Out & About: Eagan/Marshall

#8 posting 9.22.2007
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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
3rd Place game
EAGAN wildcats 2, MARSHALL tigers 0
(25-20, 25-20)

Eagan topped Marshall with identical scores for 3rd place. Marshall lef 9-8 when the second Eagan run kicked in. The Wildcats had a 9-4 run to go up 17-13. Marshall took the first time out then and their second at 22-17. Another Marshall time out got the side out and the Tigers added points to 23-20 Eagan. A wide serve doomed Marshall chances. Katie Hofstad ended game one with a kill.

Both teams were a bit looser in game two. Eagan led early 4-0. Anna Full had four points in a 6-1 run for Marsshall. That 6-5 lead didn't last. The next server up in the Eagan rotation, Malia Paleafei served up three to put the Wildcats back up 9-6. But here is the kicker. Marshall helped Eagan out with four straight missed serves. So two Marshall three point runs ended by their own hands. Kelsey Sparks had three straight points on Taylor Bohannon's serve. That made it Eagan 15-9. The runs weren't over as Marshall had one and Eagan two more up their sleeves. Eagan led 24-18, when Rachel Westby staved off the final point with a kill. The game ended on a Tiger violation.

photos: #1 Eagan #10 Laurel Sanford up for an attack. #2 Marshall's Anna Full with an attack. photos by kja.

EAGAN
1. Kristin Ammerman, S 0-0-3----3
2. Leah Ehret, DS 0-0-0----0
2fr Taylor Gerr, OH 0-0.5-2---2.5
3. Kelsey Sparks, MH 1-3-7----11
4. Malia Paleafei, OH 1-0-2---3
5. Andrea Willems, DS 1-0-0---1
5fr Katie Hofstad, OH 0-0-1---1
6. Taylor Bohannon, L 0-0-0----0
6fr Laurel Sanford, MH 0-0.5-6---6.5
totals: 3-4-21---28 points, 22 points on Marshall errors

MARSHALL
1. Shay Birath, L 0-0-0----0
1fr Tina Tauer, MH 0-1-0----1
2. Kellie Ellefson, DS 0-0-0----0
2fr Kayla Wallerich, S 0-0-4----4
3. Hope Weilage, OH 0-0.5-4---4.5
4. Anna Full, MH 2-0.5-7----9.5
5. Karli Vaneputter, DS 1-0-0----1
5fr Kelsey Deragisch, S 0-0-1----1
6. Rachel Westby, OH 1-0-6----7
totals: 4-2-22-----28 points, 12 points on Eagan errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Kelsey Sparks

BY THE NUMBERS
Eagan 15/26; .577; 50; .560; .300
Marshall 13/26; .500; 40; .700; .440
3+ Runs: Eagan 8, Marshall 3
missed serves: Marshall 8, Eagan 4

ROTATION POINTS
EAGAN
1 Ammerman 5-5 .500
2 Ehret 11-8 .579
3 Sparks 8-9 .471
4 Paleafei 8-6 .571
5 Willems 11-6 .647
6 Taylor Bohannon 7-6 .538
totals: 50-40 .556

MARSHALL
1. Birath 5-7 .417
2. Ellefson 8-10 .444
3. Weilage 9-9 .500
4. Full 6-9 .400
5 Vanedeputter 5-11 .313
6. Westby 7-4 .636
totals: 40-50 .444

next up: championship game.

Out & About: Shakopee/Marshall

#7 posting 9.22.2007
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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
semifinals
SHAKOPEE sabers 2, MARSHALL tigers 0
(25-13, 25-22)

Shakopee moved on with a sweep over Marshall. Shakopee broke free from a lead of one point at 8-7 with a 13-3 run.

It was a different story in game two. Marshall jumped out early 5-1 and Shakopee was forced to use a time out. Ashley Wittman got the side out for the Sabers. Two Shakopee servers later and the game was tied at six. Marshall was the first to move off the dime with three straight points to make it 18-16 when Shakopee had to take another time out. This time Maggie Geske nailed the kill to stop the momentum. Shakopee finished up game two with a 9-4 run. The Sabers didn't take the lead until a Wittman kill made it 21-20. Wittman had three kills in the final five points for 10 kills in the second game. She had 12 for the match.

photos: #1 Marshall's Shay Birath in the aftermath of a dig. #2. Shakopee's Jessica Menden during her jump serve. photos by kja

SHAKOPEE
1. Jessica Menden, S 1-0.5-1---2.5
2. Maggie Geske, OH 1-0-8----9
3. Mollie Geske, L 1-0-0----1
3fr Jean Theis, MH 0-2.5-4---6.5
4 Elizabeth Benusa, RH 1-0-4---5
5 Ashley Wittman, OH 1-0.5-12----13.5
6 Mariah Monnens, MH 1-0.5-0---1.5
totals: 6-4-29----39 points; 11 on Marshall errors

MARSHALL
1. Shay Birath, L 0-0-0----0
1fr Tina Tauer, MH 0-1-1----1
2 Kellie Ellefson, DS 0-0-0---0
2fr Kayla Wallerich 0-0-3---3
3 Hope Weilage, OH 0-1-3---4
4 Anna Full, MH 0-1.5-6---7.5
5 Karli Vandeputter, DS 0-0-0---0
5fr Kelsey Deragisch, S 0-0-1---1
6 Rachel Westby, OH 1-0.5-4---5.5
totals: 1-4-18----23 points, 12 points on Shakopee errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Ashley Wittman

BY THE NUMBERS
Shakopee 18/25; .720; 50; .780; .343
Marshall 10/24; .417; 35; .657; .220
3+ runs: Shakopee 8, Marshall 3
missed serves: Shakopee 5, Marshall 1
Marshall tightened up the FBSO game in game 2. They had 8 fbso in game two on 15 attempts compared to only 2/9 in game one.

ROTATIONS
SHAKOPEE
1. Menden 9-6 .600
2. Ma. Geske 10-9 .526
3. Mo. Geske 9-5 .643
4. Benusa 7-6 .538
5. Wittman 6-5 .545
6. Monnens 9-4 .692
totals: 50-35 .588

MARSHALL
1. Birath 6-8 .429
2 Ellefson 6-10 .375
3. Weilage 9-9 .500
4. Full 3-9 .250
5. Vandeputter 6-6 .500
6. Westby 5-8 .385
totals: 35-50 .412

Next up: 3rd place game

Out & About: Burnsville/Alexandria

#6 posting 9.22.2007
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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
9th place
BURNSVILLE blaze 2, ALEXANDRIA cardinals 0
(25-21, 25-21)

Burnsville took 9th place with a 2-0 win over Alexandria. The Blaze trailed 18-16 when they ran off seven straight points on a side out and six service points by Justine Munger. Alex tried to stop the momentum twice in the run with a time out at 18 all and then when Burnsville led 21-18.

In game two Burnsville broke a 10 all tie with four straight points--This time on Thea Deach's serve. Tori Dixon ane Sam Pitzl contributed two points each. Burnsville's biggest lead was 19-13. Alex went on a 4-1 run to force a Blaze time out at 20-17. Alex narrowed it further to 23-21, but a passing error gave the ball back to Burnsville and Pitzl finished off with a serve.

