Gophers Sweep Indiana

#3 posting 10.13.2006
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Gophers 3, Indiana 0
(30-16, 30-24, 31-29)

Again here is the press releases from Minnesota and Indiana on the sweep tonight. The box is also up on the MN site.

MN looked strong in game one with 8 straight side outs after missing opportunities the first two Indiana serves. MN did get the first ball side out 10/14 times that game good for .714. The game broke open with Christine Tan's seven straight service points to take MN from 9-7 to 16-8. Indiana never had traction as they were only to generate three points off their serve in that stanza. Of the 16 Indiana points, 12 were via MN errors.

The second game had some characteristics of the first, but MN never had any big run to break the game open. In fact the biggest service run was Tan's to start the second game at 3-0. FBSO was just a tad less in the second game coming in at .706. MN led 24-20, but a side out and another point made it a 24-22 game. That was as close as it was going to be. But five service errors just gave the ball back gift wrapped.

It seemed that the Gophers were not as sharp or focused in the 3rd game. Indiana led early 3-0 and later on they rattled off four points on Gabrielle Allison's serve, but all four were on Gopher hitting errors. The siding out was off in this game as late in the game MN led 27-23. after a side out another hitting error cut the lead to 27-25. A dump by Hartmann gave the ball back to MN, but a confusing play which resulted in a replay negated what looked to be point 29 for MN. On the next serve Megan Crumpston missed and it was 28-26. The Gophers did get the side out, but couldn't finish the deal with Meredith Nelson's serve 29-27. Indiana's Juli Pierce was able to squeeze out two points on a hitting error, and again another hitting error. MN saw enough and put the starters/regulars back in to close out the game which they did in due course with kills by Roehrig and Jones.

It seemed the Gophers were coasting on fumes in game three, playing down to Indiana's level. Indiana did have a better block scheme in the last game, but I would think MN could see & recognize this fact.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Minnesota 33/48--.688; 91; .857; .400
Indiana 24/48---.500; 70; .600; .143
Minnesota earned their points, but they also were generous helping Indiana stay in the contest.

Rotations
1. Tan 20-11 +9
2. Peniata 19-14 +5
3. Bowman 17-11 +6
4. Crumpston 12-10 +2
5. Nelson 13-12 +1
6. Hartmann 9-11 -2
Tan's 7 points in game one went a long way to give rotation one the edge.

Also Viking Quarterback Brad Johnson was in attendance with his family.
Also no action on KARE 11 in their sports highlights.

Next up: tomorrow morning

85 Game Streak Stopped, 2000 Assists, 1000 Kills

#2 posting 10.13.2006
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D3/NAIA ACTION
LaCrosse beat cross town rival Viterbo in four after dropping the first game. LaCrosse owns a 25-3 all time record with their neighbor.
#13 Whitewater swept Benedictine 12, 18, 29. It was Whitewater's 8th straight win.

MN HS ACTION
#3A Mabel-Canton had their 85 game conference win streak snapped by LeRoy-Ostrander in five games. From the Winona Daily News.

Southwest Christian of Chaska spanked Trinity 3, 16, 5. From the Chaska Herald.

Cook County split last week with a win over Cromwell and a loss to Two Harbors. From the Cook County News Herald.

DGF continued their march to the Heart O'Lakes conference championship with a convincing 16, 17, 11 sweep of Ulen-Hitterdal. Wheaton swept Park Christian 10, 14, 20.

In their final home match Marshall swept Jackson County Central 19, 15, 15, behind Amanda Beekman's 22 kills. From the Marshall Independent.

Sauk Rapids swept Brainerd and in so doing, claimed the Central Lakes title. From the St. Cloud Times.
Rocori stopped Sartell in four to lead the area coverage in the St. Cloud Times.

Edgerton beat Round Lake-Brewster in four in a key Red Rock game. This & more in the Worthington Daily Globe.

MILESTONES
Chelsey Cranston, SW Star reached the 2,000th assist of her career with 24 in a 3-0 win over Red Rock.
Lindsey Schultz, Ulen-Hitterdal racked up her 1000 kill in a 0-3 loss to DGF.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
A
Raechelle Manning, Mabel-Canton 47 vs LeRoy-Ostrander 2-3
4 games
AA
Brittany Vaplon, Wabasha-Kellogg 41 vs Lewiston-Altura 3-1

DIGS
4 games
NAIA
Stef Hemauer, Viterbo 36 vs LaCrosse 1-3

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Danielle Lucia, St. Cloud Apollo 22 vs Willmar 2-3
Mackenzie Birr, St. Cloud Apollo 22 vs Willmar 2-3
AA
Katie Kimman, Pierz 29 vs HLWW 3-1
A
Katelyn Horihan, Mabel-Canton 22 vs Leroy-Ostrander 2-3
4 games
D3
Brianne Stankus, LaCrosse 19 vs Viterbo 3-1
Katelyn Carlson, LaCrosse 16 vs Viterbo 3-1
NAIA
Tiare Hurst, Viterbo 17 vs LaCrosse 1-3
A
Alison Albers, Goodhue 18 vs Rushford-Peterson 3-1
Amy Kallemeyn, Edgerton 16 vs Round Lake-Brewster 3-1
3 games
AAA
Amanda Beekman, Marshall 22 vs JCC 3-0
Holli Aggen, Worthington 21 vs Redwood Valley 3-0
AA
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 19 vs Ulen-Hitterdal 3-0
Shanna Schmiesing, Sauk Centre 16 vs Melrose 3-0
A
Kayla Tschida, Upsala 15 vs Royalton 3-0

Next up: later tonight after the Gopher/Indiana game

Chaska Sweeps Kennedy

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GOPHERS PREVIEW
The MN Daily looks at the two games coming up this weekend with Indiana and #9 Purdue. The Gophers hope to break the attendance record with $1 night at Williams Arena on Saturday night.

ACADEMIC AWARD PAPERWORK DUE
Coaches---your MN HS volleyball team academic and individual academic awards are due on Oct. 23.

MN HS ACTION
Chaska beat Bloomington Kennedy in a battle of Lake Conference heavyweights 19, 19, 18. From the Chaska Herald.

Rogers took out Monticello in five winning all the odd number games. Rogers is now in 3rd in the Mississippi 8.
Osseo had brooms for Elk River 17, 22, 19.
Both stories from the Elk River Star News.

East met West and it was all East in the battle of Mankato 14, 13, 21. From the Mankato Free Press.

#9AA Byron started out strong at Zumbrota-Mazeppa with at 25-5 win, then went on to win 25-13, and 25-21. Byron had a team hitting efficiency of .324.
Jill Storlie and Ashley Pyfferoen each had 8 kills. Nicole Koester added 6 kills and Racquel Reker 5. Pyfferoen had 7 digs, Storlie had 6, and Ginna Hanks had 4. Reker and Pyfferoen each had 3 block and Storlie had 5 ace blocks. Koester had 3 ace serves. Brittlyn Olson had 10 set assists, Chelsea Dinsdale had 5, and Steph Vosberg had 4.
Byron's overall record is 20-5 and 9-1 in the HVL.
The Bears will play host to Triton in their final regular season match on Tues.

Fergus Falls stopped Sartell's seven game winning streak with a sweep. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.
Underwood swept Park Christian earlier in the week. Also from the FFDJ.

JUCO ACTION
Mesabi Range beat back Hibbing CC in a sweep in MN North Conference action. With the win Mesabi Range is alone in 2nd place behind Central Lakes. Story from the Hibbing Daily Tribune.
Earlier Itasca beat Hibbing in five. From the Grand Rapids Herald-Review.

PLAYER FEATURE
Amber Brant, Hibbing is a "quiet leader" according to the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
DIGS
5 games
AAA
Kendra Black, Rogers 23 vs Monticello 3-2
A
Kelly Lehn, Rothsay 28 vs Battle Lake 3-2
Allison Melkert, Rothsay 25 vs Battle Lake 3-2
3 games
AAA
Kacey Franklin, Fergus Falls 20 vs Sartell 3-0

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Erica Sudduth, Rogers 15 vs Monticello 3-2
A
Sam Lindstedt, Rothsay 20 vs Battle Lake 3-2
Kelly Lehn, Rothsay 16 vs Battle Lake 3-2
3 games
AAA
Sam Revering, Fergus Falls 15 vs Sartell 3-0
A
Calie Rittenour, Underwood 17 vs Park Christian 3-0

Next up: more Thursday HS action later this afternoon

Out & About: Coon Rapids/Park Center

#2 posting 10.12.2006
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Coon Rapids 3, Park Center 1
25-22, 18-25, 25-17, 25-17

In the Northwest Suburban conference match up tonight it was Coon Rapids over Park Center with the only blemish in game two.

