Branagh Beijing Bound, JO Tourney Wraps Up

#1 posting 7.6.2008
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OLYMPICS
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh and partner Elaine Youngs are Beijing bound. They finished second in the Moscow FIVB tournament losing to the #2 duo from China Xue Chen and Zhang Xi 21-8, 21-18. That gave Branagh and Young enough points to solidify second place on the American side. Only two pairs advance from each country. From NBC.

Former Gophers Lindsey Berg and Cassie Busse are on the preliminary Olympic volleyball roster. They find out later this month if they are headed to Beijing. The Americans will be in pool A as the schedules have been released.
On July 5th the Americans beat Turkey 3-1 and lost today (July 6th) to Italy 3-0.

JUNIOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT
Here are the standings for the last age classification of the JO National tournament in Dallas.

14s
OPEN
15th: Northern Lights 6-4, 14-12
NATIONAL
35th: MN Select 3-6, 10-12
AMERICAN
5th: M1 5-4, 10-9
41st: Club Falcons (Faribault) 4-6, 9-13
46th: North Juniors (Woodbury) 1-9, 4-19
47th: MN North 0-9, 1-18

15s
NATIONAL (Final)
9th: Northern Lights 10-1, 20-5
33rd: MN Select 6-4, 13-10

Junior Olympic Nationals, Slovenia Beats Purdue

#1 posting 5.18.2008
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JO NATIONALS
The Junior Olympic National tournament will be held in Dallas June 26 to July 5. The 18s open the first four days of the tournament, other ages chime in with the 14s closing the event. Here are the wave schedules.

PURDUE TRIP
Purdue lost to the Slovenian National Team in three. They did win a 4th game. The Boilermakers are in Maribor, Slovenia.

ACADEMICS
Betty Slinger received the Chancellor's Medallions at UW Green Bay. Slinger played her high school volleyball at Faribault Bethlehem Academy.

Next up: tomorrow

3 Ridgewater Signings, Illinois to Italy, Athena Winners

#1 posting 5.9.2008
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SIGNINGS
Ridgewater has signed three players for next season
Darcie Listul, Yellow Medicine East 5-5 S, DS
Molly Miller, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, 5-11 MH
Stephanie Boulton, Minneota, 5-9, OH
From the Marshall Independent.

SCHEDULE
UM Duluth has released their 2008 schedule. They open the season at the Ferris State tournament on August 29. They host Concordia St. Paul on Oct. 11 and travel to CSP on Nov. 4. The North Central Regionals are Nov 20-22.

ATHENA WINNERS
Minneapolis area schools honor their Athena Award Winners today. 12 are volleyball players.

SPRING TRIP
Illinois is off to Italy on May 18 for two weeks. They will also travel to Croatia and Slovenia.

CHASKA YOUTH VOLLEYBALL
The Chaska Herald looks at the Chaska Area Youth Volleyball Association and their results from the 11s to the 18s.

STUDENT ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Sophomore outside hitter Andrea Millerbernd of Littlefork-Big Falls has been named to the St. Benedict SAAC board.

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West, East, North, and South

#1 posting 4.11.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Mankato West has an opening for girls volleyball coach.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT RESULTS
Here is the Marquette version of events from the Wednesday contest with Wisconsin. (the East)

JO VOLLEYBALL
Minnesota North volleyball team is making a major impact. The 16u team won the Rochester tournament and finished 3rd in the President's Day event in the Twin Cities. From the Pine Journal.
I have added a link for East End Juniors and MN North in the JO links on the right.

SIGNING
Rachel Hockaday a 6-0 outside from Decatur, Ill. (Maroa-Forsyth) has signed with Iowa State. She is the 5th player headed to the Cyclones next season. (the South)

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MLK Scrimmages

#1 posting 1.20.2008
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MLK SCRIMMAGE
The Martin Luther King Scrimmages are taking place today at the Midwest Volleyball Warehouse. Scrimmages start at 8:30 am for 16s and 18s and the last round at 2:30 pm. The Event is sponsored by Northern Lights.

SEASON WRAP
Purdue held their end of the year banquet and looked back at the season just passed with awards and reviews.

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