Braun Miss Volleyball, Austin All Area

#1 posting 11.18.2008
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MISS VOLLEYBALL
It hasn't really been reported, but Amy Braun of Lakeville North is the 2008 Miss Volleyball in Minnesota. Braun was the AAA player up for the award. Brittany Chambers of Jordan was the AA player and Kate Horihan of Mabel-Canton was the A player up for the honor.

ALL AREA
The Austin Daily Herald has released their All Area team.

ALL REGION
St. Benedict's Emma Jaynes (Hibbing) has made the All Region team and is 2nd team All American by the AVCA. From the St. Cloud Times.

POLLS
D1: Minnesota has now moved up three spots to #12. Colorado State is #15. Cincinnati received votes.

D2: SW MN State has moved up one spot to #7. From the Marshall Independent. Augustana is #22.

BIG 10
Alisha Glass of Penn State is the offensive player of the week and Stephanie Lynch of Purdue is the defensive player of the week in the Big 10.

Iowa faces Ohio State & Michigan next.

Michigan is at Minnesota and Iowa.

MORE D1 NEWS
BIG SKY: Weber State's Brittany Bisaillon (Jackson County Central) was named Big Sky player of the week.

SUN BELT: Denver is the #3 seed in the Sun Belt Tournament.

SUMMIT: North Dakota State is the #1 seed in the Summit Tournament. The Bison face IUPUI at Oral Roberts. For some reason the #1 seed is not the host in the Summit.

GREAT WEST: MH Amanda Polzin of Hutchinson has been named the Fighting Sioux Athlete of the Week.

PAC 10: Washington State takes on rival #5 Washington.

SIGNINGS
Virginia has signed 2 players
6-3 MB Tobi Farrar of Arlington, TX
6-1 MB Jessica O’Shoney of Austin Hutto, TX

Next up: tomorrow unless news breaks

Coaches All State List

#1 posting 11.13.2008
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ALL STATE
Here are the MN Volleyball Coaches Association All State list (including Honorable Mentions).

SIGNINGS
OH Megan Lambertson of Litchfield signed with North Dakota State. From the West Central Tribune.

Two Chaska players signed yesterday: Maggie Finkel to Winona State, and Makenzie Niesche to SW MN State. From the SW Scoreboard.

MVP
Leah Fadness of Minneota was named MVP of the Camden Conference. From the Marshall Independent.

WEDNESDAYS
St. Cloud area clergy have written a letter to area athletic directors as athletic events have crept on to Wednesdays. From the St. Cloud Times.

ALL STAR GAMES
Danielle Sowada of Holdingford is one of the players in the South Central All Star at Bloomington Jefferson on Saturday. From the St. Cloud Times.

ALL CONFERENCE
UM Crookston's Amber Meyer (Paxton, NE) is on the Northern Sun Honorable Mention list. From the Crookston Times.

D3 TOURNAMENT
St. Benedict will play Simpson today at St. Thomas at 1 pm in the First round of the D3 tournament. From the St. Cloud Times.
Gustavus faces UW Eau Claire at 3:30.
Confident UW LaCrosse is ready for host St. Thomas. From the LaCrosse Tribune.

You can pick from four St. Thomas video highlights from last Saturday's playoff win against Gustavus.

This link is tournament headquarters.

NJCAA TOURNAMENT
Rochester is the host of the NJCAA D3 tournament this weekend. Hibbing and Ridgewater are the Minnesota teams in the hunt for a title. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Julie Rainey of Stewartville is the female athlete of the week for KAAL.

POLLS
MSU Mankato is #6 in the North Central region rankings.

SEASON REPORTS
Pine River-Backus has their season review in the Pine & Lakes.

Glencoe-Silver Lake has their season review in the McLeod County Chronicle.

LATE REPORTS
Wadena-Deer Creek was 0-2 in the AA tournament last week. From the Wadena Pioneer Journal.

Next up: More News--college style

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

Deja Vu Times Two in the Big 10

#2 posting 11.4.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
POLLS
Minnesota falls to #17 in the latest D1 poll. Colorado State is lucky #13. Cincinnati is receiving votes.

