Sunday, August 26, 2007

Northwestern, Ohio State, Wisconsin Tourney Winners

#3 posting 8.26.2007
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D1 ACTION
BIG 10 PLAY
Illinois finished 2nd in the Dayton Flyer Classic sweeping IPFW and losing to the hosts in five. Laura DeBruhler and Vicki Brown made all tournament.

Indiana won twice on Saturday with wins over Northern Illinois in five and followed by a four game win over Western Illinois.

Iowa fell to #17 BYU in five in the Hawkeye Challenge.

Oregon State was the next victim for Michigan in a sweep in Hawaii.

Michigan State lost two more matches on Saturday. MSU lost a four gamer with Loyola Marymount and then were swept by St. John's.

Northwestern won the Chicago Challenge with a sweep over Illinois-Chicago. Courtnie Paulus was MVP of the Challenge and Lindsay Anderson and Kate Nobilio were on the all tournament team.

Ohio State won the Active Ankle tournament with a sweep over Maine, followed by a sweep over host Ball State.

#3 Penn State topped #4 Texas 3-1. No it is not deja vu, they played twice with the same result from Friday.

#13 Purdue split matches at the Duke Invitational. The Boilermakers swept East Carolina and then fell to the host #18 Duke squad in four.

#11 Wisconsin won their own Inn Towner tournament with a sweep of Gardner-Webb and another sweep of Syracuse. The Badgers' Jackie Simpson was named MVP. Brittney Dolgner, and Jocelyn Wack also made the all tournament team.

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