UM Duluth; Concordia St. Paul Get Titles

#3 posting 10.28.2007
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D2 REPORTS
NORTH CENTRAL
UM Duluth swept St. Cloud State. It is the 4th straight NCC title for UMD.

UN Omaha surprised #12 MSU Mankato in a sweep. It was UNO's second straight upset win.

South Dakota took North Dakota in three. It is the first time USD has won 20 games in a season in the history of their program.

NORTHERN SUN
#4 Concordia St. Paul broomed MSU Moorhead. CSP earned a conference title (at least a tie) for the 5th straight time.

Northern State topped Winona State in four.

#7 SW MN State blanked Bemidji State. Tricia Ingvalson (Caledonia) tied her career mark with 19 kills.

Wayne State shut out UM Crookston.

Mary swept Upper Iowa.

NON CON
#6 Truman State swept #13 Augustana, Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had nine kills for Augustana.

Northwest Missouri State lost twice on Saturday. Amber Ryan (Esko) had 13 kills in match one in #8 Central Missouri. Ryan had 12 kills in the St. Mary's TX match.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Samantha Weber, St. Mary's TX 27.5 vs NW Missouri State 3-1
Sara Falcone, NW Missouri State 24.5 vs St. Mary's TX 1-3
Kelsey Aden, Northern State 23.5 vs Winona State 3-1
Jillian Ohrman, Central Missouri 23 vs NW Missouri State 3-1
Rachel Fister, Central Missouri 22.5 vs NW Missouri State 3-1
Tricia Ingvalson, SW MN State 22 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Kori McCarver, St. Mary's TX 21 vs NW Missouri State 3-1
Alicia Johnson, NW Missouri State 20 vs Central Missouri 1-3

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Five Way Tie for 1st in Summit

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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
BIG 10
Illinois beat Indiana in four on the road. Laura DeBruhler had 23 kills for Illinois.

Michigan State knocked off instate rival #20 Michigan in four. Ashley Schatzle had 27 kills for Michigan State.

Penn State broomed Iowa.

Wisconsin topped Purdue in four.

OTHERS
North Dakota State swept IUPUI. There is now a five way tie for first in the Summit League. Christy Stuewe (Mayer Lutheran) had 16 kills for NDSU.

South Dakota State swept Oakland. Samantha Pearson (Chaska) had 17 digs for SDSU.

Northern Iowa won their 6th straight with a sweep of Bradley. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had six kills for UNI.

Fairfield outlasted Siena in five. Karlie Urbaniak (Mabel-Canton) had 14 kills, and Lauren Wagner (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 5 for Fairfield.

#15 Kansas State topped Iowa State in four. Erin Boeve (Hills-Beaver Creek) had 17 kills for ISU.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Ashley Schatzle, Michigan State 28 vs Michigan 3-1
Laura DeBruhler, Illinois 25.5 vs Indiana 3-1
Erin Boeve, Iowa State 23 vs Kansas State 1-3
Danielle Meyer, Ohio State 22 vs Minnesota 3-2
Katie Bruzdzinski, Michigan 21.5 vs Michigan State 3-1
Rachelle Hagerty, Minnesota 21.5 vs Ohio State 2-3
Stephanie Lynch, Purdue 21.5 vs Wisconsin 1-3
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 21 vs Purdue 3-1
Katie Johnson, Michigan State 21 vs Michigan 3-1
Blair Brown, Penn State 20.5 vs Iowa 3-0

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Nagle: 37 Kills, 1000 Career

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HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS
AAA
2: #4 Chaska broomed #5 Hutchinson and now the Hawks are eager to face #1 Shakopee (#2 overall in the state polls). From the Chaska Herald.

AA
St. Charles and Caledonia advanced in 1E action. See the Wabasha-Kellogg story below for the recaps.
Stewartville and Cannon Falls moved on in 1W.

A
#5E Wabasha-Kellogg upended #1E seed Goodhue in four. Both teams were in the top 10 at various points in the year.
In the other game #2 Fillmore Central needed every one of Chelsea Nagle's 37 kills in a fiver with LeRoy-Ostrander. A long the way Nagle picked up her 1000th kill. From the Winona Daily News.
Bethlehem Academy and Kenyon-Wanamingo moved on in 1W.

LATE ACTION
AA
Perham swept Detroit Lakes in the first round. From the Detroit Lakes Tribune.

BREAKDOWN
class, games, % sweeps, % 5s; % first game winners; % upsets;
AAA: 4; 1.000; .000; 1.000; .000
AA: 4, .500; .250; 1.000, .250
A: 4, .250; .250, incomplete, .250

JO TRYOUTS
Minnesota North will having tryouts at Duluth Marshall on the following dates and times: 18s (grades 11-12) Nov. 11 from noon to 2:30 p.m.; 16s (grade 10) Nov. 11 from 1:30-4 p.m.; 15’s (grade 9) Nov. 18 from noon to 2 p.m.; 14s (grades 7-8) Nov. 18 from noon to 2 p.m.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Chelsea Nagle, Fillmore Central 37 vs LeRoy-Ostrander 3-2
Ava Perry, Wabasha-Kellogg 20 vs Goodhue 3-1

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Out & About: Minnesota/Ohio State

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OHIO STATE buckeyes 3,
MINNESOTA gophers 2

Ohio State rallied from a 2-0 deficit to break the Gophers' hearts Saturday in Williams Arena. The game was eerily similar to the one in Columbus when Minnesota won the first two, lost the next two and hung on for the fifth. Minnesota has now lost 7 straight, and four straight at home, counting Williams Arena as home.

This game is ironic considering Minnesota outpointed Ohio State 126-123 and earned 86 points to Ohio State 78. The Gophers out hit OSU .117 to .083, and out blocked OSU 22 to 11. One thing Minnesota led in was 45 errors to 40 for OSU.

The Gophers broke free in game one with an 8-1 run over the serves of Brook Dieter and Rachelle Hagerty. Ohio State was having problems with ball control as Hagerty had two overpass kills, plus another kill for three of the points. Lauren Gibbemeyer had two blocks and a slide for another three points. That put Minnesota in the drivers seat at 21-17. Ohio State closed to 24-22 when another Gopher five point run put them on the verge at 29-22. All the points, after the side out, came off of Christine Tan's serve. OSU added two points with a side out and an ace. The Gophers took a time out to break the momentum. A kill by Jessy Jones ended game one 30-24.

Minnesota used the momentum in the first game win to open with a 3-0 lead. The only time they trailed in game two came early at 5-4. The Gophers extended their lead to 14-9 on a some Ohio State hitting errors during Hagerty and Fallon's serve. Minnesota kept pushing out to 26-16 during Hagerty's serve in the next sequence. Again Ohio State errors were gift wrapped as Gopher points. Ohio State fought back with an 8-5 finish. As it was Minnesota went into the locker room at the break with a solid 30-23 win. For this game the first ball side out % for Minnesota was .688 (11/16).

Game three is when the Gophers fortunes took a turn south. Neither team shook free from the other with 16 ties in this game. The last tie coming at 25 after a Ohio State hitting error. The Gophers biggest lead came at 20-17 after a quick kill by Jones. OSU took a time out after that. Minnesota's last large lead came at 21-18. After that OSU had a 12-6 run to finish the game. Minnesota was victimized by dumps by Briana McCarthy plus hitting errors now being gift wrapped by the Gophers. Fallon missed a serve to put OSU in the lead at 26-25. Ohio State added two more points to make it 28-25. A double contact gave the ball back to the Gophers. A block by Roehrig cut the margin to 28-27. However two hitting errors ended game three 30-27 for Ohio State.

