Minneota Remains #1, Weekly Awards

#1 posting 10.17.2006
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WEEKLY AWARDS
North Dakota took two of the three North Central Awards this week. Tara Holmen won the offensive award, and Allison Louwagie took the setter honor. Stacie Wemhoff of Nebraska Omaha prevented a Sioux Sweep. Holmen also had a share of the award last week. Louwagie also has two awards picking up her first two weeks ago. It was Wemhoff's first honor.

In the Northern Sun, Erin Contons, SW MN State won the offensive award for the third time. Teammate Monica Ashburn took setting honors. It was her first honor. In the defensive side of things Melanie Perez, Northern State won her third award preventing the SW MN State hat trick.

Lana Brand, St. Catherine's took MIAC offensive honors, while Jill Hance of Concordia Moorhead won the setter/libero award. Both players were first time winners.

PUBLICITY & SUCCESS
It takes more than two to make it in volleyball. Some players get more ink than others. Here are some unsung players on the Hibbing Community College team that are instrumental in their success.

MN POLLS
The new polls are out & the only team remaining #1 is in Class A--Minneota. DGF returned to the top in AA, and Eden Prairie gave way to Chaska. It is Chaska's second time at the top spot in AAA.

MN GAMES
With a short week due to MEA a lot of games are front loaded this week.
Shakopee took down #2AAA Eden Prairie in three. The first two games went 26-24. Game three was a more comfortable 25-16.

Pillager swept Pequot Lakes without too many problems 10, 20, 16. This game & more in the Brainerd Dispatch.

Park Christian topped Ulen-Hitterdal in five, but game five was a 15-3 romp. From the Fargo Forum.

GAME PREVIEW
The Hibbing Daily Tribune has a pregame story on the matchup between Cherry & Tower-Soudan. Tower-Soudan did beat Cherry last night in five.

MILESTONES
Mabel-Canton coach Lonnie Morken recently picked up career win 300. It happened in the Apple Valley tournament on Saturday against St. Charles. Morken has a career record of 300-77.

KILLS
5 games
A
Emily Palkert, SW Christian (Chaska) 21 vs Dassel-Cokato 3-2
3 games
AAA
Maggie Geske, Shakopee 18 vs Eden Prairie 3-0
AA
Annie Adams, Crosby-Ironton 18 vs Virginia 0-3

Next up: later today after another game for my squad. How many back to backs can one team have? 4 sets if you are Minneapolis Henry.

Gophers Now #17

#2 posting 10.16.2006
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GOPHERS MOVE UP
The Minnesota Gophers moved up to #17 in the latest AVCA poll. Wins over Ohio State and Purdue helped propel them up the ladder. But Purdue is still rated higher for some reason at #14. The Gophers host #11 Wisconsin on Wednesday. The game will be taped and televised on Thursday.

KELSEY ELLIS
Kelsey Ellis, Anoka gets a blurb in the StarTribune in their Prep Athletes of the Week section. Ellis had 69 kills in the Eastview tournament and helped to drop #1 Eden Prairie.

SHANNA SCHMIESING
Shanna Schmiesing, Sauk Centre is a perfectionist and dedicated to improving her game. North Dakota has an offer on the table. Story from the Sauk Centre Herald.

SOUTH SWEEPS HENRY
Minneapolis South beat Henry in three games 18, 16, 22. South established their lead early in game one and had a 13-9 lead when Henry took a time out. South got three points on Elizabeth Gran's serve to make it 19-11.
South again had early leads at 10-7. Henry fought back and trailed 18-15 after a Jannetta Parker side out kill on Taquoia Hammick's serve. But South got the side out on Carrie Moua's serve and then rattled off five straight points to put it at game point. South had a hitting error, and Courtney Phillips had a service error to end game two.
South led early 7-4 in game three. Henry kept working to get back in the game and had a string where they had six straight side outs and that helped them to a 19-17 lead. But on Elizabeth Gran's serve South added four points before she missed her serve. Henry had to take two time outs on Gran's serve. South led 22-20. A missed Henry serve, and a South hitting error make it 23-21. Schanell Gauna had an overpass kill on Stef Zappa's serve to make it 23-22 South. But Zappa's serve ended on a Gauna hitting error. The match ended on a passing error.
Henry only had one ace on the night.

Up next: tomorrow morning

Gophers & Respect

#1 posting 10.16.2006
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GOPHERS ALONE IN 2ND
After the fallout of this past weekend in the Big 10 the Minnesota Gophers do not share 2nd place with any team. Penn State hasn't been defeated this year and is alone in first. The Gophers next opponent is #14 Wisconsin who is 6-2 and in 3rd place. They play Wednesday.

The weekly AVCA poll will come out today. Here is hoping the Gophers are rated above teams they have beaten this year. Purdue was #9 last week and Ohio State #16. The Gophers beat Ohio State last Sunday, an event that apparently didn't register with the pollsters. The Gophers may still be under the weight of the first two tournaments where they weren't at full strength. With Bowman and Peniata in the lineup the Gophers are 11-1.

I hope the main media coverage isn't only this blog. It was pretty embarrassing to open the StarTribune and see no ink spilled on that Purdue game. With 8,000 fans, not to mention two top 25 teams, you would think some ink would be splashed. But then again in the HS side information is hard to come by.

Wisconsin did play yesterday on Sunday and they punished Indiana in a sweep 9, 17, 27.

In the battle of the Dakotas it was South Dakota State stopping North Dakota State in five in Fargo. The loss stopped a 7 game win streak for NDSU. It was SDSU's 9th straight win over their northern neighbor.

The New Ulm Journal reports on Martin Luther's four game win overSt. Scholastica. Martin Luther is 9-0 in the UMAC.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D1
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 62 vs South Dakota State 2-3
Kristie Klusaw, South Dakota State 60 vs North Dakota State 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Emily Buck, Martin Luther 46 vs St. Scholastica 3-1
3 games
D1
Jackie Simpson, Wisconsin 47 vs Indiana 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D1
Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State 27 vs North Dakota State 3-2
Kristina Martin, South Dakota State 20 vs North Dakota State 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Kaitlyn Schumacher, Martin Luther 37 vs St. Scholastica 3-1
Emily Buck, Martin Luther 20 vs St. Scholastica 3-1

KILLS
5 games
D1
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 27 vs South Dakota State 2-3
Chloe Quirk, North Dakota State 19 vs South Dakota State 2-3
Kristina Martin, South Dakota State 18 vs North Dakota State 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Rachel Meyer, Martin Luther 20 vs St. Scholastica 3-1
Danielle Kramer, Martin Luther 17 vs St. Scholastica 3-1
3 games
D1
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 15 vs Indiana 3-0

Next up: Tomorrow morning

Concordia Moorhead Wins Share of MIAC

#2 posting 10.15.2006
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D3 ACTION
MIAC
Concordia Moorhead claimed a portion of the MIAC championship with a four game win over St. Olaf. It is the 13th win in a row for CM. One odd fact: St. Olaf had 70 kills to CM's 63.

NAIA ACTION
UMAC
Presentation went four for the win over Crown.

CROSSOVER ACTION
St. Mary's split this weekend with a loss to Northwestern, MN and a sweep win over host UM Morris.
UM Morris also lost to Northwestern, MN in four. Don't be alarmed when it says Mayville State, they mean St. Mary's.

