MIAC Playoffs Set, Knutsen Verbals

#1 posting 9.26.2006
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KNUTSEN VERBALS
Rachel Knutsen, St. Michael-Albertville 5-8 Libero has made a verbal to Concordia St. Paul. STMA is #2 in 5AAA.

MIAC ACTION
Augsburg surprised Hamline in four. Augsburg had 18 more digs on the night. Hamline will be the 5th seed in the MIAC tournament.

Bethel prevented Macalester a chance at the MIAC postseason in a four game win. Mac had 11 more kills and hit .346, but only scraped up 25 digs which doomed their chances.

Concordia Moorhead added one more win to the left hand column with a four game win over St. Benedict. Even with the loss St. Ben's makes the MIAC playoff field as #6.

In the battle of Northfield, Carleton beat St. Olaf in four. Carleton will be #3 in the tournament to come.

#9 St. Thomas rolled St. Catherine's in three. St. Thomas is #4 in the coming tournament.

Gustavus took care of St. Mary's in four after St. Mary's won the first game. Story from the Winona Daily News.

MIAC playoffs start Halloween with St. Benedict at Carleton and Hamline at St. Thomas. Winners play Thursday at Gustavus and Concordia Moorhead.

WIAC ACTION
Two games went the distance in the WIAC

Oshkosh outlasted Whitewater with the 5th game going extra points 18-16. Four of the five games were decided by two. With the win Oshkosh gets a share of the title. If stats are to believed Whitewater, the defending national champs, managaed only 38 digs on the night.?

Stevens Point won the first two, including a 39-37 marathon in game two, before waiting to clinch the win in game five 15-11 over LaCrosse. It was Stevens Point's first win over LaCrosse in 15 games.

UMAC
Martin Luther had brooms for Bethany Lutheran. Story from the Mankato Free Press.

TRIANGULAR
St. Scholastica won twice over Northland and Findlandia. Northland also picked up a win.

JUCO STATE
Itasca is heading to Willmar and Ridgewater CC that starts Friday. Itasca faces host Ridgewater at 2:30. From the Grand Rapids Herald Review.

SECTION PREVIEW
The Hibbing Daily Tribune goes over 7AAA chances, with the focus on Hibbing, in yesterday's paper.

SECTION RESULTS
AAA
1: Northfield dropped Winona in three. The headline says New Prague, but don't be fooled. It was Northfield. From the Winona Daily News.
#8 Rochester Lourdes upset #9 Lakeville South in five in the only game that didn't go according to seed. Next up is Friday Quarterfinals.
3: No shocks here as top seeds moved on to Friday's quarters.
4: #17 White Bear Lake survived a five gamer with #16 Elk River winning game five 15-13 in a minor upset. From the Elk River Star News.
5: #8 Rogers had brooms for Minneapolis City co champs #9 South. The second game was a nailbiter at 26-24. From the Elk River Star News. Also Maple Grove struggled in game one against St. Anthony, but put their foot down in games two and three.
The other two games were reported on last night with Hopkins and Benilde moving on.
6: #9 Burnsville beat #8 Holy Angels in a mild upset in four. Burnsville's prize: facing #1 Chaska Friday night in the quarters. All the other top seeds won.
7: #5S St. Francis, in a mild upset, beat #4S Chisago Lakes in three. In the north half Hermantown's sweep of Duluth Central leads the Duluth News Tribune's roundup. The DNT also has their own volleyball rankings. Hibbing is on top in the large school category, Carlton in the smaller schools. If you like boxes the DNT has 7 AAA, AA, A and a 5AA box.
AA
7: top seeds moved forward.
A
7: top seeds advance. It wasn't listed on the MSHSL site or in the StarTribune, but Bigfork beat Floodwood in three.

LATE RESULTS
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley lost a five gamer to Pine River-Backus last week. From the Walker Pilot-Independent.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Samantha Dries, LaCrosse 50 vs Stevens Point 2-3
Leah Stumpf, Oshkosh 47 vs Whitewater 3-2
4 games
D3
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 53 vs Bethel 3-1
Breanna Benham, St. Mary's 52 vs Gustavus 1-3
Heather La Chapelle, Carleton 49 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Jenny Nichols, Hamline 46 vs Augsburg 1-3
NAIA
Brie McRae, Northland 52 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Kati Berscheit, St. Scholastica 49 vs Northland 3-1

DIGS
5 games
D3
Lori Marten, Stevens Point 38 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Samantha Schmidt, Oshkosh 31 vs Whitewater 3-2
Amber Schoonover, LaCrosse 31 vs Stevens Point 2-3
Katie Beining, Oshkosh 20 vs Whitewater 3-2
4 games
D3
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 31 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Laura Barsness, Carleton 28 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Joslin Geisler. Bethel 24 vs Macalester 3-1
Angie Bonde, Concordia Moorhead 23 vs St. Benedict 3-1
Haley Bower, Augsburg 21 vs Hamline 3-1
Dani Boner, Augsburg 21 vs Hamline 3-1
Molli Dant, St. Mary's 21 vs Gustavus 1-3
Ashley Karl, St. Mary's 21 vs Gustavus 1-3
NAIA
Diana Moody, St. Scholastica 21 vs Northland 3-1
3 games
D3
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 20 vs St. Catherine 3-0
Maria Hoffman, St. Catherine 20 vs St. Thomas 0-3

KILLS
5 games
Shelly Maus, Stevens Point 25 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Carley Polk, Whitewater 22 vs Oshkosh 2-3
Callie Kunde, Stevens Point 20 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Rebekah Nelson, Whitewater 18 vs Oshkosh 2-3
Brianne Stankus, LaCrosse 18 vs Stevens Point 2-3
Nina Walch, LaCrosse 17 vs Stevens Point 2-3
Beth Richter, Stevens Point 16 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Kim Vail, Oshkosh 15 vs Whitewater 3-2
Rebecca Masephol, Oshkosh 15 vs Whitewater 3-2
4 games
D3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 25 vs Macalester 3-1
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 23 vs Bethel 1-3
Danielle Hargreaves, Carleton 22 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 20 vs Carleton 1-3
Molli Dant, St. Mary's 19 vs Gustavus 1-3
Christine Brook, , St. Olaf 18 vs Carleton 1-3
Jessica Voight, St. Mary's 18 vs Gustavus 1-3
Danielle Dahl, Concordia Moorhead 17 vs St. Benedict 3-1
Lauren Eberhart, Macalester 16 vs Bethel 1-3
Lindsay Sipma, Concordia Moorhead 16 vs St. Benedict 3-1
Dani Boner, Augsburg 15 vs Hamline 3-1
NAIA
Leann Berscheit, St. Scholastica 17 vs Northland 3-1
Melissa Anderson, Northland 15 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
3 games
NAIA
Rachel Meyer, Martin Luther 25 vs Bethany Lutheran 3-0

Next up: later today with another out&about

Out & About: Hopkins/St. Louis Park

#3 posting 10.25.2006
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5AAA Second Round
#6 HOPKINS 3, #11 ST. LOUIS PARK 0
25-18, 25-22, 25-16

Hopkins earned more points and had more first ball side outs in their win over St. Louis Park, but it wasn't all clear sailing.

In game one Hopkins trailed StLP 17-15 late, but they closed with a 10-1 run. Hopkins' Rita Cherner took the ball with the score tied at 18. She never gave it back. Cherner spread out three aces in the 7 point finish.

StLP led 4-0 early in game two. Hopkins got back into the game as neither team established a reliable first ball side out pattern early. Of the first 9 servers there was only one FBSO. The game again broke open on Cherner's serve. It was 19-18 Hopkins when she started her service, and 23-19 when she was through. Park didn't stop but put together a 4-1 run to close to 24-22. Sonja Arneson had an overpass tip kill to finish the frame.

The third game was the only game in which Hopkins dominated start to finish. Emily Foster started the game off right for Hopkins with five points including the first three aces. The momentum continued to roll to 19-7 for their biggest lead. Hopkins also got their FBSO game back with five straight to open game three. StLP came as close as 22-15, but the deficit was too large, and the energy was low for Park. Arneson again ended the game with a tip kill.

Hopkins is being coached by Molly Martin as head coach Vicki Swenson deals with the tragic aftermath of the murder of a family member in Stillwater.