Game four is the game you can pin point the spot where the momentum definitely shifted. Minnesota led 14-8 early with the Gophers gaining 6/7 first ball side outs. A Dieter hitting error handed the ball back to OSU. Brook Dieter then served up six points. Six of the seven points in the run (including the side out) were all Minnesota errors either hitting errors, double contacts, or net violations. All in all it was a 10-2 run for Ohio State as they took the lead 20-18. Minnesota did bounce back with a run of four during Hartmann's serve. Jessy Jones had a had in two of the points with a block and an overpass kill. Minnesota could smell the finish line at 26-21 after a Jones tip kill. But Meyer wasn't about to let the match end. She spearheaded a 10-3 run to finish the game. The Gophers desperately tried to stop the momentum with a time out when they led 26-24 and then again at 27-26. A Gibbemeyer slide put Minnesota up 28-26. Dieter's serve went wide. McCarthy returned for Ohio State with an ace to tie it at 28. Hagerty got the side out kill and then was up to serve. An overpass kill gave the ball back to OSU. They never gave the ball back. A hitting error and then an ace ended game four 31-29 Ohio State.

Game five started off all right for Minnesota with a 4-3 lead. That was because Minnesota was siding out three straight times. They didn't, or couldn't the next five Ohio State servers. The Buckeyes had a run of three to go up 9-6. Minnesota took a time out. After the break the Gophers got the side out which started a run of three which tied the game at 9. Hagerty missed her serve and that kicked off a four point run by OSU 13-9. A Gibbemeyer block held off OSU for a time. Kelly Roysland served for Gibbemeyer, but OSU only allowed 3 points on Minnesota serves in game five on 5/7 servers. Minnesota allowed 8 points. That was the difference.

Minnesota is young and needs to finish. Game three could have gone either way, but missed serves at key points (25 all) opens the doors to bad things. However the 26-21 lead at game four was the back breaker. Five hitting/net errors and two aces can be cleaned up. In game five the missed serve opened the door to four straight OSU points. Ball control is still not as consistent. The Hawkeyes come to town on Halloween. I think the Gophers are going to take their frustrations out on the Hawkeyes. They are not used to losing seven straight and they are not used to losing at home either.

MINNESOTA
rotation, name, position, aces-blocks-kills ----points---errors---totals
1. Rochelle Hagerty, OH 1-4/3-15----21.5 -18 3.5
1serve Kelly Fallon 0-0-0----0 -1 -1
2, Lauren Gibbemeyer, MH 1-0/10-12----18 -10 8
2. Kelly Roysland, DS 0-0-2-----2 -1 1
3. Rachel Hartmann, S 1-0/9-3----8.5 -5 3.5
4. Christine Tan, L 1-0-0-----1 -4 -3
4fr Kyla Roehrig, OH 0-1/4-7-----10 -8 2
5 Hailey Cowles, DS 0-0-0-----0 -8 -8
5fr Jessy Jones, MH 0-1/6-7----11 -4 7
6 Brook Dieter, RH 2-0-12----14 -8 6
Totals: 6-22-58----86 points, 40 points on Ohio State errors

OHIO STATE
rotation, name, position, aces-blocks-kills
1 Betsy Hone, DS 1-0-0----1 -3 -2
1 Kristi Hunter, OH 1-0/5-6----9.5 -8 1.5
2 Ashley Hughes, L 0-0-0----0 -1 -1
2 Susan Halvorson, L 0-0-0----0-0 0
2 Kaila Calhoun, MH 0-0/9-4----8.5 -9 -0.5
3 Katie Dull, RH 2-0/3-12-----15.5 -12 3.5
4 Ami Stevens, OH 1-0/1-7----8.5 -11 -2.5
5 Danielle Meyer, MH 1-0/2-20-----22 -15 7
6 Briana McCarthy, S 2-0/2-10----13 -10 3
totals 8-11-59----78 points, 45 points on Minnesota errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Danielle Meyer

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/attempts; fbso%; points; earned %; allowed %
Minnesota 44/79; .557; 126; .683; .366
Ohio State 40/73; .548; 123 .634; .317
3+ runs: Minnesota 11, Ohio State 11
missed serves: Minnesota 15, Ohio State 14

ROTATIONS
MINNESOTA
Hagerty/Fallon 30-23 .566
Gibbemeyer/Roysland 18-22 .480
Hartmann 18-13 .581
Tan 25-25 .500
Cowles 15-23 .395
Dieter 19-17 .528
totals: 126-123 .506

OHIO STATE
Hunter/Hone 18-24 .429
Calhoun/Hughes 17-16 .515
Dull 22-26 .458
Stevens 18-18 .500
Meyer 24-24 .500
McCarthy 24-18 .571
totals: 123-126 .494

Minnesota started the first three games with Hagerty in the one spot. In game four Tan was in the one spot and the Gophers reverted to Hagerty in game five.
Ohio State had three different starting points. In the first two games the Hunter/Hone combination was in the one spot. In games three and four Dull led off. In game five another new line up with McCarthy taking the first serve.

As you can see both teams were fairly even with four .500 or better rotations for Minnesota and the same amount for Ohio State. The one rotation that was hurt was Cowles in game four with Meyer notching 7 points off them.

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UN Omaha Beats Augustana in Five

#5 posting 10.27.2007
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D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
UN Omaha took down #13 Augustana in five. UNO led 2-0. Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had a 20/20 game for Augustana

#12 MSU Mankato held on to beat South Dakota.

NORTHERN SUN
Northern State had the upper hand with Upper Iowa in a sweep.

#7 SW MN State blanked UM Crookston.

Mary stopped Winona State 3-1. It is the 4th straight win for Mary.

Wayne State shut down Bemidji State in three.

NON CON
#4 Concordia St. Paul swept North Dakota

D3
MIAC
Hamline beat Macalester in four. With the win Hamline is in the MIAC playoffs for the second straight year.

UMAC
Bethany shutout Presentation

St. Scholastica outlasted Northwestern in five.

Martin Luther beat UM Morris in three. From the New Ulm Journal.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE TOURNAMENT
Ridgewater won twice in the opening day of the Minnesota State Community College tournament. From the West Central Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
d2
Amanda Beekman, MSU Mankato 25 vs South Dakota 3-2
Kathleen Hruska, South Dakota 24 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Cayla Schroeder, Augustana 21 vs UN Omaha 2-3

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Wisconsin Avoids Indiana Upset Bid

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D1 REPORTS
BIG 10
Illinois swept Purdue.

Northwestern surprised #20 Michigan in five.

Ohio State blanked Iowa.

#8 Wisconsin survived Indiana's upset bid with a 16-14 5th game win. Indiana lost the first two games before tying the match at 2-2.

OTHERS
North Dakota State chopped down Oakland in three. Kari Fagnan (Fridley) had a school record 32 digs for NDSU.

South Dakota State dropped IUPUI in four.

Stony Brook topped Albany in five. Alicia Nelson (Eastview) had one kill for Stony Brook. Tawny Dahmes (Chaska) had 11 digs for Albany.

Creighton swept Indiana State. Allie Oelke (Chaska) had 11 kills for Creighton.

Northeastern topped William & Mary in four. Leah Neubeck (Hopkins) had 26 digs for Northeastern.

