Chaska Tops Eden Praiire

#4 posting 9.18.2008
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CHASKA TOPS EDEN PRAIRIE
#1 Chaska swept #8 Eden Prairie in Lake Conference action.
EP started slow in game one losing 25-16.
In game two EP had the upper hand late until some calls that broke Chaska's direction. The Hawks survived that game 30 - 28.
Game three again EP had a late lead until Chaska pulled ahead 25-23.

WHITEHAWK WHITEWASH
Mound-Westonka scrubbed Minneapolis Henry 3-0 in a 5AA section match up in Mound 3-0. MW dominated in sets one and three with Henry putting up their stiffest resistance in set two 25-20. The Patriots had a 13-12 lead after falling behind 9-1 to start set two. Henry scored two straight points to close to 19-17 when a serve delay was called and the momentum shifted hard back to Mound. Set three wasn't very challenging with MW holding the Patriots to single digits.

Hutchinson beat New Prague in a sweep. Laura Carlson had 16 kills for the Tigers. From the Hutchinson Leader.

LATE REPORTS
Yesterday Pine River-Backus beat Cass Lake-Bena in four. Kendra Hamilton had 10 kills for PRB. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Chaska's wins last week are recounted in the Chaska Herald.

Alexandria swept Moorhead on Tuesday. From the Echo Press.

MACCRAY topped Redwood Valley in five. From the Redwood Falls Gazette.

Silver Bay swept rival Two Harbors last Thursday. From the Lake County News-Chronicle.

Milaca beat Pine City in four on Monday. From the Mille Lacs County Times.

Pine Island beat Cannon Falls in four games last week. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.

Randolph is showing improvement. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.

Parkers Prairie swept Ashby last Thursday. From the Echo Press.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Here is the Fergus Falls Daily Journal's story on the MN West four set win over Fergus Falls Wednesday.

NDSCS swept Sioux Falls JV. Lexi Braun had 10 kills for the Wildcats. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Next up: Tomorrow

Lewko Verbals, Harms Player of the Week

#3 posting 9.18.2008
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LEWKO VERBALS
Brooke Lewko of Lakeville North has verballed Augustana. The 6-0 Middle Hitter also played with M-1 17-1 this past JO season.

Lewko is the 17th player from the 2009 Minnesota class to verbal and the 6th headed to a D2 program.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Katherine Harms of St. Michael-Albertville has been named AVCA/Max Preps Player of the week.

Next up: even later

Nelson Racks up 20 Points

#2 posting 9.18.2008
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BIG 10 NEWS
Minnesota has another tournament this weekend with Winthrop, North Carolina, and Texas Christian.

Indiana host their own tournament this weekend.

Michigan State players will be at a shopping mall in Okemos, MI signing autographs on Sunday.

#1 Penn State hosts their own tournament this weekend.

Wisconsin's Audra Jeffers goes one on one in an interview with teammate Faye McCormack.

MORE D1 NEWS
Texas Christian beat New Mexico in five. Jess Menden (Shakopee) did not play for the Horned Frogs. TCU faces the Gophers on Friday.

Iowa State swept Texas A&M in Big 12 action. Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 6 points for ISU.

Long Island beat Stony Brook in five. Alicia Nelson (Eastview) had 20 points for SB.

Rhode Island beat Holy Cross in four. Jillian Bekke (Cretin-Derham Hall) had four points for RI.

Northern Iowa faces Drake and Creighton this weekend in Missouri Valley action.

Penn travels all the way to Villanova for their next tournament.

South Carolina is going green.

South Dakota State hosts Oral Roberts and Missouri State this weekend in Summit action.

Virginia is headed to the Northwestern tournament this weekend.

NAIA
Viterbo's Abby Breitung is spotlighted in the LaCrosse Tribune.

Next up: Later today

St. Mary's Upends Hamline

#1 posting 9.18.2008
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D3 RESULTS
MIAC
Carleton beat Macalester in four. Megan La Chapelle (Eagan) had 12 points for the Knights. Majra Mucic (St. Louis Park) had 18.5 points for the Scots.

#14 Concordia Moorhead rallied to beat St. Catherine in five. Jenna Green (DGF) had 10 kills for CM.

Gustavus topped Augsburg in four. It was a "must win" for both teams according to the Mankato Free Press. Angela Ahrendt (Roseville) had 13 points for Gustavus. Katie Christensen (Mankato West) had 14.5 points for Augsburg.

St. Benedict beat Bethel in four. Chelsie Sobieck (Forest Lake) had 10 kills for St. Ben's. From the St. Cloud Times.

St. Mary's stopped Hamline's recent hot streak with a fiver. St. Mary's trailed 2-0. Amy Kujak (River Falls, WI) had 22.5 points for the Cardinals. Amanda Booth had 23 points for the Pipers.

#8 St. Thomas bumped St. Olaf in four. Kyley Crotty (North St. Paul) had 21 points for St. Thomas. Jessica Levin (Cedar Rapids Xavier) had 18.5 points for St. O.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NORTH
Northland swept Rainy River.

SOUTH
MN West beat Fergus Falls in four. Kayla Wichern (Russell-Tyler-Ruthton) had 16 kills for the Bluejays. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Ridgewater swept Anoka-Ramsey. Stephanie Tillman (Sartell) had 15 points for the Warriors. From the West Central Tribune.

#2 Rochester beat Riverland in a sweep. Laura Holt (Maple River) and Ashley King (Caledonia) each had 11 kills for the Yellowjackets. Brooke Monson (Austin) had 10 kills for Riverland. From the Rochester Post Bulletin and Austin Daily Herald. Video from KAAL TV.

NORTH DAKOTA
NDSCS beat Trinity Bible in a sweep. Taylor Hart had 16 points for the Wildcats. From the Wahpeton Daily News.


LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Wadena-Deer Creek beat Breckenridge in four last Monday and swept Crosby-Ironton on Thursday. Britta Berg had 26 kills for the Wolverines. From the Wadena Pioneer Journal.

International Falls won their sixth straight with a sweep of Tower-Soudan. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

Bemidji beat Brainerd in four on Tuesday. Tess Rahto had 11 kills for the Warriors. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Aitkin swept Pillager. Emily Mehr had 24 points for the Gobblers. Plus six more results. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

East Grand Forks beat Crookston in four on Tuesday. Rachel Wold had 13 kills for the Pirates. From the Crookston Times.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Chrissi Schewe of Sleepy Eye St. Mary's is the KEYC Athlete of the Week. The video lasts 1:29.

Alyssa McDonald is one of the Athletes of the Week in the Duluth News Tribune.

STATS
Scroll past the football and soccer stats to reach the Duluth News Tribune's volleyball stats.

The Rochester Post Bulletin has Southeast Minnesota Standings.

Next up: More College Reports

Tomcats Five Lives

#4 posting 9.17.2008
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TOMCATS FIVE LIVES
Minneapolis Edison had more lives than a cat in a 3-2 win over Minneapolis Henry tonight. Henry won games one and three, but Edison used up three of their lives in comeback wins in sets two, four and five. Henry led 22-21 in two, 18-11 in four and 12-9 in five when Edison pulled their survival trick.

Edison used a nine point run in game four that swung momentum their direction. In game five Henry led 12-9 when Edison used their final timeout. On the next ball Henry's Becca Duba had a strong hit that Edison got up. They eventually got the point on the "miracle save." After that Edison ran off three more points to take a 13-12 lead. Duba had a kill to tie the game at 13. After that Henry's server had a foot fault. The game ended on a passing error.

Henry outscored Edison 106-99 on the night.

LAST NIGHT & LATER
Stillwater won twice last week with victories over Hudson, WI and White Bear Lake. From the Stillwater Courier.

New Ulm beat Waseca in four. From the Waseca County News.

Waterville-Elysian-Morristown swept Montgomery-Lonsdale. Form the Waseca County News.

St. James is looking for their first win in the South Central Conference. From the St. James Plaindealer.

