Rolf Resigns at Marquette, Around the Signing Block

#2 posting 11.13.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
ROLF RESIGNS
Marquette coach Pati Rolf has resigned immediately. Assistant coach Erica Heisser takes over. Rolf is from Hopkins and attended North Dakota State.

BIG 10
#19 Michigan swept Ohio State with a margin of 30 points. Karlee Bruck had 11.5 points for the Wolverines. Katie Dull had 12.5 points for the Buckeyes. Susan Halverson (Apple Valley) had 5 digs and 1 point for OSU.

Michigan State travels to Michigan and Ohio State this weekend.

Allison Straumann of Cary Grove, IL has signed with Iowa. The 5-11 outside hitter is a first team all state player according to the Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Daily Herald.

Illinois has signed three players
6-1 outside hitter Jessica Jendryk of Benet Academy, IL
6-3 middle blocker Erin Johnson of Crystal Lake South, IL
5-9 setter Jackie Wolfe of Wheaton-Warrenville South, IL

MORE D1
SIGNINGS
Colorado State signed two players
6-4 middle Tori Brummett of Redlands East Valley, CA
6-2 middle Lisa Parlich of Delavan-Darien, WI

North Dakota State signed three players
6-1 RH/S Brynn Joki of Grand Rapids
6-0 MH Megan Lambertson of Litchfield
5-8 DS Andrea Henning of Kettle Moraine Lutheran, WI

Northern Iowa signed three players
5-10 outside hitter Amy Braun Lakeville North
6-1 middle blocker Shelby Kintzel Mount Vernon, IA
5-10 setter Molly Turk Burlington Central, IL

Texas Christian signed two players
OH Kelli Stewart of Magnolia, TX
MB/RS Emily Kirby of Texhoma Christian, TX

Ohio signed three players
MB Lexie Hartnett of Fairport, NY
S Leah Petrovich of Pittsburgh Shaler PA
OH Faith Robins of Winston Salem Glenn, NC

ACC: Virginia hosts Maryland and Boston College

BIG 12: Texas A&M beat Iowa State in four with a margin of 11 points. Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 2.5 points for ISU.

MISSOURI VALLEY: Creighton is headed to Southern Illinois and Evansville this weekend.

WEST COAST: Portland hosts #24 Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount.

NON CON: Rhode Island swept Providence with a margin of 14 points. Jillian Bekke (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 1 dig for the Rams.

NAIA
Jamestown swept Dakota State in the DAC semifinals. The margin was 32 points. From the Jamestown Sun.

BEACH
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh and Tyra Turner are the second seeds at the China FIVB Beach tournament.

Next up: Tomorrow unless 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

Young & in Charge, Tan Honored

#1 posting 9.2.2008
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YOUNG & IN CHARGE
Wendy Vang, a 2007 Minneapolis Henry graduate and former player of mine, is co-head coach at Minneapolis Roosevelt. Vang is featured in the StarTribune.
Former Roosevelt coach Jill Kalvik is now an assistant volleyball coach at the University of Chicago. Kalvik also was an assistant at Henry before taking over at Roosevelt.

AWARDS
The Big 10 has released their first weekly awards. Nicole Fawcett of Penn State and Laura DeBruhler of Illinois were co offensive players of the week. It is Fawcett's 6th and DeBruhler's 3rd honor in their careers. The Gopher's Christine Tan was named defensive player of the week. It is her 3rd honor.
Over the last weekend six Big 10 players were MVPs in the various tournaments the 11 teams played. Brook Dieter was MVP in the Creighton tournament.

POLLS
Minnesota jumped four spots in the latest CSTVAVCA poll. Six Big 10 teams reside in the poll, with Penn State #1. Colorado State is #17, the same as last week.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
FIU beat Furman in four on Labor Day. Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) played but did not put up numbers.

TONIGHT
Iowa State travels to Creighton tonight.

North Dakota hosts Bemidji State. UND has beat BSU five straight times.

LATE RESULTS
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater won the UW Whitewater JV/CC tournament. Leah Miller and Jordan Olerud had 25 kills each for the day. From the West Central Tribune.

MN West won the silver bracket at the Allen County CC tournament in Kansas. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Central Lakes finished 0-4 at the Iowa Lakes tournament. NDSCS also finished 0-4 at IL. From the Brainerd Dispatch and Wahpeton Daily News.