Rotation, player, position, height, year, aces-blocks-kills---points
HOPKINS
1 Emily Foster, S, 5-10, 2007 3-.5-2—5.5
2 Courtney Rose, OH, 5-8, 2008 2-0-10----12
2g3 #12, OH 0-0-1----1
3br Becca Tomasko, L, 5-4, 2007 1-0-0----1
3fr Sonja Arneson, MH, 6-0, 2007 0-1.5-5—6.5
4 Emily Anderson, RH, 5-8, 2007 1-.5-2—3.5
5 Rita Cherner, OH, 5-8, 2007 4-0-7---11
6br Mari Peterson, DS, 5-9, 2008 0-0-0----0
6fr Cali Carnahan, MH, 6-0, 2008 0-.5-9---9.5
Totals: 11-3-36----50 points, 25 points on St. Louis Park errors

ST. LOUIS PARK
1. Kayla Torgerson , 2007 1-0-0----1
2br. Jayme Agrey, S, 2007 1-0-0----1
2fr Betta Ganino, OH, 2007 0-0-2---2
3. Majra Mucic, MH, 2007 0-2-8--10
4br Andria Kelzenberg, DS, 2007 0-0-0----0
5. LaiShema Hampton, OH 2008 2-0-3---5
5g3 Katie Rasmussen, S, 2008 0-0-0----0
6. Taylor Tinkham, MH 2008 3-1-7---11
Totals: 7-3-21---31 points, 25 points on Hopkins errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Emily Foster

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Hopkins 20/35----.571; 75; .667; .446
St. Louis Park 17-35----.486; 51; .554; .333

Hopkins had control of FBSO in games 1 and 3, but StLP actually had the better FBSO in game 2. Hopkins was helped by 15 more kills. Both teams earned more than half their points, but Hopkins had just a tad more control to move on. The first game meltdown damaged any hope of a Park win. They were on the cusp, but didn't finish.

ROTATION POINTS
rotation, name, points for-against pct
Hopkins
1 Foster 15-10 .600
2 Rose 10-7 .588
3 Tomasko 13-8 .619
4 Anderson 10-9 .526
5 Cherner 16-11 .593
6 Peterson 10-12 .455

ST. LOUIS PARK
1. Torgerson 12-15 .444
2. Jayme Agrey 10-11 .476
3. Majra Mucic 7-13 .350
4. Andria Kelzenberg 8-10 .444
5. LaiShema Hampton 8-17 .320
6. Taylor Tinkham 11-10 .524
In the battle of the rotations, Hopkins had all winners except #6. Two rotations were north of .600. StLP was able to get one rotation on the plus side.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Out & About: Benilde-St. Margaret/Cooper

#2 posting 10.25.2006
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5AAA Second Round
#7 BENILDE-ST. MARGARET’S 3, #10 COOPER 0
25-17, 25-21, 25-14

In the first game at Hopkins, Benilde-St. Margaret's beat Cooper in a sweep. Better side out % and more earned points delivered the victory for BSM.

BSM led early 6-2 after Devon McFadden's serve. Cooper did have their side out game going early with four first ball side outs in five services, but it escaped soon after. Lauren Carisch came up with three service points, and Natalie Guggenberger added four to make it 22-10 for BSM's biggest lead, after a side out Blair Beneke delivered four points to cut the lead to 22-14, but the margin was too much to overcome as side outs ruled the last five points.

BSM held early leads at 6-0 and 9-2, and the BSM side out game was strong early with 8 of 10 first ball side outs. Cooper did close to 22-19, but the game ended with five straight side outs and BSM won 25-21. Kachine Alexander came up with six points in the second game.

Game three was fairly tight with a 10-8 lead by BSM, but then 8 straight points blew the game open 18-8. Five straight Cooper hitting errors started the momentum shift. Megan Kelly was at the service line during the run. Neither team sided out well in the third game with Cooper checking in with .333 and BSM only .500.

Rotation, player, position, height, year, aces-blocks-kills---points
BENILDE-ST. MARGARET’S
1fr Lauren Carisch, RH, 5-10, 2008 0-.5-3---3.5
1br Brittany Mayclin, S, 5-8, 2007 0-0-1---1
2 Erin Sherman, OH, 5-6, 2009 0-0-11----11
3 Devon McFadden, MH, 5-11, 2007 0-.5-4---4.5
4 Natalie Guggenberger, S, 5-6, 2009 3-0-2---5
5 Kachine Alexander, OH, 5-10, 2007, 0-1-12---13 also played middle
6br Megan Kelly, L, 5-9, 2007 0-0-1----1
6fr Danielle Bennett-Curry, MH, 5-8, 2009 0-0-5---5 mainly hit left
Totals: 3-2-39---44 points, 31 points on Cooper errors

COOPER
1 Krista Gary, S, 5-5, 2007 1-0-4----5
2 Allie Oelfke, OH, 5-7, 0-0-1----1
3br Christine Hanks, MH 5-7, 2009 0-0-0----0
3br Vicky Yang, BR 0-0-0----0
3fr Alycia Turner, MH, 6-0, 2007 0-0-4---4
4 Kelsey Thingvold, RH 5-9, 2007, 0-.5-3---3.5
5 Blair Benecke, OH, 5-7, 2008 0-0-3---3
6br Rachel Cruikshank, L, 5-6, 2007 0-0-0----0
6fr Stephanie Hyser, MH, 5-9, 2007 0-.5-3---3.5
Totals: 1-1-18----20 points, 31 on Benilde-St. Margaret errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Kachine Alexander

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Benilde-SM 24/36---.667; 75; .587; .608
Cooper 19/36---.528; 51; .392; .413
Strong first ball side out early had BSM establishing their game. Another big difference came in the points earned category with BSM holding a big advantage. BSM did have 21 more kills on the night. BSM did give a chunck of points away however.

ROTATION POINTS
rotation, name, points for-against pct
BENILDE-SM
1 Carisch 18-10 .643
2 Sherman 11-9 .550
3 McFadden 14-7 .667
4 Guggenberger 12-11 .522
5 Alexander 6-7 .462
6 Kelly 14-8 .636

COOPER
1 Gary 10-17 .370
2 Oelfke 10-11 .476
3 Yang 8-15 .348
4 Thingvold 6-13 .316
5 Benecke 11-6 .647
6 Cruikshank 7-13 .350

Three rotations delivered over .600 in the BSM lineup. Cooper had one come up big. Only one BSM rotation was on the negative side. Five Cooper rotations were sub .500.

Next up: the Hopkins/St. Louis Park game, then I will revisit and put up the story

Wayne State Upsets SW MN State

#1 posting 10.25.2006
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GOPHERS FIRST HALF REVIEWED
The Minnesota Daily has a review of the Gophers first half of the conference year. It also has a preview of the upcoming weekend games against Ohio State and Penn State.

D2 ACTION
NORTHERN SUN
#24 Wayne State stopped #20 SW MN State in four games. With the win Wayne State is in sole possession of second place. Wayne State had more swings on the night and that may have had an impact with both teams hitting about the same .174/.175.

NON CON
NCC 3, NSIC 1
I wrote about the #6 Concordia St. Paul win over #4 UM Duluth last night. In that game CSP's Jessica Lucia went over 1500 kills milestone for her career. This was the only Northern Sun win on the night.
The three wins for the North Central:
MSU Mankato got back on the wining track with a four game win over Winona State.

#19 Nebraska Omaha crunched Upper Iowa 17, 15. 13.

North Dakota also had brooms for MSU Moorhead, but it was tight in one & three 31-29.

D3 ACTION
#9 St. Thomas went the distance with River Falls. Odd fact: River Falls had 20 more kills on the night and had 84 more swings on the night. However they also had 21 more hitting errors.

Stout snapped a six game losing streak with a 3-1 win over Northwestern MN.

SECTION PLAYOFF RESULTS
AA
Crookston won their pig tail game with Mahnomen in three on Monday. Their prize? Taking on #1AA DGF. From the Crookston Times.
A
Nashwauk-Keewatin also had brooms out for Cook County. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

Wayzata beat Cretin-Derham Hall in five last night. I had to make a choice between this game and the Concordia St. Paul and UM Duluth game. The largest margin of victory was 25-22, so it was a great match between two #1 seeds.

SECTION PREVIEWS
Kingsland's chances in 1AA are previewed in the Spring Valley Tribune. They will face Pine Island. Kingsland is #5 and Pine Island #4. 1AA West looks pretty brutal with Stewartville, Byron and Chatfield all above. Kingsland recently finished second in the Rochester Century tournament.

WEEKLY PAPER WRAPS
Chatfield beat Goodhue 3-2 in the Three River championship game and finished 11-0 for the conference season. From the Chatfield News.

Adrian had seven matches in nine days. Find out how they did in the Nobles County Review.