Pine River-Backus and Pequot Lakes have their past week's action recounted in the the Pines & Lakes.

Underwood swept Hillcrest Lutheran behind 20 kills by Aann Bjorklund. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Babbitt-Embarrass beat Littlefork-Big Falls in four. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

next up: tomorrow

SW MN State Hands Wayne State First Loss

#3 posting 9.17.2008
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D2
NORTHERN SUN
#2 Concordia St. Paul swept Upper Iowa. Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska) had 16 points for CSP. Shea Meyermann (Camanche) had 8 points for UIU.

Winona State beat St. Cloud State in five. Carmen Stankowski (Mosinee, WI) had 20 points for WSU. Kayla Tschida (Upsala) had 15.5 points for SCSU.

Augustana beat MSU Mankato in a sweep. Beth Talcott (Omaha) had 12.5 points for Augustana. Ally Kwikkel (Waverly-Shell Rock, IA) had 9.5 points for Mankato.

#9 Southwest MN State swept Wayne State, Nebraska handing the Wildcats their first loss. Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 16.5 points for SW. Danielle Wessel (Humphrey St. Francis, NE) had 16.5 for WSN.

MSU Moorhead swept UM Crookston. Megan Norling (Armstrong) had 13 points for Moorhead. Danielle Rueter (Burlington, WI) and Amber Meyer(Paxton, NE) had 7 points each for Crookston.

Northern State beat Mary in a sweep. Kelsey Aden (St. James) and Melanie Perez (Puerto Rico) had 12 points for NSU. Amanda Hennessy (Williston) had 18 points for Mary.

D3
Simpson beat Buena Vista in four. Kelli Luitjens (Worthington) had 12.5 points for BV.

Hamline swept UW Superior. Amanda Booth (Champlin Park) had 16 kills for the Pipers. Jess Ebel (Hermantown) had 10 kills for UWS.

Bethany Lutheran beat North Central in three. Eva Voss (MN Valley Lutheran) had 17 kills for BL.

The Duluth News Tribune has a story on former high school rivals Dustie Richardson of Greenway and Shawna Varichak of Hibbing now teammates at St. Scholastica.
CSS beat Stout in four. Amy Thompson (Onamia) had 15.5 points for CSS. Steph Nichols (Greendale) had 19.5 points for Stout.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NDSCS was 3-1 at the Ridgewater Tournament last weekend. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Riverland swept Pillsbury Baptist. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Next up: Later today

Gibbemeyer National Player of the Week, North Dakota Stopped

#2 posting 9.17.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
The Gopher's Lauren Gibbemeyer (Cretin-Derham Hall) was named AVCA Player of the Week. Gibbemeyer is feeling more like herself according to the Minnesota Daily.
Christine Tan, the on court daredevil, has a feature in the StarTribune.

#23 Illinois beat Illinois State in four. Laura DeBruhler had 24.5 points for Illinois.

Michigan State won their 7th straight match with a four set win over Oakland. Jenilee Rathje had 22 points for the Spartans.

Iowa is finally at home this weekend and will host Portland, DePaul and Xavier.

Michigan hosts Western Kentucky, Albany and Arizona State in the Wolverine's Tournament this weekend.

Northwestern hosts the Wildcat Classic with Georgetown, Virginia, and UCLA this weekend.

Ohio State is at the Kent State Tournament this weekend.

#20 Purdue travels to Dayton for a tournament this weekend.

Indiana does some number crunching.

D1 RESULTS
Maryland Eastern Shore swept Norfolk State. Chanita Wesley (Benilde-St. Margaret's) had 7 digs for UMES.

North Dakota's 12 game winning streak came to an end in a fiver vs Jamestown. Devin Trefz (Bagley) had 13.5 points for the Fighting Sioux. Darci Purath (Red Lake Falls) had 21 points for Jamestown.

Northeastern beat Rhode Island in a sweep. Leah Neubeck (Hopkins) had 11 digs and one point for NE.

#12 Oregon swept Portland. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 7 points for Portland.

MORE D1 NEWS
#15 Colorado State opens Mountain West play with matches against Utah and #24 BYU.

Creighton is at Bradley and Northern Iowa in Missouri Valley action.

Iowa State hosts Texas A&M tonight.

Ohio faces Middle Tennessee State on Thursday and Tulane on Friday.

Next up: More College Reports

#8 Eden Prairie Tops #4 Lakeville North

#1 posting 9.17.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
AAA
#1 Chaska swept Rosemount

#3 St. Michael-Albertville swept Monticello

#4 Eastview swept Bloomington Jefferson

#6 Waconia beat Blaine in four.

#7 Woodbury swept Forest Lake--I reported on this match last night in the Out & About.

#8 Eden Prairie topped #4 Lakeville North in five.

#10 Alexandria swept Moorhead. From the Fargo Forum.

Osseo beat #9A Meadow Creek in three.

Rochester JM swept Red Wing. From the Rochester Post Bulletin and Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Farmington swept Rochester Century. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Rochester Mayo beat Faribault in four. From the Faribault Daily News.

Owatonna swept Northfield. From the Owatonna People's Press.

Austin swept Winona in Big 9 action. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Willmar swept Little Falls. Kelsey Evans had 12 kills for the Cardinals. From the West Central Tribune.

New Ulm beat Waseca in four. Plus three results from the New Ulm Journal.

Sauk Rapids swept Fergus Falls in Central Lakes action. Plus 11 more results in the St. Cloud Times.

Bemidji beat Brainerd in four. Kayla and Ashley Hirt had 14 and 10 kills for the Lumberjacks. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

AA
#2 Marshall swept Litchfield. Dani Beekman had 13 kills for the Tigers. From the Marshall Independent.

#3 Jordan swept #5A SW Christian Chaska.

#4 Hibbing swept Superior, Wisconsin. Kate Lange had 14 kills for the Bluejackets. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune. You will need to register (it is free).

#6 Stewartville swept LaCrescent.

#7 Belle Plaine swept Mankato West.

#9 LeSueur-Henderson swept Sibley East.

Kingsland beat #10 Caledonia in five. Erin Bernard had 16 kills for Kingsland. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Lewiston-Altura beat Plainview-Elgin-Millville in four plus 10 more results from the Winona Daily News.

Watertown-Mayer beat #10A Mayer Lutheran in four.

St. Charles swept Southland. From the Austin Daily Herald.

Byron swept Triton. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa beat Goodhue in four. Freshman Ashley Hinsch had 13 kills for the Cougars. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Yellow Medicine East is undefeated after a sweep of ACGC. Plus three more results from the West Central Tribune.

New London-Spicer swept Sauk Centre in West Central North action. Plus one more results from the West Central Tribune.

Rocori swept St. Cloud Tech in the Central Lakes. Jordan Hansen had 17 kills for the Spartans. From the St. Cloud Times.

A
#1 Bethlehem Academy swept Blooming Prairie. Holly Hafemeyer had 15 points for BA. From the Faribault Daily News and Austin Daily Herald.

#3 Minneota swept Tracy-Milroy-Balaton. Leah Fadness had 15 points for the Vikings. Plus seven other results from the Marshall Independent.

#4 Wabasha-Kellogg swept Dover-Eyota.

#7 Mabel-Canton swept Spring Grove.

LeRoy-Ostrander swept Glenville-Emmons. From the Austin Daily Herald.

Minnesota Valley Lutheran swept Springfield. Amanda Burk had 12 kills for MVL. From the New Ulm Journal.

Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Ellsworth. Megan Svalland had 17 kills for MLBO. Plus four more results from the Worthington Daily Globe.

Murray County Central swept Edgerton with Freshman Makenzie Giese replacing injured Emily Bose. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

MACCRAY swept Dawson-Boyd. Plus three more results from the West Central Tribune.

Moorhead Park Christian swept Waubun. From the Fargo Forum.

