SDSU; UMD vs CSP; Whitewater in Finals

#2 posting 11.17.2007
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
BIG 10
Northwestern beat Iowa in four.

Ohio State upended Illinois in four.

Purdue squeaked by Michigan in four.

#1 Penn State solidified their hold on the top spot with another four game win over #9 Wisconsin.

Others
South Dakota State advanced to the finals in the Summit Tournament with a sweep over Western Illinois. Amy Anderson (Huron, SD) had a triple double for SDSU with 11 kills, 10 digs and 10 blocks (1 solo).

IPFW stopped North Dakota State in four. Christy Stuewe (Mayer Lutheran) had a triple double with 19 kills, 20 digs and 10 blocks (2 solo) for NDSU. She also finished her career right at 1000 kills.

D2
NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL
Concordia St. Paul beat SW MN State in a sweep. Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska) had 17 kills for CSP.

UM Duluth swept UN Omaha. Vicky Braegelmann (Albany) had 19 kills for UMD.

D3 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Semis
UW Whitewater moved to the finals with a sweep of defending national D3 champ Juanita.

TOTAL POINTS
D1
Danielle Meyer, Ohio State 29 vs Illinois 3-1
Chelsy Hyser, Northwestern 28.5 vs Iowa 3-1
Nicole Fawcett, Penn State 28 vs Wisconsin 3-1
Christy Stuewe, North Dakota State 25 vs IPFW 1-3
Vicki Brown, Illinois 24.5 vs Ohio State 1-3
Katie Bruzdzinski, Michigan 24.5 vs Purdue 1-3
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 21.5 vs Penn State 1-3
Laura DeBruhler, Illinois 21 vs Ohio State 1-3
D2
Emily Palkert, Concordia St. Paul 21 vs SW MN State 3-0

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Wayne State, UW Whitewater Win Tournaments

#4 posting 11.11.2007
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D2
NORTH CENTRAL
It was the final regular matches for the North Central. The conference won't exist next year.
#17 Augustana beat St. Cloud State in four.

MSU Mankato swept North Dakota

#1 UM Duluth swept South Dakota. Vicky Braegelmann (Albany) had 22 kills for UMD.

NORTHERN SUN TOURNAMENT
Wayne State beat MSU Moorhead in four in a battle of upstart upset winners in the Northern Sun tournament at Concordia St. Paul. It is Wayne State's first NSIC championship and they will be going to the NCAA tournament. From the Fargo Forum.

D3
NCAA REGIONAL
UW Whitewater outlasted host St. Thomas in five. UWW won games 2 and 3. The fifth game went 15-13. Whitewater now moves on to the D3 final 8 tournament Bloomington, Illinois November 15-17.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
D2
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 24 vs MSU Moorhead 3-1
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 23 vs South Dakota 3-0
Ellen Andrews, Augustana 22 vs St. Cloud State 3-1
Kelci Guenther, MSU Moorhead 20 vs Wayne State 1-3

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Upsets Rock Northern Sun, St. Thomas vs Whitewater in D3

#6 posting 11.10.2007
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D2 REPORTS
NORTHERN SUN TOURNAMENT
Upsets were the rule of the day in the semifinals

#4 seed MSU Moorhead downed host, league champ and #x in the country Concordia St. Paul in four. It was CSP's first loss ever in the Northern Sun tournament.

#3 seed Wayne State upended #2 seed (#9 in the country) SW MN State also in four.

Moorhead faces Wayne State at 7 pm tonight.

NORTH CENTRAL
#17 Augustana topped North Dakota in four. Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had 24 kills for Augustana.

South Dakota bumped St. Cloud State in a sweep.

D3 REPORTS
NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL
Host St. Thomas beat Central in a fiver. photos and stats galore. St. Thomas' Thanh Pham was named regional coach of year

UW Whitewater swept Bethel.

MIDEAST REGIONAL
Washington MO beat UW Oshkosh in five.

Carthage WI shutout Calvin MI.

Here is the NCAA D3 Bracket.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Erin Contons, SW MN State 26.5 vs Wayne State 1-3
Cayla Schroeder, Augustana 25.5 vs North Dakota 3-1
Brittany Van Beek, Wayne State 24 vs SW MN State 3-1
Ellen Andrews, Augustana 22.5 vs North Dakota 3-1
Kelci Guenther, MSU Moorhead 22.5 vs Concordia St. Paul 3-1
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 22 vs SW MN State 3-1
Kathleen Hruska, South Dakota 20.5 vs St. Cloud State 3-0

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North Central, Northern Sun Players of the Week

#3 posting 11.5.2007
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D2 REPORTS
NORTH CENTRAL
The North Central has named their players of the week and UM Duluth has two more honors: Sarah Wyffels picked up the offensive award while Danielle Beckstrand was named defensive player. Lisa Hoegh of Augustana prevented the sweep with the setter award.
This is Wyffels and Hoegh's second honor this season.