The tightest game took place in game one. PC led early after with an 11-8 lead after the first cycle through the rotations. But CR was able to get the side out against PC with a Gunderson hitting error. When Kayla Haller got the ball she served up five straight including an ace. This was one of the four times PC failed to side out in this game. PC sided out at .692 for the first game. After her serve CR was up 14-12. PC scrambled back and pulled ahead 20-19 after a CR setting error by Jessica Pierce 20-19. CR got the side out to tie it up and then Pierce served up three points to put the Cardinals up 23-20. Both teams had side outs to finish with Mary Hill finishing the game with a kill from the right side off the serve.

CR led early in game two at 7-4. The last time they led it was 9-7 after a disputed ace by Michell Janni. Her next serve was in the net and PC's Stephanie Hare served up three straight aces and PC never trailed after that 11-10. 7 straight side outs kept PC ahead slightly and when Alison Hanson knocked down an overpass kill on Gunderson's serve it broke the pattern. Hanson had four points earned this game with her net play with 2 overpass kills and two blocks. Molly Lundholm put points 22 & 23 in the PC column with a tip kill and another kill. A CR passing error ended the second game 25-17.

PC led 9-6 in the third game, but a 7-2 run by CR gave the lead momentarily to Cardinals 13-11. Three straight CR hitting errors gave PC the lead at 14-13. But Lundholm served into the net to tie it up. That started a four person missed serve pattern for PC so CR never really had to work to side out. That was all the opening CR needed. CR finished off the 3rd game with a 11-2 run. Mary Hill had a hand in six of those points with 4 kills, 1 blocks and an ace on the 25 point 25-17.

In game four PC grabbed an early 5-1 lead after a Gunderson ace. But the reliable siding out the PC exhibited in games 1&2 had disappeared. Hill added three points on her serve, and Abby Bisjolie put five more on the board for CR. PC took a time out at 11-6 to try to stop the CR momentum. CR did have an overpass hitting error after the time out, but the missed serve bug came back to bite PC. They had four in this game. Hill again served up four points to make it 21-13. PC used their last time out at 20-13 to no availe. Three of the Hill points were the result of PC hitting errors. The final point came on Kari Mast's ace 25-17.

Serve order, Name, Position, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
COON RAPIDS
1. Jessica Pierce, S 1-0-1--2
2. Kayla Haller, OH 1-0-4--5
3. Mary Hill, MH 3-1-12--16
4fr Alysha Reinhardt, RH 0-0-2---2
4br Michelle Janni, DS 1-0-0---1
4br Abby Boisjolie, DS 3-0-0--3
5. Kari Mast, OH 2-0-4--6
6. Sarah Pirner, MH 2-1-9--12
6br Almarie Coleman, L 0-0-0---0
Totals: 13-2-32---47, 46 points on PC errors
The middles switched rotation spots in games 2 & 3.

PARK CENTER
1br Samantha Plante, S 0-0-0---0
1fr Kelly Holmes, RH 0-.5-1---1.5
2. Molly Lundholm, OH 1-.5-7--8.5
3. Christine Gunderson MH 1-2.5-2--5.5
4br Alison Woychek, S 1-0-0---1
4fr Kirstin Koenig, RH 0-0-3--3
5br Gina Purcell, DS 1-0-1---2
5br Sara Chancellor, DS 0-0-0---0
5fr Stephanie Hare, OH 3-0-3---6
6. Alison Hanson, MH 0-4.5-5--9.5
Totals: 7-8-22---37 points, 39 points on CR errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Mary Hill strong finish in game three carried over into game four.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Coon Rapids 24/47---.511; 93, .505; .513
Park Center 24/47---.511; 76; .487; .495
Both teams checked in with the exact same sideout %, but when CR lost they only were 4/12 (.333) in game 2. PC was 16/25 ---.640 in the first two games; only 8/22---.364 the last two games.
CR had just a tiny advantage with earned points with slightly more than half coming through their own effort.

Rotation Points
Coon Rapids
1 19-19 0
2 18-17 +1
3 21-15 +6
4 13-13 0
5 7-9 -2
6 15-8 +7

Park Center
1 12-15 -3
2 13-14 -1
3 18-21 -3
4 15-20 -5
5 17-13 +4
6 6-11 -5

Next up: tomorrow morning

St. Thomas Knocks Gustavus Out of First

#1 posting 10.12.2006
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Sorry this is late. Blogger was having tech difficulties this morning.

D3 ACTION
MIAC A 4 game Day
#8 St. Thomas handed Gustavus their first loss in a four game match.
#4 Concordia Moorhead beat Bethel in four after trailing 8-2 in the second game. CM lost game one as well. CM is 7-0 alone in first place.
St. Mary’s took out Augsburg in four. It was St. Mary's 3rd MIAC win.
Carleton also went four at Hamline for the win. Carleton is now 4-3 in MIAC action.
St. Catherine took St. Olaf in four. It was St. Kate's first win over St. O since 1990.
Macalester went the distance with St. Benedict with a 15-13 win in game five. They broke the pattern.

WIAC
Platteville ground out a 3-2 win over Stevens Point. Platteville's Dana Alf had 31 kills for the night a new record.
River Falls picked up their 7th straight win as they took a four game match over Stout.

UMAC
Northwestern MN downed Crown in four. There is a box.
Presentation had a five game win over UM Morris.
St. Scholastica swept Northland 12, 12, 23. It was the only sweep in the local college action last night. It was St. Scholastica's 22 straight win over Northland.

HS FEATURE
Winona Cotter will have their first winning season in 15 years. What has changed? read the Winona Daily News.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Kelly Laschinger, Platteville 68 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Beth Hanson, St. Benedict 54 vs Macalester 2-3
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 50 vs St. Benedict 3-2
NAIA
Melissa Weller, UM Morris 49 vs Presentation 2-3
4 games
D3
Kat Krtnick, River Falls 50 vs Stout 3-1
Jenny Nichols, Hamline 49 vs Carleton 1-3
Audrey Volstad, St. Olaf 49 vs St. Catherine 1-3
Whitney Sparby, St. Catherine 45 vs St. Olaf 3-1
NAIA
Sarah Zosel, Northwestern MN 46 vs Crown 3-1

DIGS
5 games
d3
Marie Godwin, Macalester 25 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 23 vs Macalester 2-3
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 22 vs Macalester 2-3
Amy Renick, Platteville 22 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 20 vs St. Benedict 3-2
NAIA
Jennifer Bourdon, Presentation 38 vs UM Morris 3-2
Jonna Mass, UM Morris 23 vs Presentation 2-3
4 games
d3
Joslin Geisler, Bethel 39 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Lori Marten, Stevens Point 27 vs Platteville 2-3
Laura Barsness, Carleton 26 vs Hamline 3-1
Erika Kriechbaum, St. Catherine 26 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Jenna Witt, Hamline 25 vs Carleton 1-3
Casey Huntoon, Stout 24 vs River Falls 1-3
Theresa Perrini, St. Mary's 24 vs Augsburg 3-1
Angie Bonde, Concordia Moorhead 23 vs Bethel 3-1
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 23 vs Gustavus 3-1
Anna Tinkham, Concordia Moorhead 22 vs Bethel 3-1
Dani Boner, Augsburg 21 vs St. Mary's 1-3
Haley Bower, Augsburg 21 vs St. Mary's 1-3
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 20 vs Gustavus 3-1
NAIA
Steph Koth, Northwestern MN 27 vs Crown 3-1

KILLS
5 games
d3
Dana Alf, Platteville 31 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 23 vs Macalester 2-3
Teri Knapper, St. Benecict 21 vs Macalester 2-3
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 16 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Shelly Maus, Stevens Point 16 vs Platteville 2-3
Lauren Eberhart, Macalester 15 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Lisa Bell, Platteville 15 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Callie Kunde, Stevens Point 15 vs Platteville 2-3
NAIA
Heidi Meier, Presentation 24 vs UM Morris 3-2
Brittany Kill, UM Morris 22 vs Presentation 2-3
Jessica Davis, UM Morris 16 vs Presentation 2-3
4 games
D3
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 21 vs St. Catherine 1-3
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 20 vs Gustavus 3-1
Danielle Hargreaves, Carleton 20 vs Hamline 3-1
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 20 vs Bethel 3-1
Kate Thompson, River Falls 19 vs Stout 3-1
Molli Dant, St. Mary’s 19 vs. Augsburg 3-1
Sarah Kunelius, Carleton 17 vs Hamline 3-1
Dana Luiken, Hamline 17 vs Carleton 1-3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 16 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 16 vs St. Thomas 1-3
Brooke Salonek, St. Catherine 15 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Andrea Geehan, River Falls 15 vs Stout 3-1
NAIA
Jenifer Sunwall, Crown 23 vs Northwestern MN 1-3
Kathryne Engel, Northwestern MN 22 vs Crown 3-1

Next up: tomorrow morning if blogger cooperates.

