Concordias St. Paul & Moorhead Win Twice

#1 posting 10.9.2006
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MORE ON THE GOPHERS
The MN Daily has more on the eastern road trip where the Gophers beat #14 Ohio State, and taking a game off #2 Penn State.

North Dakota State had a four game win over IPFW. In that match 3 NDSU players had over 20 digs including Libero Kari Fagnan with 28 which tied an NDSU record in a four game set.
On Friday NDSU knocked off IUPUI in a sweep.

NORTHERN SUN ACTION
Concordia St. Paul continued its roll in the Northern Sun with two sweeps over Bemidji State and MSU Moorhead.
SW MN State was down 2-1 to Northern State, but bounced back to win 3-2. Erin Contons put down 37 kills for SW MN State.
#24 Wayne State won twice with sweeps over Mary and MSU Moorhead.
UM Crookston picked up a win over Upper Iowa in four games.

D3
WIAC
River Falls beat LaCrosse in four.
Platteville came back after losing on Friday with a four game win over Stout.

ST. THOMAS BORDER BATTLE
#11 St. Thomas won two more on Saturday in their Border Battle with four game wins over #9 Central IA and Cornell.
#4 Concordia Moorhead won twice on Saturday beating Central IA in five and Cornell in a sweep. CM beat Central IA 33-31 in a crucial fourth game. Earlier CM had a 31-29 win in game one.
St. Benedict beat both Buena Vista and Wartburg in four.
Carleton split with a win over Buena Vista and a loss to Wartburg.

NAIA
UMAC
Bethany beat Presenation in three--however no links on their sites.
Northland did the same to Crown--again not a link was found.
Nothing was found on Northwestern MN's four game win over St. Scholastica.
UM Morris has their act together with a link on their split this weekend. UMM beat Bethany Lutheran Friday and lost to Martin Luther on Saturday.

MORE HS ACTION
Marshall bounced back with two wins after splitting on Friday. Marshall picked up wins over Mayer Lutheran and Wayzata in the 5th place game. From the Marshall Independent.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 68 vs Northern State 3-2
Kellie Heier, Northern State 47 vs SW MN State 2-3
4 games
D1
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 55 vs IPFW 3-1
D2
Cassie Yates, UM Crookston 63 vs Upper Iowa 3-1
D3
Kat Krtnick, River Falls 61 vs LaCrosse 3-1
Kelly Laschinger, Platteville 52 vs Stout 3-1
3 games
D1
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 49 vs IUPUI 3-0
D2
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 54 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 53 vs Bemidji State 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D2
Sarah Quiram, SW MN State 25 vs Northern State 3-2
D3
Anna Walden, Concordia Moorhead 20 vs Central IA 3-2
4 games
D1
Kari Fagnan, North Dakota State 28 vs IPFW 3-1
Chloe Quirk, North Dakota State 22 vs IPFW 3-1
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 21 vs IPFW 3-1
D3
Lindsey Mace, River Falls 30 vs LaCrosse 3-1
Casey Huntoon, Stout 30 vs Platteville 1-3
Amy Renick, Platteville 23 vs Stout 3-1
3 games
D2
Megan Graham, Concordia St. Paul 24 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Laura Dolezal, Wayne State 21 vs Mary 3-0

KILLS
5 games
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 37 vs Northern State 3-2
Megan Wendorff, SW MN State 18 vs Northern State 3-2
D3
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 17 vs Central IA 3-2
4 games
D1
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 26 vs IPFW 3-1
D2
Shea Meyermann, Upper Iowa 20 vs UM Crookston 1-3
Theresa Crance, UM Crookston 18 vs Upper Iowa 3-1
Ashley Allen, UM Crookston vs Upper Iowa 3-1
D3
Molly Thompson, River Falls 26 vs LaCrosse 3-1
Dana Alf, Platteville 22 vs Stout 3-1
Rachel Chapman, Platteville 16 vs Stout 3-1
3 games
D1
Chloe Quirk, North Dakota State 15 vs IUPUI 3-0
D2
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 22 vs Mary 3-0
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 20 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 16 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Michelle Eckhardt, Wayne State 16 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 15 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 15 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Maria Steinhagen, Concordia St. Paul 15 vs Bemidji State 3-0
D3
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 15 vs Cornell 3-0

Next up: tomorrow morning

Gophers Upset #14 Ohio State

#2 posting 10.8.2006
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GOPHERS UPSET #14 OHIO STATE
Minnesota did themselves a favor with a tough four match road win over #14 Ohio State. Coming home with a split on this trip is a good accomplishment. They were able to squeeze a game off Penn State Friday night and now a win against Ohio State after losing the first game the Gophers won the rest.
Kelly Bowman had 14 kills on the afternoon to lead Minnesota.

HS TOURNAMENTS
In the Byron tournament held yesterday the Bears won the tournament with pool wins over Pine Island, Goodhue, and Fillmore Central all two and out. They faced Kenyon-Wanamingo for the championship and won in three 25-22, 13-25, 15-11.

Byron Invitational Stats for Byron:
Jill Storlie 31 kills, 34 digs, 11 ace blocks
Ashley Pyfferoen 36 kills, 23 digs, 6 ace blocks
Racquel Reker 20 kills, 17 digs, 4 ace serves, 4 ace blocks
Nicole Koester 17 kills, 37 digs, 9 ace serves
Steph Vosberg 43 set assists, 5 ace serves, 15 digs
Brittlyn Olson 42 set assists, 6 digs
Ginna Hanks 13 digs
Byron's overall record is now 18-5 and 6-1 in the HVL conference

#1AA DGF beat the hosts in the Perham tournament. DGF went 2-0 throughout the tourney.

OTHER HS TOURNAMENT WINNERS
Cretin-Derham Hall: Cretin-Derham Hall
Byron: Byron
Lakeville North: Owatonna
Litchfield: Litchfield
LeRoy-Ostrander: LeRoy-Ostrander
Mora: Carlton
Nevis: Hill City
Park-Cottage Grove: Bloomington Kennedy
Perham: Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
St. James: St. James

So if we take the score it was host school winning five of these 10 tournaments, with four finishing in second place. The only tournament where the host wasn't in the finals was at Lakeville North. They lost to Owatonna, the eventual champs, in the semis. LN did win 3rd.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Winona State Rallies for 3-2 Over Mary

#1 posting 10.8.2006
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D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
In the battle of the Mavericks Nebraska Omaha knocked off MSU Mankato in four.