NORTHERN SUN
Kelci Guenther of MSU Moorhead was named offensive player of the week, Sara Graff of SW MN State was the setter of the week, and Calla Oftedahl of MSU Moorhead took the defensive player honors in the Northern Sun. It is Graff's third award this year, and Oftedahl's second. Guenther won a defensive award earlier in the year. This is her first offensive honor.

D3 REPORTS
St. Benedict has been invited to the D3 tournament. St. Thomas will host the event on November 8-10. Other MIAC teams going include Concordia Moorhead, Bethel (St. Benedict's opponent), Carleton, and the hosts St. Thomas. Here is the entire D3 bracket.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
National defending champ Ridgewater advanced to the national tournament with a sweep over Madison Area Technical College. From the West Central Tribune.

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St. Thomas, Northland, Whitewater Tourney Winners

#4 posting 11.4.2007
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D3 ACTION
MIAC CHAMPIONSHIP
St. Thomas swept St. Benedict. It is the second time in three years St. Thomas was unblemished in the regular season and playoffs. St. Thomas receives an automatic bid to the D3 tournament.

UMAC TOURNAMENT
It seems if 5 was the order for the tournament. On Friday:
Bethany Lutheran beat St. Scholastica in five.

#4 seed Northland upset #1 seed Northwestern in five

Saturday, Northland took the championship with another fiver with Bethany Lutheran.

WIAC CHAMPIONSHIP
Whitewater ended Platteville's Cinderella run with a four game win.

In the 3rd place game LaCrosse beat Eau Claire in five.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Katelyn Carlson , LaCrosse 25 vs Eau Claire 3-2

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Platteville's Cinderella Run Continues, Ridgewater Wins

#3 posting 11.3.2007
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D3 ACTION
WIAC PLAYOFFS
#7 seed Platteville upset #3 seed Eau Claire in four.

#1 seed Whitewater swept LaCrosse.

Platteville hopes to continue their Cinderella run today when they face Whitewater at 2 pm.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE REGIONAL

Ridgewater roasted Milwaukee Area CC in a sweep. MACC never had more than 15. Next up is Madison Area CTC in Madison at 1 pm today. From the West Central Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Rachel Ver Voort, Eau Claire 21.5 vs Platteville 1-3

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UM Duluth Wins Heavyweight Battle

#4 posting 10.31.2007
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D1
GOPHERS
The Minnesota Gophers are looking to snap their 7 game losing streak. Iowa is coming to town tonight and Minnesota is expecting a treat. Here is the 10 page press release.
The Minnesota Daily says a sense of urgency is being felt with only 8 games left.

D2
#2 UM Duluth outlasted #3 Concordia St. Paul in five for the second time this season before the largest crowd to see a game in Duluth. From the Duluth News Tribune.

North Dakota topped Bemidji State in four.

Augustana beat instate rival Northern State in a sweep.

Winona State is putting the puzzle together. From the Winonan, the campus newspaper.

Nebraska Kearney beat Wayne State in five.

MIAC PLAYOFFS
Concordia Moorhead ended Hamline's season in a sweep.

Bethel swept Carleton.

WIAC PLAYOFFS
#4 LaCrosse swept Stevens Point. Amber Schoonover notched her 1000 career dig in the match.

# 1 seed Whitewater swept Stout.

#3 Eau Claire beat Superior

#7 Platteville upset #2 Oshkosh for the second year in a row. Oshkosh was #9 in the nation.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
D2
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 22.5 vs Nebraska Kearney 3-2
Erica Burson, Nebraska Kearney 22 vs Wayne State 2-3
Ellen Andrews, Augustana 20.5 vs Northern State 3-0
Brie Groskreutz, Bemidji State 20.5 vs North Dakota 1-3
Nicole Olson, Bemidji State 20.5 vs North Dakota 1-3
D3
Abby Freiborg, Eau Claire 22.5 vs Superior 3-1
Courtney Stach, Superior 21 vs Eau Claire 1-3
Lisa Bell, Platteville 21 vs Oshkosh 3-1

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MIAC Wraps Up Regular Season

#4 posting 10.28.2007
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D3 REPORTS
MIAC
Gustavus swept St. Mary's

St. Olaf beat cross town rival Carlton in five.

