Nelson Hire, MN Volleyball Camps

#1 posting 3.3.2007
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NELSON NEW ST. CLOUD STATE ASSISTANT
Aaron Nelson has been named the new assistant at St. Cloud State. He is from Sauk Rapids HS, and graduated from St. Cloud State. He was the head coach at Morningside the past two seasons.

MINNESOTA CAMP SCHEDULE
The University of MN has announced their Camp schedule.
July 9-14 Positional Camp
These are a series of 2 day camps focusing on individual positions including the following:
Outside hitter camp
Middle hitter/blocker cam
Ball control
July 20-22 Team Camp
This camp is designed for varsity teams and coaches to not only learn volleyball sk ills, techniques, and team tactics from our staff but to compete against other teams in the camp as well.
July 23-25 General Skill Camp
This camp will introduce the athlete to the skills and techniques that have made the Golden Gopher volleyball program one of the most elite programs in the country.

For more information check out Minnesota Volleyball Camps.

next up tomorrow.

Birath to Marquette

#1 posting 3.2.2007
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BIRATH TO MARQUETTE
Raftyn Birath (Marshall) has been hired to be an assistant at Marquette. She had been the head coach at Presentation for the past 3 years. From the Marshall Independent.

next up: monday unless news breaks.

Excercise and Breast Cancer

#1 posting 3.1.2007
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EXCERCISE & BREAST CANCER
Here is a report in the Asbury Park Press about the relationship between excercise and breast cancer. Excercise may help reduce the risk of breast cancer.

next up tomorrow.

Stewartville, Bethlehem Academy Off Season

#1 posting 2.28.2007
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Not much to report. No tips have filtered in.
I did see two volleyball teams play basketball down in Rochester. Stewartville is still playing and will play Kingsland for the 1AA west title on Friday. They are led by Leigh Splittstoesser the setter for the volleyball team. Also Amanda Thompson, Julie Rainey and Nicole Hebl among others played for Stewartville.
I also saw Bethlehem Academy play New Life. Patrolling the middle was Holly Hafemyer for BA. New Life won by the way. Liz Schlobohm, Brittany DeGrood, Nicole Pothen are others from the VB team that played for BA.

next up: tomorrow

North Star Shines

#1 posting 2.26.2007
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SUNDAY ACTION
The North Star beat Elk River, Crossfire, and Coon Rapids on Sunday in Osseo.
Against Elk River the scores were 25j-16, 21-25, and 15-4.
ER had a 10-5 lead in game two before NS got the side out and then rattled off 6 straight points to retake the lead 12-10. ER scrambled back to lead 17-15. NS tied it an 17 but missed their next serve. Both teams traded side outs 8 straight serves. ER broke the pattern with an ace and never gave the ball back.
NS missed six serves on the game, all initial serves.
Game 3 was a totally different story. ER opened with the serve and it was 1-1 when Samantha Neunsinger started serving. It was 14-2 when she gave the ball back. She delivered 6 aces in the string. ER added a few more points, but the game ended on a missed serve for the 15-4 final.
NS beat Cross fire, but lost the first game 23-25. NS won the next two 25-19, 15-7,.

NS finished the day with a 2-0 win over Coon Rapids 25-21, 25-17.

Thanks for the readers help with feeding me information. If you have news email me and it will get up.

Side note: coaching at Elk River is Brenda Holmgren, former HS coach and now official.

Next up: tomorrow.

Star of the North Games

#1 posting 2.23.2007
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STAR OF THE NORTH
You can register now for volleyball at the Star of the North Summer games in Rochester on June 16 and 17. They will be using 55 courts at 12 sites. From the Chatfield News.

Southern MN Volleyball

#1 posting 2.22.2007
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Southern Minnesota Volleyball will have try outs on February 23 from 5:30-7 pm at the National Volleyball Center in Rochester.

Next up tomorrow

M1s 17s ARE SPVB President's Day Champs

#1 posting 2.21.2007
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CORRECTIONS
M1 17s won the Sports Performance VB tournament in Chicago over President's day weekend. Here are the hard numbers:
Day 1 Scores
M1 171’s vs Celtic Force 17 Green – 25-11, 25-22
M1 171’s vs Wisconsin Power 17 Red – 25-20, 25-20
M1 171’s vs Fusion 17 White – 26-24, 25-17

Scores from Day 2 Gold Division Playoffs
M1 171’s vs 1st Alliance 25-23, 16-25, 25-21,27-25
M1 171’s vs Illini Elite Cardinal, 25-16, 25-19, 18-25, 25-18

Next up: tomorrow.

President's Day Tourney Results

#1 posting 2.20.2007
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In the Sports Performance President’s Day Tournament. According to the listing M1 171’s (ranked 8th by Prepvolleyball) finished second in the 17’s division losing to Illini Elite Cardinal (ranked 11th) in the championship match. The big upset for the weekend was in the semi-final match with Ilini Elite Cardinal beating St. Louis CYC (ranked 3rd.)

The M1 161’s finished 6th in the 16’s division.

Next up: tomorrow.

Patch Hired, Tragic Death

#1 posting 2.19.2007
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PATCH HIRED
Garry Patch was hired to coach at Assumption. He has been active in the New England Volleyball scene. He replaces Bob Stein.

TRAGIC DEATH
Kaitlyn Miller, a junior OH from the Keith School in Rockford, IL died in a skiing accident in Dane County Wisconsin. From the Rockford Register Star.
Our sympathies go out to the family and the team.

Next up: tomorrow later in the day.

Falkenhagen Hired

#1 posting 2.15.2007
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FALKENHAGEN HIRED
Former Bemidji State coach Kim Falkenhagen has been hired at Eastern New Mexico. Her record at BSU was 35-93. Also a story in the Portales News-Tribune.

Next up: tomorrow at some point.

Bowman's Diary and 20 Questions

#1 posting 2.14.2007
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SPRING SCHEDULE
Wisconsin has released their spring schedule. They will host UW Milwaukee on March 28 and Marquette on April 27.

BOWMAN'S DIARY & 20 QUESTIONS
Kelly Bowman has a diary with the US National team. She has her own page updated on the national team page and answers 20 questions.

next up: early than this time tomorrow

Officer Jackson, Indiana Signings;

#1 posting 2.13.2007
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COACH JACKSON
Mpls. Henry assistant volleyball coach, and Mpls police officer, Rich Jackson was on KARE11 news with a copper bust.
He is also back to playing Volleyball making an A league team. They travel all over the Midwest playing tournaments.

COACHING NEWS
Sara Schaub has been named the new coach at Montana State Billings. She had been an assistant at Eastern Michigan. Schaub is from Huron, OH and is an EMU grad.

INDIANA SIGNING
Indiana has inked two for the 2007 season. Taylor Wittmer (Loogootee, Ind./Loogootee) a 6-1 MH/OH; and Ashley Benson (Bloomington North, Ind) a 6-3 MH.

Warehouse Action; Paralympic Volleyball

#1 posting 2.12.2007
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VB WAREHOUSE RESULTS
There was some really great volleyball being played at the Volleyball Warehouse on Sunday.
On court #1 the pool teams included Northern Light’s 181’s, M1 171’s, Minnesota Select 182’s and Crossfire 18’s. The match of the day was between Northern Light’s 181’s and M1’s 171’s. The first game NL won 25-19. It was the second game that was phenomenal. Both teams were playing their A game and they battled to a NL win at 32-30. The third game was won by M1 with a score of 15-11.

PARALYMPICS VOLLEYBALL
Katie Holloway is a 6-4 athlete from Cal State Northridge. She only has one foot. You will see the basketball part early in the video, and then you will see Paralympic volleyball in action. It gives you a look at how that game is played. From NBC Sports.

Thanks for all the good tips and solid information from the readers of this site. It couldn't be done without your help.

Next up: tomorrow.

Hazelwood Moves

#1 posting 2.9.2007
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COACHING NEWS
Jenny Hazelwood is leaving the coaching position at Centenary and is headed to Austin Peay.

