HS Playoff Open, and Winners are Named

#1 posting 10.23.2006
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PLAYOFFS GALORE
The MN HS playoffs get underway tonight in six of the 18 sections. Here is the run down on each of the sections:
AAA
1. Owatonna is #1, but don't be stunned if Lakeville North shows up at the state tournament.
2. Marshall should make state
3. Cretin-Derham Hall with Lauren Gibbemeyer is #1, but Eagan is a dangerous #2.
4. Blaine is #1 and will probably face the winner of Andover #2, and Anoka #3 in the finals
5. Wayzata has the top seed and will probably see #2 St. Michael-Albertville in the finals.
6. The roughest, toughest, meanest section bar none. Chaska is #1, but look at the other teams in this donnybrook section: #2 Kennedy, #3 Eden Prairie; #4 Shakopee; #5 Eastview; #6 Apple Valley any one of these teams could make the big show.
7. They have the section divided into North & South with Hibbing and Forest Lake the #1s. Hibbing has the edge.
8. No seeds were seen at the MSHSL site.
AA
1. Wabasha-Kellogg is #1 in the East, Stewartville #1 West. Stewie is usually the entrant. Check them off again.
2. Montgomery-Lonsdale is #1 East, Belle Plaine #1 West. Look for Belle Plaine to make state
3. GFW is #1 North, St. James #1 South. The pick here is St. James.
4. St. Croix Lutheran is #1 East, Jordan #1 West. Jordan, Jordan, Jordan
5. Esko and St. Cloud Cathedral are the #1 seeds, but I am going with SCC.
6. only half of the section was seeded. Montevideo is the #1 in the south half.
7. Virginia and Pine River-Backus are the #1s, and yes Virginia their is State tournament in your future.
8. In the battle of the alphabets DGF gets the nod over LOW. LOW will not have their coach on the bench for the postseason.
A
1. Mabel-Canton (East) gets the nod over FBA (West)
2. KMS and Sleepy Eye St. Mary's are #1s in a wide geographic spread. I will take St. Mary's
3. Minneota and SW Star are the #1s. Minneota has been #1 most of the year and I won't change that.
4. Heritage and SW Christian (Chaska) are the #1s, but my choice is not a #1, but a #2 Meadow Creek
5. Hill City and Bertha-Hewitt are the #1s. My choice is Bertha-Hewitt.
6. Ulen-Hitterdal and Wheaton make the #1 list. Look for Ulen-Hitterdal to make the big event.
7. Cook and LFBF are the #1s. My choice is Cook
8. No listing was available but my choice will be Ada-Borup.
There you have my kiss of deaths for 18 sections.
If you want to see the seeds/brackets go to the MSHSL site. In the section tournament site on the lower right side click on the B in the section you are interested in.

Here is the seeds in 5AAA decided last night
1. Wayzata
2. St. Michael-Albertville
3. Osseo
4. Armstrong
5. Maple Grove
6. Hopkins
7. Benilde-St. Margaret's
8. Rogers
9. Mpls South
10. Cooper
11. St. Louis Park
12. St. Anthony
13. Mpls Henry
14. DeLaSalle
15. Park Center
16. Mpls North
17. Mpls Roosevelt
18. Mpls Edison
In 5AAA the first four seeds are off until the quarters on Friday. 5-8 start on Wednesday. 9-18 play today, with 15-18 getting a possible double game. The winner of the 4 pm game between North & Roosevelt will play at 7 pm against South at Henry. The Park Center & Edison winner will play Cooper also at 7 pm at Edison.

The Elk River Star News previews the playoff chances for Elk River, Rogers and Zimmerman.

CAMDEN BATTLE
Minneota faces Lakeview for the Camden championship tonight in Dawson. The Marshall Independent has a preview of the contest.

COLLEGE REWINDS
Minnesota is done with the first half of the Big 10 schedule with a 9-1 record. The Iowa game is recapped here. This weekend will be a key weekend with home games against Ohio State and Penn State on Friday and Saturday.

Concordia St. Paul beat SW MN State on Saturday and the Marshall Independent does not publish on Sundays, so today is the recap of that big Northern Sun battle.

Thanks to all the readers that help without with information to make this the first & last source for volleyball news. If you have some information, send it along.

Next up: Later tonight after the first rounds of the 5AAA tournament.

Chaska, DGF Win Tournaments

#3 posting 10.22.2006
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HS TOURNAMENTS
Tournament season is transitioning from regular season to post season. Three tournaments closed out the regulars season tournaments.

#1AAA Chaska won their own tournament with a convincing 10, 15 sweep of Cretin-Derham Hall. The win was Chaska's 16th straight. From the Chaska Herald.

#1AA DGF won the Moorhead Pumpkin Classic over the hosts but the games were tight throughout with two points separating the two every time. DGF is 25-1 going into sections. From the Fargo Forum.

Winona Cotter finished in 12th place in the Rochester Century tournament losing to the hosts. From the Winona Daily News.
Rochester Mayo won the event with a 10, 21 win over Kingsland.

CANCER SURVIVOR
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown's Jackie Venero has battled ovarian cancer since 2004. Her battle and her volleyball are highlighted in an article in the Mankato Free Press.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
DIGS
3 games
AAA
Leslie Eldred, Moorhead 20 vs DGF 1-2

KILLS
3 games
AA
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 17 vs Moorhead 2-1

Next up: Tomorrow morning

Gustavus #2 Seed in MIAC

#2 posting 10.22.2006
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D3 ACTION
MIAC
Gustavus took out St. Benedict in five and will be the second seed in the MIAC playoffs. Gustavus' Emily Klein set a school record for 46 digs in the match.
Carleton swept St. Catherine.

WIAC
Eau Claire had the brooms ready for LaCrosse. With the win UWEC gets a share of the WIAC title.
#9 Oshkosh swept up Stout. Oshkosh needs to win at Whitewater on Wednesday to share the WIAC title.
Platteville cleaned up on Superior in their final home match of the year. Platteville hit .392 on the night.
#11 Whitewater also finished 3-0 to keep the sweep theme alive over River Falls. It was Whitewater's 12th win in a row.

TOURNAMENTS
#7 St. Thomas was 4-0 in the Dubuque Classic with sweep wins on Saturday over Clarke and host Dubuque.

NAIA ACTION
UMAC
Northwestern, MN outlasted Martin Luther in five. NW trailed 2-1 before mounting their comeback. Martin Luther is one game up on NW in the standings.
St. Scholastica cleaned up on UM Morris in three. The win moves St. Scholastica into third place.
Presentation swept Northland. no stories available.
Bethany Lutheran vs Crown has no results posted on either site.

HAMLINE TRIANGULAR
Viterbo won a triangular with Hamline & Luther.
Hamline beat Luther in four.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Beth Hanson, St. Benedict 58 vs Gustavus 2-3
Bridget Burtzel, Gustavus 57 vs St. Benedict 3-2
NAIA
Sarah Zosel, Northwestern MN 61 vs Martin Luther 3-2
Emily Buck, Martin Luther 57 vs Northwestern MN 2-3
4 games
D3
Jenny Nichols, Hamline 47 vs Luther 3-1
3 games
D3
Kelly Laschinger, Platteville 53 vs Superior 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D3
Emily Klein, Gustavus 46 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 30 vs Gustavus 2-3
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 28 vs Gustavus 2-3
NAIA
Steph Koth, Northwestern MN 22 vs Martin Luther 3-2
Ashley Filipi, Northwestern MN 20 vs Martin Luther 3-2

KILLS
5 games
D3
Andrea Kron, Gustavus 20 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 17 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Nicole Hjelmgren, St. Benedict 16 vs Gustavus 2-3
Teri Knapper, St. Benedict 15 vs Gustavus 2-3
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 15 vs Gustavus 2-3
NAIA
Rachel Meyer, Martin Luther 26 vs Northwestern MN 2-3
Kathryne Engel, Northwestern MN 23 vs Martin Luther 3-2
Steph Koth, Northwestern MN 21 vs Martin Luther 3-2
Danielle Kramer, Martin Luther 19 vs Northwestern MN 2-3
4 games
D3
Tasha Simmons, Hamline 21 vs Luther 3-1
Amanda Lincoln, Luther 18 vs Hamline 1-3
3 games
D3
Dana Alf, Platteville 19 vs Superior 3-0
Rachel Chapman, Platteville 15 vs Superior 3-0
Katie Beining, Oshkosh 15 vs Stout 3-0
Courtney Stach, Superior 15 vs Platteville 0-3

Next up: HS results from yesterday

Concordia St. Paul Wins NSIC

#1 posting 10.22.2006
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D1 ACTION
It took four games for Wisconsin to beat Iowa in Iowa City on Saturday. Iowa won game two.

North Dakota State swept Texas Pan American 20, 16, 20.
On Friday South Dakota State did the same trick to TPA.

D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE
Augustana downed MSU Mankato in a 27, 21, 28 sweep.
St. Cloud State picked up their first NCC win in a sweep over South Dakota. South Dakota is looking for their first win in the NCC. SCSU's Lindsey Gothe reached the 1000 dig mark in the contest.
Nebraska Omaha beat North Dakota in four. In the game Aileen Cahill of North Dakota notched her 1000 dig.

