Penn State's Nailbiter, UNI Takes Creighton

#1 posting 11.29.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
BIG TEN
#1 Penn State swept Ohio State with a margin of 20 points. The final set was 30-28, the tightest set for PSU this season. Arielle Wilson had 14 points for PSU. Katie Dull had 17 points of OSU. Susan Halverson (Apple Valley) had 3 digs for the Buckeyes.

#16 Illinois swept Wisconsin with a margin of 18 points in Madison. Laura DeBruhler had 20 points for Illinois. Caity Dupont had 11 points for Wisconsin. Nikki Klingsporn (Tartan) had 19 assists and 1 point for the Badgers.

#18 Purdue beat Northwestern in five with a margin of 1 point. Purdue led 2-1. Danita Merlau had 22.5 points for Purdue. Brittani Gray had 22 points for NW. Naomi Johnson (Bloomington Kennedy) had 1 point for the Wildcats.

#20 Michigan swept Indiana with a margin of 14 points. Juliana Paz had 14 points for Michigan. Taylor Wittmer had 12 points for Indiana.

Michigan State beat Iowa in four with a margin of 5 points. Becca Zlabis had 18 points for MSU. Catherine Smale had 19.5 points for the Hawkeyes.

The Gophers are at Michigan State today.

ACC: Virginia beat Virginia Tech in five. The point margin was zero. Virginia led 2-0. Marlow Bruneau (Lakeville) had 20 assists and 5 points for Virginia.

North Carolina won the ACC title with a sweep over NC State. The margin was 30 points. Brianna Eskola (Columbia Heights) had 16 digs for the Tar Heels and in the process set the ACC career digs record.

BIG EAST: Cincinnati swept UAB with a margin of 18 points. Kelsey Brandl (Lakeville North) had 6 points for Cincy.
Western Michigan swept Marquette with a margin of 32 points. Leslie Bielski (Chaska) and Tiara Russell (Osseo) had 9 and 3.5 points for Marquette.

BIG SKY: Eastern Washington swept Weber State with a margin of 16 points. Jackson County Central's Leah Burmeister and Brittney Bisaillon had 7 and 6 points for WS.

Earlier in the day WS beat Montana in five with a margin of 1 point. Montana led 2-1. Jackson County Central's Leah Burmeister and Brittney Bisaillon had 19.5 and 14.5 points for WS

MID AMERICAN: Ohio swept Dayton with a margin of 16 points. Amanda Andersen (Centennial) had 6 points for Ohio.

MISSOURI VALLEY: Northern Iowa beat Creighton in five with a margin of 5 points. UNI led 2-0. Heather Sampson (Champlin Park) had a career high 27 kills on her way to 30.5 points for UNI. Jessica Houts (Bloomington Kennedy) and Allie Oelke (Chaska) had 18 and 16 points for the Bluejays.

PAC 10: Washington State beat Arizona State in four with a margin of 9 points. Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 16 points for WSU.

WEST COAST: Pacific beat Portland in four with a margin of 6 points. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 15 points for Portland.

AWARDS
Fairfield's Karlie Urbaniak (Mabel-Canton) and Siena's April London (Woodbury) have been named to the Metro Atlantic All Academic team.

London was named setter of the year and made the MAAC First team. Urbaniak was named to the second team.

The NJCAA D3 has released their All American list
On the first team:
Breanna Chamernick of Hibbing CC
Jordan Noska of Anoka-Ramsey CC
Ashley King of Rochester CTC
Stephanie Tillman of Ridgewater CC
Leah Miller of Ridgewater CC

HIGH SCHOOL
Courtney Fautsch of Chisago Lakes was named North Suburban Player of the Year. From the Chisago County Press.

OBITUARY
Here is more on the Stina Leiseth of YME and her tragic accident. Funeral services for Leiseth will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Granite Falls High School Gymnasium. Burial will be at the Granite Falls City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the Granite Falls High School Gymnasium. From the Marshall Independent.

Next up: Tomorrow

Zyvoloski, Lange All Area Players of the Year

#1 posting 11.27.2008
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ALL AREA
The St. Cloud Times have released their All Area Team. Anna Zyvoloski of St. Cloud Cathedral is their player of the year.