Joseph Goodson has been named an assistant at UW Green Bay. Goodson was a volunteer assistant at Georgia Tech.

Next up: monday

Peters, Mauer, and Skadeland

#1 posting 2.8.2007
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PETERS SIGNS
Nicole Peters from Winnipeg's Mennonite Collegiate has signed with SDSU. She's a 5-10 setter. She was named to the Canadian under 17 championship all-star team. From the Winnipeg Free Press.

MAUER
Teresa Mauer (Tierney) is Joe's mother, but she also will be inducted into the College of St. Catherine Athletics Hall of Fame. She was a member of the 1976 volleyball team there that Minnesota Association of Intercollegiate Athletics title and finished 50-5 that year, good for 6th in the nation. From the Star Tribune.

COACHING NEWS
Jamie Skadeland, a volunteer assistant at MSU Mankato, is now the assistant coach at Colorado Mines.

Thieke-Young Southern Coach of the Year

#1 posting 2.7.2007
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COACH OF THE YEAR
Michelle Thieke-Young, Furman was named coach of the year in the Southern Conference. Thieke-Young is a graduate of Chatfield, MN. From the Chatfield News.
Furman has a pair of Minnesotans on the roster:
Courtney Stewardson, Apple Valley and Pamela Gehrke, Eagan.
Stewardson was first team all conference.

LATE POOL RESULTS
Osseo 16 Orange took first place in their pool last weekend with:
a three game win over the Noma Stars 15reds;
a two game win over Edina 15Bs;
and a three game win over Mounds View 16s

Next up: tomorrow

Harms Verbals Minnesota

#1 posting 2.6.2007

HARMS COMMITTS
Katherine Harms made a verbal commitment to Minnesota on Saturday. The 6-0 right side from Little Falls is a 2009 (sophomore) and was listed among the highest mention in the prepvolleyball listing for 2009s.

COACHES CLINIC
The Midwest Volleyball Instructors will be holding their 20th Annual National clinic at Apple Valley on March 24 and 25.
Speakers include
Mike Hebert, Minnesota
Terry Liskevych, Oregon State and former USA Olympic coach
Cindy Book, St. Olaf
Terry Culhane, SW MN State
Dennis Amundson, MSU Mankato
Cathy Noth, USA National Setter
Scott Swanson, Minnesota assistant
Dan Westby, Marshall HS
Chris Hunt, Crossfire Juniors

Next up: tomorrow

Gopher Awards

#1 posting 2.5.2007
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GOPHER AWARDS
The Minnesota Gophers held their end of the year banquet and handed out team awards.
Meredith Nelson and Meghan Crumpston were named co MVPs.

The Maurice Batty award went to Christine Tan.

The Gold Country Award went to Crumpston.

I appreciate all the help the readers give in making this site what it is.

Top 2009s

#1 posting 2.4.2007
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MN TOP 2009s
PrepVolleyball.com came out with “The Soph 79: The Best High School Sophomores in the Country” list. Here are the Minnesota players on the list:

The Soph 79 List
Amy Braun, OH, Lakeville North
Brittany Chambers, OH, Jordan
Tia Gaffen, MB, Wayzata
Ariel Mewhorter, MB, Blaine

Highest Special Mention
Katherine Harms, RS, Little Falls
Catherine Yager, S, St. Michael Albertville

Honorable Mention
Lauren Cipperly, OH, Andover

POWER LEAGUE NEXT WEEK
The Schedules are out for next week's power league on the 10th and 11th for the 18s and 14s.

COACHING CHANGE
Jennifer Harrison has been named coach at Clarion, a D2 school in Pennsylvania.

Next up: tomorrow

Thanks Kevin!

Northland CC Recruits

#1 posting 2.1.2007
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VERBALS/SIGNINGS
Northland CC has added these players to their roster for next season
Lauren Daniels, Thief River Falls 5-9, OH
Jusytne Larson, Grygla-Goodridge 5-10 MH
Janelle Kyllo, Larimore, ND (transfer from Mary) S
Jenny Fransten, Hazen, ND

next up: tomorrow

Bitter Verbal, Halverson Signing

#1 posting 1.31.2007
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VERBAL
Courtney Bitter (Junior) out of Lake of the Woods committed to the University of North Dakota.

SIGNING
Susan Halvorson of Apple Valley will sign with Ohio State.

Thanks to the readers for providing news you can use.

Next up: tomorrow

Nebraska Resignation, National Team Add

#1 posting 1.30.2007
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COACHING NEWS
RESIGNATIONS
Nebraska assistant coach Charlene Johnson-Tagaloa has resigned. From the Columbus Telegram.

HIRES
Jason Kepner has been hired as head coach at the College of Charletson. Kepner was an assistant at Pittsburgh.

Matt Sonnichsen has been named coach at Newberry, a D2 school in the South Atlantic confernece. He was an assistant at Grinnell in Iowa this past year.

US NATIONAL TEAM
Libero Dani Busboom of Nebraska was added to the National training team.

Thanks for the tips and information from the readers of this site.

Next up: tomorrow.

Northern Lights 18s, M1 17s Finish 1st

#1 posting 1.29.2007
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LAST WEEKEND RESULTS
In pool 1, Northern Lights 181’s dominated. They have Hailey Cowles of Eden Prairie; Lauren Gibbemeyer of Cretin-Derham Hall, and Brook Dieter, of Bloomington Kennedy, all future Gophers.

In pool 2, M1 171’s came in 1st. On that roster they have Kelsey Brandl of Lakeville North, Lauren Wagner of Cretin-Derham Hall, Megan Carlson of Andover, and Jessica Granquist of Blaine.

Here are Feb. 3 & 4 schedules for the power league for 16s and 12s at the MN volleyball warehouse in Burnsville.

BEMIDJI STATE TOURNAMENT
The Bemidji State Volleyball team will be hosting a Reverse 4 Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament Feb. 3, 2007.

Thanks for all the help the readers give to make this site go.

Next up: tomorrow.

Coaching Merry Go Round

#1 posting 1.28.2007
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COACHING NEWS
Glen Conley has been named coach at Kent State. Conley was coach at Army.
Laura Jensen from Burnsville was a junior this year at Kent State.

Alma Kovaci has been named coach at Army replacing Conley. Kovaci was an assistant at Army.

Loralee Smith has been named coach at Lewis. Smith has been an assistant at Central Missouri.

Next up: tomorrow

All Americans, Gophers New Assistant

#1 posting 1.27.2007
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MN ALL AMERICANS
This is a list of 2006 High School All Americans from MN from PrepVolleyball.
All Americans
Brittany Chambers – Jordan
Hailey Cowles – Eden Prairie
Brooke Deiter – Bloomington Kennedy
Lauren Gibbemeyer – Cretin-Derham Hall
Allie Oelke – Chaska
Highest Honorable Mention
Kelsey Brandl – Lakeville North
Chambers is a Sophomore, Brandl a junior
Cowles, Deiter, and Gibbemeyer are all headed to the Gophers.

MANKA NEW ASSISTANT
The Minnesota Gophers have named Dave Manka as their new assistant coach. Manka was a volunteer assistant last year. He also was a volunteer assistant at St. Thomas the year before. He coached at Irondale for 10 years.

Next up: tomorrow?

Parental Pressure, Photo

#1 posting 1.26.2007

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RESIGNATION

Crookston's Jana Epema resigned because of parental pressure according to the Crookston Times.

Below is a photo of the The North Star 18s after winning the Winter Carnival tournament at Centennial HS last weekend.

Thanks to the readers for supplying this site with information, and photos.

next up: tomorrow.

Gatorade POY, Top Soph, Winter Carnival Tourney Results

#1 posting 1.24. 2007
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GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Hailey Cowles of Eden Prairie was named MN Gatorade Player of the year. Here is a Gatorade list of all the states.
Recent players to make the MN Gatorade POY include
2001: Kelly Bowman, Osseo, JR--Minnesota
2002: Kelly Bowman, Osseo---Minnesota
2003: Betty Slinger, Bethlehem Academy--UW Green Bay
2004: Kelly Lopez, DGF---North Dakota State
2005: Lauren Gibbemeyer, Cretin-Derham Hall, JR---Minnesota

Brittany Chambers of Jordan was named Sophomore of the year in the nation at prepvolleyball.com site. You will need to be a subscriber to read the story.