St. James Champion at St. James

#3 posting 10.11.2006
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MORE TUESDAY ACTION
#4A Ada-Borup swept Crookston 12, 23, 18. from the Crookston Times.

LATE WEEKEND ACTION
With weekly papers coming out late we get later news. St. James won their own tournament. They beat Maple River in the championship. St. James also beat Windom after trailing 7-1 in the 5th game in a regular match. Jenny Ewert had 63 (not a typo) digs for St. James.

Cretin-Derham Hall went five with Forest Lake in the Suburban East. From the Forest Lake Times.

HENRY TOPS ROOSEVELT
In the second game in two days Minneapolis Henry beat Roosevelt 16, 11, 16. Henry got off to an 11-2 lead after the second rotation. But Roosevelt out scored Henry 15-14 the rest of the way. If you add the numbers up Henry won 26-16. In the books it was 25-16, but the book actually credited Roosevelt with a Henry point.
In game two Henry jumped out 5-0, but Roosevelt had a 6-2 run to cut the margin to 7-6. Henry finished strong with a 12-2 run.
Roosevelt actually led 10-7 in game three. Henry finished with up with a 18-6 run to claim the win.
Stef Zappa had 9 aces and 14 assists for Henry.

Next up: tomorrow morning

DGF Punishes LPA

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MN HS ACTION
#2AA DGF continued to roll in the Heart O'Lakes and they didn't like their demotion to #2 as they wallopped Lake Park-Audubon 8, 12, 4.

Underwood beat Park Christian in three 16, 16, 18. Also there is a link to WDAY volleyball coverage from last night. The video was slow and choppy on my machine. All the highlights were of Fargo teams. All at the Fargo Forum.

Murray County Central beat Fulda in four with 26-24 wins in the last two games. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Glenville-Emmons trailed 2-0 before mounting their rally to beat Grand Meadow 3-2. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Lyle-Pacelli showed improvement, but it was LeRoy-Ostrander that walked off with a 3-2 win over LP. LRO swept LP earlier in the year. From the Austin Daily Herald.

East Grand Forks dropped Bemidji in five. From the Bemidji Pioneer

Willmar swept Brainerd 11, 16, 21. From the West Central Tribune and also the Brainerd Dispatch.

Wadena-Deer Creek swept past Pequot Lakes 4, 17, 14 in MidState action. This game & more in the Brainerd Dispatch.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ACES
AA
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 9 vs Lake Park-Audubon 3-0

ASSISTS
5 games
AA
Meagan Sergeant, Hayfield 40 vs Rochester Lourdes 2-3
4 games
AA
Andre'a Wynn, Crosby-Ironton 38 vs Park Rapids 3-1

DIGS
5 games
A
Molly Kral, Glenville-Emmons 20 vs Grand Meadow 3-2
4 games
A
Trisha Betley, Isle 23 vs Aitkin 3-1
Katie Olson, Isle 22 vs Aitkin 3-1

KILLS
5 games
AA
Alyssa Nelson, Hayfield 15 vs Rochester Lourdes 2-3
A
Anna Bergstrom, Lyle-Pacelli 23 vs LeRoy-Ostrander 2-3
Ashley Lau, Glenville-Emmons 20 vs Grand Meadow 3-2
4 games
AA
Annie Adams, Crosby-Ironton 21 vs Park Rapids 3-1
A
Kaitlyn Kramer, Fulda 18 vs Murray County Central 1-3
3 games
AAA
Greta King, Willmar 16 vs Brainerd 3-0

Next up: still more later tonight

NCC NSIC Split

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D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
#20 Nebraska Omaha beat South Dakota in four. UNO is now 3-3 in conference, South Dakota is looking for their first conference win.

NORTHERN SUN
Northern State swept Mary 23, 18, 26.

CROSSOVERS
It was a 2-2 split with the North Central and Northern Sun
#22 SW MN State swept MSU Mankato in a revenge match in Marshall 28, 21, 21.

#7 Concordia St. Paul swept Augustana 21, 19, 26.

North Dakota had brooms ready for UM Crookston 19, 27, 20

St. Cloud State also had a sweep over Bemidji State 12, 29, 17.

MN HS RESULTS
#1AAA Eden Prairie stopped #2AAA Lakeville North in a sweep on the road, but the first two games were a extra pointers 26-24, 28-26, 25-21. from the StarTribune.

Mankato East swept Rochester Century 9, 19, 12 in Big 9 action.

#9 AA Byron defeated Winona Cotter in 3 straight games. Scores were 25-9, 25-16, 25-15. Byron and Winona Cotter were both 7-1 in the HVL coming into tonight's match. The Bears stayed in control the entire match and beat the Ramblers 25-9, 25-16, 25-15. Byron was playing without one of their starting setters. Stephanie Vosberg has been battling an illness and Chelsea Dinsdale stepped in and had 16 set assists and 2 ace serves. Brittlyn Olson added 15 set assists and 3 ace serves. Jill Storlie had 11 kills, 5 ace blocks, and 6 digs. Ashley Pyfferoen had 10 kills, 6 ace serves, and 8 digs. Nicole Koester and Racquel Reker had 6 kills a piece. Koester also had 8 digs and Reker also had 3 ace blocks, 2 ace serves and 6 digs. Byron is now 19-5 overall and 8-1 in the HVL. Next match is Thursday at Zumbrota-Mazeppa.

LATE RESULTS
Nashwauk-Keewatin swept Cherry 16, 18, 24. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.
Chatfield won twice last week in the Three Rivers Conference. They beat Lewiston-Altura and Dover-Eyota. From the Chatfield News.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Amy Neubauer, Rogers was named the Elk River Star News Athlete of the Week.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
D2
Katie Agnew, Nebraska Omaha 50 vs South Dakota 3-1
3 games
D2
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 47 vs Augustana 3-0
Sierra Nowak, St. Cloud State 45 vs Bemidji State 3-0

DIGS
3 games
D2
Melanie Perez, Northern State 20 vs Mary 3-0

KILLS
4 games
D2
Ellen Thommes, Nebraska Omaha 16 vs South Dakota 3-1
Carlie Christensen, Nebraska Omaha 15 vs South Dakota 3-1
3 games
D2
Tara Holmen, North Dakota 20 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 19 vs Augustana 3-0
Erin Contons, SW MN State 18 vs MSU Mankato 3-0
AAA
Hailey Cowles, Eden Prairie 18 vs Lakeville North 3-0

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Next up: more on HS results from last night.

Gophers at $1

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GOPHERS $1 NIGHT
Minnesota will try to break their attendance record of 10,927 set on Oct. 16, 2004 against Illinois on Saturday night (Oct 14) as they host Purdue at Williams Arena at 7 pm. General Admission will be $1.

NORTH SUBURB TRIO
Blaine, Hill-Murray and Totino-Grace are featured in the Star Tribune Northern Suburban edition this week. Blaine was expected to be strong this year, but HM & TG have turned some heads.

HENRY SWEEPS NORTH
Minneapolis Henry picked up their third straight win with a 13, 17, 8 sweep of Mpls. North at North. Henry led early in all games and only trailed 1-0 in the 3rd game. In game 1 Henry led 8-3 early. North did close to 11-10, but a missed serve gave Henry breathing room at 12-10. Henry closed out with a 13-3 run.
In game two Henry again jumped out to a 9-2 lead. North was able to hold Henry as they had three side outs in four serves. North did close to 18-14, but again, a missed serve stopped the momentum. Henry got three straight sideouts at 20-15.
In game 3 Henry sided out 7/8 times only missing on the first serve. Henry took control on Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick's serve when she notched four straight aces in building a 9-3 lead. Mai Chia Yang had five services points as a pinch server to make it 17-6 when she was done with her serve.
For the Game KHK had 8 kills, and 6 aces. Stef Zappa had 14 assists.

LAST WEEK
Paynesville lost twice last week to Albany and Sauk Centre in sweeps. from the Paynesville Press.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Braegelmann Picks Up 4th Honor

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GOPHERS MOVE TO 23
The Minnesota Gophers moved up to 23 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll. They are one of five Big 10 teams in the rankings with Penn State -2; Purdue-9; Wisconsin-14, and Ohio State -16.

MN STATE POLL
Stewartville moved up to #1 in AA in the latest poll bumping DGF from the top spot. DGF had 7 first place votes, the most by any team, but must have been lowballed on two other ballots.
Minneota remains #1 in A.
Eden Prairie is now the new #1 in AAA. Only Lake conference teams have been at the top this season with Chaska and Lakeville North the others that have ruled the roost.