The Duluth News Tribune has released their All Area Team. Kate Lange of Hibbing is their player of the year.

REVIEWS
Brigetta Berg and Courtney Volkmann are co MVPs for Wadena-Deer Creek. From the Wadena Pioneer Journal.

KAAL looks back at all the Fall female athletes of the week which include Jordan Spatenka of Owatonna, Emily Vonwald and Morgan Bushman of Chatfield, Brittany Looker of Rochester Mayo, and Julie Rainey of Stewartville.

Lindsey Randt and Amanda Nordby are co MVPs for McLeod West. From the McLeod County Chronicle.

Kirsten Noska of Pequot Lakes made the Brainerd Dispatch team. From the Pine & Lakes.

The Rochester Post Bulletin reviews the TriState All Star volleyball matches held last weekend.

Climax-Fisher has passed out their end of the year volleyball awards. From the Crookston Times.

Breckenridge has passed out their end of the year volleyball awards. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

D1
Mackenzie Angner of South Dakota State rose to the occasion this season. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

D2 TOURNAMENT
Concordia St. Paul's Maria Steinhagen (Alexandria) is looking for her second straight D2 championship. From the Echo Press.

The Marshall Independent reviews SW MN State and their record season.

Three more UM Duluth players received post season honors: Sarah Wyffels (Marshall) Katie Gangelhoff (South St. Paul) and April Hansen (BBE) earned American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Central Region Team honors.
MSU Mankato's Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) was also named to the AVCA All Central team.

D3
St. Thomas' Katie McCaffrey (Fort Collins, CO) was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America first team.

Next up: D1 news

Academics & Signings

#2 posting 11.19.2008
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COLLEGE NEWS
D1
BIG 10
Penn State will go for the outright Big 10 championship Friday against Northwestern. The Nittany Lions face Wisconsin on Saturday.

Northwestern set an attendance record when they hosted Minnesota last weekend.

ACADEMICS
Iowa State's Diane Kieger (Mounds View) is one of four Cyclones that earned All Academic Big 12 honors.

SIGNINGS
Creighton has signed 3 players
5-8 OH Brooke Boggs of Lafayette, MO
6-1 OH Caitlin Templeton of Rapid City Central, SD
6-3 MH Heather Thorson of Mead, NE

Marshall has signed 2 players
5-8 setter Ryanne Milligan of Louisville Assumption
5-10 OH Katy Schad of Floyds Central, IN

Southeast Missouri has signed 4 players
5-9 OH Karlee Lursen of Eastview, MN
5-11 OH Brittney Kalinoski of Overland Park, KS
5-9 Setter Angela Cinchelero of St. Louis, MO
5-7 Libero Samantha Lowman of Lincoln, IL

D2
REGIONAL
Augustana has their eyes on the regional. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

D3
ACADEMICS
UW Eau Claire's Abby Freiborg (Renville County West) has been named to the 2008 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Five College Division Women’s Volleyball Third Team.

ALL AMERICAN
St. Thomas had two players make the 2008 AVCA Division III All-America Volleyball: Katie McCaffrey of Fort Collins, CO on the first team, and setter Emily Foster of Hopkins made the second team.
The College Sporting News has a Profile in Excellence feature on McCaffrey.

HIGH SCHOOL REVIEW
Farmington looks back at their 20 win season. From the Farmington Independent.

Next up: tomorrow

New Ulm Journal POY: Schewe; All Star Game

#1 posting 11.15.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
NEW ULM JOURNAL ALL AREA TEAM
Chrissi Schewe of Sleepy Eye St. Mary's is the New Ulm Journal player of the year plus the rest of the team.

Today the 2nd Annual South Central Minnesota High School Volleyball All Star Games takes place at Bloomington Jefferson High School with three teams battling each other.
Admission: $10 for Adults; $5 for Students
1:00 pm – Doors Open for Spectators
1:30 pm – Team One vs. Team Two
2:35 pm – Team One vs. Team Three
3:40 pm – Team Two vs. Team Three

Chrissi Schewe is one of 27 players taking part today

Next up: Big 10 results

2 More Verbals, Angner's Month, McCutcheon Honored

#3 posting 11.12.2008
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TWO MORE VERBALS
Katelyn Horihan of Mabel-Canton is headed to Winona State.

