UW-Stout 218 Sports and Fitness Center Menomonie, WI 54751 Office: 715-232-2275 FAX: 715-232-1684 E-mail: [email protected] World Wide Web: http://www.uwstout.edu/athletics April 23, 2007 Schedule UP THIS WEEK Tuesday, April 24 Men’s Golf hosts Border Battle, 10 a.m. SOFTBALL Wednesday, April 25 The Blue Devils (13-13, 4-6) will host UW-Eau Claire (20-8, 3-3), Wednesday, April 25 at 4 p.m., then will travel Softball vs. UW-Eau Claire, 4 p.m. to St. Scholastica (13-13), Thursday, April 26. The Blue Devils will host UW-Whitewater (17-9, 4-4), Saturday, April Baseball vs. UW-Stevens Point, 1 p.m. Thursday, April 26 28 at 1 p.m. and UW-Oshkosh (20-6, 9-1), Sunday, April 29 at noon. Last week: Stout lost two games to UW- Softball at St. Scholastica, 3 p.m. River Falls, 4-3, 6-4, April 17, then swept past UW-Superior, 4-1, 13-9, April 19. Stevens Point took both games Saturday, April 28 April 21 by identical 9-0 scores. Player of the week: Nelly Peterson, So, Cumberland, Wis. Softball vs. UW-Whitewater, 1 p.m. BASEBALL Women’s Golf at UW-Eau Claire Invite The Blue Devils (17-16, 8-10) will host UW-Stevens Point (16-11, 10-3), Wednesday, April 25 at 1 p.m. in their Men’s Track at UW-Oshkosh, TBA Women’s Track at Macalester Invite, 11 a.m. final home date of the season. The Blue Devils have the following weekend off. Last week: Stout put themselves Sunday, April 29 into position to earn a first-ever berth at the WIAC tournament by going 4-2 on the week in conference play and Softball vs. UW-Oshkosh, 1 p.m. 5-3 overall. Stout opened the week by splitting a non-conference contest with Lawrence, winning the first 4-2, by Women’s Golf at UW-Eau Claire Invite losing the second, 6-4, on April 17. Stout then split the following day with the Pointers, losing the first, 1-0, but Monday, April 30 winning a 13-10 slugfest. Stout took three of four from UW-La Crosse over the weekend, winning both on April Men’s Golf at UW-Parkside, Kenosha 21, 8-3, 10-2, then splitting on April 22, losing the first 7-4, but coming back for a 12-7 second game win. Player Tuesday, May 1 of the week: Nick Klaren, So, North St. Paul, Minn. (Roseville) Softball vs. Hamline University, 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 2 WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD Softball at Carleton College, 4 p.m. (tentative) The Blue Devil women’s track and field team will be at the Macalester Invitational, Saturday, April 28. Last week: Friday, May 4 The Blue Devils finished sixth at the Phil Esten Challenge at UW-La Crosse, April 20. Track athlete of the week: Softball WIAC Conference Tourney, Eau Claire, TBD Taylor Mayo, Fr, Iron River, Mich. Field athlete of the week: Christa Leesman, Fr, Mesa, Ariz (Tempe Prep Baseball at UW-Platteville, 1 p.m. Academy) Men’s and Women’s Track at WIAC Championships at River Falls MEN’S TRACK & FIELD Saturday, May 5 The Blue Devil men’s track and field team will be at the UW-Oshkosh Invitational, Saturday, April 28. Last week: Softball WIAC Conference Tourney, Eau Claire, TBD The Blue Devils finished third at the Phil Esten Challenge at UW-La Crosse, April 20. Track athlete of the week: Baseball at UW-Platteville, noon Derek Gonzenbach, Sr, Milbank, SD; Men’s and Women’s Track at WIAC Championships at River Falls MEN’S GOLF Sunday, May 6 The Blue Devil men’s golf team will host the first collegiate golf tournament in Menomonie since the early 1990s Baseball at St. Thomas, 2 p.m. when they host the Sten Pierce Invitational at the Chippewa Valley Golf Club, Tuesday, April 24. The Blue Devils May 8-11 will be at the Augsburg Invitational, April 28-29, then will wrap up the regular season, Monday, April 30 at the UW- Men’s Golf NCAA Division III Championships, TBA Parkside Invitational. Last week: The Blue Devils finished seventh at the Gustavus Adolphus Invite, April 17. May 11-12 Baseball WIAC Conference Tourney, Wisconsin WOMEN’S GOLF Rapids, TBA The Blue Devil women’s golf team will conclude their inaugural season, April 28-29, at Wild Ridge in a tournament Friday, May 17 hosted by UW-Eau Claire. Last week: The Blue Devils placed third at the UW-Stevens Point Invitational, April 22. Men’s Track at NCAA Qualifier at La Crosse May 24-26 Men’s & Women’s Track at NCAA Championships at Oshkosh May 25-28 NICK KLAREN GIVES BASEBALL TEAM