AWARDS & HONORS
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth picked up her 5th offensive player of the week award from the North Central conference., the most of any player this year. She is joined on the award platform with teammate Chelsea Meierotto who won her 3rd defensive award, again the most of any NCC player.
Both shared their respective awards with Tara Holmen, North Dakota for offense; and Christina Reicks, Nebraska Omaha for Defense. Reicks has two awards so far.
Not sharing an award was Setter Katie Agnew of Nebraska Omaha. She has two to her credit, but another UMD player Katie Gangelhoff leads the setter award with four.

In the Northern Sun Erin Contons, SW MN State won the Offensive Award for the 2nd time. Contons had 37 kills vs Northern State. She is tied with Concordia's Jessica Lucia with two wins.
On the defensive side Laura Dolezal, Wayne State picked up her 3rd award which is the tops of any defender.
On the setter side Lisa Dobie, Winona State won for the first time. It was the first time someone not named McNamara or Coleman won an award.

COLLEGE ACTION
Winona State won the battle of Winona over St. Mary's as you would think a D2 program would over a D3 13, 15, 21. From the Winona Daily News.

Dordt of the NAIA took Wayne State in five games. Wayne State had to rally to win in game four 31-29.

HS ACTION
#6AAA Marshall swept MACCRAY on Monday 13, 18, 15. Amanda Beekman put down 20 kills for Marshall. From the Marshall Independent.

Fergus Falls won game three 25-23, but Moorhead won the rest in a 3-1 win over the Otters. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal and Fargo Forum. You can watch VB highlights at the Forum site through WDAY.

LATE ACTION
Crookston picked up one win over Fosston in the Perham tournament. From the Crookston Times.

FEATURE
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton setter Andrea Preston is featured in the Mankato Free Press. She is a team player.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
DIGS
4 games
AAA
Sam Revering, Fergus Falls 20 vs Moorhead 1-3

KILLS
3 games
AAA
Amanda Beekman, Marshall 20 vs MACCRAY 3-0

next up: later tonight

Concordias St. Paul & Moorhead Win Twice

#1 posting 10.9.2006
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MORE ON THE GOPHERS
The MN Daily has more on the eastern road trip where the Gophers beat #14 Ohio State, and taking a game off #2 Penn State.

North Dakota State had a four game win over IPFW. In that match 3 NDSU players had over 20 digs including Libero Kari Fagnan with 28 which tied an NDSU record in a four game set.
On Friday NDSU knocked off IUPUI in a sweep.

NORTHERN SUN ACTION
Concordia St. Paul continued its roll in the Northern Sun with two sweeps over Bemidji State and MSU Moorhead.
SW MN State was down 2-1 to Northern State, but bounced back to win 3-2. Erin Contons put down 37 kills for SW MN State.
#24 Wayne State won twice with sweeps over Mary and MSU Moorhead.
UM Crookston picked up a win over Upper Iowa in four games.

D3
WIAC
River Falls beat LaCrosse in four.
Platteville came back after losing on Friday with a four game win over Stout.

ST. THOMAS BORDER BATTLE
#11 St. Thomas won two more on Saturday in their Border Battle with four game wins over #9 Central IA and Cornell.
#4 Concordia Moorhead won twice on Saturday beating Central IA in five and Cornell in a sweep. CM beat Central IA 33-31 in a crucial fourth game. Earlier CM had a 31-29 win in game one.
St. Benedict beat both Buena Vista and Wartburg in four.
Carleton split with a win over Buena Vista and a loss to Wartburg.

NAIA
UMAC
Bethany beat Presenation in three--however no links on their sites.
Northland did the same to Crown--again not a link was found.
Nothing was found on Northwestern MN's four game win over St. Scholastica.
UM Morris has their act together with a link on their split this weekend. UMM beat Bethany Lutheran Friday and lost to Martin Luther on Saturday.

MORE HS ACTION
Marshall bounced back with two wins after splitting on Friday. Marshall picked up wins over Mayer Lutheran and Wayzata in the 5th place game. From the Marshall Independent.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 68 vs Northern State 3-2
Kellie Heier, Northern State 47 vs SW MN State 2-3
4 games
D1
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 55 vs IPFW 3-1
D2
Cassie Yates, UM Crookston 63 vs Upper Iowa 3-1
D3
Kat Krtnick, River Falls 61 vs LaCrosse 3-1
Kelly Laschinger, Platteville 52 vs Stout 3-1
3 games
D1
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 49 vs IUPUI 3-0
D2
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 54 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 53 vs Bemidji State 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D2
Sarah Quiram, SW MN State 25 vs Northern State 3-2
D3
Anna Walden, Concordia Moorhead 20 vs Central IA 3-2
4 games
D1
Kari Fagnan, North Dakota State 28 vs IPFW 3-1
Chloe Quirk, North Dakota State 22 vs IPFW 3-1
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 21 vs IPFW 3-1
D3
Lindsey Mace, River Falls 30 vs LaCrosse 3-1
Casey Huntoon, Stout 30 vs Platteville 1-3
Amy Renick, Platteville 23 vs Stout 3-1
3 games
D2
Megan Graham, Concordia St. Paul 24 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Laura Dolezal, Wayne State 21 vs Mary 3-0

KILLS
5 games
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 37 vs Northern State 3-2
Megan Wendorff, SW MN State 18 vs Northern State 3-2
D3
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 17 vs Central IA 3-2
4 games
D1
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 26 vs IPFW 3-1
D2
Shea Meyermann, Upper Iowa 20 vs UM Crookston 1-3
Theresa Crance, UM Crookston 18 vs Upper Iowa 3-1
Ashley Allen, UM Crookston vs Upper Iowa 3-1
D3
Molly Thompson, River Falls 26 vs LaCrosse 3-1
Dana Alf, Platteville 22 vs Stout 3-1
Rachel Chapman, Platteville 16 vs Stout 3-1
3 games
D1
Chloe Quirk, North Dakota State 15 vs IUPUI 3-0
D2
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 22 vs Mary 3-0
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 20 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 16 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Michelle Eckhardt, Wayne State 16 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 15 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 15 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Maria Steinhagen, Concordia St. Paul 15 vs Bemidji State 3-0
D3
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 15 vs Cornell 3-0

Next up: tomorrow morning

Gophers Upset #14 Ohio State

#2 posting 10.8.2006
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GOPHERS UPSET #14 OHIO STATE
Minnesota did themselves a favor with a tough four match road win over #14 Ohio State. Coming home with a split on this trip is a good accomplishment. They were able to squeeze a game off Penn State Friday night and now a win against Ohio State after losing the first game the Gophers won the rest.
Kelly Bowman had 14 kills on the afternoon to lead Minnesota.

HS TOURNAMENTS
In the Byron tournament held yesterday the Bears won the tournament with pool wins over Pine Island, Goodhue, and Fillmore Central all two and out. They faced Kenyon-Wanamingo for the championship and won in three 25-22, 13-25, 15-11.

Byron Invitational Stats for Byron:
Jill Storlie 31 kills, 34 digs, 11 ace blocks
Ashley Pyfferoen 36 kills, 23 digs, 6 ace blocks
Racquel Reker 20 kills, 17 digs, 4 ace serves, 4 ace blocks
Nicole Koester 17 kills, 37 digs, 9 ace serves
Steph Vosberg 43 set assists, 5 ace serves, 15 digs
Brittlyn Olson 42 set assists, 6 digs
Ginna Hanks 13 digs
Byron's overall record is now 18-5 and 6-1 in the HVL conference

#1AA DGF beat the hosts in the Perham tournament. DGF went 2-0 throughout the tourney.

OTHER HS TOURNAMENT WINNERS
Cretin-Derham Hall: Cretin-Derham Hall
Byron: Byron
Lakeville North: Owatonna
Litchfield: Litchfield
LeRoy-Ostrander: LeRoy-Ostrander
Mora: Carlton
Nevis: Hill City
Park-Cottage Grove: Bloomington Kennedy
Perham: Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
St. James: St. James

So if we take the score it was host school winning five of these 10 tournaments, with four finishing in second place. The only tournament where the host wasn't in the finals was at Lakeville North. They lost to Owatonna, the eventual champs, in the semis. LN did win 3rd.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Winona State Rallies for 3-2 Over Mary

#1 posting 10.8.2006
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D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
In the battle of the Mavericks Nebraska Omaha knocked off MSU Mankato in four.

In the battle of the Dakotas it was North over South in four.