NORTHERN SUN
Concordia St. Paul won the conference with a four game win over SW MN State. The loss snapped a 12 game SW MN State conference winning streak. CSP has now won 57 NSIC matches and 23 home matches in a row.
Mary beat Bemidji State in four.
Northern State swept UMC Crookston. Northern State has won four in a row.
#24 Wayne State did the broom act on Upper Iowa. Wayne State is 13-3 in the NSIC.
MSU Moorhead outlasted Winona State in five.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 63 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Julie Vancura, MSU Moorhead 50 vs Winona State 3-2
4 games
D2
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 65 vs SW MN State 3-1
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 57 vs Concordia St. Paul 1-3
Katie Agnew, UN Omaha 51 vs North Dakota 3-1
Alicia Beaman, Bemidji State 45 vs Mary 1-3
3 games
D2
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 46 vs MSU Mankato 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D2
Rudi Balich, Winona State 38 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Calla Oftedahl, MSU Moorhead 30 vs Winona State 3-2
Carmen Stankowski, Winona State 27 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 26 vs MSU Moorhead 3-2
Megan Pulvermacher, Winona State 26 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Julie Vancura, MSU Moorhead 26 vs Winona State 3-2
Meagan Brandon, MSU Moorhead 22 vs Winona State 3-2
Megan Norling, MSU Moorhead 20 vs Winona State 3-2
4 games
D1
Jocelyn Wack, Wisconsin 25 vs Iowa 3-1
Emily Hiza, Iowa 21 vs Wisconsin 1-3
D2
Stacie Wemhoff, UN Omaha 34 vs North Dakota 3-1
Christina Reicks, UN Omaha 26 vs North Dakota 3-1
Allison Hyatt, Bemidji State 24 vs Mary 1-3
Ashley Maas, Mary 24 vs Bemidji State 3-1
Makenzie Hennessy, Mary 23 vs Bemidji State 3-1
Lindsay Vortherms, North Dakota 22 vs UN Omaha 1-3
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 21 vs Concordia St. Paul 1-3
Katie Hogan, Mary 21 vs Bemidji State 3-1
3 games
D2
Abby Schmidt, Augustana 25 vs MSU Mankato 3-0
Melanie Perez, Northern State 24 vs UM Crookston 3-0

KILLS
5 games
D2
Becky Anderson, MSU Moorhead 20 vs Winona State 3-2
Megan Pulvermacher, Winona State 19 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Kiersten Arendt, Winona State 18 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Megan Norling, MSU Moorhead 18 vs Winona State 3-2
4 games
D1
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 25 vs Iowa 3-1
Catherine Smale, Iowa 15 vs Wisconsin 1-3
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 24 vs Concordia St. Paul 3-1
Carlie Christensen, UN Omaha 22 vs North Dakota 3-1
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 18 vs SW MN State 3-1
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 17 vs SW MN State 3-1
Ashley Maas, Mary 16 vs Bemidji State 3-1
Tanya Hensch, Mary 16 vs Bemidji State 3-1
3 games
D2
Kristi Pangrac, St. Cloud State 18 vs South Dakota 3-0
Odemaris Diaz, Northern State 18 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 18 vs Upper Iowa 3-0
Terrin Post, Augustana 17 vs MSU Mankato 3-0

Next up: Later today with D3/naia/hs action

Mac, St. Olaf Both Win in Five

#2 posting 10.21.2006
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D3 ACTION
MIAC
Macalester had to go five to beat Augsburg and had to do it trailing 2-0.
St. Olaf upset St. Benedict trailed 2-1 and came back to win 3-2.

WIAC
Eau Claire led Platteville 2-0 and then held on to come back in game five 18-16. In game two Eau Claire trailed 27-19 before coming back and winning 32-30. Jodi Dunbar, a UW Eau Claire player from Platteville HS set a new record for UWEC. Dana Alf for UW Platteville tied her own school record.
LaCrosse did the same with Superior. It is LaCrosse's 10th straight win over Superior. Superior led 14-12 in game five, but LaCrosse rose to the occasion and won game five 18-16.
Oshkosh took care of business with River Falls in three games.
Whitewater had brooms for Stout.

Bethel won two games at a triangular. They defeated Stevens Point in five , and swept Wartburg.
Stevens Point won over Wartburg to finish the triangle.

At the Dubuque Invitational St. Thomas won twice while Dubuque, Loras, and St. Mary’s all picked up one win.

NAIA ACTION
Northland beat UM Morris in four.
Northwestern MN beat Bethany Lutheran in five. All three of their wins were 2 pointers.
St. Scholastica beat Presentation in four.

HS TOURNAMENTS
#1AA DGF beat Moorhead in three in the Pumpkin classic in Moorhead.
Lake of the Woods beat Duluth East in two and Climax-Fisher beat Osseo in three.

Mpls Henry traveled down to Rochester and were beat four straight times. They were swept both games on Friday with Montgomery-Lonsdale and Rochester Century.
The tightest game Henry was involved in was the first game on Saturday with Irondale. Irondale won the first game 25-23. Henry tied it at 22, but a missed serve gave the ball back to Irondale.
In game two Irondale led 13-9 before Henry made their comeback. Mai Chia Yang came in as a pinch server and notched five points on her serve. Irondale came back and had Henry on the brink at 24-22. Schanell Gauna fought off game point with a side out kill. An Irondale hitting error tied the game at 24. An Irondale kill gave them the 25-24 advantage, but another hitting error gave the ball back to Henry. Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick served up the final two points--with a Jannetta Parker kill and, once again, an Irondale hittinger error for a 27-25 win.
Irondale shook off the hittinger errors and limited themselves to two in game three. They started off with a 5-0 run to start the game. The closest Henry got in this episode was 10-8. But Henry wasn't able to generate the kills they did in game two and they lost 15-9.
In the final game Rochester JM led from start to finish in both games 25-12, and 25-17.

The finals showcased Rochester Mayo and Kingsland. Now word on the victor.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Audrey Volstad, St. Olaf 65 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Kelly Laschinger, Platteville 62 vs Eau Claire 2-3
Samantha Dries, LaCrosse 62 vs Superior 3-2
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 60 vs Augsburg 3-2
Beth Hanson, St. Benedict 59 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Carly Freiborg, Eau Claire 59 vs Platteville 3-2
Alicia Fairchild, Superior 56 vs LaCrosse 2-3
Laura Naig, Bethel 45 Stevens Point 3-2
NAIA
Sarah Zosel, Northwestern MN 49 vs Bethany Lutheran 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Katie Pettys, Presentation 49 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Kati Berscheit, St. Scholastica 46 vs Presentation 3-1

DIGS
5 games
D3
Lori Marten, Stevens Point 40 vs Bethel 2-3
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 36 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Haley Bower, Augsburg 29 vs Macalester 2-3
Amber Schoonover, LaCrosse 29 vs Superior 3-2
Shanna Berger, Eau Claire 26 vs Platteville 3-2
Janet Sully, St. Olaf 24 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Samantha Blake, Superior 24 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Dani Boner, Augsburg 21 vs Macalester 2-3
Alyssa Williams, St. Olaf 21 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Alicia Fairchild, Superior 21 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Joslin Geisler, Bethel 21 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Ashley Boylan, LaCrosse 20 vs Superior 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Jennifer Bourdon, Presentation 37 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Kimberly Bourdon, Presentation 32 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Diana Moody, St. Scholastica 30 vs Presentation 3-1
4 games
D3
Samantha Schmidt, Oshkosh 25 vs River Falls 3-0
Ashley Steines, Wartburg 23 vs Bethel 0-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Dana Alf, Platteville 31 vs Eau Claire 2-3
Jodi Dunbar, Eau Claire 29 vs Platteville 3-2
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 25 vs St. Benedict 3-2
C. Christofferson, Superior 22 vs LaCrosse 2-3
Courtney Stach, Superior 21 vs LaCrosse 2-3
Brianne Stankus, LaCrosse 21 vs Superior 3-2
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 20 vs Augsburg 3-2
Christine Brook, St. Olaf 20 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Katie LaGrave, Augsburg 19 vs Macalester 2-3
Andrea Hansen, Macalester 19 vs Augsburg 3-2
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 18 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 18 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Audrey Formo, Bethel 18 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Paige Olson, St. Olaf 17 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Amanda Mix, Stevens Point 17 vs Bethel 2-3
Shelly Maus, Stevens Point 17 vs Bethel 2-3
Lauren Eberhart, Macalester 16 vs Augsburg 3-2
Nicole Hjelmgren, St. Benedict 16 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Rachel Miller, Platteville 16 vs Eau Claire 2-3
Nina Walch, LaCrosse 16 vs Superior 3-2
Aimee Zepnick, LaCrosse 15 vs Superior 3-2
NAIA
Leslie Bremer, Bethany Lutheran 29 vs Northerwestern MN 2-3
Sarah Whitmore, Northwestern, MN 18 vs Bethany Lutheran 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Heidi Meier, Presentation 25 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Shawna Varichak, St. Scholastica 17 vs Presentation 3-1
3 games
D3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 24 vs Wartburg 3-0

Again sorry all these games reports are late. Blogger was down five hours---they are the hosting site for this blog.