BIG TEN: Penn State is still perfect, which I guess doesn't count as news. The Big 10 has released their weekly report. PSU is tops in hitting % with .395 and also #1 in opponents hitting % with .070. Minnesota is #5 and #2 respectively. PSU has four of the top five hitters by % in the Big 10.

It is deja vu all over again for the Big 10 weekly winners. Both Ashley Benson of Indiana and Ashley Edinger of Illinois were the hitter and defensive player of the week last week.

Iowa hosts #16 Illinois and #18 Purdue this weekend.

The Badgers Morgan Salow and Allison Wack play Bingo.

MISSOURI VALLEY: Creighton hosts Indiana State and Illinois State.

PAC 10: Washington State hosts #9 UCLA and #10 USC this weekend.

SUMMIT: North Dakota State's Chrissy Knuth (Champlin Park) has been named offensive player of the week in the Summit League. NDSU will face IPFW and Oakland this weekend.

NON CON
North Dakota hosts South Dakota this weekend.

D2
POLLS
Augustana moves up one to #21.

The Northern Sun has handed out their weekly awards with MSU Mankato's Kimber Kuhl (Chaska) taking the offensive player of the week, Wayne State's Meredy Dubbs (Wood River, Nebraska) taking the defensive honor, and Concordia St. Paul's Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) winning her 5th setter award this year.

D3
The MIAC handed out their weekly award winners with St. Thomas' Emily Foster (Hopkins) taking the setter/libero award. Macalester's Sonia Muzikarova (Gymnasium Bilikova, Bratislava, Slovakia) was the hitter of the week.

The St. Benedict Blazers are sharpening up for the playoffs. From the St. Cloud Times.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NDSCS beat Williston State in five to win the Region 13. Earlier the Wildcats beat MSU Bottineau. NDSCS's Katrina Brekke (East Grand Forks) was named MVP of the Mon-Dak Conference. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Northland ended Central Lakes' season in a four set match on Friday. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

STATE TOURNAMENT
Former Gopher Lindsey Berg will be a radio color commentator on the Minnesota Sports Broadcast Network.

Next up: tomorrow

College News

#2 posting 10.28.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
Illinois' Ashley Edinger was named defensive player of the week yesterday.

D1
POLL: Colorado State is now #14.

PAC 10: Washington State travels to California and Stanford.

SUMMIT: First place North Dakota State travels to Western Illinois and IUPUI. South Dakota State has the same trip with IUPUI first and Western Illinois second.

NON CON: North Dakota travels to South Dakota on Saturday.

Portland beat Cal State Bakersfield in four with a margin of 15 points. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 10.5 points for Portland.

D2
Augustana falls to #22 in the D2 poll.

Next up: later today with out & abouts.

Pioske's 1000; Lakeville North #1

#2 posting 10.27.2008
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kaia Korynta of Climax-Fisher has been named AVCA/MaxPreps Player of the week for Minnesota.

#1
The Minnesota coaches poll is over, but the MaxPreps poll keeps on going. #1 today is Lakeville North with Shakopee #2.

MILESTONES
Kara Pioske of Waconia got her 1000th kill in the first set of Waconia's match against Hutchinson Friday night. From the Hutchinson Leader.

LATE RESULTS
I reported on Stillwater's win over North St. Paul last Friday. Here is the Stillwater Gazette with their version of the events.

AA
1 East: Chatfield and St. Charles went five for the third time this season with the Gophers prevailing. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Blue Earth swept St. Peter last Thursday in 2AA West action. From the Faribault County Register.

A
1 East: Mabel-Canton dodged LeRoy-Ostrander in five on Saturday. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
Deer River swept Littlefork-Big Falls in 7A West action on Friday. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

D1
Ann Arbor is not a friendly site for Gophers. From the Minnesota Daily.

Minnesota falls to #13 in the latest D1 poll. Wisconsin lands at #25.

Indiana's Ashley Benson was named offensive player of the week in the Big 10. Ashley Edinger of Illinois was named defensive player of the week.

Penn State has 48 consecutive wins.