Paynesville picked up their first win of the year over Foley in the Sartell Tournament. In the Paynesville Press.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
KTTC in Rochester has named Leah Bjerke Athlete of the week. You can either read the copy, or watch the video clip. Click on the camera icon above Bjerke's photo.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Kat Krtnick, River Falls 63 vs St. Thomas 2-3
4 games
D2
Brittany Coleman, Wayne State 59 vs SW MN State 3-1
Stef Sandstrom, MSU Mankato 57 vs Winona State 3-1
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 54 vs Wayne State 1-3
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 52 vs UM Duluth 3-1
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 47 vs Concordia St. Paul 1-3

DIGS
5 games
D3
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 32 vs River Falls 3-2
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 28 vs River Falls 3-2
Kat Krtnick, River Falls 28 vs St. Thomas 2-3
Kelsey Scheele, River Falls 26 vs St. Thomas 2-3
Lindsey Mace, River Falls 21 vs St. Thomas 2-3
4 games
D2
Laura Dolezal, Wayne State 25 vs SW MN State 3-1
Erin Contons, SW MN State 23 vs Wayne State 1-3
Brittany Coleman, Wayne State 21 vs SW MN State 3-1
Chelsea Meierotto, UM Duluth 20 Concordia St. Paul 1-3
Megan Graham, Concordia St. Paul 20 vs UM Duluth 3-1
3 games
D2
Shea Meyermann, Upper Iowa 20 vs UN Omaha 0-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 20 vs River Falls 3-2
Andrea Geehan, River Falls 20 vs St. Thomas 2-3
Kate Thompson, River Falls 19 vs St. Thomas 2-3
Gina DeRosa, River Falls 18 vs St. Thomas 2-3
4 games
D2
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 29 vs SW MN State 3-1
Erin Contons, SW MN State 24 vs Wayne State 1-3
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 19 vs UM Duluth 3-1
Whitney Meierotto, UM Duluth 17 vs Concordia St. Paul 1-3
Cathy Turner, MSU Mankato 16 vs Winona State 3-1
Kari Wolford, UM Duluth 16 vs Concordia St. Paul 1-3
3 games
D2
Tara Holmen, North Dakota 19 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Christina Reicks, UN Omaha 18 vs Upper Iowa 3-0

Next up: later today with another out & about. It will be after 10 pm or close to it.

Out & About: Concordia St. Paul/UM Duluth

#2 posting 10.24.2006
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Concordia St. Paul 3, UM Duluth 1
30-21, 25-30, 30-26, 30-26

Here are the press releases from CSP and UMD, they can tell their side. Of course it wouldn't be complete without the box.

With a clash of two top 10 teams (CSP #6, UMD #4) in D2 it was an easy decision to go to this confrontation tonight. Traffic was backed up going east on 94 so I just barely made it. But the energy, excitement in the gym got everyone's attention.
I also wanted to see the players of the week: Jessica Lucia and Maggie McNamara for CSP and Katie Gangelhoff and Vicky Braegelmann for UMD. Lucia had a better go of it in the match up with Braegelmann with 19 kills and a .277 %. Braegelmann checked in with only 8 kills and a negative .030 %.
I will later in future blogs look at the difference with D1 and D2, but the speed of action and athleticism of players should not be doubted.

Here is what isn't seen in the boxes.
NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Concordia St. Paul 30/58---.517; 115, .739; .350
UM Duluth 33/59---.559; 103; .650; .261
Odd fact: UMD had better first ball side out. However in every game they lost it was the long runs that doomed UMD. In game one they gave up six right off the bat to Monica McNamara, and later gave up five to sister Maggie. On those two serves CSP had 33% for their points.
Maggie had five points in a row in game three, and again sister Monica provided four in the very next serve. Again close to a third of the points for CSP.
In game four it was Kate Bennett that had the big run with six straight points. Maggie McNamara was also efficient with a run of four.
CSP also gave up runs but they only gave up one run of four or more and that was in game four on Rachel Jacobson's serve.

In comparing what the Gophers do: their average first ball side out % is .648; their points earned % is .805 and points allowed is .294, but that includes the game where they gave away .400 to Indiana.

ROTATION POINTS
CSP
1. Maggie McNamara, S 29-18 .617
2. Monica McNamara, OH 24-18 .571
3. Megan Graham, L 18-20 .474 for Maria Stinhagen MH
4. Jessica Lucia, RH 14-14 .500
5. Ashley Olson, OH 15-14 .517
6. Kate Bennett, serves 15-18 .455 for Kelsey Kyro MH

UMD
1. Katie Gangelhoff, S 18-23 .439
2. Kari Wolford, OH 20-28 .417
3. Chelsea Meierotto, L 21-17 .553 in for Lindsey Clairmont MH
4. Crystal Hoffrogge, DS 12-16 .429 in for Vicky Braegelmann RH
5. Whitney Meierotto, OH 16-17 .485
6. Rachel Jacobson, DS 16-13 .552 in for Rachel Langseth MH

The odd thing was that the MH spot in each teams rotation was a mirror opposite--CSP's MH spot was sub .500 while for UMD the MH spot was the only spot above .500. But Maggie McNamara's rotation was the only rotation north of .600.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Respect, UMD vs Concordia St. Paul, Final HS Polls

#1 posting 10.24.2006
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OVERDUE RESPECT
Minnesota jumped again in the polls to #12 in the AVCA D1 poll this week. The Gophers have rocketed up 11 places in two weeks. MN is 13-1 with all their players in place.
This weekend will be a good test with strong #24 Ohio State and #2 Penn State teams showing up at the Pavillion. If you like great college volleyball this will be the place this weekend.

Malama Peniata grabbed her 2nd defensive player of the week honors in the Big 10. The offensive award was shared by Anna Szerszen, Ohio State and Megan Hodge, Penn State both freshmen hitters.

MORE AWARDS
D2
NORTH CENTRAL
UM Duluth picked up two North Central awards yesterday with Vicky Braegelmann winning her 6th offensive award, and Katie Gangelhoff winning her 5th setter award. Braegelmann shared the offensive award with Carlie Christensen of Nebraska Omaha. It was Christensen's first honor.
The only non UMD award winner was Christina Reicks, Nebraska Omaha for the defensive player of the week. It was win number three for Reicks who now has tied Chelsea Meierotto, UMD for the most honors.

NORTHERN SUN
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul won her 3rd Northern Sun offensive award putting her in a tie with Erin Contons of SW MN State. Maggie McNamara of CSP also picked up the setter award her 5th this year.
Melanie Perez of Northern State broke the Concordia run with her 4th defensive award.

A big non con match today: #4 UM Duluth travels to #6 Concordia St. Paul with the #1 ranking in the North Central section on the line.

UM Crookston is battling Bemidji State for the 7th spot in the Northern Sun. No one wants to face Concordia St. Paul in the first round.

The MIAC site wasn't responding this morning so I can't give you those winners.
However the setter award does go to Audrey Volstad of St. Olaf. story from the West Central Tribune.

UMAC
The UMAC winners this week were
Sarah Whitmore, Northwestern, MN for offense along with teammate Sarah Zosel for setting. Jennifer Bourdon of Presentation took defensive honors.

Crown beat Northland in four last night.

FINAL HS POLL
The top spots didn't change in the last MN HS poll. Minneota was the only unanimous #1. DGF had four first place votes in AA with Jordan taking three. The only team to get a vote for #1 other than Chaska was Owatonna.

HS SEEDS
The Star Tribune looks at the section tournaments with ministate tournament in 6AAA the main focus.
The Isanti County News goes over the seeds with Cambridge-Isanti and Braham in the upcoming HS playoffs.

SECTION PLAYDOWNS
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton dodged a bullet and won their first contest in 3AA in a four game win over Canby. from the Marshall Independent.
Luverne swept Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial to open 3AA play. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
Scroll down in the St. Cloud Times to get to the St. Cloud Cathedral/Zimmerman contest won by SCC.

CAMDEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Minneota won the Camden championship in a four game win over Lakeview. The only flaw was a game three loss. That was Minneota's only game loss in conference this year. From the Marshall Independent.

Here are boxes from the Duluth News Tribune with Carlton's five game win over Hermantown leading the way.
More Boxes in the Grand Forks Herald. with the 5 game match between Lake of the Woods and Kittson Central the highlight.

LAST WEEK
Underwood finished 4th in their own tournament last Thursday. Wheaton walked off with the top spot. In the same article Fergus Falls CC was 1-3 in a crossover tournament at Central Lakes.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
AA
Morgan Pieper, Warroad 55 vs Bagley 3-2
Sannie Olson, Hermantown 49 vs Carlton 2-3
4 games
NAIA
Annette Case, Crown 51 vs Northland 3-1
AA
Lindsay Daniels, TMB 38 vs Canby 3-1

DIGS
4 games
NAIA
Melissa Anderson, Northland 20 vs Crown 1-3
AA
Shelbie Jones, TMB 23 vs Canby 3-1

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Blair Murphy, Hermantown 27 vs Carlton 2-3
AA
Katie Rygh, Warroad 24 vs Bagley 3-2
Devin Trefz, Bagley 20 vs Warroad 2-3
Nicole Olson, Lake of the Woods 19 vs Kittson Central 3-2
Danielle Soukkala, Carlton 17 vs Hermantown 3-2
A
Whitney Langen, Kittson Central 19 vs Lake of the Woods 2-3
4 games
NAIA
Jennifer Sunwall, Crown 31 vs Northland 3-1
Melissa Anderson, Northland 23 vs Crown 1-3
Danielle Schiebout, Crown 18 vs Northland 3-1
AA
Michele Lanoue, TMB 19 vs Canby 3-1
A
Claire Kopfmann, Minneota 19 vs Lakeview 3-1
Alyssa Buysse, Minneota 16 vs Lakeview 3-1
Steph Boulton, Minneota 15 vs Lakeview 3-1

Next up: later today in the evening

5 in 5AAA

#2 posting 10.23.2006
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SECTION 5AAA ACTION
It was the opening of the tournament season tonight and there were three games at Mpls Henry. Two contests went the distance in five. One was over & out in three.