Tori Dixon, a 6-2 sophomore, had six kills as did Pitzl, and Lauren Butler for Burnsville.

photos: #1 Molly Duehn goes up for a slide attack for Burnsville. #2 Tori Dixon (5 Burnsville) blocks Maggie Snyder (9 Alexandria). photos by kja

BURNSVILLE
1. Thea Deach, L 1-0-1----2
1fr Molly Duehn, MH 0-2-2----4
2. Lauren Butler, RH 0-1-6---7
3. Sam Pitzl, OH 2-0.5-6----8.5
4. Tori Dixon, MH 2-1-6---9
5. Justine Munger, S 0-0-1----1
6. Bobbie Meier, OH 0-0.5-5----5.5
totals: 5-5-27---37 points, 13 on Alexandria errors

ALEXANDRIA
1. Maggie Snyder, RH 0-0-2---2
2. Greta Wood, DS 0-0-0----0
2fr Alicia Montbriand, OH 0-0.5-3----3.5
3. Angela Christianson, MH 1-1.5-1----3.5
4. Katie Brown, S, 1-0-1----2
4fr Ari Carlson, RH 0-0-5---5
5. Becca Anderson, DS 1-0-0----1
5fr Nicole Throngard, OH 0-1-4----5
6. Jacque Brown, MH 0-1-4---5
6br Val Smith, L 0-0-0----0
totals: 3-4-20---27 points, 15 points on Burnsville errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Tori Dixon, a presence at the net.

BY THE NUMBERS
Burnsville 15/26; .577; 50 points; .740; .357
Alexandria 14/26; .538; 42 points; .643; .260
3+ Runs: Burnsville 4, Alexandria 4
missed serves: Burnsville 2, Alexandria 2

ROTATIONS:
BURNSVILLE
1. Deach 10-4 .714
2. Butler 7-8 .467
3. Pitzl 10-11 .476
4. Dixon 6-6 .500
5. Munger 10-6 .625
6. Meier 7-7 .500
totals: 50-42 .543

ALEXANDRIA
1. Snyder 5-7 .417
2. Wood 7-11 .389
3. Christianson 11-6 .647
4. Brown 6-10 .375
5. Anderson 6-7 .462
6. Brown/Smith 7-9 .438
totals: 42-50 .457

Next up: Shakopee/Marshall semifinal

Shakopee Takes Apple Valley Title

#5 posting 9.22.2007
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SHAKOPEE TOPS LAKEVILLE NORTH
#2 Shakopee won the Apple Valley tournament in a 2-1 win over #1 Lakeville North in what may be a preview of State Tournament action. LN took game one 25-23, and Shakopee returned the favor in game two. The Sabers took the final game 15-12. In the match Ashley Wittman had 21 kills. More on this game later.

In other games I saw today:
Shakopee started off the day with a semifinal win over Marshall 25-13; 25-22.
Burnsville took Alexandria for 9th place by the same exact scores 25-21.
It was another exacta in the 3rd place contest with Eagan taking honors 25-20 over Marshall.

It was again a traffic nightmare at Apple Valley as there was a humongous cross country meet going on. I got my exercise in walking today.

Now it is off to yard work. I will come back with the details of the four games I saw.

Next up: Burnsville vs Alexandria

Oshkosh Sweeps Eau Claire

#4 posting 9.22.2007
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D3
MIAC
St. Benedict swept Augsburg. Three Blazers had 12 kills, with one just under at 11.

WIAC
#8 Oshkosh swept Eau Claire.

Stevens Point swept Stout.

OTHERS
LaCrosse swept Viterbo

Platteville beat Wartburg in four.

St. Mary's split at Luther with a four game win over Mt. Mercy and a four game loss to host Luther.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater swept Rochester.

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UM Duluth Sweeps Augustana

#3 posting 9.22.2007
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D2
NORTH CENTRAL
#3 UM Duluth swept #13 Augustana. Vicky Braegelmann (Albany) had 17 kills and Katie Gangelhoff (South St. Paul) had 52 assists for UMD.

South Dakota swept St. Cloud State. USD is now 16-1.

NORTHERN SUN
Bemidji State swept Winona State.

#4 Concordia St. Paul went four for the win over Wayne State. CSP's Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) had 70 assists.

UM Crookston picked up their first conference win over Upper Iowa.

#6 SW MN State knocked off MSU Moorhead in four. Erin Contons (Apple Valley) had 21 kills.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 70 vs Wayne State 3-1
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 52 vs Augustana 3-0
Sara Graf, SW MN State 52 vs MSU Moorhead 3-1
Julie Vancura, MSU Moorhead 52 vs SW MN State 3-1
KILLS
Erin Contons, SW MN State 21 vs MSU Moorhead 3-1
Theresa Crance, UM Crookston 21 vs Upper Iowa 3-1

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Rose Smells Sweet 900 Times

#2 posting 9.22.2007
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D1
BIG 10
Last night the Gophers opened with a sweep over Purdue. You can check out my report.

Indiana, the Gophers next opponent, won in five over Iowa. The Hoosiers lost the first two games before winning the last three including the last two nail biters.

#10 Michigan had a scare with a fiver with Illinois. Michigan is now 5-0 in fivers this year.

Northwestern upset #23 Ohio State with rallies at several points. OSU's Danielle Meyer had 23 kills in the loss.

#3 Penn State mowed down Michigan State in three. It was PSU coach Russ Rose picked up career win #900 the only coach in the club.

SUMMIT LEAGUE
North Dakota State beat IUPUI in four. Christy Stuewe (Mayer Lutheran) tied a career high with 26 kills for NDSU.

South Dakota State topped Oakland in four. It was SDSU's 10th straight win.

OTHERS
San Diego beat UC Irvine in four. Laurel Abrahamson (Bloomington Jefferson) had 14 kills for USD.

Creighton beat Northern Iowa in five despite trailing 2-0 in Cedar Falls. Allie Oelke (Chaska) had 16 kills for Creighton. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had a season high 17 kills for UNI.

Stony Brook beat Brown in the hosts own invitational. It was Stony Brook's fifth straight win. Alicia Nelson (Eastview) had 13 kills for Stony Brook.

#19 Ohio swept Buffalo. Amanda Anderson (Centennial) missed the match due to injury.

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Apple Valley Final Four

#1 posting 9.22.2007
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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
Shakopee won their first two games at Apple Valley with 2-0 sweeps over Burnsville and Bethlehem Academy. From the Shakopee Valley News.
Shakopee will face Marshall who bounced back from the loss to Pipestone with two wins over Hibbing and host Apple Valley. From the Marshall Independent.
Eagan and Lakeville North also moved to the semifinals.

LATE THURSDAY
AAA
#3 Chaska lost twice this week in sweeps, once to #1 Lakeville North on Tuesday and to #3 Eagan on Thursday. From the Chanhassen Villager. Last night Chaska added two more losses to their totals.

The This Week paper looks at Burnsville, Lakeville South, Rosemount and Eagan's week.

Roseville snapped an 8 game win streak by Stillwater with a five game win in Suburban East action. Earlier in the year Stillwater won in five over Roseville. Earlier in the week the Ponies swept Mounds View. From the Stillwater Gazette.

Hutchinson swept New Prague in Missota action. From the Hutchinson Leader.

Northfield was swept twice this week with Owatonna and Farmington picking up the wins. From the Northfield News.

AA
Crookston swept Warren-Alvarado-Oslo. It was the Pirates' first sweep win of the year. From the Crookston Times.

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Out & About: Minnesota/Purdue

#4 posting 9.21.2007
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MINNESOTA gophers 3, PURDUE boilermakers 0
(30-26, 30-28, 30-25)

Minnesota opened the Big 10 season with a sweep win over Purdue. Here is the box.