D2 NEWS
MSU Mankato travels to Bemidji State and UM Duluth this weekend.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Fergus Falls is the consolation champion in the MCAC State Tournament. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Dieter's Blood Lines, NDSU Grades Out

#2 posting 10.22.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
Sports are in the blood for the Gophers' Brook Dieter. From the Minnesota Daily.

#18 Purdue is at #19 Illinois tonight.

#20 Michigan hosts Iowa and #11 Minnesota this weekend.

#21 Wisconsin hosts #1 Penn State and Indiana. Badger Coach Pete Waite also talks with the media.

Iowa is off to Michigan and Ohio State.

Northwestern hosts Indiana and Penn State.

MORE D1
North Dakota swept Valley City State with a margin of 25 points. Britta Hanson (Thompson, ND) had 13 points for UND. Amanda Polzin (Hutchinson) added 9.5 points for the Sioux. Sabrina Haywood had 7 points for VCS. Hanson was named Great West player of the week for the second time this season.

South Dakota swept Dakota State with a margin of 33 points. Laura and Jolene Slagter (Roseville) had 9 and 4.5 points for USD.

North Dakota State coach Erich Hinterstocker hands out grades to his Bison team and there are no As. From the Fargo Forum.

Creighton travels to #12 Wichita State and Missouri State this weekend.

Northern Iowa hosts Indiana State and Illinois State this weekend.

Iowa State hosts #13 Kansas State tonight.

Virginia hosts Miami, FL and Florida State this weekend.

Portland Digs for the Cure on Thursday vs San Diego.

D2
UM Duluth is #18 in the latest D2 poll.

D3
Morningside swept Buena Vista with a margin of 30 points. Kelli Luitjens (Worthington) had 6.5 points for BV.

#12 Concordia Moorhead swept UM Morris with a margin of 34 points. Katie Vohnoutka (Eden Prairie) had 14.5 points for CM. Allison Pippo (Annandale) had 7 points for UMM.

Carleton beat Northwestern, MN in four with a margin of 18 points. Kyla Walter (Aspen, CO) and Sarah Kunelius (Eagan) had 12 points each for Carleton. Kathryne Engel (West Lutheran) had 15 points for NW.

Gustavus will Dig Pink tonight vs St. Benedict.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater beat Rochester in four with a margin of 13 points. From the West Central Tribune and Rochester Post Bulletin.

next up: There will be an out & about tonight

Tan, Dieter, & Schmidt; Bisaillon; and Angner

#2 posting 10.21.2008
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BIG 10
FEATURE: Gopher Libero Christine Tan is featured on WCCO.

AWARDS: Here is more on Brook Dieter's player of the week honor from the Big 10 along with the Purdue duo of Stephanie Lynch and Kelli Miller.

FACES: The Gophers Kelly Schmidt is the Faces of the Big 10 this week in the Big 10 press Release.

D1
POLLS: Minnesota edges up one spot to #11. Colorado State fell three spots to #16. Wisconsin drops to #21.

RESULTS
Marquette beat UW Milwaukee in five with a margin of 23 points. UMW led 2-0. Leslie Bielski (Chaska) and Tiara Russell (Osseo) had 18.5 and 11 points respectively for Marquette.

South Dakota State beat Drake in five with a margin of xx points. SDSU trailed 12-7 in the 5th set. SDSU's Mackenzie Angner reached the 1000 kill level, the 13th Jackrabbit to do so. Angner had 27 kills on the night. She had 29.5 points on the night. Angner also was named Summit League player of the week for the second straight week.

AWARDS: Weber State's Brittney Bisaillon (Jackson County Central) was named player of the week in the Big Sky Conference.

TO COME:
Washington State travels to #6 Washington on Friday.

Cincinnati hosts Morehead State tonight.

North Dakota State travels to UMKC and South Dakota State this weekend.

North Dakota faces Valley City State and Dickinson State.

D2
AWARDS: The Northern Sun has released their weekly award winners: UM Crookston's Amber Meyer (Paxton, NE) was named offensive player of the week. Northern State's Stephanie Nygaard (Milbank, SD) was named defensive player of the week, and Concordia St. Paul's Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) was named setter of the week for the 4th time.

