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THIS WEEK'S GAMES: After having most of the work week off, the Blue Devils (1-3-1, 0-0-0 WIAC) will play a pair of non-conference games this weekend. Stout will host Viterbo University (4-2-1), Friday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. and the College of St. Benedict (2-3-0, 0-1-0 MIAC), Sunday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m.
Stout finished the 2021 season with their best record since 2011 season at 11-8-1, 3-4-0 WIAC. Stout made their first trip to the WIAC Championship tournament since the 2017 season, but lost to UW-Stevens Point, 4-1.
ON-LINE: All of Stout's home games are expected to be available in a live video stream and in live stats.
PETS: While service animals are welcome, no pets are allowed at UW-Stout athletic events.
A LOOK AT THE BLUE DEVILS: Stout opens up the 2022 season with a 1-3-1 record. Julie McNamar has played in all five games in goal. McNamar has allowed six goals and recorded one shut out. With 25 saves, McNamar ranks second in the WIAC. On the offensive side of the ball, Caylee Boone leads the team in points with her two goals. Marissa Steele and Liv WInkler are the other Blue Devils who have found the back of the net. Both of these goals came against St. Norbert. Steele has also recorded an assist alogn with teammates Rachel Younker and Carly Kauffman. Freshman defender Hailey Hagman has recorded the second most minutes on the field (behind McNamar in goal) with 441 minutes. Hailey Kane is right behind her with 436 minutes. As a team, Stout has recorded 58 shots, with 24 on goal, across the first five games. | Complete 2022 Season Preview | 2022 Statistics
THE BLUE DEVILS LAST TIME OUT: Neither team could get the ball to the back of the net as UW-Stout and UW-Superior played to a scoreless tie Tuesday, September 6, at the NBC Spartan Complex. | Superior Game Story and Stats
Strong defense and calculated attacks earn Stout soccer their first win of the season with a 3-1 victory over St. Norbert on Thursday, September 8. Liv Winkler, Caylee Boone, and Marissa Steele recorded Stout's three goals. | St. Norbert Game Story and Stats
Concordia-Moorhead's Sophia Robinson scored twice in the second half and the Cobber defeated UW-Stout 2-0 Sept. 10 in a non-conference contest. The Blue Devils were coming off a 3-1 win over St. Norbert earlier in the week, their highest goal totals this season, but Stout could not put a ball into the back of the net. Stout got two shots on net in the first half, both by Marissa Steele, while holding the Cobbers without a shot on net, and both teams came up empty.Concordia scored when Robinson netted a shot in the 52nd minute. Robinson added her second goal of the game in the 84th minute. | Concordia Game Story and Stats
WIAC PRESEASON POLL: The Blue Devils were picked to finish sixth in the WIAC, according to a preseason poll by league coaches and sports information directors.
A LOOK AT VITERBO UNIVERSITY: After seven games, Grace Bruechel, powered by her hat trick the last time out, has rolled her goals total to 13 goals. Kennedy Alves and Kelcie Karweick have each scored three goals. Rachel Kinney has a team-high four assists. In the net, the V-Hawks have played three goalies. Madison Williams and Molly Ripley have each started three games. Ripley is sporting a GAA of 1.13 and Williams 2.36. Viterbo is outscoring their opponents 28-12. The V-Hawks, a member of the NAIA, opened the season with two losses and a tie, but have won the last four contest and boast a five game unbeaten streak. | 2022 Statistics
VITERBO LAST TIME OUT: Viterbo traveled to the University of Northwestern (Minn.) and came home with a 5-1 win Wednesday. Grace Bruechel, the reigning Continental Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week, put the V-Hawks on the board early, putting in a Belle Johnson-assisted goal at 4:02. UNW answered with a shot on goal one minute later that was saved by goalie Molly Ripley. Johnson and Lauren Wedig would each take multiple shots over the next 20 minutes, but it would be Hadley Dammer, set up by Johnson's second assist of the day, that would connect to put Viterbo up 2-0. Megan Moeller would answer back for the Vikings in the 30th minute on an assist from Briella Babcock. Two minutes later, Rachel Kinney found Grace Breuchel and the V-hawks would take a 3-1 lead into halftime. Breuchel completed her hat trick at the 51:34 mark on an assist from Jenna Bennett and Kinney recorded her second assist by setting up Mikayla Lazarski seven minutes later. Northwestern managed three more shots on goal, but Madison Williams would put up a second half shut out, and Viterbo would claim the 5-1 win. Viterbo would outshoot UNW 20-10, including 10-5 on goal, and take 10 corner kicks to three from the Vikings. Ripley claimed the win while recording one save, and Reagan Flaschberger saved three goals in 86 minutes played. | Game Story and Statistics
THE LAST TIME VITERBO AND STOUT MET: All of the scoring in this contest came in less than an eight minute span early in the second half as UW-Stout fell in a non-conference contest, 2-1, at Viterbo University Sept. 25, 2021. After a scoreless first half, the V-Hawks' (6-2-0) Abigail Mumm scored in the 50th minute, assisted by Jenna Bennett. The Blue Devils evened the score three minutes later when Marissa Steele, with an assist from Remy Soulak, scored in the 53rd minute. It was Steele's third goal of the season and Soulak's second assist of the season. But the Blue Devil defense, which had allowed two goals only once before this season, allowed Viterbo the eventual game-winning goal by Mumm in the 58th minute. | Game Story and Stats