St. Thomas broomed Augsburg.

St. Benedict shut out #19 Concordia Moorhead.

Bethel swept St. Catherine's

Now the MIAC playoffs are coming with St. Thomas, St. Benedict, Concordia Moorhead, Carleton, Bethel and Hamline making the post season.

UMAC
Bethany Lutheran swept UM Morris

Martin Luther blanked Presentation

Northwestern beat Northland in four.

NON CON
Milwaukee Engineering (MSOE) beat Stout in four.

#17 La Crosse swept Wisconsin Lutheran

Stevens Point beat MSOE in four.

Superior beat Northland.

ELMHURST TOURNAMENT
Eau Claire won twice with victories over Concordia, IL and North Park

River Falls won twice with victories over Marian and Westminster, MO.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Shelly Maus, Stevens Point 33 vs MSOE 3-1
Allie Sowinski, MSOE 25 vs Stevens Point 1-3
Kim Smisek, St. Olaf 23.5 vs Carleton 3-2
Sarah Hank, Northland 23 vs Northwestern, MN 1-3
Laura Bicket, Northwestern MN 22 vs Northland 3-1
Jane Meyer, St. Olaf 21.5 vs Carleton 3-2
Allie Sowinski, MSOE 21 vs Stout 3-1
Shelly Maus, Stevens Point 20.5 vs Stout 3-1
Sarah Hank, Northland 20 vs Superior 2-3
Megan La Chapelle, Carleton 20 vs St. Olaf 2-3

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UN Omaha Beats Augustana in Five

#5 posting 10.27.2007
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D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
UN Omaha took down #13 Augustana in five. UNO led 2-0. Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had a 20/20 game for Augustana

#12 MSU Mankato held on to beat South Dakota.

NORTHERN SUN
Northern State had the upper hand with Upper Iowa in a sweep.

#7 SW MN State blanked UM Crookston.

Mary stopped Winona State 3-1. It is the 4th straight win for Mary.

Wayne State shut down Bemidji State in three.

NON CON
#4 Concordia St. Paul swept North Dakota

D3
MIAC
Hamline beat Macalester in four. With the win Hamline is in the MIAC playoffs for the second straight year.

UMAC
Bethany shutout Presentation

St. Scholastica outlasted Northwestern in five.

Martin Luther beat UM Morris in three. From the New Ulm Journal.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE TOURNAMENT
Ridgewater won twice in the opening day of the Minnesota State Community College tournament. From the West Central Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
d2
Amanda Beekman, MSU Mankato 25 vs South Dakota 3-2
Kathleen Hruska, South Dakota 24 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Cayla Schroeder, Augustana 21 vs UN Omaha 2-3

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Nebraska Stumbles

#3 posting 10.25.2007
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
Texas stunned #1 Nebraska in a sweep.

BIG 10
Northwestern beat Michigan State in four.

D2
NORTHERN SUN
Wayne State upset #7 SW MN State in five. Wayne State trailed 2-1.

Mary topped Northern State in five. Mary trailed 2-0 before their comeback. It was Spiking for the cure night at Mary.

D3
MIAC
Augsburg bumped St. Catherine in three. Laura Harms had 17 kills for Augsburg.

Carleton defeated St. Mary's in four. With the win Carleton clinched a playoff spot.

Gustavus triumphed over Macalester in four. It was Gustavus' 750th win in their volleyball program.

Hamline blanked St. Olaf.

UMAC
Bethany Lutheran swept Martin Luther. From the New Ulm Journal.

UM Morris swept Presentation

Northwestern shut out Crown

St. Scholastica beat Northland in a fiver.

WIAC
#17 LaCrosse edged Stevens Point in four. LaCrosse will now host a WIAC quarterfinal game.

#7 Whitewater went the distance with #9 Oshkosh after trailing 2-1. Oshkosh led 30-29 in game four and lost. With the win Whitewater is WIAC champs.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
D1
Katie Johnson, Michigan State 32.5 vs Northwestern 1-3
Lindsay Anderson, Northwestern 21 vs Michigan State 3-1
Brittany Aldridge, Northwestern 20 vs Michigan State 3-1
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 33 vs Wayne State 2-3
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 28 vs SW MN State 3-2
Stephanie Perez, Northern State 23 vs Mary 2-3
Tatiani Santos, Mary 22 vs Northern State 3-2
Laci Murtha, Mary 20.5 vs Northern State 3-2
Kelsey Aden, Northern State 20 vs Mary 2-3
D3
Shelly Maus, Stevens Point 22 vs LaCrosse 1-3

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Northern Sun 2, North Central 1

#2 posting 10.24.2007
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D2
UM Duluth swept Bemidji State.

