#4 posting 9.13.2008
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D2 REPORTS
CONCORDIA ST. PAUL TOURNAMENT
Alaska-Anchorage beat #8 Augustana in five. Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had 20.5 points for Augustana.
#3 Host Concordia St. Paul swept Central Washington. Whitney Meierotto (Washburn, WI) had 19.5 points for CSP.
#13 SW MN State beat Alaska Anchorage in four. Laura Hegerle (Kasson-Mantorville) had 21 points for SW.
SW MN State then swept Augustana. Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 19.5 points for SW. Cayla Schroeder had 9.5 for Augustana.
CSP swept #5 Truman State. Maria Steinhagen (Alexandria) had 14.5 points for CSP.
UM DULUTH TOURNAMENT
#9 Western Washington beat MSU Mankato in five. Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) had 16 kills for Mankato.
Host #12 UM Duluth swept Bemidji State. Sarah Wyffels (Marshall) had 12 points for UMD. Nicole Olson (Lake of the Woods) and Kimberly Hacker (Hutchinson) had 8 points each for BSU.
MSU Mankato bounced back with a four game win over New Haven. Nachreiner had 14 kills in this contest for Mankato.
Western Washington beat Bemidji State in four. Olson had 13.5 points for the Beavers.
UMD swept New Haven later. Wyffels had 16 points for the Bulldogs in this game.
MSU BILLINGS TOURNAMENT
Hawaii-Hilo swept Mary. Amanda Hennessy (Williston, ND) had 12.5 points for the Mauraders.
Alaska Fairbanks beat Northern State in four. Kelsey Aden (St. James) had 19 points for NSU.
Northern State swept Notre Dame de Namur. Aden had 9.5 points for the Wolves in this match.
Mary beat the host MSU Billings in a fiver. Laci Murtha (Hutchinson) had 17.5 points for Mary.
CENTRAL MISSOURI CHALLENGE
Pittsburg State beat MSU Moorhead in four. Laura Tvrdik (Minnewaska) had 15 points for Moorhead.
Host Central Missouri State swept MSU Moorhead. Kelci Guenther (Williston, ND) had 12 points for the Dragons in this game.
Next up: D3
Saturday, September 13, 2008
#13 SW MN State Upends #8 Augustana
Denson-Dorman: 100+ Assists in Two Matches
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MORE D1 RESULTS
In the Arizona State Tournament Cincinnati swept Cal State Northridge and lost to the hosts in four.
Kelsey Brandl (Lakeville North) had 9 points vs CSN and 15.5 points vs Arizona State.
Colorado State swept North Carolina in the CSU tournament.
Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 6 points for CSU.
Briana Eskola (Columbia Heights) had 9 digs for UNC.
Denver beat Ball State in five in the DePaul tournament in Chicago. Kresson Vreeman (Central Christian) played in one game and had one assist.
Furman lost twice in the Western Kentucky Tournament. The Paladins lost in three to Western Kentucky. Valparaiso beat Furman in four later in the day.
Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) had 3 digs vs WKU and 3 digs vs Valpo.
George Washington swept Delaware State in the GWU tournament. Abby Syverson (Minneapolis Southwest) had 9.5 points for the Colonials.
Marquette rallied to beat Temple in five in the Marquette Challenge.
Leslie Bielski (Chaska) had 13.5 points for Marquette.
Tiara Russell (Osseo) had 10.5 points also for the Golden Eagles.
Marshall beat West Virginia in five. Megan Carlson (Andover) had 12.5 points for the Thundering Herd.
In the Buffalo Tournament Maryland Eastern Shore lost twice. Butler beat UMES in five. Host Buffalo beat UMES in four.
Chanita Wesley (Benilde-St. Margaret's) had 14 digs and 2 aces vs Butler, and 9 digs vs Buffalo.
North Dakota State beat Maryland in four in the New Orleans tournament. Chrissy Knuth (Champlin Park) had 16.5 points for the Bison.
#19 host Kansas State beat Northern Iowa. It was UNI's first loss of the year. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 8.5 points for the Panthers.
In Miami Oral Roberts beat Penn in five. Virginia Senf (Woodbury) had 3 points for Penn.
Rhode Island beat host New Hampshire in five. Jillian Bekke (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 7.5 points for the Rams.
In the Carolina Challenge South Carolina beat the College of Charleston in a sweep. The Gamecocks beat rival Clemson in five.
Bridget Denson-Dorman (Hopkins) had 50 assists and 3.5 points vs CofC and 52 assists vs Clemson.
Texas Christian beat host Texas Tech in five, and went five for a win over New Orleans.
Jess Menden (Shakopee) had one assist and one dig vs TT, and did not have any numbers in one game vs NO.
Davidson beat Charlotte in five at the Davidson Wildcat Classic.
Courtney Cowles (Eden Prairie) had 43 assists and 4 points for Charlotte.
Portland beat Seattle in a sweep at the Portland State Showcase. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 14.5 points for the Pilots.
Virginia swept Virginia Commonwealth. Marlow Bruneau (Lakeville) had 31 assists and 2 points for Virginia.
#18 Wichita State swept host Washington State. Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 10 points for Washington State.
At the Gonzaga Invitational Weber State beat San Diego State in five. Brittney Bisaillon (Jackson County Central) had 13 points and Leah Burmeister (also JCC) had 8.5 points for WS.
TODAY
10-0 North Dakota is headed to St. Peter for the Gustavus Triangular.
Next up: D2 action.
500th for Waite
#2 posting 9.13.2008
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BIG 10
I reported on the Minnesota sweep victory over #4 California last night in the out & about. Lauren Gibbemeyer (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 16.5 points for the Gophers.
#17 Illinois split their matches at the Tennessee tournament. Both went five. The Illini lost to Dayton and then beat the hosts.
Laura DeBruhler had 28 points in the Dayton loss and 18.5 points vs Tennessee.
Kentucky beat Indiana in four despite having two players with big nights. Ashley Benson had 24 and Erica Short had 23 for the Hoosiers.
Iowa State won the battle of Iowa with a sweep over the Hawkeyes.
Megan Schipper had 13 points for the Hawkeyes.
Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 8 points for Cyclones.
Michigan swept Oakland in the Michigan Pepsi Invitational. Juliana Paz had 16.5 points for the Wolverines.
Michigan State swept UW Milwaukee and then swept Florida A&M in the MSU Showcase.
Becca Zlabis had 14.5 points vs UWM. Jenilee Rathje had 8.5 points vs FAMU.
Northwestern swept Montana State at Washington State.
Chelsy Hyser had 14 points for NW.
Naomi Johnson (Bloomington Kennedy) had 4.5 points for NW.
Laura Viren (Prior Lake) had 5 points for MSU.
#6 Southern Cal swept Ohio State. Anna Szerszen had 13.5 points for the Buckeyes. Susan Halvorson (Apple Valley) had 2 digs for OSU.
#1 Penn State swept UI Chicago in the Chicago Tournament. Christa Harmatto had 14.5 points for PSU.
#15 Purdue beat St. Louis in four. Last week St. Louis beat Stanford. Stephanie Lynch had 16.5 points for the Boilermakers.
#14 Wisconsin swept Central Michigan giving Badger coach Pete Waite is 500th career win. Audra Jeffers had 12.5 points for the Badgers. Nikki Klingsporn (Tartan) had 31 assists and 8 points for Wisconsin.
Badger Faye McCormack goes one on one with Libero Kim Kuzma.
Next up: More D1 Action.