Moose Lake-Willow River beat Barnum in five despite 23 kills by Bombers' Katrina Newman. From the Duluth News Tribune (scroll).

LATE RESULTS
Hutchinson beat Farmington last week in Missota action. From the Farmington Independent.

Alexandria swept Little Falls last Thursday. From the Echo Press.

West Central won their first match of the year with a five gamer with Ulen-Hitterdal. From the Echo Press.

Osakis swept Eagle Valley. From the Osakis Review.

Brandon-Evansville was runner up in the Minnewaska tournament Saturday. From the Echo Press.

Breckenridge was 4-1 in the Pelican Rapids tournament over the weekend. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

CHANGING COACHES
Pine River-Backus changed coaches last week and new coach Chelsea Eveland won her first match with a sweep of Laporte on Friday. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Next up: College Reports

Out & About: Woodbury/Forest Lake

#3 posting 9.16.2008
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WOODBURY royals 3, FOREST LAKE rangers 0
(25-14, 25-14, 25-20)

#7AAA Woodbury swept host Forest Lake in a Suburban East match up tonight. The Royals used a strong net game highlighted by 9 blocks in stopping the Rangers. Woodbury used five players over 6-0 at the net. Outside hitter Greta Strenger led the balanced Royals with 12 points.

The Royals broke out from a four all tie in the first game with a seven point run on Strenger's serve. Forest Lake took a time out at 10-4, but Strenger came out of the break with an ace. The burst, plus the fact the Royals never allowed more than two points in a row, helped cement the first set win. 19 of the 25 Woodbury points were earned in the first set.

The second set was similar to the first in many ways. A six point Royal surge put Woodbury up 14-7. But the difference in this set was the unforced errors provided by the Rangers. FL handed Woodbury 16 points in set two. The Royals had five aces in set two.

Forest Lake changed the line up in set three. The Royals weren't fazed and jumped out to a 10-2 run. That forced FL to take a time out. Once again Woodbury earned 19 points in the set. In this set Woodbury had a block party. The Royals earned four points in the last set off blocks. The Royals had a 22-12 lead when FL started to click with an 8-2 run. The Rangers had too much ground to make up and the set ended on a kill by Michelle Graham.

you can see the entire Woodbury vs Forest Lake photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

more to come.

rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---total points
WOODBURY
1. Michelle Graham (2009) S 1-1-4----6
1. Olivia Wangensteen (2012) RH 0-0-2----2
2. Amy Bomgren (2009) OH 1-1.5-4---6.5
2br: Ally Leonard (2010) OH 1-0-0----1
3. Natalie Pascutoi (2010) L 3-0-0----3
3fr: Maddie Kelzenberg (2009) MH 0-3-6----9
4. Bonnie Segl (2009) S 0-0-0----0
4fr: Felicia Ulrich (2011) RH 0-1-4---5
5. Greta Strenger (2009) OH 3-0-9----12
6. Jessica Ulrich (2009) DS 2-0-0----2
6fr: Rachel Johnson (2010) MH 0-2.5-3----5.5
totals: 11-9-32---52 points, 23 points on Forest Lake Errors

FOREST LAKE
1. Taylor Gemeiner (2010) DS 0-0-0----0
1fr: Ally Unger (2010) RH 0-0-1----1
1fr: Taylor Brett (2010) RH 0-0-3----3
2. Tristen Uram (2010) DS 1-0-0----1
2fr: Amanda Johnson (OH) 0-0-3----3
3. Cassy Tessier (2010) OH 1-0-4----5
4. Betsy Kelly (2010) S 2-0-0----2
4. Michelle Full (2009) RH 0-0-0----0
5. Lexi Alm (2010) OH 0-0.5-10----10.5
6. Lynette Benson (2010) MH 0-0.5-4----4.5
totals: 4-1-25----30 points, 18 points on Woodbury errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Greta Strenger

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Woodbury 17/31-.548; 75; .693; .375
Forest Lake 12/30-.400; 48; .625; .307
Runs 3+: Woodbury 11, Forest Lake 3
Longest string: Woodbury 7, Forest Lake 4
Missed Serves: Woodbury 5, Forest Lake 3
Time Out %: Forest Lake 2/4--.500; Woodbury did not take a time out

ROTATIONS
WOODBURY
1. Graham 8-5 .615
2. Bomgren 19-12 .613
3. Pascutoi 15-10 .600
4. Segl 10-12 .455
5. Strenger 13-5 .722
6. Ulrich 10-4 .714
totals: 75-48 .610

FOREST LAKE
games 1 & 2
1. Gemeiner 4-4 .500
2. Uram 5-8 .385
3. Tessier 7-11 .389
4. Taylor 6-11 .353
5. Alm 3-9 .250
6. Benson 3-7 .300
totals: 28-50 .359
game 3
1. Brett 3-12 .200
2. Tessier 5-5 .500
3. Uram 4-2 .667
4. Kelly 5-2 .714
5. Alm 2-1 .667
6. C Tessier 1-3 .250
totals: 20-25 .444

RACE TO:
Game: 5 10 15 20 25
game 1 W W W W W
game 2 W W W W W
game 3 W W W W W

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3
Woodbury 11 11 10
Forest Lake 1 1 1

Next up: tomorrow morning

Gibbemeyer Co Big 10 Player of the Week

#2 posting 9.16.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
The Gophers Lauren Gibbemeyer (Cretin Derham Hall) was named co-Big 10 player of the week. It is her first honor in her career. Purdue had two winners. Stephanie Lynch was also named co-Big 10 player. The Boilermakers' Kelli Miller was named Defensive Player of the Week.

Wisconsin's Katie Schill (LaCrosse Aquinas) is out this year due to a herniated disc. From the LaCrosse Tribune.

The weekly Big 10 press release is out.

MORE D1 NEWS
Marshall's contest with Miami of Ohio has been cancelled due to power outages.

North Dakota is 12-0 and looks to make Jamestown #13.

North Dakota State faces Oral Roberts at home on Saturday.

Rhode Island takes on Northeastern today and Holy Cross on Wednesday.

Washington State plays Utah Valley on Friday and the WSU alumnae on Saturday.

Weber State's Brittany Bisaillon (Jackson County Central) was named Big Sky Player of the Week.

POLLS
Minnesota moves up to 8th; Wisconsin moved up one to 13th; Colorado State moves up six spots to 15th in the latest AVCA D1 poll.

D2
POLL
Concordia St. Paul moved to #2 in the latest poll. Other Northern Sun teams include: SW MN State #9; UM Duluth #12; and Augustana #20.

AWARDS
MSU Moorhead's Calla Oftedahl (Eastview) was named the Northern Sun's Defensive Player of the Week. Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) of SW MN State was named offensive player of the week in the Northern Sun. Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) of Concordia St. Paul was setter of the week.

D3
Buena Vista hosts Simpson today.

AWARDS
Concordia Moorhead's Anna Tinkham was named MIAC defensive player of the week. Hamline had two players named players of the week. Emily Amici (Whitewater, WI) was MIAC hitter of the week and Jackie Kelly (Blaine) was MIAC Setter of the Week.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Northwestern, IA JV swept MN West. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Iowa Lakes beat North Iowa Area in a fiver. From the Mason City Globe Gazette.

Next up: later today.

Caledonia Outlasts Mabel-Canton

#1 posting 9.16.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
AAA
#9 Andover swept St. Francis

Austin swept Kasson-Mantorville. Rebekah Aase had 14 kills for the Packers. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Blaine swept Duluth East. Ari Mewhorter had 19 points for the Bengals. From the Duluth News Tribune (scroll to see the box scores.)

AA
#4 Hibbing swept Cloquet.

#8 Delano swept Buffalo.

#10 Caledonia outlasted #7A Mabel-Canton in five. Megan King had 19 kills for Caledonia. Kate Horihan had 26 kills for MC. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Dover-Eyota swept Lewiston-Altura. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Worthington swept Fairmont. Martha Alwal had 16 points for the Trojans. From the Worthington Daily News.

