2 Illinois Players of the Week 1 Penn State All American

#2 posting 11.25.2008
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AWARDS
BIG 10
Illinois took both honors with Laura DeBruhler taking the offensive and Johannah Bangert taking the defensive honors.

Penn State's Christa Harmatto is ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year. Harmatto is on the first team. Teammate Megan Hodge is on the second team.

Badger coach Pete Waite meets the press. Wisconsin might need a win to get to the NCAA tournament.

MISSOURI VALLEY: 2nd place Creighton heads to the Missouri Valley Tournament at Wichita State.

POLLS
Colorado State is #19 in the latest D1 poll.

SIGNINGS
Ohio State has signed 3 players
6-1 RH Emily Danks of Round Rock, TX
6-0 setter Amanda Peterson of Glenbard East, IL
6-3 middle hitter Mariah Booth of Kennesaw Mountain, GA

Cincinnati has signed 3 players
5-11 setter Megan Turner, Wayne Central, NY
5-11 outside hitter/middle blocker Emily Hayden of Louisville Assumption, KY
6-2 middle blocker Rebecca Refenes of Westland Lutheran, MI

Next up: tomorrow

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

Wittman Player of the Year in St. Paul Pioneer Press

#3 posting 11.11.2008
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ALL STATE TEAM
The St. Paul Pioneer Press has released their All State team. At the top of the list--Ashley Wittman of Shakopee.

ALL AREA
The West Central Tribune has released their All Area Team.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Brittany Chambers of Jordan is Athlete of the week for KARE 11.

Leah Dietel of Jordan, Katherine Harms of St. Michael-Albertville, and Ashley Wittman all made the StarTribune's Athletes of the week list.

TRANSITIONS
North Dakota has a chance to tie a school record for wins. UND is headed to Bryant University for the transition D1 tournament. From the Grand Forks Herald.

#1 & ON THE ROAD
North Dakota State may be the Summit champ, but they will need to get past #2 Oral Roberts, the host of the Summit League tournament. From the Fargo Forum.

RECRUITING SEMINAR
JumpForward holds a recruiting seminar at Eden Prairie from 7 to 8 pm tonight. From the SW Scoreboard.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NDSCS ended their season at the Region XIII tournament last weekend. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Next up: I think that wraps it up for today.

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

Playoffs Tonight; Northern Sun, MIAC Awards

#1 posting 10.28.2008
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PLAYOFFS TONIGHT
Bemidji faces St. Michael-Albertville in the 8AAA semifinals tonight. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

Nine teams in the West Central Tribune area are still alive.

Kenyon-Wanamingo says "Bring on BA." from the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

The best bets tonight: 3 comes up a lot today
AAA: Section 3 has four power packed teams with the battle of Lakeville (North vs South) and Eastview vs Burnsville. South St. Paul is the battle zone.
Section 2 is another bone crunching foursome with Shakopee taking on upset winner Prior Lake and Chaska vs Waconia in a battle of top 10 teams. Those contests are at Minnetonka.

AA: Section 3 South is an all Southwest Conference battle with Marshall taking on Pipestone and Jackson County Central facing Worthington. The action will be at Redwood Valley.

A: Again with section 3--this time in the south again Windom takes on SW Star. Both teams were in the top 10 during the season. That contest is at Luverne.

D2
Southwest Minnesota State moves up to #3 in the latest D2 poll. From the Marshall Independent.
UM Duluth moves up to #17.

NORTHERN SUN WEEKLY AWARDS
SW MN State's Devin Diedrich and Sara Graf were offensive and setter of the week in the Northern Sun.
Andreana Pieper of St. Cloud State was the defensive player of the week for the third time this season.

D3
MIAC WEEKLY AWARDS
Bridget Burtzel of Gustavus is the setter/libero player of the week in the MIAC.
Katie Christensen of Augsburg is the hitter of the week.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Rochester beat Ridgewater on Sunday in five. Here is the Rochester Post Bulletin report.

Central Lakes will be in the Region 13B tournament in Hibbing this weekend. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Ridgewater's Karie Blommel and Carina Fesenmaier were named to the all tournament team. From the West Central Tribune.

LATE REPORTS
Zumbrota-Mazeppa recaps the end of the season in the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Waterville-Elysian-Morristown lost to Bethlehem Academy to end their season. From the Waseca County News.

Next up: college reports

Hibbing Dynasty; Lake Superior All Conference, All Star Games

#1 posting 10.22.2008
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SECTION RESULTS
Burnsville, Eagan, Rosemount and Simley all had sweep wins to open 3AAA action.

SECTION PREVIEWS
7AA Hibbing is the heavy favorite. From the Duluth News Tribune.

ALL CONFERENCE
Already All Conference teams have been released. The first-----the Lake Superior All Conference team. From the Superior Telegram.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Jenna Flynn of Sartell was named Central Lakes offensive player of the week. Megan Rakow of Little Falls was defensive player of the week in the CL conference. From the St. Cloud Times.

LATE REPORTS
Shakopee dropped Farmington last week. Ashley Wittman had 29 kills in the match. From the Farmington Independent.