Friday's Class A Showcase Results
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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Here are the scores from pool play of the Class A Showcase being held at Bethel:
Pool 1
BBE def New Life 25-9, 25-15
LeRoy-Ostrander def New Life 25-16, 24-26, 15-9
BBE def LeRoy-Ostrander 25-17, 25-14
Pool 2
Meadow Creek def Carlton 25-6, 25-21
Carlton def Underwood 25-19, 25-12
Underwood def Meadow Creek 21-25, 25-23, 18-16
Pool 3
SW Christian def Buffalo Lake-Hector 25-18, 25-15
Nevis def Buffalo Lake-Hector 25-17, 24-26, 15-12
SW Christian def Nevis 18-25, 25-19, 15-10
Pool 4
Onamia def Lake of the Woods 19-25, 25-20, 17-15
Onamia def Murray County Central 23-25, 25-23, 15-5
Lake of the Woods def Murray County Central 25-11, 22-25, 15-5
Bracket play starts today.
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Sartell beat Brainerd in four. From the Brainerd Dispatch.
Detroit Lakes beat Park Rapids in a sweep. Megan Lof had 8 aces on the night for the Lakers. From the Detroit Lakes Tribune.
If you can get past the gobbledygook headline Stillwater swept Hudson. Emily McDonough had 9 kills for the Ponies. From the Stillwater Gazette.
New York Mills got a 3-1 revenge win over Verndale. Hannah Rutten had 15 kills for NYM. From the Perham Enterprise.
Climax-Fisher swept Crookston. From the Crookston Times.
Chisholm swept Littlefork-Big Falls handing the Vikings their first loss of the year. From the International Falls Journal.
St. Cloud Apollo beat Fergus Falls 3-1. Plus three more results from the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.
Randolph was swept by USC. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.
DGF beat Breckenridge in five. Here is the Cowgirls take on the game from the Wahpeton Daily News.
Wadena-Deer Creek broomed Crosby-Ironton. Plus six other results from the Brainerd Dispatch.
EVEN LATER RESULTS
Rosemount beat Kennedy in a sweep. From the Rosemount Town Pages.
Cannon Falls beat Rochester Lourdes and finished 2nd in the Montgomery Tournament. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.
Next up: Big 10 Results
Friday, September 12, 2008
Out & About: Minnesota/California
#3 posting 9.12.2008
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MINNESOTA gophers 3, CALIFORNIA bears 0
(25-21, 25-20, 25-23)
The #11 Minnesota Gophers upset the #4 California Bears in the opening game in the Diet Coke Classic in Minneapolis. The Gophers took the lead in game one at 13-12 and only had one dip in game three in taking down the undefeated Bears. The Gophers used a First Ball Side Out % of .644 to stop the Bears. Minnesota's defense was stellar most of the night only giving up two runs in the entire match. The Gophers were able to get seven runs on their own.
The Gophers finished game one with three straight points, their second run in that "set" after a time out at 22-21. Gibbemeyer got the key side out. With Hailey Cowles serving, the Bears had a hitting error and then Cowles put down an ace.
California switched things up in game two starting off in their 4th rotation to serve trying to avoid some of the hitting /blocking match ups. Another well placed time out at 22-20 stopped a two point run for the Bears and Brook Dieter got the key side out. Gibbemeyer then served out with Kelly Schmidt getting the final kill.
At one point in the third game the Gophers passing got off kilter which diminished the quality of attacks. The result was a five point run for the Bears and a 7-5 California lead. California maintained that until Pamela Luiz used her extreme short serve for six straight points. The serve forced California to tight ball placement on the net and Gibbemeyer had three straight to put the Gophers back in front 14-11. That also forced Cal to take a time out. Cal did get the game tied up again at 17. Gibbemeyer had a kill and a block to put the Gophers on the verge at 23-21. A Bears time out got the ball back at 23-22. The Gophers used their first time out and Gibbemeyer came up with a block for a 24-22 lead. A hitting error tightened up the game at 24-23 and the Gophers got another time out. This time Dieter finished the contest and the Gophers had a Bear Trophy.
rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---totals////errors +/-
MINNESOTA
1. Christine Tan (2010) L 0-0-0----0////0 0
1fr: Kelly Schmidt (2009) MB 0-2-6---8////2 6
2. Pamela Luiz (2010) RH 2-0-5---7////2 5
3. Hailey Cowles (2011) DS 1-0-0----1////5 -4
3fr: Kyla Roehrig (2009) OH 0-2-5---7/////3 4
4. Lauren Gibbemeyer (2011) MB 0-5.5-11---16.5////2 14.5
4br: Christine Tan
5. Rachel Hartmann (2009) S 0-1-3---4////4 0
6. Jessica Granquist (2012) DS 0-0-0---0////1 -1
6fr: Brook Dieter (2011) OH 0-1.5-7---8.5////2 6.5
totals: 3-12-37---52 points, 23 points on California errors
CALIFORNIA
1. Tarah Murrey (2012) DS 0-0-1----1/////4 -3
1fr: Am'ra Solomon (2009) OH 0-0.5-10---10.5////3 7.5
2. Mindy Wiley (2010) MB 0-0-3----3////5 -2
2serve: Megan Schmitt (2011) DS 0-0-0---0////0 0
3. Carli Lloyd (2011) S 0-0-5----5////3 2
4. Hana Cutura (2010) OH 0-0.5-14---14.5////9 5.5
5. Kristen Kathan (2010) DS 0-0-0---0////0 0
5fr: Kat Reilly (2009) MB 0-1.5-1---2.5////0 0
5fr: Shannon Hawari (2012) MB 0-1.5-0---1.5////1 0.5
6. Morgan Beck (2009) RH 0-0-8----8////11 -3
totals: 0-4-42---46 points; 17 points on Minnesota errors
TRENCH PLAYER
Lauren Gibbemeyer
BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Minnesota 29/45--.644; 75; .693; .307
California 26/45--.577; 64; .719; .265
Runs 3+: Minnesota 7, California 2
Longest string: Minnesota 6, California 5
Missed Serves: California 8, Minnesota 5
Time Out %: Minnesota 4/4 ---1.000; California 4/6-.667
ROTATIONS
MINNESOTA
1. Tan 11-10 .524
2. Luiz 18-12 .600
3. Cowles 17-10 .630
4. Gibbemeyer 12-13 .480
5. Hartmann 7-10 .412
6. Granquist 10-9 .526
totals: 75-64 .540
CALIFORNIA
California started with Murrey in the first game, Cutera in games two and three.
1. Murrey 15-12 .556
2. Wiley/Schmitt 10-13 .435
3. Lloyd 9-14 .391
4. Cutura 12-15 .444
5. Kathan 9-12 .429
6. Beck 9-9 .500
totals: 64-75 .460
RACE TO:
Game: 5 10 15 20 25
game 1 C C M M M
game 2 M M M M M
game 3 M C M M M
BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3
Minnesota 4 5 3
California 3 1 3
Next up: tomorrow morning
Gophers Set to Host
#2 posting 9.12.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10 NEWS
The Minnesota Gophers host the Diet Coke Classic Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Gophers play #4 California tonight; #16 Cal Poly on Saturday night; and Notre Dame Sunday afternoon.
Wisconsin hosts their own tournament this weekend.
MORE D1 NEWS
North Dakota is now 10-0 after a 3-1 win over UM Crookston. Amanda Polzin (Hutchinson) had 17.5 points for UND. Ashley Allen had 16.5 points for UMC.