United South Central outlasted St. Clair in five. Sabrina Bushlack had 16 kills for USC. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

In the battle of East Grand Forks it was the Green Wave over Sacred Heart in a sweep. Kate Warmack had 11 kills for EGF. From the Grand Forks Herald.

A
#6 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa downed New London-Spicer in four. Heidi Lensing had 22 kills for the Jaguars. Plus three more results from the West Central Tribune and four more results in the St. Cloud Times.

Southland beat Riceville, Iowa in four. From the Austin Daily Herald.

Fillmore Central beat Cresco, Iowa in four. Goodhue swept Randolph. Grand Meadow swept Hope Lutheran. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Mankato Loyola beat Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial in four. Maria Peterson had 16 points for the Crusaders. From the Mankato Free Press.

Nicollet swept New Ulm Cathedral. Plus four more results from the New Ulm Journal.

Westbrook-Walnut Grove beat Wabasso in four. Audra Schmidt had 14 points for WWG. From the Marshall Independent.

Southwest MN Christian beat Sioux Falls Christian in four. Plus four other results from the Worthington Daily Globe.

Renville County West beat Dawson-Boyd in four.

LAST WEEK
On Thursday Blue Earth beat Waseca in four. From the Waseca County News.

On Saturday Crookston finished 5th in the Hawley tournament. From the Crookston Times.

Southland finished in 3rd in their own tournament. Form the Austin Post Bulletin.

International Falls won their own tournament on Saturday. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

Underwood's Class A Showcase experience is recounted in the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

TOURNAMENT TO COME
The Apple Valley Invitational this weekend will have a pair of future Gophers in the mix---Tori Dixon of Burnsville and Tabi Love, a 6-5 outside hitter from Dauphin, Manitoba. From the StarTribune.

FEATURE
Setter Jenna Budde of Bethlehem Academy gets a feature in the Faribault Daily News.

Sam Waletich of Fairmont is featured in the Fairmont Sentinel.

Kayla Koenechne of Delano is the KARE 11 athlete of the week.

Next up: College Reports.

Out & About: Maple Grove/Irondale

#4 posting 9.15.2008
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MAPLE GROVE crimson 3, IRONDALE knights 0
(25-20, 25-11, 25-16)

The Maple Grove Crimson swept Irondale in a section 5AAA match up tonight. Both teams were in Maroon jerseys, but that is where the similarities ended. For the first time this year one team led the entire game. There were no ties. MG almost doubled up on the earned points with a 44-23 advantage. Leading the way for the Crimson tonight was Kelsey Jacobs with 15 points, 14 on kills.

With my practice getting done late, my ability to get to games are limited to the neighborhood. I entered on the first serve of the game. Luckily I was able to get all the action on paper. Right from the start MG established their dominance and Jacobs put the hammer down for the first two points. Irondale took their first time out at 10-5. By that time all six MG kills came from the left side. MG had their biggest lead in game one at 15-7. After that Irondale went on a 4-1 run which forced the only MG time out of the night. MG missed two serves in that mini Knight run. Irondale wasn't done with their rally. They had another 6-1 run later to close to 21-20. Haley Eagon had three kills for Irondale in that burst. Just as Jacobs started the set, she finished it. Jacobs had three kills in the last four point run by MG.

Set one was the tightest contest. After that Maple Grove took advantage of Irondale hitting errors and had five runs in set two. Irondale quickly took a time out at 7-1 after four straight Knight hitting errors. In the first set MG had four players with one kill, with the two lefts handling 14 of the 16. In the second set MG had six players with one kill, but the kill numbers dropped to 10.

The third set mirrored the second. MG jumped out to a 3-0 lead with Jacobs, once again getting things going with a kill. In a five point run to make it 10-4, MG had three tip kills. MG eventually stretched the lead out to 22-10. Irondale had a late burst of five to close to 22-15. MG had a trio of hitting errors in that late run. In the end the hole was too deep and the Crimson is now 4-1 on the season.

You can see the entire Maple Grove vs Irondale photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---totals
MAPLE GROVE
1. Rachel Schwieters (2009) OH 1-0-9----10
1sub: Becca Scott (2011) OH 0-0-0---0
2. Ashley Mulchrone (2009) L 2-0-0----2
2fr: Mallory Johnson (2011) MH 0-0-2----2
3. Katie Kaufman (2009) S 1-0-1---2
4. Kelsey Jacobs (2009) OH 1-0-14----15
4sub Steph Davison (2011) OH 0-0-2----2
5. Lexi Wong (2011) MH 1-0.5-3----4.5
6. Lisa Laurent (2010) DS 1-0-0----1
6fr: Emily Gilman (2011) OPP 0-0.5-5---5.5
totals: 7-1-36----44 points, 31 points on Irondale errors

IRONDALE
1. Jenny Orren (2012) S 0-1-0----1
2. Haley Eagon (2009) OH 0-1-4---5
3. Allison Kraft (2010) MH 3-0-6---9
4. Sarah Weinmann (2010) S 2-0-0----2
4fr: Samantha Olson (2009) 0-0-1---1
5. Brittany Flannigan (2010) DS 0-0-0---0
5fr: Alissa Engberg (2010) OH 0-0.5-2
6. Amanda Rapacz (2010) L 1-0-0----1
6fr: Erin Sully (2012) MH 0-0.5-1---1.5
totals: 6-3-14----23 points, 24 points on MG errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Kelsey Jacobs

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Maple Grove 19/31-.613; 75; .586; .511
Irondale 11/31-.354; 47; .489; .413
Runs 3+: MG 13, Irondale 4
Longest string: MG 5, Irondale 5
Missed Serves: Irondale 10, MG 6
Time Out %: MG 1/1-1.000; Irondale 2/4-.500

ROTATIONS
MAPLE GROVE
1. Schwieters 12-7 .632
2. Mulchrone 23-9 .719
3. Kaufman 11-13 .458
4. Jacobs 12-6 .667
5. Wong 9-6 .600
6. Laurent 8-6 .571
totals: 75-47 .615

IRONDALE
1. Orren 8-18 .308
2. Eagon 8-14 .364
3. Kraft 13-16 .448
4. Weinmann 6-11 .353
5. Flannigan 5-9 .357
6. Rapacz 7-7 .500
totals: 47-75 .385

RACE TO:
Game: 5 10 15 20 25
game 1: M M M M M
game 2: M M M M M
game 3: M M M M M

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3
Irondale 0 0 0
Maple Grove 8 14 12

Next up: tomorrow morning

St. Cloud Cathedral New AA #1

#2 posting 9.15.2008
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MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL POLLS
The big change comes in Class AA as previous #1 Jordan drops to 3rd and St. Cloud Cathedral takes over the top spot.

Changes in AAA: Eden Prairie changes places with Andover. Alexandria returns to the top 10 while Wayzata drops out.

Changes in AA: JCC moves up a couple of notches after a pair of wins over Windom. LeSueur-Henderson joins the top 10 at #9.

Changes in A: SW Christian of Chaska moves to #5 from #8 after their championship in the Class A Challenge this weekend.