NORTHERN SUN
Winona State added two more wins to their total with victories over Bemidji State in a sweep and Mary in a fiver. Winona State trailed 2-0 before mounting their comeback to Mary. From the Winona Daily News.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 56 vs Mary 3-2
Allison Louwagie, North Dakota 52 vs South Dakota 3-1
Katie Agnew, Nebraska Omaha 48 vs MSU Mankato 3-1

DIGS
4 games
D2
Amber Kobus, South Dakota 31 vs North Dakota 1-3

KILLS
5 games
D2
Carmen Stankowski, Winona State 19 vs Mary 3-2
4 games
D2
Ashley Gross, South Dakota 19 vs North Dakota 1-3
Christina Reicks, Nebraska Omaha 15 vs MSU Mankato 3-1
Heidi Evans, North Dakota 15 vs South Dakota 3-1
Tara Holmen, North Dakota 15 vs South Dakota 3-1

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next up: Later today with more action from last night from the Northern Sun Crossovers, and HS results

Whitewater Knocks Off #5 Eau Claire

#1 posting 10.7.2006
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D3 ACTION
WIAC
#16 Whitewater upset #5 Eau Claire in the only WIAC game that went longer than three games last night. Whitewater notched wins in games 2, 4, and 5. Game four was 30-28 in the closest contest. Eau Claire saw an 11 game win streak come to an end.
LaCrosse swept Stout 18, 17, 19 last night.
River Falls did the same to Platteville 20, 26, 15.
In keeping with the broom theme Stevens Point won in three over Superior.

ST. THOMAS BORDER BATTLE
It was a 4-4 split on Friday between Minnesota and Iowa teams in the Border Battle at St. Thomas. Central IA picked up wins against Carleton and St. Benedict, while Cornell did the same with the same two teams.
Holding up the Minnesota side of things were Concordia Moorhead and St. Thomas both with wins over Buena Vista and Wartburg. St. Thomas swept both, CM went four with Buena Vista.

NAIA ACTION
UMAC
Martin Luther beat Presentation in four. There is no updates from either of the colleges.
UM Morris swept Bethany but not a link could be found.
Northwestern, MN beat Northland in four. Even though it is only a box score, we have to celebrate.
St. Scholastica actually has a story up on their site of their victory in three over Crown. The match was delayed one and a half hours due to travel problems for Crown.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Kate Lazotte, Whitewater 51 vs Eau Claire 3-2
Carly Freiborg, Eau Claire 49 vs Whitewater 2-3
4 games
NAIA
Brie McRae, Northland 46 vs Northwestern MN 1-3

DIGS
5 games
D3
Shanna Berger, Eau Claire 32 vs Whitewater 2-3
Kelly Sorensen, Whitewater 21 vs Eau Claire 3-2
Kristina Conlin, , Whitewater 21 vs Eau Claire 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Ashley Filipi, Northwestern MN 22 vs Northland 3-1
Steph Koth, Northwestern MN 20 vs Northland 3-1

KILLS
5 games
D3
Jodi Dunbar, Eau Claire 18 vs Whitewater 2-3
4 games
NAIA
Kathryn Engel, Northwestern MN 22 vs Northland 3-1
Jayme Hamilton, Northland 15 vs Northwestern MN 1-3
3 games
Jenifer Sunwall, Crown 16 vs St. Scholastica 3-0

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next up: tomorrow morning.

Gophers Take Game Off #2 Penn State, Adams Verbals

#1 posting 10.7.2006
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VERBAL
Annie Adams, Crosby-Ironton has made a verbal to South Dakota State

D1 ACTION
The #24 Gophers lost to Penn State in four last night, but was able to take a game off the #2 team in the nation. It was the first time a team was able to pick a game from Penn State during the conference season. The Gophers next play on Sunday at Ohio State.

D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
MSU Mankato swept South Dakota 22, 19, 25.

NORTHERN SUN
SW MN State won twice in the Crossover Challenge in Moorhead. They had two sweeps on the night against Mary and MSU Moorhead. It was revenge against Moorhead who earlier beat SW MN State. From the Marshall Independent.
Winona State also won twice knocking off UM Crookston in three and Northern State in four. From the Winona Daily News.
#7 Concordia St. Paul swept UM Crookston and is now 10-0 in conference.
Bemidji State went the distance in a 3-2 win over Upper Iowa.
MSU Moorhead Swept Upper Iowa before losing to SW MN State.
#24 Wayne State had to rally to beat Northern State in four, but the last game went extra and then some as WSU pulled it off 37-35.

HS ACTION
Marshall was 1-1 at the Lakeville North tournament, they beat Bloomington Jefferson, but lost to host Eastview in three games. Marshall was able to even the match with Eastview with a 25-11 win, but fell 15-9 in game three. From the Marshall Independent.
Albert Lea won their 8th straight match in a four game win over Rochester Century. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

POLICE BLOTTER
The case of Katie Appelwick, accused of causing a car accident that injured Winona State volleyball coach Connie Mettille is moving to an October 18 trial date. From the StarTribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Alicia Beaman, Bemidji State 53 vs Upper Iowa 3-2
4 games
D2
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 59 vs Northern State 3-1
Brittany Coleman, Wayne State 57 vs Northern State 3-1
Kellie Heier, Northern State 52 vs Wayne State 1-3
3 games
D2
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 50 vs Mary 3-0
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 47 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Julie Vancura, MSU Moorhead 47 vs Upper Iowa 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D2
Stephanie Smith, Upper Iowa 21 vs Bemidji State 2-3
Brittney Burns, Bemidji State 20 vs Upper Iowa 3-2
4 games
D2
Melanie Perez, Northern State 44 vs Wayne State 1-3
Laura Dolezal, Wayne State 26 vs Northern State 3-1
3 games
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 21 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0

KILLS
5 games
Brittney Burns, Bemidji State 22 vs Upper Iowa 3-2
Shea Meyermann, Upper Iowa 20 vs Bemidji State 2-3
Darcy Hageman, Upper Iowa 15 vs Bemidji State 2-3
4 games
D2
Michelle Eckhardt, Wayne State 21 vs Northern State 3-1
Odemaris Diaz, Northern State 20 vs Wayne State 1-3
Kiersten Arendt, Winona State 18 vs Northern State 3-1
Megan Pulvermacher, Winona State 17 vs Northern State 3-1
Carmen Stankowski, Winona State 17 vs Northern State 3-1
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 16 vs Northern State 3-1
Emily Knaeble, Northern State 15 Wayne State 1-3
AAA
Annika Smed, Albert Lea 23 vs Rochester Century 3-1
3 games
D2
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 18 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Erin Contons, SW MN State 17 vs Mary 3-0
Erin Contons, SW MN State 16 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Megan Wendorff, SW MN State 16 vs Mary 3-0
Meagan Brandon, MSU Moorhead 16 vs Upper Iowa 3-0

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Sleepy Eye St. Mary's Takes MVL in 5

#2 posting 10.6.2006
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MN HS ACTION
Sleepy Eye St. Mary's went five with MN Valley Lutheran. MVL lost Kara Black earlier in the week due to a car accident. More in the New Ulm Journal.
GFW beat TMB in a sweep 22, 19, 14. This & more in the NUJ.

After a tough loss to the Stewartville Tigers Tuesday, Byron bounced back to win their match at Lake City. The Bears defeated the Tigers 25-21, 25-17, 24-26, 25-22. Ashley Pyfferoen and Jill Stolie had 14 kills a piece to lead the Bear attack. Pyfferoen had 5 ace serves and 13 digs. Storlie had 4 ace serves and 14 digs. Nicole Koester added 9 kills, 15 digs, and 3 ace serves. Racquel Reker had 7 kills, 3 ace blocks and 6 digs. Brittlyn Olson had 23 set assists, 6 ace serves, and 5 kills. Stephanie Vosberg had 13 set assists and 6 digs. Tara Hanenberger had 7 digs. The Bears are now 14-5 overall and 7-1 in the HVL conference. They host their own 8 team tournament Saturday.

There are two views of the Sauk Rapids vs Willmar match won by Sauk Rapids in four--The St. Cloud Times has the Sauk Rapids angle, the West Central Tribune has the Willmar side. Also area coverage in the SCT.

YME swept ACGC in the battle of the alphabets. Litchfield also had a sweep in an alphabet battle with GSL. MACCRAY's loss has already been dissected earlier today, but now the story is from their side in the West Central Tribune. All Stories in this section from the WCT.

Pipestone swept Worthington 13, 14, 20. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Medford fell in the first game and then regained their mojo in a four game match with NRHEG. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
AA
Marcie Flygare, MN Valley Lutheran 52 vs SE St. Mary's 2-3
4 games
AAA
Kayla Dougherty, Sartell 42 vs Little Falls 3-1

KILLS
5 games
AA
Caitlin Meyer, MN Valley Lutheran 19 vs SE St. Mary's 2-3
Amanda Burk, MN Valley Lutheran 17 vs SE St. Mary's 2-3
Jasmine Henrich, Morris 15 vs LQPV 3-2
4 games
AAA
Greta King, Willmar 23 vs Sauk Rapids 1-3
Emily Lindmeier, Sauk Rapids 22 vs Willmar 3-1
Lauren Gibbemeyer, Cretin-Derham Hall 21 vs Park-Cottage Grove 3-1
Amy Pederson, Sauk Rapids 19 vs Willmar 3-1
Danielle Lucia, St. Cloud Apollo 19 vs Rocori 3-1
Kasey Uran, Sartell 19 vs Little Falls 3-1
AA
Katie Kimman, Pierz 20 vs Holdingford 3-1
Beth Innis, Two Harbors 16 vs Floodwood 3-1
Leah Miller, BOLD 16 vs Benson 3-1
A
Libby Guzzo, Silver Bay 18 vs McGregor 3-1
Shannon Renne, Nicollet 18 vs Cleveland 3-1
3 games
AAA
Megan Carlson, Andover 21 vs Coon Rapids 3-0
AA
Hannah Johnson, Greenway 22 vs Virginia 0-3

Next up: tomorrow with a recap of Friday's action.