Portland State beat Portland in five in the battle of Portland. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 22.5 points for Portland.
Colorado State hosts North Carolina tonight.
Iowa State hosts the Cy-Hawk tournament this weekend.
Denver heads to the DePaul tournament this weekend.
Marquette hosts their tournament this weekend.
Penn travels to the Florida International tournament.
South Carolina hosts the Carolina Challenge this weekend.
Texas Christian is at the Texas Tech tournament.
Ohio is off to the Big Orange tournament in Syracuse this weekend.
Davidson hosts a four team tournament this weekend.
Marshall travels to West Virginia tonight.
D2
Bemidji State will face three teams that made the D2 Tournament last season in the Duluth Tournament this weekend. From the Bemidji Pioneer.
D3
Buena Vista travels to Briar Cliff Friday and hosts Mt. Marty on Saturday.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MN West swept Sioux Falls College JV. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
Hibbing CC is #5 in the latest NJCAA poll. From the Duluth News Tribune.
JO SCHEDULES
The Northern Lights qualifier is set for next year. Here are the ages for April 17-19, 2009 (12C, 13C, 16C, 16O, 17C, 17O, 18C and 18O). Here are the ages for April 24-26, 2009 (14C, 14O, 15C, and 15O).
USA Volleyball has the championship qualifiers listed starting with the Hoosier Mid East Qualifier.
Next up: later today with more.
#7AA JCC Outlasts #2A Windom
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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
AAA
#1 Chaska gave up 25 points in a three game sweep of Bloomington Kennedy.
#2 Shakopee held Northfield to 30 points in a three game sweep.
#3 St. Michael-Albertville swept Cambridge-Isanti in a sweep.
#4 Eastview downed district rival Eagan in a sweep.
#5 Lakeville North broomed Apple Valley.
#6 Waconia went five to slay the Litchfield Dragons.
#8 Andover shutout Maple Grove.
#9 Eden Prairie blanked Rosemount
#10 Wayzata took Hopkins in three.
Faribault swept Austin. Shannon Byers had 13 points for the Falcons. From the Austin Daily Herald.
Mayo beat Century 3-1 in a Rochester battle. Megan Schroeder had 14 kills for the Spartans. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
Mankato East swept Albert Lea in the Big 9. From the Albert Lea Tribune.
New Ulm beat St. James in four in South Central action. From the New Ulm Journal.
Prior Lake downed Red Wing in three in the Missota. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.
Grand Rapids swept Duluth East. From the Duluth News Tribune.
Sauk Rapids outlasted Rocori in five in the Central Lakes. Nikki Meinz had 17 kills for the Storm. Plus 16 more results from the St. Cloud Times.
Willmar swept St. Cloud Tech in the Central Lakes.
AA
#1 Jordan bounced back from Monday's loss to sweep Montgomery-Lonsdale.
#2 St. Cloud Cathedral beat Foley.
#3 Marshall swept undefeated Worthington. Rachel Westby had 14 kills for the Tigers. From the Marshall Independent.
#4 Hibbing shutout Greenway.
#5 Stewartville swept Kasson-Mantorville. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
#6 Delano broomed Glencoe-Silver Lake.
#7 Jackson County Central beat #2A Windom in a fiver in a classic Southwest Conference match. Megan Ysker had 20 kills for Windom. Brooke Burmeister had 17 kills for JCC. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
#7 Belle Plaine rallied from an 0-2 deficit to slay the LeSueur-Henderson Giants. The last game went to 18-16.
#9 Caledonia whitewashed Fillmore Central.
#9 Pipestone played Luverne---status unknown.
Kingsland swept St. Charles. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
Lewiston-Altura rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Southland. Plus five more results from the Winona Daily News.
Lake City rallied to down LaCrescent for the first win of the year for the Tigers. Plus five more results from the Red Wing Republican Eagle.
United South Central swept Medford. From the Albert Lea Tribune.
Yellow Medicine East swept Morris in West Central South action. Plus 3 more results from the West Central Tribune.
19 year old Minneapolis Roosevelt head coach Wendy Vang picked up career win #1 with a five game win over Minneapolis Edison. The Teddies did it the hard way trailing 2-0. They took game five 15-13.
New London-Spicer swept Albany in West Central North action. Taylor Thompsen had 16 kills for NLS. Plus two more results from the West Central Tribune.
DGF beat Breckenridge in five in Heart O'Lakes action. From the Fargo Forum.
A
#1 Bethlehem Academy swept Mankato Loyola in Gopher action. Holly Hafemeyer had 13 points for BA. From the Faribault Daily News.
#2 Windom lost to #7AA JCC (see above)
#3 Minneota blanked MACCRAY.
#5 BBE shutout Rockford.
#6 Ada-Borup broomed Waubun.
#7 Mabel-Canton swept Lanesboro. Kate Horihan had 17 kills for MC. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
Sibley East beat #9 Mayer Lutheran in four.
#10 Meadow Creek beat Concordia Bloomington in three.
Rushford-Peterson outlasted Dover-Eyota in five. Goodhue swept Winona Cotter. Kenyon-Wanamingo beat Rochester Lourdes in four. Houston swept Hope Lutheran. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
Blooming Prairie swept Alden-Conger plus two more results in the Owatonna People's Press.
Wabasso pulled a Rabbit out of their hats in game one and three in a sweep over New Ulm Cathedral. In the battle of Sleepy Eye it was St. Mary's over Public in a sweep plus two other results. From the New Ulm Journal.
Renville County West stopped KMS in four in the Camden. Plus two other results in the West Central Tribune.
Lakeview swept Canby in Camden action. Plus six more results from the Marshall Independent.
Glenville-Emmons snapped a three match losing streak as they beat Lyle-Pacelli in four. From the Albert Lea Tribune and Austin Daily Herald.
LATE RESULTS
Stillwater swept White Bear Lake on Wednesday. From the Stillwater Gazette.
Benson swept Minnewaska on Monday in West Central South action. Osakis downed Upsala in four. Pelican Rapids swept West Central plus two more results all from the Echo Press.
Chisago Lakes won three times in the Coon Rapids tournament last weekend. From the Chisago County Press.
STANDINGS
The Rochester Post Bulletin has the Southeast MN Standings.
NUMBER CRUNCHING
MacKenzie Birr, St. Cloud Apollo 24 kills vs Fergus Falls 3-1.
Next up: College reports
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Miller Time
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MILLER TIME
The Washburn Millers beat Henry in four tonight. The Patriots took the first game 25-19 before the Millers swept the rest 25-14, 25-18, 25-18. The only time Henry led after game one was in game four at 6-3. Washburn was able to squeeze points on every serve the last 11/12 players. Washburn is in third in the Minneapolis city conference.
OSSEO WINS
The Orioles slammed the door on Elk River 25-13, 25-13, 25-2 in Northwest Suburban action.
LATE MONDAY RESULTS
Hastings beat Northfield in five. From the Hastings Gazette.
LaCrescent topped Winona Cotter 3-1. From the Houston County News
Alexandria swept Sartell in Central Lakes action. Sam Dale had 10 kills for the Cardinals. From the Echo Press.
EVEN LATER RESULTS
Cromwell kept Two Harbors winless with a sweep. From the Lake County News-Chronicle.
FEATURE
Outside Hitter Rachel Westby of Marshall is standing tall and gets a feature in the Marshall Independent.
Next up: tomorrow
NW Sweeps Carleton, Bunne Player of the Week
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MORE AREA RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY
D3
UM Morris swept North Central and was swept by Sioux Falls.
