Thursday, August 14, 2008

Northern Sun Outlook, Braegelmann's Return, B&Y

#1 posting 8.14.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL PRESEASON
Farmington has a strong core returning with Danielle Dombeck, Kirstee Rotty, and Katie Habeck. From the Farmington Independent.

PRESEASON OUTLOOK
NORTHERN SUN
The Northern Sun conference released their preseason picks and Concordia St. Paul is the favorite to take the title with 12 votes. CSP's Maggie McNamara has been named preseason player of the year. UM Duluth and MSU Mankato each had one vote for first and are picked for second and third respectively. UMD has a video report from the Northland's NewsCenter with Coach Boos and setter Katie Gangelhoff interviewed.
Southwest MN State is picked for 4th.
Bemidji State is picked for 11th.

BIG 10
Illinois held media day on Wednesday.

Indiana will hold Hoosier Hitter Clinics this fall.

New Wisconsin assistant coach Brian Heffernan blogs about the Badger coaching staff.

The Ohio State vs Northwestern match has been added to the Big 10 cable network list of games.

MIAC
St. Benedict is preparing for the start of their season.

COACHING NEWS
Chad Braegelmann has returned to UM Morris as volleyball coach. He is a 2000 grad from UMM. From the Morris Sun Tribune.

OLYMPICS
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs won their pool with a 2-1 win over Cuba in the Olympics.

Next up: when news breaks.