#19 Ohio swept Akron. Amanda Andersen (Centennial) had 2 kills for Ohio.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Kristina Martin, South Dakota State 28.5 vs IUPUI 3-1
Mackenzie Angner, South Dakota State 26.5 vs IUPUI 3-1
Laura DeBruhler, Illinois 25.5 vs Purdue 3-0
Erica Short, Indiana 24 vs Wisconsin 2-3
Taylor Reineke, Wisconsin 22.5 vs Indiana 3-2
Megan Hodge, Penn State 22 vs Minnesota 3-0
Katie Bruzdzinski, Michigan 22 vs Northwestern 2-3
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 21.5 vs Indiana 3-2
Devicka Bellamy, IUPUI 21 vs South Dakota State 1-3
Allison Wack, Wisconsin 20.5 vs Indiana 3-2

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Competitive A Games

#3 posting 10.27.2007
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A PLAYOFFS
Five sections were in action last night and the games were more competitive than AA or AAA. Their were 6 upsets last night where the higher seed fell, but none bigger than #8 Kittson County Central's shocker against #1 Win-E-Mac. This is the second #1 to fall in Class A this year to a #8.

3: Windom and Murray County Central moved on in the South half. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
Also in the south a pair of Southwests moved on with SW Christian and SW Star picking up wins. From the WDG.
In the North defending state champ Minneota opened with a sweep over KMS. From the Marshall Independent.
#5 MACCRAY upset #4 RTR in four. From the Marshall Independent.
Lakeview upset TMB in four. TMB spent time in the top 10 this year.
Renville County West swept Wabasso. From the West Central Tribune.

5: Way down in the St. Cloud Times volleyball round up is BBE's convincing sweep over Eden Valley-Watkins.

6: Ada-Borup allowed only 27 points in their sweep win over Park Christian

7: Chisholm beat Deer River in a minor upset.

8: Cass Lake-Bena sent Indus packing. From the Bemidji Pioneer. In Kittson County Central's upset win over Win-E-Mac they lost the first game and won the rest.

A BREAKDOWN
games, sweeps%, 5%, First game won%, and upset%
28, .429; .107; .786; .214
As you can see the A level is where the outcome is in doubt. In the other two classes sweeps were in the in the high 60s and low 70s. also upset were even more rare.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Amber Bloom, Carlton 21 vs Wrenshall 3-1

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Lopez Notches 28 Kills for DGF

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AA PLAYOFF ACTION
Four Sections were in action last night with most of the favorites moving on. There were two upsets with Lac Qui Parle Valley beating Morris and Greenway edging Hermantown.

3: Montevideo, YME, Benson, and LQPV's wins are highlighted in the West Central Tribune.

Marshall blanked Worthington. From the Marshall Independent and the Worthington Daily Globe. The WDG also has information on Pipestone's sweep over Luverne and JCC's win over Fairmont.

New Ulm broomed St. James. From the New Ulm Journal.

6: New London-Spicer and Litchfield both picked up wins. From the West Central Tribune. Scroll down a bit to find the St. Cloud area 6AA results. Albany's win over Holdingford is where the AA results start. Fromt he St. Cloud Times.

7: It was mother vs daughter with the mother coming out on top in Hibbing's sweep over Virginia. plus Greenway's win over Hermantown. From the Duluth News Tribune.

8: DGF swept Crookston to move on despite an ankle injury keeping Jenna Green out. DGF's Jennifer Lopez had 28 kills. From the Fargo Forum.

AA BREAKDOWN
Games, sweep%; 5%; first game won%; upset%
24; .708; .042; .958; .083

NUMBER CRUNCHING
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 28 vs Crookston 3-0
Hannah Johnson, Greenway 23 vs Hermantown 3-0
Taylor Voss, Albany 21 vs Holdingford 3-1
Paula Hebel, Warroad 20 vs East Grand Forks 3-1
Megan Lambertson, Litchfield 20 vs Annandale 3-0

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#7 Maple Grove Takes #2 Centennial in Five

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PLAYOFFS
AAA
Class AAA is one of the least reported on in the newspapers. So some of these results in the Metro especially are thin, thin, thin.
But the big news was in 5AAA with #7 Maple Grove taking #2 Centennial in five games. MG had the jump early, Centennial battled back to tie, and MG took the final game 15-11. There was another upset winner in 5 with Osseo sweeping on the road at Champlin Park.
There were no other upsets of note.

1: Farmington moves on with a sweep of Rochester Century. Owatonna broomed Austin. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

8: Bemidji kept rolling with a sweep of St. Cloud Tech. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

Sartell topped Big Lake in a fiver. plus other area results in the St. Cloud Times.

AAA BREAKDOWN
Games, sweeps%; 5%; first game win%; upsets%
24, .667; .083; .917; .083

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Steph Tillman, Sartell 23 vs Big Lake 3-2

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Out & About: Minnesota/Penn State

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PENN STATE nittany lions 3, MINNESOTA gophers 0
(30-21, 30-25, 30-15)

Penn State handed Minnesota their 6th straight loss in Minneapolis tonight. Penn State could move up to #1 in the nation next week after the sweep loss by #1 Nebraska earlier this week. As it was Minnesota tried different combinations with changes in the line up, but the results were the same. The changes included Brook Dieter moving from left to right, flipping with Katie Vatterodt to start, and Rachelle Hagerty to finish. It doesn't seem like the Gophers have a line up they can live with. In the back row Kelly Roysland is now seeing limited touches. Christine Tan is now working on left back issues. Lauren Gibbemeyer is seeing more action in the back row. Hailey Cowles also has moved to middle back. The retooled lineup is still trying to get used to the new spots.

Minnesota hung with Penn State early having leads at 3-1 and 8-7, but a fatal 9-0 run on a side out and Christa Harmotto's serve to take a 16-8 lead. Three hitting errors and two aces were part of the Penn State run. The Gophers tried to stop the bleeding at 12-8. Truth be told neither team was on top of their first ball side out game. Penn State allowed three runs of 3 points in the first game, and only had a fbso of .583.

The Gophers best chance for a win came in game two. Penn State led early 9-5 but a four point run on a side out and Christine Tan serve tied the game at 9. Rachelle Hagerty had a hand in three straight points with two kills sandwiched around a block. There were six ties in game two with the last coming at 24. That came after a 4-1 run by the Gophers. Penn State took a time out to talk about it and put their foot down, or at least the ball down, with a 6-1 run.

That winning momentum propelled Penn State to a commanding lead in the third game with a 4-0 start and break points at 13-3, and 23-9. The Gophers were not able to get a side out, Penn State sided out for the Gophers with three straight missed serves. However Penn State was able to squeeze points off all of those serves, but one. Minnesota, on the other hand, did not score a point on their own serve until their 11th serve of the game. There really wasn't any rhythm to the game for Minnesota, Penn State controlled the action at the net, and picked and chose where and when to put the ball down. Seemingly down balls came back to life with Penn State's defense and that deflated the Gophers.

