Northern Lights 16s Unblemished, 2 All Americans

#1 posting 7.3.2008
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JO NATIONALS
Here are the standings for the JO National tournament in Dallas
16S
OPEN
Northern Lights 4-0, 12-0
NATIONAL
M1 5-0, 10-2
Northern Lights-2 2-3, 6-7
MN Select 1-4, 5-8
AMERICAN
Northern Lights-3 3-2, 7-6
SMV 2-3, 5-7
M1 East 2-3, 5-7
SW MN Jrs. 1-4, 4-8

15S
OPEN
M1 5-3, 10-9
NATIONAL
Northern Lights 7-1, 14-4
MN Select 4-4, 9-9
AMERICAN
Northern Lights 4-4, 9-10
MN Select 1-7, 2-15
Omeja 0-8, 2-16

14s
OPEN
Northern Lights 1-2, 3-4
NATIONAL
MN Select 0-3, 3-6
AMERICAN
M1 2-1, 4-2
Club Falcons (Faribault) 1-2, 2-4
North Juniors (Woodbury) 0-3, 1-6
MN North 0-3, 0-6

ALL AMERICAN
Chelsea Fogarty of Northern Lights (and Belle Plaine) was named All American in the 17 Open Division.
Samantha Dale of M1 (and Alexandria) was named All American in the 17 National Division.

READY FOR THE FALL
Penn State has released their 2008 season prospectus. Their 2007 media guide won awards from USA Volleyball for best media guide in schools over 25,000.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh and beach volleyball partner Elaine Youngs do a Q&A with NBC Sports.

HALF MARATHON
There will be memorial half marathon in Albert Lea July 12 for April Sorensen. She played volleyball for Albert Lea. She was murdered in her Rochester home in 2007. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

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Olympic Dreams, Summer on the Beach

#1 posting 6.25.2008
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COLLEGE DECISIONS
Jes Rients of Waterville-Elysian-Morristown is headed to Luther to play volleyball. From the Waseca County News.
Rients is the 66th player overall from the 2008 class to make a college decision. She is the 13th known to go to D3.

BIG 10 NEWS
The national champion Penn State volleyball teams visited the White House yesterday.

The Wisconsin Badgers spend the summer on the beach.

The Indiana Hoosiers have 8 newcomers to their squad this fall and they have a Q&A with each.

Illinois has released their 2008 schedule. They travel to Minnesota on Saturday, November 8.

OLYMPICS
There are two former Gophers on the preliminary Olympic roster--setter Lindsey Berg, and right side Cassie Busse. Scroll down to the end.
Berg is making the trip to Poland in the second week of the Grand Prix. Here is the Press release.

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More AAU All Tournament, Kalvik Resigns

#1 posting 6.21.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Minneapolis Roosevelt is looking for a new coach. Jill Kalvik has resigned after two season to pursue options available at the collegiate level.

ALL TOURNAMNET
Two Gopher recruits, Ashley Saupaia of Northern Lights 18-1 and Mia Tabberson of Munciana 18-1 Samurai were named to the 18 Open All Tournament team at the AAU National tournament. Saupaia (Bloomington Kennedy) is a 2008 recruit, Tabberson is a 2009 recruit.

Megan Plourde of NL 18-1 was also named to the all-tournament team. Plourde (Somerset, WI) is headed to Colorado State this fall.

TWO FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
The Penn State champion volleyball teams--women and men---will travel to the White House on June 24 "NCAA Championship Day" to meet with President Bush.

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Classic in the Dells, Six Northern Lights Going for Gold

#1 posting 6.19.2008
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PREPVOLLEYBALL.COM CLASSIC
Club Fusion 18 Black beat MN Select 18-1 in the Prepvolleyball.com Classic championship match at Wisconsin Dells 25-27, 28-26, 27-25. The final game was first to 15 win by two. It was one of the most exciting games of JO VB on record. After beating Fusion Black earlier in the tourney, MN Select met Fusion Black again in the Championship. Fusion Black is rated 4th in the country by PrepVolleyball.

Megan Carlson of M1 18-1 went down with an ankle injury in the semi-final match vs. Club Fusion 18 Black.
M-1 18-1’s took third.

AWARDS
From the M1 program Megan Carlson was named best passer and Kelsey Brandl was named best blocker.
From the Minnesota Select team Jess Menden was named all around best setter, Taylor Fieldsted was given the spirit award and Katherine Harms was given the all around best player award for the tourney.

AAU NATIONALS
Northern Lights will have six teams playing for the gold today in the AAU Nationals.

FOUR NCW PLAYERS DECIDE
Norman County West has four player that will continue their volleyball career next season in college.
Krystal Maroney, 5-6 DS, Concordia Moorhead
Jenna Guttormson, 5-11 MH, Valley City State
Amanda Hennen, 5-5 DS, North Dakota State College of Science, Wahpeton
Jessica Vanderplaats, 5-6 S, Northland Community & Technical College, Thief River Falls

COACHING
Former LeCenter volleyball coach Scott Bernard was rehired as girls basketball and track coach at LeCenter which prompted a resignation from a school board member. He was blocked from volleyball earlier in the year. From the Mankato Free Press.

SCHEDULE
Penn State has released their fall schedule. They will face 11 teams that played in the NCAA tournament last year. They face the Gophers at the Pavilion on Saturday, October 11.

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Penn State Men Join Women as Volleyball Champs

#1 posting 5.4.2008
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PENN STATE CHAMPS AGAIN
This time the Penn State men won the volleyball D1 title with a 3-1 win over Pepperdine yesterday. Usually a California team wins the championship. The PSU women won the D1 title in December.

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Penn State 2 for 2?

#1 posting 5.3.2008
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PENN STATE DUAL CHAMPS?
In case you haven't heard, the Penn State men are #1 in the country and are playing Pepperdine for the NCAA D1 championship today. The Penn State women won the D1 title in December. The game is on ESPN 2 live at 6 pm.

INDIANA POSTCARD
Martyna Popik of Indiana is back in Poland and writing a blog/postcard.

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#1 in Women & Men

#1 posting 3.30.2008
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DID YOU KNOW?
Penn State won the women's NCAA D1 volleyball title, and now the men (yes they have a volleyball program there) are #1 in the country with a 24-1 record after beating Ball State in a sweep. Looking at their schedule the only other Big 10 team is Ohio.

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