Bluejay Invitational Preview, Late Tuesday Results

#2 posting 8.27.2008
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COLLEGE NEWS
TOURNAMENTS
Ohio State hosts the Sports Imports Classic this weekend.

#16 Minnesota travels to Omaha for the Bluejay Invitational hosted by Creighton. Here are some recent blog entries by the Gophers.

Northern Iowa travels to Boca Raton Florida for the Florida Atlantic Invitational.

South Dakota State is in the Blue Raider Bash at Middle Tennessee State.

Virginia is at the James Madison Days Inn Invitational.

SCRIMMAGE
Marshall holds a Green & White scrimmage today at 6 pm.

PREVIEWS
D1
Marquette is set for the season.

Marshall's Thundering Herd is previewed.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Rochester's season outlook is previewed in the Rochester Post Bulletin.

LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
TUESDAY
AAA
Here is the New Ulm Journal story on the Hutchinson sweep of New Ulm.

Little Falls swept Pierz. Katie Hochsprung had 11 kills for the Flyers. Plus two other area summaries. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

AA
Breckenridge beat Rothsay 3-1. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

A
Alden-Conger beat Medford 3-1. Haley Johnson had 14 kills for AC. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Cleveland edged New Ulm Cathedral 3-1. Two of the games were decided by two points. Plus three other recaps. From the New Ulm Journal.

EVEN LATER
Perham beat Bemidji in their season opener 3-0 on Friday. From the Perham Enterprise.

Next up: later tonight with another out & about

Men's Triumph, Bad Day for Alumni

#1 posting 8.24.2008
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FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH
The American Men Indoor volleyball team capped of their Olympics with an emotional gold medal 3-1 win over Brazil. At the start of the tournament coach Hugh McCutcheon's in laws were attacked Todd Bachman was murdered, and his wife Barbara was wounded.
Bachman's funeral is set for Friday. From the StarTribune

SILVER
Former Gopher Lindsey Berg and the American Women Indoor volleyball team finished with silver. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the StarTribune.
Berg also gets quoted post game.

SCRIMMAGE RESULTS
Illinois beat the Illini alumni 3-0. Incoming freshman Michelle Bartsch had 11 kills on the night.

It was White over Green 2-1 at the Michigan State Scrimmage.

The White beat the Cardinal 2-1 in the Wisconsin Fan Fest Scrimmage. Kathryn Dykstra had 15 kills on the night.

Cincinnati beat the alumni 3-1.

Blue beat the White 3-2 at Creighton. Allie Oelke of Chaska had 13 kills for the Blue.

Iowa State had their Cardinal and Gold scrimmage yesterday.

Texas Christian beat their alumni 3-1. Jess Menden of Shakopee had 12 assists.

The Green beat the White 2-0 in the Ohio scrimmage.

The Orange topped the Blue 3-2 in Virginia's scrimmage.

Weber State beat their alumni 3-1. Leah Burmeister of Jackson County Central had a double double of 14 kills and 13 digs. Brittney Bissaillon, also of JCC, had 9 kills and 7 blocks.

LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Little Falls won three times at the Early Bird tournament in Albany. Katie Hochsprung had 29 kills on the day for the Flyers. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

I reported on the Hopkins vs Moorhead game yesterday. Here is the Fargo Forum version of events.

next up: later today--a look a college

Jamestown, Marshall Split, MD Eastern Shore #1

#2 posting 8.23.2008
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COLLEGE RESULTS
Jamestown split the first two matches of the year at the Dickinson State tournament losing to Carroll College and beating MSU Western. Samantha Revering of Fergus Falls had 13 kills against MSU Western. From the Jamestown Sun.

SCRIMMAGE
Michigan State will hold their Green & White scrimmage today at 4 pm.

It was a 2-2 tie Marshall's second Green & White scrimmage. Andover's Megan Carlson played on both teams. She assisted on two blocks in the scrimmage with 5 kills and 13 digs.

SCHEDULES
Indiana will take part in Hoosier Hysteria again this year.