Ashby beat Rothsay; Parkers Prairie topped Hancock; Brandon-Evansville knocked off Underwood; from the Alexandria Echo Press.

ALL STAR GAMES
The inaugural Tri-State All Star Volleyball Games will be held on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at the Performance Court on the campus of the Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, Minnesota:http://www.rctc.edu/athletics/html/fieldhouse/virtual_tour/3.htm

Team Wisconsin, Team Iowa and Team Minnesota will be formed to compete among the elite of the northern central part of the country.

Nominations are being sought for Minnesota's elite senior volleyball players to be considered for Team Minnesota. Nominate your own athlete and/or your opposing athletes. Requirement: Elite senior volleyball players will only be considered.

Also nominate a Minnesota head coach to serve as Team Minnesota's head coach at the Tri-State All Star Volleyball Games.

Send nominations by this Friday noon, October 24th, to ninham1asap@charter.net (the digit after 'ninham' is the number one and not the letter 'l') and dninham@clbs.k12.mn.us to assure the nomination will be accepted; a reply of your nomination will be emailed to you upon receipt of the nomination; if you don't receive a reply within 24 hours of your nomination, call Dan Ninham at 218-368-6430.

Send the following criteria in the order listed for all star athlete nominations: 1. name of athlete, 2. athlete's high school, 3. athlete's position, 4. athlete's height, 5. athlete's head varsity coach, 6. athlete's email address, 7. athlete's mailing address, 8. athlete's head varsity coach's name, 9. athlete's head varsity coach's email address, 10. athlete's head varsity coach's home/work/cell phone number/s, and 11. nominator's name, email address, and phone number/s. All demographic information will be confidential and not given out to anyone.

Send the following criteria in the order listed for all star coach nominations: 1. name of head coach, 2. coach's high school

The MN, WI and IA state activities associations are aware of this event and have noted the event structure is in compliance with their rules and bylaws.

Information: Event Directors - Dan and Susan Ninham, Dan: 218-368-6430 or email addresses listed above

Reminder: The deadline for nominations for the South Central and North Central Volleyball All Star Games is noon on Wednesday, October 22nd. We currently have over 50 nominee's in each region.

South Central Volleyball All Star Game Final Call
Deadline for Nominations: October 22nd at noon
Saturday, November 15th
2nd Annual South Central VB All Star Game
Bloomington Kennedy High School

Next up: College reports

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

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.

NW Sweeps Carleton, Bunne Player of the Week

#3 posting 9.11.2008
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MORE AREA RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY
D3
UM Morris swept North Central and was swept by Sioux Falls.
UMM's Briana Czer (MN Valley Lutheran) had 12.5 points in the win vs NC. Alison Pippo (Annandale) had 11 points in the loss to SF.

Northwestern, MN swept Carleton.
Kathryne Engel (Wayzata) had 12.5 points for NW.
Megan La Chapelle (Eagan) had 9 points for Carleton.

St. Catherine went five to beat UW Stout.
Megan Ahlbrecht (GFW) had 22.5 points for St. Kate's
Maggie Meixl (Mankato West) had 27.5 points for Stout.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes beat Northland 3-1. It was the first win of the year for the defending NJCAA National champs. Shayna Foote had 17 kills for CL. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

MORE NEWS
D1
Ike has cancelled Creighton's tournament venture to Stephen F. Austin.

HIGH SCHOOL FEATURE
Spring Lake Park's goal is to win the North Suburban. From the ABC papers.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Max Preps in conjunction with the AVCA has named McKenzie Bunne of LeRoy-Ostrander as their Minnesota player of the week. If you want your player considered for this weekly honor and national recogniton from the AVCA you will need to enter your stats in on MaxPreps.

Next up: Later tonight with a recap of action.

Klinsporn 1 on 1, McNamara Player of the Week

#2 posting 9.10.2008
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COLLEGE REPORT
GAMES LAST NIGHT
Furman swept Gardner-Webb. Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) had five digs for the Paladins.

UNC Greensboro beat Charlotte in five. Courtney Cowles (Eden Prairie) had 46 assists and 4.5 points for the 49ers.

Morehead State beat Marshall in a sweep. Megan Carlson (Andover) had 9 points for the Thundering Herd.

BIG 10
Wisconsin's Nikki Klingsporn (Tartan) goes one on one in a video interview with Faye McCormack. Badger Coach Pete Waite meets the press.

#17 Illinois is off to Tennessee this weekend.

#25 Michigan hosts their own tournament Friday and Saturday.

Iowa will head across state to Iowa State this weekend's tournament.

Northwestern is headed to Washington State.

Ohio State faces Loyola Marymount today and #6 Southern Cal on Friday.

MORE D1 NEWS
What ever dorm floor that sends the most fans to a Colorado State match will get free pizza.

Iowa State faces Northern Iowa tonight. UNI will be at the Kansas State tourney this weekend.

One more win and North Dakota will have their best start ever. From the Grand Forks Herald.

Ike is messing with North Dakota State's travel plans to Tulane. From the Fargo Forum.