MINNESOTA
rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills----total points
1. Lauren Gibbemeyer, MH 0-1/0-7----8
1bf Kelly Roysland, DS 0-0-0-----0
2. Rachel Hartmann, S 0-0-0----0
3. Christine Tan, L 1-0-0-----1
3fr Kyla Roehrig, OH 0-1/0-6----7
4 Hailey Cowles, DS 0-0-0-----0
4fr Jessy Jones, MH 0-0/1-5-----5.5
5 Brook Dieter, RH 0-0-6----6
6 Katie Vatterodt, OH 0-0-1----1
6 Rochelle Hagerty, OH 0-0/1-10----10.5
6br Kelly Fallon, DS 1-0-0-----1
totals: 2-2/2-35-----40 points, 21 points on Penn State errors

PENN STATE
1. Nicole Fawcett, OH 0-0/2-13----14
1br Alyssa D'Errico, DS 0-0-0----0
2 Roberta Holehouse, L 0-0-0---0
2fr Melissa Walbridge, MH 0-1/4-3---6
3 Kate Price, RH 1-0-0-----1
3 Kara Callahan, DS 0-0-0----0
4 Megan Hodge, OH 2-0/2-19-----2
5 Christa Harmotto, MH 1-2/4-6----11
5 Ann Naylor, DS 0-0-0----0
6 Alisha Glass, S 0-2/3-4----7.5
6 Blair Brown, RH 0-0/1-6-----6.5
Michelle Osterreider 0-0-0-----0
totals: 4-13-51-----68 points, 22 points on Minnesota errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Megan Hodge

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, fbso/attempts; fbso%; points; %earned; %allowed
Minnesota 19/43, .442; 61, .656, .244
Penn State 28/42, .667; 90, .756, .344
missed serves: Penn State 12, Minnesota 7
3+ runs: Penn State 12, Minnesota 4

ROTATIONS
MINNESOTA
Lauren Gibbemeyer 9-16 .360
Rachel Hartmann 7-12 .368
Christine Tan 13-10 .565
Hailey Cowles 10-17 .345
Brook Dieter 10-23 .303
Hagerty/Fallon 12-11 .522
totals: 61-90 .404
This is the rotation they used in game one. In games 2 & 3 Cowles led off.

PENN STATE
1. Fawcett/D'Errico 13-8 .619
2 Roberta Holehouse 13-9 .591
3 Kate Price 19-8 .703
4 Megan Hodge 16-12 .571
5 Ann Naylor 20-13 .606
6 Glass 8-11 .421
totals: 90-61 .596
Only one Penn State rotation failed to win tonight. Four Gopher rotations were sub .400

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Late Thursday Results

#4 posting 10.26.2007
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LATE LAST NIGHT
AA
5N: Pine City swept Zimmerman. PC had lost twice to Zimmerman during the year. From the Elk River Star News.

A
2: #2N MN Valley Lutheran moved on with a tight four game win over #7 ACGC.

#4N GFW ended #5 Buffalo Lake-Hector's season in a sweep.

#1N Sleepy Eye St. Mary's swept Cleveland.

#2S Nicollet let the first game slip away to #7 Madelia, but swept the next three.

All from the New Ulm Journal.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AAA
3: Burnsville staved off elimination with a five game win over Lakeville South. The Blaze did it the hard way dropping the first two games and then taking the last three. From the Savage Pacer.

LAST WEEK
Farmington's match with Shakopee is chronicled in the Farmington Independent.

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#8 Brandon-Evansville Upsets #1 Ashby

#3 posting 10.26.2007
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A LOOK AT THE PLAYOFF NUMBERS
CLASS, Matches, Sweeps%, Fives%, 1st Game winners%; Upsets
AAA 8, .625, .125, .875; .000
AA: 37 .649; .108, .892; .189
A: 45 .600; .156; .800; .111
This shows that the more competitive games occurred in A with only 60% of the games ending in sweeps. It is still critical getting the first win with class AA coming in at almost 90% of the match winners winning game one.
But AA also had the most upsets with 7 teams toppling higher seeds. Section 1 had the most fall with three teams falling of the eight matches, or .375 upset %.
To look at it in another way it was more common in AA for an upset rather than going five.

#1 FALLS
6A #8S Brandon-Evansville upset #1S Ashby in five. Story in the Fergus Falls link below.

SLOW START
8AA Fergus Falls fell in the first game and only managed to score 9 points, but then picked up three straight wins over Pelican Rapids. Plus other area recaps including the Brandon-Evansville upset win. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

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#2 Penn State, Ohio State in Town

#2 posting 10.26.2007
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COLLEGIATE REPORTS
D1
The Gophers will have their hands full tonight with #2 Penn State. Tomorrow Ohio State & Minnesota will play in Williams Arena. Minnesota is looking to snap a five match losing streak. More in the 10 page Gopher weekly press release.

Late Wednesday Iowa State swept Texas Tech. Erin Boeve (Hills-Beaver Creek) had 12 kills for ISU.

D2
MSU Moorhead lost two tight games to St. Cloud State, then won the last three for a five game win. Melissa Henderson (Osseo) had 17 kills to lead MSU Moorhead. St. Cloud State lost their second five game match in a row.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Mary Sussenguth, MSU Moorhead 21.5 vs St. Cloud State 3-2
Megan Norling, MSU Moorhead 20 vs St. Cloud State 3-2
Kayla Tschida, St. Cloud State 20 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3

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Wabasha-Kellogg Slips by Mabel-Canton

#1 posting 10.26.2007
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THURSDAY NIGHT PLAYOFF ACTION
AAA
2: Minnetonka swept Willmar. From the West Central Tribune.

Mankato East coach Bob Gospeter will retire at the end of the playoffs. His career record is 425-164. Mankato East beat Buffalo in four. From the Mankato Free Press.

Hutchinson swept Mankato West. From the Hutchinson Leader.

AA
1E: St. Charles beat Winona Cotter in four. plus other results from the Winona Daily News.

8: East Grand Forks sweeps Thief River Falls. From the Grand Forks Herald.

A
1E: Goodhue, and Kenyon-Wanamingo both advance after sweeps. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

In the most competitive and compelling game of the night it was Wabasha-Kellogg edging Mabel-Canton in five. Both teams spent time in the top 10 this fall. There was no single game coverage of this game by the papers that I found.

5: BBE spiked Kimball in three. plus other area results in the West Central Tribune.

Osakis swept Upsala. plus other area action in the St. Cloud Times.

6: Moorhead Park Christian swept Norman County East. From the Fargo Forum.

ACTION TO COME
Chaska plays Hutchinson on Saturday night in Chaska. From the Chaska Herald

Bemidji hosts St. Cloud Tech tonight in 8AA. Bemidji is going for a school record 21 wins. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

Marshall faces Worthington tonight in 3AA. From the Marshall Independent.

ACTION PAST
AAA
5: Mounds View topped Rogers 3-1. Rogers wrapped up their season at 11-16. From the Elk River Star News.

8: Big Lake beat Elk River in four. ER was 5-22 on the year. From the Elk River Star News.

A
West Central survived Hillcrest on Monday in a fiver. Brandon-Evansville swept Battle Lake in a tight affair. From the Alexandria Echo Press.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
AA
Jenny Gilbertson, Winona Cotter 23 vs St. Charles 1-3
Kiley Severson, Hayfield 23 vs Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 3-1
A
Kate Horihan, Mabel-Canton 26 vs Wabasha-Kellogg 2-3
Ava Perry, Wabasha-Kellogg 20 vs Mabel-Canton 3-2

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Pine Island, Orono Advance

#5 posting 10.25.2007
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TONIGHT'S RESULTS
AA
1W: in a minor upset #5 Pine Island swept Rochester Lourdes 25-13, 25-18, 25-23. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

5S: Orono swept Minneapolis Henry 25-9, 25-23, 25-14. The only compelling game was Game 2 where Henry had an early 12-5 lead. Orono claimed their first lead at 17-15 after a 8-1 run. Orono held a 23-20 lead late when a missed serve, the 8th in the game, opened the door. Henry added two more points during Carrie Moua's serve to tie it at 23. After an Orono time out Moua's serve was returned tight to the net. A mishandled ball put it back in Orono's hands and kill from the left side ended game two.

LATE RESULTS
5A: Barnum swept McGregor. From the Cloquet Pine Journal.

7A: Littlefork-Big Falls blanked Nashwauk-Keewatin. In the International Falls Daily Journal.