AAA
1. Chaska (14) 224
2. Shakopee (1) 221
3. St. Michael/Albertville 192
4. Eastview 166
Lakeville North 166
6. Waconia 143
7. Woodbury 129
8. Eden Prairie 94
9. Andover 91
10. Alexandria 55
Others: Wayzata (42), Burnsville (18), Owatonna (18), Apple Valley (16), Blaine (12), Osseo (6)

AA
1. St. Cloud Cathedral (3) 166
2. Marshall (6) 165
3. Jordan (3) 147
4. Hibbing 146
5. Jackson County Central 134
6. Stewartville 101
7. Belle Plaine 94
8. Delano 87
9. Le Sueur/Henderson 82
10. Caledonia 54
Others receiving votes: Pipestone Area (31), Rocori (15), New London-Spicer (7), Perham (6), Yellow Medicine East (6), Wadena-Deer Creek (6)

A
1. Bethlehem Academy (10) 178
2. Windom Area (1) 169
3. Minneota (1) 163
4. Wabasha/Kellogg 131
5. SW Christian 123
6. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa 110
7. Mabel-Canton 107
8. Ada-Borup 104
9. Meadow Creek Christian 42
10. Mayer Lutheran 36
Others: Renville County West (35), Onamia (22), SW Star Concept (17), Martin County West (11), Lake of the Woods (8), Climax-Fischer (8), Parkers Prairie (7), WinEMac (3)

LATE RESULTS
HIGH SCHOOL
Chisholm won the Barb Neprud Tournament at Crosby-Ironton. Plus two area team's finishes in weekend tournaments. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Alden-Conger finished in 4th place at the Southland Tournament. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes finished 2-2 at the Ridgewater Tournament. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

GAME ON TAP
The Northern Freeze faces Lake of the Woods face off in a replay of the 2007 8A Championship on Thursday. From the Grand Forks Herald.

ADJUSTMENTS
Chelsea Nagle of St. Cloud State is making the adjustment from high school to the stresses of college life. From the St. Cloud State University Chronicle.

Next up: Later today with out & about

Gophers Take Diet Coke Title, Gibbemeyer MVP

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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
#11 The Gophers swept Notre Dame in the final match in the Diet Coke Classic. Kyla Roehrig had 15 points for Minnesota.

Lauren Gibbemeyer (Cretin-Derham Hall) was named MVP for the DCC. Christine Tan and Brook Dieter were also named to the All Tournament team.

The Minnesota Daily has a story on the Gopher's Friday night sweet sweep of #4 California.

#17 Illinois swept Gardner-Webb in the Tennessee Tournament. Michelle Bartsch had 14 points for the Illini.

D3
Augsburg finished 2-2 in the Wartburg Tournament this weekend. Laura Harms (Little Falls--and sister of St. Michael-Albertville's Katherine) was named to the all tournament team.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater was 3-1 in their own tournament this weekend. Their only blemish was to University of Sioux Falls JV. From the West Central Tribune.

Next up: later today

JCC's Duplicate Win

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LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
WEEKEND TOURNAMENTS
AA
#7 Jackson County Central made sure that the win over Windom last week stuck. JCC beat #2A Windom again in the JCC tournament finale 2-0 with the last set going 30-28. JCC beat Windom last week 3-2. Courtney Ysker had 36 kills for Windom on the day. Briel Hendrickson had 42 kills for JCC. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Yellow Medicine East won the 8 team Montevideo Tournament with two two point wins over the hosts. From the West Central Tribune.

The Marshall Independent recaps area teams involved in three tournaments: Montevideo, JCC, and the Class A Showcase.

A
I reported on the BBE's experience in the Class A Showcase. Here is the West Central Tribune's recap plus Buffalo Lake-Hector's showing. The St. Cloud Times have a brief BBE recap too.

JO BUILDING
M1 Volleyball will move their operations to Bloomington to 94th and Penn at the Continental Commerce Center. From the Star Tribune.

Next up: College Reports

Weekly Review #4: Top 40

#6 posting 9.14.2008
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WEEKLY REVIEW: Top 40
This was the first week I saw teams for the second time during the year. Tuesday was a primary election day and most of the regular Tuesday games were moved to Monday. That left my options for Tuesday open. The best available game featured two teams I had already saw earlier in the year, but the 2AAA match up between two top 10 teams #2 Shakopee and #9 Eden Prairie was must see.
I was also able to see the Class A Showcase at Bethel on Saturday. Only Class A teams allowed with a chance for a dress rehearsal of the state tournament. It will be interesting to see how the field in that tournament advances the rest of the fall. As it was #8 SW Christian of Chaska bumped off #3 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in two. BBE almost dug themselves out of a hole in the championship, but mistakes stopped them cold.
My team played on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday preventing my out & abouts those days.

TEAM OF THE WEEK
Southwest Christian of Chaska gets the nod this week for the first Class A Challenge. SWC had a couple of narrow set wins vs Lake of the Woods and LeRoy-Ostrander. Nevis was the only team to take a set off SWC in the tournament on Friday. The Stars avoided a lot of mistakes in the championship vs BBE with an average of 8 per game, the lowest this week. Part of that success was the Stars avoided a lot of serving errors, only 1.5 per set.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
For the second time this fall it goes to Ashley Wittman of Shakopee. With 40 points, with 39 kills there is no real discussion. Wittman averaged 10 points per game against Eden Prairie, a top 10 team. Wittman had 40% of all the Shakopee points that night, and 60% of all the earned Shakopee points. That compares with Heidi Lensing's (BBE) 28% and 37%; or Cassie Haag's (SW Christian) 20% and 43%. Here is a different look:
Earned points per game
BBE vs Onamia 19
BBE vs SWC 14
SWC vs BBE 11.5
Wittman vs Eden Prairie 10
Eden Prairie vs Shakopee 8.5
Onamia vs BBE 6

Wittman was player of the week in week #1.

TEAM OF THE WEEK
Ashley Wittman, Shakoppe, OH
Katie Froehle, Eden Prairie, OH
Heidi Lensing, BBE, MH
Cassie Haag, SW Christian, MH
Ashley Serbus, BBE, RH
Sarah Bremer, SW Christian S
Mollie Geske, Shakopee, L
This is Froehle's, and Geske's second time on the weekly list.

TOP ROTATIONS OF THE WEEK
Here is the top rotation of the week: Mollie Geske, Shakopee rotation #2 28-9 vs Eden Prairie (.757).

FIRST BALL SIDE OUT & RUNS
How does it compare from high school to D1?
The best FBSO this week for high school was Shakopee at .600 (24/40). The next highest belonged to SW Christian at .542 (13/24). But even the better high school teams had FBSO in the .400 category. Eden Prairie was at 16/40 (.400).
At the D1 level the Gophers were 29/45 .644 vs #4 California on Friday. California was no slouch either with a 26/45 .577. The difference was three services.

The big difference is in the amount of runs. The defense for the Gophers put them over the top vs the Bears as they only allowed two runs all night (A run is three or more points). Shakopee gave away 12 runs vs Eden Prairie or 3 runs per game. SW Christian allowed three vs BBE or 1.5 per game.
Championship level performance will have high FBSO, think north of .600, and low runs against.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Hamline Wins St. Benedict Tournament

#5 posting 9.14.2008
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D3
MIAC
Gustavus swept Carleton. Angela Ahrendt (Roseville) had 15 points for Gustavus. Megan LaChappelle (Eagan) had 12 points for Carleton.

IIAC
Buena Vista beat Mt. Marty in four. Kelli Luitjens (Worthington) had 14 kills for BV.

RIPON TOURNAMENT
Ripon split. They beat Martin Luther in four and lost to Dubuque in a sweep.

UW River Falls split. The Falcons beat Dubuque and lost to St. Norbert.

Martin Luther beat Carroll in five.

ST. BENEDICT TOURNAMENT
Hamline beat St. Olaf in five. Tourney MVP Emily Amici (Whitewater, WI) had 16.5 points for Hamline. Jessica Levin (Cedar Rapids Xavier) and Kim Smisek (Northfield) each had 18 points for St. O.

St. Benedict won twice with a sweep over Bethany Lutheran and a sweep with UW Eau Claire.
Emma Jaynes (Hibbing) had 18 kills vs UWEC. Emily Zupon had 9.5 points vs St. Ben's.

UWEC beat St. Olaf in four. UWEC's Abby Freiborg (Renville County West) had 17 points for UWEC. Kim Smisek had 15.5 points for St. O.

WARTBURG TOURNAMENT
St. Mary's lost twice. Simpson swept the Cardinals and UW LaCrosse also swept St. Mary's. Sarah Gardner (Rochester Mayo) had 7.5 points vs Simpson, and Jessica Mate (St. Charles East, IL) had 12 vs UWL.

