Stout Claims Historic WIAC Championship, Earns NCAA Tournament Berth

MENOMONIE, Wis. — For the first time in program history, the UW-Stout Blue Devils are WIAC Tournament champions. No. 10 UW-Stout erased an early deficit and held off a furious late push from rival UW-River Falls to claim a 5–4 victory Saturday night at the Fanetti Community Center, completing a perfect 4-0 season against the Falcons and securing the program’s first NCAA Tournament berth since 2008-09. The victory caps a historic season for the Blue Devils (21-5-1), who won the WIAC regular season title outright and advanced to the conference championship game for the first time before capturing the program’s…