UMM's Briana Czer (MN Valley Lutheran) had 12.5 points in the win vs NC. Alison Pippo (Annandale) had 11 points in the loss to SF.
Northwestern, MN swept Carleton.
Kathryne Engel (Wayzata) had 12.5 points for NW.
Megan La Chapelle (Eagan) had 9 points for Carleton.
St. Catherine went five to beat UW Stout.
Megan Ahlbrecht (GFW) had 22.5 points for St. Kate's
Maggie Meixl (Mankato West) had 27.5 points for Stout.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes beat Northland 3-1. It was the first win of the year for the defending NJCAA National champs. Shayna Foote had 17 kills for CL. From the Brainerd Dispatch.
MORE NEWS
D1
Ike has cancelled Creighton's tournament venture to Stephen F. Austin.
HIGH SCHOOL FEATURE
Spring Lake Park's goal is to win the North Suburban. From the ABC papers.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Max Preps in conjunction with the AVCA has named McKenzie Bunne of LeRoy-Ostrander as their Minnesota player of the week. If you want your player considered for this weekly honor and national recogniton from the AVCA you will need to enter your stats in on MaxPreps.
Next up: Later tonight with a recap of action.
Three Undefeateds Stay that Way
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MORE COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
Ohio State beat Loyola Marymount in four. Kristen Dozier had 18 points for OSU. Susan Halvorson (Apple Valley) had 2 digs for the Buckeyes.
Indiana travels to Kentucky this weekend.
Michigan State hosts UConn, UW Milwaukee and Florida A&M.
#1 Penn State travels to Chicago for a tournament.
MORE D1 NEWS
Washington State beat Gonzaga in five. Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 10 points for WSU.
Northern Iowa beat Iowa State in four games. UNI is 7-0 now. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 18 points for UNI. Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 1 point for ISU.
North Dakota is now 9-0 after a sweep of Mayville State. Amanda Polzin (Hutchinson) had 12 points for UND.
Texas Christian also is undefeated at 7-0. The Horned Frogs beat UT Arlington in four. Jess Menden (Shakopee) played in one game, but had no stats.
Colorado State beat undefeated in state rival Colorado in four. Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 4 points for CSU.
Portland heads across town to the Portland State tournament this weekend.
Virginia hosts their own tournament this weekend.
Maryland Eastern Shore heads to Buffalo for a tournament this weekend.
Cincinnati travels to Arizona State for their tournament.
Creighton is in the Stephen F. Austin tournament this weekend in Texas.
D2
#12 UM Duluth hosts their tournament this weekend. Bemidji State, MSU Mankato, New Haven and #9 Western Washington are all involved.
NAIA
#20 Hastings swept Midland Lutheran last night. Before the contest Hastings coach Fred Aubuchon resigned. From the Grand Island Independent.
Next up: later today
Giant Killers, Tough Southwest Conference
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HIGH SCHOOL
GIANT KILLERS
LeSueur-Henderson beat #1AA Jordan on Monday and get a write up in the Mankato Free Press. The Giants travel to #7AA Belle Plaine tonight.
TOUGH CONFERENCE
One of the toughest AA/A Conferences in the state is the Southwest. The Worthington Daily Globe looks at the conference race this year.
PERFORMERS, STATS AND STANDINGS
Amy Lothenbach of Duluth East was one of the prep performers this week for the Duluth News Tribune. Plus the DNT has area volleyball stats (after football stats) and volleyball standings (scroll down).
LATE RESULTS
Wadena-Deer Creek swept Park Rapids last week. Brigetta Berg had 17 kills for WDC. From the Wadena Pioneer Journal and Park Rapids Enterprise.
Farmington swept Red Wing. Katie Habeck had 19 kills for the Tigers. From the Farmington Independent.
Waseca beat St. James 3-1 on Monday. Allyson Ruedy had 12 kills for Waseca. From the Waseca County News.
LOCAL COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
GOOD START
New Mexico is 7-0 to start the season. New Mexico head coach Jeff Nelson is from Austin, MN. From the Post Bulletin.
D3
Gustavus swept Bethany Lutheran. Meghan Gehring (Eau Claire North) had 11 points for the Gusties. Eva Voss (MN Valley Lutheran) had 9 points for BL.
Gustavus is off to a 9-0 start. From the Mankato Free Press.
#8 St. Thomas has had their trip to San Antonio cancelled thanks to Ike.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
#2 Rochester beat Anoka-Ramsey in four. Ashley King had 16 kills for the Yellowjackets. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
MN West beat Riverland in four. From the Austin Post Bulletin.
Ridgewater swept Fergus Falls. From the West Central Tribune.
North Iowa beat Ellsworth in four. From the Mason City Globe Gazette.
Next up: College Reports
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Henry Survives; Southwest Tops South
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HENRY SURVIVES ROOSEVELT
Former Henry player and 19 year old Roosevelt head coach put the fear into her old school as Henry rallied to beat the Teddies 3-2. Roosevelt came out smoking in game one. They used a 13-1 run in the middle of the game to get the lead. In game two Neng Vang got the Patriots off on the right foot with 10 straight points, four on aces as Henry led 12-1. The final margin was 25-11 in that game. Game three went to the Patriots 52-20. Roosevelt fought back from an 18-11 deficit and closed to 24-20. Eliza Ashun came in to close out the win with a kill.
Game four Roosevelt rallied from a 16-7 deficit with nine straight points from Jenny Swanberg. That tied the game at 16. Roosevelt took their first lead since 3-0 at 20-18. Henry eventually tied the contest at 22. A pair of hitting errors gave Roosevelt the tight 25-23 win.
The Teddies kept that momentum going in game five. They quickly got a 4-2 lead. A Henry time out stopped that run, but Roosevelt added another run to lead 8-4. With Roosevelt leading 10-8 Henry finished with a 7-1 run. Lucia Carver served up three straight aces to put Henry back up in front 12-10. Becca Duba finished the night with three straight kills for the Patriots. There was a collective sigh of relief as Henry got on the bus for home.
Neng Vang had 10 aces for Henry, while Duba had 10 kills. The point leader was Lucia Carver with 12 on 8 aces and 4 kills.
Southwest topped rival South in a sweep in other Minneapolis action. From the StarTribune.
LATE REPORTS
Stillwater was 3-2, good for 18th place in the SW MN Challenge last weekend. From the Stillwater Courier.
Detroit Lakes finished third in the Mound-Westonka tournament. From the Detroit Lakes Tribune.
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown finished 4th in the Kenyon-Wanamingo Tournament. From the Waseca County News.
On Monday Greenway swept International Falls. From the International Falls Daily Journal.
EXTREMELY LATE REPORTS
Tartan swept district rival North St. Paul way back in August. The Maplewood Review reviews that contest.
Again back in August Aitkin beat Pine River-Backus. From the Pines & Lakes.
THINGS TO COME
The Apple Valley tournament on September 19-20 is flat out loaded. The StarTribune looks at the top teams including #1 Chaska.
Next up: tomorrow morning.
Volleyball Recruiting Combine
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RECRUITING COMBINE
Northern Lights will hold a Recruiting Combine in December. Here is the information.
Northern Lights Junior Volleyball
1st Annual College Recruiting Combine
Sunday, December 7th, 8:00 am
Northern Lights Junior Volleyball is proud to introduce the 1st Annual Northern Lights Recruiting Combine for High School volleyball players!