WINTER CARNIVAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS
The North Star 18s competed in the Winter Carnival Tournament this past Sunday. Their first match was against the Burnsville Badgers. After a bit of a slow start, North Star came out on top in two games.
Their second match was a forfeit.
Their third match was against the best team they had seen all day, River Falls. But even they we no match for North Star, who won in two.

Onto bracket play: North Star played and defeated the Burnsville Badgers once again, and then faced River Falls for the Championship. After a rocky start, North Star pulled ahead and won game one 25-22. The second game had about the same results, making North Star 18s the Champions of the Winter Carnival.

Next up: tomorrow

Mizuno Series, Power League Schedules

#1 posting 1.23.2007
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MIZUNO SERIES
The Mizuno M1s had a strong weekend with the 171s, 161s, 151s, and 141s all taking first place.

Here is the Mizuno M1 roster page. 17 teams.

MIDWEST VOLLEYBALL POWER LEAGUE
Here is the pools and schedules for the 14 & 18 power league on Saturday, Jan 27 and Sunday Jan 28.

next up: tomorrow

The MN West 7, Resignation

#1 posting 1.22.2007
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SIGNINGS
MN West signed 7 players to play for them next season
The include:
Meghan Cronberg, Luverne, MH
Kelli Correll, Round Lake-Brewster, OH
Brittany Wiese, Round Lake-Brewster, MH
Sarah Steffl, Worthington (from Dakota State), L
Kayla Wichern, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, MH 6-0
Danielle Thorson, Leroy-Ostrander, MH 5-9
Kristi Winter, Alexandria, DS
MN West was 14-13 in 2006
From the Worthington Daily Globe.

COACHING NEWS
Jana Epema has resigned as Crookston volleyball coach.

Next up: I hope to be back on schedule tomorrow.

Monticello Results

#1 posting 1.18.2007
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HEARTLAND ADIDAS MONTICELLO RESULTS
The North Star 18s won their first match against Alexandria .
North Star then faced their local rivals Heartland. North Star won game one 25-19, but Heartland came back to win a nail biter 26-24 in game two. In game 3 again it was down to the wire and Heartland prevailed again 15-13.
In the third match of the day North Star squared off against Club Velocity. North Star experimented with a 6-2 formation and won the match.

This week North Star travels to Centennial for the Winter Carnival St. Paul event on Sunday.

Thanks for the help from the readers of this site for providing information.

Next up: Tomorrow mid morning

Bowman Off to National Training

#1 posting 1.16.2007
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MORE ON BOWMAN
The MN Daily has a report on Kelly Bowman and her "complete shock" at being named to the National training team.

Also if you readers have any news send it this way. I will get it up. You have better ears and eyes and know what is happening.

Next up: probably Thursday.

Bowman Invited to National Team

#1 posting 1.11.2007
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Gopher Kelly Bowman , Osseo HS, has been selected as one of six players added to the U.S. women's national volleyball training team. She was an opposite this year and will be training as a setter and libero as well.
The team will start workouts Tuesday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Good Luck to Kelly on this national team.

THIS WEEKEND
There are events at the Burnsville Volleyball center with the MLK scrimmage Saturday and Sunday (check my older postings)
and there are games beginning---Monticello HS will have some contests.

Next up: Monday, unless news breaks

MLK Scrimmage, Swanson Promotion

#1 posting 1.9.2007
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MLK SCRIMMAGE
The Martin Luther King Scrimmage schedule is set for next weekend at the Burnsville volleyball center.
Northern Lights is hosting the event. They have a list of teams involved too from throughout the upper midwest. Ages are 15-18. The event runs Saturaday 1 pm to 7 pm, Sunday 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. No admission will be charged.

COACHING PROMOTION
Scott Swanson has been promoted as Gopher Associate head coach. He replaces David Boos who has left to become the head coach at Ball State. also From the Ball State Daily News.

TRANSFER
Kayla Anderson is leaving Appalachian State for North Dakota State. Anderson is a 2010 5-10 setter from Lake Holcombe Wisconsin. From the Fargo Forum.

Next up: Thursday, Jan. 11, unless news breaks

Seppala Apple Valley's New coach

#1 posting 1.8.2007
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Dan Seppala has been named the new coach at Apple Valley replacing Walt Weaver. Seppala has been an assistant at AV.

Next up: Thursday, Jan. 11

Top 2008s

#1 posting 1.5.2007
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PrepVolleyball put out their “Class of 2008 Top Junior Recruits (Plus 30 More)” list. Lakeville North's Kelsey Brandl is on of the top 50 list. Megan Plourde (Somerset, WI – Northern Lights 17-1) and Laurel Sanford (Eagan – Northern Lights 17-1) were listed in the “Plus 30 More.”

Thanks to the readers who help provide this site with news you can use.

Next up: Monday Jan. 8th.

Brandl's European Experience

#1 posting 1.4.2007
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BRANDL IN EUROPE
The USA Youth Team is in Europe right now. They won their first tournament, and they are in the middle of their second. There are journal writings from the girls, and the one on December 30th is written by Kelsey Brandl of Lakeville North. Brandl has a journal entry for Dec. 30th on the experience.

The readers of this site help deliver the news. Thanks.
If you have news email me.

Next up: I have scheduled Monday Jan. 8th.

Nashwauk Hire

#1 posting 1.1.2007
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Not much news has been sent my way, but here is one item

Rachel Hasbargen-Glowack has been named coach at Nashwauk-Keewatin.

If you have news you can send it to me by email. Go to my profile to send it to me.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Next up: Thursday the 4th of January, unless other news breaks.

Riesgraf Awarded

#1 posting 12.27.2006
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RIESGRAF HONORED
Kristin Riesgraf of Hibbing Community College was named to the 2006 NJCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball All-American Volleyball First Team. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

next up: tomorrow

Stocking Wishes

#1 posting 12.25.2006
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MERRY CHRISTMAS

I hope everyone got what they wanted in their stockings:

A finisher on the outside.

A middle that can move and jump.

A setter that is calm, and delivers the ball.

A defense that doesn't let the ball hit the floor.

An NCAA that can seed the tournament squarely.

Three & out for all teams (on the left hand side of course)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

Next up: tomorrow morning

not much stirring

#1 posting 12.23.2006
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Not much stirring...not even my mouse

next up....tomorrow.

Late Awards

#1 posting 12.22.2006
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Central Lakes had two players make All American: OH Jen Kempenich and S Lisa Kurtz. They are Central Lakes' 12th All Americans

In the HS realm Littlefork-Big Falls listed their honorees. from the International Falls Daily Journal.

next up: tomorrow

Minnesota #6

#1 posting 12.21.2006
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MINNESOTA 6TH
According to the AVCA Minnesota was the 6th best team in the nation. But how is it a team that pushed the national champion Nebraska team to five games is only #6? why not 2 or 3? Of course the final four teams get the top four spots whether they deserved it or not. It goes to show that the Gophers were not seeded properly headed into the NCAA tournament, and still didn't quite get the respect after pushing the Cornhuskers to the precipice.

NORTHERN SUN RISING
MSU Mankato is knocking on the door for admittance to the Northern Sun now that the North Central has been gutted.

Lindsay Jacobson

#1 posting 12.20.2006
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Lindsay Jacobson, Hibbing has been named by the American Association of University Women a Future Collegian and given $50 to further her education. Jacobson was a middle hitter on the state tournament entrant and she was honorable mention all conference. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

Next up; tomorrow.

UMM Academic Winners

#1 posting 12.19.2006
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UM Morris announced their players that made the UMAC Academic Honor list. There were 7 volleyballers to make the list including seniors Kirsten Nelson of White Bear Lake and Sara Nelson of Alexandria. To find out the others read on.

next up: tomorrow

Mikayla Boerger

#1 posting 12.18.2006
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Here is the obituary from the StarTribune for Rogers setter Mikayla Boerger.

