St. Thomas Shares UW Oshkosh Title

#3 posting 9.17.2006
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D3 Recap
MIAC ACTION
#7 Concordia Moorhead beat #16 Carleton in four. The Cobbers lost game one 30-28 and then had a 23, 21, 19 finish.

TOURNAMENT ACTION
#6 UW Eau Claire finished undefeated at the Gargoyle Classic in Chicago. They beat Illinois College and Lake Forest in three on Saturday. They went the distance with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and then swept University of Chicago on Friday.

#23 UW Platteville beat host #19 St. Benedict to win the championship in the St. Benedict Tournament. St. Ben's also has total results and All Tournament. Dana Alf, UW Platteville was MVP.

UW LaCrosse won their own tournament this weekend. They swept to victories on Saturday over UM Morris and Wartburg in the championship match.

#4 St. Thomas shared the title in the UW Oshkosh tournament. St. Thomas started Saturday with 4 game win over #9 UW Whitewater. Against the #11 hosts St. Thomas fell in five. Whitewater beat Oshkosh to make it a 3 way tie. Rachelle Dosch and Kristin Storrs made the all Tournament team.

St. Scholastica finished 4-0 in the St. Scholastica/UW Superior Border Battle. But they had to labor to do it. They had two five game matches on Saturday with a 2-0 comeback win over Viterbo and UW Superior.

NON CONS
Gustavus beat neighboring Bethany Lutheran of Mankato 21, 17, 23 on Friday.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Katie Berscheit, St. Scholastica 58 vs Vitberbo 3-2
Katie Berscheit, St. Scholastica 58 vs UW Superior 3-2
Alicia Fairchild, UW Superior 56 vs St. Scholastica 2-3
4 games
Kelly Laschinger, UW Platteville 58 vs St. Benedict 3-1

DIGS
5 games
Diana Moody, St. Scholastica 30 vs UW Superior 3-2
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 28 vs Nebraska Wesleyan 3-2
Samantha Blake, UW Superior 28 vs St. Scholastica 2-3
Katie Berscheit, St. Scholastica 26 vs Vitberbo 3-2
Diana Moody, St. Scholastica 22 vs Vitberbo 3-2
Amy Thompson, St. Scholastica 20 vs Viterbo 3-2
4 games
Michelle Honek, Concordia Moorhead 30 vs Carleton 3-1
Laura Barsness, Carleton 28 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Rachel Chapman, UW Platteville 23 vs St. Benedict 3-1
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 23 vs UW Platteville 1-3
Amy Renick, UW Platteville 20 vs St. Benedict 3-1
3 games
Brianne Stankus, UW LaCrosse 20 vs Wartburg 3-0

KILLS
5 games
Shawna Varichak, St. Scholastica 25 vs Viterbo 3-2
Emma Bryant, UW Superior 22 vs St. Scholastica 2-3
Shawna Varichak, St. Scholastica 20 vs UW Superior 3-2
Amy Thompson, St. Scholastica 19 vs Viterbo 3-2
Jessie Ebel, UW Superior 17 vs St. Scholastica 2-3
Erin Niles, St. Scholastica 17 vs UW Superior 3-2
Teri Knapper, St. Benedict 15 vs Nebraska Wesleyan 3-2
Amy Thompson, St. Scholastica 15 vs UW Superior 3-2
4 games
Dana Alf, UW Platteville 23 vs St. Benedict 3-1
Emily Stessman, St. Benedict 19 vs UW Platteville 1-3
Rachel Chapman, UW Platteville 18 vs St. Benedict 3-1
3 games
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 20 vs Carleton 3-1
Jodi Dunbar, UW Eau Claire 17 vs Illinois College 3-0
Jodi Dunbar, UW Eau Claire 15 vs Lake Forest 3-0

Next up: one more posting today--about the HS tourney results yesterday.