This event will give any Junior age volleyball athlete (grades 10 – 12) the opportunity to display their physical and volleyball skills to recruiters from various colleges and universities.
All players interested in playing collegiate level volleyball are encouraged to attend! All players are welcome regardless of their High School or Club affiliation.
High School coaches, this is a great way for your top players to be seen by many colleges. Please let your players know about this.
Klinsporn 1 on 1, McNamara Player of the Week
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COLLEGE REPORT
GAMES LAST NIGHT
Furman swept Gardner-Webb. Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) had five digs for the Paladins.
UNC Greensboro beat Charlotte in five. Courtney Cowles (Eden Prairie) had 46 assists and 4.5 points for the 49ers.
Morehead State beat Marshall in a sweep. Megan Carlson (Andover) had 9 points for the Thundering Herd.
BIG 10
Wisconsin's Nikki Klingsporn (Tartan) goes one on one in a video interview with Faye McCormack. Badger Coach Pete Waite meets the press.
#17 Illinois is off to Tennessee this weekend.
#25 Michigan hosts their own tournament Friday and Saturday.
Iowa will head across state to Iowa State this weekend's tournament.
Northwestern is headed to Washington State.
Ohio State faces Loyola Marymount today and #6 Southern Cal on Friday.
MORE D1 NEWS
What ever dorm floor that sends the most fans to a Colorado State match will get free pizza.
Iowa State faces Northern Iowa tonight. UNI will be at the Kansas State tourney this weekend.
One more win and North Dakota will have their best start ever. From the Grand Forks Herald.
Ike is messing with North Dakota State's travel plans to Tulane. From the Fargo Forum.
D2
In the latest D2 poll: Concordia St. Paul is #3; Augustana is #8; UM Duluth is #12, and SW MN State is #13.
Concordia St. Paul's Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska), St. Cloud State's Andreana Pieper (Lake of the Woods), and CSP's Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) were players of the week in the Northern Sun.
McNamara was the AVCA D2 player of the week.
D3
Cornell swept Buena Vista. Katie Vondrak (Sioux City Heelan) had 10 kills for BV.
Jamestown beat #14 Concordia Moorhead in five. Jamestown coach Chris Mahoney picked up career win #200. From the Jamestown Sun.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NDSCS beat Dawson CC in five on Sunday. Katrina Brekke had 17 kills for the Wildcats. From the Wahpeton Daily News.
SITTING VOLLEYBALL
China beat the sitting volleyball Americans in the Paralympics 3-0.
Next up: later today with more news.
Brief Tuesday Schedule
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TUESDAY RESULTS
AAA
In case you missed it Ashley Wittman of Shakopee had 40 points (39 kills) in the Sabers 3-1 win over Eden Prairie last night. I had an extremely late out & about last night. I didn't wrap up until 1:30 am. That is why this is a bit late.
A
Lyle-Pacelli picked up their first win of the year with a 3-1 win over Riceville, Iowa. From the Austin Post Bulletin.
St. Clair rallied to beat Mankato Loyola in four. From the Mankato Free Press.
MONDAY RESULTS
St. Cloud Apollo beat Brainerd 3-1. From the Brainerd Dispatch.
Pine River-Backus went five to beat Crosby-Ironton. Plus four more contests in the BD.
Albany beat Sauk Centre in five. Rebecca DeGeest had a career high 17 kills for Albany. From the St. Cloud Times (at the end of the wrap).
Bemidji swept Crookston. Kayla Hirt had 14 kills for Bemidji. From the Crookston Times.
Wadena-Deer Creek beat Breckenridge 3-1.
LAST WEEK
Alexandria swept St. Cloud Apollo last Thursday. From the Echo Press.
The EP also has four Saturday Tournament results.
Parkers Prairie, who won the Browerville tournament Saturday, started the season 3-0. again from the EP.
Morris beat Paynesville last Thursday in a sweep. From the Morris Sun Tribune.
IMPRESSED
Paul Erickson of the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission was impressed with the SW MN Challenge and the facilities. From the Marshall Independent.
OVERCOMING INJURIES
Orono is overcoming injury problems. From the StarTribune.
AWARDS
Katie Hochsprung of Little Falls was the Central Lakes volleyball player of the week. From the St. Cloud Times.
Next up: College Reports
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Out & About: Shakopee/Eden Prairie
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SHAKOPEE sabers 3, EDEN PRAIRIE eagles 1
(23-25, 25-13, 25-22, 25-17)
2AAA is one of the toughest, if not the toughest sections in the state with four teams in the top 10 this week. Tonight's match was important, not only for the polls, but also for post season pairings. #2 Shakopee beat #9 Eden Prairie in a 2AAA match up tonight at EP. The game was delayed until 8:01 pm (official time) because of the Minnesota primary election. Ashley Wittman had another huge night with 40 points in the win for Shakopee--- 39 were kills.
Shakopee had to overcome a first game loss to get the win. The Sabers trailed 12-10 before erupting on a 10-2 run to lead 20-14. Wittman was already piling up the kills with 10 of the Shako points already. EP stopped a four point run with a time out. With the rotations, Wittman found her self the next server. With The cannon in the back row, Shakopee struggled to find their rhythm. They only scored two more points the rest of the way, while EP finished with a 9-1 run. Shakopee tried to stop the onslaught with a time out when they led 22-21. They did get a side out, but couldn't close the deal with Wittman in the back row.
In the second game the Sabers didn't have the same issues. The issue in this game was the lack of a FBSO game for EP. Shakopee had eight service chances and scored off six of them. Of those six they scored more than two points on four (the last server only had one point needed for 24 for the Sabers.) This was the biggest margin win for Shakopee and strangely enough the only game where Wittman had five kills.
The pendulum switched back to the Eagles. They had a 9-4 advantage after a 8-1 run. Katie Froehle had four kills in the streak. Once again Wittman had moved to the back row. EP scored four points on that opportunity. Shakopee did start a 7-2 run to take a 13-11 lead. EP did tie it at 13. Shakopee stretched the lead out to 19-15. EP got some momentum back, again when Wittman moved to the back line. The Eagles tied the game up at 20. The key break point in the match came on the next ball. EP pushed the ball into the net for a hard fought point, but that slight opportunity was all the Sabers needed. Wittman soon moved back to the front and she was important in getting quality points in the end.
Shakopee used the momentum to build a 5-0 lead to start the fourth game. A missed serve returned the ball back to EP. They put three more points on the board to trail 5-4. But Wittman was a whirlwind racking up six of the next eight Shakopee points. EP took a time out at 13-6 and regained their composure. Two EP runs later the contest was tied at 16. Shakopee did have two missed serves in the EP comeback. As you may have guessed the EP run started with Wittman in the back row. It continued for four more points as she moved into the front. The game was knotted up at 16 when a Wittman kill returned the ball to Shakopee. After that Shako finished with a 9-1 run with Wittman hammering home 7 kills.