Winona State topped St. Cloud State in a fiver. WSU one games one & two.

UM Crookston outlasted North Dakota in five after winning games one and two. It was UMC's first win over UND since 2004.

D3
MIAC
Concordia Moorhead swept Bethel. CM will now host a playoff game.

#13 St. Thomas blanked St. Benedict.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
D2
Carmen Stankowski, Winona State 26 vs St. Cloud State 3-2
Amanda Polzin, North Dakota 25 vs UM Crookston 2-3
Ashley Shields, St. Cloud State 24.5 vs Winona State 2-3
Amber Meyer, UM Crookston 22.5 vs North Dakota 3-2
Kiersten Arendt, Winona State 22 vs St. Cloud State 3-2
Kim Nemcek, Winona State 20 vs St. Cloud State 3-2

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Three Upsets in MIAC

#3 posting 10.21.2007
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D3 REPORTS
MIAC
Carleton swept Concordia Moorhead. CM's Anna Tinkham set a new single season dig record with 468 total on the year. upset #1

Gustavus won the last three in a fiver with St. Benedict. upset #2

St. Mary's beat St. Catherine by four.

St. Thomas shut out Hamline.

Augsburg rallied from 2-0 to beat Bethel in five. upset #3

St. Olaf swept Macalester

UMAC
Martin Luther spiked Crown in three. From the New Ulm Journal.

Northland blanked UM Morris

Northwestern took Bethany in three.

St. Scholastica bumped Presentation in three.

WIAC
Oshkosh triumphed over Stout in four.

Whitewater also beat River Falls in four.

Eau Claire swept LaCrosse.

TOURNAMENT
Stevens Point
Stevens Point won twice over Luther and Viterbo.

Viterbo beat Carroll in four.

You can see the point leaders for each team and the all tournament team here. Shelly Maus of Stevens Point was named MVP.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Liz Glesne, Bethel 26.5 vs Augsburg 2-3
Alex Nold, St. Mary's 26 vs St. Catherine 3-1
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 25.5 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Melissa Anderson, Northland 21.5 vs UM Morris 3-0
Maria Hoffman, St. Catherine 21 vs St. Mary's 1-3

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Augsburg Tops St. Mary's

#3 posting 10.20.2007
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D3 reports
MIAC
Augsburg outlasted St. Mary's in five. Augsburg's Julie Jenkins (Edina) had her 7th career triple double.

Concordia Moorhead blanked Gustavus.

Hamline shut out St. Catherine.

St. Thomas broomed Macalester.

UMAC
Bethany Lutheran spiked Crown in three.

Northland went the distance with Presentation for the win.

Northwestern swept Martin Luther

St. Scholastica beat UM Morris in four.

WIAC
Eau Claire beat Platteville in four.

Oshkosh triumphed over River Falls in four.

Whitewater stopped Stout in three.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Shawna Varichak, St. Scholastica 23.5 vs UM Morris 3-1
Katie Fox, Eau Claire 22 vs Platteville 3-1
Heidi Meier, Presentation 21.5 vs Northland 2-3
Laura Harms, Augsburg 21 vs St. Mary's 3-2

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Contons Breaks D2 Record

#1 posting 10.18.2007
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COLLEGIATE ACTION
D1
Indiana beat Purdue in four winning the Monon Spike for the first time in five years. Purdue's Kelli Miller set a new match record with 40 digs on the night.

Gopher Kelly Roysland won the Patty Berg Legacy Scholar-Athlete Award yesterday.

UW Milwaukee edged Marquette.

D2
NORTHERN SUN
#4 Concordia St. Paul swept Bemidji State. CSP's Mary Slinger (Bethlehem Academy) had 33 digs on the night.

#7 SW MN State triumphed over Northern State in four. In the match Erin Contons broke the NCAA DII career attack attempts record. She now has 6,128 attempts with the previous record at 6,091

D3
St. Olaf upset #23 Bethel in four. St. Olaf's Kim Smisek (Northfield) had 27 kills.

St. Benedict outlasted Carleton in a fiver. Laurel Heggernes (Mora) had a hand in 10 blocks for St. Benedict. Beth Hanson (Bethlehem Academy) had a career high 67 assists for St. B. St. Benedict has clinched a spot in the MIAC playoffs.

