5 Signings, 2 Verbals

#1 posting 5.2.2008
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SIGNING
MSU Moorhead has signed five volleyball players for next year:
Katy Braaten, Hastings, 6-1 MH. She also played with Northern Lights.
Brittany Hanson, Eastview 6-0, MH. She also played with Northern Lights.
Lisa Kurtz of Central Lakes CC and Pierz. She is a 5-10 setter and RH.
Andrea Rachel of Maple Lake.
Cathy Turner of New Prague. She has also played at UW Green Bay and MSU Mankato.
Last fall they signed Nicole Buysse of Pipestone.
All in all this pushes the known 2008 signings from Minnesota to 53. The D2 Signings are at 27.

2 NDSU VERBALS
Setter Leah Johnson will join her sister Mattie at North Dakota State. Also verballing is Megan Lambertson of Litchfield. From the Fargo Forum.
These two players are the 7th and 8th players from the Minnesota 2009 class to verbal.

Next up: Tomorrow

North Dakota State Spring, Augsburg to Brazil

#1 posting 5.1.2008
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SPRING VOLLEYBALL
North Dakota State has had just enough volleyball players to put on the floor in their spring tournaments. The Fargo Forum looks at the opportunities that players had to stretch their skills plus the fall 2008 schedule.

SPRING TRIP
Augsburg Volleyball will leave for a spring trip to Brazil on Monday, May 5th. The team has been fundraising for the past two years (great commitment by the girls) and are looking forward to the trip.
Here is the Augsburg fall 2008 schedule.

Next up: tomorrow

North Dakota State Wins Sun Bowl

#4 posting 8.26.2007
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MORE D1 ACTION
UConn swept Manhattan at home. Bridget Denson-Dorman had 22 assists for UConn.

Creighton won twice in their own tournament on Saturday with a sweep over Montana State. Allie Oelke had seven kills. The Blue jays also swept Stephen F. Austin. Oelke had 8 aces for the tournament to set a new record.

Denver lost to Alabama in four and then beat Seton Hall in a sweep in the Sooner Legends tournament. Kresson Vreeman of Central Christian had 34 assists vs Alabama and 42 against Seton Hall.

Fairfield lost twice at the Aztec Invitational on Saturday. The Stags were swept by host San Diego State and fell to UC Santa Barbara in four. Karlie Urbaniak of Mabel-Canton had 11 kills for Fairfield vs San Diego State.

North Dakota State ruined host UTEP (Texas El Paso) Sun Bowl Invitational with a five game win. Earlier in the day they dropped Texas Southern in three. Christy Stuewe (Mayer Lutheran) was named MVP of the tournament. The awards didn't stop there for the Bison with Kari Fagnan (Fridley) nabbing the MVLibero award. Kelly Lopez (DGF) also was named All tournament.

Northern Iowa swept Wright State with Champlin Park's Amy Sampson notching 15 kills. In the second game of the UNI tournament, the Panthers fell to Kentucky in five. Sampson had 10 kills in this contest.

Providence swept Holy Cross to open the season. Sarah Fleming of Cretin-Derham Hall had 16 kills for Providence.

Stony Brook was 2-1 this weekend at the Buffalo Classic. They lost to North Carolina in four on Friday. On Saturday they beat host Buffalo in a sweep and then edged Baylor in five. Alicia Nelson of Eastview had 5 kills against the Tar Heels.

At the Super 8 Classic at Central Michigan, UW Green Bay twice: a four gamer with Siena and then a sweep loss to Robert Morris. Bethlehem Academy's Betty Slinger had 53 assists against Siena. She had 35 assists against Robert Morris.

Today the Gophers face the alumni at 1 pm.

Next up: later today with a report on the Gopher Alumni game

NDSU Wins Twice in Sun Bowl

#3 posting 8.25.2007
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MORE D1 ACTION
UConn swept Hartford. Bridget Denson-Dorman of Hopkins (and Armstrong) had 32 assists for UConn.

Creighton lost to Middle Tennessee State in three. Chaska's Allie Oelke had the only three aces on the night for Creighton.

Fairfield was swept by Long Island in the Aztec Invitational in San Diego. Cretin-Derham Hall's Lauren Wagner two digs and a kill in her collegiate debut.

High Point split their games yesterday with a win over North Carolina A&T and a loss to Austin Peay. Armstrong's Stephanie Wallin had 8 kills out of the middle for HP.

North Dakota State opened with two wins over Texas Pan American and Marist at the Sun Bowl Invitational in El Paso. DGF's Kelly Lopez had 18 kills in the win over TPA.

Northern Iowa swept Western Michigan in the Northern Iowa Invitational. Champlin Park's Amy Sampson provided the match winning kill.

Next up: D2 Reports

Sun Bowl in August

#3 posting 8.24.2007
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BISONS AT SUN BOWL
No it is not football bowl season yet, but the North Dakota State volleyball team is down in El Paso for the Sun Bowl Invitational. The youngsters on the Bison squad are learning a new offense. From the Fargo Forum.

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North Dakota State Senior Leaders

#2 posting 8.14.2007
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NORTH DAKOTA STATE SENIOR LEADERS
Minnesotans Kari Fagnan (Fridley) and Christy Stuewe (Mayer Lutheran) are senior leaders for North Dakota State. NDSU is making the transition to the Summit League this year. They are hoping to lead NDSU to the first D1 post season appearance in any sport. From the Fargo Forum.
Also WDAY has a video report.

Next up: tomorrow morning.