Minnesota had a strong block game which forced Purdue to adjust off the net. The Gophers had five points in game one off the block. In fact of the last nine points, four were off the block. The Gophers had two straight Vangs (points scored on overpasses that drop to the floor) on points 12 and 13. Minnesota broke the first game open with a 5-1 run to go up 18-13. During this stretch Minnesota was stringing together a seven straight FBSO run. However Purdue balanced it out with a run of three (all on MN errors) to close to 18-16. On Roysland's third rotation MN went up 27-22. However the Gophers left the door a jar and Purdue barrelled their way through with four points. Even a time out at 27-24 didn't stop the run. Hartmann stopped the Purdue assault with a dump. It was her second straight attempt as her first was blocked. Brook Dieter served out with two block by Gibbemeyer and Roehrig to close.

Game two Minnesota raced to a 4-0 lead with Roysland leading off. Purdue, after the side out matched that on Kelli Miller's serve. The game broke Purdue's way on Gibbemeyer's second service rotation with a run of six on Anne Mastandrea's serve. Denita Merlau had two kills in the run. As it was Purdue was up 18-14 despite a MN time out. Minnesota had a four point run on a side out and three service points by Rachel Hartmann. Jessy Jones, and Kayla Roehrig each had two kills in the run. That tied the game at 18. Ten straight side outs later the game was still tied at 23. The game remained tied up to 27. Two Purdue errors put MN on the verge at 29-27. An overpass kill by Merlau gave a one point reprieve, but Gibbemeyer finished game two with a slide.

Game three was tight until Dieter's serve. MN went on a 9-2 run with two runs of four and three. Roehrig was hot during points 14-18 getting four kills and a block. MN's biggest lead was at 21-14. Purdue battled back with a three point run to close to 27-23. After that, three straight side outs finished the evening. It was appropriate Roehrig finished the night with a kill, her 19th of the night.

MINNESOTA
1. Brook Dieter, OH 0-1/0-12----13
2. Lauren Gibbemeyer, MH 1-1/3-10----13.5
3. Rachel Hartmann, S 0-0/4-1---3
4. Hailey Cowles, DS 1-0-0-----1
4fr Kayla Roehrig, OH 0-1/3-19----21.5
5 Christine Tan, L 0-0-0----0
5fr Jessy Jones, MH 0-0/4-7---9
6 Kelly Roysland, DS 1-0-1----2
6fr Katie Vatterodt, RH 0-0-2----2
totals: 3-10-52---65 points, 35 points on Purdue errors

PURDUE
1. Jessica Ullrich, DS 0-0-0---0
1fr Samantha Mader, OH 0-0/2-14----15
2. Kelli Miller, L 2-0-0----2
2fr Kristin Arthurs, MH 0-1/3-0----2.5
3. Denita Merlau, RH 0-0/2-15---16
4. Anne Mastandrea, DS 0-0-0-----0
4fr Carrie Gurnell, OH 0-1/2-5----7
5. Stephanie Lynch, MH 0-1/2-7----9
6. Sam Grey, S 0-0-1----1
6fr Jaclyn Hart, S 0-1/1-4---5.5
Totals: 2-10-46----58 points; 21 points on Minnesota errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Kayla Roehrig

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/att; fbso%; points; earned%; allowed%
Minnesota 39/55; .709; 90; .722; .266
Purdue 31/54; .574; 79; .734; .389
3+runs: Minnesota 7, Purdue 6
missed serves: Minnesota 4, Purdue 9
longest fbso streak: Minnesota 7, Purdue 5
longest no fbso streak: Purdue 6, Minnesota 2

ROTATIONS
MINNESOTA
1. Dieter 16-10 .615
2. Gibbemeyer 15-18 .455
3. Hartmann 16-11 .593
4. Cowles 11-11 .500
5. Tan 11-13 .458
6. Roysland 21-16 .568
totals: 90-78 .536
When Purdue served first it was Dieter on defense first, Gibbemeyer the first server.
When Minnesota served first Roysland led off.

PURDUE
1.Ullrich 11-19 .367
2 Miller 16-12 .571
3 Merlau 10-13 .435
4 Mastandrea 15-14 .517
5 Lynch 14-16 .467
6 Gray 13-16 .448
Totals: 78-90 .464

The Gophers take on Indiana on Sunday afternoon.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Dixon Delivers 28 Kills for Burnsville

#3 posting 9.21.2007
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MORE THURSDAY NIGHT VOLLEYBALL RESULTS
AAA
Burnsville kept rolling Thursday night with a four game win over Apple Valley. Burnsville's Tori Dixon had 28 kills on the night. From the Savage Pacer.

In a battle of Central Lakes Conference unbeatens Alexandria topped Fergus Falls in a sweep. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Red Wing's match with Holy Angels was postponed due to the tornado. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Earlier I posted the Mankato West version of events in the win over Albert Lea. Here is the Albert Lea Tribune's take on the action.

AA
Rochester Lourdes beat Triton 3-1 in Hiawatha Valley action. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Perham beat West Central in four. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

A
Goodhue continues its unbeaten string with a sweep of Lake City. Plus other contests in the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Underwood lost the first game to Brandon-Evansville, then took the rest in a four game win. Rothsay beat Ashby in four. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Tori Dixon, Burnsville 28 vs Apple Valley 3-1

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Two Losing Streaks Snapped

#2 posting 9.21.2007
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D1
It is go time tonight with the Big 10 opener for the Gophers against Purdue. From the StarTribune.
Wisconsin has the Wack sisters and they hope to throw the Big 10 race out of wack.

Late Wednesday #7 Texas swept Iowa State in Big 12 action. The ISU loss stopped a seven game win streak. Hills-Beaver Creek's Erin Boeve had 10 kills.

D3
Buena Vista swept Martin Luther. The win snapped an eight game losing skid for BV. From the New Ulm Journal.

St. Catherine swept Northland. The win snapped a six game losing streak for St. Kate's.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Yesterday I posted the Fergus Falls four game win over MN West. Now the Fergus Falls Daily Journal has their story up.

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Pipestone Sweeps Marshall; Alstrom Wins 500

#1 posting 9.20.2007
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AAA
In a day of Tornadoes (Willmar postponed events) it was Anoka beating Elk River is a sweep. From the West Central Tribune and Elk River Star News.

Mankato East beat Rochester Century in four in Big 9 action. It was Century's second loss this week. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Mankato West broke a five game losing streak with a sweep of Albert Lea.

AA
Pipestone swept Marshall in the land of the Tigers. It was the first Southwest conference loss at home for Marshall since 2000. From the Marshall Independent and Worthington Daily Globe (other area games in the WDG).

Also in Southwest action Jackson County Central swept Worthington. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Yellow Medicine East is a program on the rise. YME stung Minnewaska in a sweep in West Central South action.
Montevideo bounced back from a loss to YME on Tuesday to beat Lac Qui Parle Valley in four.

It was the home opener (finally) for Litchfield and they made good use of it with a sweep of Mound-Westonka. All from the West Central Tribune.

It took five games for Rocori to prevail over Sartell in Central Lakes action. Plus other games from the St. Cloud Times.

Stewartville picked up a four game win over Winona Cotter in the Hiawatha Valley. From the Winona Daily News.

East Grand Forks took revenge on Kittson County Central in a sweep. From the Grand Forks Herald.

A
Buffalo Lake-Hector's coach Susan Alstrom won her 500th career match with a sweep over Sleepy Eye. From the West Central Tribune and New Ulm Journal.