You can see the entire Shakopee vs Eden Prairie photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com.
rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---totals
SHAKOPEE
1. Elizabeth Benusa (2010) OH 3-0-6---9
2. Mollie Geske (2010) L 0-0-0----0
2fr: Jean Theis (2010) MH 0-4-6---10
3. Amelia Yager (2010) S 0-0-0---0
3fr: Bri Duff (2009) RH 0-0.5-1---1.5
4. Ashley Wittman (2010) 0-1-39----40
5. Claire Sames (2012) MH 0-1-2----3
6. Megan Westlund (2011) S 0-0-0----0
6fr: Mariah Monnens (2011) rh 0-1.5-2---3.5
totals: 3-8-56---67 points, 30 points on EP errors
EDEN PRAIRIE
1. Claire Willeck (2011) MB 0-2-1----3
2. Nicole Garbowicz (2009) DS 0-0-0---0
2fr: Kathleen Krause (2009) RS 0-0-2----2
3. Natalie Carlson (2011) OH 2-0-6---8
3. Jamie Nichols (2010) OH 0-0-0---0
3br: Jackee Cairncross (2009) DS 0-0-0---0
4. Taylor Simpson (2010) MB 0-0-5---5
5. Hayley Buchanan (2009) S 1-0-0----1
6. Katie Froehle (2010) OH 1-1-12---14
totals: 4-3-26----33 points, 44 points on Shakopee errors
TRENCH PLAYER
Ashley Wittman a top 40 night
BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Shakopee 24/40--.600; 98; .684; .571
Eden Prairie 16/40---.400; 77; .429; .306
Runs 3+: Shakopee 13, EP 12
Longest string: Shakopee 6; EP 5
Missed Serves: Shakopee 9, EP 4
Time Out %: EP 4/7--.571; Shakopee 1/4--.250
ROTATIONS
SHAKOPEE
1. Benusa 26-18 .591
2. Geske 28-9 .757
3. Yager 17-9 .654
4. Wittman 11-19 .367
5. Sames 10-13 .435
6. Westlund 6-9 .400
totals: 98-77 .560
When Wittman is in the front row Shakopee scored 77 points. When she is in the back row they scored 27.
EDEN PRAIRIE
1. Willeck 11-27 .289
2. Garbowicz 16-24 .400
3. Carlson 10-17 .370
4. Simpson 14-13 .519
5. Buchanan 18-7 .720
6. Froehle 8-10 .444
totals: 77-98 .440
RACE TO:
Game: 5 10 15 20 25
game 1 S E S S E
game 2 S S S S S
game 3 E E S S S
game 4 S S S S S
BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3 4
Shakopee 6 12 4 8
Eden Prairie 2 0 5 0
Next up: tomorrow
Gophers Move Up 1, Lopez Player of the Week
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10 NEWS
Allyson Karaba of Michigan State was named Big 10 Defensive Player of the Week.
Erica Short of Indiana was named Big 10 Offensive Player of the Week.
The weekly Big 10 weekly press release lists MVP five players.
Meet the five new Penn State players. The PSU 5 do a Q&A.
Purdue is headed to Utah this weekend.
AWARDS
North Dakota State Freshman Jennifer Lopez (DGF) was named Summit player of the week.
POLLS
Minnesota moved up one spot to #11, Wisconsin falls to #14, Colorado State checks in at #17.
THIS WEEK
It will be the battle of Colorado as Colorado State faces Colorado on Wednesday.
Marshall hosts Morehead State today.
North Dakota will look for a school record 9th win in a row to open the season when they face Mayville State on Wednesday.
North Dakota State heads for New Orleans for the Tulane tournament.
Washington State hosts Gonzaga on Wednesday and then hosts a tournament over the weekend.
LAST WEEK
ALL TOURNAMENT
North Dakota's Megan Langseth (Alexandria) and Lindsay Vortherms (Windom) were named to the all tournament team at 2008 Border Olympics.
D2
LAST NIGHT
Upper Iowa beat William Penn in five. Shea Meyermann (Camanche, IA) had 21 kills for UIU.
LAST WEEKEND
UM Crookston did not win a match in their own tournament last weekend. From the Crookston Times.
D3
AWARDS
St. Thomas' Katie McCaffrey (Fort Collins, CO) has been named MIAC Offensive player of the week.
Gustavus' Emily Klein (Red Wing) has been named MIAC Setter/Libero player of the week.
LAST WEEKEND
Bethany Lutheran was 1-3 in the River Falls Tournament last weekend.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
WEEKEND RESULTS
Williston State beat NDSCS in a fiver. From the Wahpeton Daily News.
Rochester won their own tournament. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
Next up: Later today.
#1 AA Jordan Upset
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HIGH SCHOOL REPORTS
AAA
#1 Chaska's depth is mentioned in the StarTribune. Also in the article--a preview of the Minneapolis battle between Southwest and South on Wednesday.
#7 Woodbury beat Rochester Mayo in four. From the Rochester Post Bulletin
Owatonna beat Mankato East in a sweep. From the Owatonna People's Press.
Red Wing beat Rochester Century in five and the Wingers had a "bizarre" Saturday in Montgomery. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle and Rochester Post Bulletin.
Austin survived a fiver with Mankato West. From the Austin Post Bulletin and the Mankato Free Press.
New Ulm swept St. Peter. From the New Ulm Journal.
Grand Rapids swept Duluth Central. Plus three more reports. From the Duluth News Tribune.
St. Cloud Apollo picked up their first win in the Central Lakes with four game win over Brainerd. Mackenzie Birr had 21 kills for Apollo. Plus 12 other results in the St. Cloud Times.
AA
JORDAN FALLS
#1AA Jordan lost to LeSueur-Henderson in a sweep last night in Jordan.
There is video on the Cannon Falls sweep of Rochester Lourdes.
Kingsland swept Dover-Eyota.
Byron outlasted Kenyon-Wanamingo in five. Whitney Ryan had 20 kills for KW.
All from the Rochester Post Bulletin.
St. Charles swept Lewiston-Altura plus four more results in the Winona Daily News.
United South Central beat Waterville-Elysian-Morristown for the first time in three years and did it the hard way rallying from a 2-0 deficit. From the Albert Lea Tribune.
NRHEG got a four game revenge win over Blooming Prairie. Last week BP beat NRHEG. Anna Schlaak had 18 kills for NRHEG. From the ALT.
Blue Earth swept Fairmont. Plus two more results. From the Fairmont Sentinel.
Worthington swept Red Rock Central. Martha Alwal had 16 kills for the Trojans. Worthington faces Marshall on Thursday. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
In a battle of unbeatens it was Yellow Medicine East sweeping Lac Qui Parle Valley. YME leads the West Central South. Plus seven more recaps. From the West Central Tribune.
A
#1 Bethlehem Academy swept Medford. The Cardinals Kim Stadler returned to action. From the Faribault Daily News.
#5 BBE swept Hancock with only 7 hitting errors on the night. From the West Central Tribune.
Goodhue beat Triton in a fiver. Plus two Monday results and three Saturday tournament recaps. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.
Rushford-Peterson beat Spring Grove in four. Kenzie Lind had 17 kills. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
Mankato Loyola swept Medford for their first win. From the Mankato Free Press.
Minnesota Valley Lutheran beat GFW in four. Amanda Burk had 17 kills for MVL. From the New Ulm Journal.
Sleepy Eye St. Mary's swept Buffalo Lake-Hector. Plus four more results. From the NUJ.
Lakeview beat KMS in four. Plus five other results. From the Marshall Independent.
LATE REPORTS
Brainerd won their first match of the year with a 2-0 win over Bethany in the Buffalo Tournament. From the Brainerd Dispatch.
Pierz won the Ogilvie Tournament on Saturday. Plus two more tourney results. From the Brainerd Dispatch.
Osakis finished fifth in the Browerville tournament over the weekend. Last Thursday the Silverstreaks swept Royalton. From the Osakis Review.
Sebeka swept Pequot Lakes and then PL finished third in the Pine Lakes Tournament. From the Northland Press.