MEET THE FRESHMEN
The Wisconsin Badgers continue with their freshman feature. Today's subject is Janelle Gabrielson.

POLLS
Maryland Eastern Shore is #1 in the preseason MEAC poll. Holliday Eller of Benilde-St. Margaret's and Chanita Wesley of Breck play for MD ES.

Next up: later today with another out & about

#1 Chaska Wins, Olympic Triumphs

#2 posting 8.22.2008
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LATE THURSDAY RESULTS
AAA: #1 Chaska held Mankato West to 13, 12, and 13 in a sweep. From the Mankato Free Press.

Owatonna beat New Prague in a sweep. The Huskies Jordan Spatenka had 19 kills. From the Owatonna People's Press.

A: Rushford-Peterson beat Lewiston-Altura 3-1.

In college action: Waldorf swept a pair of contests yesterday in a triangular in coach Paul Meyer's debut. From the Mason City Globe Gazette.

PREVIEWS
HIGH SCHOOL: Mayo is the team to beat in Rochester. The Rochester Post Bulletin has previews/capsules and schedules of the four Rochester teams.

Albert Lea, Alden-Conger, Glenville-Emmons, Maple River and United South Central all scrimmaged on Wednesday.

D1: North Dakota State is nursing a few injuries. From the Fargo Forum.

Northwestern is looking for their 4th NCAA trip in seven years.

NAIA: Jamestown will be transitioning to a new setter this season. From the Jamestown Sun.

OLYMPICS
The USA Men's indoor volleyball team beat Russia in five last night with the fifth game going to the Americans 15-13. There are post game quotes. Coach Hugh McCutcheon is balancing his responsibilities as coach with responsibilities of family after the stabbing of his father in law Todd Bachman. From the Star Tribune.

The American Women's indoor volleyball team will face Brazil in the gold medal game. The Americans reached the final after a revenge sweep of Cuba.

Marquette coach Patti Rolf talks about her 1996 Olympic Line judging experience. Rolf also talks about Misty May-Traenor, a player she coached.

FIRE
There was a fire at Prior Lake after the volleyball game last night. No one was injured. From the StarTribune.

RE-OPENING
North Dakota State's Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse is re-opening on Monday at 3 pm with the public invited to join in.

SCRIMMAGE
Purdue will host a scrimmage Saturday at 3 pm.

Wisconsin will host a scrimmage Saturday at 7 pm. The event starts at 5 pm with a fan fest.

Texas Christian will scrimmage their alumni Saturday at 7 pm.

Ohio will hold their Green & White scrimmage Saturday at 4 pm.

Virginia will hold their Blue & Orange scrimmage Saturday at 3 pm.

BADGER VIDEO
Today the Badger Video feature looks at favorite Wisconsin memories.

MEDIA DAY
Colorado State has something to prove with a #17 ranking.

POLLS
D1: Northern Iowa is picked for second in the Missouri Valley Conference.

D3: St. Thomas is #8 in the D3 National poll. UW Eau Claire is tabbed for 19th. From WEAU.

Buena Vista is picked for 7th in the IIAC.

CAPTAINS
Jen Malcom and Kaylee Manns are the Iowa State captains this season.

Next up: later tonight with another Out & About

Carlson Verbals, Gold on the Beach, Going for Gold Inside

#1 posting 8.21.2008
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CARLSON VERBALS
Ariel Carlson of Alexandria has veballed Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi on August 16th. Ari is a 6-1 MB/RH from Alexandria, MN - who has played the last two JO season for M1 18-1s and M1 17-1s, and has trained in the USA Volleyball A1 Development Program at Colorado Springs, CO for the last two summers. Ari is listed in the Breakdown's Fab 50 Seniors for this upcoming season and also as one of the Top 5 Right Sides.

Carlson is the 15th overall player from the Minnesota 2009 class to verbal and the 11th headed to a D1 program.

PREVIEWS
HIGH SCHOOL
A veteran Mankato East team is being led by new coach Kari Rodman. From the Mankato Free Press.

The Fargo Forum has capsule reviews of the eight teams in the Fargo area including Moorhead, DGF, and Park Christian.