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa swept Pierz in Central Minnesota action.
In Camden action Renville County West beat Tracy-Milroy-Balaton in four to remain undefeated in the conference. All from the West Central Tribune.

Mabel-Canton swept Lyle-Pacelli in Southeast action. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Houston held back Hope Lutheran in five in more Southeast action. Plus other games from the Winona Daily News.

Minnesota Valley Lutheran knocked off GFW from the unbeaten ranks in the Tomahawk conference with a four game win. MVL is tied with Sleepy Eye St. Mary's for the top spot.
Also in conference action Wabasso beat New Ulm Cathedral in four. Both From the New Ulm Journal.

BOXES
As usual the Duluth News Tribune has box scores.

LATE TUESDAY
Alexandria topped the Moorhead Spuds in four. Alex is 8-2 after the win. From the Alexandria Echo Press.

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A Pair of Fives

#4 posting 9.20.2007
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THURSDAY NIGHT RESULTS
It was a dark and stormy night. Severe weather struck the Twin Cities and our game at South was no exception. During the JV match in the first game everyone was evacuated from the gym and put into the interior hall due to tornado warning. 40 minutes later we returned to the gym. In the meantime torrential downpours struck outside. Luckily there were no tornadoes in our vicinity.

South bounced back from a loss on Wednesday to Southwest with a sweep (19, 20, 14) against Henry.

In the Northwest Suburban Andover beat Osseo in 5. Osseo won the first two, then Andover took over 20-25, 11-25, 25-16, 25-15, 15-8.

In the Hiawatha Valley Byron defeated Zumbrota Mazeppa in another five game marathon and again coming back despite losing the first two 19-25, 23-25, 28-26, 25-14, 15-6. Jill Storlie had 27 kills for Byron.

Burnsville is off to its best start since 2003. The Savage Pacer goes more in depth on the season, and the win over Eastview on Tuesday.

Randolph is unbeaten in the Gopher conference so far and the Cannon Falls Beacon shines some light on the matter.

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Alstrom Looking for 500

#3 posting 9.20.2007
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MILESTONE ALERT
Buffalo Lake-Hector volleyball coach Susan Alstrom is hunting for career win #500. The Hutchinson Leader looks at her career. Tonight BLH is at Sleepy Eye.

LATE TUESDAY
Pequot Lakes beat Park Rapids in a fiver. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

West Central topped Lake Park-Audubon in four. Krystal Lacey had 23 kills for WC. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

LAST WEEK'S HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Laporte lost twice last week to Menahga and Blackduck. While Walker-Hackensack-Akeley is looking for a win. From the Walker Pilot-Independent.

Cannon Falls has been playing five with a win with Rochester Lourdes and a loss to Pine Island last week.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESULTS
Riverland upended Rochester in five for their first southern division win this year. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Fergus Falls beat MN West in four. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Central Lakes swept Itasca in Northern action. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

UPCOMING
The Gophers host Purdue on Friday, and Indiana on Sunday in the opening weekend of Big 10 play.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
Abby Lindquist, Rochester 55 vs Riverland 2-3
KILLS
Ashley King, Rochester 25 vs Riverland 2-3
Elissa Preuss, Riverland 24 vs Rochester 3-2
Brooke Monson, Riverland 20 vs Rochester 3-2
Britni Mensink, Rochester 20 vs Riverland 2-3

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Big 10 Season Opens; St. Thomas Wins Heavyweight Battle

#2 posting 9.20.2007
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BIG 10
The Big 10 season opened last night with #9 Wisconsin beating Illinois in four. The Illini won the first game 41-39 in a marathon.

MIAC ACTION
Bethel swept Hamline.

#25 Carleton topped Augsburg in four. Carleton setter Heather La Chapelle set a school record with 3024 career assists. Augsburg Julie Jenkins had her 5th career double double.

St. Benedict broomed St. Catherine. Emma Jaynes was named Athlete of the Week for the Blazers.

#6 St. Thomas defeated #11 Concordia Moorhead in four.

Gustavus beat St. Olaf in four. Jennifer Thelemann had 16 kills for Gustavus. Gustavus also had 18 blocks on the night.

WIAC ACTION
#3 Whitewater picked up a four game win over #19 LaCrosse.

#8 Oshkosh swept Platteville.

River Falls beat Superior in four. Mayer Lutheran's Kelsey Scheele had 23 kills for UWRF.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater swept Anoka-Ramsey in South Division action. It was AR's first loss in the division. From the West Central Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
Lizzie Bazzetta, Illinois 55 vs Wisconsin 1-3
Emily Foster, St. Thomas 55 vs Concordia Moorhead 3-1
Jackie Simpson, Wisconsin 50 vs Illinois 3-1
DIGS
Kristina Conlin, Whitewater 36 vs LaCrosse 3-1
Aly McConnell, St. Thomas 32 vs Concordia Moorhead 3-1
Anna Tinkham, Concordia Moorhead 30 vs St. Thomas 1-3
Laura Barsness, Carleton 27 vs Augsburg 3-1
KILLS
Kelsey Scheele, River Falls vs Superior 3-1
Laura DeBruhler, Illinois 21 vs Wisconsin 1-3
Laura Harms, Augsburg 20 vs Carleton 1-3

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Southeast MN Wrap

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FEATURE
Volleyball player Kate Horihan of Mabel-Canton is spotlighted in the Winona Daily News. There has been a big change from bookish 5th grader to today.

LAST WEEK
Staying in the Southeast Conference, Lanesboro split volleyball games last week with a loss to Mabel-Canton and a win with Hope Lutheran.

Caledonia went five games with Fillmore Central. From the Republican Leader.

It was close, but no cigar for Kingsland in a five game match with Chatfield. From the Spring Valley Tribune.

BIG MATCH
Another big match tonight has #7A Ada-Borup facing undefeated Win-E-Mac.

In AAA a pair of #3's face each other in Lake action: Chaska is at Eagan.

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Late, Late Results

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TONIGHT
Henry defeated Roosevelt in a sweep tonight (25-19, 25-19, 25-17) in Minneapolis action. Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick had 12 kills for Henry.
Roosevelt coach Jill Kalvik used to be an assistant at Henry.

LATE RESULTS
Pine River-Backus is 13-0 after winning the Crosby-Ironton tournament. From the Pine River Journal.

St. James topped Fairmont in South Central action on Tuesday in a sweep. From the St. James Plain Dealer.

East Grand Forks beat Crookston in four on Tuesday. From the Crookston Times.

Alexandria is undefeated in Central Lakes action along with Fergus Falls. Alex handed Sartell their first conference loss last week. From the Alexandria Echo Press.

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Burnsville Upsets Eastview

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MORE TUESDAY VOLLEYBALL RESULTS
AAA
#3 Eagan topped Lake rival and #6 Eden Prairie in a sweep. From the Eden Prairie News.

Burnsville thundered past #8 Eastview in a five game Lake conference upset on the road. From the Savage Pacer.

You read the Austin version of the five game win last night with Winona. Now here is the Winona Daily News with their story.

On Eric Kraushar's blog in the Hutchinson Leader he analyzes the 2AAA section, one of the toughest and roughest in the state with how it all plays out for Hutch. He also reports on the Hutch sweep over Watertown-Mayer.

AA
Hayfield beat Rochester Lourdes in five. From the Austin Daily Herald.

New Ulm is undefeated in the South Central with a sweep over Waseca. From the New Ulm Journal.