TOURNAMENTS
Augsburg finished 2-1 at the Cornell IA tournament on Saturday. They defeated the hosts in five and went extra points in the game five 17-15. They also beat Clarke, IL in four. Coe IA beat the Augies in five.
Oshkosh beat Webster at the Elmhurst Invitational in three, but fell to River Falls to finish 3-1.
River Falls beat host Elmhurst in three as well. No links as you can see.

HS ACTION
Rogers finished 2-2 at the Benilde Tournament good for 7th place.
Elk River snapped a 14 game losing streak by winning a match at the Centennial tournament. The Elks were 1-3. and finished in 5th place.
Both stories in the Elk River Star News.

The Marshall Independent has the first day results of the Subway Classic. I am sure there will be more tomorrow on the finals.

Moorhead finished 3rd in the Alexandria tournament and their day is chronciled in the Fargo Forum.

TOURNAMENT WINNERS
Alexandria: Chaska
Apple Valley: Apple Valley
Benilde-St. Margaret's: Holy Angels
Centennial: Champlin Park
Eastview: Andover
Northland Pioneer (TRF): Ada-Borup

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
D3
Audrey Volstad, St. Olaf 58 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
NAIA
Sarah Zosel, Northwestern, MN 58 vs UM Morris 3-1

DIGS
4 games
d3
Janet Sully, St. Olaf 25 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Anna Walden, Concordia Moorhead 20 vs St. Olaf 3-1
NAIA
Jennifer Bourdon, Presentation 23 vs Crown 3-1
3 games
NAIA
Sarah Nelson, UM Morris 24 vs St. Mary's 0-3

KILLS
4 games
D3
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 23 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 21 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Christine Brook, St. Olaf 17 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Molli Dant, St. Mary's 16 vs Northwestern, MN 1-3
NAIA
Steph Koth, Northwestern, MN 25 vs UM Morris 3-1
Heidi Meier, Presentation 19 vs Crown 3-1
Jennifer Sunwall, Crown 18 vs Presentation 1-3
Sarah Whitmore, Northwestern, MN 17 vs UM Morris 3-1
Danielle Schiebout, Crown 16 vs Presentation 1-3
Kathryne Engel, Northwestern, MN 16 vs St. Mary's 3-1
Kathryne Engel, Northwestern, MN 15 vs UM Morris 3-1
3 games
D3
Molli Dant, St. Mary's 16 vs UM Morris 3-0
HS AAA
Steph Peterson, Duluth East 19 vs Roseville 1-3
Laura Greenwood, Duluth East 18 vs Roseville 1-3

Next up: tomorrow morning

Gophers Top Purdue

#1 posting 10.15.2006
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GOPHERS 3, PURDUE 1
(28-30, 30-26, 30-25, 30-22)

#23 Minnesota won their game in "the barn" over #9 Purdue. You can get the details in the respective press releases. Megan Crumpston was the face on the ticket to enter the game, and she delivered a career high 22 kills as a result.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Minnesota 36/61---.590; 118; .814; .252
Purdue 25/60---.417; 103; .748; .186
Minnesota had better side out % even in game one when they were beat. The problem in that game was the four points they gave up in rotation four, and the four point run in rotation two later in that first game. In fact that was the back breaker with a 22-19 lead and failing to get the side out.

ROTATION POINTS
1 Tan 19-14 +5
2 Peniata 24-20 +4
3 Bowman 25-20 +5
4 Crumpston 17-15 +2
5 Nelson 20-14 +6
6 Hartmann 13-20 -7
Nelson's rotation came through to lead with a +6 on the night, and three other rotations were slightly behind.
However Hartmann's rotation has consistently been in the negative category this big 10 season with -4 against Michigan, -2 against Michigan State; -2 against Indiana; and -7 against Purdue.


The odd thing was I went over the StarTribune five times and never saw a story about the match, just the box in the scoreboard section on the last inside page. We do have a team ranked in the top 25 and I would have thought a battle between two top 25 teams would merit some ink.

North Dakota State won their home opener, that is right their home opener on October 14, over Utah Valley State 3-1. It was the 7th straight win for NDSU.

D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
MSU Mankato went the distance with St. Cloud State and survived.
#5 UM Duluth had a bit of a surprising struggle with South Dakota as that match went five games. SD was up 2-1 when UMD put the hammer down.
UN Omaha broke the pattern with a four game win over Augustana.

NORTHERN SUN
Concordia St. Paul beat Winona State in four after losing the first game. CSP then turned it up a notch in game two 30-6. CSP only hit .070 in game one. Story from the Winona Daily News. I found the box on Winona State's site.
#22 SW MN State took care of UM Crookston in three 16, 20, 21.
#23 Wayne State swept Bemidji State 12, 16, 19.
Northern State swept MSU Moorhead 19, 23, 24

Upper Iowa went out of the conference to get swept by Missouri Western.


NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 62 vs South Dakota 3-2
Sierra Nowak, St. Cloud State 55 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
4 games
D1
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 59 vs Utah Valley State 3-1
Rachel Hartmann, Minnesota 57 vs Purdue 3-1
D2
Katie Agnew, UN Omaha 59 vs Augustana 3-1
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 46 vs UN Omaha 1-3

DIGS
5 games
d2
Andreana Pieper, St. Cloud State 28 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Amber Kobus, South Dakota 27 vs UM Duluth 2-3
Chelsea Meierotto, UM Duluth 24 vs South Dakota 3-2
4 games
D1
Malama Peniata, Minnesota 22 vs Purdue 3-1
D2
Stacie Wemhoff, UN Omaha 30 vs Augustana 3-1
3 games
D2
Melanie Perez, Northern State 27 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0

KILLS
5 games
D2
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 23 vs South Dakota 3-2
Kristi Pangrac, St. Cloud State 22 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Deanna Pieper, St. Cloud State 20 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Ashley Gross, South Dakota 15 vs UM Duluth 2-3
4 games
D1
Megan Crumpston, Minnesota 22 vs Purdue 3-1
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 22 vs Utah Valley State 3-1
Chloe Quirk, North Dakota State 17 vs Utah Valley State 3-1
Meredith Nelson, Minnesota 17 vs Purdue 3-1
Lindsay Rogers, North Dakota State 15 vs Utah Valley State 3-1
Kyla Roehrig, Minnesota 15 vs Purdue 3-1
D2
Christina Reicks, UN Omaha 17 vs Augustana 3-1
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 16 vs Winona State 3-1
Carlie Christensen, UN Omaha 15 vs Augustana 3-1
3 games
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 19 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Darcy Hageman, Upper Iowa 15 vs Missouri Western 0-3

Next up: later today D3/NAIA/HS results from yesterday.

Our & About: Apple Valley/Jordan

#5 posting 10.14.2006
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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
CHAMPIONSHIP
Apple Valley 2, Jordan 1
(17-25, 25-20, 15-13)

Apple Valley won their own tournament. This is their second win in the three tournaments they run.
Jordan led early 6-1 in game one on the jump serve of Brittany Chambers. Jordan's block game was on with two blocks in the run of four. AV worked their way back in the game to close 10-9. Christen Bowell had two aces for AV in their 7-3 run. Chambers was working the side out game well with three straight side out points and one other kill on Amanda Dietel's serve. AV did tie it at 15, but a side out kill from Chambers sent the ball back to Jordan with Leah Dietel serving up three points. Jordan finished game one with a 10-2 run.