TO COME
MSU Mankato faces #25 Wayne State on Friday and #22 Augustana on Saturday.

D3
MIAC AWARDS
Bethel's Betsy Naatjes (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) was named MIAC setter of the week. Augsburg's Julie Jenkins (Edina) was hitter of the week.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Fergus Falls beat MN West in four with a margin of 16 points. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Ridgewater faces Rochester today in Willmar to decide the Southern champion in the MCAC. From the West Central Tribune.

NDSCS beat Jamestown's JV in five on Friday. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Next up: Later today

Joki Verbals, Final Poll, Dieter Honored

#3 posting 10.20.2008
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JOKI VERBALS
Brynn Joki of Grand Rapids has verballed North Dakota State. Her sister Erin plays at North Dakota. The versatile Brynn has played each position for GR. From the Fargo Forum.

Joki is the 23rd player from the Minnesota 2009 class to verbal and the 12th headed to a D1 program.
Leah Johnson of Lakeville North and Megan Lambertson of Litchfield are also headed to NDSU.

FINAL POLL
Top 10 Poll—Oct 20, 2008
AAA
1. Shakopee (8) 134
2. Eastview (1) 123
3. Lakeville North 116
4. St. Michael/Albertville 111
5. Chaska 100
6. Waconia 85
7. Alexandria 80
8. Blaine 71
9. Woodbury 64
10. Eden Prairie 44
Others: Apple Valley (20), Owatonna (15), Andover (5), Lakeville South (4)

AA
1. Jordan (9) 135
2. Marshall 126
3. St. Cloud Cathedral 112
4. Hibbing 106
5. Stewartville 98
6. Jackson County Central 89
7. Delano 87
8. LeSueur/Henderson 66
9. Belle Plaine 56
10. Wadena-Deer Creek 52
Others receiving votes: Rocori (15), Perham (8), Sauk Rapids-Rice (6), Caledonia (6), Worthington (5)

A
1. Bethlehem Academy (9) 176
2. Windom Area (3) 171
3. Minneota 154
4. Wabasha/Kellogg 140
5. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa 127
6. Ada-Borup 113
7. Mabel Canton 112
8. SW Christian 96
9. Climax-Fisher 42
10. Northern Freeze 31
Others: SW MN Christian (29), Parkers’ Prairie (24), SW Star Concept (13), Martin County West (13), Meadow Creek Christian (11), Lakeview (9), Sleepy Eye-St. Mary’s (6), Murray County Central (6), Deer River (6), Onamia (1)

SECTIONS
AAA Section 2: The top four teams are all ranked in the top 10. From the Southwest Scoreboard.

LATE RESULTS
The Southwest Scoreboard has more on the STMA win over host Chaska in the Hawks' tournament on Saturday. It was Chaska's third 2nd place finish in a tournament this season.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Minnesota's Brook Dieter has been named Offensive player of the week in the Big 10. She shares the honor with Purdue's Stephanie Lynch. This is Dieter's 1st honor this year and 4th in her career.
Purdue's Kelli Miller was named defensive player of the week.

BIG 10
It will be Orange Out night at Illinois on Wednesday when they host Purdue.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes was 1-4 at the Wisconsin Dells Tournament over the weekend. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Next up: later today

Houts Honored in Missouri Valley

#2 posting 10.14.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
POLLS
Minnesota stays at #12 in the D1 poll. Colorado State also stays put at #13. Wisconsin moves up to #19.

BIG 10
The Weekly Big 10 release starts off with #1 Penn State and their perfection with no losses in matches or sets.

Here are the press releases for the co-defensive players of the week Johannah Bangert of Illinois and Kim Kuzma of Wisconsin.

Iowa travels to Minneapolis on Wednesday to take on the Gophers and will play Michigan State later in the week.

MORE D1
Cincinnati travels to Western Kentucky on Wednesday.

Washington State hosts #25 Oregon State and #6 Oregon this weekend.

North Dakota State hosts UMKC and Centennary.

North Dakota will be looking for revenge when they host Jamestown tonight.