A
#1 Windom traveled to Albert Lea and held them to 10 or under in two games of a three game sweep. Plus other area results from the Albert Lea Tribune.

Wabasha-Kellogg's sweep of Dover-Eyota leads off the area coverage in the Winona Daily News.

LeRoy-Ostrander ripped into Lyle-Pacelli in a Southeast Conference sweep. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Mabel-Canton stormed past Houston in another Southeast Conference sweep. From the Winona Daily News.

Veteran Bigfork swept youthful Indus.

Littlefork-Big Falls defeated Babbitt-Embarrass in five. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

Here is area coverage in the Marshall Independent with a heavy dose of Camden action.

MN Valley Lutheran bounced back from Monday's loss with a sweep of Sleepy Eye. From the New Ulm Journal.

SW Star trailed Fulda 2-0 before winning the rest at Fulda in Red Rock action.

Murray County Central and Adrian are unblemished too in the Red Rock. plus other action from the Worthington Daily Globe.

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SW MN State Sweeps Mankato

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college reports

D1
6-4 Kayla Roehrig gets a spotlight in the Minnesota Daily.

In the battle of San Diego it was University of San Diego over San Diego State in four. Bloomington Jefferson's Laurel Abrahamson had 14 kills for San Diego

D2
#6 SW MN State swept #15 MSU Mankato in Marshall. The loss snaps an eight game MSU Mankato win streak.

St. Cloud State beat Winona State 3-1. SCSU snapped a five game losing streak. Lisa Dobie had a triple double in a losing cause for Winona State.

South Dakota swept instate rival Northern State in Aberdeen. USD is now 15-1.

North Dakota beat UM Crookston in four in Grand Forks.

Upper Iowa swept Ashland.

D3
St. Mary's beat Macalester 3-1 in MIAC action.

St. Norbert defeated UW Stevens Point in five. UWSP's Shelly Maus set a new school record with 1426 kills. Maus had 25 kills on the night.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
Rachel Monterastelli, St. Mary's 60 vs Macalester 3-1
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 50 vs St. Cloud State 1-3
DIGS
Theresa Perrini, St. Mary's 27 vs Macalester 3-1
KILLS
Shelly Maus, UW Stevens Point 25 vs St. Norbert 2-3
Emily Baldwin, St. Cloud State 23 vs Winona State 3-1
Alex Nold, St. Mary's 23 vs Macalester 3-1

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Minneota Survives, Montevideo Doesn't

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AA ACTION
Yellow Medicine East knocked Montevideo off the unbeaten list with a sweep. YME was also shorthanded. plus other West Central South matches from the West Central Tribune.

In West Central North action it was New London-Spicer in a sweep over Foley. Again from the West Central Tribune.

St. Charles swept Southland in Three River action. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Also in the St. Cloud Times Anna Zyvoloski of Cathedral is featured.

A ACTION
With the game tied at 12 in the 5th game, #3 A Minneota found a way to beat Tracy-Milroy-Balaton in Camden Conference action.

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa beat Litchfield in four. plus other area matches from the West Central Tribune

BOXES
A cornucopia of boxes await those venture deep into the Duluth News Tribune. A box lover's delight deep in the Grand Forks Herald.

LAST WEEK
What do to with three setters? Sauk Centre has found a good balance. Last week SC split their contests with Albany beating the Huskies in the regular season game, losing in the weekend tournament. From the Sauk Centre Herald.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Brynn Joki, Grand Rapids 27 vs Virginia 3-2
Jessica Aakre, Warren-A-O 22 vs Stephen-Argyle 3-2
Claire Kopfmann, Minneota 22 vs TMB 3-2
Stephanie Boulton, Minneota 21 vs TMB 3-2
Hanna Lashmett, Babbitt-Embarrass 21 vs Littlefork-Big Falls 2-3

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AAA Action

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AAA ACTION
Austin outlasted Winona 3-2. Austin won the first two games in girls volleyball. Three games were decided by two points.

Rochester Mayo outlasted Faribault in five in the Big 9.

Farmington kept Rochester Century off balance in a non conference sweep.

Rochester JM swept Red Wing.
All the above from the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Mankato East bounced back from a first game loss to beat New Prague 3-1 in a non-con match. From the Mankato Free Press.

Willmar picked up a Central Lakes win at home over Sartell 3-1. From the West Central Tribune.

In the battle of Royals it was Hopkins over Rogers in three. From the Elk River Star News.

In the battle of St. Cloud it was Tech over Apollo in a sweep. plus more results from the St. Cloud Times.

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Out & About: Lakeville North/Chaska

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LAKEVILLE NORTH panthers 3, CHASKA hawks 0
(25-23, 25-22, 25-16)

The #1 team in AAA Lakeville North rallied for the first two wins on the road at #3 Chaska in a Lake conference battle. LN trailed 23-20 and 24-22 in game one, and 15-13 in game two before mounting comebacks.. LN took a measure of revenge as Chaska topped the Panthers in the AAA finals last year. Kelsey Brandl had 14 kills for LN, Chaska's Bekah Saugen led Chaska with 12.

The gym was packed with three bleacher sides down. The band was there and the Chaska student section was rocking in anticipation of the top level match. Both teams were feeling the adrenaline too as Chaska first jumped out to a 5-1 lead which forced LN to take a time out. Right after the break LN ran off their own five point run to make it 6-5 LN. The Panthers were able to squeeze a point per serve while holding Chaska to a 5/6 FBSO in the next six servers. LN led at this point 16-12. After a quick kill side out by Chaska's Amanda Unze, Brittany Wenzel delivered five straight service points, three on LN errors. That forced LN to burn their second time out at 18-16. LN edged back to retake the lead 20-19. Chaska's #14 picked up a side out kill and then Amanda Konetchy served up three points to put the Hawks up 23-20. LN got the side out on a kill by Amy Braun and then added another point on Braun's serve. #14 again delivered a crucial side out from the left side to make it 24-22 Chaska. Mental toughness is vital in situations like this and LN stepped up. Kirsten Zeise knocked down the side out kill and Taylor Fieldsted never gave the ball back. Kelsey Brandl had a kill and a block in the final three points.

Both teams still had high energy in game two. This was fairly even throughout. Chaska, again, held the advantage early with a 6-2 lead. LN responded, again, with a four point run to lead 8-7. Chaska came back with a 6-2 run on the next three service rotations to take a 13-10 lead. Three LN hitting errors helped. LN took the lead for good on Brandl's serve with a run of three service points. By now the LN sideout game had kicked in. They had five straight FBSO in this run. When Chaska got the ball back after a #14 kill, they missed their serve. LN added two more points and Chaska was forced to talk about it at 20-16 and again at 23-18. Saugen pulled Chaska into striking distance with three kills in a 4-1 run to make it 24-22 LN. Brandl finished the second game with a block.