Next up: tomorrow morning.

Minnesota Rolls Iowa, Concordia Survives in Five

#1 posting 10.21.2006
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Sorry this is late. Blogger was down for over five hours tonight.

D1 ACTION
Minnesota swept Iowa 19, 23, 24. The 17th rated team won for the 13th time in 14 matches and finish the first half of the conference 9-1. Minnesota outhit Iowa by .210.

D2 ACTION
North Central
Augustana beat North Dakota in four snapping the Sioux's six game winning streak.
#5 UM Duluth swept St. Cloud State 11, 21, 20.
MSU Mankato survived a fiver with South Dakota. The Mankato Free Press also has a story.
Northern Sun
Concordia St. Paul rallied from a 2-1 deficit to beat Wayne State in five. CSP's Maggie McNamara tied her own record with 75 assists.
UM Crookston beat Mary in five again coming from behind 2-1 to win.
Northern State swept Bemidji State.
SW MN State did the same to Upper Iowa.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 75 vs Waynes State 3-2
Brittany Coleman, Wayne State 63 vs Concordia St. Paul 2-3
Cassie Yates, UM Crookston 62 vs Mary 3-2
Stef Sandstrom, MSU Mankato 55 vs South Dakota 3-2
4 games
D2
Allison Louwagie, North Dakota 56 vs Augustana 1-3
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 51 vs North Dakota 3-1

DIGS
5 games
D2
Amber Kobus, South Dakota 33 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Makenzie Hennessy, Mary 33 vs UM Crookston 2-3
Megan Graham, Concordia St. Paul 29 vs Waynes State 3-2
Laura Dolezal, Wayne State 25 vs Concordia St. Paul 2-3
Cassie Wolpern, MSU Mankato 23 vs South Dakota 3-2
Lisa Steinbrecher, UM Crookston 21 vs Mary 3-2
4 games
D2
Abby Schmidt, Augustana 29 vs North Dakota 3-1
Heidi Evans, North Dakota 27 vs Augustana 1-3
Lindsay Vortherms, North Dakota 21 vs Augustana 1-3
3 games
D1
Malama Peniata, Minnesota 20 vs Iowa 3-0
D2
Melanie Perez, Northern State 30 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Brie Groskreutz, Bemidji State 20 vs Northern State 0-3

KILLS
5 games
D2
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 30 vs Waynes State 3-2
Erin Flynn, UM Crookston 25 vs Mary 3-2
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 22 vs Waynes State 3-2
Brittany Van Beek, Wayne State 21 vs Concordia St. Paul 2-3
Ashley Maas, Mary 21 vs UM Crookston 2-3
Cassie Wolpern, MSU Mankato 18 vs South Dakota 3-2
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 16 vs Concordia St. Paul 2-3
Michelle Eckhardt, Wayne State 16 vs Concordia St. Paul 2-3
Theresa Crance, UM Crookston 16 vs Mary 3-2
4 games
D2
Heidi Evans, North Dakota 19 vs Augustana 1-3
Terrin Post, Augustana 15 vs North Dakota 3-1
Ellen Andrews, Augustana 15 vs North Dakota 3-1
3 games
D1
Jessy Jones, Minnesota 17 vs Iowa 3-0
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 16 vs Upper Iowa 3-0

Next up: later tonight.

Hibbing Unhappy with Sweep

#1 posting 10.20.2006
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GOPHERS FACE IOWA
The MN Daily has a preview of today's upcoming match at Iowa. The danger is a letdown since Iowa isn't a top 25 team. The Gophers need to maintain their focus. Iowa took Purdue to five games in Iowa City.

HS RESULTS
Marshall bounced back from their Tuesday loss with a four game win over traditional AA power TMB. from the Marshall Independent.

Hibbing crunched North Branch in three Wednesday, yet coach Gail Nucech was unhappy with the performance. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

USC (United South Central) beat Blooming Prairie in four after losing the first game Tuesday. This & more games in the Albert Lea Tribune.

Grand Rapids swept Deer River on Tuesday with 25-23 wins in the first two games. From the Grand Rapids Herald Review.

Nevis picked up a four game win at Pine River-Backus.
Pequot Lakes had two sweep losses last week to Detroit Lakes and Wadena-Deer Creek.
From the Lake Country Echo.

NAIA ACTION
UM Morris swept Pillsbury Baptist 20, 23, 17.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
AAA
Kim Labat, Marshall 45 vs TMB 3-1

BLOCKS
4 games
AA
Shawnee Sovell, USC 10 vs Blooming Prairie 3-1

DIGS
5 games
AA
Laura Laposky, Pine River-Backus 22 vs Clearbrook-Gonvick 3-2
4 games
AA
Shelbie Jones, TMB 29 vs Marshall 1-3
3 games
AAA
Amber Brant, Hibbing 28 vs North Branch 3-0

KILLS
5 games
AA
Naomi Anderson, Pine River-Backus 15 vs Clearbrook-Gonvick 3-2
Chelsea Christensen, Pine River-Backus 17 vs Clearbrook-Gonvick 3-2
A
Ashley Lau, Glenville-Emmons 26 vs Lyle-Pacelli 3-2
Jordyn VanRyswyk, Glenville-Emmons 19 vs Lyle-Pacelli 3-2
4 games
AAA
Amanda Beekman, Marshall 29 vs TMB 3-1
Anna Full, Marshall 15 vs TMB 3-1

Thanks to all the readers that help without with information to make this the first & last source for volleyball news. If you have some information, send it along.

Next up: tomorrow, late-late-late---I will be in Rochester with my team until then.

Out & About: Blaine/Woodbury

#2 posting 10.19.2006
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BLAINE 3, WOODBURY 0
25-18, 25-16, 25-17

Tonight was a battle between Blaine, who finished in a three way tie for first in the Northwest Suburban and Woodbury who finished in 3rd in the Suburban East. Blaine was on the attack all night, had better ball control and their defense was tough.

Blaine established themselves after trailing 4-2 in the first game with 7 straight side outs. Woodbury wasn't air tight with their side outs. They were only able to get two in the same stretch. When Arriel Mewhorter served three points to put Blaine up 17-10 Woodbury took a time out. Two kills by Greta Strenger, one on a side out and one on Virginia Senf's serve helped Woodbury to cut the lead to 17-13. Jessica Granquist of Blaine put them on the edge of victory with three service points including two aces to make it 23-15. Woodbury's Amy Bomgren put down two kills, but Mewhorter finished it for Blaine. The odd fact is Bomgren had all four of her kills in game one.

Blaine didn't have the string of side outs like in game one, but they had more than Woodbury. Woodbury did lead early 6-4, but Molly Kreklow served up three points including the last two aces in propelling Blaine up 8-6. Woodbury did have on last thrust with Brianna Lockie's serve. Woodbury added three points to their totals to make it 12-11 before a side out tied it and gave the ball back to Blaine and Jackie Kelly. Kelly served up four points and was helped by two blocks by Mewhorter and Kirstin Cook. That made the score 16-12 and Woodbury took a time out. But Blaine finished game two with a 9-4 run including three straight service points from Kreklow.

Game three was tied at 10-10 when Blaine took control. The got a side out on a Mewhorter kill and then Cook served up three points, all Woodbury hitting errors, and Blaine led 14-10. Blaine got the first ball side out rolling late in this contest closing out the game with four straight. Kelly served up three points to close to 24-16 with her last two coming on ace serves. A missed serve (the 6th Blaine missed serve in game 3) returned the ball to Woodbury, but on Bomgren's serve Woodbury had a hitting error to end the night.

Serve order, Name, Position, Ht, Yr, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
BLAINE
1br Jackie Kelly, S, 5-8, 2007, 3-0-0----3
1fr Sara Erickson, RH 5-11, 2007 0-1-2--3
2 Kirsten Cook, OH, 5-10, 2007 1-1-5---7
3fr Arriel Mewhorter, MH 6-0, 2009 0-1-13---14
3br (2&3) Alexandra Suda, BR 5-5, 2007 1-0-0---1
4br Molly Kreklow, S, 5-11, 2010 3-0-1---4
4fr Lindsey Warriner, RH 5-10, 2007 0-0-3---3
5 Jessica Granquist, OH 5-7, 2007 1-0-9---10
6 Lindsey Baumgartner, MH 5-11, 2007 2-1-7---10
Totals: 11-4-40---55 points, 20 points on Woodbury errors

WOODBURY
1 Brianna Lockie, S, 5-7, 2007 0-1-0---1
2 Amy Bomgren, OH, 6-0, 2009 1-0-4---5
3 Casey Moore, MH, 5-10, 2007 0-0-4---4
4 Virginia Senf, RH 5-10, 2008 0-0-7----7
5br Alyssa Raiola, DS 5-4, 2008 1-0-0---1
5fr Greta Stenger, OH 5-10, 2009 0-0-4---4
5fr (g3) Michelle Graham, OH 5-11, 2009 0-0-1---1
6br Kaylie Bryant, L 0-0-0---0
6fr Mallory Eggert, MH, 6-2, 2007 0-2-7---9
Totals: 2-3-27---32 points; 19 points on Blaine errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Arriel Mewhorter

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Blaine 23/35---.657; 75; .733; .373
Woodbury 14/35---.400; 51; .627; .267

As you can see the first ball side out was dominated by Blaine. Woodbury didn't give that many points away, Blaine earned them. Four Blaine players had five or more kills on the night.