HIGH SCHOOL
Mabel-Canton won their own tournament on Saturday. For the day Kate Horihan had 82 kills. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

SCHEDULES
The Rochester Post Bulletin has a full day by day schedule for Southeast Minnesota.

Next up: Later Tonight with a recap of the action tonight

Berg Returns, Henning Verbals

#1 posting 8.28.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Former Gopher Lindsey Berg will return to be a consultant to the Gophers. From the StarTribune.

There are four new coaches in the West Central coverage area: New London-Spicer, Yellow Medicine East, Central Christian and Morris.

BIG 10 NEWS
Indiana has named Juli Pierce and Erica Short captains. The Hoosiers will be at Long Beach State this weekend.

Ohio State held their Scarlet & Gray scrimmage yesterday. The Buckeyes have bonded by giving back.

Wisconsin players talk about their goals for the 2008 season on their countdown video feature.

Purdue will host the Mortar Board Premier. Kansas State, Tennessee State and Duke will attend.

MORE D1 NEWS
The Green swept the White in Marshall's scrimmage. Megan Carlson of Andover had 5 kills for the White.

WANTED: Northern Iowa will have open tryouts on September 2.

South Carolina is off to Las Vegas for the UNLV tournament.

Portland is headed to the Montana State Tournament.

North Dakota State will head to Montana. Hitter Kristen Hille of Sauk Rapids talks to the Fargo Forum. The Bison has also received a verbal from Libero Andrea Henning of Kettle Moraine Lutheran in Wisconsin.

FEATURE & PREVIEWS
D2
Ashley Nachreiner of MSU Mankato is a senior leader for the Mavericks. Nachreiner is from Round Rock, TX, but has New Ulm connections. From the Mankato Free Press.

D3
St. Olaf is hoping to continue their late season success in 2007 to start 2008.

In the UMAC, Northwestern, MN is tabbed to be the top team in their preseason polls. Bethany Lutheran is picked for fourth.

HIGH SCHOOL
Detroit Lakes will return a veteran team. From the Detroit Lakes Tribune.

Park Rapids season will depend on how quickly they adjust. From the Park Rapids Enterprise.

Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg's volleyball team recently bonded by the camp fire. From the West Central Tribune.

LATE RESULTS
Here is the Waseca win over Rochester Lourdes. From the Waseca County News.

Stillwater beat Bloomington Kennedy in a sweep. Emily McDonough had 14 kills for the Ponies. From the Stillwater Gazette.

LeRoy-Ostrander beat Lanesboro 3-1. Kaylee Bunne had 15 kills for the Cardinals. From the Austin Daily Herald.

Thief River Falls beat Crookston in four. From the Crookston Times.

New York Mills beat Frazee 3-1. Hannah Rutten had 14 kills for NYM. From the Perham Enterprise.

Next up: later today

Carlson's Good Start, D2 Outlook

#1 posting 8.16.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL PREVIEWS
Mankato West will rely on middle Jessica Henke. From the Mankato Free Press.

D1 POLLS
Wisconsin is 12th in the preseason volleyball Magazine poll.

BIG 10
Ohio State is picked for 9th in the Big 10.

PRESEAON D1 OUTLOOKS
Colorado State is picked to win the Mountain West Conference. Tessa Nelson of Tracy-Milroy-Balaton plays with CSU.

Cincinnati is picked for third in the Big East. Kelsey Brandl of Lakeville North is on the Cincinnati roster.

Megan Carlson of Andover had a good start in Marshall's Green vs White scrimmage with 14 kills to lead all players.

Ohio has finished one week of practice.

Washington State has named Emily Rooney of Red Wing as one of their three captains.

D2 OUTLOOKS
The NCAA has released the 10 teams and 10 players to watch this fall. Two teams from the Northern Sun--UM Duluth and Concordia St. Paul make the list. Three players from the Northern Sun make the list: Maria Gangelhoff (UMD), Maggie McNamara (Concordia-SP); and Ashley Nachreiner (MSU Mankato).

D3 PRESEASON START
D3 starts their practices today.
St. Thomas looks to make another deep run in the D3 playoffs.

Here are preseason previews of UW Superior from the Superior Daily Telegram. UWS has hired Chelsea Meierotto (UM Duluth) and Anne LeBard (UW Superior) as assistant coaches.

COACHING NEWS
UI Chicago has two new assistants, one of which is Tim Walenga, a volunteer, who received his master of arts in athletic administration from Minnesota State University-Mankato in 2001.