In the battle of the Dakotas it was North over South in four.

NORTHERN SUN
Winona State added two more wins to their total with victories over Bemidji State in a sweep and Mary in a fiver. Winona State trailed 2-0 before mounting their comeback to Mary. From the Winona Daily News.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 56 vs Mary 3-2
Allison Louwagie, North Dakota 52 vs South Dakota 3-1
Katie Agnew, Nebraska Omaha 48 vs MSU Mankato 3-1

DIGS
4 games
D2
Amber Kobus, South Dakota 31 vs North Dakota 1-3

KILLS
5 games
D2
Carmen Stankowski, Winona State 19 vs Mary 3-2
4 games
D2
Ashley Gross, South Dakota 19 vs North Dakota 1-3
Christina Reicks, Nebraska Omaha 15 vs MSU Mankato 3-1
Heidi Evans, North Dakota 15 vs South Dakota 3-1
Tara Holmen, North Dakota 15 vs South Dakota 3-1

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next up: Later today with more action from last night from the Northern Sun Crossovers, and HS results

Whitewater Knocks Off #5 Eau Claire

#1 posting 10.7.2006
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D3 ACTION
WIAC
#16 Whitewater upset #5 Eau Claire in the only WIAC game that went longer than three games last night. Whitewater notched wins in games 2, 4, and 5. Game four was 30-28 in the closest contest. Eau Claire saw an 11 game win streak come to an end.
LaCrosse swept Stout 18, 17, 19 last night.
River Falls did the same to Platteville 20, 26, 15.
In keeping with the broom theme Stevens Point won in three over Superior.

ST. THOMAS BORDER BATTLE
It was a 4-4 split on Friday between Minnesota and Iowa teams in the Border Battle at St. Thomas. Central IA picked up wins against Carleton and St. Benedict, while Cornell did the same with the same two teams.
Holding up the Minnesota side of things were Concordia Moorhead and St. Thomas both with wins over Buena Vista and Wartburg. St. Thomas swept both, CM went four with Buena Vista.

NAIA ACTION
UMAC
Martin Luther beat Presentation in four. There is no updates from either of the colleges.
UM Morris swept Bethany but not a link could be found.
Northwestern, MN beat Northland in four. Even though it is only a box score, we have to celebrate.
St. Scholastica actually has a story up on their site of their victory in three over Crown. The match was delayed one and a half hours due to travel problems for Crown.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Kate Lazotte, Whitewater 51 vs Eau Claire 3-2
Carly Freiborg, Eau Claire 49 vs Whitewater 2-3
4 games
NAIA
Brie McRae, Northland 46 vs Northwestern MN 1-3

DIGS
5 games
D3
Shanna Berger, Eau Claire 32 vs Whitewater 2-3
Kelly Sorensen, Whitewater 21 vs Eau Claire 3-2
Kristina Conlin, , Whitewater 21 vs Eau Claire 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Ashley Filipi, Northwestern MN 22 vs Northland 3-1
Steph Koth, Northwestern MN 20 vs Northland 3-1

KILLS
5 games
D3
Jodi Dunbar, Eau Claire 18 vs Whitewater 2-3
4 games
NAIA
Kathryn Engel, Northwestern MN 22 vs Northland 3-1
Jayme Hamilton, Northland 15 vs Northwestern MN 1-3
3 games
Jenifer Sunwall, Crown 16 vs St. Scholastica 3-0

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next up: tomorrow morning.

Gophers Take Game Off #2 Penn State, Adams Verbals

#1 posting 10.7.2006
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VERBAL
Annie Adams, Crosby-Ironton has made a verbal to South Dakota State

D1 ACTION
The #24 Gophers lost to Penn State in four last night, but was able to take a game off the #2 team in the nation. It was the first time a team was able to pick a game from Penn State during the conference season. The Gophers next play on Sunday at Ohio State.

D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
MSU Mankato swept South Dakota 22, 19, 25.

NORTHERN SUN
SW MN State won twice in the Crossover Challenge in Moorhead. They had two sweeps on the night against Mary and MSU Moorhead. It was revenge against Moorhead who earlier beat SW MN State. From the Marshall Independent.
Winona State also won twice knocking off UM Crookston in three and Northern State in four. From the Winona Daily News.
#7 Concordia St. Paul swept UM Crookston and is now 10-0 in conference.
Bemidji State went the distance in a 3-2 win over Upper Iowa.
MSU Moorhead Swept Upper Iowa before losing to SW MN State.
#24 Wayne State had to rally to beat Northern State in four, but the last game went extra and then some as WSU pulled it off 37-35.

HS ACTION
Marshall was 1-1 at the Lakeville North tournament, they beat Bloomington Jefferson, but lost to host Eastview in three games. Marshall was able to even the match with Eastview with a 25-11 win, but fell 15-9 in game three. From the Marshall Independent.
Albert Lea won their 8th straight match in a four game win over Rochester Century. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

POLICE BLOTTER
The case of Katie Appelwick, accused of causing a car accident that injured Winona State volleyball coach Connie Mettille is moving to an October 18 trial date. From the StarTribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Alicia Beaman, Bemidji State 53 vs Upper Iowa 3-2
4 games
D2
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 59 vs Northern State 3-1
Brittany Coleman, Wayne State 57 vs Northern State 3-1
Kellie Heier, Northern State 52 vs Wayne State 1-3
3 games
D2
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 50 vs Mary 3-0
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 47 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Julie Vancura, MSU Moorhead 47 vs Upper Iowa 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D2
Stephanie Smith, Upper Iowa 21 vs Bemidji State 2-3
Brittney Burns, Bemidji State 20 vs Upper Iowa 3-2
4 games
D2
Melanie Perez, Northern State 44 vs Wayne State 1-3
Laura Dolezal, Wayne State 26 vs Northern State 3-1
3 games
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 21 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0

