 50. Eric Hanson 26:15.6; 86. Clint Latz 26:36.7; 154. Dave Huber 27:13.9; 169. Jason Donovan 27:21.1; 173. Chris Stevens 27:22.2; 177. Josh Webb 27:23.7; 190. Bryan Ott 27:34.5; 194. Alex Anderson 27:36.9; 241. Jamie Block 27:57.6; 254. Joe Schultz 28:06.0; 260. Josh Johnson 28:10.0; 267. Seth Kaste 28:17.6; 290. Mike Western 28:37.2; 320. Aaron Hass 29:13.3.

Individual Results Gray (First place, all Stout finishers)
1. Eric Johnson (unattached) 26:10.2. 47. Jason Kirch 28:17.0; 64. Chris Emerson 28:33.5; 85. Tim King 29:08.0; 115. Jeff Gross 30:13.8; 153. Jon Gallo 34:48.3.

Women's Cross Country

October 16, 1999

WEST SALEM - Jen Bahr (Sr, Forest Lake, Minn) led a group of four UW-Stout runners to an under-20 minute finish at the Tori Neubauer Maroon Women's 5K at the Maple Grove Country Club in West Salem, Saturday, Oct. 16.

Bahr finished 75th in 19-minutes, 44.6-seconds. Teammate Amy Arndt (So, Lakefield, Minn) shadowed Bahr to the finish line to place 76th (19:45.5).

Lisa Sorvala (Fr, New Brighton, Minn) just trailed Bahr and Arndt, coming in 79th (19:46.5). Katie Kuffel (Sr, Minneapolis, Minn) also broke the 20-minute mark, placing 94th (19:53.5). There were 369 racers entered.

As a team, Stout placed 16th of 31 teams.

The Blue Devils will host UW-Eau Claire and UW-La Crosse in a triangular Friday, Oct. 22.

Tori Neubauer Maroon Women's 5K
1. UW-La Crosse 87; 2. St. Thomas 154; 3. Concordia-Neb. 192; 4. Wartburg 195; 5. Luther 196; 6. Macalester 208; 7. UW-Stevens Point 220; 8. Nebraska-Wesleyan 243; 9. Augustana 260; 10. UW-Whitewater 264; 11. Duluth 270; 12. Concordia-Minn. 317; 13. Carleton 320; 14. St. Benedict 358; 15. Rhodes 363; 16. UW-Stout 421; 17. UW-Eau Claire 448; 18. Loras 475; 19. Chicago 489; 20. Gustavus Adolphus 544; 21. Elmhurst 563; 22. Bethel 603; 23. Central 604; 24. Augsburg 706; 26. Winona 771; 27. Illinois Wesleyan 834; 28. Knox 839; 29. UW-Platteville 905; St. Mary's 911; 31. Hamline 1011.

Individual Results Maroon (First place, all Stout finishers)
1. Jenny Fiedler (LX) 18:00.3; 75. Jennifer Bahr 19:44.6; 76. Amy Arndt 19:45.5; 79. Lisa Sorvala 19:46.5; 94. Katie Kuffel 19:53.5; 133. Ellen Everson 20:17.2; 161. Tanya Miller 20:30.8; 259.Meredith Nordberg 21:19.1; 323. Michelle Abramczak 22:09.0; 340. Michelle Beckman 22:49.1;

Women's Tennis

October 15, 1999

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout's No. 1 doubles team got a measure of revenge in the Blue Devils' conference match-up with UW-La Crosse, Friday, Oct. 15 in Menomonie.

Lauren Mader (Sr, Neenah) and Lauren Johnson (Jr, Hamel, Minn) teamed up to down the Eagles' Krysten Leary and Becky Longsdorf, 8-6. The Stout pair had dropped a match to the La Crosse duo at the beginning of the season in the UW-La Crosse Doubles Invitational.

Mader ran her single season record to 8-4 by downing Brea Lenart, 6-4, 6-0 at No. 1 singles.

La Crosse won the meet, 7-2.

The Blue Devils will be off until the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championships, Oct. 23-24, in Madison.

UW-La Crosse 7, UW-Stout 2
Singles: No. 1: Lauren Mader (S) def. Brea Lenart, 6-4, 6-0; No. 2: Lauryn Campbell (LX) def. Lauren Johnson, 6-2, 6-2; No. 3: Melissa Protz (LX) def. Molly Wagner, 6-1, 6-1; No. 4: Leah Johnson (LX) def. Tina McNamara, 6-2, 6-0; No. 5: Trista Fisher (LX) def. Cecily Marx, 6-0, 6-0; No. 6: Holly Smith (LX) def. Katy Berry, 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles: No. 1: Mader/Johnson (S) def. Krysten Leary/Becky Longsdorf, 8-6; No. 2: Lenart/Protz (LX) def. Wagner/McNamara, 7-1; No. 3: Smith/Fisher (LX) def. Marx/Berry, 8-1.

October 14, 1999

RIVER FALLS - Lauren Mader (Sr, Neenah) took the No. 1 singles match to give UW-Stout their only win as the dropped an 8-1 decision to UW-River Falls Thursday, Oct. 14 at River Falls.

Mader defeated Lindsey Oberg, 6-1, 7-5.

Stout will close out their regular schedule Friday, Oct. 15 when they host UW-La Crosse at 3 p.m. The Blue Devils will participate in the WIAC tournament Oct. 23-24 in Madison.

UW-River Falls 8, UW-Stout 1
Singles: No. 1: Lauren Mader (S) def. Lindsey Oberg, 6-1, 7-5; No. 2: Meghann Mulligan (RF) def. Lauren Johnson, 6-0, 6-1; No. 3: Chrissy Kraft (RF) def. Molly Wagner, 6-1, 6-3; No. 4: Cara Dovenmuehler (RF) def. Tina McNamara, 6-1, 6-3; No. 5: Alicia Pederson (RF) def. Cecily Marx, 6-0, 6-0; No. 6: Sadie Rasmussen (RF) def. Katy Berry, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles: No. 1: Oberg/Mulligan (RF) def. Mader/McNamara, 8-4; No. 2: Kraft/Dovenmuelher (RF) def. Johnson/Wagner, 8-4; No. 3: Pederson/Shawna Nelson (RF) def. Marx/Berry, 8-0.

Updated: October 18, 1999