Apple Valley bounced back in game two with the early lead at 9-3. Jennifer Johnson served up five points to finish the run. Jordan had to take a time out at 8-3 to slow the momentum. Johnson missed wide on a serve to send the ball back to Jordan. Jordan did tie it at 12 on a Chambers kill. The game was tied three times, the last time at 17. AV took a time out to stop a Jordan three point run. After the time out Ashley Franke missed her serve and AV never trailed again. On Catherine Earp's serve AV gained three more points to lead 21-17. Bowell had two kills in the spurt. Jordan wasn't able to get the last three side outs. AV topped off game two with an 8-3 run.

Jordan led in game three in a replay of game one with Chambers providing the jump serves to a 4-2 lead, but she ended her serve in the net. AV was lights out after that with 7/8 side outs including the last six in a row during money time. AV did tie it up at 3 for the first time on a Bowell kill. From that point it was Jordan +1, AV knotting it up. The cycle was broken on Johnson's serve as Kalin Stenhaug got a kill to give AV their first lead since 1-0. A Jordan time out did not stop the momentum. A double contact on Leah Dietel made it 14-12. Another Jordan time out did stop the mo as Leah Dietel fought off game point with a kill. The game ended on a Stenhaug kill.

Serve order, Name, Position, ht, year, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
APPLE VALLEY
1 Lauren Wigen, S, 5-7, 09 0-1-1---2
2br Lisa Ruff, BR, 5-7, 09 0-0-0----0
2fr Christen Bowell, OH, 5-10, 07 0-0-10----10
3br Susan Halverson, L, 5-8, 07 0-0-2---2
3fr Natalie Simpson, MH 0-1-3----4
4br Jennifer Johnson, BR 5-5 07 1-0-0---1
4fr Kori Trenda, RH, 5-11 07 0-0-3----3
5 Catherine Earp, OH 5-11, 07, 0-0-4---4
6 Kalin Stenhaug, MH 6-0, 10 0-0-4---4
Totals: 2-2-27---31 points, 26 points on Jordan errors

JORDAN
1 Amanda Dietel, S, 5-8, 08 1-0-1---2
2 Brittany Chambers, MH 5-8, 09 0-0-19----19
3 Michelle O'Malley, OH 5-9, 09 0-1-1----2
4 Ashley Franke, RH 5-8, 07 2-1.5-3---6.5
5 Leah Dietel, MH, 6-1, 09 1-.5-10----11.5
6 Elizabeth O'Malley, OH, 5-5, 07 1-0-0----1
Totals: 5-3-34----42 points, 16 points on Apple Valley errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Even though her team didn't win, Brittany Chambers. She has good balance, hang time and whip action. She is undersized for the middle post HS, but has good awareness of placement. She also came out of various angles left, middle and right.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Apple Valley 22/35---.629; 57; .544; .276
Jordan 21/33---.636; 58; .724; .456
Both teams were quite similar in their siding out, although AV did slam the dor shut the last six Jordan serves in game three. The key stat was the % of points due to errors. Apple Valley just doesn't beat themselves. Jordan did have big hitters and should be fine in class AA.

Next up: tomorrow morning with the Gopher/Purdue game

Out & About: Northfield/Bethlehem Academy

#4 posting 10.14.2006
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OUT & ABOUT: Apple Valley Tournament
3rd Place game
Northfield 2, Bethlehem Academy 0
(25-22, 25-18)

If you have been following the tale this day, I started off at Eastview, on the east side of Apple Valley. They had their tournament and finished close to 1:10 pm. I then hightaled it out to Apple Valley about five minutes away. As a result I came in during the early part of the 3rd place game between Northfield and Bethlehem Academy. When I arrived Northfield led 4-3. BA briefly took the lead 5-4 on a Holly Hafemeyer kill. , but then Kim Smisek hammered down a kill to side out and she took on the serve herself. She served up the next five points and when BA got the ball back it was 10-6 Northfield. Northfield didn't trail after that point. BA did fight back and closed to 21-19 after three service points from #2 (name not in program). Northfield stopped the run with a dump by Katie McDonald. BA tied it up at 22, but Bridgette Kelly had a kill for Northfield to get the side out. Maggie Kruse then served up an ace and Kim Smisek and Haley Loesch each had a hand in a block.

BA jumped out to a 5-0 lead on the strength of Karianne Nass four service points including two aces. Northfield tied it at 8 on Megan Pumper three service points, including two aces. Smisek served up three points to take the lead at 12-9. They would not trail again. BA did tie it at 12, but another dump by McDonald put the momentum back in Northfield's hands. Kelly provided Northfield with points 16-18. Northfield did close the game with four straight side outs.

Serve order, Name, Position, ht, year, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
NORTHFIELD
1 Katie McDonald, DS 5-7, 08 0-0-3---3
1fr Josie Dockstader, RH, 5-11 10 0-0-1---1
2 Erin Eggum, OH 5-10, 08, 0-.5-2---2.5
2 Andrea Willgohs, OH, 5-8, 11 0-0-1---1
3 Maggie Kruse, DS, 5-4, 08 1-0-0----1
3fr Bridgette Kelly, MH 5-11, 08 0-2-3---5
4 Megan Pumper, S, 5-4, 08 2-0-0---2
5 Kim Smisek, OH, 6-2, 07 0-.5-10---10.5
6 Hayley Loesch, MH 0-.5-4---4.5
Totals: 3-3-24-----30 points, 26 points on BA errors

BETHLEHEM ACADEMY
1 Sammy Von Ruden, OH, 5-7, 07 0-0-4----4
2 Karianne Nass, S, 5-6, 10 2-0-4---6
3 Jenna Sheridan, OH 5-6, 07 0-0-0----0
4 Brittany DeGrood, OH, 5-6, 07 0-0-0----0
5 Liz Schlobohm, RH 5-10, 08 0-0-1----1
6 #2, OH, ?, ? 1-0-0----1
Nonservers
Holly Hafemeyer, MH, 6-1 10 0-1-3--4
Stephanie Meschke, OH, 5-10, 08 0-0-4----4
Totals: 3-1-17---21 points, 16 points on Northfield errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Kim Smisek Smisek was a dominating force with her swings from the outside.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Northfield 12/21---.571; 56; .536; .432
Bethlehem Academy 8/22---.364; 37; .568; .464
Northfield was stronger in the side out game with a 60% ratio in game two and BA only checking in with 18%.