KILLS
5 games
Brittney Burns, Bemidji State 22 vs Upper Iowa 3-2
Shea Meyermann, Upper Iowa 20 vs Bemidji State 2-3
Darcy Hageman, Upper Iowa 15 vs Bemidji State 2-3
4 games
D2
Michelle Eckhardt, Wayne State 21 vs Northern State 3-1
Odemaris Diaz, Northern State 20 vs Wayne State 1-3
Kiersten Arendt, Winona State 18 vs Northern State 3-1
Megan Pulvermacher, Winona State 17 vs Northern State 3-1
Carmen Stankowski, Winona State 17 vs Northern State 3-1
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 16 vs Northern State 3-1
Emily Knaeble, Northern State 15 Wayne State 1-3
AAA
Annika Smed, Albert Lea 23 vs Rochester Century 3-1
3 games
D2
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 18 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Erin Contons, SW MN State 17 vs Mary 3-0
Erin Contons, SW MN State 16 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Megan Wendorff, SW MN State 16 vs Mary 3-0
Meagan Brandon, MSU Moorhead 16 vs Upper Iowa 3-0

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Sleepy Eye St. Mary's Takes MVL in 5

#2 posting 10.6.2006
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MN HS ACTION
Sleepy Eye St. Mary's went five with MN Valley Lutheran. MVL lost Kara Black earlier in the week due to a car accident. More in the New Ulm Journal.
GFW beat TMB in a sweep 22, 19, 14. This & more in the NUJ.

After a tough loss to the Stewartville Tigers Tuesday, Byron bounced back to win their match at Lake City. The Bears defeated the Tigers 25-21, 25-17, 24-26, 25-22. Ashley Pyfferoen and Jill Stolie had 14 kills a piece to lead the Bear attack. Pyfferoen had 5 ace serves and 13 digs. Storlie had 4 ace serves and 14 digs. Nicole Koester added 9 kills, 15 digs, and 3 ace serves. Racquel Reker had 7 kills, 3 ace blocks and 6 digs. Brittlyn Olson had 23 set assists, 6 ace serves, and 5 kills. Stephanie Vosberg had 13 set assists and 6 digs. Tara Hanenberger had 7 digs. The Bears are now 14-5 overall and 7-1 in the HVL conference. They host their own 8 team tournament Saturday.

There are two views of the Sauk Rapids vs Willmar match won by Sauk Rapids in four--The St. Cloud Times has the Sauk Rapids angle, the West Central Tribune has the Willmar side. Also area coverage in the SCT.

YME swept ACGC in the battle of the alphabets. Litchfield also had a sweep in an alphabet battle with GSL. MACCRAY's loss has already been dissected earlier today, but now the story is from their side in the West Central Tribune. All Stories in this section from the WCT.

Pipestone swept Worthington 13, 14, 20. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Medford fell in the first game and then regained their mojo in a four game match with NRHEG. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
AA
Marcie Flygare, MN Valley Lutheran 52 vs SE St. Mary's 2-3
4 games
AAA
Kayla Dougherty, Sartell 42 vs Little Falls 3-1

KILLS
5 games
AA
Caitlin Meyer, MN Valley Lutheran 19 vs SE St. Mary's 2-3
Amanda Burk, MN Valley Lutheran 17 vs SE St. Mary's 2-3
Jasmine Henrich, Morris 15 vs LQPV 3-2
4 games
AAA
Greta King, Willmar 23 vs Sauk Rapids 1-3
Emily Lindmeier, Sauk Rapids 22 vs Willmar 3-1
Lauren Gibbemeyer, Cretin-Derham Hall 21 vs Park-Cottage Grove 3-1
Amy Pederson, Sauk Rapids 19 vs Willmar 3-1
Danielle Lucia, St. Cloud Apollo 19 vs Rocori 3-1
Kasey Uran, Sartell 19 vs Little Falls 3-1
AA
Katie Kimman, Pierz 20 vs Holdingford 3-1
Beth Innis, Two Harbors 16 vs Floodwood 3-1
Leah Miller, BOLD 16 vs Benson 3-1
A
Libby Guzzo, Silver Bay 18 vs McGregor 3-1
Shannon Renne, Nicollet 18 vs Cleveland 3-1
3 games
AAA
Megan Carlson, Andover 21 vs Coon Rapids 3-0
AA
Hannah Johnson, Greenway 22 vs Virginia 0-3

Next up: tomorrow with a recap of Friday's action.

Class Dividing

#1 posting 10.5.2006
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CLASS DIVIDING?
Steve Niklaus of Annandale has proposed a new dividing line for MN HS classes. Instead of equal number of schools in each class the idea is to have 96 in AAA, 128 in AA and the balance in A. The proposal is at the bottom of this article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

GOPHER'S WEEKEND
The Gophers (#24) will be headed into the belly of the beast this weekend with games against #2 Penn State and #14 Ohio State. Rachel Hartmann is able to play after injuring her fingers in the Michigan State game.

HS ACTION
#1A Minneota is still undefeated as they swept Renville County West 8, 16, 12. RCW was 5-1 in conference before this match.
Lakeview led 21-13 in game one, but lost 31-29 to MACCRAY. It was to be the last game they lost as they swept the next three 15, 23, 18. Both stories from the Marshall Independent.

#1AA DGF wasted no time in dispatching Pelican Rapids 11, 7, 12. From the Fargo Forum. You can watch some highlights from WDAY. It is a bit stop action-ish, but video is video.
Norman County East took out Park Christian in five games. From the Fargo Forum.

Winona beat Faribault in Big 9 action in four. They too lost the first game, but swept the rest.
Winona Cotter had brooms out for Zumbrota-Mazeppa 22, 18, 19.
Both stories from the Winona Daily News.

St. Michael-Albertville swept Rogers 13, 22, 14. StMA is in first place in the Mississippi 8. From the Elk River Star News.
Champlin Park lost the first two games to Elk River, but then put it together for three straight wins in a Northwest Suburban contest. CP eliminated mistakes in a 25-4 3rd game win. Another from the ERSN.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
AA
Danelle Loomis, MACCRAY 38 vs Lakeview 1-3
3 games
A
Hayley Hennen, Minneota 30 vs Renville Co West 3-0

KILLS
5 games
A
Kaia Nelson, Norman County East 15 vs Park Christian 3-2
4 games
AA
Kari Caspers, MACCRAY 24 vs Lakeview 1-3
3 games
AA
Jenny Gilbertson, Winona Cotter 15 vs Zumbrota-Mazeppa 3-0

Next up: later today.

