Sunday, September 10, 2006

Gophers Fall to Louisville

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MINNESOTA DOWNED BY LOUISVILLE
Minnesota fell to Louisville in four in the Ameritas Players Challenge in Lincoln, Nebraska. This despite the fact the Gophers out hit the Cardinals. They rap up their tournament experience with a match against the host Nebraska the #1 team in the country.

WISCONSIN TAKES UW MILWAUKEE TITLE
The Badgers won their second straight tournament, and sixth match as they swept the host UW Milwaukee 22, 25, 23.
Earlier in the day they beat the University of Windsor with a sweep 11, 17, 20. Most of the starters had a game off. Wisconsin is 7-1.
You can watch various games from the Wisconsin tournament last weekend as they have video clips of various sports. If you need a volleyball fix click on one of the games.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE WINS TWO IN HUSKY CLASSIC
NDSU won twice on Saturday in the Washington Husky Classic beating Gonzaga in five and U Maryland Baltimore County. It was NDSU's second win over Gonzaga in two weeks. The Bison trailed 0-2 before taking the next three games. They beat UMBC in four. Sheila Parrish had another big day with 54 kills in two games. NDSU is now 4-7.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SPLITS AT IOWA STATE
SDSU won and lost at Iowa State in the Cyclone Classic. SDSU swept Valparaiso and lost to the hosts in four. SDSU is 8-3.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS

5 games
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 64 vs Gonzaga 3-2
4 games
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 57 vs Gonzaga 3-2
Rachel Hartmann, Minnesota 55 vs Louisville 1-3
3 games
Jackie Simpson, Wisconsin 48 vs UW Milwaukee 3-0

DIGS
5 games
Kari Fagnan, North Dakota State 26 vs Gonzaga 3-2
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 21 vs Gonzaga 3-2
4 games
Kari Fagnan, North Dakota State 26 vs UMBC 3-1
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 25 vs UMBC 3-1
Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State 21 vs Iowa State 3-1

KILLS
5 games
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 26 vs Gonzaga 3-2
Chloe Quirk, North Dakota State 16 vs Gonzaga 3-2
4 games
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 28 vs UMBC 3-1
Jessy Jones, Minnesota 21 vs Louisville 1-3
Lindsay Rogers, North Dakota State 15 vs UMBC 3-1
Chloe Quirk, North Dakota State 15 vs UMBC 3-1
3 games
Brittany Dolgner, Wisconsin 17 vs UW Milwaukee 3-0
Kristina Martin, South Dakota State 15 vs Valparaiso 3-0

Next up: D2 action from Saturday.