ROTATION POINTS
Northfield
1 5-8 -3
2 5-5 0
3 9-3 +6
4 9-5 +4
5 12-6 +6
6 6-9 -3

Bethlehem Academy
1 7-8 -1
2 4-7 -3
3 6-13 -7
4 4-9 -5
5 10-5 +5
6 6-5 +1

next up: championship game Apple Valley tournament

Out & About: Andover/Stewartville

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TOURNAMENTS X TWO
Today I traveled to Apple Valley, first stopping at Eastview for their tourney and finishing up at Apple Valley. Unfortunately I didn't get to the first game in the championship at Eastview. I arrived there at 12:45, and the schedule indicated that the game would start then. The championship was already one game old when I found my seat, so all you will get is the synopsis of game two of

EASTVIEW CHAMPIONSHIP
Andover 2, Stewartville 0
(25-18, 25-17)

Andover won their two games yesterday 2-0, Stewartville had to go to 3 before pulling off the wins. Stewartville did have one player out with an ankle injury that happened on Thursday.
Game 2, as it turned out, was tight early on as Stewartville led 8-7 after a missed Andover serve. Andover missed four serves in this game. Andover got the side out on a kill by Erickson on Rainey's serve to tie it up. With Amy Olson serving Andover put some distance between the two teams. Olson served up three points and it looked as if it would be four, but after a Stewartville time out, Andover apparently was in the net on a block 11-9. Erickson provided two of the Andover points in the run with a block and a kill. Three side outs later Erickson served up one point as Samantha Neunsinger had a tip kill for a 14-10 Husky lead. Stewartville did mount a small rally to bring the game back to 16-14 on Laura Hoover's serve, but the two point margin was as close as it was going to be. Andover got three points on Heidi Larsen's serve to make it 21-16 after the side out. Two of the points were the result of Stewartville net violations. Olson closed out the game with three serves helped by Megan Carlson's two kills.

Serve order, Name, Position, ht, year, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
ANDOVER
1br Amy Olson, S, 5-5, 07, 0-0-0---0
1fr Chayna Wold, RH 5-9, 07 0-0-0---0
2. Lauren Cipperly, OH 5-9, 09 0-0-5---5
3. Krista Erickson, MH 5-10, 07 0-1-3---4
4br Sarah Kurtovich, S, 5-8 09 0-0-0---0
4fr Samantha Neunsinger, RH, 5-10 07 0-0-1----1
5. Megan Carlson, OH 5-10, 08 0-1-4---5
6br Heidi Larson, L, 5-4 07 0-0-1----1
6fr Deena Ewert, MH, 6-1 08 0-0-0---0
Totals: 0-2-14---16, 9 points on Stewartville errors

STEWARTVILLE
1. Julie Rainey, OH, 5-9, 10, 0-0-2---2
2. Alex Nold, MH, 6-0, 07, 0-1-1---2
3. Leigh Splittstoesser, S, 5-7, 07 0-0-0----0
4. Erin Ness, OH, 6-0, 08, 0-0-2----2
5. Laura Hoover, MH 5-8 07, 1-0-0---1
6. #3, RH, ?, ?, 0-0-0---0
Totals: 1-1-5---7, 10 points on Andover errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Krista Erickson

NUMBER CRUNCHING again for only one game
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Andover 8/12--.667; 25, .640; .588
Stewartville 6/13---.462; 17; .412; .360
Missed serves didn't come back to bite Andover on the rear. But Andover is strong in siding out and Erickson provided two kills in that department to lead Andover. Andover also limits runs as the best Stewartville could muster was a two point service run. Andover on the other hand had three.

ROTATION POINTS
Andover
1 9-2 +7
2 2-2 0
3 4-2 +2
4 3-5 -2
5 2-3 -1
6 5-3 +2

Stewartville
1 2-2 0
2 2-4 -2
3 2-3 -1
4 5-2 +3
5 3-5 -2
6 3-9 -6

Next up: 3rd place at Apple Valley, but it is going to be after the Gopher game tonight

Concordia Moorhead Downs Gustavus

#2 posting 10.14.2006
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D3 recap
MIAC ACTION
#4 Concordia Moorhead gave Gustavus their second conference loss with a 3-1 road win. Gustavus did have 84 digs to CM's 71, but Gustavus also had 33 hitting errors compared to CMs 23. CM is 8-0 in conference.

Hamline swept St. Catherine 10, 21, 29. Hamline had more kills 49, than St. Kate's had digs 29.

Macalester edged Carleton in five. Macalester had 72 earned points or .643 earned, while Carleton earned .667. So Carleton gave away .357 and Macalester .333 and that was the difference as Carlteon outhit Mac by 10 kills and also by % .144 to .140.

UMAC
UM Morris beat Crown in four.
Northwestern MN beat Presentation in a sweep in Morris
Also at Morris St. Mary's swept Crown 20, 14, 36-34.

ELMHURST INVITATIONAL
River Falls won twice with a sweep of Concordia WI and also Rockford.
Oshkosh matched them in match wins, but only had one sweep against Loras. Springfield managed to win a game off Oskosh in the four game match.

HEIGHT MATTERS?
Laura Zwach, a 5-3 libero for St. Benedict is featured in the Marshall Independent.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
DIGS
5 games
D3
Marie Godwin, Macalester 23 vs Carleton 3-2
4 games
D3
Emily Klein, Gustavus 23 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Anna Walden, Concordia Moorhead 21 vs Gustavus 3-1
Bridget Burtzel, Gustavus 20 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 19 vs Carleton 3-2
Lauren Eberhart, Macalester 15 vs Carleton 3-2
4 games
D3
Michelle Honek, Concordia Moorhead 19 vs Gustavus 3-1
Andrea Kron, Gustavus 17 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 16 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
NAIA
Jennifer Sunwall, Crown 21 vs UM Morris 1-3
Sarah Nelson, UM Morris 16 vs Crown 3-1
3 games
D3
Dana Luiken, Hamline 18 vs St. Catherine 3-0
NAIA
Danielle Schiebout, Crown 18 vs St. Mary's 0-3

Next up: later with HS Tournament action today, and the Gopher/Purdue game

Wisconsin Sweeps Purdue, UMD Tops UNO

#1 posting 10.14.2006
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D1 Report
#14 Wisconsin got back on the winning track with a sweep of #9 Purdue at home 12, 20, 29. Minnesota faces Purdue tonight at Williams Arena, not the Pavillion.
Jana Mitchell, Central Florida had 2 kills against Marshall in an 3-0 loss last night.
Bridget Denson-Dorman, Connecticut had 8 kills, 53 assists in a 3-1 loss to Central Connecticut on Wednesday.
Erin Boeve, Iowa State had 9 kills and a hand in six blocks in a 3-0 sweep of Colorado earlier in the week.
Leslie Bielski, Marquette had 5 kills in a 3-1 loss to UW Milwaukee earlier in the week.
Amy Sampson, Northern Iowa had 8 kills in a sweep of Indiana State.
Betty Slinger, UW Green Bay, added to her triple double collection with a 16 kills, 32 assists, and 18 digs in a 3-1 win over Butler. Sarah Rauen had a double double 12 kills, 21 digs.
South Dakota State swept Utah Valley State 18, 25, 19. In the match Samantha Pearson recorded her 1000 dig.

D2 report
NORTH CENTRAL ACTION
#5 UM Duluth swept #20 UN Omaha 23, 29, 28. One interesting stat: UMD had only one block on the night. UMD is 7-0 in conference action.
Augustana swept St. Cloud State 14, 13, 19. Augustana is now 5-1 in conference play.
North Dakota surprised MSU Mankato with a sweep 24, 27, 23.