AWARDS
Creighton's Jessica Houts (Bloomington Kennedy) was named the Missouri Valley's player of the week.

In the Summit League Mackenzie Angner of South Dakota State was named offensive player of the week. North Dakota State's Kelly Lopez (DGF) is the repeat selection for defensive player of the week.

D2
MSU Mankato is on an 8 game roll. They face Concordia St. Paul on Friday.

The Northern Sun has passed out their weekly awards.
Ashley Nachreiner of MSU Mankato was the offensive player of the week for the second straight week.
Kayla Tschida of St. Cloud State was named defensive player of the week.
Maggie McNamara of Concordia St. Paul took home the setter of the week honor--her third time this year.

MILESTONE
UM Crookston setter Cassie Yates went over the 3000 career assist mark on September 27. From the Crookston Times.

D3
The MIAC has named their weekly award winners. St. Olaf had two co-players of the week. Jessica Levin (hitter) and Kelly Prunty (setter).
Jenna Green of Concordia Moorhead was also named hitter of the week.
St. Mary's Theresa Perrini was named the libero of the week.

DIG FOR THE CURE
St. Thomas raised $1400 in the dig for the cure.

UM Morris will hold their Dig Pink day on Oct. 25.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Rainy River was 1-1 over the weekend. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

next up: later today

No Changes at the Top; Big 10 Awards, Breast Surgery

#4 posting 10.13.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL POLLS
Here is the latest High School polls and there is no changes at the top.
Movement is another story.
AAA: Eastview jumps two spots to #3. Alexandria moves up three spots to #7. STMA and Chaska fall one spot.
AA: Jackson County Central and Delano flip spots.
A: the only newcomer in any poll makes their debut: Climax-Fisher checks in at #10.

AAA
1. Shakopee (13) 221
2. Lakeville North (1) 204
3. Eastview (1) 200
4. St. Michael/Albertville 178
5. Chaska 164
6. Waconia 139
7. Alexandria 135
8. Woodbury 113
9. Blaine 111
10. Eden Prairie 54
Others: Apple Valley (38), Owatonna (23), Lakeville South (18), Andover (10), Hopkins (1)

AA
1. Jordan (8) 120
2. Marshall 112
3. St. Cloud Cathedral 95
4. Hibbing 91
5. Stewartville 83
6. Jackson County Central 80
7. Delano 78
8. LeSueur/Henderson 72
9. Belle Plaine 50
10. Wadena-Deer Creek 43
Others receiving votes: Caledonia (16), Rocori (12)

A
1. Bethlehem Academy (8) 162
2. Windom Area (3) 157
3. Minneota 138
4. Wabasha/Kellogg 124
5. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa 116
6. Mabel-Canton 106
6. Ada-Borup 106
8. SW Christian 86
9. SW Star Concept 45
10. Climax-Fisher 27
Others: Northern Freeze (23), Parker’s Prairie (17), Deer River (16), SW MN Christian (16), Martin County West (12), Lakeview (11), Onamia (10), Meadow Creek Christian (7), Sleepy Eye-St. Mary’s (7)

WEEKLY AWARDS
Arielle Wilson of Penn State was named Big 10 offensive player of the week.

On the defensive side Johannah Bangert of Illinois and Kim Kuzma of Wisconsin share the Big 10 honor.

BREAST SURGERY
Penn coach Kerry Carr will have breast cancer surgery on Wednesday. She will be out 6-12 weeks.

LATE REPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL
#10AA Wadena-Deer Creek ended up in 7th place at Alexandria.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes swept Vermilion with a margin of 43 points. from the Brainerd Dispatch

Next up: later tonight

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

Shakopee, BA Stay #1, Jordan Takes Top Spot in AA

#3 posting 10.6.2008
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POLLS
Shakopee, despite falling to Lakeville North Saturday in the LN championship, is still #1 in AAA. Four teams received votes for the top spot in AAA.
In AA Jordan replacing St. Cloud Cathedral who falls to third.
Additions/subtractions:
AAA: Alexandria returns to #10, Owatonna drops out.
AA: none
A: SW Star makes their debut at #9; Martin County West drops out.