Ann Zyvoloski of St. Cloud Cathedral is headed to UM Duluth.

COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
Indiana Banters with Benson.

Iowa goes on the road to Northwestern and Wisconsin.

Purdue is holding a Pizza Bash on Wednesday.

#1 Penn State heads to #17 Illinois and #18 Purdue.

Northwestern hosts Iowa and Minnesota.

MORE D1
North Dakota is headed to Bryant this weekend for the National Transitions Tournament.

SUMMIT: South Dakota State's Mackenzie Angner (Cincinnati St. Ursula) has been named Summit Athlete of the Month for October.

D3
Carleton's Sarah Kunelius (Eagan) made the MIAC All Conference list.

The MIAC has released their all playoff team.

HIGH SCHOOL
Rochester Home School was 2nd in the Bronze II bracket at the national Home School Tournament. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

BEACH
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh and Tyra Turner head to Sanya, China for the final FIVB Beach tournament.

McCUTCHEON HONORED
Anaheim will honor USA's men's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon as their man of the year.

Next up: tomorrow

5 Minnesota Players Win Weekly Honors, Tan her 5th

#2 posting 11.11.2008
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MORE STATE TOURNAMENT RECAPS
Windom celebrates their state A title. Coach Ron Wendorff is a song and dance man. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Stewartville beat Delano for 5th place in AA. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

HS AWARDS
Anna Schlaak, a freshman from NRHEG, has been named Waseca County News player of the year.

Crystal Lamont of Waterville-Elysian-Morristown has been named Waseca County News coach of the year.

COLLEGE AWARDS
D1
BIG 10: Illinois' Laura DeBruhler was named offensive player of the week in the Big 10. The Gophers' Christine Tan was co defensive player of the week (her 5th time this year) along with Arielle Wilson of Penn State.

ACC: North Carolina's Brianna Eskola (Columbia Heights) was co player of the week in the ACC. She is 88 digs away from the all time ACC dig record.

SUMMIT: Both Lopez sisters (DGF) for North Dakota State were players of the week. Kelly took defensive honors while Jennifer gathered the offensive title.

D2
NORTHERN SUN: UM Duluth's April Hansen (BBE) and Lindsey Clairmont (Wayzata) have been named co players of the week in the Northern Sun.

COLLEGE NEWS
BIG 10: Three Penn State seniors talk about their experiences.

Ohio State is at #19 Michigan on Wednesday and Michigan State on Saturday.

The Big 10 has their weekly press release

#19 Michigan hosts Ohio State Wednesday and Michigan State on Friday.

PAC 10: Washington State travels to Oregon and Oregon State.

SUMMIT: North Dakota State travels to Centenary and Oral Roberts this weekend.
South Dakota State travels to UMKC and Centenary to close out the season.

D3 TOURNAMENT
Gustavus will face UW Eau Claire in the NCAA D3 tournament on Thursday, November 13 at 3:30 at St. Thomas.
St. Benedict will face Simpson in the D3 tournament on Thursday at 1 pm at St. Thomas.

Concordia Moorhead takes on Loras at 6 on Thursday.

Host St. Thomas will face UW LaCrosse at 8:30 on Thursday.
Here is the entire D3 tournament bracket.

POLLS
D1: Minnesota moves to up two spots to #15. Colorado State is #16. Cincinnati received votes.

D2: SW MN State falls to #8. From the Marshall Independent. Augustana is #22.

next up: tomorrow unless more news breaks

Byers Verbals, All Tournament, Coaching Awards, Polls

#1 posting 11.10.2008
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VERBALS
Shannon Byers of Faribault has verballed South Carolina Aiken. The OH played with Northern Lights 17-2 last year.
Byers is the 24th player overall in the 2009 Minnesota class to verbal and the 12th headed to a D2 program.