NORTHERN SUN ACTION
SW MN State swept Bemidji State 24, 20, 21. SW MN State is 11-2.
#7 Concordia St. Paul continued its winning ways in the NSIC with a sweep of Upper Iowa 13, 16, 23.
It took five games but MSU Moorhead beat Mary.
#23 Wayne State swept UM Crookston 15, 24, 20.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
3 games
D2
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 45 vs St. Cloud State 3-0

DIGS
3 games
D2
Abby Schmidt, Augustana 22 vs St. Cloud State 3-0

KILLS
4 games
D1
Betty Slinger, UW Green Bay 16 vs Butler 3-1
3 games
D1
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 20 vs Purdue 3-0
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 18 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 17 vs UN Omaha 3-0
Aileen Cahill, North Dakota 16 vs MSU Mankato 3-0
Terrin Post, Augustana 15 vs St. Cloud State 3-0

Next up: D3/NAIA action

Gophers Sweep Indiana

#3 posting 10.13.2006
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Gophers 3, Indiana 0
(30-16, 30-24, 31-29)

Again here is the press releases from Minnesota and Indiana on the sweep tonight. The box is also up on the MN site.

MN looked strong in game one with 8 straight side outs after missing opportunities the first two Indiana serves. MN did get the first ball side out 10/14 times that game good for .714. The game broke open with Christine Tan's seven straight service points to take MN from 9-7 to 16-8. Indiana never had traction as they were only to generate three points off their serve in that stanza. Of the 16 Indiana points, 12 were via MN errors.

The second game had some characteristics of the first, but MN never had any big run to break the game open. In fact the biggest service run was Tan's to start the second game at 3-0. FBSO was just a tad less in the second game coming in at .706. MN led 24-20, but a side out and another point made it a 24-22 game. That was as close as it was going to be. But five service errors just gave the ball back gift wrapped.

It seemed that the Gophers were not as sharp or focused in the 3rd game. Indiana led early 3-0 and later on they rattled off four points on Gabrielle Allison's serve, but all four were on Gopher hitting errors. The siding out was off in this game as late in the game MN led 27-23. after a side out another hitting error cut the lead to 27-25. A dump by Hartmann gave the ball back to MN, but a confusing play which resulted in a replay negated what looked to be point 29 for MN. On the next serve Megan Crumpston missed and it was 28-26. The Gophers did get the side out, but couldn't finish the deal with Meredith Nelson's serve 29-27. Indiana's Juli Pierce was able to squeeze out two points on a hitting error, and again another hitting error. MN saw enough and put the starters/regulars back in to close out the game which they did in due course with kills by Roehrig and Jones.

It seemed the Gophers were coasting on fumes in game three, playing down to Indiana's level. Indiana did have a better block scheme in the last game, but I would think MN could see & recognize this fact.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Minnesota 33/48--.688; 91; .857; .400
Indiana 24/48---.500; 70; .600; .143
Minnesota earned their points, but they also were generous helping Indiana stay in the contest.

Rotations
1. Tan 20-11 +9
2. Peniata 19-14 +5
3. Bowman 17-11 +6
4. Crumpston 12-10 +2
5. Nelson 13-12 +1
6. Hartmann 9-11 -2
Tan's 7 points in game one went a long way to give rotation one the edge.

Also Viking Quarterback Brad Johnson was in attendance with his family.
Also no action on KARE 11 in their sports highlights.

Next up: tomorrow morning

85 Game Streak Stopped, 2000 Assists, 1000 Kills

#2 posting 10.13.2006
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D3/NAIA ACTION
LaCrosse beat cross town rival Viterbo in four after dropping the first game. LaCrosse owns a 25-3 all time record with their neighbor.
#13 Whitewater swept Benedictine 12, 18, 29. It was Whitewater's 8th straight win.

MN HS ACTION
#3A Mabel-Canton had their 85 game conference win streak snapped by LeRoy-Ostrander in five games. From the Winona Daily News.

Southwest Christian of Chaska spanked Trinity 3, 16, 5. From the Chaska Herald.

Cook County split last week with a win over Cromwell and a loss to Two Harbors. From the Cook County News Herald.

DGF continued their march to the Heart O'Lakes conference championship with a convincing 16, 17, 11 sweep of Ulen-Hitterdal. Wheaton swept Park Christian 10, 14, 20.

In their final home match Marshall swept Jackson County Central 19, 15, 15, behind Amanda Beekman's 22 kills. From the Marshall Independent.

Sauk Rapids swept Brainerd and in so doing, claimed the Central Lakes title. From the St. Cloud Times.
Rocori stopped Sartell in four to lead the area coverage in the St. Cloud Times.

Edgerton beat Round Lake-Brewster in four in a key Red Rock game. This & more in the Worthington Daily Globe.

MILESTONES
Chelsey Cranston, SW Star reached the 2,000th assist of her career with 24 in a 3-0 win over Red Rock.
Lindsey Schultz, Ulen-Hitterdal racked up her 1000 kill in a 0-3 loss to DGF.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
A
Raechelle Manning, Mabel-Canton 47 vs LeRoy-Ostrander 2-3
4 games
AA
Brittany Vaplon, Wabasha-Kellogg 41 vs Lewiston-Altura 3-1

DIGS
4 games
NAIA
Stef Hemauer, Viterbo 36 vs LaCrosse 1-3

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Danielle Lucia, St. Cloud Apollo 22 vs Willmar 2-3
Mackenzie Birr, St. Cloud Apollo 22 vs Willmar 2-3
AA
Katie Kimman, Pierz 29 vs HLWW 3-1
A
Katelyn Horihan, Mabel-Canton 22 vs Leroy-Ostrander 2-3
4 games
D3
Brianne Stankus, LaCrosse 19 vs Viterbo 3-1
Katelyn Carlson, LaCrosse 16 vs Viterbo 3-1
NAIA
Tiare Hurst, Viterbo 17 vs LaCrosse 1-3
A
Alison Albers, Goodhue 18 vs Rushford-Peterson 3-1
Amy Kallemeyn, Edgerton 16 vs Round Lake-Brewster 3-1
3 games
AAA
Amanda Beekman, Marshall 22 vs JCC 3-0
Holli Aggen, Worthington 21 vs Redwood Valley 3-0
AA
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 19 vs Ulen-Hitterdal 3-0
Shanna Schmiesing, Sauk Centre 16 vs Melrose 3-0
A
Kayla Tschida, Upsala 15 vs Royalton 3-0

Next up: later tonight after the Gopher/Indiana game

Chaska Sweeps Kennedy

#1 posting 10.13.2006
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GOPHERS PREVIEW
The MN Daily looks at the two games coming up this weekend with Indiana and #9 Purdue. The Gophers hope to break the attendance record with $1 night at Williams Arena on Saturday night.

ACADEMIC AWARD PAPERWORK DUE
Coaches---your MN HS volleyball team academic and individual academic awards are due on Oct. 23.

MN HS ACTION
Chaska beat Bloomington Kennedy in a battle of Lake Conference heavyweights 19, 19, 18. From the Chaska Herald.

Rogers took out Monticello in five winning all the odd number games. Rogers is now in 3rd in the Mississippi 8.
Osseo had brooms for Elk River 17, 22, 19.
Both stories from the Elk River Star News.

East met West and it was all East in the battle of Mankato 14, 13, 21. From the Mankato Free Press.