ROTATION POINTS
Blaine
1 17-10 +7
2 13-7 +6
3 14-12 +2
4 13-7 +6
5 10-6 +4
6 8-9 -1

Woodbury
1 11-16 -5
2 9-14 -5
3 7-14 -7
4 11-14 -3
5 7-10 -3
6 6-7 -1

Only rotation 6 for Blaine was in the negative category...similar to the Minnesota Gophers. Blaine's rotation 5 only gave up one point on defense all night, with four FBSO's

Next up: tomorrow morning

Concordia Moorhead Wins MIAC Outright

#1 posting 10.19.2006
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Sorry this is late.
I had practice early this morning

D1 ACTION
The Gophers beat Wisconsin last night & I had my report. Now here is the MN Daily with their take. The Star Tribune did have three paragraphs on the game on the back page, but no story, just a summary. Folks will still have to come here for details they won't get anywhere else.

D2 ACTION
Wayne State swept Nebraska Kearney 24, 14, 20 ending a 19 game losing streak to UNK. Also a new attendance record was set.

D3 ACTION
MIAC
Concordia Moorhead had brooms at the ready for St. Catherine 24, 25, 20 and won the MIAC title outright, the first in school history. CM has won 14 in a row.

Carleton swept Bethel 27, 27, 24, and is in the 6th and final spot for post season play.

Gustavus took out Macalester in four. The loss drops Macalester to 7th, and they would need to win their next two games.

Hamline upset St. Thomas in a fiver. It was the Pipers first win over St. Thomas since 1995 stretching back over 11 games. Both teams combined for 475 attacks. Hamline was about 100 points better on their attack game. Hamline & St. Thomas are tied at 6-4.

St. Benedict swept Augsburg 19, 19, 24 in parent's night at St. Ben's

St. Olaf took games 2, 3, and 5 over St. Mary's. Theresa Perrini, of St. Mary's had 39 digs in a lost cause.

NON CON
Platteville swept Loras 28, 17, 23. Platteville also had their second largest crowd ever.

JUCO ACTION
Itasca CC will go to the state tournament again for the fourth year. Last week they beat Vermilion and Mesabi and lost to Central Lakes. From the Grand Rapids Herald-Review.

SEEDINGS
#1AAA Chaska is the #1 seed in 6AAA as well. The semis will be at Prior Lake on Holloween. The finals will be Saturday Nov 4 at PL too. Any field that has Apple Valley as #6 is loaded. From the Chaska Herald.
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley is the #4 seed in 8AA. Pine River -Backus is #1. More on the seeds in the Walker Pilot-Independent.

LAST WEEK
Chatfield is now 10-0 in the Three Rivers. Last Week they beat Southland and Plainview-Elgin-Millville.

MILESTONE
MSU Mankato's Cassie Wolpern reached the 1000 dig mark. She is the 5th Maverick to reach that level.

POLICE BLOTTER
Katelyn Appelwick pled guilty to two counts of criminal vehicular operation in the crash that injured Winona State volleyball coach Connie Mettille. From the KARE 11 site no video.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Jenny Nichols, Hamline 65 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Breanna Benham, St. Mary's 56 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Audrey Volstad, St. Olaf 53 vs St. Mary's 3-2
4 games
D3
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 52 vs Gustavus 1-3

DIGS
5 games
Theresa Perrini, St. Mary's 39 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 30 vs Hamline 2-3
Jenna Witt, Hamline 27 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 25 vs Hamline 2-3
Alyssa Williams, St. Olaf 25 vs St. Mary's 3-2
Janet Sully, St. Olaf 25 vs St. Mary's 3-2
Tasha Simmons, Hamline 22 vs St. Thomas 3-2
3 games
Laura Barsness, Carleton 23 vs Bethel 3-0
Haley Bower, Augsburg 22 vs St. Benedict 0-3
Joslin Geisler, Bethel 21 vs Carleton 0-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Molli Dant, St. Mary's 28 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Dana Luiken, Hamline 27 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 23 vs St. Mary's 3-2
Tasha Simmons, Hamline 18 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Shelby Hyllengren, Hamline 17 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Katie McCaffrey, St. Thomas 15 vs Hamline 2-3
4 games
D3
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 23 vs Gustavus 1-3
3 games
D3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 17 vs Carleton 0-3
Teri Knapper, St. Benedict 15 vs Augsburg 3-0

Next up: later tonight with an out & about

Gophers Sweep Badgers

#3 posting 10.18.2006
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GOPHERS 3, WISCONSIN 0
(30-20, 30-25, 30-28)

#17 Minnesota made a statement tonight with a sweep of border rival #11 Wisconsin. The respective press release can give you each schools slant. Also it marks the third time this year the Gophers have beat a higher ranked team--they beat Ohio State, Purdue and now Wisconsin.

I wonder if the Gophers will still be behind Purdue, a team they beat on Saturday and now Wisconsin. The raters need to take into account four of the Gopher losses were a combination of Bowman and Peniata were on the sidelines. With everybody playing the Gophers are 12-1.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Minnesota 36/54---.667; 90; .756; .260
Wisconsin 29/54----.537; 73; .740; .244
The side out % got the job for MN. In game one Minnesota had five straight side outs after a 12-12 tie and added five points to their total to make it 21-16. Wisconsin had problems siding out in the first game going 6/14 (.429) as evindence with Christine Tan's four points off her serve to take the Gophers to the cusp in game one 26-18.
In game two the Gophers had 7 straight side outs this time taking the game from a 10-10 tie to 21-16 Minnesota. Wisconsin again was sub .500 with 9/19.
In the third game Minnesota didn't have a great side out string but they didn't give away too many runs for Wisconsin. Wisconsin biggest serving run was two points to take Wisconsin up 8-6. The last time the game was tied was at 15. A block by Kyla Roehrig and Jessie Jones gave the Gophers the side out. Then Tan served up a point with a Jones block.

Christine Tan has improved her play. Her passing is getting more consistent and that has been helping in the defensive battle. Also the blocking game outclassed Wisconsin 14-5. The Badgers were forced to alter their attack and it didn't pan out.

ROTATION POINTS
1. Tan 21-9 +12
2. Peniata 15-14 +1
3. Bowman 12-10 +2
4. Crumpston 21-15 +6
5. Nelson 11-11 0
6. Hartmann 10-14 -4
Tan's rotation had a dominating night. Rotation 1 was 8-2 in game one and 7-3 in game two. Rotation 6 still is having problems getting in the positive side.

As I was getting this done KARE 11 had their sports show. No Gopher Volleyball visuals. A top 25 matchup, a border battle, over 3000 folks in attendance.....nothing. Well at least you have this blog to keep you updated.

next up: tomorrow morning, later

Montevideo Wins West Central South

#2 posting 10.18.2006
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WISCONSIN COMES CALLING
The #11 Wisconsin Badgers are at the Pavillion tonight against #17 Minnesota. The MN daily previews the action.

TUESDAY HS RESULTS
#1AA DGF beat Wadena-Deer Creek 3-0 behind Jennifer Lopez's 21 kills.
Park Christian beat Waubun in five.
Both stories from the Fargo Forum.

Worthington took out Luverne in four after splitting the first two games. From the Worthington Daily Globe

Little Falls rallied from an 2 games to none deficit in a 3-2 win at Willmar on parent's night. From the West Central Tribune.

Montevideo has been rolling this year with a 21-2 record. Last night they won the West Central South title in a sweep over Benson 13, 12, 11.
Minnewaska hit 25 for four games last night, only losing the first to Paynesville in a 3-1 West Central North win.
There is a 3 way tie for first in the Camden North with MACCRAY, Renville County West and Lakeview all claiming a share.
All stories from the West Central Tribune.

#4AA St. Cloud Cathedral has won the West Central North for the last x years and they dodged Sauk Centre 3-2 last night to continue the string.

LATE ACTION
Cannon Falls finished second in their own tournament last weekend losing to #9A Goodhue in the finals. Also their week is reviewed. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.
Randolph also faced Goodhue and played the #9A team closely in getting swept 23, 18, 23. Also from the CF Beacon.