Our sympathies to the family and to the Rogers volleyball program.

Next up: tomorrow.

Nebraska Champs

#1 posting 12.17.2006
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NEBRASKA CHAMPS
Nebraska won the NCAA D1 championship with a 3-1 win over Stanford.

The Minnesota Gophers were the only team to take Nebraska to five in the tournament. So with a break here or there......

Ifs ands and buts

Next up: tomorrow

All Area; Tragic Death

#1 posting 12.16.2006
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ALL AREA
The Worthington Daily Globe has listed their All Area team for the past season.
Here is the listing, since I couldn't find a link
First team
Brittany Bakalyar, Jackson Co Central L
Ashley Weatherly, Pipestone S
Laura Kramer, Fulda MH
Kaitlyn Kramer, Fulda MH
Linnea Henkels, SW Star OH
Nicole Buysse, Pipestone OH
Second Team
Cassie Oddson, Windom L
Alexa Vanden Bosch, Edgerton S
Amy Kallemeyn, Edgerton MH
Beth Tinklenberg, Pipestone OH
Megan Bezdilcek, JCC MH
Kesley Van Dyke, SW MN Christian OH
Third Team
Chelsey Cranston, SW Star S
Kelsey Lorenzen, Pipestone L
Traci Fransen, JCC OH
Faith Tinklenberg, Pipestone OH
Casey Christensen, Windom MH
Danielle Trapp, Red Rock MH
Honorable Mentions
Ashley Aggren, Worthington
Laura Meers, Murray County Central
Megan Ysker, Windom
Brenna Munoz, JCC
Kelli Correll, Round Lake-Brewster
Sydney Place, SW Star
Brooke Kramer, Ellsworth
Malori Paplow, Windom
Whitney Frank, Westbrook-Walnut Grove
Kelly Shaner, Red Rock Central
Kasey McNab, Round Lake-Brewster
Audra Schmidt, Westbrook-Walnut Grove
Allison Carlson, Murray Co Central
Kayla Bullerman, Adrian
Amanda Baumgarn, Round Lake-Brewster

TRAGEDY
Mikayla Boerger, a junior setter on the Rogers volleyball team, died this past week. Our sympathies go out her family and the Rogers volleyball extended family on this untimely death.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Championship Set

#1 posting 12.15.2006
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FINAL MATCH UP
It will be host Nebraska against Stanford in the D1 championship.

Stanford beat defending champ Washington in a sweep in rather convincing fashion 12, 25, 15. From the Seattle Times.

Nebraska lost the first game, but finished off UCLA in three after that.

Is the D1 tournament headed to Omaha forever? like the baseball tournament? The Seattle Post Intelligencer explores the issue.

Next up: tomorrow

Nelson 2nd Team All American

#1 posting 12.14.2006
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NELSON MAKES 2ND TEAM
MB Meredith Nelson made the AVCA 2nd team All American list yesterday. Nelson is the all time Gopher leader in career blocks, and in block assists.
L Malama Peniata made the honorable mention squad.

Here is a list of the AVCA All Americans.

Congratulations to both.

Also of note: Erin Boeve, Hills-Beaver Creek and Iowa State was honorable mention.

next up: tomorrow.

Autoposy; Mac; HOL

#1 posting 12.13.2006
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DEATH OF A COACH
The cause of death, according to the corner, of TriState coach Sarah Steele was internal bleeding. From the AP wire in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

MAC STATS
Macalester had three players ranked in the final national D3 stats. Andrea Hansen finished 9th in hitting%; Sonia Muzikarova was 41st in kills per game; Kari Tanaka was 49th in assists per game.

HEART O' LAKES AWARDS
At least for West Central HS
Tana Lohse was on the all conference team
Honorable mentions went to
Krstyal Lacey and Kendra Vipond.
If you know the rest of the Heart O'Lakes squad drop me a line at my email in my profile. I will get the rest up when you readers help on this one.

Thanks for the readers that do provide us with solid information. That helps make this the go to site for volleyball news & information

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Gopher Recap; Sudden Death

#1 posting 12.12.2006
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GOPHER RECAP
The MN Daily recaps the Elite 8 season for the Gophers beginning with the Europe trip this past summer.
Also, from the day before, the MN Daily digests the Nebraska loss.

SUDDEN DEATH
Tri State, a D3 college in Angola, Indiana, had their young head coach die suddenly. Sarah Steele died at the age of 28.
Our sympathies go out to the Steele family and the extended TriState family.

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Erin Joki POY, Pac 10 Invite

#1 posting 12.11.2006
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The NCAA finals will be a PAC 10 invite in Omaha with Nebraska crashing the all west coast party. Nebraska will face UCLA while Stanford takes on Washington in the other bracket. Semis are on Thursday, Finals on Saturday.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
The Hibbing Daily Tribune named their player of the year and Grand Rapids' Erin Joki takes the honor. She will be off to North Dakota next year. The rest of the team is also listed with first, second and honorable mentions.

STATS
St. Benedict's was in the top 50 in five categories in the D3 final stats, and Laura Zwach was #19 in the nation with 6.7 digs per game; while Beth Hanson was #37 with 11.2 assists per game.

Thanks to the readers for providing good information to keep this site the top place to go for breaking news & information.

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Gophers Season Ends

#1 posting 12.9.2006
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NEBRASKA TAKES MINNESOTA IN FIVE
The #1 Nebraska Cornhuskers avoided the upset bid and beat #8 Minnesota in a five game match in Gainesville, Florida on Saturday. They did it after MN led 2-0. Nebraska cleaned up their game after the break and took command. Here is the Pioneer Press and StarTribune with more.

Nebraska now goes home, or close enough, to Omaha to take on the rest of the country. Penn State, the only other Big 10 team left in the hunt, was beat by Washington 3-1.

Congratulations to the Gophers on a strong year. If you get beat, you want to get beat by the best. That may have happened last night.

ALL CONFERENCE
Albert Lea's Kat Ladwig and Annika Smed were named all conference. They also are playing club ball this winter. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Got information? send it in & it will get posted.
Thanks for all the help the readers have provided for this site.

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Gophers Chomp Gators

#1 posting 12.9.2006
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GOPHERS CHOMP GATORS
Despite being forced to play in Gator alley in Florida, the #8 seeded Minnesota Gophers ruined #9 Florida's Saturday night or afternoon plans with a 3-1 win over the Gators. It ended 34 straight home wins by Florida. Here is the box.
The StarTribune was there and covered the event. It was mentioned on KARE11, but no video.

Minnesota now faces #1 Nebraska at 3pm central time for the right to go to Omaha and the final four. Nebraska beat Minnesota earlier in the year and beat San Diego in a sweep last night.

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Gophers vs Gators

#1 posting 12.8.2006
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GOPHERS VS FLORIDA TODAY
Can't make it to Gainesville? You can watch the action for FREE on the internet thanks to the GatorZone.com. The link is on the Gopher site.
You can read quotes from Coach Hebert, Meredith Nelson and Malama Peniata.


StarTribune writer Jerry Zgoda talks about the Gophers are under the radar going into this game.
The MN Daily has their preview of the weekend's action.

HS TRANSFERS/CLASSIFICATION
The MSHSL has one big change in the 3 class system: the top 96 teams will be in AAA now, with 128 in the AA division, the rest in A. Before the classes were divided equally. Also they are waiting on the transfer rule because the private schools are not crazy about the proposed changes.

HALEY BOWER
Haley Bower is a junior at Augsburg with strong defensive credentials and a 3.91 gpa. She is featured in the Brainerd Dispatch.

I have added a few more JO teams to the links on the right. Have more? email me by going to my profile. It is on now.

Thanks to all the help provided by the readers for making this the go to site for volleyball.

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AVCA Honors

#1 posting 12.7.2006
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AVCA HONORS
The American Volleyball Coaches Association is handing out post season honors. In the Coaching department Gopher Coach Mike Hebert picked up Mideast coach of the year, his 3rd such honor.