Augsburg split. They beat Simpson in four and lost to the hosts in four. Julie Jenkins (Edina) had 18 points vs Simpson and 21 points vs Wartburg.

UW LaCrosse beat Coe in four.

UW STOUT TOURNAMENT
Luther won twice beating host Stout in four and downing UW Stevens Point in five.
Luther's Ally Czechowicz (Madison East) had 18 points vs Stout and 15 vs UWSP.
Stout's Maggie Meixl (Mankato West) had 14.5 points vs Luther.

Viterbo won twice with a four set win over Dakota State and a sweep over UM Morris.
Viterbo's Missy Glenna had 9 points vs DS.

Dakota State beat the hosts in five.

UW Stevens Point beat UM Morris in four.

COLORADO TOURNAMENT
Concordia Moorhead won twice. They swept Whitman and Whittier.

UW Whitewater split with sweep loss to Juanita and a four set win over Washington MO.

OTHER GAMES
St. Scholastica beat UW Superior in a four. From the Duluth News Tribune. plus video from KBJR.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Rochester beat North Iowa Area in a sweep. Bobbie Meier had 10 kills for Roch. On Friday RCTC swept Fergus Falls. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Next up: weekly review later today.

Concordia St. Paul, SW MN State Unblemished at CSP Tourney

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D2 RESULTS
CONCORDIA ST. PAUL TOURNAMENT
#13 Southwest Minnesota State swept Central Washington.
#3 Concordia St. Paul beat Augustana in four.
SW MN State beat #5 Truman State in four.
Central Washington beat Augustana in four.
CSP beat Alaska Anchorage.
CSP's Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska) had 22 points vs Augustana and 18 vs AA.
SW's Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 17 points vs CW and 22 vs Augustana.
Augustana's Kati Newgaard (Pipestone) had 12 points vs CSP and Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had 13 points vs CW.

MSU BILLINGS TOURNAMENT
Alaska Fairbanks swept Mary.
Northern State topped UH Hilo in five.
Northern State beat the hosts in four. The Wolves are now 8-1.
Notre Dame de Namur swept Mary.
NSU's Kelsey Aden (St. James) had 17.5 points vs UHH and 19.5 vs MSU Billings.
Mary's Amanda Hennessy (Williston, ND) had 15 points vs AA and Laci Murtha (Hutchinston) had 12 points vs NDdN.

CENTRAL MISSOURI TOURNAMENT
Minnesota State Moorhead beat UN Omaha in five.
Emporia State swept MSU Moorhead.
MSU Moorhead's Laura Tvrdik (Minnewaska) had 23.5 points vs UNO and Cathy Turner (New Prague) had 14 points vs Emporia State.
Calla Oftedahl (Eastview) was named to the all tournament team.

UM DULUTH CLASSIC
Minnesota Duluth beat MSU Mankato in four.
New Haven beat Bemidji State in four.
#9 Western Washington beat #12 UM Duluth in four.
UMD's Sarah Wyffels (Marshall) had 16.5 points vs MSU Mankato and 16.5 points vs WW.
MSU's Mankato's Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) had 17.5 points vs UMD.
BSU's Courtney Bitter (Bemidji) had 12 points and 30 assists vs New Haven.
There is video reports on UMD's win over Bemidji State from KBJR.

ADELPHI TOURNAMENT
NW Missouri State beat host Adelphi in four. Amber Ryan (Esko) had 17 points for NW Missouri State.

Next up: D3 reports

#21 Colorado State Sweeps #8 Florida

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D1 REPORTS
U Conn swept Florida A&M in the Michigan State tournament. Megan Frey (Chaska) had 6 points for the Huskies.

At Arizona State Cincinnati beat Montana in four. Kelsey Brandl (Lakeville North) had 12.5 points for the Bearcats.

#21 Colorado State swept #8 Florida in Fort Collins. Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 8 points for CSU.

Iowa State swept Drake and then the Cyclones swept Xavier.
Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 5 points vs Drake and 10 points vs Xavier.

Furman split their matches at Middle Tennessee State. They lost to Tennessee Tech in four and beat Miami OH in four.
Pamela Gehrke had 3 digs vs TT and 1 dig vs. Miami, OH.

George Washington swept Rider to win their own tournament. Abby Syverson (Minneapolis Southwest) had 1 point vs Rider.

Marquette split in their own tournament. They beat UW Green Bay in four and lost to Bowling Green in five.
Leslie Bielski (Chaska) had 8 points vs UWGB and 16 points vs BG.
Tiara Russell (Osseo) had 10.5 points vs UWGB and 9 points vs BG.

Maryland Eastern Shore beat Maine in a sweep in Buffalo. Chanita Wesley (Benilde-St. Margaret's had 11 digs and 2 points for the Hawks.

North Carolina beat Colorado in four in Boulder. Brianna Eskola (Columbia Heights) had 23 digs and 2 points for the Tar Heels.

North Dakota beat Gustavus in four and then the Fighting Sioux swept Carleton.
Britta Hanson (Thompson, ND) and Amanda Polzin (Hutchinson) had 16 points vs Gustavus. Polzin had 12 points vs Carleton.
Meghan Gehring had 12.5 points for Gustavus.
Katie Stanchak and Megan La Chapelle had 5.5 points for Carleton.

North Dakota State split Saturday at New Orleans. The Bison lost to host Tulane and then swept of Louisiana Tech.
Jennifer Lopez (DGF) had 7 points vs Tulane. Chrissy Knuth (Champlin Park) had 15 points vs LT.

At the Kansas State tournament Northern Iowa swept Liberty and then UNI swept Cornell.
Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 8 points vs Liberty and 5.5 points vs Cornell.

Penn lost twice at the Florida International tournament. They were swept by the hosts and Central Florida.
Virginia Senf (Woodbury) had 6 points vs FIU and another 6 vs CF.

At the New Hampshire Tournament Seton Hall beat Rhode Island in five. Evansville then swept the Rams.
Jillian Bekke (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 8 points vs SH and 3 points vs Evansville.

South Carolina swept Winthrop in the Carolina Challenge. Bridget Denson-Dorman had 34 assists and 3 points for USC.

Oklahoma stopped the Texas Christian win streak at nine in a four set loss.
Jess Menden (Shakopee) had 2 points and 2 digs for TCU.

Davidson split in their own tournament Saturday. They lost to George Mason in four and then swept Rutgers. Brittany Narr (Minnehaha) had 2 points in the Rutgers match.

Oregon State swept Portland in the Portland State tournament. The Pilots swept UC Riverside in the final. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 10 points vs OSU and 11 vs UCR.

Host Virginia swept Binghamton and then the Cavaliers swept Appalachian State to take the title.
Marlow Bruneau (Lakeville) had 24 assists and 2 points vs Binghamton and 26 assists and 3.5 points vs AS.

Washington State swept Montana State in the their own tournament.
Montana State lost to Wichita State
Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 6 points for the Cougars.
Lauren Viren (Prior Lake) had 11.5 points for MS and 6 points vs Wichita State.

Weber State won the Gonzaga tournament. The Wildcats beat UTEP in five and beat the hosts in four.
Brittney Bisaillon (Jackson County Central) had 22 points vs UTEP and 14 points vs Gonzaga.
Leah Burmeister (JCC) had 9.5 points vs UTEP and 7.5 points vs Gonzaga.

South Dakota beat UM Crookston in a sweep and also swept St. Cloud State.
Heather Hult (Hurley, SD) had 12 points vs UMC and Kathlee Hruska (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) had 20 points vs SCSU.
Heather Foreman (Brandon Vincent Massey, Manitoba) had 5 points for UMC.
Laurel Heggerness (Mora) had 8 points for SCSU.