7AA: Hermantown beat International Falls in a sweep. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

4AAA: Stillwater blitzed St. Paul Como Park. From the Stillwater Gazette.

FEATURE
Senior Sam Pitzl of Burnsville is featured in the Savage Pacer.

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National Volleyball Showcase

#4 posting 10.25.2007
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NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL SHOWCASE
Biokats Sports Network will be hosting the NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL SHOWCASE in Sacramento, CA. The NCAA has opened up December 16th as an open date for recruiting (all levels D1-JC) around the AVCA convention. Be sure to mark your calendars. The AVCA is planning to have over 1100 coaches at the convention. This is a great opportunity for your players to be seen.

When: SACRAMENTO ON DEC 16, 2007
Times: 12-6pmWhere: TBA
Who: Fresh-Seniors High School and Junior college sessions
Cost: $60

Knowing the challenges of the recruiting process, our goal is to help players get seen with out traveling too far. We will have drills and games going on during the event. Our event is designed by college coaches to showcase the athlete and see what they can do on the court.
For more information http://www.biokats.com/volleyball.php
Be sure to have players register (Our sessions have limited number of spots available).http://www.biokats.com/volleyball.php

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Nebraska Stumbles

#3 posting 10.25.2007
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
Texas stunned #1 Nebraska in a sweep.

BIG 10
Northwestern beat Michigan State in four.

D2
NORTHERN SUN
Wayne State upset #7 SW MN State in five. Wayne State trailed 2-1.

Mary topped Northern State in five. Mary trailed 2-0 before their comeback. It was Spiking for the cure night at Mary.

D3
MIAC
Augsburg bumped St. Catherine in three. Laura Harms had 17 kills for Augsburg.

Carleton defeated St. Mary's in four. With the win Carleton clinched a playoff spot.

Gustavus triumphed over Macalester in four. It was Gustavus' 750th win in their volleyball program.

Hamline blanked St. Olaf.

UMAC
Bethany Lutheran swept Martin Luther. From the New Ulm Journal.

UM Morris swept Presentation

Northwestern shut out Crown

St. Scholastica beat Northland in a fiver.

WIAC
#17 LaCrosse edged Stevens Point in four. LaCrosse will now host a WIAC quarterfinal game.

#7 Whitewater went the distance with #9 Oshkosh after trailing 2-1. Oshkosh led 30-29 in game four and lost. With the win Whitewater is WIAC champs.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
D1
Katie Johnson, Michigan State 32.5 vs Northwestern 1-3
Lindsay Anderson, Northwestern 21 vs Michigan State 3-1
Brittany Aldridge, Northwestern 20 vs Michigan State 3-1
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 33 vs Wayne State 2-3
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 28 vs SW MN State 3-2
Stephanie Perez, Northern State 23 vs Mary 2-3
Tatiani Santos, Mary 22 vs Northern State 3-2
Laci Murtha, Mary 20.5 vs Northern State 3-2
Kelsey Aden, Northern State 20 vs Mary 2-3
D3
Shelly Maus, Stevens Point 22 vs LaCrosse 1-3

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AA & A Results

#2 posting 10.25.2007
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AA PLAYOFFS
3: Worthington has the tough challenge of facing #5AA Marshall. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

7: Moose Lake-Willow River beat Aitkin in four leads the Duluth News Tribune coverage of AA action. After the Duluth East game.

A PLAYOFFS
6: Lake Park-Audubon swept Barnesville on Monday. They now face Ada-Borup. From the Detroit Lakes Tribune.

7: Silver Bay outlasted AlBrook in five to move on. Again it is from the Duluth Tribune, further down the recaps.

OTHER NEWS
the Lake Superior Conference has named their all conference squad. From the Superior Daily Telegram.

STATS
After the football stats you will find the area stats in volleyball in the Duluth News Tribune.

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No Surprises in AAA

#1 posting 10.25.2007
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AAA PLAYOFFS
1: #7 Rochester Century swept #10 Hastings. #5 Rochester JM defeated #12 Albert Lea in four. Albert Lea won the first game. #8 Austin beat #9 Winona in four. From the Rochester Post Bulletin and Winona Daily News.

7: Duluth East broomed Cambridge-Isanti. plus other playoff action from the Duluth News Tribune.

8: Moorhead opened their post season with a sweep over Brainerd. From the Fargo Forum. St. Cloud Tech beat rival Apollo in four. From the St. Cloud Times midway down the round up.

TODAY
Willmar heads to Minnetonka. From the West Central Tribune.

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Gaffen Player of the Week, Osseo Wins

#3 posting 10.24.2007
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TONIGHT'S PLAYOFF ACTION
In section 5AAA #4 seed Osseo swept neighboring Park Center in three 25-11, 25-8, 25-6. The Orioles had 28 aces on the night led by Rachel Pekarek with 8. Tia Russel had 6 kills, and Rachel Wiinanen had 4 for Osseo. Osseo travels to #4 Champlin Park at 7 pm on Friday.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tia Gaffen from Wayzata has been named athlete of the week in Minnesota from MaxPreps.

LAST NIGHT
Red Lake County Central beat Clearbrook-Gonvick in four. plus post season schedules from the Bemidji Pioneer.

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Woodbury topped Forest Lake for the Suburban East Championship in five. From the Forest Lake Times.

Cretin-Derham Hall swept Stillwater last Tuesday. From the Lake Elmo Leader.

Crookston bumped Park Rapids in three last Tuesday. From the Park Rapids Enterprise.

Pine River-Backus picked up a 3-1 win over Walker-Hackensack-Akeley last Tuesday. From the Pine River Journal.

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Northern Sun 2, North Central 1

#2 posting 10.24.2007
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D2
UM Duluth swept Bemidji State.

Winona State topped St. Cloud State in a fiver. WSU one games one & two.

UM Crookston outlasted North Dakota in five after winning games one and two. It was UMC's first win over UND since 2004.

D3
MIAC
Concordia Moorhead swept Bethel. CM will now host a playoff game.

#13 St. Thomas blanked St. Benedict.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
D2
Carmen Stankowski, Winona State 26 vs St. Cloud State 3-2
Amanda Polzin, North Dakota 25 vs UM Crookston 2-3
Ashley Shields, St. Cloud State 24.5 vs Winona State 2-3
Amber Meyer, UM Crookston 22.5 vs North Dakota 3-2
Kiersten Arendt, Winona State 22 vs St. Cloud State 3-2
Kim Nemcek, Winona State 20 vs St. Cloud State 3-2

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Post Season Hopes

#1 posting 10.24.2007
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3AAA
Last night there were no upsets in 3AAA with Rosemount, Apple Valley, Lakeville South and Simley moving on.
Tonight there are games in class AAA with 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; AA 7, and A 7.

POST SEASON HOPES
3AAA is a rough and tumble section with Lakeville North, Eagan, Burnsville and Eastview. Semis and finals are at South St. Paul. After the cross-country story in the StarTribune.
In 5AAA Blaine was surprised by their #1 seed. Also from the StarTribune.

In 4AA East Visitation is eyeing a state tournament trip. From the StarTribune.

Hibbing and Greenway could face each other in 7AA, and Hibbing's Kate Lange has been to Greenway camps during the summer. From the Duluth News Tribune.

NEXT YEAR
The West Central conference is expanding by two more teams next year--Mora and Milaca. The Marshall Independent looks at Yellow Medicine East's preparation.