#1A Minneota was beat by Pipestone on Monday in four.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
AA
Nina Lindquist, St. Cloud Cathedral 46 vs Sauk Centre 3-2
4 games
AAA
Sam Pfannenstein, Rocori 40 vs St. Cloud Tech 3-1

BLOCKS
4 games
AA
Brianna Jacobson, New London-Spicer 14 vs LPGE 3-1

DIGS
5 games
AAA
Megan Brown, Willmar 25 vs Little Falls 2-3
Britany Dorn, Little Falls 23 vs Willmar 3-2
AA
Taylor Voss, Albany 28 vs Melrose 3-2
Simone Haider, Melrose 26 vs Albany 2-3
Courtney Borgerding, Melrose 24 vs Albany 2-3
Andi Rheingans, Lac Qui Parle Valley 23 vs YME 3-2
Mindy Clark, LQPV 22 vs YME 3-2
Molly Manthe, Albany 20 vs Melrose 3-2
A
Heather Voss, Dawson-Boyd 32 vs Lakeview 2-3
Ashley Benson, Dawson-Boyd 28 vs Lakeview 2-3
4 games
AA
Kelli Flannigan, Paynesville 29 vs Minnewaska 1-3
Emily Roelike, BBE 23 vs Buffalo Lake-Hector 3-1

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Greta King, Willmar 25 vs Little Falls 2-3
Liz Schultz, Little Falls 15 vs Willmar 3-2
AA
Anna Zyvoloski, St. Cloud Cathedral 26 vs Sauk Centre 3-2
Erika Bullert, Holdingford 21 vs EVW 2-3
Shanna Schmiesing, Sauk Centre 19 vs St. Cloud Cathedral 2-3
Sam Larson, Albany 18 vs Melrose 3-2
Hannah Linz, Eden Valley-Watkins 17 vs Holdingford 3-2
A
Jordan Beach, Bigfork 25 vs. Cook, 10/17/06 3-2
Jordan Beach, Bigfork 22 vs. Northland Remer, 10/16/06 3-2
4 games
AAA
Megan Loesch, St. Cloud Tech 18 vs Rocori 1-3
Caitlin Griffin, Rocori 16 vs St. Cloud Tech 3-1
Holli Aggen, Worthington 15 vs Luverne 3-1
Danielle Lucia, St. Cloud Apollo 15 vs Brainerd 3-1
AA
Megan Groen, Renville County West 22 vs Central Christian 1-3
April Hansen, BBE 16 vs Buffalo Lake-Hector 3-1
Heidi Lensing, BBE 15 vs Buffalo Lake-Hector 3-1
A
Kresson Vreeman, Central Christian 20 vs RCW 3-1
3 games
AAA
Brittany Euerle, Litchfield 17 vs Watertown-Mayer 3-0
AA
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 21 vs Wadena-Deer Creek 3-0
A
Kayla Tschida, Upsala 22 vs Browerville 3-0

Next up: later tonight after the Gopher/Badger confrontation.

Windom Surprises Marshall

#1 posting 10.18.2006
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D2 ACTION
#5 UM Duluth swept Michigan Tech 31-29, 26, 19.

Concordia St. Paul swept MSU Mankato 17, 22, 21. The match had a record crowd. It was CSP's 10th straight win.

#21 SW MN State kept the sweep theme alive with a 12, 26, 25 win over St. Cloud State. It was a 2-0 win with the Northern Sun over the North Central.

Winona State set a new record for wins in a season (17) with their 4 game match with Upper Iowa last night.

NAIA ACTION
Martin Luther beat North Central in three 20, 12, 27. Martin Luther is now 18-3.

HS ACTION
Windom surprised Marshall in a rare sweep against the Tigers 19, 13, 22. The loss snapped a 35 match win streak by Marshall. Windom will share the Southwest title with Marshall with a 5-1 record. From the Marshall Independent.

Mabel-Canton won the Southeast conference title with a four game win over Lanesboro. Both teams were tied for the lead going into the game. This game & more from the Winona Daily News.

It was rivalry night in the Tomahawk conference.
MVL took the long, hard road to beat New Ulm Cathedral. They lost their first two games and before winning the last three.
Sleepy Eye St. Mary's dominated cross town rival Sleepy Eye 8, 11, 4.
Both from the New Ulm Journal.

Elk River won in the Northwest Suburban for the first time with a four game win over Park Center. From the Elk River Star News.

Monday Games
Tower-Soudan went five to down Cherry.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 55 vs Upper Iowa 3-1
AA
Marcie Flygare, MVL 43 vs New Ulm Cathedral 3-2
4 games
A
Raechelle Manning, Mabel-Canton 52 vs Lanesboro 3-1

DIGS
5 games
AA
Kristin Becker, MVL 21 vs New Ulm Cathedral 3-2
Melissa Boddy, New Ulm Cathedral 20 vs MVL 2-3
A
Morgan Anderson, Cherry 24 vs Tower-Soudan 2-3
4 games
D2
Rudi Balich, Winona State 26 vs Upper Iowa 3-1

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Alicia Nelson, Eastview 23 vs Lakeville North 2-3
Kim Smisek, Northfield 23 vs Prior Lake 3-2
A
Erianne Bright, Cherry 25 vs Tower-Soudan 2-3
Amanda Burk, MVL 19 vs New Ulm Cathedral 3-2
4 games
D2
Kiersten Arendt, Winona State 20 vs Upper Iowa 3-1
AA
Chelsea Fogarty, Belle Plaine 24 vs Norwood-Young America 3-1
A
Katelyn Horihan, Mabel-Canton 25 vs Lanesboro 3-1
Bonnie Albright, Lanesboro 16 vs Mabel-Canton 1-3
Tori Lind, Mabel-Canton 15 vs Lanesboro 3-1
3 games
D2
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 16 vs Michigan Tech 3-0
AAA
Amanda Beekman, Marshall 19 vs Windom 0-3
Ashley Wittman, Shakopee 15 vs Hutchinson 3-0

Next up: later today

Katrina Help

#2 posting 10.17.2006
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MPLS SOUTH VB HELPS HURRICANE VICTIMS
Minneapolis South is raising money for the Chalmette HS volleyball in Louisiana. The StarTribune talks about how the decision to support the school happened and what the South team is doing to raise money.
If people want to help out they can bid on a silent auction for two tickets to the Minnesota Viking/New England Patriot Monday Night Football game on October 30.

ANNIE ADAMS
Annie Adams, Crosby-Ironton was recently named player of the week in the Brainerd Dispatch. The 6-1 senior outside hitter has made a verbal to South Dakota State for volleyball. She had 84 kills last week.

PARTY BUSTED
Crookston students had a party and alcohol was involved. It is unclear which athletes were involved.
The volleyball roster wasn't impacted Monday, but may be later in the week. Crookston lost to Roseau in four. Both stories from the Crookston Times.

MN GAME REPORTS
Underwood swept Henning 9, 17, 14. This & more from the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Paynesville lost twice last week to Long Prairie-Grey Eagle and New London-Spicer. From the Paynesville Press.

Meadow Creek busted Minneapolis Henry in a 12, 8, 9 sweep. MC started off with 11 straight points off Casey Fregeau's serve. That would set the tone the rest of the night.
In game two the game was tied at 5 when MC broke it open on Hannah Weinzetl's serve with six straight points. Henry only managed three more points after that.
MC scored points off every serve to start the third game and was never in any danger. The service game all night proved to be challenging to Henry with an unofficial total of 13 aces.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
5 games
AAA
Sam Revering, Fergus Falls 19 vs Detroit Lakes 3-2

Next up: tomorrow morning

Minneota Remains #1, Weekly Awards

#1 posting 10.17.2006
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WEEKLY AWARDS
North Dakota took two of the three North Central Awards this week. Tara Holmen won the offensive award, and Allison Louwagie took the setter honor. Stacie Wemhoff of Nebraska Omaha prevented a Sioux Sweep. Holmen also had a share of the award last week. Louwagie also has two awards picking up her first two weeks ago. It was Wemhoff's first honor.

In the Northern Sun, Erin Contons, SW MN State won the offensive award for the third time. Teammate Monica Ashburn took setting honors. It was her first honor. In the defensive side of things Melanie Perez, Northern State won her third award preventing the SW MN State hat trick.

Lana Brand, St. Catherine's took MIAC offensive honors, while Jill Hance of Concordia Moorhead won the setter/libero award. Both players were first time winners.

PUBLICITY & SUCCESS
It takes more than two to make it in volleyball. Some players get more ink than others. Here are some unsung players on the Hibbing Community College team that are instrumental in their success.

MN POLLS
The new polls are out & the only team remaining #1 is in Class A--Minneota. DGF returned to the top in AA, and Eden Prairie gave way to Chaska. It is Chaska's second time at the top spot in AAA.

MN GAMES
With a short week due to MEA a lot of games are front loaded this week.
Shakopee took down #2AAA Eden Prairie in three. The first two games went 26-24. Game three was a more comfortable 25-16.

Pillager swept Pequot Lakes without too many problems 10, 20, 16. This game & more in the Brainerd Dispatch.

Park Christian topped Ulen-Hitterdal in five, but game five was a 15-3 romp. From the Fargo Forum.

GAME PREVIEW
The Hibbing Daily Tribune has a pregame story on the matchup between Cherry & Tower-Soudan. Tower-Soudan did beat Cherry last night in five.

MILESTONES
Mabel-Canton coach Lonnie Morken recently picked up career win 300. It happened in the Apple Valley tournament on Saturday against St. Charles. Morken has a career record of 300-77.