In the first match was between #16 North and #17 Roosevelt with Roosevelt coming out on top in five. Roosevelt took game one 25-22. The Teddies led 14-5 and 23-10. North's Debbie Hulbert then served up nine points to close the gap to 23-20. In that string North's Chaundera Riley had five kills. Roosevelt got the side out, but missed their serve. North added one point on a four hit error by Roosevelt. A Riley passing error ended the game.
North won game two 25-20. The game was tied at 20 when after a side out, Hulbert served out with four straight points.
Roosevelt took control of game three early with a 10-3 lead with Selamawit Teffera's six straight points including four straight aces. Roosevelt led 20-10 after Roosevelt's Kiana Williams serve. North did close to 22-18, but three straight side outs and a North hitting error ended the game at 25-19.
The fourth game I was with my team, but North won 25-17 forcing game five.
Roosevelt established themselves early with a 8-2 lead. North tried to stop the momentum at 7-2. North did close to 9-7, but a kill by Roosevelt's Celia Thomas gave the edge back to the Teddies. After that I had to go into the hall for the coin flip for our game.

The #12St. Anthony/#13Minneapolis Henry game also went five, but the route was a bit different.
St. Anthony won the first two games with the first a 25-23 nailbiter. Henry led 22-21, but was in the net to tie it at 22. St.A had a kill off the middle, but then missed their serve. The next two points went to St. Anthony due to hitting errors.
Game two St. Anthony steamrolled Henry 25-9. Angela Melland of St. Anthony served up seven points to make it 13-2. It didn't improve for Henry after that with Nicole Binder serving the last five points.
Game three marked Henry's comeback, but it was a comeback only true in storybooks. St. Anthony led 9-1 after their first two servers. On top of that Henry's first eight servers in that game all ended their serve on a miss. St. Anthony led 23-20, but missed their serve to give it back to Henry. Wendy Vang came in and served the last four points to give Henry their first win 25-23.
Game four was another magical comeback for Henry. The Patriots did take their first lead after Stef Zappa's serve 11-10. They maintained the lead until Margi Huss served up six straight for St. Anthony to give them the momentum and lead 22-17. They too missed their serve to make it 22-18. Courtney Phillips served three straight points and then Wendy Vang came in to get the next two to make it 23-22. A hitting error gave the ball back to St. A. A missed serve gave the ball back and on Zappa's serve St. Anthony had a serving error to end it 25-23.
Henry won the toss and the serve. Zappa got the first ball in, but missed her next serve. The energy and emotion involved got the adrenaline carousing through the veins for Henry and the balls were hit with a bit more oomph. Henry never got the critical first ball side out and it was over after three servers 15-5. It marked the second straight year St. Anthony ended Henry's season in five games. It marked the third straight year Henry lost in the opening round in five games.

In the final game of the night #9Minneapolis South beat Roosevelt in three 8, 16, 10. In game two South had many hitting errors that resulted in Roosevelt points.

Next up: tomorrow morning with more results

HS Playoff Open, and Winners are Named

#1 posting 10.23.2006
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PLAYOFFS GALORE
The MN HS playoffs get underway tonight in six of the 18 sections. Here is the run down on each of the sections:
AAA
1. Owatonna is #1, but don't be stunned if Lakeville North shows up at the state tournament.
2. Marshall should make state
3. Cretin-Derham Hall with Lauren Gibbemeyer is #1, but Eagan is a dangerous #2.
4. Blaine is #1 and will probably face the winner of Andover #2, and Anoka #3 in the finals
5. Wayzata has the top seed and will probably see #2 St. Michael-Albertville in the finals.
6. The roughest, toughest, meanest section bar none. Chaska is #1, but look at the other teams in this donnybrook section: #2 Kennedy, #3 Eden Prairie; #4 Shakopee; #5 Eastview; #6 Apple Valley any one of these teams could make the big show.
7. They have the section divided into North & South with Hibbing and Forest Lake the #1s. Hibbing has the edge.
8. No seeds were seen at the MSHSL site.
AA
1. Wabasha-Kellogg is #1 in the East, Stewartville #1 West. Stewie is usually the entrant. Check them off again.
2. Montgomery-Lonsdale is #1 East, Belle Plaine #1 West. Look for Belle Plaine to make state
3. GFW is #1 North, St. James #1 South. The pick here is St. James.
4. St. Croix Lutheran is #1 East, Jordan #1 West. Jordan, Jordan, Jordan
5. Esko and St. Cloud Cathedral are the #1 seeds, but I am going with SCC.
6. only half of the section was seeded. Montevideo is the #1 in the south half.
7. Virginia and Pine River-Backus are the #1s, and yes Virginia their is State tournament in your future.
8. In the battle of the alphabets DGF gets the nod over LOW. LOW will not have their coach on the bench for the postseason.
A
1. Mabel-Canton (East) gets the nod over FBA (West)
2. KMS and Sleepy Eye St. Mary's are #1s in a wide geographic spread. I will take St. Mary's
3. Minneota and SW Star are the #1s. Minneota has been #1 most of the year and I won't change that.
4. Heritage and SW Christian (Chaska) are the #1s, but my choice is not a #1, but a #2 Meadow Creek
5. Hill City and Bertha-Hewitt are the #1s. My choice is Bertha-Hewitt.
6. Ulen-Hitterdal and Wheaton make the #1 list. Look for Ulen-Hitterdal to make the big event.
7. Cook and LFBF are the #1s. My choice is Cook
8. No listing was available but my choice will be Ada-Borup.
There you have my kiss of deaths for 18 sections.
If you want to see the seeds/brackets go to the MSHSL site. In the section tournament site on the lower right side click on the B in the section you are interested in.

Here is the seeds in 5AAA decided last night
1. Wayzata
2. St. Michael-Albertville
3. Osseo
4. Armstrong
5. Maple Grove
6. Hopkins
7. Benilde-St. Margaret's
8. Rogers
9. Mpls South
10. Cooper
11. St. Louis Park
12. St. Anthony
13. Mpls Henry
14. DeLaSalle
15. Park Center
16. Mpls North
17. Mpls Roosevelt
18. Mpls Edison
In 5AAA the first four seeds are off until the quarters on Friday. 5-8 start on Wednesday. 9-18 play today, with 15-18 getting a possible double game. The winner of the 4 pm game between North & Roosevelt will play at 7 pm against South at Henry. The Park Center & Edison winner will play Cooper also at 7 pm at Edison.

The Elk River Star News previews the playoff chances for Elk River, Rogers and Zimmerman.

CAMDEN BATTLE
Minneota faces Lakeview for the Camden championship tonight in Dawson. The Marshall Independent has a preview of the contest.

COLLEGE REWINDS
Minnesota is done with the first half of the Big 10 schedule with a 9-1 record. The Iowa game is recapped here. This weekend will be a key weekend with home games against Ohio State and Penn State on Friday and Saturday.

Concordia St. Paul beat SW MN State on Saturday and the Marshall Independent does not publish on Sundays, so today is the recap of that big Northern Sun battle.

Thanks to all the readers that help without with information to make this the first & last source for volleyball news. If you have some information, send it along.

Next up: Later tonight after the first rounds of the 5AAA tournament.

Chaska, DGF Win Tournaments

#3 posting 10.22.2006
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HS TOURNAMENTS
Tournament season is transitioning from regular season to post season. Three tournaments closed out the regulars season tournaments.

#1AAA Chaska won their own tournament with a convincing 10, 15 sweep of Cretin-Derham Hall. The win was Chaska's 16th straight. From the Chaska Herald.

#1AA DGF won the Moorhead Pumpkin Classic over the hosts but the games were tight throughout with two points separating the two every time. DGF is 25-1 going into sections. From the Fargo Forum.

Winona Cotter finished in 12th place in the Rochester Century tournament losing to the hosts. From the Winona Daily News.
Rochester Mayo won the event with a 10, 21 win over Kingsland.

CANCER SURVIVOR
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown's Jackie Venero has battled ovarian cancer since 2004. Her battle and her volleyball are highlighted in an article in the Mankato Free Press.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
DIGS
3 games
AAA
Leslie Eldred, Moorhead 20 vs DGF 1-2

KILLS
3 games
AA
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 17 vs Moorhead 2-1

Next up: Tomorrow morning

Gustavus #2 Seed in MIAC

#2 posting 10.22.2006
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D3 ACTION
MIAC
Gustavus took out St. Benedict in five and will be the second seed in the MIAC playoffs. Gustavus' Emily Klein set a school record for 46 digs in the match.
Carleton swept St. Catherine.