Top 10 Poll—Oct 6, 2008
AAA
1. Shakopee (7) 199
2. Lakeville North (3) 194
3. St. Michael/Albertville (3) 181
4. Chaska (2) 175
5. Eastview 172
6. Waconia 133
7. Eden Prairie 102
8. Blaine 94
9. Woodbury 93
10. Alexandria 45
Others: Owatonna (43), Apple Valley (31), Lakeville South (18), Andover (16), Farmington (1)

AA
1. Jordan (8) 180
2. Marshall 136
3. St. Cloud Cathedral (2) 124
4. Hibbing 114
Stewartville 114
6. Delano 96
7. Jackson County Central 95
8. Le Sueur/Henderson 80
9. Belle Plaine 58
10. Wadena-Deer Creek 53
Others receiving votes: Rocori (17), Caledonia (16)

A
1. Bethlehem Academy (8) 161
2. Windom Area (3) 157
3. Minneota 141
4. Wabasha/Kellogg 126
5. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa 120
6. Mabel-Canton 107
7. Ada-Borup 100
8. SW Christian 68
9. SW Star Concept 54
10. Lakeview 28
Others: Climax-Fischer (20), Northern Freeze (18), Parker’s Prairie (16), SW MN Christian (14), Onamia (12), Deer River (12), Martin County West (8), Renville County West (7)

SPIKE OUT BREAST CANCER
It isn't just colleges that are working to rid the world of breast cancer.
St.-Michael-Albertville hosted Rogers in STMA's 2nd Annual 'Spike Out Breast Cancer' match last Tuesday. Last year STMA raised $1700 for the Komen Foundation to help fight Breast Cancer and this year the Knights raised just over $2300 thanks to the help of the Rogers program and their fans.

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.

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

#2 Concordia St. Paul Stomps #8 SW MN State

#2 posting 9.24.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
Northwestern travels to Minnesota and Iowa this weekend.

Ohio State hosts #21 Michigan tonight.

D1 RESULTS
NON CONFERENCE
Cincinnati won their 5th straight with a sweep of IUPUI. Kelsey Brandl (Lakeville North) had 12 for the Bearcats.

St. John's beat Stony Brook in three. Alicia Nelson (Eastview) had 7.5 points for SB.

Northern Iowa won their 5th straight with a sweep of South Dakota State. UNI's Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) led both teams with 21.5 points. Mackenzie Angner (Cincinnati St. Ursula) had 18.5 points for SDSU. Mary Sanderfoot (Rochester Century) had 0.5 points for the Jackrabbits.

Utah Valley beat Weber State in five. Brittney Bisaillon and Leah Burmeister (both Jackson County Central) had 14.5 and 13.5 points for the Wildcats.

South Dakota beat Northwestern, IA in a five. Kristin Kritenbrink (Gretna, Nebraska) had 30.5 points for USD.

ACC
Virginia Tech beat Virginia in a sweep. Marlow Bruneau (Lakeville) had 10 assists for the Cavaliers.

MORE D1 NEWS
Colorado State assistant coach Jesse Mahoney has been promoted to Associate Head Coach.

#13 Colorado State faces Wyoming.

Iowa State is at #3 Texas tonight.

Davidson hosts Georgia Southern tonight.

D1 AWARDS
North Dakota's Britta Hanson (Thompson, ND) was named Great West Offensive player of the week.

D2
NORTHERN SUN RESULTS
#2 Concordia St. Paul "stomped" #8 SW MN State. Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska) had 19.0 points for CSP. Laura Hegerle (Kasson-Mantorville) had 10 points for SW.

#14 UM Duluth swept Mary. Sarah Wyffels (Marshall) had 19 points for UMD. Amanda Hennessy (Williston, ND) had 11 points for Mary.

Bemidji State beat Northern State in four. Nicole Olson (Lake of the Woods) had 16.5 points for BSU. Kayla Ysteboe (Grand Forks Red River) had 23.5 points for NSU.