Cannon Falls Picks Up HVL Win

#2 posting 10.5.2006
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LATE HS RESULTS
Cannon Falls split last week with a sweep of Hayfield and a four game loss to Zumbrota-Mazeppa. The win against Hayfield was the first in the Hiawatha Valley League for CF. from the Cannon Falls Beacon.

Randolph lost twice over the week, five games to Blooming Prairie and four games to New Life. Again from the CF Beacon.

Five game matches have become a habit for Fillmore Central as they lost to Caledonia and then beat St. Charles. From the Republican Leader.

Pine River-Backus lost twice to Park Rapids in four and were swept by Wadena-Deer Creek. From the Lake Country Echo.
Pequot Lakes is still looking for win number one as they lost twice over the last week to Northland and Greenway, both sweeps.

Both Sleepy Eye and SE St. Mary's week are reviewed in the Sleepy Eye Herald. The big event was the rivalry game between the two local schools.

FEATURE
Jade Martire of Nashwauk-Keewatin loves volleyball. This is an article from the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

HENRY SWEEPS EDISON
Henry swept conference rival Edison 8, 16,15 tonight. In the first game Stef Zappa had 7 aces out of her first 10 serves as Henry built an 11-0 lead. After the 3rd rotation it was 21-4. In due course Henry won 25-8.

Zappa started game two where she left off in game 1 with four straight service points including two more aces. The game went longer than game one and Edison was able to get points off their serve due to Henry hitting errors, but on Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick's serve Henry scored four more points including the last two aces. An Edison timeout at 22-13 did stop the serve, but not the eventual outcome 25-16.

The third game had Edison in the lead early at 5-3. They even led 12-11 after the 7th rotation. After a missed Edison serve, Lucia Carver served up 9 straight Henry points. Zappa had two push kills to make it seven kills for the night. Edison tried to stop the big momentum at 17-12, but Carver added four more after that. Matha Her finished the night with an ace 25-15.

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Gustavus Wins 8th Straight

#1 posting 10.5.2006
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MIAC ACTION
Gustavus remained undefeated in the conferece with a four match tussle with St. Olaf. The only blemish was a 33-31 loss in game three. It was the 8th straight Gustavus win.

#11 St. Thomas beat neighbor Macalester in four. St. Thomas is alone in fourth place.

St. Benedict took care of Bethel in four. The only setback was in game two 30-24. St. Ben's is now in 3rd.

#22 Carleton swept past St. Mary's 17, 19, 21.

St. Catherine won their second match in a row with a five game match with Augsburg. St. Kate's won the first two, and found a way to bounce back and take game five 15-6. Both teams have one win in conference play.

WIAC ACTION
LaCrosse swept #21 Platteville 21, 27, 20.
#16 Whitewater had brooms out for Stevens Point 23, 26, 25.

NON CON
Superior beat across the harbor rival St. Scholastica in 3.

LATE HS RESULTS
Murray County Central took advantage of missed Pipestone serves in a 3-2 win. MCC earlier beat RTR in four. Both from the Murray County News.

North Branch is atop the North Suburban Conference after wins against Chisago Lakes and Fridley. From the East Central MN Post Review.

LeRoy-Ostander lost the first game but took the next three against Glenville-Emmons. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Aitkin swept Braham in a Great River conference match up. From the Isanti County News.

St. James lost for the first time in the South Central last Thursday to New Ulm. It went five, but NU won game five 15-11. From the St. James Plaindealer.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
d3
Beth Hanson, St. Benedict 59 vs Bethel 3-1
Bridget Burtzel, Gustavus 51 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Laura Naig, Bethel 47 vs St. Benedict 1-3
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 46 vs St. Thomas 1-3
3 games
Samantha Dries, LaCrosse 49 vs Platteville 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D3
Haley Bower, Augsburg 38 vs St. Catherine 2-3
Erika Kriechbaum, St. Catherine 29 vs Augsburg 3-2
AA
Jenny Ewert, St. James 35 vs New Ulm 2-3
4 games
D3
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 32 vs Bethel 3-1
Emily Klein, Gustavus 28 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Joslin Geisler, Bethel 27 vs St. Benedict 1-3
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 25 vs Macalester 3-1
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 24 vs Gustavus 1-3
Laura Naig, Bethel 21 vs St. Benedict 1-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Maria Hoffman, St. Catherine 17 vs Augsburg 3-2
Katie LaGrave, Augsburg 16 vs St. Catherine 2-3
Barbara Simmons, Augsburg 16 vs St. Catherine 2-3
4 games
D3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 26 vs St. Benedict 1-3
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 22 vs St. Thomas 1-3
Andrea Kron, Gustavus 18 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Teri Knapper, St. Benedict 18 vs Bethel 3-1
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 17 vs Macalester 3-1
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 16 vs Gustavus 1-3
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 15 vs Bethel 3-1
Christine Brook, St. Olaf 15 vs Gustavus 1-3

Next up: later tonight with more HS game reports

Black Injured in Car Accident

10.4.2006
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CAR ACCIDENT
On Monday, co-captain and junior Kara Black, MN Valley Lutheran, was involved in a car accident enroute to school. Fortunately, after the car caught fire, Kara was able to pull herself out and sustained various injuries ~ none life-threatening. Kara has been a 3 year varsity player for MVL and at the time of her accident was the top kills leader, the #2 setter, and one of the top passers/diggers as well. "We are thankful that Kara will be back on the court next season!," said coach Julie Detjen.

GAME REPORTS
Holy Family beat Zimmerman in four. Their only loss was in the second game.
Centennial beat Elk River in four, but the Elks had their best game of the year. Both stories from the Elk River Star News.

Forest Lake is 14-3 and two of the losses have come at the hands of Anoka. The last loss came in the championship game in the Duluth East tournament 16, 14. More from the Forest Lake Times.

