St. Benedict's Knocks Off Carleton

#3 posting 9.24. 2006
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Sorry this is late, I had obligations today

D3 Recap
MIAC ACTION
#4 Concordia Moorhead swept St. Mary's 19, 11, 27. Becca Shane led the way for CM with 18 kills. Concordia is now tied with Gustavus at the top with 4-0 records.

#23 St. Benedict swept #18 Carleton with tight games all the way through 27, 31-29, 28.

#6 St. Thomas beat Augsburg in four. Rachelle Dosch of St. Thomas had better than 20/20 vision with 20 kills and 31 digs. Both teams together had 478 attacks on the night.

Hamline beat neighboring Macalester in five with a tight 15-13 final. Macalester had 6 more kills, but also had more attack errors with 5.
St. Benedict, St. Thomas and Hamline all are tied in 3rd with 3-1 records.

In another fiver Bethel went the distance with St. Olaf. This was another game where the loser had more kills. St. O had 11 more kills on the night, but also had 14 more hitting errors.
Bethel is 3-2 in conference.

WIAC ACTION
Stevens Point beat River Falls in four. It was Stevens Point's first win over RF since 1998.

TOURNAMENT ACTION
UW Stout won twice Saturday with a sweep of Northland and a 3-2 win over Lakeland.

CENTRAL TOURNAMENT
UW Whitewater won twice in with a pair of sweeps over Chicago and William Penn in the Central IA Tournament.
#12 Central IA beat Bethany Lutheran in three 18, 24, 18. They ended up 4-0 in the tournament.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Audrey Volstad, St. Olaf 58 vs Bethel 2-3
Laura Naig, Bethel 54 vs St. Olaf 3-2
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 54 vs Hamline 2-3
Jenny Nichols, Hamline 49 vs Macalester 3-2

DIGS
5 games
Joslin Geisler, Bethel 31 vs St. Olaf 3-2
Janet Sully, St. Olaf 26 vs Bethel 2-3
Jenna Witt, Hamline 24 vs Macalester 3-2
Tasha Simmons, Hamline 22 vs Macalester 3-2
4 games
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 34 vs Augsburg 3-1
Lori Marten, UW Stevens Point 33 vs UW River Falls 3-1
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 31 vs Augsburg 3-1
Aly McConnell, St. Thomas 29 vs Augsburg 3-1
Haley Bower, Augsburg 27 vs St. Thomas 1-3
Tressa Gustafson, UW River Falls 27 vs UW Stevens Point 1-3
Dani Boner, Augsburg 26 vs St. Thomas 1-3
Kat Krtnick, UW River Falls 23 vs UW Stevens Point 1-3
3 games
Emma Jaynes. St. Benedict 21 vs Carleton 3-0
Laura Barsness, Carleton 20 vs St. Benedict 0-3

KILLS
5 games
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 27 vs Hamline 2-3
Dana Luiken, Hamline 24 vs Macalester 3-2
Liz Glesne, Bethel 22 vs St. Olaf 3-2
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 18 vs Bethel 2-3
Christine Brook, St. Olaf 16 vs Bethel 2-3
4 games
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 20 vs Augsburg 3-1
Breann Woelfel, Augsburg 17 vs St. Thomas 1-3
3 games
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 18 vs St. Mary's 3-0

Next up: a wrap of the HS tourney action from yesterday.