Class Dividing

#1 posting 10.5.2006
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CLASS DIVIDING?
Steve Niklaus of Annandale has proposed a new dividing line for MN HS classes. Instead of equal number of schools in each class the idea is to have 96 in AAA, 128 in AA and the balance in A. The proposal is at the bottom of this article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

GOPHER'S WEEKEND
The Gophers (#24) will be headed into the belly of the beast this weekend with games against #2 Penn State and #14 Ohio State. Rachel Hartmann is able to play after injuring her fingers in the Michigan State game.

HS ACTION
#1A Minneota is still undefeated as they swept Renville County West 8, 16, 12. RCW was 5-1 in conference before this match.
Lakeview led 21-13 in game one, but lost 31-29 to MACCRAY. It was to be the last game they lost as they swept the next three 15, 23, 18. Both stories from the Marshall Independent.

#1AA DGF wasted no time in dispatching Pelican Rapids 11, 7, 12. From the Fargo Forum. You can watch some highlights from WDAY. It is a bit stop action-ish, but video is video.
Norman County East took out Park Christian in five games. From the Fargo Forum.

Winona beat Faribault in Big 9 action in four. They too lost the first game, but swept the rest.
Winona Cotter had brooms out for Zumbrota-Mazeppa 22, 18, 19.
Both stories from the Winona Daily News.

St. Michael-Albertville swept Rogers 13, 22, 14. StMA is in first place in the Mississippi 8. From the Elk River Star News.
Champlin Park lost the first two games to Elk River, but then put it together for three straight wins in a Northwest Suburban contest. CP eliminated mistakes in a 25-4 3rd game win. Another from the ERSN.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
AA
Danelle Loomis, MACCRAY 38 vs Lakeview 1-3
3 games
A
Hayley Hennen, Minneota 30 vs Renville Co West 3-0

KILLS
5 games
A
Kaia Nelson, Norman County East 15 vs Park Christian 3-2
4 games
AA
Kari Caspers, MACCRAY 24 vs Lakeview 1-3
3 games
AA
Jenny Gilbertson, Winona Cotter 15 vs Zumbrota-Mazeppa 3-0

Next up: later today.

Cannon Falls Picks Up HVL Win

#2 posting 10.5.2006
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LATE HS RESULTS
Cannon Falls split last week with a sweep of Hayfield and a four game loss to Zumbrota-Mazeppa. The win against Hayfield was the first in the Hiawatha Valley League for CF. from the Cannon Falls Beacon.

Randolph lost twice over the week, five games to Blooming Prairie and four games to New Life. Again from the CF Beacon.

Five game matches have become a habit for Fillmore Central as they lost to Caledonia and then beat St. Charles. From the Republican Leader.

Pine River-Backus lost twice to Park Rapids in four and were swept by Wadena-Deer Creek. From the Lake Country Echo.
Pequot Lakes is still looking for win number one as they lost twice over the last week to Northland and Greenway, both sweeps.

Both Sleepy Eye and SE St. Mary's week are reviewed in the Sleepy Eye Herald. The big event was the rivalry game between the two local schools.

FEATURE
Jade Martire of Nashwauk-Keewatin loves volleyball. This is an article from the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

HENRY SWEEPS EDISON
Henry swept conference rival Edison 8, 16,15 tonight. In the first game Stef Zappa had 7 aces out of her first 10 serves as Henry built an 11-0 lead. After the 3rd rotation it was 21-4. In due course Henry won 25-8.

Zappa started game two where she left off in game 1 with four straight service points including two more aces. The game went longer than game one and Edison was able to get points off their serve due to Henry hitting errors, but on Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick's serve Henry scored four more points including the last two aces. An Edison timeout at 22-13 did stop the serve, but not the eventual outcome 25-16.

The third game had Edison in the lead early at 5-3. They even led 12-11 after the 7th rotation. After a missed Edison serve, Lucia Carver served up 9 straight Henry points. Zappa had two push kills to make it seven kills for the night. Edison tried to stop the big momentum at 17-12, but Carver added four more after that. Matha Her finished the night with an ace 25-15.

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Gustavus Wins 8th Straight

#1 posting 10.5.2006
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MIAC ACTION
Gustavus remained undefeated in the conferece with a four match tussle with St. Olaf. The only blemish was a 33-31 loss in game three. It was the 8th straight Gustavus win.

#11 St. Thomas beat neighbor Macalester in four. St. Thomas is alone in fourth place.

St. Benedict took care of Bethel in four. The only setback was in game two 30-24. St. Ben's is now in 3rd.

#22 Carleton swept past St. Mary's 17, 19, 21.

St. Catherine won their second match in a row with a five game match with Augsburg. St. Kate's won the first two, and found a way to bounce back and take game five 15-6. Both teams have one win in conference play.

WIAC ACTION
LaCrosse swept #21 Platteville 21, 27, 20.
#16 Whitewater had brooms out for Stevens Point 23, 26, 25.

NON CON
Superior beat across the harbor rival St. Scholastica in 3.

LATE HS RESULTS
Murray County Central took advantage of missed Pipestone serves in a 3-2 win. MCC earlier beat RTR in four. Both from the Murray County News.

North Branch is atop the North Suburban Conference after wins against Chisago Lakes and Fridley. From the East Central MN Post Review.

LeRoy-Ostander lost the first game but took the next three against Glenville-Emmons. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Aitkin swept Braham in a Great River conference match up. From the Isanti County News.

St. James lost for the first time in the South Central last Thursday to New Ulm. It went five, but NU won game five 15-11. From the St. James Plaindealer.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
d3
Beth Hanson, St. Benedict 59 vs Bethel 3-1
Bridget Burtzel, Gustavus 51 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Laura Naig, Bethel 47 vs St. Benedict 1-3
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 46 vs St. Thomas 1-3
3 games
Samantha Dries, LaCrosse 49 vs Platteville 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D3
Haley Bower, Augsburg 38 vs St. Catherine 2-3
Erika Kriechbaum, St. Catherine 29 vs Augsburg 3-2
AA
Jenny Ewert, St. James 35 vs New Ulm 2-3
4 games
D3
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 32 vs Bethel 3-1
Emily Klein, Gustavus 28 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Joslin Geisler, Bethel 27 vs St. Benedict 1-3
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 25 vs Macalester 3-1
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 24 vs Gustavus 1-3
Laura Naig, Bethel 21 vs St. Benedict 1-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Maria Hoffman, St. Catherine 17 vs Augsburg 3-2
Katie LaGrave, Augsburg 16 vs St. Catherine 2-3
Barbara Simmons, Augsburg 16 vs St. Catherine 2-3
4 games
D3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 26 vs St. Benedict 1-3
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 22 vs St. Thomas 1-3
Andrea Kron, Gustavus 18 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Teri Knapper, St. Benedict 18 vs Bethel 3-1
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 17 vs Macalester 3-1
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 16 vs Gustavus 1-3
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 15 vs Bethel 3-1
Christine Brook, St. Olaf 15 vs Gustavus 1-3

Next up: later tonight with more HS game reports

Black Injured in Car Accident

10.4.2006
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CAR ACCIDENT
On Monday, co-captain and junior Kara Black, MN Valley Lutheran, was involved in a car accident enroute to school. Fortunately, after the car caught fire, Kara was able to pull herself out and sustained various injuries ~ none life-threatening. Kara has been a 3 year varsity player for MVL and at the time of her accident was the top kills leader, the #2 setter, and one of the top passers/diggers as well. "We are thankful that Kara will be back on the court next season!," said coach Julie Detjen.

GAME REPORTS
Holy Family beat Zimmerman in four. Their only loss was in the second game.
Centennial beat Elk River in four, but the Elks had their best game of the year. Both stories from the Elk River Star News.

Forest Lake is 14-3 and two of the losses have come at the hands of Anoka. The last loss came in the championship game in the Duluth East tournament 16, 14. More from the Forest Lake Times.

Sartell beat Sauk Rapids in four in a Central Lakes tussel for first place. This & more in the St. Cloud Times. The SCT also has stats for the season up to this point.