Next up: D2 results

Klingsporn MVP

#2 posting 9.14.2008
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BIG 10 RESULTS
#11 Minnesota beat #16 Cal Poly in the Diet Coke Classic in Minneapolis. It was the second straight win over a top 25 team by the Gophers. Lauren Gibbemeyer (Cretin-Derham Hall) continued her strong net play with 19 points for Minnesota.

Indiana beat Albany in four in the Kentucky Invitational. The Hoosiers followed that with a sweep of Eastern Kentucky. Erica Short (Orrville, OH) had 17.5 points in the Albany win. Ashley Benson (Bloomington North, IN) had 20.5 points vs EKU.

Iowa beat Xavier in four at the Iowa State Tournament. The Hawkeyes followed that with a sweep of Drake. Catherine Smale (Rosary, IL) had 20.5 points vs Xavier. Megan Schipper (Aplington-Parkersburg, IA) had 13.5 points vs Drake.

#25 Michigan swept Toledo in their own tournament. The unbeaten Wolverines beat Auburn in four. Beth Karpiak (Lyons Township, IL) had 17 points vs Toledo and 17 vs Auburn.

Michigan State swept UConn in the Spartan Tournament for their 6th straight win. MSU's Vanessa King (Spring Lake, MI) won the MVP award for the second straight tournament. Jenilee Rathje (Mount Pleasant, MI) had 16.5 points for the Spartans.
UConn's Megan Frey (Chaska) had 7 points vs MSU.

#18 Wichita State beat Northwestern in five. The Wildcats led 2-0. Host Washington State swept the Wildcats later. Brittani Gray (Cincinnati Sycamore) had 20 points vs Wichita State. Sabel Moffet had 14.5 points in the Washington State match.
Naomi Johnson (Blooomington Kennedy) had 4.5 points vs Wichita State and 5 points vs Washington State.
Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 10 points for Washington State.

#1 Penn State swept Illinois State. The Nittany Lions then swept Louisville to win the Chicago Tournament. Nicole Fawcett (Zanesville Logan, OH) had 23 points vs Illinois State. Fawcett and Megan Hodge (Durham Riverside) each had 16 points vs Louisville.

Utah State beat #15 Purdue in five in Salt Lake City. Kelli Miller set the Purdue career digs record with her 1568th in the Utah State match. The Boilermakers beat Utah in five later. Stephanie Lynch (New Albany, IN) had 22.5 points vs Utah State and 25 points vs Utah.

#14 Wisconsin swept IUPUI in the Wisconsin tournament. The Badgers beat #23 BYU in five. Audra Jeffers (Hartland Arrowhead, WI) had 18 points vs IUPUI. Brittney Dolgner (Waupun, WI) had 19.5 points vs BYU.
Nikki Klingsporn (Tartan) was named MVP of the tournament. She had 36 assists and 0.5 points vs IUPUI, and 45 assists and 5 points vs BYU.

Next up: More D1 news.

St. Cloud Cathedral Wins Sauk Rapids Tourney

#1 posting 9.14.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS
AAA
#1 Chaska beat Moorhead in four in a non conference non tournament match.

Lakeville South won the Farmington tournament with a two set win over Prior Lake.
Winona finished 8th. From the Winona Daily News.

AA
#1 Jordan lost to Osseo in the three sets in the First round of the Farmington tournament. Jordan dominated game one, but fell in the next two sets.

#2 St. Cloud Cathedral won the 16 team Sauk Rapids Invitational with a three set win over the hosts. Anna Zyvoloski had 42 kills on the day for SCC. Plus three other tournament results from the St. Cloud Times.

A
I reported on the #8 SW Christian (Chaska) championship win in the Class A Showcase yesterday. Here is the Chaska Herald's story.
Here are the entire results from Saturday
Consolation Pool
Murray County Central def New Life 25-23, 25-18
Murray County Central def Buffalo Lake-Hector 25-13, 25-22
Murray County Central def Underwood 26-24, 25-19
Underwood def New Life 25-20, 20-25, 15-11
Underwood def Buffalo Lake-Hector 25-10, 25-17
Buffalo Lake-Hector def New Life 25-17, 25-13
Championship Bracket First Round
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa def Carlton 25-23, 25-9
Onamia def Nevis 25-19, 25-15
LeRoy-Ostrander def Meadow Creek 25-23, 30-28
SW Christian def Lake of the Woods 29-27, 25-22
Consolation Bracket Semis (5th-8th)
Nevis def Carlton 17-25, 25-15, 15-11
Meadow Creek def Lake of the Woods 25-18, 25-19
Championship Bracket Semis
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa def Onamia 25-16, 25-13
SW Christian def LeRoy-Ostrander 25-23, 25-20
7th Place Lake of the Woods def Carlton 25-13, 23-25, 15-8
5th Place Meadow Creek def Nevis 27-29, 25-20, 15-8
3rd Place Onamia def LeRoy-Ostrander 25-18, 25-23
Championship SW Christian def Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 25-20, 26-24

HAWLEY TOURNAMENT
#6 Ada-Borup remains undefeated after winning it's second tournament in two weeks at the Hawley Tournament today. Ada-Borup won it's own invitational tournament last week and with their efforts today, the Cougars improved to 13-0 on the season in winning the championship match over Detroit Lakes. Ada-Borup has yet to lose a game this season in all thirteen match victories.
Ada-Borup defeated Frazee 25-7 and 25-16.
Ada-Borup defeated Crookston 25-13 and 25-13.
Ada-Borup defeated Wheaton 25-8 and 25-19.
Ada-Borup defeated Detroit Lakes for the championship, 25-23 and 25-12.
Ada-Borup plays at Fosston Tuesday and is home hosting Win-E-Mac on Thursday.
Both matches will be broadcast on KRJB 106.5fm and webcast, KRJBRADIO.COM
You can hear some of the comments from the coaches about matches to come.

FEATURES
Chelsea Fogarty of Belle Plaine is featured in the Mankato Free Press.

Bagley is featured in the Grand Forks Herald.

LATE RESULTS
Park Rapids beat Menahga on Monday. From the Park Rapids Enterprise.

Next up: Big 10 results

Out & About: SW Christian (Chaska)/BBE

#7 posting 9.13.2008
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CLASS A VOLLEYBALL SHOWCASE
Bethel University
Championship
SW Christian (Chaska) stars 2, BBE jaguars 0
(25-20, 26-24)

#8 SW Christian won the first Class A Volleyball Showcase with a 2-0 win over #3 BBE. The Stars survived a furious BBE rally in game two to claim the first A Showcase title. This event was held to provide a mini State tournament atmosphere as all eight sections were represented and also showcase small school players who don't get a lot of media attention. It also was a way to level the playing field giving common opponents for the statewide polls.

The first game was a back and forth affair with BBE holding an 18-17 advantage, but hitting errors doomed the Jaguars' hopes. Three straight hitting mistakes started a SWC run of seven which put the Stars on the verge at 24-18. Three balls later the first game was over at 25-20.

SWC led early and never trailed in set two. The first four SWC points came on either hits or blocks by Cassie Haag. BBE tried to stop the SWC onslaught, and to refocus their efforts. Of the first 17 points for SWC in set two, 13 were on BBE hitting errors. BBE used one time out at 10-4 and another at 17-6. After the break BBE managed to tie the contest up at 22 all. The Jaguars regained their passing touch and therefore their hits were of a better quality. BBE never had the lead, but did have two more ties after that. Emily Roelike tied the game at 24 for BBE with a kill. Roelike served, but Lacey Hazel got the key side out. The game ended on a BBE hitting error.

The interesting fact in all of this is BBE had more points via aces, blocks and kills with 28. SWC had 24. The key factor is points allowed--unforced errors. In that category BBE was high with 28 gifts to 16 for SWC. Just as in the previous match with Onamia BBE allowed more points than the opponent earned.