KILLS
5 games
A
Emily Palkert, SW Christian (Chaska) 21 vs Dassel-Cokato 3-2
3 games
AAA
Maggie Geske, Shakopee 18 vs Eden Prairie 3-0
AA
Annie Adams, Crosby-Ironton 18 vs Virginia 0-3

Next up: later today after another game for my squad. How many back to backs can one team have? 4 sets if you are Minneapolis Henry.

Gophers Now #17

#2 posting 10.16.2006
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GOPHERS MOVE UP
The Minnesota Gophers moved up to #17 in the latest AVCA poll. Wins over Ohio State and Purdue helped propel them up the ladder. But Purdue is still rated higher for some reason at #14. The Gophers host #11 Wisconsin on Wednesday. The game will be taped and televised on Thursday.

KELSEY ELLIS
Kelsey Ellis, Anoka gets a blurb in the StarTribune in their Prep Athletes of the Week section. Ellis had 69 kills in the Eastview tournament and helped to drop #1 Eden Prairie.

SHANNA SCHMIESING
Shanna Schmiesing, Sauk Centre is a perfectionist and dedicated to improving her game. North Dakota has an offer on the table. Story from the Sauk Centre Herald.

SOUTH SWEEPS HENRY
Minneapolis South beat Henry in three games 18, 16, 22. South established their lead early in game one and had a 13-9 lead when Henry took a time out. South got three points on Elizabeth Gran's serve to make it 19-11.
South again had early leads at 10-7. Henry fought back and trailed 18-15 after a Jannetta Parker side out kill on Taquoia Hammick's serve. But South got the side out on Carrie Moua's serve and then rattled off five straight points to put it at game point. South had a hitting error, and Courtney Phillips had a service error to end game two.
South led early 7-4 in game three. Henry kept working to get back in the game and had a string where they had six straight side outs and that helped them to a 19-17 lead. But on Elizabeth Gran's serve South added four points before she missed her serve. Henry had to take two time outs on Gran's serve. South led 22-20. A missed Henry serve, and a South hitting error make it 23-21. Schanell Gauna had an overpass kill on Stef Zappa's serve to make it 23-22 South. But Zappa's serve ended on a Gauna hitting error. The match ended on a passing error.
Henry only had one ace on the night.

Up next: tomorrow morning

Gophers & Respect

#1 posting 10.16.2006
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GOPHERS ALONE IN 2ND
After the fallout of this past weekend in the Big 10 the Minnesota Gophers do not share 2nd place with any team. Penn State hasn't been defeated this year and is alone in first. The Gophers next opponent is #14 Wisconsin who is 6-2 and in 3rd place. They play Wednesday.

The weekly AVCA poll will come out today. Here is hoping the Gophers are rated above teams they have beaten this year. Purdue was #9 last week and Ohio State #16. The Gophers beat Ohio State last Sunday, an event that apparently didn't register with the pollsters. The Gophers may still be under the weight of the first two tournaments where they weren't at full strength. With Bowman and Peniata in the lineup the Gophers are 11-1.

I hope the main media coverage isn't only this blog. It was pretty embarrassing to open the StarTribune and see no ink spilled on that Purdue game. With 8,000 fans, not to mention two top 25 teams, you would think some ink would be splashed. But then again in the HS side information is hard to come by.

Wisconsin did play yesterday on Sunday and they punished Indiana in a sweep 9, 17, 27.

In the battle of the Dakotas it was South Dakota State stopping North Dakota State in five in Fargo. The loss stopped a 7 game win streak for NDSU. It was SDSU's 9th straight win over their northern neighbor.

The New Ulm Journal reports on Martin Luther's four game win overSt. Scholastica. Martin Luther is 9-0 in the UMAC.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D1
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 62 vs South Dakota State 2-3
Kristie Klusaw, South Dakota State 60 vs North Dakota State 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Emily Buck, Martin Luther 46 vs St. Scholastica 3-1
3 games
D1
Jackie Simpson, Wisconsin 47 vs Indiana 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D1
Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State 27 vs North Dakota State 3-2
Kristina Martin, South Dakota State 20 vs North Dakota State 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Kaitlyn Schumacher, Martin Luther 37 vs St. Scholastica 3-1
Emily Buck, Martin Luther 20 vs St. Scholastica 3-1

KILLS
5 games
D1
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 27 vs South Dakota State 2-3
Chloe Quirk, North Dakota State 19 vs South Dakota State 2-3
Kristina Martin, South Dakota State 18 vs North Dakota State 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Rachel Meyer, Martin Luther 20 vs St. Scholastica 3-1
Danielle Kramer, Martin Luther 17 vs St. Scholastica 3-1
3 games
D1
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 15 vs Indiana 3-0

Next up: Tomorrow morning

Concordia Moorhead Wins Share of MIAC

#2 posting 10.15.2006
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D3 ACTION
MIAC
Concordia Moorhead claimed a portion of the MIAC championship with a four game win over St. Olaf. It is the 13th win in a row for CM. One odd fact: St. Olaf had 70 kills to CM's 63.

NAIA ACTION
UMAC
Presentation went four for the win over Crown.

CROSSOVER ACTION
St. Mary's split this weekend with a loss to Northwestern, MN and a sweep win over host UM Morris.
UM Morris also lost to Northwestern, MN in four. Don't be alarmed when it says Mayville State, they mean St. Mary's.

TOURNAMENTS
Augsburg finished 2-1 at the Cornell IA tournament on Saturday. They defeated the hosts in five and went extra points in the game five 17-15. They also beat Clarke, IL in four. Coe IA beat the Augies in five.
Oshkosh beat Webster at the Elmhurst Invitational in three, but fell to River Falls to finish 3-1.
River Falls beat host Elmhurst in three as well. No links as you can see.

HS ACTION
Rogers finished 2-2 at the Benilde Tournament good for 7th place.
Elk River snapped a 14 game losing streak by winning a match at the Centennial tournament. The Elks were 1-3. and finished in 5th place.
Both stories in the Elk River Star News.

The Marshall Independent has the first day results of the Subway Classic. I am sure there will be more tomorrow on the finals.

Moorhead finished 3rd in the Alexandria tournament and their day is chronciled in the Fargo Forum.

TOURNAMENT WINNERS
Alexandria: Chaska
Apple Valley: Apple Valley
Benilde-St. Margaret's: Holy Angels
Centennial: Champlin Park
Eastview: Andover
Northland Pioneer (TRF): Ada-Borup

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
D3
Audrey Volstad, St. Olaf 58 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
NAIA
Sarah Zosel, Northwestern, MN 58 vs UM Morris 3-1

DIGS
4 games
d3
Janet Sully, St. Olaf 25 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Anna Walden, Concordia Moorhead 20 vs St. Olaf 3-1
NAIA
Jennifer Bourdon, Presentation 23 vs Crown 3-1
3 games
NAIA
Sarah Nelson, UM Morris 24 vs St. Mary's 0-3

KILLS
4 games
D3
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 23 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 21 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Christine Brook, St. Olaf 17 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Molli Dant, St. Mary's 16 vs Northwestern, MN 1-3
NAIA
Steph Koth, Northwestern, MN 25 vs UM Morris 3-1
Heidi Meier, Presentation 19 vs Crown 3-1
Jennifer Sunwall, Crown 18 vs Presentation 1-3
Sarah Whitmore, Northwestern, MN 17 vs UM Morris 3-1
Danielle Schiebout, Crown 16 vs Presentation 1-3
Kathryne Engel, Northwestern, MN 16 vs St. Mary's 3-1
Kathryne Engel, Northwestern, MN 15 vs UM Morris 3-1
3 games
D3
Molli Dant, St. Mary's 16 vs UM Morris 3-0
HS AAA
Steph Peterson, Duluth East 19 vs Roseville 1-3
Laura Greenwood, Duluth East 18 vs Roseville 1-3

Next up: tomorrow morning

Gophers Top Purdue

#1 posting 10.15.2006
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GOPHERS 3, PURDUE 1
(28-30, 30-26, 30-25, 30-22)

#23 Minnesota won their game in "the barn" over #9 Purdue. You can get the details in the respective press releases. Megan Crumpston was the face on the ticket to enter the game, and she delivered a career high 22 kills as a result.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Minnesota 36/61---.590; 118; .814; .252
Purdue 25/60---.417; 103; .748; .186
Minnesota had better side out % even in game one when they were beat. The problem in that game was the four points they gave up in rotation four, and the four point run in rotation two later in that first game. In fact that was the back breaker with a 22-19 lead and failing to get the side out.

ROTATION POINTS
1 Tan 19-14 +5
2 Peniata 24-20 +4
3 Bowman 25-20 +5
4 Crumpston 17-15 +2
5 Nelson 20-14 +6
6 Hartmann 13-20 -7
Nelson's rotation came through to lead with a +6 on the night, and three other rotations were slightly behind.
However Hartmann's rotation has consistently been in the negative category this big 10 season with -4 against Michigan, -2 against Michigan State; -2 against Indiana; and -7 against Purdue.


The odd thing was I went over the StarTribune five times and never saw a story about the match, just the box in the scoreboard section on the last inside page. We do have a team ranked in the top 25 and I would have thought a battle between two top 25 teams would merit some ink.

