North Dakota's Hanson MVP at Towson Tourney

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D1 RESULTS
BIG 12
Kansas beat Iowa State in five. Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 11.5 points for ISU.

BIG SKY
Portland State swept Weber State. Brittney Bisaillon (Jackson County Central) had 8.5 points and Leah Burmeister (also JCC) had 3 points for Weber State.

MISSOURI VALLEY
Northern Iowa beat Creighton in four. UNI is now 11-1.
Amy Sampson led both teams with 20.5 points for the Panthers.
Jessica Houts (Bloomington Kennedy) led the Bluejays with 19.5 points and Allie Oelke (Chaska) had 11.5 points for Creighton.

MOUNTAIN WEST
#15 Colorado State beat #24 BYU. Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 9 points for CSU.

SUMMIT
North Dakota State beat Oral Roberts in four. Brooke VandenBurgh (DePere, WI) had 16.5 points for NDSU.

TOURNAMENTS
GOPHER TOURNAMENT
Texas Christian beat North Carolina in five. TCU also swept Winthrop.
UNC's Brianna Eskola (Columbia Heights) had 26 digs vs TCU.
Jessica Menden (Shakopee) did not play in either match for TCU.

IOWA TOURNAMENT
Tulsa beat Portland in four. The Pilots then beat DePaul in four.
Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 14.5 points vs Tulsa and 9.5 points vs DePaul.

NORTHWESTERN TOURNAMENT
Virginia swept Georgetown. Marlow Bruneau (Lakeville) had 11 assists and 1.5 points for the Cavaliers.

COLONIAL TOURNAMENT
Maryland Eastern Shore swept Elon. Chanita Wesley (Benilde-St. Margaret's) had 9 digs vs Elon.

MARQUETTE CHEESE BOWL
Marquette was 1-1 on Saturday with a five set win over American and four set loss to Oregon State.
Leslie Bielski (Chaska) had 13.5 points vs American and 14 vs OSU.
Tiara Russell (Osseo) had 8 points vs American and 6 vs OSU.

TOWSON TOURNAMENT
North Dakota swept the hosts. Later Maryland downed the Fighting Sioux in four. UND was tourney champs with a 2-1 record.
Devin Trefz (Bagley) had 14.5 points vs Towson and 22 vs Maryland.
Britta Hanson (Thompson, ND) was named MVP of the tournament. Trefz and Lindsey Vorthers (Windom) were named to the All tournament team.

WEST VIRGINIA TOURNAMENT
UNC Greensboro beat George Washington in five and then the hosts turned the same trick on the Colonials.
Abby Syverson (Minneapolis Southwest) had 6.5 vs UNCG and 14 points vs WV.

NON CONFERENCE
Marshall beat North Carolina State in four and then the Thundering Herd swept Morgan State. Megan Carlson (Andover) had 4 points vs NCS and 2 points vs MS.