Sartell beat Sauk Rapids in four in a Central Lakes tussel for first place. This & more in the St. Cloud Times. The SCT also has stats for the season up to this point.

SW Star beat Fulda 35-33 in game two in a sweep over the Red Rock rival. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

New Ulm had the brooms out for Waseca 13, 20, 15. From the New Ulm Journal.

Springfield also swept Buffalo Lake-Hector 20, 17, 10.
GFW swept New Ulm Cathedral 14, 15, 19.
Sleepy Eye St. Mary's beat cross town rival Sleepy Eye in convincing fashion 6, 12, 10.
Both from the NU Journal.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
AAA
Kelly Nier, St. Cloud Tech 43 vs Alexandria 3-0
AA
Marcie Flygare, MN Valley Lutheran 44 vs Mc Leod West 3-1

DIGS
4 games
AAA
Kasey Uran, Sartell 44 vs Sauk Rapids 3-1
Amy Pederson, Sauk Rapids 31 vs Sartell 1-3
Alli Flock, Sauk Rapids 25 vs Sartell 1-3
3 games
A
Denise Ripplinger, Upsala 25 vs Osakis 3-0

KILLS
5 games
AA
Leah Jendro, Royalton 17 vs Swanville 3-2
A
Andrea Rohlik, Wabasso 17 vs Cedar Mt-Comfrey 3-2
4 games
AAA
Danielle Lucia, St. Cloud Apollo 22 vs Alexandria 3-1
Mackenzie Birr, St. Cloud Apolla 16 vs Alexandria 3-1
AA
Janet Duehlmeyer, MN Valley Lutheran 16 vs McLeod West 3-1
3 games
AAA
Aryn O’Brien, Monticello 15 vs Mayer Lutheran 0-3
AA
Krystal Schwanke, Springfield 20 vs BLH 3-0
Anna Zyvoloski, St. Cloud Cathedral 15 vs LPGE 3-0
Megan Ahlbrecht, GFW 15 vs New Ulm Cathedral 3-0
A
Amanda DeBoer, Ellsworth 17 vs MLBO 0-3
Linnea Henkels, SW Star 16 vs Fulda 3-0
Lacy Janzen, Mt Lake-Butterfield-Odin 15 vs Ellsworth 3-0

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Lopez Notches 1000 Kills

#1 posting 10.4.2006
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D2 ACTION
#5 UM Duluth swept Bemidji State 17, 19, 19 in a meeting between two former conference rivals.

#22 SW MN State knocked off Augustana in four. The only blemish was a game one loss.
#3 Concordia St. Paul mowed down St. Cloud State in a sweep 17, 17, 24. The Northern Sun ended up 2-1 for the night over the North Central.

In another win for the North Central, #21 Nebraska Omaha swept NW Missouri State 27, 20, 23.

D3 ACTION MIAC
Concoridia Moorhead rolled Hamline after a tight first game 31-29, 15, 23.

HS ACTION
Jennifer Lopez of #1AA DGF reached the 1000 kill mark in a 15, 11, 17 over West Central in Heart O'Lakes action. From the Fargo Forum.

Marshall continued to roll through the regular season as they swept Mankato West 13, 8, 17. from the

Jackson County Central beat larger school Mankato East in four. From the Mankato Free Press.

Mabel-Canton won their 83rd consecutive Southeast conference match. From the Winona Daily News.

#5A Ada-Borup had the brooms ready for Park Christian in a 8, 15, 14 sweep. From the Fargo Forum.

Moorhead thumped Detroit Lakes 16, 14, 25. from the Fargo Forum.

Byron ran into Stewartville's buzz saw serving in tonight's match which made it difficult for the Bears to run their own aggressive offense. The atmosphere was "tournament-like" in the first match ever in Byron's brand new jammed gym. Stewartville showed they are a state champion contender with their near flawless play. The Tigers beat the Bears in 3 straight games 25-18, 25-8, 25-15. Jill Storlie and Ashley Pyfferoen each had 6 kills for Byron. Storlie also had 3 ace serves and Pyffroen had 2 ace serves. Racquel Reker had 5 kills and 7 digs, Nicole Koester had 12 digs, Brittlyn Olson had 10 set assists, Stephanie Vosberg had 6 digs and 3 sets assists. Byron is 13-5 overall and 6-1 in the HVL. Byron plays at Lake City Thurs.

This weekend Bigfork will host their first On the Edge Tournament with these teams in attendance-- Bigfork, Albrook, Cherry, Indus, Northome-Kelliher, Orr, Littlefork and Babbitt-Embarrass.

JUCO COMMITMENT
The Hibbing Daily Tribune has an article on the commitment made and kept by three first year players at Hibbing CC.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
D2
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 59 vs Augustana 3-1
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 45 vs SW MN State 1-3
AA
Brittany Vaplon, Wabasha-Kellogg 38 vs Fillmore Central 3-1
3 games
D2
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 49 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Katie Agnew, Nebraska-Omaha 46 vs NW Missouri State 3-0

DIGS
4 games
D2
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 25 vs Augustana 3-1
Megan Wendorff, SW MN State 21 vs Augustana 3-1
3 games
D2
Chelsea Meierotto, UM Duluth 23 vs Bemidji State 3-0
D3
Jenna Witt, Hamline 21 vs Concordia Moorhead 0-3
Anna Walden, Concordia Moorhead 20 vs Hamline 3-0
A
Sam Kimball, Lanesboro 27 vs Spring Grove 3-0

KILLS
4 games
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 22 vs Augustana 3-1
Megan Wendorff, SW MN State 20 vs Augustana 3-1
Terrin Post, Augustana 19 vs SW MN State 1-3
3 games
D2
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 20 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 16 vs St. Cloud State 3-0
Christina Reicks, Nebraska-Omaha 15 vs NW Missouri State 3-0
D3
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 21 vs Hamline 3-0
A
Hannah Glor, Lanesboro 18 vs Spring Grove 3-0
Jordan Beach, Bigfork 15 vs Mountain Iron-Buhl 3-0

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Out & About: Bloomington Kennedy/Edina

#2 posting 10.3.2006
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Bloomington Kennedy 3, Edina 0
25-19, 25-11, 25-17

Kennedy, powered by their two D1 players Naomi Johnson (Northwestern) and Brook Dieter (Minnesota) swept past Edina in a match up between the Lake and Classic Lake. Dieter and Johnson combined for 30 points total with 23 kills, 2 blocks and 5 aces. Johnson 6-3 and Dieter 6-2 also play the back rotation.