WIAC
Eau Claire had the brooms ready for LaCrosse. With the win UWEC gets a share of the WIAC title.
#9 Oshkosh swept up Stout. Oshkosh needs to win at Whitewater on Wednesday to share the WIAC title.
Platteville cleaned up on Superior in their final home match of the year. Platteville hit .392 on the night.
#11 Whitewater also finished 3-0 to keep the sweep theme alive over River Falls. It was Whitewater's 12th win in a row.

TOURNAMENTS
#7 St. Thomas was 4-0 in the Dubuque Classic with sweep wins on Saturday over Clarke and host Dubuque.

NAIA ACTION
UMAC
Northwestern, MN outlasted Martin Luther in five. NW trailed 2-1 before mounting their comeback. Martin Luther is one game up on NW in the standings.
St. Scholastica cleaned up on UM Morris in three. The win moves St. Scholastica into third place.
Presentation swept Northland. no stories available.
Bethany Lutheran vs Crown has no results posted on either site.

HAMLINE TRIANGULAR
Viterbo won a triangular with Hamline & Luther.
Hamline beat Luther in four.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Beth Hanson, St. Benedict 58 vs Gustavus 2-3
Bridget Burtzel, Gustavus 57 vs St. Benedict 3-2
NAIA
Sarah Zosel, Northwestern MN 61 vs Martin Luther 3-2
Emily Buck, Martin Luther 57 vs Northwestern MN 2-3
4 games
D3
Jenny Nichols, Hamline 47 vs Luther 3-1
3 games
D3
Kelly Laschinger, Platteville 53 vs Superior 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D3
Emily Klein, Gustavus 46 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 30 vs Gustavus 2-3
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 28 vs Gustavus 2-3
NAIA
Steph Koth, Northwestern MN 22 vs Martin Luther 3-2
Ashley Filipi, Northwestern MN 20 vs Martin Luther 3-2

KILLS
5 games
D3
Andrea Kron, Gustavus 20 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 17 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Nicole Hjelmgren, St. Benedict 16 vs Gustavus 2-3
Teri Knapper, St. Benedict 15 vs Gustavus 2-3
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 15 vs Gustavus 2-3
NAIA
Rachel Meyer, Martin Luther 26 vs Northwestern MN 2-3
Kathryne Engel, Northwestern MN 23 vs Martin Luther 3-2
Steph Koth, Northwestern MN 21 vs Martin Luther 3-2
Danielle Kramer, Martin Luther 19 vs Northwestern MN 2-3
4 games
D3
Tasha Simmons, Hamline 21 vs Luther 3-1
Amanda Lincoln, Luther 18 vs Hamline 1-3
3 games
D3
Dana Alf, Platteville 19 vs Superior 3-0
Rachel Chapman, Platteville 15 vs Superior 3-0
Katie Beining, Oshkosh 15 vs Stout 3-0
Courtney Stach, Superior 15 vs Platteville 0-3

Next up: HS results from yesterday

Concordia St. Paul Wins NSIC

#1 posting 10.22.2006
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D1 ACTION
It took four games for Wisconsin to beat Iowa in Iowa City on Saturday. Iowa won game two.

North Dakota State swept Texas Pan American 20, 16, 20.
On Friday South Dakota State did the same trick to TPA.

D2 ACTION
NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE
Augustana downed MSU Mankato in a 27, 21, 28 sweep.
St. Cloud State picked up their first NCC win in a sweep over South Dakota. South Dakota is looking for their first win in the NCC. SCSU's Lindsey Gothe reached the 1000 dig mark in the contest.
Nebraska Omaha beat North Dakota in four. In the game Aileen Cahill of North Dakota notched her 1000 dig.

NORTHERN SUN
Concordia St. Paul won the conference with a four game win over SW MN State. The loss snapped a 12 game SW MN State conference winning streak. CSP has now won 57 NSIC matches and 23 home matches in a row.
Mary beat Bemidji State in four.
Northern State swept UMC Crookston. Northern State has won four in a row.
#24 Wayne State did the broom act on Upper Iowa. Wayne State is 13-3 in the NSIC.
MSU Moorhead outlasted Winona State in five.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 63 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Julie Vancura, MSU Moorhead 50 vs Winona State 3-2
4 games
D2
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 65 vs SW MN State 3-1
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 57 vs Concordia St. Paul 1-3
Katie Agnew, UN Omaha 51 vs North Dakota 3-1
Alicia Beaman, Bemidji State 45 vs Mary 1-3
3 games
D2
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 46 vs MSU Mankato 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D2
Rudi Balich, Winona State 38 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Calla Oftedahl, MSU Moorhead 30 vs Winona State 3-2
Carmen Stankowski, Winona State 27 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 26 vs MSU Moorhead 3-2
Megan Pulvermacher, Winona State 26 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Julie Vancura, MSU Moorhead 26 vs Winona State 3-2
Meagan Brandon, MSU Moorhead 22 vs Winona State 3-2
Megan Norling, MSU Moorhead 20 vs Winona State 3-2
4 games
D1
Jocelyn Wack, Wisconsin 25 vs Iowa 3-1
Emily Hiza, Iowa 21 vs Wisconsin 1-3
D2
Stacie Wemhoff, UN Omaha 34 vs North Dakota 3-1
Christina Reicks, UN Omaha 26 vs North Dakota 3-1
Allison Hyatt, Bemidji State 24 vs Mary 1-3
Ashley Maas, Mary 24 vs Bemidji State 3-1
Makenzie Hennessy, Mary 23 vs Bemidji State 3-1
Lindsay Vortherms, North Dakota 22 vs UN Omaha 1-3
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 21 vs Concordia St. Paul 1-3
Katie Hogan, Mary 21 vs Bemidji State 3-1
3 games
D2
Abby Schmidt, Augustana 25 vs MSU Mankato 3-0
Melanie Perez, Northern State 24 vs UM Crookston 3-0

KILLS
5 games
D2
Becky Anderson, MSU Moorhead 20 vs Winona State 3-2
Megan Pulvermacher, Winona State 19 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Kiersten Arendt, Winona State 18 vs MSU Moorhead 2-3
Megan Norling, MSU Moorhead 18 vs Winona State 3-2
4 games
D1
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 25 vs Iowa 3-1
Catherine Smale, Iowa 15 vs Wisconsin 1-3
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 24 vs Concordia St. Paul 3-1
Carlie Christensen, UN Omaha 22 vs North Dakota 3-1
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 18 vs SW MN State 3-1
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 17 vs SW MN State 3-1
Ashley Maas, Mary 16 vs Bemidji State 3-1
Tanya Hensch, Mary 16 vs Bemidji State 3-1
3 games
D2
Kristi Pangrac, St. Cloud State 18 vs South Dakota 3-0
Odemaris Diaz, Northern State 18 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 18 vs Upper Iowa 3-0
Terrin Post, Augustana 17 vs MSU Mankato 3-0

Next up: Later today with D3/naia/hs action

Mac, St. Olaf Both Win in Five

#2 posting 10.21.2006
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D3 ACTION
MIAC
Macalester had to go five to beat Augsburg and had to do it trailing 2-0.
St. Olaf upset St. Benedict trailed 2-1 and came back to win 3-2.

WIAC
Eau Claire led Platteville 2-0 and then held on to come back in game five 18-16. In game two Eau Claire trailed 27-19 before coming back and winning 32-30. Jodi Dunbar, a UW Eau Claire player from Platteville HS set a new record for UWEC. Dana Alf for UW Platteville tied her own school record.
LaCrosse did the same with Superior. It is LaCrosse's 10th straight win over Superior. Superior led 14-12 in game five, but LaCrosse rose to the occasion and won game five 18-16.
Oshkosh took care of business with River Falls in three games.
Whitewater had brooms for Stout.

Bethel won two games at a triangular. They defeated Stevens Point in five , and swept Wartburg.
Stevens Point won over Wartburg to finish the triangle.

At the Dubuque Invitational St. Thomas won twice while Dubuque, Loras, and St. Mary’s all picked up one win.

NAIA ACTION
Northland beat UM Morris in four.
Northwestern MN beat Bethany Lutheran in five. All three of their wins were 2 pointers.
St. Scholastica beat Presentation in four.

HS TOURNAMENTS
#1AA DGF beat Moorhead in three in the Pumpkin classic in Moorhead.
Lake of the Woods beat Duluth East in two and Climax-Fisher beat Osseo in three.