OLYMPICS
The American women beat China in five games. Both head coaches are Chinese. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Both former Gophers Lindsey Berg in indoor, and Nicole Branagh on the beach continue their successful run in the Olympics.
Branagh and Youngs advanced to the quarterfinals with a sweep of Cuba.

Hugh McCutcheon, the USA men's volleyball coach has returned to the bench. This was the first time he was back at the helm since the attack that killed his father in law Todd Bachman. From the StarTribune.

BACHMAN UPDATE
Barbara Bachman has returned to Minnesota to continue her recovery from the attack suffered last weekend. Bachman is at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. From the StarTribune and Rochester Post Bulletin.
Elisabeth Bachman, Barbara's daughter, has also returned home.

Next up: tomorrow, unless news breaks

Northern Sun Outlook, Braegelmann's Return, B&Y

#1 posting 8.14.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL PRESEASON
Farmington has a strong core returning with Danielle Dombeck, Kirstee Rotty, and Katie Habeck. From the Farmington Independent.

PRESEASON OUTLOOK
NORTHERN SUN
The Northern Sun conference released their preseason picks and Concordia St. Paul is the favorite to take the title with 12 votes. CSP's Maggie McNamara has been named preseason player of the year. UM Duluth and MSU Mankato each had one vote for first and are picked for second and third respectively. UMD has a video report from the Northland's NewsCenter with Coach Boos and setter Katie Gangelhoff interviewed.
Southwest MN State is picked for 4th.
Bemidji State is picked for 11th.

BIG 10
Illinois held media day on Wednesday.

Indiana will hold Hoosier Hitter Clinics this fall.

New Wisconsin assistant coach Brian Heffernan blogs about the Badger coaching staff.

The Ohio State vs Northwestern match has been added to the Big 10 cable network list of games.

MIAC
St. Benedict is preparing for the start of their season.

COACHING NEWS
Chad Braegelmann has returned to UM Morris as volleyball coach. He is a 2000 grad from UMM. From the Morris Sun Tribune.

OLYMPICS
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs won their pool with a 2-1 win over Cuba in the Olympics.

Next up: when news breaks.

People Skills, Beach in Beijing and Chicago

#1 posting 8.12.2008
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CHASKA
The Hawks are #1 in the AAA poll. Six Lake teams are ranked or received votes. From the Chaska Herald.

FIRST PRACTICE
Farmington does the countdown on their first day. From the Farmington Independent.

SCRIMMAGE
Willmar will host a six team scrimmage on Thursday. From the West Central Tribune.

PEOPLE SKILLS
John Millea of the StarTribune gives a refresher course on people skills as the fall season started practice yesterday. In the article their is a photo of the defending AAA champs Shakopee at work.

COACHING NEWS
Becca Shane and Amanda Neubauer have been hired as assistants at North Dakota. Shane is a Concordia Moorhead and Detroit Lakes grad, and Neubauer has been an assistant at UM Crookston.

COLLEGE PREVIEWS
Kristen Hille is the only senior at North Dakota State, but the Bison have depth. From the Fargo Forum.
Wisconsin started their practices on Monday.
Creighton has their media guide online now.
Weber State is picked for third in the Big Sky.
Lindsey Clairmont, Katie Gangelhoff, and Sarah Wyffels will be UM Duluth's captains.

INSIDER
You can sign up for the volleyball insider on the Wisconsin Badgers site. Indiana has the Red Zone.

BEACH
Macalester players Marie Godwin (Chaska) and Majra Mucic (St. Louis Park) won the Under-20 USA Beach Junior Tour in Chicago, Illinois, on August 2.

OLYMPICS
Former Gopher and Olympic beach volleyball player Nicole Branagh has been devastated after the attack on her friend Elisabeth Bachman's father. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Branagh and Youngs beat the Germans in two on the beach.

BACHMAN
Barbara Bachman continues to improve from her injuries in Beijing. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The USA men's volleyball team defeated Italy 3-1 in the face of the tragedy.

Next up: when news breaks or tomorrow, whatever comes first

First Practice, First Poll, First Loss

#1 posting 8.11.208
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HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICE OPENS
POLLS
Here are the #1s in the first coaches poll.
AAA Chaska
AA Jordan
A Bethlehem Academy
From the Marshall Independent.

NEW COACHES
Pam Rockensock is the new Sauk Rapids girls volleyball coach. From the St. Cloud Times.

PHOTO DAY
Ohio State held their photo day. Susan Halverson of Apple Valley plays for the Buckeyes.