MSU Mankato beat St. Cloud State in four. Amanda Beekman (Marshall) had 24 points for Mankato. Brittney Stamer (Hutchinson) had 51 assists for Mankato. Kristin Stott (Radisson, Saskatchewan) had 11 points for SCSU.

D2 POLLS
#2 Concordia St. Paul, and #8 SW MN State remained unchanged in the latest polls. UM Duluth dropped two spots to #14. Augustana moved up two to #18.

D3
IIAC
Buena Vista swept Dubuque. Sam Narveson (Chatfield) had 9.5 points for BV.

POLLS
St. Thomas is #7 in the latest D3 poll.

NUMBERS
D1
5 sets
Kristin Kritenbrink, South Dakota 30.5 vs Northwestern IA 3-2.
3 sets
Amy Sampson, Northern Iowa 21.5 vs South Dakota State 3-0

D2
4 sets
Amanda Beekman, MSU Mankato 24 vs St. Cloud State 3-1
Kayla Ysteboe, Northern State 23.5 vs Bemidji State 1-3

Next up: Later today.

Minnesota Falls to #12, Kremer 2000

#2 posting 9.23.2008
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D1
POLL
Minnesota fell to #12 in the latest D1 poll. Colorado State is one behind. Wisconsin is #18.

BIG 10
Michigan and Penn State remain the two undefeated teams in the Big 10.

The Gopher's Christine Tan was named the Big 10's Defensive Player of the Week.

Undefeated Michigan opens Big 10 play on Wednesday at Ohio State.

Michigan State hosts Ohio State and Michigan this weekend.

Illinois' Kayani Turner blogs.

MORE D1
Cincinnati hosts IUPUI tonight.

Denver plays Northern Colorado on Wednesday.

North Dakota travels to Presentation on Wednesday.

North Dakota State hosts South Dakota State on Saturday.

Northern Iowa hosts South Dakota State tonight and travels to Illinois State and Indiana State later in the week.

Washington State travels to Arizona and Arizona State.

D2
It is a battle of heavyweights tonight in Marshall with #2 Concordia St. Paul vs #8 SW MN State. From the Marshall Independent.

LATE: KBJR has video highlights of UMD sweep of MSU Moorhead.

AWARDS
Augustana's Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville); Northern State's Stephanie Nygaard (Milbank, SD) and SW MN State's Sara Graf (Mount Pleasant, IA) are the offensive, defensive and setter of the week in the Northern Sun.

D3
AWARDS/MILESTONES
St. Thomas' Katie Kremer (Rocori) passed 2000 digs in her career last week and was named MIAC Defensive player of the week. St. Benedict's Emma Jaynes (Hibbing) was hitter of the week and St. Benedict's Beth Hanson (Bethlehem Academy) was setter of the week in the MIAC.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Riverland swept Western Wisconsin Tech. Ashley Lau had 14 kills for Riverland. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

CONTRACTS
Mizuno's contract with USA Volleyball has been renewed until 2012.

HIGH SCHOOL HONORS
Ashley Wittman of Shakopee is the KARE 11 athlete of the week.

Next up: later today.

Three #1s in AA; Tan Defensive Player of the Week

#2 posting 9.22.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL POLLS
There is a shake up at the top of the AAA and AA polls this week. Shakopee is the new unanimous choice for #1 in AAA, while there is a three way tie for first in AA. Marshall, St. Cloud Cathedral and Jordan all have a share of the top spot.
The former #1 AAA team Chaska drops one spot to second.
New to the polls this week: Owatonna moves to #9 in AAA. Andover drops out.
There were no additions or subtractions in AA.
Martin County West is #9 and Onamia moved to #10 in A while Meadow Creek and Mayer Lutheran dropped out.