The AVCA also has handed out awards for players and two Gophers landed on the All Mideast team: MH Meredith Nelson and L Malama Peniata. Kelly Bowman was an honorable mention selection.
Betty Slinger, UWGB and Bethlehem Academy was honorable mention in the Midwest Region.

Congratulations to all award winners.

Thanks to the viewers that help with information to this site. my email is now on (for some reason it was off) on my profile.

Next up: Tomorrow morning with more news.

Gophers Prepare, Lanesboro's Divided MVP

#1 posting 12.6.2006
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GOPHERS GET READY
Coach Mike Hebert was featured in the StarTribune with his frame of mind expectations.

The Gophers are headed to Gainesville Florida. Here are some of the background stats involved and media sources.

END OF HS WRAP
Lanesboro split their MVP between Hannah Glor and Bonnie Albright. From the Republican Leader.

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Minnesota #9 in AVCA Poll, Prairie All Conference

#1 posting 12.5.2006
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#8 SEED MINNESOTA #9 IN POLL
The Minnesota Gophers are unchanged in the latest AVCA poll. Their opponent on Friday is the #7 Florida Gators. However they are the #9 seed. Shouldn't Florida be the #7 seed in the tournament then? or is their a fix?

ALL CONFERENCE LIST
The Prairie conference has named their all conference players.
Kayla Tschida, Upsala offensive MVP
Beth Burggraff, Upsala
Kari Roering, Upsala
Alexandra Knettel, Upsala
Jordan Noska, Browerville defensive MVP
Rachel Johnson, Browerville
Jessica Thompson, Browerville
Stephanie Roggenbuck, Osakia
Stacey Kern, Osakis
Cari Jo Hohncke, Osakis
Leah Jendro, Royalton
Brooke Winscher, Royalton
Rachel Allen, Eagle Valley
Kalyn Beseman, Swanville
Honorable Mention
Denise Ripplinger, Upsala
Mallory Johnson, Upsala
Amanda Boeckermann, Upsala
Emily Salber, Browerville
Kirsten Winscher, Royalton
Rachel Wagner, Eagle Valley
Missy Kassube, Eagle Valley
Jamie Kulzer, Swanville
Tracy Fruechte, Swanville

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Sweet 16 Preview

#1 posting 12.4.2006
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GOPHERS OFF TO FLORIDA
The U of M site previews the action to come this weekend in Florida. Minnesota will face the hosts in the late game.

The MN Daily reviews the St. John's game that went the max.

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Wisconsin in Sweet 16

#1 posting 12.3.2006
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WISCONSIN TOPS IOWA STATE
Wisconsin is in the Sweet 16 after sweeping Iowa State. Hills-Beaver Creek MH Erin Boeve had 11 kills for Iowa State. Wisconsin is now headed to Texas to see the hosts next weekend.

Five Big 10 teams are left standing: Penn State will play Purdue in one Sweet 16 match. Ohio State is on the other side of the same regional at Washington and will face the hosts. The Pac 10 also provided four teams with Stanford playing Missouri today with a chance to match the Big 10. So of the 16 teams left a potential 10 are from the two power packed conferences. 3 teams (or 4 if Missouri upsets Stanford) are from the Big 12. San Diego, Hawaii and Florida crashed the party from three other conferences.

Here is the Minnesota/St. John's
NUMBER CRUNCHING
fbso, points; earned-%; allowed-%
Minnesota 38/69--.551; 125; 93-.744; 38-.330
St. John's 33/67-.493; 115; 77-.670; 32-.256

The FBSO % is one of the lowest on the year. That number has to be north of .600 for things to be clicking.

ROTATION POINTS
1 Tan 23-17 .575
2 Peniata 23-21 .523
3 Bowman 20-15 .571
4 Crumpston 21-23 .477
5 Nelson 22-24 .478
6 Hartmann 15-15 .500

The Gophers adjusted after game four with Crumpston's rotation moved to #1. As you can see that collective half of the rotations were sub .500 on the match. Only three rotations above .500, not one in the .600s which usually is the case.
The Gophers have had big road wins during the year at Wisconsin, Purdue and Ohio State. They will need to duplicate those efforts in Gator Alley.

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Gophers Survive St. John's

#1 posting 12.2.2006
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GOPHERS SURVIVE ST. JOHN'S
Minnesota let a 2-0 lead develop into a 2-2 game with St. John's and had to work game five 15-12 to advance to Gainesville, Florida to take on the Gators, 3-1 winners over Arizona State, next week. A Jessy Jones kill finished the contest. I will have more on the numbers much later.

OTHER GAMES OF NOTE
Iowa State, with Hills-Beaver Creek Middle Erin Boeve, swept UW Milwaukee. Boeve had 10 kills. From the Pioneer Press news wire.

Wisconsin will face Iowa State. The Badgers swept Notre Dame in Madison.

ALL STATE
South Dakota had their AA listed in the Pioneer Press off the news wires. You can contrast and compare. SD teams did play in the Apple Valley tournaments during the year.

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Gophers Sweep Siena, UMD, Winona Signings

#1 posting 12.1.2006
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GOPHERS SWEEP SIENA
Minnesota moves on to the round of 32 with a 16, 25, 15 sweep of Siena in Siena's back yard. At least at the Siena site you can see the play by play, something that hasn't been on the MN site all year. MN takes on St. John's tonight. They beat host Albany 3-1.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
fbso-%; points; earned-%; allowed -%
Minnesota 31/42--.738; 90; 72--.800; 25--.463
Siena 20/40--.500; 54; 29--.537; 18--.200
A dominating performance with fbso and earned points.

ROTATION POINTS
1 Tan/Chin (3) 16-9 .640
2 Peniata 15-11 .577
3 Bowman 17-9 .654
4 Crumpston 10-10 .500
5 Nelson/Fallon (3) 10-7 .588
6 Hartmann 22-7 .759

Hartmann's rotation really kick it last night. Hartmann had a string of 9 points in game one. For the early part of the year that rotation was trailing the others. Crumpston's rotation was hampered by missed serves. If this keeps up, who knows where the Gophers will stop? Omaha?

SIGNINGS
UM Duluth signed four players for next season
April Hansen, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, MH
Alyssa Nelson, Hayfield, MH/OH
Eleena Iisakka, Esko, S
Rachel Lamers, Kimberly, WI, OH

Winona State signed three
Mollie Bjelland, Grantsburg, WI, RS/S
Susan Clausen, Johnston, IA, S
Kim Nemcek, Geneva, IL MH

ALL STAR GAMES
The 2nd Polar all star game along with the Polar League All Conference team can be found on the Cloquet Pine Journal article.

Next up: tomorrow morning with the St. John's recap.

Gophers Open NCAAs, Metro All Conference Teams

#1 posting 11.30.2006
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GOPHERS OPEN NCAAS TODAY
Minnesota starts its NCAA journey today on the road at Albany. They take on Siena, a school in the Albany suburbs, at 5 pm. A look at the match up from the MN Daily.

FALL ALL CONFERENCE
The StartTribune has a boatload of metro area all conference teams.

Lanesboro's season is reviewed and the Southeast all conference team is named in the Spring Grove Herald. Lanesboro's Hannah Glor was POY in the league.

If you have any All conference teams send them this way so we can get them up.

Good Luck Gophers tonight.

Next up: tomorrow morning

SW Signings, Siena's Outlook

#1 posting 11.29.2006
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SIGNINGS
SW MN State signed four players for next season:
Tiffany Burch, Shanwnee Mission East, KS
Kasey Uran, Sartell-St. Stephen the St. Cloud Times POY
Krystal Schwanke, Springfield the New Ulm Journal POY
and Leah Bjerke, Rochester Mayo

SIENA
Here is the Siena site again to check out the Gophers first opponent.