Kennedy grabbed an early 7-1 lead. Ashley Suapaia served up five points with Dieter putting down 2 kills and sharing a block with Johnson. Edina didn't help their cause with three missed serves in the first four times up to the line. With those missed serves Kennedy was able to get the first ball side out four straight times, and six of the first seven. With Katie Larson serving Kennedy ballooned out to a 17-6 lead. Larson had two aces, and Johnson had two kills. Edina tried to stop the momentum at 15-6, to no avail. Kennedy pushed Edina to the edge 24-14 on Suapaia's kill on Dieter's serve, but she served wide on the potential game winner. Caitlin Deal served up four points helped by three Kennedy passing and hitting errors. A time out stopped the bleeding and Deal served deep to end the first game 25-19. 13 of the Edina points came on Kennedy errors.

Kennedy broke open a close game on Johnson's five service points to make it 11-4 early in the 2nd game. The fact was Edina never was able to get Kennedy on a first ball side out 0/8. With every server racking up at least one point, Kennedy won fairly quickly. Also Kennedy cleaned up their game and didn't give Edina too many presents. Kennedy only had two errors for Edina points this game.

Edina led early on Ellie Squires serve 3-0. The clean game Kennedy provided in the second game had disappeared. All three points were on hitting errors, in fact the first six Edina points were on hitting errors. With all the mistakes the game was fairly tight. Edina led as late as 15-14. But Kennedy was able to turn it up a notch as they got five straight side outs to limit Edina's opportunities. Dieter also was slamming home kills. She had four straight kills with a side out and three on Johnson's serve to make it 18-15. She added the 19th point on a tip kill. Dieter got the ball when it was 20-17 and Edina never got it back as she served up five straight including aces on 23 and 25. So Kennedy closed out 11-2.

Serve order, Name, Position, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
1br. Katie Larson, L (g 1/2) 2-0-0---2
1br. Liz Alm, BR (g 3) 0-0-0---0
1fr Dayna Blair, MH 0-0-2---2
2. Beth Butala, RH 2-0-2---4
3. Ashley Suapala, OH 0-0-6---6
4. Naomi Johnson, MH 2-1.5-10--13.5
5. Erin Anderson, S 1-0-1--2
6. Brook Dieter, OH 3-.5-13--16.5
Totals: 10-2-34--46, 29 points on Edina errors

EDINA
1. Grace MacLean, OH 0-0-7---7
2br Jenny Wright, L 0-0-0---0
2fr Hannah Reynolds, MH 0-1-0--1
3 Anna Ruess, RH(g1) 0-0-3---3
3 Caitlin Deal, S (g2/3) 2-0-0--2
4fr Ellie Squires, OH 0-0-3---3
4br Lizzie Waddick, BR 0-0-0--0
5br. Kelly Vogt, BR 0-0-0---0
5fr Katie Field, MH 0-0-1---1
6 Caitlin Deal, S(g1) see above
6 Jamie Jenkins, S(g2/3) 1-0-1--2
Totals: 3-1-15===19 points, 28 points on Kennedy errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Brook Dieter

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Bloomington Kennedy 21/31--.677; 75; .613; .596
Edina 10/30---.333; 47; .404; .387
Kennedy's abilty to side out prevented Edina from ever really generating any momentum. The biggest run they had was the five points scored at the end of the first game. But they still allowed too many points on hitting errors primarily. Edina's ball control, and serve receive sent their setters scrambling resulting in less potent attacks.

Rotation Point totals
Kennedy
1 15-7 +8
2 11-10 +1
3 16-5 +9
4 16-5 +9
5 8-8 0
6 14-9 +5

Edina
1 5-11 -6
2 6-18 -12
3 8-10 -2
4 10-10 0
5 9-10 -1
6 9-16 -7

Rotations 3 & 4 for Kennedy has Dieter in the front where she had 13 kills.

Next up: tomorrow morning or when I finish the story for this game.

McNamara Wins Award 4th Time

#1 posting 10.3.2006
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AWARDS & HONORS
Gopher Meredith Nelson shared the offensive player of the week honor with Penn State's Christa Harmotto in the Big 10. Nelson had a career high 24 kills and career high 3 aces on Sunday against Michigan State.

Vicky Braegelmann picked up her 4th player of the week award from the North Central Conference. Allison Louwagie, who helped North Dakota to an upset win over Nebraska Omaha, was setter of the week. Adding to North Dakota's total is Heidi Evans as defensive player of the week.

In the Northern Sun Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul picked up her 2nd honor in a row. Also winning honors for CSP was setter Maggie McNamara her 4th time this year. Melanie Perez, Northern State was the Defender of the week.

Gustavus and Bethel picked up awards in the MIAC. Gustavus' Jennifer Thelemann, was the offensive player while Bethel's Laura Naig won the setter/libero award.

RANKINGS
The Gophers edged back into the top 25 with a spot at #24. They did beat former #24 Michigan last weekend. From the Gophers press release.

MONDAY RESULTS
Rogers picked up a big win over older sister school Elk River in a rivalry game 3-1. ER won the first game, but Rogers took the rest. From the Elk River Star News.

Caledonia took St. Charles in five games. This game plus other action in the Winona Daily News.

LATE LATE GAMES
I already had the Moorhead side of things in the Marshall sweep this weekend. Now it is the Marshall Independent's time.
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton won their own tournament with a 2-1 win over Murray County Central in the finals. again from the Marshall Independent.