D2
Bemidji State looks to improve under second year coach Laurie Bitter. Joining her this year is her daughter Courtney. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

POLLS
D1: Colorado State is 17th in the D1 AVCA poll.
Creighton is picked for third in the Missouri Valley.

D2: UM Duluth is 8th in the D2 AVCA poll.

D3: Bethel has received votes in the D3 AVCA poll.

SCRIMMAGE
D1: Iowa State will hold a clinic and then scrimmage on Saturday in Ames. The scrimmage starts at 1 pm.

Betsy (Spicer) Brookbank (Illinois '99) will return for the Illinois scrimmage on Saturday at 7 pm.

D2: The SW MN State women's volleyball team will hold its annual late show scrimmage tonight. From the Marshall Independent.

CC: Defending NJCAA D3 national champ Central Lakes will scrimmage their alumni on Saturday at noon. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

ON LINE CHAT
Washington State women's volleyball coach Andrew Palileo will hold an online chat on August 25. Readers can submit questions.

MEDIA
Michigan State held their media day yesterday. They also have a preseason video preview.

BIG 10
New Hawkeye coach Sharon Dingman says Iowa will not be outworked.

The Wisconsin Badgers feature "Meet the Freshman" look at Kelsey Maroney.

NOTEBOOK
In the NCAA Notebook: Penn State will not have an easy path to repeating this year.

OLYMPICS
GOLD:
Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor have repeated as beach volleyball Olympic champions. They defeated the host Chinese pair of Jie Wang and Jia Tian 21-18, 21-18. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

GOING FOR GOLD:
The American indoor women's volleyball team got revenge against Cuba in the semifinals in Beijing in a sweep. Earlier in the tournament The Americans lost to Cuba. Former Gopher Lindsey Berg is a reason the squad is playing in their first gold medal game since 1984.

The American indoor men's volleyball team edged out Serbia in five games. Coach Hugh McCutcheon is an important part of the win. Player Lloy Ball states:

"Obviously, from a tactical and technical standpoint, it's an enormous help to have the guy who has been leading us. But just to know that when we look over there, our fearless leader — our captain, our general — who has been in every battle we've had in the last quad (four-year cycle), is there to get our back again."

McCutcheon missed the first few games in the Olympics after the stabbing death of his father in law Todd Bachman of Lakeville. From the Pioneer Press.

Next up: later today with the first of the out & abouts this year.

Mewhorter Verbals

#1 posting 8.17.2008
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MEHHORTER VERBALS
Ari Mewhorter of Blaine has verballed Akron. The 6-0 middle plays with MN Select in the JO season. Mewhorter spent most of last high school year on the sidelines with a knee injury.

Mewhorter is the 11th player overall in the Minnesota 2009 class to verbal, and the 9th headed to a D1 program. Akron plays in the Mid America Conference.

SCRIMMAGES
St. Michael-Albertville hosted a six team scrimmage yesterday with Armstrong, Minnetonka, Benilde-St. Margaret's, Champlin Park, and Moorhead.

STMA will be headed to scrimmages at North St. Paul, and Wayzata this week.

D1 PRACTICES
Texas Christian has had a solid week of practice with Jess Menden of Shakopee getting her feet wet.

OLYMPICS
The American indoor volleyball team edged Poland in a fiver with the final game 15-13. Former Gopher Lindsey Berg shared setting duties.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Penn State, Creighton Outlooks

#1 posting 8.7.2008
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PRESEASON OUTLOOK
Defending NCAA National champion Penn State has released their detailed preseason outlook.

Creighton has released their preseason outlook. Allie Oelke of Chaska plays for the Bluejays.

COUNTDOWN
The Wisconsin Badgers continue their countdown to the season with the Best things about playing in Madison.

SCRIMMAGE
Ohio will have their Green vs. White scrimmage on August 23 at 4 pm.

TELEVISION
Penn State will have six games on the Big 10 Network and also one on ESPN2.

ACADEMICS
Illinois has taken AVCA Academic honors.

Next up: tomorrow