I digested the numbers, if it means anything for their last game against Fairfield in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships:

NUMBER CRUNCHING
fbso: total points; earned %; allowed %
Siena 35/68--.515; 111; 71-.640; 35-.289.
Fairfield 39/66--.591; 121; 86-.711; 40-.361
Fairfield had better fbso #s and total points, but that didn't prevent Siena from winning in five. Fairfield had too many mistakes to survive.

A look at the Siena rotations
1 Hummel 27-18 .600
2 London 22-21 .552
3 Hackett/Honore (5) 17-21 .447
4 Kobayashi 11-16 .407
5 Robello 20-16 .556
6 Gustafson/Hackett (5) 15-26 .366

In game five Siena made a switch starting off with Honore instead in Hackett's spot, serving first, followed by Kobayashi, Robello, then Hackett, Hummel and London.

The points in their rotations appear that they do have some holes. Gophers like to climb in holes.

Next up: tomorrow morning, probably not as late.

Minnesota Trio All Big 10

#2 posting 11.28.2006
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ALL BIG 10
Three Minnesota Gophers have been named to the All Big 10 first team: Meredith Nelson, MH unanimous; Kelly Bowman RH and Malama Peniata, L. Peniata was also named defensive player of the year.
Jessy Jones, MH was named honorable mention.

Penn State's frosh phenom Megan Hodge was POY and Frosh of the year.

Congratulations Gophers

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UND, SCSU Signings, Falkenhagen Resigns

#1 posting 11.28.2006
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SIGNINGS
North Dakota has signed Devin Trefz, Bagley a 6-1 MH and Shanna Schmiesing, Sauk Centre, a 5-10 OH.
St. Cloud State has signed Jennifer Waterman, Anoka a 5-11 S; Amy Gatz, Howard-Lake-Waverly-Winsted a 6-2 MH and Ashley Shields, Whitefish Bay, WI an OH.

HIEBERT
Gopher coach Mike Hiebert is featured in an article on the Big 10 site. It recounts his career at both Illinois and of course MN with his skill at program building.

POLLS
The #8 NCAA tournament seeded Gophers are the #9 team in the AVCA poll. Don't ask me how these things work out.

COACHING NEWS
Kim Falkenhagen has resigned at Bemidji State. Falkenhagen had a four year record of 35-94.

CONFERENCE NEWS
Milaca and Mora have a new conference home--the West Central. With the end of the Rum River five schools had to find a new conference. Foley already had been accepted into the now 18 team conference. The conference could divide into three 6 team divisions.

UM Crookston's fate could be headed to D3. from the Grand Forks Herald

VIDEO
I know it is about a month ago, but you can watch the Wayzata Armstrong 5AAA match right from your computer. Cable 12 the NW Suburban cable station has each game of the match on video if you want to watch. Here is game one, game two and game three.

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More on Seeds and All Area

#1 posting 11.27.2006
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MORE ON GOPHER SEED
The Minneapolis StarTribune was also in attendance and has their take on the tournament at hand and the mysterious seeding process.

The MN Daily recaps the pair of wins over Purdue and Indiana.

MORE ALL AREA
Well fans you pulled through, here is the rest of the Winona Daily News all area team
First Team:
Tori Lind - Mabel-Canton sr MH, first team all-state, 381 kills, 181 digs,62 blocks, 900 career kills
Kate Kreuzer - Winona sr. S, 70 kills, 246 assists, 187 digs
Jenny Gilbertson - Winona Cotter jr. MH, 293 kills, 163 digs
Hannah Glor - Lanesboro sr. MH, 275 kills, 115 ace serves
Jackie Hust - W-K sr. OH, 293 kills, 163 digs
Ashley King - Caledonia sr. OH, 258 kills, 325 digs
Second Team:
Katelyn Horihan - Mabel-Canton soph MH, first team all-state, 400 kills,.454 efficiency, 98 blocks, 700 career kills
Raechelle Manning - Mabel-Canton sr S, 889 assists, 64 ace serves, 1,730career assists
Danielle Peters - W-K sr. OH, 285 kills, 178 digs, 46 ace serves
Savannah Sawle - Rushford-Peterson sr. MH, 216 kills, 71 ace blocks, 160 digs, 526 career kills
Devin Bowlin - Winona Cotter sr. OH, 219 digs, 138 kills
Afton Glander - Alma, WI sr. libero, 157 digs

If you know of all conference or all area teams that this site hasn't covered let me know. Go to my profile to email me the missing information. I am still looking for the Duluth News Tribune All area team.

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Gophers Shown No Love

#2 posting 11.26.2006
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#8 GOPHERS SENT TO ALBANY
I went to the Minnesota Gopher selection party and the good news is the Gophers are the #8 seed in the country. The bad news is, for the third year in a row, the Gophers are on the road to start in Albany, NY. In 2004 the Gophers had to go east, and in that year they were runners up to Stanford. But the lack of love from the NCAA had many gasps and groans from the many in attendance this afternoon. They also will play the Thursday/Friday games.

First off the NCAA only seeds 16 teams. Why? I think they want to keep things local, build up attendance. The other three teams in the Albany bracket are from NY: Siena of the Metro Atlantic, the Gophers first opponent, and then the nominal host Albany and St. John's from the Big East.

Siena is close to home and is counting on their fan base to provide them a lift. Siena made the tournament as an automatic qualifier with a five game win over Fairfield in the Metro Atlantic tournament.

7 Big 10 teams are still dancing. Penn State, as you would expect is home, but so is Wisconsin and Purdue. Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State are all road warriors. Of the top 8 seeds only #6 Washington is sent packing to Colorado, but if they get the job done there they are back in Seattle.

Why is Minnesota the Rodney Dangerfield of this tournament?

The NCAA needs to seed ALL 64 teams, and it probably needs to do away with home court advantages too. Texas and Florida don't have to leave home if they want to make the final four. That is a fairness issue. I know the Gophers benefited in 2004 when they hosted the regionals.

Here is the NCAA press release.

I don't know if anyone does bracketology, but make a copy of this bracket and start an office pool.

And of course you need the official website of the NCAA tournament. not much there yet.

I will have more on Siena as the week progresses.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Gophers 2nd; Hust POY

#1 posting 11.26.2006
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GOPHERS 2ND IN BIG 10
Minnesota closed out the regular season with a sweep at Indiana. Now today they will await word on the NCAA seeding which should take place between 2-3 pm today.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, FBSO; points, earned tot-%; allowed tot-%
Minnesota 28/45-.622; 90; 68--.756; 23-.333
Indiana 18/47---.383; 69; 46--.667; 22--.244

ROTATION POINTS
Tan 15-11 .577
Peniata 18-14 .563
Bowman 16-12 .571
Crumpston 17-9 .654
Nelson 12-15 .444
Hartmann 12-8 .600
A day after being the lowest, Crumpston's rotation rose to the top. However the next rotation faltered. Hartmann again had her second straight game of over .600

HUST POY
Jackie Hust, Wabasha-Kellogg has been named player of the year in the Winona Daily News.
I have tried to find the other members of the WDN all area team, but I couldn't find a link. If you know them send them along so the rest of the world can see too.

In the Hust story it was reported that coach Katie Gove is resigning. That makes three coaches that I know about: Apple Valley's Walt Weaver and Central Christian's Tracy Grussing have also resigned. I will be putting a link up soon for coaching openings.

Next up: after the NCAA seedings today.

Gophers Hammer Purdue

#1 posting 11.24.2006
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GOPHERS HAMMERDOWN PURDUE
The #10 Minnesota Gophers put the hammer down last night at #22 Purdue in a convincing post thanksgiving day sweep 22, 22, 23. A powerful .430 hitting % left no doubt in anyones mind where the Gophers stand. Minnesota will play at Indiana tonight and that should go the Gophers way. Penn State is at home against Northwestern. If MN has a chance to tie for the title NW would have to win, but then Penn State has the tiebreaker anyway.

Here are the Minnesota and Purdue views of the match last night.

