North Dakota State Spring, Augsburg to Brazil

#1 posting 5.1.2008
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SPRING VOLLEYBALL
North Dakota State has had just enough volleyball players to put on the floor in their spring tournaments. The Fargo Forum looks at the opportunities that players had to stretch their skills plus the fall 2008 schedule.

SPRING TRIP
Augsburg Volleyball will leave for a spring trip to Brazil on Monday, May 5th. The team has been fundraising for the past two years (great commitment by the girls) and are looking forward to the trip.
Here is the Augsburg fall 2008 schedule.

Next up: tomorrow

Northern Lights Qualifier, Ohio Spring

#1 posting 4.27.2008
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SPRING TOURNAMENTS
Ohio was 3-1 in the Cincinnati tournament on Saturday. Amanda Andersen of Centennial plays with Ohio.

NORTHERN LIGHTS QUALIFIER
Northern Lights 14 1s are playing in the Open gold #1 pool today.

There are no Minnesota teams in the Open gold pools.

Here is the schedule page.

Next up: tomorrow.

Gopher Spring Results

#1 posting 4.23.2008
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SPRING EVENTS
Minnesota finished 2-0-1 on Sunday. I had the report on the Marquette match. The Gophers site has more on the win against North Dakota State, and the tie with Iowa State.

Iowa State also finished 2-0-1 in the Sunday event.

NORTHERN LIGHTS QUALIFIER PART 2
The Northern Lights Qualifier continues this weekend at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The 14s and 15s take over this time. Here are the schedules.

I hope to add the photos soon.

Gopher Spring Event, Northern Lights Qualifier

#1 posting 4.20.2008
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SPRING TOURNAMENTS
The Sports Performance College Invitational at the Great Lakes Center was the big event on the Saturday calendar. Ohio was one of the 24 teams in action and the Bobcats finished 0-5. Ohio lost to Indiana State and Northwestern in the morning and to North Carolina, Illinois State and DePaul in afternoon bracket play.

GOPHER ACTION
Minnesota Spring Tourney Schedule
Marquette vs Minnesota 8:30 a.m.
Iowa State vs. North Dakota State, 10 a.m.
Iowa State vs. Marquette, 11:30 a.m.
North Dakota State vs Minnesota
Marquette vs North Dakota State 3:10 p.m.
Iowa State vs. Minnesota, 4:40 p.m.
All matches held at the Sports Pavillion. Admission is free.

NORTHERN LIGHTS QUALIFIER
The NLQ is going on this weekend at Minneapolis Convention Center. Here is the schedule.

Here is the list of North Country Regional Qualifiers in PDF format.

Next up: Later today with a report on the Gopher action.

Beach Volleyball in a Northern State, Gopher Sunday Tournament

#1 posting 4.17.2008
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL
The 2008 Collegiate Nationals event in San Diego is more than just volleyball. The event will have flowboarding, a music fest and new this year an eating contest. The volleyball is the only event with NCAA players.

Wisconsin is headed to the event and are getting ready for the sand by bringing the beach inside.

SPRING TOURNAMENT
Marquette is prepping for their appearance at the Gopher Spring tournament this Sunday. It is free and open to the public. Action starts with the Gophers vs Marquette at 8:30 am at the Sports Pavilion. North Dakota State and Iowa State are the other two teams involved in the event.

Next up: tomorrow

Gopher Signing & Spring, SDSU Coach on the Move?

#1 posting 4.13.2008
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GOPHER SIGNING
The Gophers received this week signed NLIs from Jessica Granquist of Blaine and Pamela Luiz of Frank Phillips College in Texas.

Luiz was a first team NJCAA Division 1 All-American in 2007 and a second team AA as a freshman. Luiz is a 5-11 right-side hitter from Limeira, Brazil.

That makes four for the 2008 signing class: Alex Blatt (S) from Illinois, Ariana Filho (MB) from Colorado, Granquist, and Luiz

SPRING EVENTS
Minnesota was 2-1 Saturday at Iowa State beating the hosts and Northern Iowa, but falling to Creighton.

Ohio dropped two to host Dayton and Louisville yesterday.