STATE TOURNAMENT RECAPS
Here are some of the reports from the papers that don't publish on Sundays---
A
The Worthington Daily Globe has details on #2 Windom's win over #1 Bethlehem Academy.

The West Central Tribune has more on #4 Ada-Borup's win over #3 BBE.

AA
The Marshall Independent has more depth to the story on the AA Championship where #1 Jordan beat #2 Marshall.

ALL TOURNAMENT
Here are the A, AA and AAA all Tournament teams.

COACHING AWARDS
Here are the coach of the year for each section in each class
A
1 Franz Boelter, Bethlehem Academy
2 Stef Dietz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary's
3 Ron Wendorff, Windom
4 Greg Sayak, SW Christian Chaska
5 Kevin Weller, BBE
6 Ruth Hayden, Ada-Borup
7 Connie Boyum-Ezar, Deer River
8 Missy Thompson, Northern

AA
1 Scott Koepke, Caledonia
2 Dave Nixon, LeSueur-Henderson
3 Dan Westby, Marshall
4 Tom Kivel, Minnehaha
5 Rebecca Rue, Delano
6 Ted Farber, Rocori
7 Gail Nucech, Hibbing
8 Dan Christensen, Perham

AAA
1 Mike Woody, Farmington
2 Mike Dean, Prior Lake
3 Becky Egan, Eastview
4 Michelle Parker, Stillwater
5 Bill Quan, Osseo
6 Scott Jackson, Wayzata
7 Beth Joki, Grand Rapids
8 John Yunker, STMA

Here are the assistant coaches
A
1 Kelsey Anderson, Mabel-Canton
2 Wendy Owens, Sleepy Eye St. Mary's
3. Gene Lovell, Windom
4. Leah Rudzitis, Meadow Creek
5 Heidi Wormley, Nevis
6 Breanne Marshall, Barnesville
7 Tina Bonestell, Deer River
8 Missy Foslein, Fosston

AA
1 Laura Threinen Byron
2 Lyle Noah, Belle Plaine
3 Jon Hegerle, Marshall
4 Amanda Daninger, Concordia Roseville
5 Jen Traeger, Melrose
8 Eryn Anderson-Moser, Perham

AAA
1 John Kaytor, Owatonna
2 Tim Carroll, Hutchinson
3 Jeff Groves, Apple Valley
4 Joshua Mattison, North St. Paul
5 Becky Amann, Blaine
6 Gary Anderson, Hopkins


POLLS
Here are the MaxPreps all class polls for Nov. 10. Shakopee is #1 to no one's surprise.
If you extrapolated them out by class
AAA
1. Shakopee
2. Eastview
3. Chaska
4. Lakeville North
5. STMA
6. Alexandria
7. Lakeville South
8. Woodbury
9. Blaine
10. Andover

AA
1. Jordan
2. Marshall
3. Jackson County Central
4. Hibbing
5. St. Cloud Cathedral
6. Delano
7. LeSueur-Henderson
8. Belle Plaine
9. Yellow Medicine East
10. Worthington

A
1. Windom
2. Bethlehem Academy
3. BBE
4. Minneota
5. Ada-Borup
6. Mabel-Canton
7. Wabasha-Kellogg
8. SW Christian Chaska
9. SW Star
10. Murray County Central

Next up: college reports & more

Academic Awards, MIAC Semis

#4 posting 11.7.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
The Gophers host Purdue and Illinois this weekend.
Minnesota is hoping to reverse recent losses. From the Minnesota Daily.

The Gophers' Kelly Schmidt is Off Topic--from the Minnesota Daily.

#1 Penn State's next victim is Michigan State.

Michigan State hosts PSU and Indiana.

Wisconsin is at Michigan and Ohio State.

MORE D1
ATLANTIC 10: George Washington beat Charlotte in five with a margin of 5 points. Abby Syverson (Mpls SW) had 8 points for GW. Courtney Cowles (Eden Prairie) had 51 assists and 10.5 points for Charlotte.

MOUNTAIN WEST: Colorado State beat New Mexico in four with a margin of 15 points. Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 15.5 points for CSU.