Augsburg swept North Central

Here is the MIAC weekly press release. with athletes of the week Tasha Simmons (Eagan) of Hamline; Kim Smisek (Northfield) of St. Olaf and Alyssa Williams (Northfield) of St. Olaf.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater swept MN West. From the West Central Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
D1
Samantha Mader, Purdue 20 vs Indiana 1-3
D2
Leah Ashburn, SW MN State 21.5 vs Northern State 3-1
Erin Contons, SW MN State 20 vs Northern State 3-1
D3
Laurel Heggernes, St. Benedict 30.5 vs Carleton 3-2
Kim Smisek, St. Olaf 30 vs Bethel 3-1
Laura Harms, Augsburg 23.5 vs North Central 3-0
Theresa Naumann, St. Benedict 23 vs Carleton 3-2
Samantha Hendricks, Carleton 22 vs St. Benedict 2-3
Annie Eckhoff, Carleton 21.5 vs St. Benedict 2-3

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South Dakota Bumps MSU Mankato

#2 posting 10.17.2007
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COLLEGE ACTION
D2
NORTH CENTRAL
South Dakota upset #12 MSU Mankato in four. South Dakota has tied a record for wins in a season with 18. Amanda Beekman (Marshall) had 27 kills for Mankato.

NORTHERN SUN
MSU Moorhead swept UM Crookston

NON CON
St. Cloud State blanked Valley City State. The Huskies Jennifer Waterman (Andover) set a new assist record for the school with 860 so far.

UN Omaha swept Upper Iowa

Winona State beat UW Parkside in three.

D3
NON CON
St. Catherine bumped Crown in three.

St. Scholastica defeated UW Stout in four. It was St. Scholastica's second win over Stout this season.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
D2
Amanda Beekman, MSU Mankato 30 vs South Dakota 1-3
Kathleen Hruska, South Dakota 26 vs MSU Mankato 3-1
Carmen Stankowski, Winona State 21 vs UW Parkside 3-0

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St. Mary's Wins Maryland Tournament

#3 posting 10.14.2007
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D3 reports
UMAC
Bethany Lutheran beat St. Scholastica in four.

UM Morris ruled Crown in three.

Northland bumped Martin Luther in three.

TOURNAMENTS
St. Mary's won twice in Maryland on Saturday, and in so doing won the McDaniel Green Terror Invitational with sweeps over Marymount and host McDaniel

WARTBURG
Bethel won twice, once over the hosts in four and four game win over River Falls. Overall Bethel finished third. Bethel's Liz Glesne made the all tournament team.

UW River Falls took it on the chin twice with losses to Augustana, IL in five and then a four game loss to Bethel.

Augsburg also fell twice with sweeps to Nebraska Wesleyan and Simpson.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Fergus Falls swept Riverland.

Northland blanked Hibbing.

TOTAL POINTS
Leslie Bremer, Bethany Lutheran 25 vs St. Scholastica 3-1
Amy Anderson, Bethel 22.5 vs Wartburg 3-1
Courtney Jungnickel, Augustana, IL 20.5 vs UW River Falls 3-1

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Hamline Outlasts Gustavus

#4 posting 10.13.2007
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D3
MIAC
Hamline outlasted Gustavus in five

UMAC
Bethany Lutheran went the distance with Northland. BL trailed 2-1.

Presentation also played a marathon with Crown.

St. Scholastica won in the maximum games over Martin Luther.

Northwestern was the only team to win under five in a 3-1 victory UM Morris.

As you can see from above only St. Scholastica had current information on their team. All the other schools did not have results available.

TOURNAMENTS
CLARKE
Clarke won twice over Ripon and Alverno
St. Thomas won twice over Ashford and Alverno

WARTBURG
Bethel beat Simpson in three, but lost to Illinois Wesleyan.

Augsburg beat Augustana IL in four, but lost to Wartburg in a sweep.

Simpson defeated UW River Falls in five. Ill. Wesleyan also beat UWRF.

MORE
St. Mary's won twice in Maryland snapping a pair of winning streaks in the process.

St. Olaf won twice at the North Central tournament in Illinois

WILD WEST
St. Benedict went to California and were swept twice in their matches on Friday.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes swept Northland

Ridgewater split their matches down in Des Moines with a win over Independence CC and a loss to Cowley College. From the West Central Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Tasha Simmons, Hamline 26.5 vs Gustavus 3-2
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 26 vs Hamline 2-3
Shawna Varichak, St. Scholastica 24.5 vs Martin Luther 3-2
Amanda Polzin, Martin Luther 22 vs St. Scholastica 2-3

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Bethel Upsets Carleton

#2 posting 10.11.2007
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D1
#3 Penn State skunked Ohio State.