#9AA Byron started out strong at Zumbrota-Mazeppa with at 25-5 win, then went on to win 25-13, and 25-21. Byron had a team hitting efficiency of .324.
Jill Storlie and Ashley Pyfferoen each had 8 kills. Nicole Koester added 6 kills and Racquel Reker 5. Pyfferoen had 7 digs, Storlie had 6, and Ginna Hanks had 4. Reker and Pyfferoen each had 3 block and Storlie had 5 ace blocks. Koester had 3 ace serves. Brittlyn Olson had 10 set assists, Chelsea Dinsdale had 5, and Steph Vosberg had 4.
Byron's overall record is 20-5 and 9-1 in the HVL.
The Bears will play host to Triton in their final regular season match on Tues.

Fergus Falls stopped Sartell's seven game winning streak with a sweep. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.
Underwood swept Park Christian earlier in the week. Also from the FFDJ.

JUCO ACTION
Mesabi Range beat back Hibbing CC in a sweep in MN North Conference action. With the win Mesabi Range is alone in 2nd place behind Central Lakes. Story from the Hibbing Daily Tribune.
Earlier Itasca beat Hibbing in five. From the Grand Rapids Herald-Review.

PLAYER FEATURE
Amber Brant, Hibbing is a "quiet leader" according to the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
DIGS
5 games
AAA
Kendra Black, Rogers 23 vs Monticello 3-2
A
Kelly Lehn, Rothsay 28 vs Battle Lake 3-2
Allison Melkert, Rothsay 25 vs Battle Lake 3-2
3 games
AAA
Kacey Franklin, Fergus Falls 20 vs Sartell 3-0

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Erica Sudduth, Rogers 15 vs Monticello 3-2
A
Sam Lindstedt, Rothsay 20 vs Battle Lake 3-2
Kelly Lehn, Rothsay 16 vs Battle Lake 3-2
3 games
AAA
Sam Revering, Fergus Falls 15 vs Sartell 3-0
A
Calie Rittenour, Underwood 17 vs Park Christian 3-0

Next up: more Thursday HS action later this afternoon

Out & About: Coon Rapids/Park Center

#2 posting 10.12.2006
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Coon Rapids 3, Park Center 1
25-22, 18-25, 25-17, 25-17

In the Northwest Suburban conference match up tonight it was Coon Rapids over Park Center with the only blemish in game two.

The tightest game took place in game one. PC led early after with an 11-8 lead after the first cycle through the rotations. But CR was able to get the side out against PC with a Gunderson hitting error. When Kayla Haller got the ball she served up five straight including an ace. This was one of the four times PC failed to side out in this game. PC sided out at .692 for the first game. After her serve CR was up 14-12. PC scrambled back and pulled ahead 20-19 after a CR setting error by Jessica Pierce 20-19. CR got the side out to tie it up and then Pierce served up three points to put the Cardinals up 23-20. Both teams had side outs to finish with Mary Hill finishing the game with a kill from the right side off the serve.

CR led early in game two at 7-4. The last time they led it was 9-7 after a disputed ace by Michell Janni. Her next serve was in the net and PC's Stephanie Hare served up three straight aces and PC never trailed after that 11-10. 7 straight side outs kept PC ahead slightly and when Alison Hanson knocked down an overpass kill on Gunderson's serve it broke the pattern. Hanson had four points earned this game with her net play with 2 overpass kills and two blocks. Molly Lundholm put points 22 & 23 in the PC column with a tip kill and another kill. A CR passing error ended the second game 25-17.

PC led 9-6 in the third game, but a 7-2 run by CR gave the lead momentarily to Cardinals 13-11. Three straight CR hitting errors gave PC the lead at 14-13. But Lundholm served into the net to tie it up. That started a four person missed serve pattern for PC so CR never really had to work to side out. That was all the opening CR needed. CR finished off the 3rd game with a 11-2 run. Mary Hill had a hand in six of those points with 4 kills, 1 blocks and an ace on the 25 point 25-17.

In game four PC grabbed an early 5-1 lead after a Gunderson ace. But the reliable siding out the PC exhibited in games 1&2 had disappeared. Hill added three points on her serve, and Abby Bisjolie put five more on the board for CR. PC took a time out at 11-6 to try to stop the CR momentum. CR did have an overpass hitting error after the time out, but the missed serve bug came back to bite PC. They had four in this game. Hill again served up four points to make it 21-13. PC used their last time out at 20-13 to no availe. Three of the Hill points were the result of PC hitting errors. The final point came on Kari Mast's ace 25-17.

Serve order, Name, Position, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
COON RAPIDS
1. Jessica Pierce, S 1-0-1--2
2. Kayla Haller, OH 1-0-4--5
3. Mary Hill, MH 3-1-12--16
4fr Alysha Reinhardt, RH 0-0-2---2
4br Michelle Janni, DS 1-0-0---1
4br Abby Boisjolie, DS 3-0-0--3
5. Kari Mast, OH 2-0-4--6
6. Sarah Pirner, MH 2-1-9--12
6br Almarie Coleman, L 0-0-0---0
Totals: 13-2-32---47, 46 points on PC errors
The middles switched rotation spots in games 2 & 3.

PARK CENTER
1br Samantha Plante, S 0-0-0---0
1fr Kelly Holmes, RH 0-.5-1---1.5
2. Molly Lundholm, OH 1-.5-7--8.5
3. Christine Gunderson MH 1-2.5-2--5.5
4br Alison Woychek, S 1-0-0---1
4fr Kirstin Koenig, RH 0-0-3--3
5br Gina Purcell, DS 1-0-1---2
5br Sara Chancellor, DS 0-0-0---0
5fr Stephanie Hare, OH 3-0-3---6
6. Alison Hanson, MH 0-4.5-5--9.5
Totals: 7-8-22---37 points, 39 points on CR errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Mary Hill strong finish in game three carried over into game four.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Coon Rapids 24/47---.511; 93, .505; .513
Park Center 24/47---.511; 76; .487; .495
Both teams checked in with the exact same sideout %, but when CR lost they only were 4/12 (.333) in game 2. PC was 16/25 ---.640 in the first two games; only 8/22---.364 the last two games.
CR had just a tiny advantage with earned points with slightly more than half coming through their own effort.

Rotation Points
Coon Rapids
1 19-19 0
2 18-17 +1
3 21-15 +6
4 13-13 0
5 7-9 -2
6 15-8 +7

Park Center
1 12-15 -3
2 13-14 -1
3 18-21 -3
4 15-20 -5
5 17-13 +4
6 6-11 -5

Next up: tomorrow morning

St. Thomas Knocks Gustavus Out of First

#1 posting 10.12.2006
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Sorry this is late. Blogger was having tech difficulties this morning.

D3 ACTION
MIAC A 4 game Day
#8 St. Thomas handed Gustavus their first loss in a four game match.
#4 Concordia Moorhead beat Bethel in four after trailing 8-2 in the second game. CM lost game one as well. CM is 7-0 alone in first place.
St. Mary’s took out Augsburg in four. It was St. Mary's 3rd MIAC win.
Carleton also went four at Hamline for the win. Carleton is now 4-3 in MIAC action.
St. Catherine took St. Olaf in four. It was St. Kate's first win over St. O since 1990.
Macalester went the distance with St. Benedict with a 15-13 win in game five. They broke the pattern.