Breckenridge did well at the Morris Tournament over the weekend. From the Wahpeton Daily News.
It was a perfect weekend for STMA in Marshall. The Knights went undefeated to win the SW MN Challenge.
STMA played excellent ball all weekend which brought them to the championship game against Marshall.
Game one was all STMA. Setter Catherine Yager had many options on offense with Brittany Weis and Maria Berning on the outside, Marie O’Neil and Carley Rothstein out of the middle and Katherine Harms on the right.
Game 2 saw too many errors for the Knights.
Game three was a defensive show by libero Allie Knutsen , who was named player of the game.
STANDINGS
The Rochester Post Bulletin has standings of the SE MN area conferences.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Katherine Harms of St. Michael-Albertville and Kenzie Niesche of Chaska are two of the Athletes of the Week in the StarTribune.
Harms is #7 in the prepvolleyball 2009 nationwide recruits.
Niesche is the KARE11 Athlete of the week.
Next up: College Reports
Monday, September 08, 2008
SW Rolls, 35-33 Marathon
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SOUTHWEST ROLLS
Southwest swept Henry 11-8-15. The tone was set right at the start of the night with a Laker seven point run. Runs were the order of the day for Southwest with 8-1 advantage. Their biggest run came in game three when Henry actually had a 12-11 lead. 12 points in a row later the Lakers were on their way to close out the game 23-12. The Lakers feature four hitters over six feet with future Gopher Brianna Haugen leading the Lakers in kills on the night.
ALSO TONIGHT
Hutchinson, behind the Carlson sisters, beat Dassel-Cokato in four.
Osseo beat Mayer-Lutheran in 3.
25-23, 25-17, 35-33 ( yes, it was 35-33 )
LAST WEEK
Waseca is on top in the South Central after a sweep of Fairmont last Thursday. Allyson Ruedy had 13 kills for the Bluejays. From the Waseca County News.
Chaska is #1 after downing #2 (at the time) Lakeville North last week. From the Chaska Herald.
New York Mills finished 4th in their own tournament over the weekend. Upsala won the event. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.
Fergus Falls was 2-3 in the SW MN Challenge. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.
Albert Lea won their first match of the year at the Hayfield Tournament. Lyle-Pacelli was the victim. From the Albert Lea Tribune.
Next up: Tomorrow
Poll #5
#2 posting 9.8.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL POLLS
Here are the 9/8/2008 polls. The top of the tickets have not changed, but there was a lot of movement in the AAA poll. STMA jumped the most from #8 to #3 after winning the SW MN Challenge in Marshall.
Moving into the top 10s: AAA: Wayzata #10; AA: and Caledonia #10.
AAA
1. Chaska (14) 224
2. Shakopee (1) 210
3. St. Michael/Albertville 200
4. Eastview 173
5. Lakeville North 172
6. Waconia 125
7. Woodbury 100
8. Andover 97
9. Eden Prairie 84
10. Wayzata 62
Others: Burnsville (57), Alexandria (47), Owatonna (33), Apple Valley (23), Blaine (9), Farmington (1)
AA
1. Jordan (10) 150
2. St. Cloud Cathedral 134
3. Marshall 131
4. Hibbing 125
5. Stewartville 113
6. Delano 89
7. Belle Plaine 88
Jackson County Central 88
9. Caledonia 34
Pipestone Area 34
Others receiving votes: Lesuer/Henderson (22), Perham (12), Yellow Medicine East (12), East Grand Forks (6), Rocori (6)
A
1. Bethlehem Academy (7) 146
2. Windom Area 137
3. Minneota (2) 127
4. Wabasha/Kellogg 119
5. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa (1) 106
6. Ada-Borup 92
7. Mabel-Canton 87
8. SW Christian 76
9. Mayer Lutheran 45
10. Meadow Creek Christian 44
Others: Lake of the Woods (22), Renville County West (16), Martin County West (16), Climax-Fischer (10), SW Star Concept (8), SW MN Christian (Edgerton) (7), Nevis (5), WinEMac (4)
Next up: Later today
Yager's 2000th; STMA Wins SW MN Challenge
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SUNDAY RESULTS
Michigan is now 6-0 after beating host Georgia Tech in five. Beth Karpiak had 19 points for the Wolverines.
Host #11 Hawaii swept Cincinnati. Kelsey Brandl (Lakeville North) had 8.5 points for the Bearcats.
Colorado State topped Pacific in four at the Oregon State Tournament. Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 8.5 points for the Rams.
Florida State swept South Dakota State in the Seminole Tri-Tournament. Mackenzie Angner (Cincinnati St. Ursula) had 14.5 points and was on the all tournament team.
PREVIEW
MSU Moorhead is previewed in the Fargo Forum.
MILESTONES
St. Michael-Albertville's Catherine Yager got her 2000th assist on Thursday night against Buffalo
LATE RESULTS
D1
The Gophers' Hawaii experience is recounted in the Minnesota Daily.
D2
Here are the Saturday results for Upper Iowa in the UN Kearney tournament. The Peacocks split with a 3-0 loss to #3 Truman State and a 3-1 win over Incarnate Word. Shea Meyermann (Camanche, IA) had 16.5 points vs TS and 12.5 points vs IW.
HIGH SCHOOL
St. Michael-Albertville beat the host Marshall Tigers for the title in the Southwest MN Challenge. Minneota finished in fifth place plus four other area results. Willmar finished 2-3 in the tournament. From the Marshall Independent and West Central Tribune.
#3A Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa beat host Howard Lake-Winsted-Waverly for the title at the HLWW tournament. Heidi Lensing had 52 kills on the day for BBE. Plus four other tournaments.
#7A Ada-Borup won their own tournament on Saturday. AB did not lose a "set" or game on the day. They swept Fosston, RLCC, and Kittson County Central in pool play. AB beat East Grand Forks in the semis, and Climax-Fisher in the finals. #10AA East Grand Forks finished in fourth. From the Grand Forks Herald.
Austin finished in 6th place in the Mankato West Tournament. MN Valley Lutheran and GFW also played in the MW Tourney. From the Austin Daily Herald and the New Ulm Journal.
LeRoy-Ostrander won the Hayfield Tournament Saturday. They beat the hosts for the title. From the Austin Daily Herald.
Harris-Lake Park, Iowa swept Round Lake-Brewster. From the the Worthington Daily Globe.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MN West finished in 4th place with a 2-2 record at the Rochester Tournament. The Bluejays beat Hibbing and Western WI Tech, and lost to Fergus Falls and Madison Area Tech. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
Riverland was 1-3 in Rochester with their only win over Gogebic. Their losses were to Rochester, Madison Area and Hibbing. From the Austin Daily Herald.
SITTING VOLLEYBALL
The US Sitting Volleyball team opened the 2008 Paralympic games with a sweep of Lithuania. Assistant coach Cara Bartolic is from Sartell.
Next up: later today
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Weekly Review #3: Time Out
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Weekly Review #3: Brief Action; Time Outs
Labor Day shortened the week somewhat, and with my teams schedule, I was only able to do the Out & Abouts two days this week. Saturday my team was involved in the Columbia Heights tournament which prevented my getting out & about. Friday I was able to get two for one at the Apple Valley tournament.
This week will be more of the same with Henry playing on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. That means my Saturday should be open and at Bethel next weekend 12 class A teams from every A section in the state will hold a mini state tournament. There are three top 10 teams involved in the event: #3 BBE; #8 SW Christian (Chaska) and #10 Meadow Creek. Also the Gophers will be home for the first time this weekend.