The two emotional games took something out of Chaska. Lindsey Weaver ran off five straight service points to make it 6-1. The Hawks had to talk about it at 5-1. Brandl had three points in the run, plus Chaska handed one point over on rotation. LN's FBSO game was good for 6/7 in the next sequence putting them in a comfortable 22-9 position. Chaska could not get anything generated. They did rise up with six straight points on Wenzel's serve including two aces. LN stopped to talk at 22-12, but the Hawks added three after that. It was the third time in the evening rotation three had given up a run of three or more for LN. LN did regain their footing closing out with a 3-1 run with Amy Braun finishing the night with a kill.

photos: #1 Chaska's Bekah Saugen (17 white) with an attack against the Lakeville North block of Kelsey Brandl and Leah Johnson (1 & 3 Black); #2 it appears that LN's Amy Braun (10) and Chaska's #14 are doing an elaborate mid-air dance. photos by kja

LAKEVILLE NORTH
rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills----points
1. Taylor Fieldsted, L 0-0-0----0
1fr Brooke Lewko, MH 0-1-4---5
2. Lindsey Weaver, DS 0-0-0---0
2fr Christina Hanf, RH 0-0-1----1
3. Kayla Kirby, DS 2-0-0----2
3fr Kirsten Zeise, OH 0-0.5-2----2.5
4. Kelsey Brandl, MH 0-3.5-14---17.5
5. Leah Johnson, S 2-1-2----5
6. Amy Braun, OH 0-0-12----12
Totals: 3-6-35----44 points, 32 points on Chaska errors

CHASKA
1. Shelby Peterson, OH 0-0-0----0
1fr: #14 0-0-6----6
2. McKenzie Niesche, L 0-0-0----0
2fr Chelsie Stahl, MH 0-0-8----8
3. Brittany Wenzel, S 2-0-0----2
4. Bekah Saugen, OH 1-1-12----14
5. Amanda Konetchy, DS 0-0-0---0
5fr Amanda Unze, MH 0-3-7---10
6. Maggie Finkel, DS 0-0-0----0
6fr Toni Kaiser, RH 0-0-0----0
totals: 4-4-33----41 points, 21 points on Lakeville North errors

TRENCH PLAYER

Kelsey Brandl

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso chances; fbso%; points, % earned; % allowed
Lakeville North 22/36; .611; 76; .579; .339
Chaska 14/35; .400; 62; .661; .421
3+ Runs: Lakeville North 10, Chaska 5
missed serves: Chaska 5, LN 3
LN had a better FBSO game tonight and also limited their errors. LN had a rocky start and could have easily stubbed their toe in game one, but they found a way to win when the gym was rocking for Chaska. That gritty win calmed some of the atmosphere and again in the tight fight in game two. I don't have any numbers for individual defense, but both teams had strong efforts.

ROTATIONS
LAKEVILLE NORTH
1 Fieldsted 13-9 .591
2 Weaver 15-11 .577
3 Kirby 16-19 .457
4 Brandl 12-6 .667
5 Johnson 13-10 .565
6 Braun 7-7 .500
totals: 76-62 .551

CHASKA
1 Peterson/14 10-15 .400
2 Niesche 12-16 .429
3 Wenzel 17-10 .630
4 Saugen 8-13 .381
5 Konetchy 9-12 .421
6 Finkel 6-10 .375
totals: 62-76 .449

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Around the Metro

#3 posting 9.18.2007
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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL FEATURES
The StarTribune North Section analyzes three big volleyball games next week in the north metro.

In the StarTribune West Section Maple Grove is spotlighted with former Armstrong coach Steve Getchell and a big win over Champlin Park.

We are not done yet with the StarTribune as the South Section looks at the big weekend tournament in Apple Valley.

LATE MONDAY RESULTS
Nicollet nudged out New Ulm Cathedral in four on the road.
If you missed the report in the Mankato Free Press you can read about the Sibley East vs MN Valley Lutheran game won by SE in four in the New Ulm Journal.

D2 POLL
UM Duluth moved up to #3 in the latest D2 poll.

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Dieter Athlete of the Week

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AWARD WINNERS
Monday is award day and here are the weekly winners.

D1
Gopher Brook Dieter, freshman outside hitter, has been named athlete of the week in the Big 10.
The Minnesota Gophers edged up in the polls to #12 this week.

D2
Two Augustana players, right side Ellen Andrews (Bancroft, NE) and setter Lisa Hoegh (Byron); plus libero Andreana Pieper (Lake of the Woods) of St. Cloud State were named Athletes of the Week in the North Central. Hoegh's win snapped a three week winning streak by UM Duluth setter Katie Gangelhoff.

The Northern Sun named two SW MN State players Athletes of the Week: Outside hitter Erin Contons (Apple Valley) and setter Sara Graf (Mount Pleasant, IA). Also making the list on defense was middle Kelci Guenther (Williston, ND) of MSU Moorhead.

Former Marshall standout Amanda Beekman, now at MSU Mankato, gets a feature in the Marshall Independent. #6 SW MN State and #15 MSU Mankato face each other tonight.

D3
In the MIAC it was outside hitter Liz Glesne (Underwood) of Bethel and setter Emily Foster (Hopkins) of St. Thomas that nabbed Athlete of the week honors.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater is #10 in the latest Pepsi/NATYCAA Cup ranking. From the West Central Tribune.

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Sibley East Avoids Another Fiver

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MONDAY VOLLEYBALL RESULTS
AAA
As I reported last night #2 Shakopee beat #8 Eastview. Here is the Shakopee Valley News with their report.

Tonight's Lake Conference heavyweight bout has #1 Lakeville North at #3 Chaska. Chaska topped LN in the finals last year in the AAA finals. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

AA
Sibley East avoided a five game match with MVL in a 3-1 non conference win. Sibley East trailed 17-10 in game four before rallying for the win. From the Mankato Free Press.

In the battle of East Grand Forks it was the Green Wave over Sacred Heart in four. From the Grand Forks Herald.

Worthington swept Fairmont in non conference action plus Edgerton and TMB wins in the Worthington Daily Globe.

A
MACCRAY stopped Redwood Valley in four. Ashley Beseman had 20 kills for the Wolverines. From the West Central Tribune.

BOXES
The Duluth News Tribune has three; The Grand Forks Herald has five.

KEY MATCH UP
Class A volleyball powers Tracy-Milroy-Balaton faces Minneota in a key Camden conference match up tonight. Both have one loss, both to Windom. From the Marshall Independent.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Ashley Beseman, MACCRAY 20 vs Redwood Valley 3-1

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Out & About: Shakopee/Eastview

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SHAKOPEE Sabers 3, EASTVIEW lightning 1
(25-16, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21)

In a battle of top AAA top 10 volleyball teams it was #2 Shakopee picking up a road win against #8 Eastview of the Lake conference. Texas Christian recruit Jessica Menden ran the show for Shakopee delivering the ball to outsides Ashley Wittman (19 kills) and Maggie Geske (18 kills). Eastview also had a pair of double digit killers with Lauren Grant with 16 and Karlee Lursen notching 14.

In game one it was Shakopee middle Jean Theis that set the tempo with a kill followed by two blocks for a quick 3-0 Saber lead. Shakopee had three runs of 3 early and led 12-7 when Eastview took a time out. The Sabers added one more point before the Lightning got the side out. Eastview cut the margin to 14-12, but missed serves stopped their momentum. Shakopee had their fourth run, this time four points on the side out & three service points on Mollie Geske's serve, to make it 20-13. Another Eastview time out stopped the run, but couldn't stop the inevitable.

Game two was the tightest and provided the Lightning with their only win of the night. First Eastview adjusted their line up by moving their 4th rotation to their first spot. That twist propelled the Lightning to a 5-2 leaf on Brie Johnson's serve. Lauren Grant had a couple of kills to get things moving. Shakopee regained the lead, if only momentarily, at 12-11 during a four point service run by Wittman. Three of those points were Eastview hitting errors. Eastview edged back in front thanks to two Shakopee hitting errors. Neither team had their side out game revved up in this game as they traded chunks of points two, three at a time. As it was Shakopee wasn't quite done and rallied from a 19-17 deficit with three points to go up 20-19. A Grant slide kill gave the ball back to Eastview. The proceeded to run off four straight on Kaiti Wachter's serve, three on Shakopee hitting errors. Shakopee wasn't done yet with a Eastview hitting error delivering the ball back to the Sabers. Bri Duff put the Sabers within striking distance at 24-23. Eastview's Karlee Lursen tied the series up at one apiece on a kill.