SUN BELT: New Orleans swept Denver with a margin of 22 points. Kresson Vreeman (Central Christian) had 4 assists and 1.5 points for Denver.

WEST COAST: St. Mary's CA swept Portland with a margin of 30 points. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 1.5 points for Portland.

D3
MIAC TOURNAMENT
Gustavus swept St. Mary's with a margin of 19 points. Megan Gehring (Eau Claire North) had 14.5 points for Gustavus. Amy Kujak (River Falls, WI) had 13.5 points for St. Mary's.

St. Thomas beat St. Olaf in four with a margin of 30 points. Katie McCaffrey (Fort Collins, CO) had 15 points for St. Thomas. Kim Smisek (Northfield) had 14 points for St. O.

ACADEMIC AWARDS
PSU's Christa Harmatto and Megan Hodge have been selected to ESPN's Academic All District team.
Michigan's Beth Karpaik also makes the list.
Purdue had three players make the Academic All District list: Kristen Arthurs, Stephanie Lynch and Danita Merlau.
North Dakota State's Kristin Hille (Sauk Rapids) has made the list.

Sara Graf of SW MN State has been named Academic All District by ESPN. From the Marshall Independent.

St. Thomas' Katie McCaffrey and Katie Kremer made the Academic All District list.

BEACH
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh and new partner Tyra Turner are 2-0 in Thailand.

next up: Later, much later tonight after Semifinals in the Minnesota State tournament.

Wittman Metro Player of the Year

#4 posting 11.3.2008
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WITTMAN METRO PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Junior Ashley Wittman of Shakopee has been named the StarTribune's metro player of the year.

You can see the rest of the First Team plus Second Team and third teams at the StarTribune.

next up: Tomorrow morning

Haag Honor, #1?, Deja Vu

#3 posting 10.7.2008
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PATRIOTS SWEEP TEDDIES
The Henry Patriots swept the Roosevelt Teddies with a margin of 28 points tonight. It marked the first time former Henry player and current Roosevelt coach, 19 year old Wendy Vang returned back to her old gym. Henry took the series from Roosevelt. The Patriots won the first match 3-2. Hilau Xiong had 15 points on the night for Henry, 7 on aces.

AVCA/MAX PREP PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cassie Haag of Southwest Christian was named AVCA/Max Prep Player of the week.

DIFFERENT #1
Chaska is the #1 team in the MaxPreps all class Minnesota poll.

SHAKOPEE DEJA VU
It is feeling like 2007 for #1 Shakopee. From the StarTribune.

LAST NIGHT
Brainerd surprised Pierz with four set win. Pierz actually had the point margin advantage by 8. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Wadena-Deer Creek swept Frazee with a margin of 40 points. Brigetta Berg had 21 kills for WDC. Plus one more event. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

LATE REPORTS
Farmington controls their own destiny in the Missota Conference.

Bigfork champ Littlefork-Big Falls fell to Tower-Soudan on Monday. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

Last week Sauk Centre bumped off then #1 St. Cloud Cathedral. The Sauk Centre Herald has the story.

Alexandria is a top the Central Lakes standings with their win last week over Brainerd. From the Echo Press.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Fergus Falls topped NDSCS in a fiver with a 7 point margin. NDSCS led 2-0. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Perfect Penn State

#2 posting 10.7.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
POLLS
Minnesota is up one spot in the polls to #12. Colorado State drops one spot to #13. Wisconsin is at #21.

Concordia St. Paul stays #1 in D2 in the AVCA poll.

AWARDS
Here is the Gopher article on the trophy garnering Christine Tan and her Big 10 defensive award.

North Dakota State's Kelly Lopez (DGF) was named Summit defensive player of the week.

SWEEP VICTORY
Did you know that Penn State has swept every opponent they faced this year? They are 48-0 in sets.
The Gophers play the perfectionists on Saturday night at Williams Arena. General admission is one thin dollar.

BREAST CANCER
Iowa's fight against breast cancer will take place on Saturday.

TODAY
Cincinnati hosts Dayton.

Colorado State is at Northern Colorado.