D2
In the latest D2 poll: Concordia St. Paul is #3; Augustana is #8; UM Duluth is #12, and SW MN State is #13.

Concordia St. Paul's Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska), St. Cloud State's Andreana Pieper (Lake of the Woods), and CSP's Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) were players of the week in the Northern Sun.
McNamara was the AVCA D2 player of the week.

D3
Cornell swept Buena Vista. Katie Vondrak (Sioux City Heelan) had 10 kills for BV.

Jamestown beat #14 Concordia Moorhead in five. Jamestown coach Chris Mahoney picked up career win #200. From the Jamestown Sun.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NDSCS beat Dawson CC in five on Sunday. Katrina Brekke had 17 kills for the Wildcats. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

SITTING VOLLEYBALL
China beat the sitting volleyball Americans in the Paralympics 3-0.

Next up: later today with more news.

Young & in Charge, Tan Honored

#1 posting 9.2.2008
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YOUNG & IN CHARGE
Wendy Vang, a 2007 Minneapolis Henry graduate and former player of mine, is co-head coach at Minneapolis Roosevelt. Vang is featured in the StarTribune.
Former Roosevelt coach Jill Kalvik is now an assistant volleyball coach at the University of Chicago. Kalvik also was an assistant at Henry before taking over at Roosevelt.

AWARDS
The Big 10 has released their first weekly awards. Nicole Fawcett of Penn State and Laura DeBruhler of Illinois were co offensive players of the week. It is Fawcett's 6th and DeBruhler's 3rd honor in their careers. The Gopher's Christine Tan was named defensive player of the week. It is her 3rd honor.
Over the last weekend six Big 10 players were MVPs in the various tournaments the 11 teams played. Brook Dieter was MVP in the Creighton tournament.

POLLS
Minnesota jumped four spots in the latest CSTVAVCA poll. Six Big 10 teams reside in the poll, with Penn State #1. Colorado State is #17, the same as last week.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
FIU beat Furman in four on Labor Day. Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) played but did not put up numbers.

TONIGHT
Iowa State travels to Creighton tonight.

North Dakota hosts Bemidji State. UND has beat BSU five straight times.

LATE RESULTS
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater won the UW Whitewater JV/CC tournament. Leah Miller and Jordan Olerud had 25 kills each for the day. From the West Central Tribune.

MN West won the silver bracket at the Allen County CC tournament in Kansas. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Central Lakes finished 0-4 at the Iowa Lakes tournament. NDSCS also finished 0-4 at IL. From the Brainerd Dispatch and Wahpeton Daily News.

HIGH SCHOOL
Mabel-Canton won their own tournament on Saturday. For the day Kate Horihan had 82 kills. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

SCHEDULES
The Rochester Post Bulletin has a full day by day schedule for Southeast Minnesota.

Next up: Later Tonight with a recap of the action tonight

Tan's Second Player of the Week; Boyum Player of the Year

#1 posting 11.20.2007
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK
The Gophers' Christine Tan has been named defensive player of the week in the Big 10 for the second time this season. Alissa Glass of Penn State was named offensive player of the week.

ALL NORTH CENTRAL
UM Duluth has three players on the Daktronics, Inc. All-North Central Region Volleyball Team: Vicky Braegelmann, Kari Wolford, and Katie Gangelhoff. Augustana's Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) is on the squad and you can see the rest of the North Central team on the Augustana site.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kristin Boyum of Kenyon-Wanamingo is the Red Wing Republican Eagle's player of the year. Plus the rest of the RWRE first and second teams and honorable mention.

ALL STAR GAME
The North Central All Star game had three players play from the Alexandria Echo Press coverage area.

MONDAY GAMES
#9 Wisconsin swept Ohio State in a Big 10 Monday game.

Siena beat Fairfield in the championship of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Karlie Urbaniak (Mabel-Canton) had a career best 19 kills. Lauren Wagner (Cretin-Derham Hall) had six kills.

By the way I added the photos to the South Central All Star game last night.

I hope to get photos up for the State tournament. My camera is bursting with photos. Some of those photos will go up, I hope, on Thanksgiving.

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next up: when news breaks, or tomorrow, which ever comes first.

CC All Division Teams

#2 posting 11.13.2007
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D2 TOURNAMENT
The Marshall Independent looks at the road ahead for the SW MN State Mustangs.

AWARDS
The Community College division has passed out their post season awards. Riverland's Brooke Monson and outside hitter Elissa Preuss were named to the MN CC South Division team. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Here are both North and South Division All Division teams.

Here are the stats for the year in the MNCC Conference.

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next up: tomorrow, unless news breaks.

Braun Player of the Year, Geske Athlete of the Week

#1 posting 11.13.2007
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BRAUN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Amy Braun of Lakeville North has been named player of the year by the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Plus here are the rest of the all state teams by the SPPP.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Maggie Geske of Shakopee was named athlete of the week by KARE 11 with video included.

ERICKSON MVP
Sarah Erickson has been named MVP for Fergus Falls.

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next up: more college reports