Contons Breaks D2 Record

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COLLEGIATE ACTION
D1
Indiana beat Purdue in four winning the Monon Spike for the first time in five years. Purdue's Kelli Miller set a new match record with 40 digs on the night.

Gopher Kelly Roysland won the Patty Berg Legacy Scholar-Athlete Award yesterday.

UW Milwaukee edged Marquette.

D2
NORTHERN SUN
#4 Concordia St. Paul swept Bemidji State. CSP's Mary Slinger (Bethlehem Academy) had 33 digs on the night.

#7 SW MN State triumphed over Northern State in four. In the match Erin Contons broke the NCAA DII career attack attempts record. She now has 6,128 attempts with the previous record at 6,091

D3
St. Olaf upset #23 Bethel in four. St. Olaf's Kim Smisek (Northfield) had 27 kills.

St. Benedict outlasted Carleton in a fiver. Laurel Heggernes (Mora) had a hand in 10 blocks for St. Benedict. Beth Hanson (Bethlehem Academy) had a career high 67 assists for St. B. St. Benedict has clinched a spot in the MIAC playoffs.

Augsburg swept North Central

Here is the MIAC weekly press release. with athletes of the week Tasha Simmons (Eagan) of Hamline; Kim Smisek (Northfield) of St. Olaf and Alyssa Williams (Northfield) of St. Olaf.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater swept MN West. From the West Central Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
D1
Samantha Mader, Purdue 20 vs Indiana 1-3
D2
Leah Ashburn, SW MN State 21.5 vs Northern State 3-1
Erin Contons, SW MN State 20 vs Northern State 3-1
D3
Laurel Heggernes, St. Benedict 30.5 vs Carleton 3-2
Kim Smisek, St. Olaf 30 vs Bethel 3-1
Laura Harms, Augsburg 23.5 vs North Central 3-0
Theresa Naumann, St. Benedict 23 vs Carleton 3-2
Samantha Hendricks, Carleton 22 vs St. Benedict 2-3
Annie Eckhoff, Carleton 21.5 vs St. Benedict 2-3

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