North Dakota State won their home opener, that is right their home opener on October 14, over Utah Valley State 3-1. It was the 7th straight win for NDSU.

D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
MSU Mankato went the distance with St. Cloud State and survived.
#5 UM Duluth had a bit of a surprising struggle with South Dakota as that match went five games. SD was up 2-1 when UMD put the hammer down.
UN Omaha broke the pattern with a four game win over Augustana.

NORTHERN SUN
Concordia St. Paul beat Winona State in four after losing the first game. CSP then turned it up a notch in game two 30-6. CSP only hit .070 in game one. Story from the Winona Daily News. I found the box on Winona State's site.
#22 SW MN State took care of UM Crookston in three 16, 20, 21.
#23 Wayne State swept Bemidji State 12, 16, 19.
Northern State swept MSU Moorhead 19, 23, 24

Upper Iowa went out of the conference to get swept by Missouri Western.


NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 62 vs South Dakota 3-2
Sierra Nowak, St. Cloud State 55 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
4 games
D1
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 59 vs Utah Valley State 3-1
Rachel Hartmann, Minnesota 57 vs Purdue 3-1
D2
Katie Agnew, UN Omaha 59 vs Augustana 3-1
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 46 vs UN Omaha 1-3

DIGS
5 games
d2
Andreana Pieper, St. Cloud State 28 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Amber Kobus, South Dakota 27 vs UM Duluth 2-3
Chelsea Meierotto, UM Duluth 24 vs South Dakota 3-2
4 games
D1
Malama Peniata, Minnesota 22 vs Purdue 3-1
D2
Stacie Wemhoff, UN Omaha 30 vs Augustana 3-1
3 games
D2
Melanie Perez, Northern State 27 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0

KILLS
5 games
D2
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 23 vs South Dakota 3-2
Kristi Pangrac, St. Cloud State 22 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Deanna Pieper, St. Cloud State 20 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Ashley Gross, South Dakota 15 vs UM Duluth 2-3
4 games
D1
Megan Crumpston, Minnesota 22 vs Purdue 3-1
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 22 vs Utah Valley State 3-1
Chloe Quirk, North Dakota State 17 vs Utah Valley State 3-1
Meredith Nelson, Minnesota 17 vs Purdue 3-1
Lindsay Rogers, North Dakota State 15 vs Utah Valley State 3-1
Kyla Roehrig, Minnesota 15 vs Purdue 3-1
D2
Christina Reicks, UN Omaha 17 vs Augustana 3-1
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 16 vs Winona State 3-1
Carlie Christensen, UN Omaha 15 vs Augustana 3-1
3 games
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 19 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Darcy Hageman, Upper Iowa 15 vs Missouri Western 0-3

Next up: later today D3/NAIA/HS results from yesterday.

Our & About: Apple Valley/Jordan

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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
CHAMPIONSHIP
Apple Valley 2, Jordan 1
(17-25, 25-20, 15-13)

Apple Valley won their own tournament. This is their second win in the three tournaments they run.
Jordan led early 6-1 in game one on the jump serve of Brittany Chambers. Jordan's block game was on with two blocks in the run of four. AV worked their way back in the game to close 10-9. Christen Bowell had two aces for AV in their 7-3 run. Chambers was working the side out game well with three straight side out points and one other kill on Amanda Dietel's serve. AV did tie it at 15, but a side out kill from Chambers sent the ball back to Jordan with Leah Dietel serving up three points. Jordan finished game one with a 10-2 run.

Apple Valley bounced back in game two with the early lead at 9-3. Jennifer Johnson served up five points to finish the run. Jordan had to take a time out at 8-3 to slow the momentum. Johnson missed wide on a serve to send the ball back to Jordan. Jordan did tie it at 12 on a Chambers kill. The game was tied three times, the last time at 17. AV took a time out to stop a Jordan three point run. After the time out Ashley Franke missed her serve and AV never trailed again. On Catherine Earp's serve AV gained three more points to lead 21-17. Bowell had two kills in the spurt. Jordan wasn't able to get the last three side outs. AV topped off game two with an 8-3 run.

Jordan led in game three in a replay of game one with Chambers providing the jump serves to a 4-2 lead, but she ended her serve in the net. AV was lights out after that with 7/8 side outs including the last six in a row during money time. AV did tie it up at 3 for the first time on a Bowell kill. From that point it was Jordan +1, AV knotting it up. The cycle was broken on Johnson's serve as Kalin Stenhaug got a kill to give AV their first lead since 1-0. A Jordan time out did not stop the momentum. A double contact on Leah Dietel made it 14-12. Another Jordan time out did stop the mo as Leah Dietel fought off game point with a kill. The game ended on a Stenhaug kill.

Serve order, Name, Position, ht, year, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
APPLE VALLEY
1 Lauren Wigen, S, 5-7, 09 0-1-1---2
2br Lisa Ruff, BR, 5-7, 09 0-0-0----0
2fr Christen Bowell, OH, 5-10, 07 0-0-10----10
3br Susan Halverson, L, 5-8, 07 0-0-2---2
3fr Natalie Simpson, MH 0-1-3----4
4br Jennifer Johnson, BR 5-5 07 1-0-0---1
4fr Kori Trenda, RH, 5-11 07 0-0-3----3
5 Catherine Earp, OH 5-11, 07, 0-0-4---4
6 Kalin Stenhaug, MH 6-0, 10 0-0-4---4
Totals: 2-2-27---31 points, 26 points on Jordan errors

JORDAN
1 Amanda Dietel, S, 5-8, 08 1-0-1---2
2 Brittany Chambers, MH 5-8, 09 0-0-19----19
3 Michelle O'Malley, OH 5-9, 09 0-1-1----2
4 Ashley Franke, RH 5-8, 07 2-1.5-3---6.5
5 Leah Dietel, MH, 6-1, 09 1-.5-10----11.5
6 Elizabeth O'Malley, OH, 5-5, 07 1-0-0----1
Totals: 5-3-34----42 points, 16 points on Apple Valley errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Even though her team didn't win, Brittany Chambers. She has good balance, hang time and whip action. She is undersized for the middle post HS, but has good awareness of placement. She also came out of various angles left, middle and right.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Apple Valley 22/35---.629; 57; .544; .276
Jordan 21/33---.636; 58; .724; .456
Both teams were quite similar in their siding out, although AV did slam the dor shut the last six Jordan serves in game three. The key stat was the % of points due to errors. Apple Valley just doesn't beat themselves. Jordan did have big hitters and should be fine in class AA.

Next up: tomorrow morning with the Gopher/Purdue game

Out & About: Northfield/Bethlehem Academy

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OUT & ABOUT: Apple Valley Tournament
3rd Place game
Northfield 2, Bethlehem Academy 0
(25-22, 25-18)

If you have been following the tale this day, I started off at Eastview, on the east side of Apple Valley. They had their tournament and finished close to 1:10 pm. I then hightaled it out to Apple Valley about five minutes away. As a result I came in during the early part of the 3rd place game between Northfield and Bethlehem Academy. When I arrived Northfield led 4-3. BA briefly took the lead 5-4 on a Holly Hafemeyer kill. , but then Kim Smisek hammered down a kill to side out and she took on the serve herself. She served up the next five points and when BA got the ball back it was 10-6 Northfield. Northfield didn't trail after that point. BA did fight back and closed to 21-19 after three service points from #2 (name not in program). Northfield stopped the run with a dump by Katie McDonald. BA tied it up at 22, but Bridgette Kelly had a kill for Northfield to get the side out. Maggie Kruse then served up an ace and Kim Smisek and Haley Loesch each had a hand in a block.

BA jumped out to a 5-0 lead on the strength of Karianne Nass four service points including two aces. Northfield tied it at 8 on Megan Pumper three service points, including two aces. Smisek served up three points to take the lead at 12-9. They would not trail again. BA did tie it at 12, but another dump by McDonald put the momentum back in Northfield's hands. Kelly provided Northfield with points 16-18. Northfield did close the game with four straight side outs.

Serve order, Name, Position, ht, year, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
NORTHFIELD
1 Katie McDonald, DS 5-7, 08 0-0-3---3
1fr Josie Dockstader, RH, 5-11 10 0-0-1---1
2 Erin Eggum, OH 5-10, 08, 0-.5-2---2.5
2 Andrea Willgohs, OH, 5-8, 11 0-0-1---1
3 Maggie Kruse, DS, 5-4, 08 1-0-0----1
3fr Bridgette Kelly, MH 5-11, 08 0-2-3---5
4 Megan Pumper, S, 5-4, 08 2-0-0---2
5 Kim Smisek, OH, 6-2, 07 0-.5-10---10.5
6 Hayley Loesch, MH 0-.5-4---4.5
Totals: 3-3-24-----30 points, 26 points on BA errors

BETHLEHEM ACADEMY
1 Sammy Von Ruden, OH, 5-7, 07 0-0-4----4
2 Karianne Nass, S, 5-6, 10 2-0-4---6
3 Jenna Sheridan, OH 5-6, 07 0-0-0----0
4 Brittany DeGrood, OH, 5-6, 07 0-0-0----0
5 Liz Schlobohm, RH 5-10, 08 0-0-1----1
6 #2, OH, ?, ? 1-0-0----1
Nonservers
Holly Hafemeyer, MH, 6-1 10 0-1-3--4
Stephanie Meschke, OH, 5-10, 08 0-0-4----4
Totals: 3-1-17---21 points, 16 points on Northfield errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Kim Smisek Smisek was a dominating force with her swings from the outside.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Northfield 12/21---.571; 56; .536; .432
Bethlehem Academy 8/22---.364; 37; .568; .464
Northfield was stronger in the side out game with a 60% ratio in game two and BA only checking in with 18%.