Mpls Henry traveled down to Rochester and were beat four straight times. They were swept both games on Friday with Montgomery-Lonsdale and Rochester Century.
The tightest game Henry was involved in was the first game on Saturday with Irondale. Irondale won the first game 25-23. Henry tied it at 22, but a missed serve gave the ball back to Irondale.
In game two Irondale led 13-9 before Henry made their comeback. Mai Chia Yang came in as a pinch server and notched five points on her serve. Irondale came back and had Henry on the brink at 24-22. Schanell Gauna fought off game point with a side out kill. An Irondale hitting error tied the game at 24. An Irondale kill gave them the 25-24 advantage, but another hitting error gave the ball back to Henry. Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick served up the final two points--with a Jannetta Parker kill and, once again, an Irondale hittinger error for a 27-25 win.
Irondale shook off the hittinger errors and limited themselves to two in game three. They started off with a 5-0 run to start the game. The closest Henry got in this episode was 10-8. But Henry wasn't able to generate the kills they did in game two and they lost 15-9.
In the final game Rochester JM led from start to finish in both games 25-12, and 25-17.

The finals showcased Rochester Mayo and Kingsland. Now word on the victor.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Audrey Volstad, St. Olaf 65 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Kelly Laschinger, Platteville 62 vs Eau Claire 2-3
Samantha Dries, LaCrosse 62 vs Superior 3-2
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 60 vs Augsburg 3-2
Beth Hanson, St. Benedict 59 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Carly Freiborg, Eau Claire 59 vs Platteville 3-2
Alicia Fairchild, Superior 56 vs LaCrosse 2-3
Laura Naig, Bethel 45 Stevens Point 3-2
NAIA
Sarah Zosel, Northwestern MN 49 vs Bethany Lutheran 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Katie Pettys, Presentation 49 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Kati Berscheit, St. Scholastica 46 vs Presentation 3-1

DIGS
5 games
D3
Lori Marten, Stevens Point 40 vs Bethel 2-3
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 36 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Haley Bower, Augsburg 29 vs Macalester 2-3
Amber Schoonover, LaCrosse 29 vs Superior 3-2
Shanna Berger, Eau Claire 26 vs Platteville 3-2
Janet Sully, St. Olaf 24 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Samantha Blake, Superior 24 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Dani Boner, Augsburg 21 vs Macalester 2-3
Alyssa Williams, St. Olaf 21 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Alicia Fairchild, Superior 21 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Joslin Geisler, Bethel 21 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Ashley Boylan, LaCrosse 20 vs Superior 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Jennifer Bourdon, Presentation 37 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Kimberly Bourdon, Presentation 32 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Diana Moody, St. Scholastica 30 vs Presentation 3-1
4 games
D3
Samantha Schmidt, Oshkosh 25 vs River Falls 3-0
Ashley Steines, Wartburg 23 vs Bethel 0-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Dana Alf, Platteville 31 vs Eau Claire 2-3
Jodi Dunbar, Eau Claire 29 vs Platteville 3-2
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 25 vs St. Benedict 3-2
C. Christofferson, Superior 22 vs LaCrosse 2-3
Courtney Stach, Superior 21 vs LaCrosse 2-3
Brianne Stankus, LaCrosse 21 vs Superior 3-2
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 20 vs Augsburg 3-2
Christine Brook, St. Olaf 20 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Katie LaGrave, Augsburg 19 vs Macalester 2-3
Andrea Hansen, Macalester 19 vs Augsburg 3-2
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 18 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 18 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Audrey Formo, Bethel 18 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Paige Olson, St. Olaf 17 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Amanda Mix, Stevens Point 17 vs Bethel 2-3
Shelly Maus, Stevens Point 17 vs Bethel 2-3
Lauren Eberhart, Macalester 16 vs Augsburg 3-2
Nicole Hjelmgren, St. Benedict 16 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Rachel Miller, Platteville 16 vs Eau Claire 2-3
Nina Walch, LaCrosse 16 vs Superior 3-2
Aimee Zepnick, LaCrosse 15 vs Superior 3-2
NAIA
Leslie Bremer, Bethany Lutheran 29 vs Northerwestern MN 2-3
Sarah Whitmore, Northwestern, MN 18 vs Bethany Lutheran 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Heidi Meier, Presentation 25 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Shawna Varichak, St. Scholastica 17 vs Presentation 3-1
3 games
D3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 24 vs Wartburg 3-0

Again sorry all these games reports are late. Blogger was down five hours---they are the hosting site for this blog.

Next up: tomorrow morning.

Minnesota Rolls Iowa, Concordia Survives in Five

#1 posting 10.21.2006
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Sorry this is late. Blogger was down for over five hours tonight.

D1 ACTION
Minnesota swept Iowa 19, 23, 24. The 17th rated team won for the 13th time in 14 matches and finish the first half of the conference 9-1. Minnesota outhit Iowa by .210.

D2 ACTION
North Central
Augustana beat North Dakota in four snapping the Sioux's six game winning streak.
#5 UM Duluth swept St. Cloud State 11, 21, 20.
MSU Mankato survived a fiver with South Dakota. The Mankato Free Press also has a story.
Northern Sun
Concordia St. Paul rallied from a 2-1 deficit to beat Wayne State in five. CSP's Maggie McNamara tied her own record with 75 assists.
UM Crookston beat Mary in five again coming from behind 2-1 to win.
Northern State swept Bemidji State.
SW MN State did the same to Upper Iowa.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 75 vs Waynes State 3-2
Brittany Coleman, Wayne State 63 vs Concordia St. Paul 2-3
Cassie Yates, UM Crookston 62 vs Mary 3-2
Stef Sandstrom, MSU Mankato 55 vs South Dakota 3-2
4 games
D2
Allison Louwagie, North Dakota 56 vs Augustana 1-3
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 51 vs North Dakota 3-1

DIGS
5 games
D2
Amber Kobus, South Dakota 33 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Makenzie Hennessy, Mary 33 vs UM Crookston 2-3
Megan Graham, Concordia St. Paul 29 vs Waynes State 3-2
Laura Dolezal, Wayne State 25 vs Concordia St. Paul 2-3
Cassie Wolpern, MSU Mankato 23 vs South Dakota 3-2
Lisa Steinbrecher, UM Crookston 21 vs Mary 3-2
4 games
D2
Abby Schmidt, Augustana 29 vs North Dakota 3-1
Heidi Evans, North Dakota 27 vs Augustana 1-3
Lindsay Vortherms, North Dakota 21 vs Augustana 1-3
3 games
D1
Malama Peniata, Minnesota 20 vs Iowa 3-0
D2
Melanie Perez, Northern State 30 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Brie Groskreutz, Bemidji State 20 vs Northern State 0-3

KILLS
5 games
D2
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 30 vs Waynes State 3-2
Erin Flynn, UM Crookston 25 vs Mary 3-2
Kelsey Kyro, Concordia St. Paul 22 vs Waynes State 3-2
Brittany Van Beek, Wayne State 21 vs Concordia St. Paul 2-3
Ashley Maas, Mary 21 vs UM Crookston 2-3
Cassie Wolpern, MSU Mankato 18 vs South Dakota 3-2
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 16 vs Concordia St. Paul 2-3
Michelle Eckhardt, Wayne State 16 vs Concordia St. Paul 2-3
Theresa Crance, UM Crookston 16 vs Mary 3-2
4 games
D2
Heidi Evans, North Dakota 19 vs Augustana 1-3
Terrin Post, Augustana 15 vs North Dakota 3-1
Ellen Andrews, Augustana 15 vs North Dakota 3-1
3 games
D1
Jessy Jones, Minnesota 17 vs Iowa 3-0
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 16 vs Upper Iowa 3-0

Next up: later tonight.

Hibbing Unhappy with Sweep

#1 posting 10.20.2006
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GOPHERS FACE IOWA
The MN Daily has a preview of today's upcoming match at Iowa. The danger is a letdown since Iowa isn't a top 25 team. The Gophers need to maintain their focus. Iowa took Purdue to five games in Iowa City.

HS RESULTS
Marshall bounced back from their Tuesday loss with a four game win over traditional AA power TMB. from the Marshall Independent.

Hibbing crunched North Branch in three Wednesday, yet coach Gail Nucech was unhappy with the performance. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

USC (United South Central) beat Blooming Prairie in four after losing the first game Tuesday. This & more games in the Albert Lea Tribune.

Grand Rapids swept Deer River on Tuesday with 25-23 wins in the first two games. From the Grand Rapids Herald Review.

Nevis picked up a four game win at Pine River-Backus.
Pequot Lakes had two sweep losses last week to Detroit Lakes and Wadena-Deer Creek.
From the Lake Country Echo.