North Dakota takes on Presentation in Grand Forks.

Davidson hosts Gardner-Webb.

THIS WEEKEND
North Dakota State hosts IUPUI and Western Illinois.

Washington State travels to UCLA and USC.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Fergus Falls beat NDSCS in five with a margin of 6 points. NDSCS led 2-0.

Western Wisconsin Tech beat Riverland in four with a margin of 4 points. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

LATE: Rainy River swept Vermilion and Mesabi Range over the weekend. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

Next up: later today

Tan All Over

#4 posting 10.6.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
TAN AGAIN
The Gophers Christine Tan has won the Big 10 defensive player of the week for the fourth time this year and the third week in a row.
Penn State's Nicole Fawcett took home the Big 10 offensive player of the week honors. Fawcett took home the honors two weeks ago and has 8 for her career.

CLINTON DAY
Illinois will hold Clinton Day (no not Bill or Hillary) on October 19 vs Wisconsin

SUCCESS
At Penn State "Success breeds Success."

D2 AWARDS
MSU Mankato's Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) was named offensive player of the week in the Northern Sun.

Concordia St. Paul's Mary Slinger (Bethlehem Academy) was the defensive player of the week.

Augustana's Lisa Hoegh (Byron) was the setter of the week.

LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Pine River-Backus finished in 4th place at the Nevis tournament over the weekend. Plus four other tournament results from the Brainerd Dispatch.

Here are the results from Bigfork's 3rd Annual On The Edge volleyball tournament this past weekend....The theme was western with root beer floats and country western music during the warmups and in between games. The trophies were made of Barn Wood with an old horseshoe and the information burned into the wood with a wood burner.
Last year's tournament was a Hawaaian theme with wooden surfboards as trophies and blended smoothies.
1st Littlefork-Big Falls
2nd Bigfork
3rd Cherry
4th Cook
5th Orr
6th Northome-Kelliher
7th Tower- Soudan
8th Albrook

Blue Earth is 8-0 in South Central action. From the Faribault County Register.

Albert Lea and NRHEG played in the Blue Earth tournament with NRHEG finishing second to SW Star. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

LATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESULTS
Hibbing swept Central Lakes with a margin of 18 points on Saturday. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Rochester beat Anoka-Ramsey in four with a margin of 22 points. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Next up: later today

Evans Player of the Week

#3 posting 9.30.2008
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MAX PREP POLL
Shakopee is the new #1 in the all class poll in Minnesota.

AVCA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Marissa Evans of Spring Lake Park has been named AVCA Player of the Week for Minnesota.

STARTRIBUNE ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Tia Gaffen of Wayzata and Natalee Yeazle of Spring Lake Park were named Athletes of the Week in the StarTribune.

Next up: Out & About later tonight.

Nelson, Knuth Players of the Week

#2 posting 9.30.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
POLLS
Despite winning twice last weekend the Gophers fell one spot in the D1 poll to #13. Colorado State flips spots and goes to #12. The Wisconsin Badgers lost twice and fell two spots to #20.
Northern Iowa is in the receiving votes

BIG 10
As reported yesterday here the Gophers' Christine Tan has picked up her third Big 10 Defensive Player of the Week this year and the 5th in her career.

Indiana takes on #1 Penn State tomorrow.

MORE D1 NEWS
AWARDS
Colorado State's Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) was named Mountain West co-player of the week.

North Dakota State's Chrissy Knuth (Champlin Park) was named Summit Offensive player of the week.

GAMES THIS WEEK
North Dakota faces Valley City State and Dickinson State this week.

North Dakota State travels to Oakland and IPFW.

Northern Iowa has three home matches this week.

Washington State hosts Stanford and California this weekend.

D2
AWARDS
UM Duluth's Sarah Wyffels (Marshall) was named Northern Sun Offensive Player of the Week.

St. Cloud State's Andreana Pieper (Lake of the Woods) was named NS Defensive Player of the Week.

MSU Mankato's Brittany Stamer (Hutchinson) was named NS Setter of the Week.

THIS WEEK
MSU Mankato plays three matches.