TEAM OF THE WEEK
Apple Valley won their Aerie Challenge over Stewartville on Saturday. I caught the Eagles in their win over DGF. The held a big advantage in game one vs the Rebels. In game two the Eagles pulled ahead late to wrap up the win. For the game their FBSO % was .591 and they allowed an average of 8 points a game on their own errors.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK 
Ellen Senf of St. Paul Central was strong at the net and the serving line in the win over Harding on Wednesday. Senf had 10 aces and 7 kills, plus a hand in a block for 17.5 points in a three game sweep over the Knights.
MH Ellen Senf, St. Paul Central
OH Julie Rainey, Stewartville
RH Bentley Mancini, Apple Valley
MH Melissa Racz, Apple Valley
OH Elly Braaten, Hastings
S Rachel O'Brien, St. Paul Central
TIME OUTS
When watching the myriad of games I sometimes squirm in my seat thinking "team A" needs to take a time out. I also scratch my head when "team A" takes a time out at 24-15. At that point the game is basically over. One more side out will finish the game. Maybe that time out could have been utilized earlier.
Since teams only get two for each "set" (or game) they need to be used at the right time.
Most of the times you want to stop the other team when they start a run. Checking with the matches from last week here are the results
Average Margin when time out was taken: 7 points
Average first time out margin: 5.3 points
Average second time out margin: 8.6 points
usually teams wait for the second run against them to take the first time out. That might be too late.
I have been tracking the Time out % at matches this year. That measures the success of the time out. Here is how this week's teams handled the time out%
Apple Valley 1.000 2/2
Hastings .667 2/3
DGF .333 1/3
St. Paul Harding .200 1/5
Central and Stewartville didn't take time out.
Which leads to my team. I have been forced this week to take time outs to avoid either overlaps or mis-substitutions. I had to burn one at the tournament this weekend when we got the ball back. Obviously I was not happy about that.
next up: tomorrow morning
St. Thomas, Gustavus, St. Olaf Win Titles
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D3
AUGSBURG TOURNAMENT
#8 St. Thomas won the Augsburg tournament in a fiver with UW Eau Claire.
St. Benedict's beat the hosts for third. That contest went five.
Northwestern, MN beat Macalester for fifth in a sweep.
UW Superior beat Schreiner in five for seventh.
UST's Katie McCaffrey (Fort Collins, CO) had 15 vs UWS and 23.5 points vs UWEC.
UWEC's Katie Fox (Chippewa Falls, WI) had 11.5 vs Schreiner and 18 vs St. Thomas.
CSB's Beth Hanson had 14.5 points vs NW and Emma Jaynes had 19 vs Augsburg.
Augsburg's Laura Barnes had 15.5 points vs Mac and Dani Boner had 21 points vs St. Ben's
NW's Steph Koth had 25 points vs St. Ben's and 15 points vs Mac.
Mac's Sonia Muzikarova had 16.5 points vs Augsburg and Marie Goodwin had 9 points vs NW.
UWS's Christopherson had 8.5 vs UST and 15.5 points vs Schreiner.
EMORY TOURNAMENT
Carleton swept Clark Atlanta (a D2 team) and was swept by the hosts.
The Knight's Megan La Chapelle (Eagan) had 9 kills vs Clark Atlanta.
GUSTAVUS TOURNAMENT
Gustavus beat St. Scholastica in four and Viterbo in four.
Gustavus' Megan Gehring (Eau Claire North) had 19 points vs CSS while Olivia Warren (Goodhue) had 13.5 vs Viterbo.
CSS's Shawna Varichak (Hibbing) had 19 points vs Gustavus. Dustie Richardson (Greenway) had 10 points vs UWL.
Viterbo's Jenna Lau had 18 vs Gustavus.
Viterbo beat Martin Luther in a sweep.
UW LaCrosse beat St. Scholastica in four and Martin Luther in a sweep.
RIVER FALLS TOURNAMENT
St. Olaf won twice with wins over Hamline in five and Bethel in four.
Bethany Lutheran beat Buena Vista in five.
Bethel beat St. Catherine's in a sweep.
Hamline swept Buena Vista.
St. Catherine's beat the hosts in five.
UW River Falls swept Bethany Lutheran.
St. Olaf's Jessica Levin had 21.5 points vs Bethel.
Bethel's Jennifer Stoa had 10 points vs St. O.
SUGAR LOAF TOURNAMENT
Loras beat St. Mary's in four. The Cardinals beat Northland in four.
St. Mary's Jessica Larson had 14 vs Loras, and Amy Kujak and 18 vs Northland.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
North Iowa Area CC won their first game at the Anoka-Ramsey tournament. NIACC beat Rainy River. From the Mason City Globe Gazette.
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D2 RESULTS
COLORADO PREMIER TOURNAMENT
Defending D2 National champs Concordia St. Paul won the Premier Tournament. Concordia St. Paul beat #6 West Texas A&M in four. CSP then swept #10 Florida Southern.
CSP's Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska) had 18.5 points vs WTA&M and 20 points vs FS.
MSU Mankato beat Ferris State in four and CSU Pueblo in four.
Augustana finished 3rd in the Colorado Premier. #10 Florida Southern swept Augustana. The Vikings beat #6 West Texas A&M in four.
Lisa Hoegh (Byron) and Beth Talcott (Omaha) were named to the all tournament team.
Kati Newgaard (Pipestone) had 16 kills vs WTA&M.
COLORADO SPRINGS TOURNAMENT
#16 SW MN State beat #8 UM Duluth in Colorado Springs. Later the Bulldogs swept host UC Colorado Springs.
SW MN State beat Adams State in five later.
UMD's Sarah Wyffels (Marshall) had 13 points vs SW MN State and 11 kills vs UCCS.
SMS's Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 14.5 points vs UMD.
CROOKSTON TOURNAMENT
MSU Moorhead swept Bemidji State. Bemidji State swept Lake Superior State later.
South Dakota swept UM Crookston. Amber Meyer (Paxton, NE) had 6 kills for UMC.
Manitoba played MSU Moorhead.
For MSU Moorhead Cathy Turner and Laura Tvrdik had 10.5 points vs BSU.
For BSU Hannah Eilers (Littlefork-Big Falls) had 12.5 points vs MSUM. and 12 vs LSSU.
UN KEARNEY TOURNAMENT
Mary beat Chadron State in four. Host UN Kearney swept Mary later.
Amanda Hennessy (Williston, ND) had 24 kills vs CS and 11 kills vs UNK
LEWIS TOURNAMENT
Saginaw Valley State beat Winona State in five. Host Lewis swept WSU later.
Carmen Stankowski (Mosinee, WI) had 14 kills vs SVS. Jessi Peterson (Eden Prairie) had 5.5 poings vs Lewis.
UA FAIRBANKS TOURNAMENT
Host UA Fairbanks swept St. Cloud State. The Huskies later swept Catawba.
Andreanna Pieper (Lake of the Woods) made the All tournament team.
SOUTHWEST BAPTIST TOURNAMENT
Truman State swept Upper Iowa. UIU played Incarnate Word later.
Wayne State beat Missouri S&T, and then WSC beat Arkansas Tech in four.
Jennifer Hafner had 19.5 points vs MS&T and 18.5 points vs AT.
TAMPA TOURNAMENT
MSU Mankato beat CSU Pueblo in four and the Mavs then swept Ferris State.
Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) had 22 kills vs FS and 19 kills vs CSUP.
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