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Arendt Milestone

#4 posting 10.23.2007
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MILESTONE
Kiersten Arendt of Winona State (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) notched her 1000 kill in a match against MSU Mankato. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

LATE PLAY OFF RESULTS
Alden-Conger opened the post season with a sweep over Southland in the 1A West bracket. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Menahga and Sebeka advanced in 6A. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

In 1AA Lake City outlasted La Crescent in five. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

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Stuewe Summit League Player of the Week

#3 posting 10.23.2007
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AWARDS
D1
BIG 10
Lauren O'Reilly, Michigan State picked up the offensive award and Kelli Miller, Purdue garnered the defensive award in the Big 10 with an 8 page report.

SUMMIT LEAGUE
North Dakota State's Christy Stuewe (Mayer Lutheran) was named offensive player of the week for the second time this year from the Summit League.

D2
NORTH CENTRAL
Carlie Christensen, UN Omaha, Cayla Schroeder, Augustana (Kasson-Mantorville) and Steph Sandstrom, MSU Mankato (Andover) won the offensive, defensive and setter awards for the week from the North Central with a 6 page report. It was Christensen's and Schroeder's second wins this season. It was Sandstrom's first award.

NORTHERN SUN
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State, Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) and Calla Oftedahl, MSU Moorhead (Eastview) picked up the offensive, setter and defensive awards in the Northern Sun with an 11 page report. McNamara has won the award 4 times this year, Schroeder 2 and Oftedahl

GAMES
D3
Sioux Falls swept Buena Vista. Kelli Luitjens (Worthington) had 13 kills for BV.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Beth Mathes, Sioux Falls 25 vs Buena Vista 3-0

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Playoffs Round 1: Loyola Upsets Springfield

#2 posting 10.23.2007
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PLAYOFF RESULTS
A
1E: Rushford-Peterson outlasted Spring Grove in a fiver. From the Winona Daily News. Grand Meadow (#10) beat Lanesboro (#7) in a sweep.

1W: Glenville-Emmons aced Lyle-Pacelli in four. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

2N: #5 Buffalo Lake-Hector swept #12 Sleepy Eye. From the New Ulm Journal.

2S: #11 Mankato Loyola shocked #6 Springfield. From the New Ulm Journal.

3N: #7 Wabasso survived #10 Canby in a fiver. #6 Lakeview swept #11 Lake Benton-Lincoln HI. RTR, and MACCRAY had sweep wins too. From the Marshall Independent.

3S: #5 Fulda had a tight sweep with #12 Ellsworth. #6 Adrian swept #11 Hills-Beaver Creek. #7 Red Rock Central beat #10 Round Lake-Brewster in four. #9 Westbrook-Walnut Grove slipped by #8 Edgerton in five. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

5: Kimball, Upsala and Braham picked up wins. half way down the St. Cloud Times round up.

6: Underwood, West Central and New York Mills all won in their play off openers yesterday. From the Fergus Fall Daily Journal.

7: The Duluth News Tribune has boxes on the action up north.

8: The Grand Forks Herald does the same in the action in the Red River Valley.

AAA
Austin will host Winona on Wednesday. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Cheyenne Byrd, Canby 22 vs Wabasso 2-3

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Camden, West Central Titles, Noga Milestone

#1 posting 10.23.2007
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CONFERENCE TITLES
Renville County West captured the Camden title beating defending Class A champ Minneota in five. Minneota's nine year conference championship streak is over. From the West Central Tribune and Marshall Independent.

St. Cloud Cathedral topped Yellow Medicine East in a sweep for the West Central title. From the St. Cloud Times (midway down the roundup) and the West Central Tribune.

ALL CONFERENCE
The Camden Conference has listed their All Conference players
North Division
Chelsey Gniffke, Lakeview
Dana Boerboom, Lakeview
Kendra Johnson, Lakeview
South Division
Kelsey Citrowske, Canby
Stephanie Boulton, Minneota
Claire Kopfmann, Minneota, MVP
Sarah Fadness, Minneota
Sam Hennen, Minneota
Kendra Bornhoft, RTR
Brittany Gravley, RTR
Allisa Johnson, RTR
Mallory Fultz, TMB
Michele Lanoue, TMB
Molly Miller, TMB
Coach: Neil Witte, RTR

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MILESTONES
Sophorome Sari Noga, Parkers Prairie got her 1,oooth kill on Oct.11th vs. Rothsay.

POLICE BLOTTER
Former Montgomery-Lonsdale girls volleyball coach Troy Bernard pled guilty to a charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
Megan Groen, Renville County West 20 vs Minneota 3-2

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Gophers Drop 9 Spots; Teammates Then & Now

#4 posting 10.22.2007
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COLLEGIATE POLLS
D1: as expected the Gophers fell from #13 to #22 after two losses on the road last weekend. Other Big 10 teams include #2 Penn State; #8 Wisconsin; and #20 Michigan. Penn State comes to town on Friday.

D2: UM Duluth remains at #3 for the 6th week in a row. Other area teams in the AVCA poll include Concordia St. Paul is #4; SW MN State is #7; MSU Mankato is #12; and Augustana is #13.

TEAMMATES THEN & NOW
Augsburg's Julie Jenkins and Laura Harms played together at MN Select the inaugural year when both girls were seniors (2004). Both were named MIAC Players of the Week last week.
Laura's sister is Katherine Harms of St. Michael-Albertville.

5AA SOUTH SEEDS
1. Delano
2. Orono
3. St. Anthony
4. Columbia Heights
5. Fridley
6. Mound-Westonka
7. Mpls Henry
8. Brooklyn Center

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Final High School Poll

#3 posting 10.22.2007
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FINAL POLLS
The Final polls are out and if you look back to the start of the year there isn't that much movement. Lakeville North and Jordan started and ended the season #1.
Here is how the first and last polls stack up:
AAA 8 of the 10 are the same with Burnsville and Woodbury not on the first list.
AA All 10 finish the season on the poll.
A class A has the biggest variance with five remaining and five newcomers from the first listing: Renville County West; BBE; Meadow Creek; Goodhue; and TMB.
On top of that Windom replaced Bethlehem Academy in the #1 spot.

AAA
1. Lakeville North (14) 238
2. Shakopee (2) 226
3. Eagan 190
4. Eden Prairie 187
5. Chaska 172
6. Blaine 150
7. Andover 142
8. Owatonna 131
9. Burnsville 96
10. Woodbury 62
Others: Forest Lake (42), Eastview (25), Hill-Murray (21), Waconia (14), Totino-Grace (12), St. Michael/Albertville (10)

AA
1. Jordan (9) 135
2. Dilworth/Glyndon/Felton 126
3. St. Cloud Cathedral 115
4. Pipestone Area 102
5. Marshall 96
6. Hibbing 85
7. Jackson County Central 70
8. Stewartville 61
9. Belle Plaine 54
Delano 54
Others receiving votes: Montevideo (16), Wadena-Deer Creek (13), Rocori (9), Yellow Medicine East (8), Sauk Centre (7)

A
1. Windom (14) 210
2. Minneota 193
3. Bethlehem Academy 184
4. Renville County West 160
5. Ada-Borup 141
6. Mayer Lutheran 126
7. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa 123
8. Meadow Creek Christian 85
9. Goodhue 71
10. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 64
Others: Mabel-Canton (34), Wabasha/Kellogg (28), Kenyon-Wanamingo (23), SW Christian-Chaska (20), Northern Choice (16), Win-E-Mac (9)

LATE WEEKEND RESULTS
Rochester Mayo won the Century tournament for the second year in a row with a 2-1 win over Northfield. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
Here are results from the Rochester Century Tournament with area teams recaps, also the Chaska tournament. From the RPB.

Community College
Riverland ended their season in the Central Lakes Tournament with 5th place finish. From the Austin Daily Herald.