NAIA ACTION
UM Morris swept Pillsbury Baptist 20, 23, 17.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
AAA
Kim Labat, Marshall 45 vs TMB 3-1

BLOCKS
4 games
AA
Shawnee Sovell, USC 10 vs Blooming Prairie 3-1

DIGS
5 games
AA
Laura Laposky, Pine River-Backus 22 vs Clearbrook-Gonvick 3-2
4 games
AA
Shelbie Jones, TMB 29 vs Marshall 1-3
3 games
AAA
Amber Brant, Hibbing 28 vs North Branch 3-0

KILLS
5 games
AA
Naomi Anderson, Pine River-Backus 15 vs Clearbrook-Gonvick 3-2
Chelsea Christensen, Pine River-Backus 17 vs Clearbrook-Gonvick 3-2
A
Ashley Lau, Glenville-Emmons 26 vs Lyle-Pacelli 3-2
Jordyn VanRyswyk, Glenville-Emmons 19 vs Lyle-Pacelli 3-2
4 games
AAA
Amanda Beekman, Marshall 29 vs TMB 3-1
Anna Full, Marshall 15 vs TMB 3-1

Thanks to all the readers that help without with information to make this the first & last source for volleyball news. If you have some information, send it along.

Next up: tomorrow, late-late-late---I will be in Rochester with my team until then.

Out & About: Blaine/Woodbury

#2 posting 10.19.2006
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BLAINE 3, WOODBURY 0
25-18, 25-16, 25-17

Tonight was a battle between Blaine, who finished in a three way tie for first in the Northwest Suburban and Woodbury who finished in 3rd in the Suburban East. Blaine was on the attack all night, had better ball control and their defense was tough.

Blaine established themselves after trailing 4-2 in the first game with 7 straight side outs. Woodbury wasn't air tight with their side outs. They were only able to get two in the same stretch. When Arriel Mewhorter served three points to put Blaine up 17-10 Woodbury took a time out. Two kills by Greta Strenger, one on a side out and one on Virginia Senf's serve helped Woodbury to cut the lead to 17-13. Jessica Granquist of Blaine put them on the edge of victory with three service points including two aces to make it 23-15. Woodbury's Amy Bomgren put down two kills, but Mewhorter finished it for Blaine. The odd fact is Bomgren had all four of her kills in game one.

Blaine didn't have the string of side outs like in game one, but they had more than Woodbury. Woodbury did lead early 6-4, but Molly Kreklow served up three points including the last two aces in propelling Blaine up 8-6. Woodbury did have on last thrust with Brianna Lockie's serve. Woodbury added three points to their totals to make it 12-11 before a side out tied it and gave the ball back to Blaine and Jackie Kelly. Kelly served up four points and was helped by two blocks by Mewhorter and Kirstin Cook. That made the score 16-12 and Woodbury took a time out. But Blaine finished game two with a 9-4 run including three straight service points from Kreklow.

Game three was tied at 10-10 when Blaine took control. The got a side out on a Mewhorter kill and then Cook served up three points, all Woodbury hitting errors, and Blaine led 14-10. Blaine got the first ball side out rolling late in this contest closing out the game with four straight. Kelly served up three points to close to 24-16 with her last two coming on ace serves. A missed serve (the 6th Blaine missed serve in game 3) returned the ball to Woodbury, but on Bomgren's serve Woodbury had a hitting error to end the night.

Serve order, Name, Position, Ht, Yr, Aces, Blocks, Kills---totals
BLAINE
1br Jackie Kelly, S, 5-8, 2007, 3-0-0----3
1fr Sara Erickson, RH 5-11, 2007 0-1-2--3
2 Kirsten Cook, OH, 5-10, 2007 1-1-5---7
3fr Arriel Mewhorter, MH 6-0, 2009 0-1-13---14
3br (2&3) Alexandra Suda, BR 5-5, 2007 1-0-0---1
4br Molly Kreklow, S, 5-11, 2010 3-0-1---4
4fr Lindsey Warriner, RH 5-10, 2007 0-0-3---3
5 Jessica Granquist, OH 5-7, 2007 1-0-9---10
6 Lindsey Baumgartner, MH 5-11, 2007 2-1-7---10
Totals: 11-4-40---55 points, 20 points on Woodbury errors

WOODBURY
1 Brianna Lockie, S, 5-7, 2007 0-1-0---1
2 Amy Bomgren, OH, 6-0, 2009 1-0-4---5
3 Casey Moore, MH, 5-10, 2007 0-0-4---4
4 Virginia Senf, RH 5-10, 2008 0-0-7----7
5br Alyssa Raiola, DS 5-4, 2008 1-0-0---1
5fr Greta Stenger, OH 5-10, 2009 0-0-4---4
5fr (g3) Michelle Graham, OH 5-11, 2009 0-0-1---1
6br Kaylie Bryant, L 0-0-0---0
6fr Mallory Eggert, MH, 6-2, 2007 0-2-7---9
Totals: 2-3-27---32 points; 19 points on Blaine errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Arriel Mewhorter

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Blaine 23/35---.657; 75; .733; .373
Woodbury 14/35---.400; 51; .627; .267

As you can see the first ball side out was dominated by Blaine. Woodbury didn't give that many points away, Blaine earned them. Four Blaine players had five or more kills on the night.

ROTATION POINTS
Blaine
1 17-10 +7
2 13-7 +6
3 14-12 +2
4 13-7 +6
5 10-6 +4
6 8-9 -1

Woodbury
1 11-16 -5
2 9-14 -5
3 7-14 -7
4 11-14 -3
5 7-10 -3
6 6-7 -1

Only rotation 6 for Blaine was in the negative category...similar to the Minnesota Gophers. Blaine's rotation 5 only gave up one point on defense all night, with four FBSO's

Next up: tomorrow morning

Concordia Moorhead Wins MIAC Outright

#1 posting 10.19.2006
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Sorry this is late.
I had practice early this morning

D1 ACTION
The Gophers beat Wisconsin last night & I had my report. Now here is the MN Daily with their take. The Star Tribune did have three paragraphs on the game on the back page, but no story, just a summary. Folks will still have to come here for details they won't get anywhere else.

D2 ACTION
Wayne State swept Nebraska Kearney 24, 14, 20 ending a 19 game losing streak to UNK. Also a new attendance record was set.

D3 ACTION
MIAC
Concordia Moorhead had brooms at the ready for St. Catherine 24, 25, 20 and won the MIAC title outright, the first in school history. CM has won 14 in a row.

Carleton swept Bethel 27, 27, 24, and is in the 6th and final spot for post season play.

Gustavus took out Macalester in four. The loss drops Macalester to 7th, and they would need to win their next two games.

Hamline upset St. Thomas in a fiver. It was the Pipers first win over St. Thomas since 1995 stretching back over 11 games. Both teams combined for 475 attacks. Hamline was about 100 points better on their attack game. Hamline & St. Thomas are tied at 6-4.

St. Benedict swept Augsburg 19, 19, 24 in parent's night at St. Ben's

St. Olaf took games 2, 3, and 5 over St. Mary's. Theresa Perrini, of St. Mary's had 39 digs in a lost cause.

NON CON
Platteville swept Loras 28, 17, 23. Platteville also had their second largest crowd ever.

JUCO ACTION
Itasca CC will go to the state tournament again for the fourth year. Last week they beat Vermilion and Mesabi and lost to Central Lakes. From the Grand Rapids Herald-Review.

SEEDINGS
#1AAA Chaska is the #1 seed in 6AAA as well. The semis will be at Prior Lake on Holloween. The finals will be Saturday Nov 4 at PL too. Any field that has Apple Valley as #6 is loaded. From the Chaska Herald.
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley is the #4 seed in 8AA. Pine River -Backus is #1. More on the seeds in the Walker Pilot-Independent.

LAST WEEK
Chatfield is now 10-0 in the Three Rivers. Last Week they beat Southland and Plainview-Elgin-Millville.

MILESTONE
MSU Mankato's Cassie Wolpern reached the 1000 dig mark. She is the 5th Maverick to reach that level.

POLICE BLOTTER
Katelyn Appelwick pled guilty to two counts of criminal vehicular operation in the crash that injured Winona State volleyball coach Connie Mettille. From the KARE 11 site no video.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Jenny Nichols, Hamline 65 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Breanna Benham, St. Mary's 56 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Audrey Volstad, St. Olaf 53 vs St. Mary's 3-2
4 games
D3
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 52 vs Gustavus 1-3

DIGS
5 games
Theresa Perrini, St. Mary's 39 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 30 vs Hamline 2-3
Jenna Witt, Hamline 27 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 25 vs Hamline 2-3
Alyssa Williams, St. Olaf 25 vs St. Mary's 3-2
Janet Sully, St. Olaf 25 vs St. Mary's 3-2
Tasha Simmons, Hamline 22 vs St. Thomas 3-2
3 games
Laura Barsness, Carleton 23 vs Bethel 3-0
Haley Bower, Augsburg 22 vs St. Benedict 0-3
Joslin Geisler, Bethel 21 vs Carleton 0-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Molli Dant, St. Mary's 28 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Dana Luiken, Hamline 27 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 23 vs St. Mary's 3-2
Tasha Simmons, Hamline 18 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Shelby Hyllengren, Hamline 17 vs St. Thomas 3-2
Katie McCaffrey, St. Thomas 15 vs Hamline 2-3
4 games
D3
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 23 vs Gustavus 1-3
3 games
D3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 17 vs Carleton 0-3
Teri Knapper, St. Benedict 15 vs Augsburg 3-0

Next up: later tonight with an out & about

Gophers Sweep Badgers

#3 posting 10.18.2006
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GOPHERS 3, WISCONSIN 0
(30-20, 30-25, 30-28)

#17 Minnesota made a statement tonight with a sweep of border rival #11 Wisconsin. The respective press release can give you each schools slant. Also it marks the third time this year the Gophers have beat a higher ranked team--they beat Ohio State, Purdue and now Wisconsin.