AMERICAN WOMEN FALL
The Cubans swept the American women in Olympic indoor volleyball. From NBC.

BACHMAN
Barbara Bachman's condition has been upgraded from critical to serious. Bachman's husband Todd was murdered in Beijing. Bachman is the mother of Elisabeth "Wiz" Bachman who is married to Hugh McCutcheon, the USA men's indoor volleyball coach. Bachman is being mourned by his company and friends. From the Star Tribune.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press looks at the return to normalcy around the Drum Tower, site of the attack, plus they have a profile on the murderer.
KARE 11 has a couple of video stories.

USA volleyball has a statement on the tragedy from Doug Beal, and the McCutcheon's also have a statement of thanks for all the support they have received.

Next up: later today with more news

Leaving South Dakota State, Looking for Beach Gold

#2 posting 8.8.2008
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh is looking for gold on the beach at Beijing. This is teammate Elaine Youngs third Olympics. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press and NBC.

MORE OLYMPICS
American indoor volleyball coach Jenny Lang Ping has returned to Beijing. Here is a press conference along with the men's indoor coach.

LEAVING SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
SDSU has had two players leave (and one verbal) after coach Andrew Palileo left for Washington State. They only have one player with 45 kills returning. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

PRESEASON OUTLOOKS
The first official practices start tomorrow for colleges.
Indiana has released their preseason preview.

Iowa State is hoping to return to the NCAA tournament for the third straight time.

Rhode Island is picked to finish 4th in the Atlantic 10 West (?) division. Jillian Bekke of Cretin-Derham Hall plays for the Rams.

Ohio starts their practice at 9 am Saturday.

COACHING NEWS
Stephanie Blackburn of Ohio University '07 will be a volunteer assistant at Ohio State. OSU coach Geoff Carlston was the coach at Ohio previously. Shane Wilkinson has been named director of volleyball operations.

TELEVISION
Wisconsin will be on national television five times, four times on the Big 10 Network, once on ESPN2.

Next up: tomorrow, unless news breaks

Chambers Verbals, Youngest Coach

#1 posting 8.8.2008
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CHAMBERS VERBALS
Brittany Chambers has made a verbal to Kansas State for basketball. The multiple sport athlete also entertained several D1 volleyball offers.

COACHING NEWS
Minneapolis Roosevelt has hired Wendy Vang as their new girls volleyball coach. She replaces Jill Kalvik who is now an assistant coach at the University of Chicago. Vang is the youngest head coach in the state at 19 years old. She is a 2007 high school grad from Minneapolis Henry. Last year she was an assistant at Henry.
This is the third coach that used to assist me that is now a head coach: John Yunker of St. Michael-Albertville, Bill Quan of Osseo and now Vang at Roosevelt. The odd thing was Kalvik also was an assistant with me at Henry. There must be something in the water.

Next up: more news

Coaching Changes, Olympic Beach Schedule

#1 posting 8.1.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Doreen Matteson is the new volleyball coach at Bigfork.
Brooke Schaffer is the new volleyball coach at Robbinsdale Cooper.
Former SW Star coach Rick Haberman is an assistant at Tracy-Milroy-Balaton this year. He teaches in TMB.
Lesley Bonin is the new volleyball coach at Eagan.
Leah Welch is the new volleyball coach at Totino-Grace

OLYMPIC SCHEDULE
FIVB has released the Olympic schedule for beach volleyball.
On August 9th former Gopher Nicole Branagh and teammate Elaine Youngs plays a pair from the Netherlands at 6 pm Beijing time. Misti May-Traenor and Kerri Walsh open their play the next day at 9 am.

NAIA TOURNAMNET
Blue Bunny will sponsor the NAIA tournament in Sioux City. From the Sioux City Journal.

CLINIC
The Minnesota Girls Volleyball Coaches clinic wrapped up at Sauk Rapids yesterday. If you missed the event you can become a member of the organization here online.

Next up: tomorrow

Peterson Resigns, Coaching Clinic & All Star Game Today

#1 posting 7.30.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Katy Peterson has resigned as University of North Dakota volleyball coach. Her twin Kari will be the interim coach this year.

ACADEMICS
Creighton and North Dakota State both have won an AVCA academic award for the fifth straight year.

CLINIC
The Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Clinic begins today at Sauk Rapids at 3 pm. The All Star game takes place at 7 pm.

