LOCAL COLLEGES: Loen earns 300th career win in Blugolds’ victory

The UW-Eau Claire Blugolds earned a 4-0 shutout victory over MSOE Saturday night at Hobbs Ice Arena, marking the 300th career win for head coach Matt Loen.

Loen became the 36th coach in NCAA Division III hockey history to reach the milestone.

Mason Joseph turned aside all 29 shots he faced to record the shutout.

UWEC moves to 1-0-1 overall while MSOE falls to 0-1-1.

The Blugolds travel to face Augsburg University on Friday.

VOLLEYBALL

Blugolds fall to Washington

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The UW-Eau Claire volleyball team lost to Washington University of St. Louis 3-0 on Saturday at the Shirk Center, with set scores of 25-23, 25-20 and 25-18 during their final game of the Illinois Wesleyan Classic.

The Blugolds are now 15-9 overall.

Senior Mya Cinnamo led the Blugolds with 10 kills. Kaitlyn Erickson collected a team-high 16 digs for UWEC.

Alex Kiebel finished with a team-best 15 assists along with five digs.

The Blugolds are scheduled to host UW-Stout Polytechnic on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Sonnentag Center.

FOOTBALL

Stout drops close one to River Falls

RIVER FALLS — UW-Stout fell to defending national champion UW-River Falls 35-30 Saturday at Smith Stadium at Ramer Field after building a 24-7 halftime lead.

The Blue Devils (4-4, 2-3 WIAC) scored 21 unanswered points in the first half, threw for 357 yards and four touchdowns and recorded three interceptions.

However, River Falls (6-2, 3-2 WIAC) scored 28 unanswered points to take control in the second half, finishing with five touchdowns on five red-zone opportunities.

Stout QB Chase Pemberton completed 25 of 44 passes for 327 yards and four touchdowns.

The Blue Devils finished with 464 yards of total offense, including 357 passing yards.

Stout will return home to host UW-Eau Claire this Saturday at 1:05 p.m. at Don and Nona Williams Stadium.