AAA
1. Shakopee (15) 225
2. Chaska 209
3. St. Michael/Albertville 167
4. Eastview 163
5. Lakeville North 154
6. Eden Prairie 142
7. Waconia 137
8. Woodbury 118
9. Owatonna 70
10. Alexandria 59
Others: Blaine (47), Andover (45), Wayzata (34), Centennial (9), Lakeville South (7), Hutchinson (4), Burnsville (1)

AA
1. St. Cloud Cathedral (4) 123
Marshall (5) 123
Jordan 123
4. Hibbing 105
5. Stewartville 98
6. Delano 86
7. Belle Plaine 78
Jackson County Central 78
9. Le Sueur/Henderson 62
10. Caledonia 24
Others receiving votes: Rocori (20), Wadena-Deer Creek (13), Yellow Medicine East (7), Pipestone (7)

A
1. Bethlehem Academy (9) 189
2. Windom Area (4) 186
3. Minneota 151
4. Wabasha/Kellogg 142
5. SW Christian 136
6. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa 133
7. Mabel-Canton 112
8. Ada-Borup 110
9. Martin County West 34
10. Onamia 31
Others: Climax-Fischer (22), Renville County West (21), Mayer Lutheran (19), Meadow Creek Christian (18), Lakeview (15), Parker’s Prairie (13), Chisholm (10), Lake of the Woods (10), SW Star Concept (9), Sleepy Eye/St. Mary’s (8), Northern Freeze (8)
From the Chaska Herald.

LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Brandon-Evansville topped Underwood in four Saturday. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Austin won the Rochester JM tournament on Saturday despite losing two pool games. JM finished in third. From the Austin Post Bulletin and Rochester Post Bulletin.

Bigfork took first place beating Hill City in their tournament this past Saturday. The Huskies lost the first game, came from behind in the second game and won 26-24 and won the third game 15-5 for the championship.

COLLEGE NEWS
WEEKLY AWARDS
The Gopher's Christine Tan and Nicole Fawcett of Penn State were named Defensive and Offensive Players of the Week in the Big 10. It is Tan's second honor this year.

Iowa State wants to "cram the coliseum" when they host #2 Nebraska on Saturday night.

Virginia heads to Virginia Tech on Tuesday in the ACC opener.

HALL OF FAME
Former MSU Mankato coach Marge Burkett will be inducted to the Maverick Hall of Fame this Friday.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes won three times this weekend beating Vermilion, Mesabi Range, and Ridgewater. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Next up: later tonight

Gibbemeyer Co Big 10 Player of the Week

#2 posting 9.16.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
The Gophers Lauren Gibbemeyer (Cretin Derham Hall) was named co-Big 10 player of the week. It is her first honor in her career. Purdue had two winners. Stephanie Lynch was also named co-Big 10 player. The Boilermakers' Kelli Miller was named Defensive Player of the Week.

Wisconsin's Katie Schill (LaCrosse Aquinas) is out this year due to a herniated disc. From the LaCrosse Tribune.

The weekly Big 10 press release is out.

MORE D1 NEWS
Marshall's contest with Miami of Ohio has been cancelled due to power outages.

North Dakota is 12-0 and looks to make Jamestown #13.

North Dakota State faces Oral Roberts at home on Saturday.

Rhode Island takes on Northeastern today and Holy Cross on Wednesday.

Washington State plays Utah Valley on Friday and the WSU alumnae on Saturday.

Weber State's Brittany Bisaillon (Jackson County Central) was named Big Sky Player of the Week.

POLLS
Minnesota moves up to 8th; Wisconsin moved up one to 13th; Colorado State moves up six spots to 15th in the latest AVCA D1 poll.

D2
POLL
Concordia St. Paul moved to #2 in the latest poll. Other Northern Sun teams include: SW MN State #9; UM Duluth #12; and Augustana #20.

AWARDS
MSU Moorhead's Calla Oftedahl (Eastview) was named the Northern Sun's Defensive Player of the Week. Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) of SW MN State was named offensive player of the week in the Northern Sun. Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) of Concordia St. Paul was setter of the week.

D3
Buena Vista hosts Simpson today.

AWARDS
Concordia Moorhead's Anna Tinkham was named MIAC defensive player of the week. Hamline had two players named players of the week. Emily Amici (Whitewater, WI) was MIAC hitter of the week and Jackie Kelly (Blaine) was MIAC Setter of the Week.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Northwestern, IA JV swept MN West. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Iowa Lakes beat North Iowa Area in a fiver. From the Mason City Globe Gazette.

Next up: later today.