Crookston swept Mahnomen 22, 8, 23 in a Saturday match. From the Crookston Times.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
AA
Brittany Vaplon, Wabasha-Kellogg 45 vs Dover-Eyota 3-1

KILLS
4 games
AA
Jacki Hust, Wabasha-Kellogg 18 vs Dover-Eyota 3-1

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Kyro Reaches 1000 Kills

#1 posting 10.2.2006
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LATE LATE LATE REPORTS
D2
NORTH CENTRAL
#16 UN Omaha beat St. Cloud State in a sweep 21, 27, 24. It was UNO's first conference win. SCSU is looking for their first in conference.

NORTHERN SUN
#3 Concordia St. Paul had a tight first game with Northern State, and then put the hammer down 31-29, 21, 21 in a sweep. Kelsey Kyro reached 1000 kills in the match for CSP, the 8th Golden Bear to do so.
In a battle in the Northern half of the Northern Sun MSU Moorhead had brooms ready for UM Crookston 22, 22, 20.

D3
MIAC
#6 St. Thomas got back on the winning track Saturday with a 20, 22, 21 sweep of St. Mary's.

NAIA
In UMAC action at Presentation this last weekend Northwestern MN lost twice on Saturday to Bethany Lutheran in five and to Martin Luther in four. It was a different story on Friday with NW winning twice--against the hosts and UM Morris.

JUCO
Itasca CC took out Northland CC in MN North Conference action last Wednesday. All three games in the sweep were by the slimmest of margins 31-29, 28, 28. From the Grand Rapids Herald-Review.

HS
Hibbing worked on blocking last week in practice and that seemed to have turned the trick in a shutdown 12, 13, 17 win over Duluth East. Report is from the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

SOLO SPIKE FEATURE
In the Mankato Free Press there is an article about the Solo Spike and its inventor Dave Omtvedt of Madison Lake. There is an interesting stop action photo in the article of a player going up for the swing.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
3 games
D2
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 55 vs Northern State 3-0
D3
Julie Vancura, MSU Moorhead 49 vs UM Crookston 3-0

DIGS
3 games
D3
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 25 vs St. Mary's 3-0

KILLS
3 games
D2
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 19 vs Northern State 3-0
Kristi Pangrac, St. Cloud State 15 vs UN Omaha 0-3
D3
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 18 vs St. Mary's 3-0
Meagan Brandon, MSU Moorhead 15 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Megan Norling, MSU Moorhead 15 vs UM Crookston 3-0

Next up: tomorrow morning

Gophers Survive Michigan State

#2 posting 10.1.2006
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Gophers 3, Michigan State 2
28-30, 30-25, 30-25, 26-30, 15-12

I am not going to rehash the game. You can read the accounts from the press releases from Minnesota and Michigan State. If you like boxes open this one.

Let us look at the end of game situations. At the end of game one at 28 all, Michigan State got the side out on Bowman serve, but they did not get the return side out hence the loss. In both game two and three the Gophers had 29-24 and the ball, but couldn't finish. They did get the side out on the State serve, but the fans had to remain standing.

Game four's finish was disappointing. The Gophers led 23-21 as they took advantage of a State hitting error. But once the spartans got the ball the Gophers didn't side out until State gathered three more points and led 25-23. MN did tie it at 25, and narrowed the gap at 27-26, but a net violation stopped Hartmann's serve and the Gophers failed again to get the side out.

MN did pull off the win in five. It was 12-8 on Crumpston serve, but she cut her own throat with a missed serve. Again a failure to sideout on the first ball opened the door to two State points and the 4 point lead was now down to 12-11. Hebert got a time out, Hartmann sat down due to a finger injury, and Bowman moved to setter. The Gophers got the important kill from Roehrig, but the Gophs missed the next serve. MN sided out and this time finished the game with State caught in the net.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Minnesota 49/76---.645; 102, .791; .262
Michigan State 38/76---.500; 90, .738; .209
MN sides out better, but you see gives away almost a quarter of the opponents points. It was down from .341 on Friday, and the sideout % was better also, but still there seems to be something that is not there. Teams are left hanging around that used to be put away. Teams think they can play with MN. The Gophers will need every ounce of clean play next week at Penn State and Ohio State.

1. Tan 24-20 +4
2. Peniata 23-22 +1
3. Bowman 20-18 +2
4. Crumpston 21-20 +1
5. Nelson 25-20 +5
6. Hartmann 19-21 -2
Nelson's rotation for the second game in a row was +5. Hartmann's rotation was in the negative category for the second game in a row.

Next up: tomorrow morning

UM Duluth Rolls MSU Mankato

#1 posting 10.1.2006
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D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
#6 UM Duluth continued its march to the title with a sweep of MN State Mankato 27, 23, 24. It was UMD's second win this season against MSU Mankato.

HS GAME
Marshall traveled to Moorhead and weren't very nice guests as they swept the Spuds 15, 10, 20.

HS TOURNAMENT ACTION
Mabel-Canton only had one loss in a match as they won the Pierz tournament. They swept Littlefork-Big Falls (not Little Fort) in the finals. This story is from the Winona Daily News.

Other Tournament Winners
Bertha-Hewitt: Bertha-Hewitt
Blaine: Blaine
Coon Rapids: Prior Lake
Duluth East: Anoka
Fourth Baptist: Park Center
Grygla-Gatzke-Goodridge: Clearbrook-Gonvick
Onamia: Maple Grove
Pierz: Mabel-Canton
Rochester Century: Farmington
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton: Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
Sibley East: Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop
Simley: Hutchinson

COACHING BACK STORY
There is an article today in the St. Paul Pioneer Press about coach Thanh Pham and his journey to the United States.

LATE HS
Rogers swept Cambridge-Isanti on Thursday in Mississippi 8 action 19, 22, 18. From the Elk River Star News.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
3 games
D2
Kari Wolford, UM Duluth 17 vs MSU Mankato 3-0
AAA
Amanda Beekman, Marshall 21 vs Moorhead 3-0

Next up: later today after the Gophers and more college results from Saturday.

Bethel, St. Mary's Pull Upsets

#3 posting 9.30.2006
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D3 ACTION
MIAC
Bethel surprised St. Thomas in five. Bethel had a better hitting % and had fewer mistakes in the win. St. Thomas won a marathon first game 38-36, but Bethel won two 2 point games at 30-28 in game two and 15-13 in the crucial 5th. Neither school had a story up, but the box was available at Bethel.