ROTATION POINTS
Northfield
1 5-8 -3
2 5-5 0
3 9-3 +6
4 9-5 +4
5 12-6 +6
6 6-9 -3

Bethlehem Academy
1 7-8 -1
2 4-7 -3
3 6-13 -7
4 4-9 -5
5 10-5 +5
6 6-5 +1

next up: championship game Apple Valley tournament

Out & About: Andover/Stewartville

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TOURNAMENTS X TWO
Today I traveled to Apple Valley, first stopping at Eastview for their tourney and finishing up at Apple Valley. Unfortunately I didn't get to the first game in the championship at Eastview. I arrived there at 12:45, and the schedule indicated that the game would start then. The championship was already one game old when I found my seat, so all you will get is the synopsis of game two of

EASTVIEW CHAMPIONSHIP
Andover 2, Stewartville 0
(25-18, 25-17)

Andover won their two games yesterday 2-0, Stewartville had to go to 3 before pulling off the wins. Stewartville did have one player out with an ankle injury that happened on Thursday.
Game 2, as it turned out, was tight early on as Stewartville led 8-7 after a missed Andover serve. Andover missed four serves in this game. Andover got the side out on a kill by Erickson on Rainey's serve to tie it up. With Amy Olson serving Andover put some distance between the two teams. Olson served up three points and it looked as if it would be four, but after a Stewartville time out, Andover apparently was in the net on a block 11-9. Erickson provided two of the Andover points in the run with a block and a kill. Three side outs later Erickson served up one point as Samantha Neunsinger had a tip kill for a 14-10 Husky lead. Stewartville did mount a small rally to bring the game back to 16-14 on Laura Hoover's serve, but the two point margin was as close as it was going to be. Andover got three points on Heidi Larsen's serve to make it 21-16 after the side out. Two of the points were the result of Stewartville net violations. Olson closed out the game with three serves helped by Megan Carlson's two kills.

Serve order, Name, Position, ht, year, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
ANDOVER
1br Amy Olson, S, 5-5, 07, 0-0-0---0
1fr Chayna Wold, RH 5-9, 07 0-0-0---0
2. Lauren Cipperly, OH 5-9, 09 0-0-5---5
3. Krista Erickson, MH 5-10, 07 0-1-3---4
4br Sarah Kurtovich, S, 5-8 09 0-0-0---0
4fr Samantha Neunsinger, RH, 5-10 07 0-0-1----1
5. Megan Carlson, OH 5-10, 08 0-1-4---5
6br Heidi Larson, L, 5-4 07 0-0-1----1
6fr Deena Ewert, MH, 6-1 08 0-0-0---0
Totals: 0-2-14---16, 9 points on Stewartville errors

STEWARTVILLE
1. Julie Rainey, OH, 5-9, 10, 0-0-2---2
2. Alex Nold, MH, 6-0, 07, 0-1-1---2
3. Leigh Splittstoesser, S, 5-7, 07 0-0-0----0
4. Erin Ness, OH, 6-0, 08, 0-0-2----2
5. Laura Hoover, MH 5-8 07, 1-0-0---1
6. #3, RH, ?, ?, 0-0-0---0
Totals: 1-1-5---7, 10 points on Andover errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Krista Erickson

NUMBER CRUNCHING again for only one game
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Andover 8/12--.667; 25, .640; .588
Stewartville 6/13---.462; 17; .412; .360
Missed serves didn't come back to bite Andover on the rear. But Andover is strong in siding out and Erickson provided two kills in that department to lead Andover. Andover also limits runs as the best Stewartville could muster was a two point service run. Andover on the other hand had three.

ROTATION POINTS
Andover
1 9-2 +7
2 2-2 0
3 4-2 +2
4 3-5 -2
5 2-3 -1
6 5-3 +2

Stewartville
1 2-2 0
2 2-4 -2
3 2-3 -1
4 5-2 +3
5 3-5 -2
6 3-9 -6

Next up: 3rd place at Apple Valley, but it is going to be after the Gopher game tonight

Concordia Moorhead Downs Gustavus

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D3 recap
MIAC ACTION
#4 Concordia Moorhead gave Gustavus their second conference loss with a 3-1 road win. Gustavus did have 84 digs to CM's 71, but Gustavus also had 33 hitting errors compared to CMs 23. CM is 8-0 in conference.

Hamline swept St. Catherine 10, 21, 29. Hamline had more kills 49, than St. Kate's had digs 29.

Macalester edged Carleton in five. Macalester had 72 earned points or .643 earned, while Carleton earned .667. So Carleton gave away .357 and Macalester .333 and that was the difference as Carlteon outhit Mac by 10 kills and also by % .144 to .140.

UMAC
UM Morris beat Crown in four.
Northwestern MN beat Presentation in a sweep in Morris
Also at Morris St. Mary's swept Crown 20, 14, 36-34.

ELMHURST INVITATIONAL
River Falls won twice with a sweep of Concordia WI and also Rockford.
Oshkosh matched them in match wins, but only had one sweep against Loras. Springfield managed to win a game off Oskosh in the four game match.

HEIGHT MATTERS?
Laura Zwach, a 5-3 libero for St. Benedict is featured in the Marshall Independent.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
DIGS
5 games
D3
Marie Godwin, Macalester 23 vs Carleton 3-2
4 games
D3
Emily Klein, Gustavus 23 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Anna Walden, Concordia Moorhead 21 vs Gustavus 3-1
Bridget Burtzel, Gustavus 20 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 19 vs Carleton 3-2
Lauren Eberhart, Macalester 15 vs Carleton 3-2
4 games
D3
Michelle Honek, Concordia Moorhead 19 vs Gustavus 3-1
Andrea Kron, Gustavus 17 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 16 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
NAIA
Jennifer Sunwall, Crown 21 vs UM Morris 1-3
Sarah Nelson, UM Morris 16 vs Crown 3-1
3 games
D3
Dana Luiken, Hamline 18 vs St. Catherine 3-0
NAIA
Danielle Schiebout, Crown 18 vs St. Mary's 0-3

Next up: later with HS Tournament action today, and the Gopher/Purdue game

Wisconsin Sweeps Purdue, UMD Tops UNO

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D1 Report
#14 Wisconsin got back on the winning track with a sweep of #9 Purdue at home 12, 20, 29. Minnesota faces Purdue tonight at Williams Arena, not the Pavillion.
Jana Mitchell, Central Florida had 2 kills against Marshall in an 3-0 loss last night.
Bridget Denson-Dorman, Connecticut had 8 kills, 53 assists in a 3-1 loss to Central Connecticut on Wednesday.
Erin Boeve, Iowa State had 9 kills and a hand in six blocks in a 3-0 sweep of Colorado earlier in the week.
Leslie Bielski, Marquette had 5 kills in a 3-1 loss to UW Milwaukee earlier in the week.
Amy Sampson, Northern Iowa had 8 kills in a sweep of Indiana State.
Betty Slinger, UW Green Bay, added to her triple double collection with a 16 kills, 32 assists, and 18 digs in a 3-1 win over Butler. Sarah Rauen had a double double 12 kills, 21 digs.
South Dakota State swept Utah Valley State 18, 25, 19. In the match Samantha Pearson recorded her 1000 dig.

D2 report
NORTH CENTRAL ACTION
#5 UM Duluth swept #20 UN Omaha 23, 29, 28. One interesting stat: UMD had only one block on the night. UMD is 7-0 in conference action.
Augustana swept St. Cloud State 14, 13, 19. Augustana is now 5-1 in conference play.
North Dakota surprised MSU Mankato with a sweep 24, 27, 23.

NORTHERN SUN ACTION
SW MN State swept Bemidji State 24, 20, 21. SW MN State is 11-2.
#7 Concordia St. Paul continued its winning ways in the NSIC with a sweep of Upper Iowa 13, 16, 23.
It took five games but MSU Moorhead beat Mary.
#23 Wayne State swept UM Crookston 15, 24, 20.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
3 games
D2
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 45 vs St. Cloud State 3-0

DIGS
3 games
D2
Abby Schmidt, Augustana 22 vs St. Cloud State 3-0

KILLS
4 games
D1
Betty Slinger, UW Green Bay 16 vs Butler 3-1
3 games
D1
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 20 vs Purdue 3-0
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 18 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 17 vs UN Omaha 3-0
Aileen Cahill, North Dakota 16 vs MSU Mankato 3-0
Terrin Post, Augustana 15 vs St. Cloud State 3-0

Next up: D3/NAIA action