BY THE NUMBERS (points-earned-earned %-gave away-ga%)
Minnesota 90; 67; .744; 23; .343
Purdue 67; 44; .657; 23; .256
FBSO
Minnesota 37/50---.750
Purdue 22/48--.458

ROTATION POINTS
Tan 13-9 .591
Peniata 20-11 .645
Bowman 14-10 .583
Crumpston 13-17 .433
Nelson 12-8 .600
Hartmann 17-11 .607
Three rotations over .600 with two knocking at the door. The only problem was rotation #4 with a game high 17 points scored on it.

POST SEASON AWARDS
Cook County has a wrap up of their season in the Cook County News-Herald.

The Hiawatha Valley League has named their all conference squad:
State runner up Stewartville had four members of the squad:
Leigh Splittstoesser, S, 2007
Alex Nold, MH, 2007
Amanda Thompson, MH, 2007
Julie Rainey, OH, 2010

Three schools had 3
Ashley Pyfferoen, Byron, OH, 2007
Jill Storlie, Byron, MH, 2008
Racquel Reker,Byron, MH, 2007
Jenny Gilbertson, Winona Cotter, MH, 2008
Devin Bowlin, Winona Cotter, OH, 2007
Paula Angst, Winona Cotter, MH, 2007
Ashley Ahmann, Roch Lourdes, OH, 2007
Emily Welhaven, Roch Lourdes, OH, 2007
Caitlin Brunkhorst, Roch Lourdes, RH, 2007
4 schools had 2
Laura Canton, Pine Island, MH, 2007
Christina Maley, Pine Island, MH, 2008
Alyssa Nelson, Hayfield, OH, 2007
Leslie Wilson, Hayfield, OH, 2008
Amanda Schroeder, Kasson-Mantorville, S, 2007
Ashleigh Betha, Kasson-Mantorville, L, 2007
Erin Nibbe, Lake City, OH, 2007
Amy Vaith, Lake City, S, 2007
4 had one each
Kristin Boyum, Kenyon-Wanamingo, OH, 2007
Natassja Elliot, Triton, S, 2007
Julia Thompson, Cannon Falls, S, 2007
Kelli Boras, Zumbrota-Mazeppa, L, 2008

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D1 Minnesotans Pick Up Awards

#1 posting 11.24.2006
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Today the Gophers have a big contest at Purdue with NCAA hosting implications. If the Gophers take care of business it would be close to impossible for the NCAA to stiff them like they did last year.

MINNESOTANS IN D1
Today we will take a look at how some of the Minnesota players in D1 did this season.

UConn was the 7th seed in the Big East tournament and lost to Louisville in quarterfinals in four games. Bridget Denson-Dorman, Hopkins; Megan Frey, Chaska and Lorelle Schaub, Irondale made up the Minnesotans on the squad. UConn was 19-11 on the year. Denson-Dorman played in 103 games and averaged 12.69 assists per game and led the team with 44 ace serves. Schaub played in 84 games had 1.5 kills and 1.11 blocks pg. Frey played in 24 games.

Denson-Dorman was named to the Big East Second team.

UW Green Bay had three Minnesotans: Sarah Rauen, North Branch; Betty Slinger, Bethlehem Academy; and Leah Steinbauer, Medford. Both Rauen and Slinger were involved in 113 games, Steinbauer played in 57.
Rauen had 2.82 kills per game, 3rd on the team, 2nd on the digging front, and led UWGB with 40 aces.
Slinger averaged 9.12 assists to lead the team, averaged 2.33 kpg which is good for fourth and 3rd in digging.

Slinger was named to the Horizon all Conference first team, her second straight honor. Both Rauen and Slinger were players of the week once during the season.

Central Florida, with Jana Mitchell from Ossseo, lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to UAB losing in four. Mitchell had 9 kills along with a hand in six blocks. UCF was 5-24 on the year. Mitchell had 96 kills for the year. She led the team with 1.15 blocks per game.

North Dakota State has 7 Minnesotans on their roster. Mattie Johnson, Lakeville North was voted newcomer of the year in the D1 independent teams and second team all conference. Johnson averaged 12.29 assists per game.

Christy Stuewe, Mayer Lutheran, was first team all conference. Stuewe had 2.67 kpg, and 1.43 bpg. She led NDSU with in kill % with .356.

Kari Fagnan, Fridley led the Bison with 4.82 dgp. Chloe Quirk, Mankato West was 3rd in digs with 2.74. Kelly Kauffmann, Hopkins; and Kristen Hille, Sauk Rapids-Rice also saw big court time.

South Dakota State had six Minnesotans on their roster. Samantha Pearson, Chaska was named to the second team for the Independent squads in D1. She led SDSU with 4.91 dpg.
Laura Slagter, Mounds View also saw a lot of court time.

Iowa State, Northern Iowa, and Marquette's regular seasons are not over. I will review those teams when they are done.

Thanks to all the help from my readers that make this site what it is.

Next up: tomorrow morning.

Photos From State

#2 posting 11.23.2006
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here is the photo edition of the state tournament taken by my trusty Olympus D-490. None of theese photos will be up for Pulitzers. The problem was I thought I was taking a shot of the action when it was a split second after. So most of the time the photos are either players standing around after the attack, or players sprawled on the floor with the ball richocet off in the distance. Any way here is the best of the bunch.



When Spuds attack. This is probably an Ashley Wheeler attack.

Here is Eagan, Moorhead's conqueror moving to the ball (top center)

Hibbing's Alia Cook? going up for an attack against Blaine.

Blaine's Jessica Granquist on the floor. Jackie Kelly ready to set.

Lake of the Woods Carlie Waibel setting. Courtney Bitter is next to her.

Leigh Splittstoesser ready to set for Stewartville.

Before the A championship between Minneota and Bethlehem Academy

Minneota's Hayley Hennen about to set.

Minneota's Samantha Hennen with both hands up in celebration.

BAs Holly Hafemeyer going up for the block.

BA setting it up.

This is about the only shot that I have a player going up for an attack. I think it may be an overpass kill coming up judging from the players on the floor for Minneota.

Stewartville up for the block on Jordan.

Stewartville setting up after a Leah Dietel attack.

Jordan calling the ball out.

Celebrating the AA Jordan State Championship.

Next up: tomorrow morning. happy thanksgiving

Uran POY, Channel 12 Team

#1 posting 11.23.2006
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Thanks to all the readers that help providing this site with worthwhile information

URAN POY
Casey Uran, Sartell has been named player of the year in the St. Cloud Times. Here are profiles of the balance of the squad.

Cable channel 12 in the Northwest suburbs has a video clip that is quite good about their all area volleyball team. It is worth three to four minutes of your time. Click on play video when you get there.

If you know of any all this or all that list I will get it up.

SIGNINGS
To catch up:
Casey Uran, Sartell to SW MN State
Shanna Schmiesing, Sauk Centre, to North Dakota
Steph Wallin, Armstrong to High Point

ALL DISTRICT
UW Green Bay players Betty Slinger (Bethlehem Academy) and Sarah Rauen (North Branch) have recognized for the Academic All-District V First Team. From the ECM Post Review.

REVIEWS OF THE YEAR
Anoka-Ramsey finished fourth in the latest JUCO state tournament. Here is the review of their season from the East Central MN Post Review.

Murray County Central handed out their awards recently. From the Murray County News.

Pequot Lakes and Pine River-Backus named their award winners. From the Lake Country Echo.

Lanesboro and Mabel-Canton also join the award parade. From the Republican-Leader.

ALL STAR GAME
The Duluth all stars beat the Area all stars last week in five games in the Bernick’s Pepsi All-Star Volleyball Game. Esko's Eleena Iisakka was named MVP for the Duluth squad, Erin Jacobson, Virginia was MVP for the Area team. From the Cloquet Pine Journal.

Next up: the long awaited state tournament photos. Come back after your turkey. They will NOT be amazing photos due to the photographer and the slow, slow camera.

