Eagles take down Blue Devils on a cold October Saturday

UW-La Crosse 40, UW-Stout 22

LA CROSSE (October 12, 2019) - UW-La Crosse jumped out to 27-0 lead before UW-Stout got on the board with five minutes left in the third period, but the  Eagles went on to a 40-22 win Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

The Eagles scored with about five minutes remaining in the first period when Evan Lewandowski hit Cole Speiker for a 20-yard TD pass reception. Joey Stutzman gave UWL a 13-0 lead on a six-yard touchdown run with 11:34 left in the second quarter.  The extra-point was missed.  After forcing a UW-Stout punt, UWL went 60-yards in nine plays with Lewandowski connecting with Cameron Sorenson on a five-yard touchdown pass with 5:24 remaining in the first half for a 20-0 lead. 

Following a Blue Devil fumble on a punt in the third quarter, Stutzman scored his second TD of the game, a one-yard plunge at 9:37 into the second half.

Stout found the end zone when Kevion McDonald snared a 15-yard TD pass from Sean Borgerding. 

La Crosse added a pair Spieker touchdown receptions, one in the third and one in the fourth, to take a 40-6 lead at 11:59 of the final quarter. 

Levy Hamer caught fire in the fourth quarter. The Blue Devil sophomore, after catching four passes - not a bad days work in itself - snagged six catches in the fourth quarter - including a 20-yard receiving TD - and tallied 107 fourth quarter reception yards to finish with a career-best 189 yards on 10 receptions.

Nick Arguedas scored Stout's final score, a one yard run, and added the two-point conversion on a pass from Borgerding. 

The Eagles (3-2, 1-1 WIAC) piled up 472 yards of total offensive, 360 passing, 112 on the ground, while Stout (1-4, 0-2 WIAC) tallied 374 total yards, 381 passing yards and minus-7 yards rushing.The Blue Devils turned the ball over four times and Borgerding was sacked eight time. 
 
Lewandowski was 26 of 40 for 360 yards and four TDs, three to Spieker, who finished with 14 receptions for 183 yards. Jake Simuncuk had seven receptions for 103 yards.
 
Stout's Borgerding was 27 of 53 for 381 yards, two TDs and two interceptions. McDonald had eight catches for 75 yards and Tyler Seymour had four receptions for 71 yards.

The Blue Devils will travel to UW-Platteville, Saturday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m.