THE SERIES: The Blue Devils lead the all-time series 8-6-0. The V-Hawks have won the last two meetings. Stout's last win over Viterbo came Sept. 23, 2017, a 1-0 win in La Crosse. | History
A LOOK AT THE COLLEGE OF ST. BENEDICT: The Blazers opened the season against defending national champion Christopher Newport and held the No. 1 pick in the preseason poll to one goal CNU scored the only goal of the contest in the 83rd minute of play. St. Ben dropped their second 1-0 decision the following day to Virginia Wesleyan. The Bennies returned to the Midwest to down UW-Eau Claire 2-1 and Luther College 4-1. St. Ben's lost 2-1 to St. Kate's Wednesday and are scheduled to meet St. Mary's Saturday. Alli Voss leads the team in goals with three and four players have one goal apiece. With the exception of the Luther game, all of St. Ben's games have been one-goal affairs. Paige Kahlmeyer and Annie Waters have both seen time in goal, with Kahlmeyer allowing only two goals over five games for a 0.62 GAA, while Waters has allowed four goals over four games worked, posting a 2.67 GAA. | 2022 Statistics
ST. BENEDICT LAST TIME OUT: The Blazers will host Saint Mary's University Saturday the day before meeting the Blue Devils. Saint Benedict soccer team hit the road this afternoon for their first MIAC matchup, and it happened to be a rematch last year's MIAC Championship game, against the St. Kate's Wildcats. The Bennies had to hold off the Wildcats early, senior goalkeeper Paige Kahlmeyer saving a St. Kate's shot just 33 second into the half. Erica Golenzer added a shot on goal for the Bennies in the 6th minute, saved by the Wildcats goalkeeper. The Wildcats offense would break past the Bennie defense early unfortunately, scoring in the 12th minute to take the lead. CSB would try to overcome the early goal, getting shots on goal from Addison Stephani, Ella Young, and Alli Voss in the next sixteen minutes of play. The Bennies would hold onto the offensive power during the remainder of the half, getting one more shot from Abby Willenbring in the 37th minute. The buzzer sounded with the Bennies down 1-0 at the half. The beginning of the second half would see back and forth possession from both teams, each generating a few shots and attempts to score. In the 73rd minute, St. Kate's would break the back-and-forth momentum, scoring their second goal of the game to take the 2-0 lead over CSB. In a last chance effort to even the score, Alli Voss would get one past the St. Kate's goalkeeper in the 85th minute to cut the Wildcats lead to 2-1 but there just wasn't enough time to keep the momentum going for the Bennies. Paige Kahlmeyer played the full 90 minutes in goal for the Bennies, finishing with four saves. Alli Voss lead the Bennies with 3 shots on goal, Erica Golenzer and Abby Willenbring each had one shot on goal. The Wildcats just edged the Bennies in shots 10-7, with St. Kate's having six on goal and the Bennies having five. | Game Story and Statistics
THE LAST TIME ST. BENEDICT AND STOUT MET: For the second consecutive game, UW-Stout played to a tie, this time a 1-1 double overtime contest with the College of St. Benedict Sept. 5, 2015, at Nelson Field. Both goals were scored within a four-minute time period early in the second half.
The Blue Devils got on the board first when freshman Sydney Kasper found senior Addy Maher on the through ball in the box and Maher put the ball in the back of the net in the 54th minute. St. Benedict countered less than four minutes later, taking advantage of a lot of action inside the box. Kelsey Tatarek picked up a deflected shot and hit the upper corner of the net in the 58th minute. | Game Story and Stats
THE SERIES: The Blazers hold a 5-2-1 lead in the series. Stout's last win over St. Benedict came Sept. 9, 2012, a 2-1 win in Menomonie. The last three games against St. Benedict were all played in Menomonie, making this year's game the fourth straight in the series. | History
BLUE DEVIL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Week Two: Offensive athlete of the week: Marissa Steele, Sr, Farmington, Minn. Defensive athlete of the week: Julia McNamar, Sr, Belleville, Wis. (Belleville/New Glarus).....Week One: Offensive athlete of the week: Caylee Boone, Sr, Eau Claire, Wis. (Memorial);
AWARDS: 2021: Marissa Steele was selected to the All-WIAC Conference team along with earning All-Region honors...Hailey Kane also made an appearance on the All-WIAC team for her work in the 2021 season...Marissa Steele was the WIAC/Kwik Trip athlete of the week and the UW-Stout athlete of the week, Sept. 14, after scoring two game winning goals against St. Scholastica and Cornell College...Liv Winkler was the UW-Stout athlete of the week after scoring a goal in each of the first two games of the season, including the game winner in the season opener against Concordia-Moorhead.
TEAM CAPTAINS: Blue Devil team captains for the 2022 season are Caylee Boone, Marissa Steele, Rachel Younker and Julia McNamar.
UW-STOUT COACH RYAN RAUFUS: Coach Ryan Raufus (72-96-21) is in his 12th year as the head coach of the Blue Devils in 2022. Raufus played his college ball at Springfield College in Massachusetts and came to Stout after coaching at La Crosse Logan High School and La Crescent, Minn., High School.
DOWN THE ROAD: The Blue Devils will travel to Bethel University, Tuesday, Sept. 20 for a 4 p.m. contest, then return home to meet Macalester College, Sunday, Sept. 25 at 2 p.m.