Gopher libero Amy Tan has a feature in the MN Daily.

#1 Nebraska shut out Iowa State. Erin Boeve (Hills-Beaver Creek) had four kills for ISU.

Hofstra topped Fairfield in four snapping a 7 game winning streak. Karlie Urbaniak (Mabel-Canton) had 11 kills and Lauren Wagner (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 3 kills for Fairfield.

D2
#7 SW MN State swept Mary in the Northern Sun. Erin Contons (Apple Valley) had 15 kills for SW.

The campus paper the Winonan looks at the hot Winona State volleyball squad.

D3
MIAC
Bethel surprised #18 Carleton in three. Carleton is now in 5th place.

Gustavus swept St. Catherine. Gustavus snapped a three game MIAC losing streak.

Concordia Moorhead shut out Hamline.

St. Olaf out lasted Augsburg in five.

#10 St. Thomas topped St. Mary's in four.

UMAC
Northwestern blanked Crown

Presentation won the last two games in a fiver with UM Morris

Bethany Lutheran beat Martin Luther in four. From the Mankato Free Press. Eva Voss and Joelle Shouts from Bethany Lutheran were named UMAC players of the week.

WIAC
Platteville held off Stevens Point in three.

Stout beat River Falls in four. Jenna Swanson (Hayfield) had 20 kills for Stout.

NORTHLAND TRIANGULAR
Northland split with a win over Finlandia and a loss to St. Scholastica.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Rochester beat Riverland in four. Chances are Riverland won't make the post season. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Ridgewater blanked Anoka-Ramsey. From the West Central Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
D1
Lauren Engle, Hofstra 23.5 vs Fairfield 3-1
Kelly Oliver, Fairfield 22 vs Hofstra 1-3
D3
Katie McCaffrey, St. Thomas 28 vs St. Mary's 3-1
Kim Smisek, St. Olaf 23.5 vs Augsburg 3-2
Jenna Swanson, Stout 21.5 vs River Falls 3-1

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Carleton Unblemished in Border Battle

#4 posting 10.7.2007
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BORDER BATTLE
Carleton won two more matches on Saturday with wins over Buena Vista and Coe. The Knights were unblemished for the event.

Gustavus won twice over Buena Vista and Coe.

St. Thomas beat Simpson, but fell to Central

Simpson upended Concordia Moorhead, but the Cobbers were able to get a win over Central.

Katie McCaffrey of St. Thomas was named MVP of the tournament.

UMAC
Bethany Lutheran shut out UM Morris

St. Scholastica triumphed over Crown in three.

WIAC
LaCrosse beat River Falls in four.

Platteville swept Stout.

Whitewater swept Superior.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Northland went the distance with Mesabi East and then swept Vermilion.

Riverland outlasted MN West in five.

Rochester was three & out with Anoka-Ramsey.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Meghan Gehring, Gustavus 27.5 vs Buena Vista 3-1
Shayla Chalker, Coe 26.5 vs Gustavus 1-3
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 24.5 vs Coe 3-1

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Pearson Sets Dig Record

#3 posting 10.6.2007
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More College Volleyball Results
D1
IPFW outdueled South Dakota State in five. SDSU's Samantha Pearson (Chaska) set a new school career dig mark in the game with an added 29 more digs to her total.

D3
UMAC
Bethany Lutheran beat Presentation in four.

UM Morris defeated Martin Luther in five. Morris trailed 2-1 before making the comeback.

Northland swept Crown.

Northwestern topped St. Scholastica in four.

WIAC
LaCrosse broomed Stout.

Platteville was three & out with River Falls.

Whitewater defeated Eau Claire in five. It was Whitewater's 9th straight win.

IIAC/MIAC BORDER BATTLE
Concordia Moorhead beat Coe and Buena Vista

St. Thomas also beat Coe & Buena Vista

Carleton also had two wins over Simpson and Central

Gustavus split with a win over #21 Central and a loss to in five to Simpson.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater took Fergus Falls in four.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
D1
Rebekah Roehm, IPFW 27.5 vs South Dakota State 3-2
Jessica Miller, IPFW 21.5 vs South Dakota State 3-2
D3
Laura Fisher, Northland 22 vs Crown 3-0
Jamie Eternick, Martin Luther 21 vs UM Morris 3-1

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