D3
Buena Vista takes on Wartburg tonight in IIAC action.

LATE: Buena Vista was 0-4 in the Central Tournament last weekend.

AWARDS
St. Thomas' Katie McCaffrey (Fort Collins, CO) was named co-offensive player of the week and Emily Foster (Hopkins) was named co-Libero/Setter of the week in the MIAC.

St. Mary's Jessica Mate (St. Charles East, IL) and Theresa Perrini (Bishop Miege, KS) was also named co offensive player of the week and co-Libero/Setter of the week.

Next up: Later today

AA Tie Broken, 3 Letters for Defense: T-A-N

#3 posting 9.29.2008
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MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL POLLS
The top spot in AA is no longer a three way tie. St. Cloud is alone in first place by the narrow margin of one point. Marshall had four first place votes, one off SCC's total, but is further back at third.
CHANGES
AAA #2 Eastview and #4 Chaska flip flop spots from last week. Blaine makes their way in the top 10 to #8 while last week's #10 Alexandria drops out.
AA: Wadena-Deer Creek is the new #10 replacing last week's Caledonia.
A: Lakeview moves to #9 while last week's #10 Onamia is out.

AAA
1. Shakopee (15) 225
2. Eastview 198
3. St. Michael/Albertville 194
4. Chaska 192
5. Lakeville North 154
6. Waconia 142
7. Eden Prairie 111
8. Blaine 90
9. Woodbury 81
10. Owatonna 73
Others: Alexandria (58), Wayzata (46), Apple Valley (22), Andover (13), Lakeville South (2)

AA
1. St. Cloud Cathedral (5) 139
2. Jordan (1) 138
3. Marshall (4) 126
4. Hibbing 120
5. Stewartville 110
6. Delano 89
7. Jackson County Central 87
8. Belle Plaine 78
9. Le Sueur/Henderson 69
10. Wadena-Deer Creek 43
Others receiving votes: Caledonia (24), Rocori (6), Yellow Medicine East (6)

A
1. Bethlehem Academy (7) 169
2. Windom Area (3) 156
3. Minneota 140
4. Wabasha/Kellogg 121
5. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa 112
6. Mabel-Canton (1) 106
7. Ada-Borup 110
8. SW Christian 96
9. Lakeview 39
10. Martin County West 27
Others: Onamia (26), Climax-Fischer (22), SW Star Concept (10), Northern Freeze (8), Chisholm (7), Parker’s Prairie (6), Kerkoven-Murdock-Sunberg (6), SW MN Christian (6), Meadow Creek Christian (5), Renville County West (3), Win-E-Mac (1)

LATE HS RESULTS
PIERZ TOURNAMENT
Wadena-Deer Creek won the Pierz tournament. The hosts ended up in third. From the Brainerd Dispatch.
Littlefork-Big Falls finished 3-3 winning the Bronze division. From the International Falls Daily Journal.
Brainerd was 8th. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

COLLEGE NEWS
BIG 10 AWARDS
The Gophers' Christine Tan picked her third Big 10 Defensive Player of the Week. She also won last week. Maybe they should just call it the Tan Award. Vanessa King of Michigan State was named Offensive Player of the Week.

MORE D1 NEWS
Penn State will Dig Pink this weekend vs Michigan State.
Penn will hold their Dig Pink event on Oct. 24.

Marquette will hold two clinics for k-8 kids on Oct. 18 and Nov. 16.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes was 2-2 at the NDSCS tournament this past weekend. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Next up: Later today with an out & about

Joki Featured, CC Results

#1 posting 9.25.2008
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Anoka Ramsey beat Riverland in four. Brooke Monson (Austin) had 10 kills for Riverland. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Ridgewater beat MN West in four. Leah Miller had 19 points for Ridgewater. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Wadena-Deer Creek won three times last week. From the Wadena Pioneer Journal.

One of WDC's victims last week was New York Mills. Plus the rest of NYM's week from the Perham Enterprise.

Perham beat DGF to get to the top of the Heart O'Lakes. From the Perham Enterprise.

JWP swept Cleveland on Tuesday. From the Waseca County News.

