Three Spring Events, New Drake Coach

#1 posting 4.4.2008
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SPRING TOURNAMENTS
Northern Iowa is hosting an all Iowa volleyball event this weekend. Joining them will be Drake, Iowa and Iowa State. The event starts at 10 am on Saturday.

Further afield North Carolina hosts and event with Tennessee and USAV All Stars. They get an earlier start on Saturday---8 am. Briana Eskola of Columbia Heights is a libero for UNC.

Ohio hosts an event with Marshall, Wheeling Jesuit, Wittenberg attending. They start at 10 am.

COACHING NEWS
Phil McDaniel will be the new coach at Drake. McDaniel was an assistant at South Dakota State last season. From the Des Moines Register.

FIRST BALL
Here are photos of the Twins first ball ceremony honoring the D2 National champs Concordia St. Paul.

Frank Verbal, Meet The Gov

#1 posting 1.24.2008
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VERBAL
Megan Frank, a 5-10 senior OH from Wayzata High School, has verbally committed to enroll and play volleyball at NAIA school Viterbo University(LaCrosse, Wi) for the upcoming 2008-09 season.

GOVERNOR
D2 National Champs Concordia St. Paul met Minnesota Governor Pawlenty yesterday.

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next up: tomorrow

Boeve, McNamara, Slinger

#1 posting 12.11.2007
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BOEVE'S FINISH
Iowa State was beat in the sweet 16 by California and Erin Boeve (Hills-Beaver Creek) finishes her season long blog with one last entry.

MORE CONCORDIA ST. PAUL
Concordia St. Paul's Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) has a Q&A with the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Also the Faribault Daily News has a feature on CSP's Libero Mary Slinger. Her sister Betty (UW Green Bay) was named to the Horizon All-academic team. The Slinger's younger sister Laura was a member of the A State champ Bethlehem Academy.

THINK SPRING?
Purdue has already released their spring event schedule.

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next up: tomorrow.

Three Teams Start 4-0

#1 posting 8.26.2007
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D2 ACTION
Volleyball tournaments wrapped up yesterday with three area teams unblemished at 4-0: Concordia St. Paul; South Dakota; and MN State Mankato.

Ramada Downtown Minneapolis--Concordia St. Paul Tournament
#6 Concordia St. Paul swept Barry and then the Golden Bears kept the brooms out for Millersville. CSP finished the tournament 4-0. Next up will be the Days Inn Denver West tournament next weekend sponsored by the Colorado School of Mines.

#2 UM Duluth split their Saturday matches sweeping Northern Michigan early and then lost to #7 Truman State in five.

Best Western Alamosa Inn--Adams State
Winona State split their games Saturday with a four game loss to Western New Mexico and a sweep over Dixie State.

Ferris State Tournament
St. Cloud State finished 2-2 at Ferris State with a four game win over the Colorado School of Mines and then getting swept by #11 Grand Valley State.

Mile High Classic
South Dakota starts the season at 4-0 with a pair of wins on Saturday. USD swept Chadron State and then the Coyotes defeated Indianapolis in four in the final match.

North Alabama Classic
North Dakota ended their stay at this tournament 0-4 getting swept narrowly by North Alabama, and then dropping a fiver to Tusculum.

Nova Southeastern Sharks Classic
MN State Mankato wrapped up their stay in Florida with a 4-0 mark. They outlasted Lynn in five and then swept Dowling.

Augustana finished the tournament 3-1 with two wins on Saturday. They swept Dowling and defeated the hosts, Nova Southeastern, in four.

UN Kearney
Northern State split Saturday getting swept by the hosts UNK in the first match and then wrapping up the tournament with a five game win the hard way against NW Missouri State. NSU trailed 0-2 against NW.

UN Omaha Classic
UN Omaha finished 3-1 in their own tournament with two wins on Saturday. The Mavericks bumped off Mary in three; UNO topped Colorado State Pueblo in four.

San Bernardino Tournament
#25 SW MN State upset #4 UC San Diego in five. The Mustangs wons game 1, 2, and 5. Erin Contons and Leah Ashburn made the all tournament team. Host #3 Cal State San Bernardino swept the Mustangs in the final match.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 68 vs Truman State 2-3
Stef Sandstrom, MN State Mankato 58 vs Lynn 3-2
DIGS
Crystal Hoffrogge, UM Duluth 29 vs Truman State 2-3
Kari Wolford, UM Duluth 29 vs Truman State 2-3
Mary Slinger, Concordia St. Paul 28 vs Millersville 3-0
Blayne Olson, Northern State 27 vs NW Missouri State 3-2
Andreana Pieper, St. Cloud State 25 vs Colorado School of Mines 3-1
KILLS
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 28 vs Truman State 2-3
Emily Baldwin, St. Cloud State 24 vs Colorado School of Mines 3-1
Amanda Beekman, MN State Mankato 23 vs Lynn 3-2
Britta Hanson, North Dakota 20 vs Tusculum 2-3
Emily Knaeble, Northern State 20 vs NW Missouri State 3-2