St. Mary's rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Hamline 3-2. A key win was game 4 30-28.

UMAC
Northwestern swept Presentation in UMAC action. No other information available.

TOURNAMENTS
Augsburg split yesterday at Augustana, IL tournament. Augsburg was swept by UW Eau Claire, and then they beat the hosts also in 3.

St. Catherine lost twice at the Viterbo tournament to Superior and Stevens Point.

JUCO
Fergus Falls swept Anoka-Ramsey 25, 24, 23. FF is now 4-1 in the MN South Confernence.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Laura Naig, Bethel 65 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Breanna Benham, St. Mary's 58 vs Hamline 3-2
Jenny Nichols, Hamline 47 vs St. Mary's 2-3

DIGS
5 games
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 41 vs Bethel 2-3
Joslin Geisler, Bethel 38 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Tasha Simmons, Hamline 20 vs St. Mary's 2-3
3 games
Ericka Kriechbaum, St. Catherine 28 vs UW Superior 0-3
Ericka Kriechbaum, St. Catherine 20 vs UW Stevens Point 0-3

KILLS
5 games
Liz Glesne, Bethel 26 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 23 vs Bethel 2-3
Molli Dant, St. Mary's 21 vs Hamline 3-2
Amy Anderson, Bethel 19 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Dana Luiken, Hamline 17 vs St. Mary's 2-3
Jenna Pont, St. Thomas 15 vs Bethel 2-3

Next up: Tomorrow morning

UM Duluth Alone in First

#2 posting 9.30.2006
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D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
UM Duluth kept the momentum from the big Tuesday win over Concordia-St. Paul with a sweep over Augustana. It was Augustana's first loss in the NCC.
North Dakota upset #16 Nebraska Omaha in five games at Grand Forks.

NORTHERN SUN
Concordia St. Paul got back on the winning track with their 8th straigth conference win over Mary.
SW MN State swept Winona State 24, 25, 18 in a homecoming week game.
MSU Moorhead beat Bemidji State 28, 11, 14.

Today you will be able to watch the Northern State game on the interntet. It starts at 3 pm central.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Allison Louwagie, North Dakota 69 vs UNO 3-2
Katie Agnew, UN Omaha 63 vs North Dakota 2-3
3 games
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 56 vs Augustana 3-0
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 49 vs Mary 3-0

DIGS
5 games
Lindsay Vortherms, North Dakota 28 vs UNO 3-2
Aileen Cahill, North Dakota 24 vs UNO 3-2
Stacie Wemhoff, UN Omaha 21 vs North Dakota 2-3
Heidi Evans, North Dakota 21 vs UNO 3-2

KILLS
5 games
Heidi Evans, North Dakota 23 vs UNO 3-2
Carlie Christensen, UN Omaha 22 vs North Dakota 2-3
Kendyll Jones, North Dakota 20 vs UNO 3-2
Christina Reicks, UN Omaha 19 vs North Dakota 2-3
3 games
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 20 vs Augustana 3-0
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 16 vs Mary 3-0
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 15 vs Mary 3-0

Next up: later today with D3 action.

Wisconsin Sweeps Michigan State

#1 posting 9.30.2006
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D1 ACTION
BIG 10
Wisconsin swept the Gophers next opponent Michigan State 22, 25, 26.

OTHER D1
Jana Mitchell had 7 kills for Central Florida in a five game loss to Southern Mississippi.
Cincinnati beat UConn in four. Bridget Denson-Dorman had 49 assists for the Huskies.
Earlier this week Erin Boeve, Hills-Beaver Creek, led Iowa State with 22 kills in a five game win over Kansas State.
Leslie Bielski had 10 kills for Marquette in a sweep over Georgetown.
Amy Sampson had 5 kills for Northern Iowa in a sweep of Evansville.
Betty Slinger had the best hitting % for UW Green Bay in getting swept by their sister school UW Milwaukee. Slinger had 8 kills, Saura Rauen had 7.

North Dakota State picked up their 4th straight win at Texas Pan American in a sweep 21, 19, 23.
South Dakota State swept Sacred Heart in three at the Blackbird Challendge at Long Island. No link found on that one.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
Bridget Denson-Dorman, Connecticut 49 vs Cincinnati 1-3

KILLS
5 games
Erin Boeve, Iowa State 22 vs Kansas State 3-2

Next up: D2 action

Gophers Down Michigan, Hebert to Hall

#3 posting 9.29.2006
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GOPHERS 3, MICHIGAN 0
32-30, 30-28, 30-24

The Minnesota Gophers swept #24 Michigan tonight, but it wasn't easy with two comeback wins and a start to finish win in game three. I am not going to rehash the games. I figure the press releases from Minnesota and Michigan can do the trick.
For Stats I had to pull Michigan's Information. They were quicker getting it up.

However let us look at a couple of interesting stats

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Minnesota 28/46----.609; 92, .717; .341
Michigan 17/46----.370; 82, .659; .283
MN was able to get the Ws with their first ball side out (fbso). With the Gophers trailing 23-18 in game one they sided out four straight times. That gave them time to regroup. MN got into trouble when they weren't able to get the sideout on Katie Bruzdzinski's serve. Once they got the ball back Hartmann didn't give it back.

Again MN was down late in the game 24-19. Christine Tan got the ball after a side out and delivered three points. After that the Gophers sidedout four straight times.

MN had good fbso in game three early with 6/7. They led 17-8 at this point. The Gophers had fbso 2/7 the rest of the way. Michigan outscored MN 16-13 the rest of the way.

Rotations, server point scored-allowed
1. Tan 15-14 +1
2. Peniata 14-13 +1
3. Bowman 19-21 -2
4. Crumpston 18-9 +9
5. Nelson 17-12 +5
6. Hartmann 10-14 -4
Tonight Crumpston had the better rotation, especially defensively. Right before rotation in Bowman's rotation MN gave away 21 points.

HEBERT TO THE HALL
Gopher Coach Mike Hebert has been selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He will be inducted during the NCAA tournament in Omaha. Here is the Gopher press release on Hebert and his accomplishment.

Next up: tomorrow morning