COACHING NEWS?
South Dakota State volleyball coach Andrew Palileo is one of the ten remaining candidates for the head coaching position at Florida Gulf Coast. SDSU won the Summit League and made it to the NCAA tournament this season. From KSFY in Sioux Falls.

Next up: tomorrow

Schmit Signs, Iowa State Event, Badgers on the Beach

#1 posting 4.12.2008
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SIGNING
Samantha Schmit, of Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah, has signed a letter of intent to play for the North Dakota State College of Science volleyball team in 2008. NDSCS is in Wahpeton. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

SPRING TOURNAMENT
Iowa State is hosting a four team event today with Minnesota, Creighton and Northern Iowa. The event starts at 10 am and the final matches take place at 1:30 pm.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Wisconsin will be taking part of the 2008 Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship in San Diego, Calif. on Sunday, April 20. The event will be broadcast on CBS on May 25. (Don't ask me why it needs to be delayed a full month). Nikki Klingsporn of Tartan will be one of the Badgers taking part.

Next up: Tomorrow

Spring Events, Qualifier News, Texas Transfer

#1 posting 4.9.2008
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SPRING EVENTS
Marquette is hosting Wisconsin today at 6 pm. No admission charge.

On Saturday Purdue will host a 9 team tournament.

The Gopher Volleyball team will host their annual spring tournament on Sunday, April 20, 2008 in the Sports Pavilion. The schedule is as follows:
8:30-9:50 Marquette vs. Minnesota
10-11:20 Iowa State vs. NDSU
11:30-12:50 Marquette vs. Iowa State
12:50-1:20 Break
1:40-3 Minnesota vs. NDSU
3:10-4:30 Marquette vs. NDSU
4:40-6 Minnesota vs. Iowa State
Admission is FREE

QUALIFIER
The Northern Lights Qualifier will be charging admission this year for the first time. $6/day/person or a three day pass at $15/person. Tickets can be purchased online or at the Convention Center. Purchasing online will cost an extra $1.50 per ticket. For more information check out the Northern Lights site.

RUMORAMA
The Gophers are rumored to be signing a Texas JUCO player today.

SEASON WRAP
Alexandria's season is reviewed in the Alexandria Echo Press. Maggie Snyder was named the Cardinals MVP.

ATHENA WINNER
Jennifer Annoni of Hill-Murray is that school's Athena winner for 2008. Annoni lettered three years in volleyball. From the White Bear Press.

Next up: tomorrow (unless news breaks)

Iowa State, Ohio State Sweep; No to Rochester

#1 posting 4.8.2008
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SPRING TOURNAMENTS
At the Northern Iowa spring volleyball tournament last weekend, Iowa State swept the other three Iowa schools. This Saturday ISU hosts Minnesota, Creighton and Northern Iowa.

Ohio State swept the competition at the Indianapolis volleyball tournament last weekend. It was the first time out with new coach Geoff Carlston.


NO BONDS
The National Volleyball Center in Rochester is one of the projects hit by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's veto pen. From the StarTribune.

Next up: tomorrow

Three Spring Events, New Drake Coach

#1 posting 4.4.2008
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SPRING TOURNAMENTS
Northern Iowa is hosting an all Iowa volleyball event this weekend. Joining them will be Drake, Iowa and Iowa State. The event starts at 10 am on Saturday.

Further afield North Carolina hosts and event with Tennessee and USAV All Stars. They get an earlier start on Saturday---8 am. Briana Eskola of Columbia Heights is a libero for UNC.

Ohio hosts an event with Marshall, Wheeling Jesuit, Wittenberg attending. They start at 10 am.

COACHING NEWS
Phil McDaniel will be the new coach at Drake. McDaniel was an assistant at South Dakota State last season. From the Des Moines Register.

FIRST BALL
Here are photos of the Twins first ball ceremony honoring the D2 National champs Concordia St. Paul.

North Dakota's Spring, Breakdown Volleyball Book

#1 posting 4.3.2008
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SPRING VOLLEYBALL
North Dakota went 4-0 last weekend at St. Cloud State in their preparation for D1 volleyball this coming fall.