Next up: high school previews

Concordia St. Paul Sweeps Truman State

#4 posting 8.25.2007
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D2 PRESEASON TOURNAMENTS

Ramada Downtown Minneapolis tournament---Concordia St. Paul
#6 Concordia St. Paul swept past #7 Truman State in a heavyweight bout Friday evening. Earlier in the day the Golden Bears defeated Northern Michigan in four.

UM Duluth won their first two games at CSP with victories over a convincing sweep over Millersville and a four game match with Barry.

You can get live match information here. You can watch (for a fee) CSP matches here.

Best Western Alamosa Inn/Grizzly Volleyball Classic--Adams State
Winona State beat the hosts (Adams State) in five with wins coming in 3, 4, and 5. Earlier in the day WSU defeated Grand Canyon State 3-1.

Coyote Classic Cal State San Bernardino
#25 SW MN State had two wins yesterday in California. The Mustangs swept California State Dominguez Hills and then won a fiver with Regis. From the Marshall Independent.

Ferris State Tournament
St. Cloud State split to start their season with a win in five with Saginaw Valley State followed by a 3-0 loss to Northwood.

Mile High Classic
South Dakota started the season with a four game win over Western State. It was the Coyotes' first season opening win since 2000. The Coyotes kept the momentum going with a sweep over the hosts Colorado Christian.

North Alabama Classic
North Dakota lost twice to open the season being swept by #8 Ashland followed by a 3-1 loss to Northern Kentucky.

Nova Southeastern Sharks Volleyball Classic --Ft. Lauderdale
MN State Mankato defeated Franklin Pierce in a sweep and did the same to Palm Beach Atlantic.
Augustana split their games with a 3-0 loss to #12 Washburn and a sweep over Palm Beach Atlantic.

Shephard University Tournament
#21 Wayne State swept the hosts in the season opener.

UN Kearney Fall Classic
Northern State won their first two matches of the year with a pair of sweeps over Montavello and St. Martin's.

NW Missouri State split their first two matches with a win over Montavello and a loss to the hosts in a sweep.

UN Omaha Classic
#18 UN Omaha split their first matches in their own tournament with a sweep in the opener against Montana State Billings followed by a loss in five to MN State Moorhead.

MN State Moorhead started the day off with a four game win over Colorado State Pueblo. The Fargo Forum has a few more details.

Mary swept Colorado State Pueblo to open the season. Montana State Billings turned the tables on Mary with a sweep in the second match of the tournament.

FUND RAISER
Former UM Crookston head coach and current Winona State assistant Dave Simon lost a home and everything in it in the flooding down in SE Minnesota recently. The UMC Athletic Department is raising funds to help. From the Crookston Tiimes.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
Julie Vancura, MN State Moorhead 61 vs UN Omaha 3-2
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 60 vs Barry 3-1
Jennifer Waterman, St. Cloud State 55 vs Saginaw Valley State 3-2
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 52 vs Truman State 3-0
Susan Clausen, Winona State 50 vs Adams State 3-2
DIGS
Mary Slinger, Concordia St. Paul 34 vs Truman State 3-0
Andreana Pieper, St. Cloud State 25 vs Saginaw Valley State 3-2
KILLS
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 24 vs Barry 3-1
Leah Ashubrn, SW MN State 22 vs Regis 3-2
Emily Badwin, St. Cloud State 20 vs Saginaw Valley State 3-2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 20 vs Regis 3-2

Next up: late tonight with more updates

Collegiate Season Opens Today

#2 posting 8.24.2007
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College Reports

GOPHERS OPEN TODAY
Minnesota travels to Notre Dame to open their volleyball season at 5 pm. Fans here can see the Gophers face alumni on Sunday. From the StarTribune. The Pioneer Press has a feature on Kelly Roysland and her adjustment from basketball to volleyball.

D2
Southwest MN State is off to California to open their season. They are at the Cal State San Bernadino Classic. From the Marshall Independent.

Winona State is ready to roll this season with six starters back in action. The Warriors are at Adams State in Colorado for their season opening tournament. From the Winona Daily News.

The big local tournament is the Ramada Minneapolis Downtown tournament at Concordia St. Paul. The event kicks off at 9 am today. Here is the schedule. Live Stats here. You can watch CSP's matches on the web via NorthernSun TV.

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