Next up: later tonight after the all star game

NORCECA Tournament, High Performance Camp, Sparby Returns

#1 posting 7.27.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Tammy Sparby will return as Thief River Falls volleyball coach. She resigned at the end of last season. From the Bemidji Pioneer toward the end of Jim Carrington's column.

HIGH PERFORMANCE CAMP
The High Performance camp wrapped up in Tucson. USA Junior White won the gold in the Women’s International Division. Arizona Region High Performance won the Girls' International Youth Division title.

NORCECA TOURNAMENT
The U.S. Women’s Junior National Team beat Cuba 3-1 to advance to the title game of the NORCECA tournament in Mexico. The US will face the Dominican Republic for the championship.

next up: tomorrow

Three (or Four) Coaching Hires

#1 posting 7.18.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Margaret Essler will return to coach New London-Spicer for the third time. She will be co-coach with Mimi Knutson, a former coach at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa. They replace Kay Czarnetzki who resigned after last season. From the West Central Tribune.

Long time Minneota assistant Stephanie Hennen has been hired as head coach. From the Marshall Independent.

Kelli Kurth will return as Lincoln HI's head volleyball coach. Last couple lines in the Marshall Independent.

SCHEDULE
Marquette has released their 2008 volleyball schedule.

NATIONAL TEAM
Incoming 6-3 Illinois freshman Michelle Bartsch has made final 14 players on the way to 12 for the U.S. Women's Junior National Training Team.

EUROPEAN TRIP
Here are the photos from day 10 of Northern Lights European Trip. They journey from Athens to Paros Island.

Next up: tomorrow

Sauk Rapids Needs Coach, MSU #7

#1 posting 7.16.2008
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RECRUITING CLASS
Michigan State has the 7th best recruiting class according to prepvolleyball.com.

COACHING NEWS
Sauk Rapids is looking for a volleyball coach. Former coach Paul Meyer is now the head coach at Waldorf College in Iowa. From the St. Cloud Times.

Katie McGuine has been Director of Operations for Purdue. She was DO at Iowa the last two years. She also was the head coach at Pine Island. She is a grad of Rochester Lourdes and MSU Mankato.

NORTHERN LIGHTS TRIP
Here are the photos from Northern Lights European trip day seven on the travel from Berlin to Athens. Day 7s blog is by Lauren Grant. The photos on day 8 are all Athens.

Next up: tomorrow

NORCECA Champs

#1 posting 7.11.2008
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NORCECA TOURNAMENT
The US Youth National team swept Mexico in the championship of the NORCECA Youth Continental Championship in Puerto Rico. The Americans will now head to India for the FIVB championships next year. Tori Dixon and Ashley Wittman each had 10 points in the win.

Before that the Americans swept host Puerto Rico in the semis on Wednesday. Tori Dixon has her photo on the article as she led the team with 13 points.

GRAND PRIX
The Americans lost to Cuba in five in the third Grand Prix contest. Former Gopher Lindsey Berg plays for the team.

COACHING NEWS
Lincoln HI is still looking for a volleyball coach. No one has applied yet. Late in the article from the Marshall Independent.

Angie Mlinar has been hired as the director of volleyball operations at Iowa. Mlinar was a grad assistant at Alabama the last two years. Mlinar is originally from St. Paul, Nebraska.

EUROPEAN TRIP
In day three Northern Lights went from London to Sanstead. Here are the photos. Ellen Senf writes the journal for day 3.

RETURN HOME
North Dakota player Amanda Polzin returned to Hutchinson to do a camp. From the Hutchinson Leader.

CONFERENCE NEWS
South Dakota and North Dakota will join the Great West Conference in all sports, not just football.

Next up: tomorrow

#67 & #68, SDSU Hires Assistant

#1 posting 7.8.2008
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COLLEGE DECISIONS
The Press Newspapers in the Northeast Metro Area has listed the college decisions of six different schools. The volleyball players:
Becka Meiser, Centennial, Northern State
Chelsie Sobieck, Forest Lake, St. Benedict
Meiser is the 28th D2 player, Sobieck is the 14th D3, and together they are the 67th and 68 players headed to college to play volleyball from the Minnesota 2008 class.

COACHING NEWS
Kim Fletcher has been hired as an assistant volleyball coach at South Dakota State. She is from Missouri and played her college ball at Notre Dame.

Next up:

Lakeview Hires, 17s Done at JO Nationals

#1 posting 7.2.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Phil Lalim has been named volleyball coach at Lakeview. Lalim is from Willmar, went to the University of Minnesota and SW MN State. From the Marshall Independent.