BREAKDOWN VOLLEYBALL BOOK
This fall the Breakdown will be putting out the first volleyball preview book. Here is a letter. I know some teams are in transition between coaches. Maybe an interested person at each school should make sure their team is covered. It would be a drag if your school is left out. Here is the letter from the publishers.

If you have not yet submitted your team's information for The BREAKDOWN's first annual volleyball preview, we encourage you to do so soon. Your team will not want to be left out of this publication! We need your information to make it the most comprehensive book on the sport, or as we like to call it, "the encyclopedia of Minnesota high school volleyball."

You may have received our first email or our mailer, but if you have misplaced the information let us know and we can resend the materials. Or else you can just visit our website and work though the online submission form at:
http://www.mnsportspreview.com/pages/forms/2008/SelectSport.asp

We need your help to make our book the most comprehensive we can by submitting your team and player information for the upcoming season by our April 1st deadline. Thanks again for your time, and we look forward to hearing from you.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please email (breakdown.editor@gmail.com) or call (763-258-3116).

Tim Kolehmainen, Editor
The BREAKDOWN
www.mnsportspreview.com

Get your school's information in there.

next up: tomorrow.

Seeding the State, Spring Trips

#1 posting 4.2.2008
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SEEDING THE STATE
The MSHSL approved the seeding of the state volleyball tournament. The top four teams will be seeded in all three classes. Seeding had wide approval when I had the poll question up last fall.

ITALY TRIP
Brittany Stamer of Hutchinson traveled to Italy with Northern Lights on a trip of a lifetime. From the Hutchinson Leader.

SPRING SCHEDULE
Ohio State was 2-2-1 at Chicago last weekend. It was the first time out with new coach Geoff Carlston.

Purdue will be at Indianapolis this weekend.

FIRST BALL
The D2 National champs Concordia St. Paul volleyball team threw out the first ball for the Minnesota Twins' second game.

Next up: tomorrow

Indianapolis Invitational

#1 posting 4.1.2008
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INDIANAPOLIS INVITATIONAL
Indiana will be one of 8 teams at the Indianapolis Collegiate Invitational this weekend. The event starts at 9 am. The other teams involved include: Pool A: Albany, Dayton, Indiana and Pittsburgh while Pool B is made up of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Purdue and Valparaiso.

COACHING NEWS
Dave Moody has resigned as head volleyball coach at Dickinson State. From the Bismarck Tribune.

Next up: Tomorrow

Dingman Introduced, Spring Schedules,

#1 posting 3.26.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Iowa introduced new women's basketball coach Sharon Dingman yesterday.

MJ Engstrom has been named interim coach at UAlbany. Tawny Dahmes of Chaska is on the UAlbany roster.

SPRING SCHEDULES
Indiana starts their spring schedule on Saturday with an 8 team event. The teams involved and pools are Pool A Butler, Chicago State, Indianapolis and Indiana State and Pool B Indiana, IUPUI, Louisville and Southern Illinois.

Wisconsin opens their spring schedule at Marquette, plus the rest of their schedule.

AWARDS
Adrian High School junior Katy Slater has been awarded the EXCEL award (Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership). Slater is a volleyball player at Adrian. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Next up: tomorrow

Badgers San Diego Bound

#1 posting 3.15.2008
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SPRING BREAK
Wisconsin will be going to San Diego for spring break.

next up: tomorrow

Northern Lights 2 Champs, Iowa State Spring Schedule

#1 posting 2.19.2008
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PRESIDENT'S DAY FINAL RESULTS
The Northern Lights organization picked up two titles in Omaha.
Northern Lights 161s finished 1st with a 25-16, 20-25, 15-9 victory over MAVA 16 Elite.
Northern Lights 162s fininshed 1st in their division with a 20-25, 25-22, 15-10 victory over Titan Juniors 161s. Southern MN Volleyball finished 5th in the same pool.

Northern Lights 171s finished 3rd as did NL 151s.

You can check any of the results from any of the teams here.

SPRING SCHEDULE
Iowa State has announced their spring schedule. They host the Gophers (and Northern Iowa) on April 12. They head to Minneapolis to play Minnesota on April 20.

Next up: Tomorrow