WIAC
Platteville ground out a 3-2 win over Stevens Point. Platteville's Dana Alf had 31 kills for the night a new record.
River Falls picked up their 7th straight win as they took a four game match over Stout.

UMAC
Northwestern MN downed Crown in four. There is a box.
Presentation had a five game win over UM Morris.
St. Scholastica swept Northland 12, 12, 23. It was the only sweep in the local college action last night. It was St. Scholastica's 22 straight win over Northland.

HS FEATURE
Winona Cotter will have their first winning season in 15 years. What has changed? read the Winona Daily News.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Kelly Laschinger, Platteville 68 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Beth Hanson, St. Benedict 54 vs Macalester 2-3
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 50 vs St. Benedict 3-2
NAIA
Melissa Weller, UM Morris 49 vs Presentation 2-3
4 games
D3
Kat Krtnick, River Falls 50 vs Stout 3-1
Jenny Nichols, Hamline 49 vs Carleton 1-3
Audrey Volstad, St. Olaf 49 vs St. Catherine 1-3
Whitney Sparby, St. Catherine 45 vs St. Olaf 3-1
NAIA
Sarah Zosel, Northwestern MN 46 vs Crown 3-1

DIGS
5 games
d3
Marie Godwin, Macalester 25 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 23 vs Macalester 2-3
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 22 vs Macalester 2-3
Amy Renick, Platteville 22 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 20 vs St. Benedict 3-2
NAIA
Jennifer Bourdon, Presentation 38 vs UM Morris 3-2
Jonna Mass, UM Morris 23 vs Presentation 2-3
4 games
d3
Joslin Geisler, Bethel 39 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Lori Marten, Stevens Point 27 vs Platteville 2-3
Laura Barsness, Carleton 26 vs Hamline 3-1
Erika Kriechbaum, St. Catherine 26 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Jenna Witt, Hamline 25 vs Carleton 1-3
Casey Huntoon, Stout 24 vs River Falls 1-3
Theresa Perrini, St. Mary's 24 vs Augsburg 3-1
Angie Bonde, Concordia Moorhead 23 vs Bethel 3-1
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 23 vs Gustavus 3-1
Anna Tinkham, Concordia Moorhead 22 vs Bethel 3-1
Dani Boner, Augsburg 21 vs St. Mary's 1-3
Haley Bower, Augsburg 21 vs St. Mary's 1-3
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 20 vs Gustavus 3-1
NAIA
Steph Koth, Northwestern MN 27 vs Crown 3-1

KILLS
5 games
d3
Dana Alf, Platteville 31 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 23 vs Macalester 2-3
Teri Knapper, St. Benecict 21 vs Macalester 2-3
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 16 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Shelly Maus, Stevens Point 16 vs Platteville 2-3
Lauren Eberhart, Macalester 15 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Lisa Bell, Platteville 15 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Callie Kunde, Stevens Point 15 vs Platteville 2-3
NAIA
Heidi Meier, Presentation 24 vs UM Morris 3-2
Brittany Kill, UM Morris 22 vs Presentation 2-3
Jessica Davis, UM Morris 16 vs Presentation 2-3
4 games
D3
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 21 vs St. Catherine 1-3
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 20 vs Gustavus 3-1
Danielle Hargreaves, Carleton 20 vs Hamline 3-1
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 20 vs Bethel 3-1
Kate Thompson, River Falls 19 vs Stout 3-1
Molli Dant, St. Mary’s 19 vs. Augsburg 3-1
Sarah Kunelius, Carleton 17 vs Hamline 3-1
Dana Luiken, Hamline 17 vs Carleton 1-3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 16 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 16 vs St. Thomas 1-3
Brooke Salonek, St. Catherine 15 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Andrea Geehan, River Falls 15 vs Stout 3-1
NAIA
Jenifer Sunwall, Crown 23 vs Northwestern MN 1-3
Kathryne Engel, Northwestern MN 22 vs Crown 3-1

Next up: tomorrow morning if blogger cooperates.

St. James Champion at St. James

#3 posting 10.11.2006
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MORE TUESDAY ACTION
#4A Ada-Borup swept Crookston 12, 23, 18. from the Crookston Times.

LATE WEEKEND ACTION
With weekly papers coming out late we get later news. St. James won their own tournament. They beat Maple River in the championship. St. James also beat Windom after trailing 7-1 in the 5th game in a regular match. Jenny Ewert had 63 (not a typo) digs for St. James.

Cretin-Derham Hall went five with Forest Lake in the Suburban East. From the Forest Lake Times.

HENRY TOPS ROOSEVELT
In the second game in two days Minneapolis Henry beat Roosevelt 16, 11, 16. Henry got off to an 11-2 lead after the second rotation. But Roosevelt out scored Henry 15-14 the rest of the way. If you add the numbers up Henry won 26-16. In the books it was 25-16, but the book actually credited Roosevelt with a Henry point.
In game two Henry jumped out 5-0, but Roosevelt had a 6-2 run to cut the margin to 7-6. Henry finished strong with a 12-2 run.
Roosevelt actually led 10-7 in game three. Henry finished with up with a 18-6 run to claim the win.
Stef Zappa had 9 aces and 14 assists for Henry.

Next up: tomorrow morning

DGF Punishes LPA

#2 posting 10.11.2006
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MN HS ACTION
#2AA DGF continued to roll in the Heart O'Lakes and they didn't like their demotion to #2 as they wallopped Lake Park-Audubon 8, 12, 4.

Underwood beat Park Christian in three 16, 16, 18. Also there is a link to WDAY volleyball coverage from last night. The video was slow and choppy on my machine. All the highlights were of Fargo teams. All at the Fargo Forum.

Murray County Central beat Fulda in four with 26-24 wins in the last two games. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Glenville-Emmons trailed 2-0 before mounting their rally to beat Grand Meadow 3-2. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Lyle-Pacelli showed improvement, but it was LeRoy-Ostrander that walked off with a 3-2 win over LP. LRO swept LP earlier in the year. From the Austin Daily Herald.

East Grand Forks dropped Bemidji in five. From the Bemidji Pioneer

Willmar swept Brainerd 11, 16, 21. From the West Central Tribune and also the Brainerd Dispatch.

Wadena-Deer Creek swept past Pequot Lakes 4, 17, 14 in MidState action. This game & more in the Brainerd Dispatch.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ACES
AA
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 9 vs Lake Park-Audubon 3-0

ASSISTS
5 games
AA
Meagan Sergeant, Hayfield 40 vs Rochester Lourdes 2-3
4 games
AA
Andre'a Wynn, Crosby-Ironton 38 vs Park Rapids 3-1

DIGS
5 games
A
Molly Kral, Glenville-Emmons 20 vs Grand Meadow 3-2
4 games
A
Trisha Betley, Isle 23 vs Aitkin 3-1
Katie Olson, Isle 22 vs Aitkin 3-1

KILLS
5 games
AA
Alyssa Nelson, Hayfield 15 vs Rochester Lourdes 2-3
A
Anna Bergstrom, Lyle-Pacelli 23 vs LeRoy-Ostrander 2-3
Ashley Lau, Glenville-Emmons 20 vs Grand Meadow 3-2
4 games
AA
Annie Adams, Crosby-Ironton 21 vs Park Rapids 3-1
A
Kaitlyn Kramer, Fulda 18 vs Murray County Central 1-3
3 games
AAA
Greta King, Willmar 16 vs Brainerd 3-0

Next up: still more later tonight

NCC NSIC Split

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D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL
#20 Nebraska Omaha beat South Dakota in four. UNO is now 3-3 in conference, South Dakota is looking for their first conference win.