SEEDS/PLAYOFFS
5AAA will play on Wednesday with quarters on Friday.

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Pair of Fives in Big 10

#2 posting 10.22.2007
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BIG 10
#2 Penn State slipped by #8 Wisconsin in five at Madison in a battle of Big 10 unbeatens. Over 10,000 fans were in attendance.

Ohio State topped Illinois in five. OSU's Danielle Meyer produced a triple double of 27 kills, 17 digs and 12 blocks.

OTHERS
Albany beat Siena in five. Libero Tawny Dahmes (Chaska) had 20 digs for Albany.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Danielle Meyer, Ohio State 34.5 vs Illinois 3-2
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 29.5 vs Penn State 2-3
Megan Hodge, Penn State 26 vs Wisconsin 3-2
Vicki Brown, Illinois 21.5 vs Ohio State 2-3
Laura DeBruhler, Illinois 21 vs Ohio State 2-3
Christa Harmatto, Penn State 21 vs Wisconsin 3-2

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Post Season Tournaments, Seed the State

#1 posting 10.22.2007
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TOURNAMENT RECAPS
Chaska won their own title with an upset win over Eagan in the finals. From the Chaska Herald.

Willmar finished 2-2 at Moorhead. From the West Central Tribune.

POST SEASON TOURNAMENTS
The StarTribune handicaps the post season volleyball tournament field.

THIS WEEK
There are a few non tournament games left today with Rocori at St. Michael-Albertville the most interesting.
MONDAY
In class A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 all start off their tournaments
In AA 1 is in action
TUESDAY
In class AAA 3 is the only section playing in what is traditionally a football playoff night.
WEDNESDAY
7 A continues along with 7AA and 1 & 4 in AAA
THURSDAY
A: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
AA: 1, 2, 5, 8
AAA: 2, 3 are in action
FRIDAY
A: 3
AA: 3, 6
AAA: 1, 4
SATURDAY
AAA: 2
There are more, but they haven't been posted yet.

You can find out seeds, who plays who, and where and when from the MN State High School League or by checking out MN Scores.

SEED THE STATE TOURNAMENT
I don't understand why the state tournaments are not seeded. If you want the best to play the best you need to have them meet in the finals, not the quarters or semis. I know basketball did this last year and it worked out fine. Perhaps no one wants to be labeled the 8th seed. Last year the #1 team in the South Dakota girls basketball tournament got beat by #8 Brandon Valley in the quarters.
By seeding the tournament you will generate more interest and, if the seeding is accurate, make for a much better tournament.

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Photo Upload

#5 posting 10.21.2007
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PHOTOS UPLOADED

I have uploaded photos for these games

EASTVIEW TOURNAMENT
Semifinals
Woodbury/St. Michael-Albertville
5th place
Stewartville/Forest Lake
Championship
Eden Prairie/Woodbury

APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
3rd place
Apple Valley/Sioux Falls Lincoln
championship
Jordan/Minneota

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Three Upsets in MIAC

#3 posting 10.21.2007
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D3 REPORTS
MIAC
Carleton swept Concordia Moorhead. CM's Anna Tinkham set a new single season dig record with 468 total on the year. upset #1

Gustavus won the last three in a fiver with St. Benedict. upset #2

St. Mary's beat St. Catherine by four.

St. Thomas shut out Hamline.

Augsburg rallied from 2-0 to beat Bethel in five. upset #3

St. Olaf swept Macalester

UMAC
Martin Luther spiked Crown in three. From the New Ulm Journal.

Northland blanked UM Morris

Northwestern took Bethany in three.

St. Scholastica bumped Presentation in three.

WIAC
Oshkosh triumphed over Stout in four.

Whitewater also beat River Falls in four.

Eau Claire swept LaCrosse.

TOURNAMENT
Stevens Point
Stevens Point won twice over Luther and Viterbo.

Viterbo beat Carroll in four.

You can see the point leaders for each team and the all tournament team here. Shelly Maus of Stevens Point was named MVP.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Liz Glesne, Bethel 26.5 vs Augsburg 2-3
Alex Nold, St. Mary's 26 vs St. Catherine 3-1
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 25.5 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Melissa Anderson, Northland 21.5 vs UM Morris 3-0
Maria Hoffman, St. Catherine 21 vs St. Mary's 1-3

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Concordia St. Paul Wins Another Fiver

#3 posting 10.21.2007
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D2 REPORTS
NORTH CENTRAL
St. Cloud State won in a fiver with North Dakota. SCSU won the final two games for the victory. UND out hit, out dug, out blocked and out pointed the Huskies, but failed to win three games. Amanda Polzin (Hutchinson) had a career high 24 kills for North Dakota.

NORTHERN SUN
Concordia St. Paul survived another fiver, this time with Wayne State. Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska) had 25 kills for CSP.

UM Crookston topped Upper Iowa in a sweep.

SW MN State blanked MSU Moorhead

Winona State shut out Bemidji State.

NON CON
South Dakota beat instate rival Northern State in a sweep. With the win USD set a school record for wins in a year with 19.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 29.5 vs Concordia St. Paul 2-3
Amanda Polzin, North Dakota 27.5 vs St. Cloud State 2-3
Emily Palkert, Concordia St. Paul 27 vs Wayne State 3-2
Tara Holmen, North Dakota 23.5 vs St. Cloud State 2-3
Emily Baldwin, St. Cloud State 23 vs North Dakota 3-2
Megan Norling, MSU Moorhead 22 vs SW MN State 0-3
Kate Bennett, Concordia St. Paul 20.5 vs Wayne State 3-2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 20.5 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0

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Gophers Lose 5th Straight Match

#2 posting 10.21.2007
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D1 REPORTS
BIG 10
The Gopher volleyball team must have had a football player cough on them because they have now lost an uncharacteristic five matches in a row. The latest a sweep at the hands of Michigan State. The first two games were tight ones, the second lasting 35-33. This is the first time Michigan State has beat Minnesota in six years. Minnesota had 15 less swings that MSU. Again sideout % was 58% for the night.
Don't look for the Gophers to be in the top 20 next week.

Purdue tripped up #15 Michigan in four.

Northwestern blanked Iowa.

OTHER CONTESTS
North Dakota State, riding the football momentum, topped South Dakota State in four. Christy Stuewe (Mayer Lutheran) had 22 kills for the Bison.

#20 Ohio edged Northern Illinois in four.

Northern Iowa swept Creighton. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 13 kills for UNI. Allie Oelke (Chaska) led Creighton with 12 kills. It was dig for the cure night at Creighton and they set a new attendance record.

San Diego outlasted Gonzaga in five. Laurel Abrahamson (Bloomington Jefferson) had 25 kills for San Diego.

Syracuse topped Marquette in four.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Laurel Abrahamson, San Diego 28 vs Gonzaga 3-2
Christy Stuewe, North Dakota State 27 vs South Dakota State 3-1
Melissa Griffin, Ohio 27 vs Northern Illinois 3-1
Katie Bruzdzinski, Michigan 24 vs Purdue 1-3
Cheryl Cobbina, Syracuse 24 vs Marquette 3-1
Amy DeGroot, San Diego 22.5 vs Gonzaga 3-2
Danita Merlau, Purdue 21.5 vs Michigan 3-1
Becky Jones, Gonzaga 21 vs San Diego 2-3
Brooke VandenBergh, North Dakota State 20.5 vs South Dakota State 3-1
Kacie MacTavish, Syracuse 20 vs Marquette 3-1
Ellen Herman, Ohio 20 vs Northern Illinois 3-1

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Mayo Takes Title

#1 posting 10.21.2007
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HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS
Rochester Mayo retained the title in the 16 team Rochester Century Invitational with a 2-1 win over Northfield. Rochester JM beat Cannon Falls for 3rd place. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

CHASKA: Chaska
MOORHEAD: Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
ROCHESTER CENTURY: Rochester Mayo
ST. CLAIR:

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Augsburg Tops St. Mary's

#3 posting 10.20.2007
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D3 reports
MIAC
Augsburg outlasted St. Mary's in five. Augsburg's Julie Jenkins (Edina) had her 7th career triple double.