JO TOURNAMENT
Here are how the Minnesota teams stack up at the Junior Olympic national tournament in Dallas, Texas.
place (if final) team matches w-l, games w-l

17s (final standings)
OPEN
5th: Northern Lights 5-3, 17-13
NATIONAL
5th: M1 6-3, 14-8
9th: MN Select 8-3, 18-8
AMERICAN
11th: Northern Lights-2 6-6, 12-12
31st: MN Select-2 4-5, 9-11
37th: M1 Navy 4-6, 12-13
46th: YME Sting 1-9, 2-18

16s
OPEN
Northern Lights 2-0, 6-0
NATIONAL
M1 2-0, 4-0
Northern Lights-2 2-0, 4-1
MN Select 0-1, 0-2
AMERICAN
SMV 2-0, 4-1
M1 East 1-1, 3-2
Northern Lights-3 1-1, 3-3
SW MN Juniors 0-2, 1-4

15s
OPEN
M1 5-1, 10-5
NATIONAL
Northern Lights 5-0, 10-0
MN Select 2-3, 5-6
AMERICAN
Northern Lights-2 3-2, 6-6
Omeja 0-5, 1-10
MN Select 0-5, 0-10

Today the final group, the 14s, start play
OPEN: Northern Lights
NATIONAL: MN Select
AMERICAN: Club Falcons (Faribault); MN North; M1; North Juniors (Woodbury)

Next up: tomorrow

Two Coaching Moves, JO Tourney Results

#1 posting 7.1.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Former TMB volleyball coach Katie Gervais will be the new Tracy-Milroy-Balaton coach. Gervais was away from the job for two years. Gervais won two titles with TMB in 2001 and 2004. From the Marshall Independent.

Heidi Peterson has resigned as volleyball coach at Minneota to take the B squad job at Marshall. Peterson teaches in Marshall. Peterson won the A title in 2006. From the Marshall Independent.

JO TOURNAMENT
Here are the standings after yesterday at the JO Nationals in Dallas, Texas
17s
OPEN
Northern Lights 5-2, 17-10
NATIONAL
M1 6-2, 13-6
MN Select 5-3, 12-6
AMERICAN
Northern Lights 4-4, 10-10
MN Select 4-4, 8-9
M1 Navy 2-6, 8-13
YME Sting 0-8, 0-16

15s
OPEN
M1 2-1, 4-3
NATIONAL
Northern Lights 2-0, 4-0
MN Select 0-2, 1-4
AMERICAN
Northern Lights 2 2-0, 4-1
Omeja 0-2, 1-4
MN Select 2 0-2, 0-4

13s (final)
NATIONAL
37th: MN Select 5-5, 12-11
AMERICAN
43rd: Lady Lakers 2-7, 4-16

12s (final)
AMERICAN
7th: Mabel-Canton Jrs 3-6, 8-13

On Sunday the 18s finished. Here are the final finishes in the
AMERICAN
13th: SW MN Juniors
34th: MN North
35th: M1 Navy
43rd: MN Select 2

Today the 16s start tournament play.
OPEN: Northern Lights
NATIONAL: M1, MN Select, Northern Lights 2,
AMERICAN: M1 East, Northern Lights 3, SMV, SW MN Juniors

Next up: tomorrow

Minnesota 17s Strong at JO Tournament

#1 posting 6.29.2008
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JO NATIONALS
Here are the standings after Saturday
18s
OPEN
MN Select 4-3, 12-14
Northern Lights 3-3, 14-11
M1 3-3, 11-13
AMERICAN
SW MN Jrs 4-4, 12-10
M1 Navy 3-5, 7-10
MN North 3-5, 7-11
MN Select 2 2-6, 4-14

17s
OPEN
Northern Lights 2-0, 6-1
NATIONAL
M1 2-0, 4-0
MN Select 2-0, 4-0
AMERICAN
Northern Lights 2 2-0, 4-2
M1 Navy 1-1, 2-2
MN Select 0-2, 0-4
YME 0-2, 0-4

13s
NATIONAL
MN Select 2-3, 5-6
AMERICAN
Lady Lakers 1-4, 2-9

12s
AMERICAN
Mabel-Canton Jr. 2-3, 6-7

LAST WEEK
Spring Grove won the Star of the North 16C tournament last week in St. Paul. From the Spring Grove Herald.

COACHING NEWS
Blackduck is advertising for a head girls volleyball coach.

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