NORTHERN SUN
Northern State swept Mary 23, 18, 26.

CROSSOVERS
It was a 2-2 split with the North Central and Northern Sun
#22 SW MN State swept MSU Mankato in a revenge match in Marshall 28, 21, 21.

#7 Concordia St. Paul swept Augustana 21, 19, 26.

North Dakota had brooms ready for UM Crookston 19, 27, 20

St. Cloud State also had a sweep over Bemidji State 12, 29, 17.

MN HS RESULTS
#1AAA Eden Prairie stopped #2AAA Lakeville North in a sweep on the road, but the first two games were a extra pointers 26-24, 28-26, 25-21. from the StarTribune.

Mankato East swept Rochester Century 9, 19, 12 in Big 9 action.

#9 AA Byron defeated Winona Cotter in 3 straight games. Scores were 25-9, 25-16, 25-15. Byron and Winona Cotter were both 7-1 in the HVL coming into tonight's match. The Bears stayed in control the entire match and beat the Ramblers 25-9, 25-16, 25-15. Byron was playing without one of their starting setters. Stephanie Vosberg has been battling an illness and Chelsea Dinsdale stepped in and had 16 set assists and 2 ace serves. Brittlyn Olson added 15 set assists and 3 ace serves. Jill Storlie had 11 kills, 5 ace blocks, and 6 digs. Ashley Pyfferoen had 10 kills, 6 ace serves, and 8 digs. Nicole Koester and Racquel Reker had 6 kills a piece. Koester also had 8 digs and Reker also had 3 ace blocks, 2 ace serves and 6 digs. Byron is now 19-5 overall and 8-1 in the HVL. Next match is Thursday at Zumbrota-Mazeppa.

LATE RESULTS
Nashwauk-Keewatin swept Cherry 16, 18, 24. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.
Chatfield won twice last week in the Three Rivers Conference. They beat Lewiston-Altura and Dover-Eyota. From the Chatfield News.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Amy Neubauer, Rogers was named the Elk River Star News Athlete of the Week.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
D2
Katie Agnew, Nebraska Omaha 50 vs South Dakota 3-1
3 games
D2
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 47 vs Augustana 3-0
Sierra Nowak, St. Cloud State 45 vs Bemidji State 3-0

DIGS
3 games
D2
Melanie Perez, Northern State 20 vs Mary 3-0

KILLS
4 games
D2
Ellen Thommes, Nebraska Omaha 16 vs South Dakota 3-1
Carlie Christensen, Nebraska Omaha 15 vs South Dakota 3-1
3 games
D2
Tara Holmen, North Dakota 20 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 19 vs Augustana 3-0
Erin Contons, SW MN State 18 vs MSU Mankato 3-0
AAA
Hailey Cowles, Eden Prairie 18 vs Lakeville North 3-0

Thanks to everyone that helps make this the go to site in volleyball. Your help is appreciated.

Next up: more on HS results from last night.

Gophers at $1

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GOPHERS $1 NIGHT
Minnesota will try to break their attendance record of 10,927 set on Oct. 16, 2004 against Illinois on Saturday night (Oct 14) as they host Purdue at Williams Arena at 7 pm. General Admission will be $1.

NORTH SUBURB TRIO
Blaine, Hill-Murray and Totino-Grace are featured in the Star Tribune Northern Suburban edition this week. Blaine was expected to be strong this year, but HM & TG have turned some heads.

HENRY SWEEPS NORTH
Minneapolis Henry picked up their third straight win with a 13, 17, 8 sweep of Mpls. North at North. Henry led early in all games and only trailed 1-0 in the 3rd game. In game 1 Henry led 8-3 early. North did close to 11-10, but a missed serve gave Henry breathing room at 12-10. Henry closed out with a 13-3 run.
In game two Henry again jumped out to a 9-2 lead. North was able to hold Henry as they had three side outs in four serves. North did close to 18-14, but again, a missed serve stopped the momentum. Henry got three straight sideouts at 20-15.
In game 3 Henry sided out 7/8 times only missing on the first serve. Henry took control on Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick's serve when she notched four straight aces in building a 9-3 lead. Mai Chia Yang had five services points as a pinch server to make it 17-6 when she was done with her serve.
For the Game KHK had 8 kills, and 6 aces. Stef Zappa had 14 assists.

LAST WEEK
Paynesville lost twice last week to Albany and Sauk Centre in sweeps. from the Paynesville Press.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Braegelmann Picks Up 4th Honor

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GOPHERS MOVE TO 23
The Minnesota Gophers moved up to 23 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll. They are one of five Big 10 teams in the rankings with Penn State -2; Purdue-9; Wisconsin-14, and Ohio State -16.

MN STATE POLL
Stewartville moved up to #1 in AA in the latest poll bumping DGF from the top spot. DGF had 7 first place votes, the most by any team, but must have been lowballed on two other ballots.
Minneota remains #1 in A.
Eden Prairie is now the new #1 in AAA. Only Lake conference teams have been at the top this season with Chaska and Lakeville North the others that have ruled the roost.

AWARDS & HONORS
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth picked up her 5th offensive player of the week award from the North Central conference., the most of any player this year. She is joined on the award platform with teammate Chelsea Meierotto who won her 3rd defensive award, again the most of any NCC player.
Both shared their respective awards with Tara Holmen, North Dakota for offense; and Christina Reicks, Nebraska Omaha for Defense. Reicks has two awards so far.
Not sharing an award was Setter Katie Agnew of Nebraska Omaha. She has two to her credit, but another UMD player Katie Gangelhoff leads the setter award with four.

In the Northern Sun Erin Contons, SW MN State won the Offensive Award for the 2nd time. Contons had 37 kills vs Northern State. She is tied with Concordia's Jessica Lucia with two wins.
On the defensive side Laura Dolezal, Wayne State picked up her 3rd award which is the tops of any defender.
On the setter side Lisa Dobie, Winona State won for the first time. It was the first time someone not named McNamara or Coleman won an award.

COLLEGE ACTION
Winona State won the battle of Winona over St. Mary's as you would think a D2 program would over a D3 13, 15, 21. From the Winona Daily News.

Dordt of the NAIA took Wayne State in five games. Wayne State had to rally to win in game four 31-29.

HS ACTION
#6AAA Marshall swept MACCRAY on Monday 13, 18, 15. Amanda Beekman put down 20 kills for Marshall. From the Marshall Independent.

Fergus Falls won game three 25-23, but Moorhead won the rest in a 3-1 win over the Otters. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal and Fargo Forum. You can watch VB highlights at the Forum site through WDAY.

LATE ACTION
Crookston picked up one win over Fosston in the Perham tournament. From the Crookston Times.

FEATURE
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton setter Andrea Preston is featured in the Mankato Free Press. She is a team player.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
DIGS
4 games
AAA
Sam Revering, Fergus Falls 20 vs Moorhead 1-3

KILLS
3 games
AAA
Amanda Beekman, Marshall 20 vs MACCRAY 3-0

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