Thief River Falls swept Park Rapids on Tuesday. From the Park Rapids Enterprise.

Lake of the Woods swept Littlefork-Big Falls on Tuesday. From the International Falls Journal.

FEATURE
Brynn Joki of Grand Rapids is featured in the Duluth News Tribune.

AWARDS
Bemidji State's Nicole Olson has been named Beaver Pride Athlete of the week. From the Bemdiji Pioneer.

Jordan Spanetka of Owatonna is the KAAL Athlete of the Week.

Next up: More to come

DeBruhler's National Honors

#2 posting 9.3.2008
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RESULTS LAST NIGHT
Texas Christian swept Texas Southern. Jess Menden (Shakopee) had 23 assists for TCU.

Iowa State beat Creighton in four. Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 3.5 points for ISU. Jessica Houts (Bloomington Kennedy) had 19 and Allie Oelke had 2.5 points for Creighton.

Weber State beat Utah State 3-1. The Jackson County Central pair of Brittney Bisaillon and Leah Burmeister had 18.5 and 6.5 points for Weber State.

North Dakota beat Bemidji State for the seventh straight time. Devin Trefz (Bagley) had 19 points and Megan Langseth had 43 assists for UND. Nicole Olson (Lake of the Woods) and Jennifer Janckila (Appleton West) each had 8.5 points for BSU.

Martin Luther swept North Central in D3 non conference action. From the New Ulm Journal.

BIG 10 NEWS
Indiana has photos up from their trip to Long Beach State last weekend.

Iowa heads to Denver for the Pioneer Classic.

Michigan travels to Georgia Tech.

Northwestern is off to the Dayton Tournament this weekend.

Ohio State plays at Wichita State this weekend.

OTHER D1 NEWS
Washington State travels eight miles to the Idaho Classic this weekend.

POLLS
Wisconsin is #10 and Michigan is #25 in the latest D1 polls.

UM Duluth is #8 and SW MN State is #16 in the D2 poll. Cal State San Bernardino is the new #1. From the Marshall Independent.

AWARDS
Laura DeBruhler of Illinois has been named Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week and also the CVU/com National Player of the Week.

LATE RESULTS
Bethany Lutheran finished 2-2 at the Illinois College tournament.

Next up: Later tonight with an out & about

JO Starts Today, MN West 5, Leadership

#1 posting 6.26.2008
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JO NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
The JO National tournament kicks off today in Dallas, Texas with the 18s taking the stage first.
M1, MN Select, and Northern Lights will play in the Open division.
MN North, M1-Navy, MN Select 2, SW MN Juniors will play in the American Division.

MN WEST FIVE
MN West has signed five players for the fall season.
Kiah Vik, George-Little Rock, Iowa, DS
Amanda Murray, Hanson, South Dakota
Elly Schmitz, Round Lake-Brewster
Ally Rotert, Worthington, MH
Rachel Pavelko, Worthington, DS
From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Natalie Thomas of Champlin Park will be headed to UM Morris to play volleyball and basketball.

COACHING NEWS
Annie Adamczak-Glavan is the new volleyball coach at St. Louis Park. Adamczak played high school ball at Moose Lake and collegiate ball at Nebraska.

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Katelyn Horihan, of the 2009 class, has been named female athlete of the year at Mabel-Canton. From the News Record.

LEADERSHIP
John Thomas of About.com writes about leadership on the volleyball court. He uses "he" in the descriptions, but obviously in applies to "shes" too.

Next up: tomorrow.

Braegelmann Honored

#1 posting 6.24.2008
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BRAEGELMANN GETS HONOR
Vicky Braegelmann of UM Duluth picked up her D2 female athlete of the year yesterday at Columbia University in New York. From the Duluth News Tribune. Plus video and an interview from KBJR.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Marie Godwin (Chaska) has been selected as the Midwest Region representative to the NCAA D3 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

ACADEMICS
Ohio has been awarded the NCAA Public Recognition Award as one of only 41 collegiate women's volleyball teams to post multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores in the top 10 percent of all squads across the nation.

Next up: tomorrow

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.

Next up: tomorrow