Braegelmann National POY

#1 posting 11.22.2006
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BRAEGELMANN CO D2 POY
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth has to build a new edition to her home as she has been named national co-player of the year for D2. She of course was named to the first team by the AVCA. She has pulled in 9 major awards this year.
UMD's Kari Wolford, and Katie Ganglehoff were named to the AVCA second team. Rachel Langseth made honorable mention.
Concordia St. Paul's Jessica Lucia, Kelsey Kyro, and Maggie McNamara also were honored. Lucia made the first team; Kyro and McNamara were second teamers. McNamara also was named Freshman of the year.
Here is a list of all the winners from the AVCA.

ALBERS POY
Allison Albers, Goodhue has been named player of the year in the Red Wing Republican Eagle. The first team and second team are also listed.

GOPHERS ROAD TRIP
The MN Daily looks at the road trip to Purdue and Indiana this weekend.

HS SEASON ENDING WRAPS
Elk River and Rogers seasons are recapped in the Elk River Star News. MVPs: Arika Jullierat for ER; Amy Neubauer for Rogers.

Next up: tomorrow morning. Also pictures, the ones that are passable, from the state tournament.

Brandl Verbals

#1 posting 11.21.2006
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BRANDL VERBALS
Kelsey Brandl, Lakeville North 2008 has made a verbal to Cincinnati. The 6-3 Middle helped LN to a second place finish in the recent MN AAA state tournament. Brandl also plays JOs with M1.

SIGNINGS
Mollie Bjelland, Grantsburg, WI has signed with Winona State to play softball and volleyball. You will get the softball information at the WSU site.
Kresson Vreeman, Central Christian has signed with Denver.

SCHWANKE POY
Krystal Schwanke, Springfield has been named player of the year in the New Ulm Journal.
She is headed to SW MN State. Here is the balance of the team.

ALL CONFERENCE
The Pheasant conference named their team with Whitney Boom, of state A entrant Wheaton the MVP
Fergus Falls named their award winners. Sam Revering was named MVP of the Otters. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

GOPHERS CRACK TOP 10
After beating Wisconsin for the second time this year, Minnesota now is #10 in the AVCA poll. Wisconsin fell one spot to #11. Penn State is the top Big 10 team at #5. Minnesota plays #22 Purdue on Friday.
Malama Peniata won the Big 10 defensive award for the 3rd time this year.

SUSSENGUTH
Joe Sussenguth, coach of the national champs Ridgewater, has a feature in the Marshall Independent.

CENTRAL LAKES 3rd
Central Lakes finished third in the JUCO tournament. CL, after losing to Ridgewater in the semis, rallied for a 3-2 win over Brookhaven. CL trailed 29-25 in game four. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Tampa, the team that ended UM Duluth's season won the D2 tournament, Juniata won the D3 tournament.

If you have all conference lists send them my way.
Thanks to all the readers that help make this site a must see destination on the internet superhighway.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Ridgewater Champs

#1 posting 11.20.2006
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RIDGEWATER NATIONAL CHAMPS
Ridgewater knocked off MN rival Central Lakes in the semis in four and then Edison, OH in a sweep. Ridgewater has won two titles in the last five years. Joe Sussenguth, in his first year at Ridgewater, was named coach of the tournament as well. Sussenguth was coach at A Champ Minneota for five seasons, so he had a hand in developing two winners. Here is the West Central Tribune on their march to the title.

SENIOR NIGHT, ONE MORE TIME
The MN Daily recaps the senior night celebration win over Iowa. The next item on the menu: at Purdue in a crucial battle the day after Thanksgiving.

POLICE BLOTTER
A former Shawnee Mission East Kansas HS coach Terry Wright, will be spending 13 and 1/2 years in prison for sex crimes involving two former players. He recently married one of them a few weeks ago. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Thanks to all the readers that provide me with information. You are what makes this site a destination stop on the internet highway.

Next up: tomorrow morning, Coming on Thanksgiving: photos of the state tournament, but keep in mind they are amatuer photos.

Adams, Ryan POYs; Ridgewater Champs

#1 posting 11.18.2006
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ALL AREA TEAMS
Award season is in full swing with Brainerd and Duluth naming names.

Annie Adams , Crosby-Ironton, was named player of the year in the Brainerd Dispatch. Here are stats, standings and the balance of the all area team.

Amber Ryan, Hermantown, has been named player of the year in the Duluth News Tribune. I could find no links for the rest of the team. If you know, let me know.

RIDGEWATER NJCAA CHAMPS
Central Lakes was facing Ridgewater in the semifinals yesterday. Ridgewater won that contest in four and then beat Edison in a sweep. The official tournament site has more information along with the all tournament team. Ridgewater's Ashley Olson was MVP.

Each school had the build up to the big event. The Brainerd Dispatch has the Central Lakes story. Ridgewater is in the West Central Tribune.

ALL STAR GAME
There is a photo of the North Central All Star action from Bemidji in the Bemidji Pioneer. No story however. Action continues today.

I have added links to JO programs. If you know of more let me know.

I have tons of photos from the state tournament. It seemed when I clicked the camera was slow. When I thought I was getting a hitter about to swat the ball, I got the action about 1.4 seconds later with celebrations or ball in the net. I hope to put some up on Thanksgiving.

Thanks to all the readers that help make this website what it is. We appreciate the information.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Out & About: Minnesota./Iowa

#2 posting 11.18.2006
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MINNESOTA 3, IOWA 0
30-21, 30-17, 25-30, 30-21

It was senior night at Minnesota and the senior exited the stage with a four game win over Iowa. Kelly Bowman, Megan Crumpston, Meredith Nelson, and Malama Peniata all received accolades and the heartfelt appreciation from the 4000+ fans in attendance. It may have been the last game for those maroon and gold clad veterans. Season ticket holders received a ticket form for NCAA playoff tickets. Minnesota may host on the December 1-2 weekend. Final decision on that will occur after the Purdue/Indiana trip next weekend.

The first two games MN had a strong fbso game checking in .704. They opened with a strong five straight fbso with two blocks and three kills, two by Nelson. The Gophers also had another string of five later in the frame. The only rotation that delivered points off the serve was Peniata's with five straight taking a 10-7 game to 15-7. Iowa's time out did get the ball back in the Hawkeye's hands. They did close to 17-14 on a 7-2 run. MN had a 6-1 run late to push the lead to 29-19, but Iowa fought off the inevitable for three more points.

The second game was much quicker with only 12 servers, the fewest on the night. Peniata again had the best run with 8 straight points taking a 14-9 game to 22-9. Liberal substitutions allowed Iowa some hope and they ran off five straight points late with three straight on Gopher hitting errors.

After the break the Gophers kept the subsitute players and the timing and rhythm was off. Passing was not clean, plus the serving game handed the ball back three of the first six serves. Minnesota did lead in this stanza, the biggest margin was three at 18-15. The game was tied at 22 when Iowa closed with a 8-3 run. The reason was that the Gophers couldn't get a point off their serve as Iowa's fbso game slammed the door on Minnesota seven straight times. Minnesota could not get the fbso game rolling coming in with 11/20 for this frame.

Minnesota went to the regular line up in game four and again started pulling away on Peniata's serve with a run of five points. Bowman added four more so after a 12-12 tie Minnesota went on a 11-1 run.

No word on why Kayla Roehrig did not play in any game tonight. Rachelle Hagerty filled in that OH spot all night.

Here are the Minnesota and Iowa releases. And box, we can't forget the box.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, fbso/serves--fbso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Minnesota 38/61--.623; 115; .817; .393
Iowa 34/60---.567; 89; .607; .183
Minnesota will not have the luxury to allow so many points later this week in Indiana or in the NCAA tournament. Again MN gave away 35 points. They need to drop mistakes to 22 or under to be solid.

ROTATION POINTS
1 Tan/Fallon 18-19 .485
2 Peniata 32-15 .681
3 Bowman 22-20 .524
4 Crumpston 14-13 .519
5 Nelson 14-10 .583
6 Hartmann 15-12 .556
totals 115-89 .564
In the first two games Peniata's rotation had a .769 %. In the third game Peniata's rotation was like most of the rest of the Gophers--in the minus category. The only rotation to creep over to the positive side was Bowman's in game three (6-4).

Next up: tomorrow morning