Concordia Moorhead blanked Gustavus.

Hamline shut out St. Catherine.

St. Thomas broomed Macalester.

UMAC
Bethany Lutheran spiked Crown in three.

Northland went the distance with Presentation for the win.

Northwestern swept Martin Luther

St. Scholastica beat UM Morris in four.

WIAC
Eau Claire beat Platteville in four.

Oshkosh triumphed over River Falls in four.

Whitewater stopped Stout in three.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Shawna Varichak, St. Scholastica 23.5 vs UM Morris 3-1
Katie Fox, Eau Claire 22 vs Platteville 3-1
Heidi Meier, Presentation 21.5 vs Northland 2-3
Laura Harms, Augsburg 21 vs St. Mary's 3-2

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Concordia St. Paul; MSU Mankato Win Big Matches

#4 posting 10.20.2007
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D2 reports
NORTH CENTRAL
#12 MSU Mankato beat #11 Augustana in four with the biggest margin three points. Augustana's Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had a career high 35 digs

UN Omaha swept South Dakota.

NORTHERN SUN
#4 Concordia St. Paul beat #7 SW MN State in a battle of conference leaders in four. Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) had 67 set assists for CSP.

Wayne State downed MSU Moorhead in four. It was Wayne State's fifth straight win.

Winona State swept UM Crookston

NON CON
Mary swept Chadron State

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Ashley Nachreiner, MSU Mankato 27.5 vs Augustana 3-1
Carlie Christensen, UN Omaha 26.5 vs South Dakota 3-0
Maria Steinhagen, Concordia St. Paul 24.5 vs SW MN State 3-1
Beth Talcott, Augustana 23 vs MSU Mankato 1-3
Emily Palkert, Concordia St. Paul 22.5 vs SW MN State 3-1
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 22.5 vs MSU Moorhead 3-1

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Northwestern Edges Gophers

#2 posting 10.20.2007
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D1 REPORTS--Friday
BIG 10
The Gophers lost their fourth straight match with a fiver at Northwestern. The Gophers got off to a rough start with only a 30% sideout % in game one which they lost 30-16. Minnesota was on the verge in game 5 15-14, but, after a NW time out, Chelsy Hyser delivered a kill.

#15 Michigan topped Indiana in four.

Michigan State swept Iowa.

#2 Penn State survived an five game upset bid by Illinois.

Wisconsin blanked Ohio State.

OTHERS
Northern Iowa swept Drake including a 40-38 game one in the Missouri Valley. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 16 kills for UNI.

Stony Brook swept Hartford for their fifth straight win.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Laura DeBruhler, Illinois 29 vs Penn State 2-3
Lindsay Anderson, Northwestern 26.5 vs Minnesota 3-2
Megan Hodge, Penn State 26 vs Illinois 3-2
Ashten Stelken, Northern Iowa 23.5 vs Drake 3-0
Angela Bys, Drake 23.5 vs Northern Iowa 0-3
Katie Bruzdzinski, Michigan 22.5 vs Indiana 3-1
Chelsy Hyser, Northwestern 22 vs Minnesota 3-2
Lauren Gibbemeyer, Minnesota 21 vs Northwester 2-3
Jessy Jones, Minnesota 20.5 vs Northwestern 2-3
Nicole Fawcett, Penn State 20 vs Illinois 3-2
Stephanie Alde, Illinois 20 vs Penn State 2-3

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Rough 1A East Seeds

#1 posting 10.20.2007
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sorry this is late, I was at the Rochester Century volleyball tournament with my team.

TOURANMENTS
Cannon Falls beat host Rochester Century in the B semifinals last night in their tournament. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
In the A Bracket Rochester Mayo, defending champs, and Rochester JM won the semifinal matches.
Minneapolis Henry did not win a match on Friday or Saturday. The Patriots lost to Cannon Falls, and Pine Island on Friday, then Blue Earth and Irondale today.

In the Moorhead Tournament, it was Moorhead and DGF winning twice in their pools. From the Fargo Forum.

Fergus Falls finished 7th in the Sartell tournament. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

SEEDS
The Rochester Post Bulletin looks at the rough and tumble 1A tournament. Mabel-Canton is the 4th seed in 1A East. The RPB also looks at the 1AA tournament.

FEATURE
Stephanie Boulton is featured along with her balanced Minneota team in the Marshall Independent.

Wabasso's Andrea Rohlik's improvement is chronicled in the Marshall Independent.

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Cross Q&A

#1 posting 10.19.2007
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TOURNAMENTS
St. Cloud Cathedral took the Sartell tournament championship with a two game win over the hosts. From the St. Cloud Times.

In the Underwood tournament: Wheaton defeated KMS. Underwood defeated Rothsay for 3rd place.

Q&A
Middle Taylor Cross from 21-3 Hill-Murray has a Q&A in the StarTribune.

SEEDS
Rogers is 9 in 5AAA; Zimmerman is 6 in 5AA North. From the Elk River Star News.

COACHING
The West Central Tribune looks at former local players that are now area coaches.

LATE RESULTS
The Alexandria Echo Press reports on the Central Lakes title shared by Alexandria.

The Echo Press also looks at area teams and their finals regular season games with Ashby; Brandon-Evansville; Osakis; and West Central.

GOPHERS
Minnesota is on the road this weekend to Northwestern and Michigan State. They are looking to snap a three game losing streak. From the Minnesota Daily.

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More Seeds

#2 posting 10.18.2007
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SEEDS
Section 2AAA, one of the roughest in the state, has Chaska at #4. Prior Lake is #8 and if they win will face #1 seed Shakopee.
Other recent seeds #1 & #2
Section
AAA
1 ????
2 Shakopee; Eden Prairie
3. Lakeville North, Eagan
4. Woodbury, Hill-Murray
5. Blaine; Centennial
No word on 1, 6, 7, 8
Shakopee is #1 in 2; Blaine #1 in 5
AA
1W Stewartville; 1E Caledonia
2E Jordan; 2W LeSueur-Henderson
4W Minnehaha 4E ????
5 ????
6N St. Cloud Cathedral
7S Esko; 7N Hibbing
8N Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton; 8S Fergus Falls
3 has YME, Benson, Pipestone, and Jackson County Central as #1s. Marshall is a #2 in the SW quadrant.
A
1E Goodhue; 1W Bethlehem Academy
2N Sleepy Eye St. Mary's; 2S Martin County West
3N Minneota; 3S Windom
4N Meadow Creek; 4S SW Christian Chaska
5 Nevis, Onamia, Bertha-Hewitt; Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
6N Ada-Borup. 6S Ashby
7E Carlton; 7W Hill City
8

You can see more of the seeds here on the MSHSL site on the right side.

AWARDS
Betty Slinger (Faribault Bethlehem Academy, 2004) of UW-Green Bay was named the first recipient of the U.S. Army/Horizon League Female Scholar-athlete of the month this month.

GOPHER VOLLEYBALL NOTES
The 10 page Gopher Volleyball notes are out and highlights the upcoming matches at Northwestern and Michigan State to close out the first half of the conference season.

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