SW Star beat Fulda 35-33 in game two in a sweep over the Red Rock rival. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

New Ulm had the brooms out for Waseca 13, 20, 15. From the New Ulm Journal.

Springfield also swept Buffalo Lake-Hector 20, 17, 10.
GFW swept New Ulm Cathedral 14, 15, 19.
Sleepy Eye St. Mary's beat cross town rival Sleepy Eye in convincing fashion 6, 12, 10.
Both from the NU Journal.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
AAA
Kelly Nier, St. Cloud Tech 43 vs Alexandria 3-0
AA
Marcie Flygare, MN Valley Lutheran 44 vs Mc Leod West 3-1

DIGS
4 games
AAA
Kasey Uran, Sartell 44 vs Sauk Rapids 3-1
Amy Pederson, Sauk Rapids 31 vs Sartell 1-3
Alli Flock, Sauk Rapids 25 vs Sartell 1-3
3 games
A
Denise Ripplinger, Upsala 25 vs Osakis 3-0

KILLS
5 games
AA
Leah Jendro, Royalton 17 vs Swanville 3-2
A
Andrea Rohlik, Wabasso 17 vs Cedar Mt-Comfrey 3-2
4 games
AAA
Danielle Lucia, St. Cloud Apollo 22 vs Alexandria 3-1
Mackenzie Birr, St. Cloud Apolla 16 vs Alexandria 3-1
AA
Janet Duehlmeyer, MN Valley Lutheran 16 vs McLeod West 3-1
3 games
AAA
Aryn O’Brien, Monticello 15 vs Mayer Lutheran 0-3
AA
Krystal Schwanke, Springfield 20 vs BLH 3-0
Anna Zyvoloski, St. Cloud Cathedral 15 vs LPGE 3-0
Megan Ahlbrecht, GFW 15 vs New Ulm Cathedral 3-0
A
Amanda DeBoer, Ellsworth 17 vs MLBO 0-3
Linnea Henkels, SW Star 16 vs Fulda 3-0
Lacy Janzen, Mt Lake-Butterfield-Odin 15 vs Ellsworth 3-0

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Lopez Notches 1000 Kills

#1 posting 10.4.2006
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D2 ACTION
#5 UM Duluth swept Bemidji State 17, 19, 19 in a meeting between two former conference rivals.

#22 SW MN State knocked off Augustana in four. The only blemish was a game one loss.
#3 Concordia St. Paul mowed down St. Cloud State in a sweep 17, 17, 24. The Northern Sun ended up 2-1 for the night over the North Central.

In another win for the North Central, #21 Nebraska Omaha swept NW Missouri State 27, 20, 23.

D3 ACTION MIAC
Concoridia Moorhead rolled Hamline after a tight first game 31-29, 15, 23.

HS ACTION
Jennifer Lopez of #1AA DGF reached the 1000 kill mark in a 15, 11, 17 over West Central in Heart O'Lakes action. From the Fargo Forum.

Marshall continued to roll through the regular season as they swept Mankato West 13, 8, 17. from the

Jackson County Central beat larger school Mankato East in four. From the Mankato Free Press.

Mabel-Canton won their 83rd consecutive Southeast conference match. From the Winona Daily News.

#5A Ada-Borup had the brooms ready for Park Christian in a 8, 15, 14 sweep. From the Fargo Forum.

Moorhead thumped Detroit Lakes 16, 14, 25. from the Fargo Forum.

Byron ran into Stewartville's buzz saw serving in tonight's match which made it difficult for the Bears to run their own aggressive offense. The atmosphere was "tournament-like" in the first match ever in Byron's brand new jammed gym. Stewartville showed they are a state champion contender with their near flawless play. The Tigers beat the Bears in 3 straight games 25-18, 25-8, 25-15. Jill Storlie and Ashley Pyfferoen each had 6 kills for Byron. Storlie also had 3 ace serves and Pyffroen had 2 ace serves. Racquel Reker had 5 kills and 7 digs, Nicole Koester had 12 digs, Brittlyn Olson had 10 set assists, Stephanie Vosberg had 6 digs and 3 sets assists. Byron is 13-5 overall and 6-1 in the HVL. Byron plays at Lake City Thurs.

This weekend Bigfork will host their first On the Edge Tournament with these teams in attendance-- Bigfork, Albrook, Cherry, Indus, Northome-Kelliher, Orr, Littlefork and Babbitt-Embarrass.

JUCO COMMITMENT
The Hibbing Daily Tribune has an article on the commitment made and kept by three first year players at Hibbing CC.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
D2
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 59 vs Augustana 3-1
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 45 vs SW MN State 1-3
AA
Brittany Vaplon, Wabasha-Kellogg 38 vs Fillmore Central 3-1
3 games
D2
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 49 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Katie Agnew, Nebraska-Omaha 46 vs NW Missouri State 3-0

DIGS
4 games
D2
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 25 vs Augustana 3-1
Megan Wendorff, SW MN State 21 vs Augustana 3-1
3 games
D2
Chelsea Meierotto, UM Duluth 23 vs Bemidji State 3-0
D3
Jenna Witt, Hamline 21 vs Concordia Moorhead 0-3
Anna Walden, Concordia Moorhead 20 vs Hamline 3-0
A
Sam Kimball, Lanesboro 27 vs Spring Grove 3-0

KILLS
4 games
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 22 vs Augustana 3-1
Megan Wendorff, SW MN State 20 vs Augustana 3-1
Terrin Post, Augustana 19 vs SW MN State 1-3
3 games
D2
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 20 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 16 vs St. Cloud State 3-0
Christina Reicks, Nebraska-Omaha 15 vs NW Missouri State 3-0
D3
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 21 vs Hamline 3-0
A
Hannah Glor, Lanesboro 18 vs Spring Grove 3-0
Jordan Beach, Bigfork 15 vs Mountain Iron-Buhl 3-0

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Out & About: Bloomington Kennedy/Edina

#2 posting 10.3.2006
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Bloomington Kennedy 3, Edina 0
25-19, 25-11, 25-17

Kennedy, powered by their two D1 players Naomi Johnson (Northwestern) and Brook Dieter (Minnesota) swept past Edina in a match up between the Lake and Classic Lake. Dieter and Johnson combined for 30 points total with 23 kills, 2 blocks and 5 aces. Johnson 6-3 and Dieter 6-2 also play the back rotation.

Kennedy grabbed an early 7-1 lead. Ashley Suapaia served up five points with Dieter putting down 2 kills and sharing a block with Johnson. Edina didn't help their cause with three missed serves in the first four times up to the line. With those missed serves Kennedy was able to get the first ball side out four straight times, and six of the first seven. With Katie Larson serving Kennedy ballooned out to a 17-6 lead. Larson had two aces, and Johnson had two kills. Edina tried to stop the momentum at 15-6, to no avail. Kennedy pushed Edina to the edge 24-14 on Suapaia's kill on Dieter's serve, but she served wide on the potential game winner. Caitlin Deal served up four points helped by three Kennedy passing and hitting errors. A time out stopped the bleeding and Deal served deep to end the first game 25-19. 13 of the Edina points came on Kennedy errors.

Kennedy broke open a close game on Johnson's five service points to make it 11-4 early in the 2nd game. The fact was Edina never was able to get Kennedy on a first ball side out 0/8. With every server racking up at least one point, Kennedy won fairly quickly. Also Kennedy cleaned up their game and didn't give Edina too many presents. Kennedy only had two errors for Edina points this game.

Edina led early on Ellie Squires serve 3-0. The clean game Kennedy provided in the second game had disappeared. All three points were on hitting errors, in fact the first six Edina points were on hitting errors. With all the mistakes the game was fairly tight. Edina led as late as 15-14. But Kennedy was able to turn it up a notch as they got five straight side outs to limit Edina's opportunities. Dieter also was slamming home kills. She had four straight kills with a side out and three on Johnson's serve to make it 18-15. She added the 19th point on a tip kill. Dieter got the ball when it was 20-17 and Edina never got it back as she served up five straight including aces on 23 and 25. So Kennedy closed out 11-2.