JOLT TO EARN SPLIT Baseball NCAA Championships at Grand Chute MENOMONIE (April 22, 2007) - When the weather looked like it was going to take a turn for the worst, UW- Stout got the bats going and earned a split with UW-La Crosse, Sunday at Nelson Field. The Eagles won the first 2007-08 contest, 7-4, but Stout came back for 12-7 win the second game. Friday, August 31 Trailing 3-0 in the fifth inning of the second contest, and the wind starting to kick up in advance of the rain, Soccer at St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn., 4 p.m. Nick Klaren (So, North St. Paul, Minn) put Stout (17-16, 8-10) ahead with a grand slam to left field. The Eagles Volleyball at UW-Eau Claire Tournament, TBA (14-13, 6-8) came back to tie the game in the seventh with a single run, but Seth Maier (Sr, Park Falls) put Stout Football vs. Menlo College, 6 p.m. ahead for good with a two-run double in the bottom half of the seventh. Greg Smolinski (Fr, Menasha) got Stout Saturday, September 1 on their way to a six-run eighth with a lead-off, first pitch home run to left center. Mike White (Jr, Rochester, Minn) Women’s Golf at UW-Eau Claire Invite, Mill Run Golf Course, TBA drove in two runs with a single up the middle and Maier gave Stout a 12-4 lead with a three-run home run to the Soccer vs. Concordia-Moorhead right field swamp. The Eagles did make the rainy ninth inning interesting, scoring three runs. Rob Heller (Sr, La at St. Joseph, Minn., noon Crosse) got the win, scattering 12 hits, but allowing only four runs, three earned. Maier was 3-for-5 with five RBI. Volleyball at UW-Eau Claire Tournament, TBA In the opening game, La Crosse scored all seven of their runs after two outs. The Eagles got three runs in Tennis at Madison Edgewood College Triangular the first inning before Stout put a single run on the board in the third. The Eagles took a 6-1 lead with three runs vs. Edgewood and Lawrence, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the fourth, then added another run in the fifth. Stout took advantage of inconsistent relief pitching by the Eagles Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Alumni/ in the eighth inning, scoring three runs. Matt Krause (Jr, Bonduel) got an RBI with a bases-loaded walk, and Luke Intrasquad meet, 9:30 a.m. Schultz (Sr, Menomonie) drove in a run with the bases loaded when he was hit by a pitch. Sunday, September 2 Women’s Golf at UW-Eau Claire Invite, Stout will host UW-Stevens Point, Wednesday, April 25 at 1 p.m. Wild Ridge Golf Course, TBA For up-to-date results and stats, check out the Blue Devil Athletic web site. ERIK JOHNSON, SETH MAIER MAKE HEADLINES IN SWEEP OF EAGLES MENOMONIE (April 21, 2007) - Erik Johnson (Jr, La Crosse) had seven runs batted in on the day and Seth Maier (Sr, Park Falls) became UW-Stout’s all-time hits leader as the Blue Devils swept UW-La Crosse, 8-3, 10-2, Saturday at Nelson Field. Johnson had three RBIs in the first contest, including a two run double during a three-run third inning, giving Stout (16-15, 7-9) a 5-1 lead. The Eagles (13-12, 5-7) added two runs in thetop of the fourth, but Stout got a three-run fourth as Matt Krause (Jr, Bonduel) drove in two runs with a single and Stout led by the final 8-3 score. Cliff Christopherson (So, Bloomington, Minn) picked up his first win of the season, after rocky first inning where the first two batters tagged him for hits and put a run on the board. Christopherson settled down to work seven innings, allowing six hits and three runs, striking out four and walking two. In the nightcap, Johnson drove in the Blue Devils’ first run with a single to right field. The Eagles scored two runs in the second and carried a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the fourth when Stout scored two runs. Mike White (Jr, Rochester, Minn) doubled in a run and Tim Schneider (Jr, West Salem) drove in two runs with a double. Maier became the Blue Devils’ all-time hits leader when he led off the top of the fifth inning with a single to left field. He surpassed Jeff Kloes’ mark of 204 hits which stood since 1987. Maier collected another hit in the sixth inning, a two-run single down the right field line to highlight another three run inning. Johnson finished out the scoring, hitting a three-run home run to right center in the eighth inning.