Game three was tight until an 8-1 run by Shakopee put the Sabers up 19-14. Ashley Wittman had a side out kill and then the first two kills in a four point service run by Duff. Eastview never generated any runs in this game. The side out factor absent in game two reappeared for both teams. Shakopee had six straight first ball side outs. Also in this game Shakopee's Maggie Geske started connecting on her down balls. She had four kills in the first two games combined, while in this game she had five kills, same as Wittman.

In the final game Shakopee had a pair of runs early to take an 8-5 lead while stringing together seven straight first ball side outs after the first Eastview service. Maggie Geske continued her hot hitting with nine kills in this game. Shakopee's biggest lead came at 23-18 after a three point run. Eastview got the ball back on a side out kill by Kent. Anna Olson then served up two points to cut the margin to 23-21. The one two punch of Wittman and Maggie Geske ended it with two kills.

photos: #1 Shakopee's Maggie Geske (7 white) reaches for the ball on the outside. #2. Jessica Menden (12 white) with a back jump set. photos by kja

SHAKOPEE
rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills-totals
1 Jessica Menden, S 1-0-4----5 gets to the ball, makes plays out of nothing. good control
2 Maggie Geske, OH 0-0-18----18 had 14 kills in the last two games
3 Mollie Geske, L 0-0-0-----0
3fr Jean Theis, MH 0-2-4---6 effective early at the net.
4 Elizabeth Benusa, RH 0-0-3----3
4 Bri Duff, RH 0-1-1-----2
5 Ashley Wittman, OH 0-2-19----21 a force on the outside.
6 Mariah Monnens, MH 0-2-4---6
6br Mollie Geske, L
totals: 1-7-53-----61 points, 37 points on Eastview errors

EASTVIEW
Eastview started this way in game one, but then put Steph Kent (rotation 4) as their 1st rotation the rest of the night.
1. Kaiti Wachter, L 1-0-0----1
1fr Lauren Grant, MH 0-3-16---19 runs the slide
2. Anna Olson, S 2-0-0----2
3. Karlee Lursen, OH 0-0-14---14
4. Steph Kent, MH 0-2-8---10
4br Kaiti Wachter, L
5. Brie Johnson, DS 0-0-0----0
5fr Brianna Pieschel, OH 0-0-6----6
6. Kayla Joyce, DS 0-0-1----1
6fr Kelsey Schile, RH 0-0-3----3
totals: 3-5-48-----56 points, 27 points on Shakopee errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Jessica Menden

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso chances; fbso %; points; % earned; % allowed
Shakopee 30/52; .577; 98; .622; .325
Eastview 26/52; .500; 83; .675; .378
3+ Runs: Shakopee 14, Eastview 6
Missed Serves: Shakopee 3, Eastview 13

ROTATIONS
SHAKOPEE
1. Menden 19-20 .487
2. Ma. Geske 16-15 .516
3. Mo. Geske 19-15 .559
4. Duff 18-13 .581
5. Wittman 16-11 .593
6. Monnens 10-9 ..526
totals: 98-83 .541

EASTVIEW
1. Wachter 16-19 .457
2. Olson 13-17 .433
3. Lursen 11-12 .478
4. Kent 12-17 .414
5. Johnson 18-16 .529
6. Joyce 13-17 .433
totals: 83-98 .459

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Polls & More

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TOP 10 POLLS
September 17
Top 10 Poll—Sep 17, 2007
No changes at the top in these polls.
In AAA Chaska and Eagan are now tied for 3rd; Andover moves up one as does Eastview and STMA. Blaine falls two spots to round out the top 10.
In AA again it is the lower half of the top 10 where rearranging takes place. Pipestone moves up one flipping spots with JCC. LeSueur-Henderson makes their first appearance in the top 10 at #9 moving past Minnesota River foe Belle Plaine.
In A there is unanimous support for Windom at #1. BA & Minneota flip spots. Up one is Wabasha-Kellogg to #4; up two to #5 is RCW. Also moving up one is BBE to #9.
Falling four spots after the Southland Tournament is Mabel-Canton to #8.
Meadow Creek returns at #10.

AAA
1. Lakeville North (21) 329
2. Shakopee (1) 309
3. Eagan 254
Chaska 254
5. Owatonna 223
6. Eden Prairie 211
7. Andover 184
8. Eastview 171
9. St. Michael/Albertville 104
10. Blaine 91
Others: Wayzata (42), Forest Lake (39), Waconia (36), Alexandria (32), Hill-Murray (26), Burnsville (16)

AA
1. Jordan (9) 135
2. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 125
3. Marshall 105
4. Hibbing 93
5. St. Cloud Cathedral 91
6. Stewartville 71
7. Pipestone Area 63
8. Jackson County Central 62
9. LeSueur-Henderson 43
10. Belle Plaine 38
Others receiving votes: Rocori (31), Warroad (27), Montevideo (24), Delano (19)

A
1. Windom (14) 210
2. Bethlehem Academy 190
3. Minneota 185
4. Wabasha-Kellogg 157
5. Renville County West 136
6. Mayer Lutheran 114
7. Ada-Borup 109
8. Mabel-Canton 105
9. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa 85
10. Meadow Creek Christian 50
Others: Goodhue (36), Lake of the Woods (34), Tracy-Milroy (27), SW Christian (24)

GAMES OF NOTE (continued)
Thursday, September 20
MVL travels to GFW. Both are currently tied with SESM for the lead in the Tomahawk. GFW is the 2 time defending Tomahawk champ.

MORE WEEKEND RESULTS
Rochester Mayo finished 2-2 in the Jackson County Central tournament with a win against the hosts, and Mountain Lake and losing to state ranked teams Pipestone and Minneota. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Brainerd lost the title match to Nashwauk-Keewatin in the International Falls volleyball tournament.

D3 ACTION
Crown picked up their first two wins of the year in their own tournament.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
In the Ridgewater tournament
NDSCS took home the top prize with a victory over the hosts. Despite leading 14-8 in game three Ridgewater couldn't finish.

Central Lakes finished 3rd with a 4-1 record. The only blemish was a loss to NDSCS. From the Brainerd Dispatch.
Rochester finished like Mayo with a 2-2 split with wins over Anoka-Ramsey and Rainy River, but losses to NDSCS and Central Lakes.

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South Dakota State Wins Battle in Brookings

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College Reports

D1
The Gophers won their own tournament and coach Hebert feels many of their goals were met. The big unanswered question---who wants the right side job. From the MN Daily.

South Dakota State beat their neighbors North Dakota State in a five game marathon in Summit League play on a rare Sunday afternoon match. DGF's Kelly Lopez had a career high 25 kills for NDSU.

Stony Brook won their second straight tournament with wins over Radford and Bucknell. Eastview's Alicia Nelson had one kill vs Radford and nine vs Bucknell.