Serve order, Name, Position, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
1br. Katie Larson, L (g 1/2) 2-0-0---2
1br. Liz Alm, BR (g 3) 0-0-0---0
1fr Dayna Blair, MH 0-0-2---2
2. Beth Butala, RH 2-0-2---4
3. Ashley Suapala, OH 0-0-6---6
4. Naomi Johnson, MH 2-1.5-10--13.5
5. Erin Anderson, S 1-0-1--2
6. Brook Dieter, OH 3-.5-13--16.5
Totals: 10-2-34--46, 29 points on Edina errors

EDINA
1. Grace MacLean, OH 0-0-7---7
2br Jenny Wright, L 0-0-0---0
2fr Hannah Reynolds, MH 0-1-0--1
3 Anna Ruess, RH(g1) 0-0-3---3
3 Caitlin Deal, S (g2/3) 2-0-0--2
4fr Ellie Squires, OH 0-0-3---3
4br Lizzie Waddick, BR 0-0-0--0
5br. Kelly Vogt, BR 0-0-0---0
5fr Katie Field, MH 0-0-1---1
6 Caitlin Deal, S(g1) see above
6 Jamie Jenkins, S(g2/3) 1-0-1--2
Totals: 3-1-15===19 points, 28 points on Kennedy errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Brook Dieter

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Bloomington Kennedy 21/31--.677; 75; .613; .596
Edina 10/30---.333; 47; .404; .387
Kennedy's abilty to side out prevented Edina from ever really generating any momentum. The biggest run they had was the five points scored at the end of the first game. But they still allowed too many points on hitting errors primarily. Edina's ball control, and serve receive sent their setters scrambling resulting in less potent attacks.

Rotation Point totals
Kennedy
1 15-7 +8
2 11-10 +1
3 16-5 +9
4 16-5 +9
5 8-8 0
6 14-9 +5

Edina
1 5-11 -6
2 6-18 -12
3 8-10 -2
4 10-10 0
5 9-10 -1
6 9-16 -7

Rotations 3 & 4 for Kennedy has Dieter in the front where she had 13 kills.

Next up: tomorrow morning or when I finish the story for this game.

McNamara Wins Award 4th Time

#1 posting 10.3.2006
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AWARDS & HONORS
Gopher Meredith Nelson shared the offensive player of the week honor with Penn State's Christa Harmotto in the Big 10. Nelson had a career high 24 kills and career high 3 aces on Sunday against Michigan State.

Vicky Braegelmann picked up her 4th player of the week award from the North Central Conference. Allison Louwagie, who helped North Dakota to an upset win over Nebraska Omaha, was setter of the week. Adding to North Dakota's total is Heidi Evans as defensive player of the week.

In the Northern Sun Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul picked up her 2nd honor in a row. Also winning honors for CSP was setter Maggie McNamara her 4th time this year. Melanie Perez, Northern State was the Defender of the week.

Gustavus and Bethel picked up awards in the MIAC. Gustavus' Jennifer Thelemann, was the offensive player while Bethel's Laura Naig won the setter/libero award.

RANKINGS
The Gophers edged back into the top 25 with a spot at #24. They did beat former #24 Michigan last weekend. From the Gophers press release.

MONDAY RESULTS
Rogers picked up a big win over older sister school Elk River in a rivalry game 3-1. ER won the first game, but Rogers took the rest. From the Elk River Star News.

Caledonia took St. Charles in five games. This game plus other action in the Winona Daily News.

LATE LATE GAMES
I already had the Moorhead side of things in the Marshall sweep this weekend. Now it is the Marshall Independent's time.
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton won their own tournament with a 2-1 win over Murray County Central in the finals. again from the Marshall Independent.

Crookston swept Mahnomen 22, 8, 23 in a Saturday match. From the Crookston Times.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
AA
Brittany Vaplon, Wabasha-Kellogg 45 vs Dover-Eyota 3-1

KILLS
4 games
AA
Jacki Hust, Wabasha-Kellogg 18 vs Dover-Eyota 3-1

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Kyro Reaches 1000 Kills

#1 posting 10.2.2006
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LATE LATE LATE REPORTS
D2
NORTH CENTRAL
#16 UN Omaha beat St. Cloud State in a sweep 21, 27, 24. It was UNO's first conference win. SCSU is looking for their first in conference.

NORTHERN SUN
#3 Concordia St. Paul had a tight first game with Northern State, and then put the hammer down 31-29, 21, 21 in a sweep. Kelsey Kyro reached 1000 kills in the match for CSP, the 8th Golden Bear to do so.
In a battle in the Northern half of the Northern Sun MSU Moorhead had brooms ready for UM Crookston 22, 22, 20.

D3
MIAC
#6 St. Thomas got back on the winning track Saturday with a 20, 22, 21 sweep of St. Mary's.

NAIA
In UMAC action at Presentation this last weekend Northwestern MN lost twice on Saturday to Bethany Lutheran in five and to Martin Luther in four. It was a different story on Friday with NW winning twice--against the hosts and UM Morris.

JUCO
Itasca CC took out Northland CC in MN North Conference action last Wednesday. All three games in the sweep were by the slimmest of margins 31-29, 28, 28. From the Grand Rapids Herald-Review.

HS
Hibbing worked on blocking last week in practice and that seemed to have turned the trick in a shutdown 12, 13, 17 win over Duluth East. Report is from the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

SOLO SPIKE FEATURE
In the Mankato Free Press there is an article about the Solo Spike and its inventor Dave Omtvedt of Madison Lake. There is an interesting stop action photo in the article of a player going up for the swing.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
3 games
D2
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 55 vs Northern State 3-0
D3
Julie Vancura, MSU Moorhead 49 vs UM Crookston 3-0

DIGS
3 games
D3
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 25 vs St. Mary's 3-0

KILLS
3 games
D2
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 19 vs Northern State 3-0
Kristi Pangrac, St. Cloud State 15 vs UN Omaha 0-3
D3
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 18 vs St. Mary's 3-0
Meagan Brandon, MSU Moorhead 15 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Megan Norling, MSU Moorhead 15 vs UM Crookston 3-0

Next up: tomorrow morning

Gophers Survive Michigan State

#2 posting 10.1.2006
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Gophers 3, Michigan State 2
28-30, 30-25, 30-25, 26-30, 15-12

I am not going to rehash the game. You can read the accounts from the press releases from Minnesota and Michigan State. If you like boxes open this one.

Let us look at the end of game situations. At the end of game one at 28 all, Michigan State got the side out on Bowman serve, but they did not get the return side out hence the loss. In both game two and three the Gophers had 29-24 and the ball, but couldn't finish. They did get the side out on the State serve, but the fans had to remain standing.

Game four's finish was disappointing. The Gophers led 23-21 as they took advantage of a State hitting error. But once the spartans got the ball the Gophers didn't side out until State gathered three more points and led 25-23. MN did tie it at 25, and narrowed the gap at 27-26, but a net violation stopped Hartmann's serve and the Gophers failed again to get the side out.

MN did pull off the win in five. It was 12-8 on Crumpston serve, but she cut her own throat with a missed serve. Again a failure to sideout on the first ball opened the door to two State points and the 4 point lead was now down to 12-11. Hebert got a time out, Hartmann sat down due to a finger injury, and Bowman moved to setter. The Gophers got the important kill from Roehrig, but the Gophs missed the next serve. MN sided out and this time finished the game with State caught in the net.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Minnesota 49/76---.645; 102, .791; .262
Michigan State 38/76---.500; 90, .738; .209
MN sides out better, but you see gives away almost a quarter of the opponents points. It was down from .341 on Friday, and the sideout % was better also, but still there seems to be something that is not there. Teams are left hanging around that used to be put away. Teams think they can play with MN. The Gophers will need every ounce of clean play next week at Penn State and Ohio State.

1. Tan 24-20 +4
2. Peniata 23-22 +1
3. Bowman 20-18 +2
4. Crumpston 21-20 +1
5. Nelson 25-20 +5
6. Hartmann 19-21 -2
Nelson's rotation for the second game in a row was +5. Hartmann's rotation was in the negative category for the second game in a row.

Next up: tomorrow morning

UM Duluth Rolls MSU Mankato

#1 posting 10.1.2006
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D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
#6 UM Duluth continued its march to the title with a sweep of MN State Mankato 27, 23, 24. It was UMD's second win this season against MSU Mankato.

HS GAME
Marshall traveled to Moorhead and weren't very nice guests as they swept the Spuds 15, 10, 20.

HS TOURNAMENT ACTION
Mabel-Canton only had one loss in a match as they won the Pierz tournament. They swept Littlefork-Big Falls (not Little Fort) in the finals. This story is from the Winona Daily News.

Other Tournament Winners
Bertha-Hewitt: Bertha-Hewitt
Blaine: Blaine
Coon Rapids: Prior Lake
Duluth East: Anoka
Fourth Baptist: Park Center
Grygla-Gatzke-Goodridge: Clearbrook-Gonvick
Onamia: Maple Grove
Pierz: Mabel-Canton
Rochester Century: Farmington
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton: Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
Sibley East: Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop
Simley: Hutchinson

COACHING BACK STORY
There is an article today in the St. Paul Pioneer Press about coach Thanh Pham and his journey to the United States.

LATE HS
Rogers swept Cambridge-Isanti on Thursday in Mississippi 8 action 19, 22, 18. From the Elk River Star News.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
3 games
D2
Kari Wolford, UM Duluth 17 vs MSU Mankato 3-0
AAA
Amanda Beekman, Marshall 21 vs Moorhead 3-0

Next up: later today after the Gophers and more college results from Saturday.