You can see the entire SW Christian vs BBE photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---totals
SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN
1. Lucie Miller (2009) L 1-0-0----1
1fr: Martha Perrel (2011) MH 0-1-1----2
2. Jessica Carlin (2010) RH 0-0-2----2
3. Lacey Hazel (2010) OH 0-1-5----6
4. Cassie Haag (2009) MH 0-3-7---10
5. Sarah Bremer (2010) S 0-0-0----0
6. Emily Robertson (2010) DS 0-0-0----0
6fr: Angie Swanson (2009) OH 0-1-1----2
totals: 1-6-16---23 points 28 points on BBE errors

BBE
1. Jenny Hieserich (2009) L 1-0-0----1
1fr: Rachel Anderson (2010) MH 0-2-3---5
2. Shannon Gruber (2010) OH 0-0-3---3
2 Maggie Gruber (2011) OH 0-0-2---2
3. Julie Hieserich (2011) S 0-0-1----1
4. Heidi Lensing (2009) MH 0-2-6----8
5. Ashley Serbus (2009) RS 0-0-4----4
6. Emily Roelike (2009) OH 0-0-4----4
totals: 1-4-23---28 points, 16 points on SWC errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Cassie Haag

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
SW Christian 13/24-.542; 51; .451; .364
BBE 11/24--.458; 44; .636; .549
Runs 3+: SWC 6, BBE 3
Longest string: SWC 7, BBE 6
Missed Serves: BBE 4, SWC 3
Time Out %: BBE 2/4-.500; SWC 0/2-.000

ROTATIONS
SW CHRISTIAN
1. Miller 12-5 .706
2. Carlin 8-6 .571
3. Hazel 7-10 .412
4. Haag 7-10 .412
5. Bremer 7-8 .467
6. Robertson 10-5 .667
totals: 51-44 .537

BBE
1. Jenny Hieserich 6-9 .400
2. Gruber 6-8 .429
3. Julie Hieserich 10-7 .588
4. Lensing 11-8 .579
5. Serbus 4-4 .500
6. Roelike 7-15 .318
totals: 44-51 .463

RACE TO:
Game: 5 10 15 20 25
game 1: S B S S S
game 2: S S S S S

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2
SWC 6 11
BBE 1 0

Next up: tomorrow morning

Out & About: BBE/Onamia

#6 posting 9.13.2008
your daily dose of girls volleyball news & information

CLASS A VOLLEYBALL SHOWCASE
Bethel University
Semifinals
BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA jaguars 2,
ONAMIA panthers 0
(25-16, 25-13)

BBE advanced to the finals of the inaugural Class A volleyball Showcase with a sweep of section rival Onamia. Heidi Lensing had 14 points for BBE in the win.

The key point in the first "set" came when Onamia held a 9-8 lead, their last of the match. BBE went on a 15-3 run to lead 23-12. Onamia did outscore BBE late 4-2, but the hole was too deep by then.

BBE raced out to a 10-2 lead after the third rotation. Lensing had five kills in that run itself. Onamia had a hard time generating any points on their own with Caitie Helle and Amanda Hammarstedt the only two players that provided the Panthers with points. In fact Lensing outscored Onamia 14-12. Also BBE had nine runs in the match while Onamia was stifled with one.

you can see the entire BBE vs Onamia photo gallery at kevinanderson,photostockplus.com

more to come

rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---totals
BBE
1. Jenny Hieserich (2009) L 2-0-0----2
1fr: Rachel Anderson (2010) MH 0-2-2---4
2. Shannon Gruber (2010) OH 1-0-2---3
3. Julie Hieserich (2011) S 2-0-0----2
4. Heidi Lensing (2009) MH 0-2-12----14
5. Ashley Serbus (2009) RS 0-0-4---4
6. Emily Roelike (2009) OH 0-1-8----9
totals: 5-5-28---38 points, 12 points on Onamia errors

ONAMIA
1. Amanda Hammarstedt (2009) MH 0-0 -4---4
2. Camille Hitzemann (2010) OH 0-0-0---0
3. Emily Shields (2010) RS 0-0-0----0
4. Caitie Helle (2009) MH 3-0-5---8
5. Jenna Peterson (2009) L 0-0-0----0
5fr: Samantha Root (2010) OH 0-0-0---0
6. Amy Leach (2009) S 0-0-0---0
totals: 3-0-9----12 points, 17 points on BBE errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Heidi Lensing

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
BBE 13/21--.619; 50; .720; .586
Onamia 8/20---.400; 38; .413; .240
Runs 3+: BBE 9, Onamia 1
Longest string: BBE 5, Onamia 3
Missed Serves: BBE 3, Onamia 1
Time Out %: Onamia 2/2--1.000; BBE did not take a time out

ROTATIONS
BBE
1. Jenny Hieserich 8-4 .667
2 Gruber 11-4 .733
3. Julie Hieserich 14-6 .700
4. Lensing 11-6 .647
5. Serbus 3-5 .375
6. Roelike 3-4 .429
totals: 50-29 .633

ONAMIA
1. Hammarstedt 6-6 .500
2. Hitzemann 4-14 .222
3. Shields 4-12 .250
4. Helle 8-8 .500
5. Peterson 4-5 .444
6. Leach 3-5 .375
totals: 29-50 .367

With Lensing in the front row BBE had point % of .702. When she was in the back row the % dropped to .531.

RACE TO:
Game: 5 10 15 20 25
game 1 B B B B B
game 2 B B B B B

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2
BBE 11 12
Onamia 1 0

Next up: championship

Friday D3 Action

#5 posting 9.13.2008
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D3 ACTION
ST. BENEDICT INVITATIONAL
Hamline beat the College of St. Benedict in a fiver and UW Eau Claire, also in five. Abby Freiborg (Renville County West) had 16.5 points for UWEC.

CSB swept St. Olaf. Emma Jaynes (Hibbing) had 16 points for St. Ben's. Jessica Levin (Cedar Rapids Xavier) had 13.5 points for St. Olaf.

St. Olaf swept Bethany Lutheran. Kim Smisek (Northfield) had 11 points for St. O. Eva Voss (MN Valley Lutheran) had 9 points for BL.

UWEC swept Bethany Lutheran. Freiborg again had 16.5 points for UWEC.

RIPON TOURNAMENT
St. Norbert swept Dubuque and Martin Luther.

Carroll beat the hosts in four. Sara Heim (Wabasha-Kellogg) had 16 digs for Ripon.

UW River Falls beat Ripon in four and swept Carroll. Heim had 20 digs for Ripon vs UWRF.

Martin Luther beat Dubuque in four.

WARTBURG INVITATIONAL
Nebraska Wesleyan beat Simpson and Augsburg both in five games.
Augsburg beat Coe in three.

UW LaCrosse beat host Wartburg in a sweep.

St. Mary's beat Coe in four. Sarah Gardner (Rochester Mayo) had 19.5 points for St. Mary's.

Simpson beat UW LaCrosse in four

Wartburg beat St. Mary's in four. Jessica Mate (St. Charles East, IL) had 17.5 points for St. Mary's.

Augsburg played Coe and Nebraska Wesleyan

UW STOUT TOURNAMENT
Viterbo beat host UW Stout in a sweep and then took Luther in four. Abby Breitung (Tomah, WI) had 12.5 points for Viterbo vs Stout. Maggie Meixl (Mankato West) had 13 points for Stout. Tiffany Kruse had 10 points for Luther.

UW Stevens Point beat Dakota State in four

Luther beat UM Morris in a sweep. Kruse had 13 points for Luther. Alison Pippo (Annandale) had 10 for UMM.

Northwestern, MN beat Dakota State in five and then swept UWSP.

UMM beat UW Stout in five. Pippo had 15 points for UMM. Meixl had 23 points for Stout.

MORE
Concordia Moorhead beat Colorado College in four and East Texas Baptist State in four.

Northland played Illinois College and Concordia IL.

ST. LOUIS TOURNAMENT
UW Whitewater beat Bethel in a sweep. Keri Klotzbuecher (Clintonville, WI) had 10 points for UWW.

next up: Class A Showcase Semifinals