D2
SW MN State beat Mary in a sweep on Saturday and volleyball coach Culhane was happier. From the Marshall Independent.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 70 vs South Dakota State 2-3
Melia Iwamoto, South Dakota State 68 vs North Dakota State 3-2
DIGS
Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State 35 vs North Dakota State 3-2
KILLS
Kelly Lopez, North Dakota State 25 vs South Dakota State 2-3
Kristina Martin, South Dakota State 23 vs North Dakota State 3-2
Kristin Hille, North Dakota State 21 vs South Dakota State 2-3

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Windom Wins JCC Tourney

#1 posting 9.17.2007
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LATE SATURDAY VOLLEYBALL RESULTS
Windom won the big Jackson County Central tournament over the weekend. They topped two top 10 teams with Southwest rival Pipestone in the semis, and Minneota in the finals. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

The West Central Tribune has more on their area teams at the Minnewaska, Montevideo, Sauk Rapids, and Waterville-Elysian-Morristown tournaments.

I am missing the winners of the International Falls, Pelican Rapids and Waukon, IA tournaments.

MINNESOTA SCORES
It is now minnesota-scores.net, not .com. You don't need the www portion. The site underwent the name change last week. The information is still there from previous years.

STATS
If you haven't been putting your stats on MaxPreps now would be a good time to start. It is a way to promote and create interest in volleyball. The best coverage, at this point, is the NW Suburban with 6 teams out of the 10.

GAMES OF NOTE THIS WEEK
Monday, Sept 17
Shakopee at Eastview
Tuesday, Sept 18
Lakeville North at Chaska
Burnsville at Eastview
Montevideo at Yellow Medicine East
Wednesday, Sept 19
Mpls South at Mpls Southwest
Thursday, Sept 20
Belle Plaine at LeSueur-Henderson
Pipestone at Marshall
Friday, Sept 21
Apple Valley starts their second tournament of the year.
Saturday, Sept 22
AV again

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St. Benedict, St. Thomas Win Tourneys

#4 posting 9.16.2007
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D3 action

VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS
ST. BENEDICT
St. Benedict beat Northwestern MN.
There is a feature in the St. Benedict campus newspaper the Record with the leadership of Theresa Naumann from Totino-Grace.

Simpson handed Northwestern, MN in a sweep.

UW Eau Claire broomed Buena Vista after falling to the hosts.

LA CROSSE
St. Thomas won twice with wins over the hosts and a sweep over Illinois Wesleyan.

LaCrosse beat Carthage.

CHICAGO
Augsburg won twice with a sweep over Defiance, allowing 9 points in game three; and a four game win over Trinity Christian. Breann Woelfel of Annandale was named to the all tournament team for Augsburg.

OSHKOSH
Bethel won twice with wins over Elmhurst and Lawrence and finished 3-1 in the UW Oshkosh Tournament. Liz Glesne of Underwood and Laura Naig of Kasson-Mantorville were named all tournament for Bethel.

ST. SCHOLASTICA/UW SUPERIOR
St. Scholastica picked up two wins over Viterbo and UW Stout.

Viterbo did gain a five game win over St. Catherine.

UW Stout also split with a win over Northland.

UW Superior went the distance over St. Catherine.

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Night of Sweeps in North Central

#3 posting 9.16.2007
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D2 action

It was a night of sweeps in the North Central with:
#13 Augustana over St. Cloud State, Cayla Schroeder of Kasson-Mantorville had 15 kills for Augustana, Emily Baldwin of Burnsville had 18 kills for SCSU;
#4 UM Duluth over North Dakota; and
#23 MSU Mankato over UN Omaha, Marshall's Amanda Beekman had 20 kills for Mankato.

NORTHERN SUN
#3 Concordia St. Paul won their 68th Northern Sun match with a sweep over UM Crookston.

#7 SW MN State topped Mary in a sweep.

MSU Moorhead beat Bemidji State in four. Brittney Burns of LeSueur-Henderson had 24 kills for BSU.

Wayne State swept Northern State.

Florida Southern swept NW Missouri State. Amber Ryan of Esko had 9 kills for NW MO State.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Brittney Burns, LeSueur-Henderson 24 vs MSU Moorhead 1-3
Amanda Beekman, MSU Mankato 20 vs UN Omaha 3-0

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Dieter Gopher Tournament MVP

#2 posting 9.16.2007
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D1 action

MINNESOTA WINS GOPHER INVITATIONAL
Minnesota wrapped up their second tournament with a 3-1 win over Creighton. Brook Dieter had her third straight 20 kill game and she was joined by Kayla Roehrig with 20 kills. Dieter has had 8 double digit kill games, and 5 20+ kill games this year. Chaska's Allie Oelke had 13 kills for Creighton. Dieter was named MVP with teammates Jessy Jones and Roehrig named to the all tournament team. Oelke also made the all tournament team.

UW Green Bay beat Charlotte in a sweep in the other tournament game. Bethlehem Academy's Betty Slinger was named to the all tournament team.

BIG 10
#3 Stanford edged #2 Penn State in five in the championship of the Yale Classic.

#23 St. John's beat Indiana in the Hoosier tournament in a sweep.

Iowa won their own tournament with a sweep of the College of Charleston.

#10 Michigan is undefeated with a fiver over Georgia Tech.

Michigan State beat Central Michigan for their 9th straight win.

#20 Ohio State lost to Oregon in the final in the Sports Import Classic.

Purdue lost to USC at Ohio State in a sweep.

Northwestern won their own tournament with a 3-1 victory over St. Louis. In the match Courtnie Paulus notched her 1000th kill of her career.

Illinois swept Toledo giving coach Don Hardin his 200th win at Illinois.
UCLA beat San Diego in five.

OTHERS
Long Beach State beat #17 Ohio in the Denver Pioneer tournament championship.

Denver swept Washington State in the finals of their tournament.

South Dakota State beat IPFW in Summit League action

Northern Iowa beat Wichita State. Champlin Park's Amy Sampson had 7 kills for UNI.

Marquette swept Houston Baptist.

Iowa State swept #25 Texas A&M in Big 12 action. Hills-Beaver Creek's Erin Boeve had 16 kills for ISU.

UConn finished 3rd in their own tournament with a loss to Middle Tennessee State. Hopkins' Bridget Denson-Dorman was named to the all tournament team.

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LeRoy-Ostrander Tops Mabel-Canton at Southland

#1 posting 9.16.2007
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High School Results

WEEKEND VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS
LeRoy-Ostrander took the Southland title sweeping Mabel-Canton 2-0 in the championship. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Zimmerman finished 0-3 at the Big Lake Tournament. Rogers ended up 12th in the Sauk Rapids tournament. From the Elk River Star News.

St. Cloud Cathedral won the Sauk Rapids title, plus the Big Lake, North Branch and Minnewaska tournaments. From the St. Cloud Times deep in the area roundup.

Roseville edged Bemidji in the North Branch Tournament. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

TOURNAMENT BREAKDOWN
BIG LAKE: Faribault
CROSBY-IRONTON: Pine River-Backus
DELANO: Delano
FARMINGTON: Jordan
HAWLEY: Ada-Borup
HENRY SIBLEY: Spring Lake Park
INTERNATIONAL FALLS: Nashwauk-Keewatin
JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL: Windom
MOUND WESTONKA: Mounds View
MINNEWASKA: New London-Spicer
MONTEVIDEO: Montevideo
NORTH BRANCH: Roseville
PELICAN RAPIDS:
ST. PAUL ACADEMY: Minnehaha
SAUK RAPIDS-RICE: St. Cloud Cathedral
SOUTHLAND: LeRoy-Ostrander
WARREN-ALVARADO-OSLO: Thief River Falls
WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN: Renville County West
WAUKON, IA:

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