I wonder if the Gophers will still be behind Purdue, a team they beat on Saturday and now Wisconsin. The raters need to take into account four of the Gopher losses were a combination of Bowman and Peniata were on the sidelines. With everybody playing the Gophers are 12-1.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Minnesota 36/54---.667; 90; .756; .260
Wisconsin 29/54----.537; 73; .740; .244
The side out % got the job for MN. In game one Minnesota had five straight side outs after a 12-12 tie and added five points to their total to make it 21-16. Wisconsin had problems siding out in the first game going 6/14 (.429) as evindence with Christine Tan's four points off her serve to take the Gophers to the cusp in game one 26-18.
In game two the Gophers had 7 straight side outs this time taking the game from a 10-10 tie to 21-16 Minnesota. Wisconsin again was sub .500 with 9/19.
In the third game Minnesota didn't have a great side out string but they didn't give away too many runs for Wisconsin. Wisconsin biggest serving run was two points to take Wisconsin up 8-6. The last time the game was tied was at 15. A block by Kyla Roehrig and Jessie Jones gave the Gophers the side out. Then Tan served up a point with a Jones block.

Christine Tan has improved her play. Her passing is getting more consistent and that has been helping in the defensive battle. Also the blocking game outclassed Wisconsin 14-5. The Badgers were forced to alter their attack and it didn't pan out.

ROTATION POINTS
1. Tan 21-9 +12
2. Peniata 15-14 +1
3. Bowman 12-10 +2
4. Crumpston 21-15 +6
5. Nelson 11-11 0
6. Hartmann 10-14 -4
Tan's rotation had a dominating night. Rotation 1 was 8-2 in game one and 7-3 in game two. Rotation 6 still is having problems getting in the positive side.

As I was getting this done KARE 11 had their sports show. No Gopher Volleyball visuals. A top 25 matchup, a border battle, over 3000 folks in attendance.....nothing. Well at least you have this blog to keep you updated.

next up: tomorrow morning, later

Montevideo Wins West Central South

#2 posting 10.18.2006
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WISCONSIN COMES CALLING
The #11 Wisconsin Badgers are at the Pavillion tonight against #17 Minnesota. The MN daily previews the action.

TUESDAY HS RESULTS
#1AA DGF beat Wadena-Deer Creek 3-0 behind Jennifer Lopez's 21 kills.
Park Christian beat Waubun in five.
Both stories from the Fargo Forum.

Worthington took out Luverne in four after splitting the first two games. From the Worthington Daily Globe

Little Falls rallied from an 2 games to none deficit in a 3-2 win at Willmar on parent's night. From the West Central Tribune.

Montevideo has been rolling this year with a 21-2 record. Last night they won the West Central South title in a sweep over Benson 13, 12, 11.
Minnewaska hit 25 for four games last night, only losing the first to Paynesville in a 3-1 West Central North win.
There is a 3 way tie for first in the Camden North with MACCRAY, Renville County West and Lakeview all claiming a share.
All stories from the West Central Tribune.

#4AA St. Cloud Cathedral has won the West Central North for the last x years and they dodged Sauk Centre 3-2 last night to continue the string.

LATE ACTION
Cannon Falls finished second in their own tournament last weekend losing to #9A Goodhue in the finals. Also their week is reviewed. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.
Randolph also faced Goodhue and played the #9A team closely in getting swept 23, 18, 23. Also from the CF Beacon.

#1A Minneota was beat by Pipestone on Monday in four.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
AA
Nina Lindquist, St. Cloud Cathedral 46 vs Sauk Centre 3-2
4 games
AAA
Sam Pfannenstein, Rocori 40 vs St. Cloud Tech 3-1

BLOCKS
4 games
AA
Brianna Jacobson, New London-Spicer 14 vs LPGE 3-1

DIGS
5 games
AAA
Megan Brown, Willmar 25 vs Little Falls 2-3
Britany Dorn, Little Falls 23 vs Willmar 3-2
AA
Taylor Voss, Albany 28 vs Melrose 3-2
Simone Haider, Melrose 26 vs Albany 2-3
Courtney Borgerding, Melrose 24 vs Albany 2-3
Andi Rheingans, Lac Qui Parle Valley 23 vs YME 3-2
Mindy Clark, LQPV 22 vs YME 3-2
Molly Manthe, Albany 20 vs Melrose 3-2
A
Heather Voss, Dawson-Boyd 32 vs Lakeview 2-3
Ashley Benson, Dawson-Boyd 28 vs Lakeview 2-3
4 games
AA
Kelli Flannigan, Paynesville 29 vs Minnewaska 1-3
Emily Roelike, BBE 23 vs Buffalo Lake-Hector 3-1

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Greta King, Willmar 25 vs Little Falls 2-3
Liz Schultz, Little Falls 15 vs Willmar 3-2
AA
Anna Zyvoloski, St. Cloud Cathedral 26 vs Sauk Centre 3-2
Erika Bullert, Holdingford 21 vs EVW 2-3
Shanna Schmiesing, Sauk Centre 19 vs St. Cloud Cathedral 2-3
Sam Larson, Albany 18 vs Melrose 3-2
Hannah Linz, Eden Valley-Watkins 17 vs Holdingford 3-2
A
Jordan Beach, Bigfork 25 vs. Cook, 10/17/06 3-2
Jordan Beach, Bigfork 22 vs. Northland Remer, 10/16/06 3-2
4 games
AAA
Megan Loesch, St. Cloud Tech 18 vs Rocori 1-3
Caitlin Griffin, Rocori 16 vs St. Cloud Tech 3-1
Holli Aggen, Worthington 15 vs Luverne 3-1
Danielle Lucia, St. Cloud Apollo 15 vs Brainerd 3-1
AA
Megan Groen, Renville County West 22 vs Central Christian 1-3
April Hansen, BBE 16 vs Buffalo Lake-Hector 3-1
Heidi Lensing, BBE 15 vs Buffalo Lake-Hector 3-1
A
Kresson Vreeman, Central Christian 20 vs RCW 3-1
3 games
AAA
Brittany Euerle, Litchfield 17 vs Watertown-Mayer 3-0
AA
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 21 vs Wadena-Deer Creek 3-0
A
Kayla Tschida, Upsala 22 vs Browerville 3-0

Next up: later tonight after the Gopher/Badger confrontation.

Windom Surprises Marshall

#1 posting 10.18.2006
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D2 ACTION
#5 UM Duluth swept Michigan Tech 31-29, 26, 19.

Concordia St. Paul swept MSU Mankato 17, 22, 21. The match had a record crowd. It was CSP's 10th straight win.

#21 SW MN State kept the sweep theme alive with a 12, 26, 25 win over St. Cloud State. It was a 2-0 win with the Northern Sun over the North Central.

Winona State set a new record for wins in a season (17) with their 4 game match with Upper Iowa last night.

NAIA ACTION
Martin Luther beat North Central in three 20, 12, 27. Martin Luther is now 18-3.

HS ACTION
Windom surprised Marshall in a rare sweep against the Tigers 19, 13, 22. The loss snapped a 35 match win streak by Marshall. Windom will share the Southwest title with Marshall with a 5-1 record. From the Marshall Independent.

Mabel-Canton won the Southeast conference title with a four game win over Lanesboro. Both teams were tied for the lead going into the game. This game & more from the Winona Daily News.

It was rivalry night in the Tomahawk conference.
MVL took the long, hard road to beat New Ulm Cathedral. They lost their first two games and before winning the last three.
Sleepy Eye St. Mary's dominated cross town rival Sleepy Eye 8, 11, 4.
Both from the New Ulm Journal.

Elk River won in the Northwest Suburban for the first time with a four game win over Park Center. From the Elk River Star News.

Monday Games
Tower-Soudan went five to down Cherry.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D2
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 55 vs Upper Iowa 3-1
AA
Marcie Flygare, MVL 43 vs New Ulm Cathedral 3-2
4 games
A
Raechelle Manning, Mabel-Canton 52 vs Lanesboro 3-1

DIGS
5 games
AA
Kristin Becker, MVL 21 vs New Ulm Cathedral 3-2
Melissa Boddy, New Ulm Cathedral 20 vs MVL 2-3
A
Morgan Anderson, Cherry 24 vs Tower-Soudan 2-3
4 games
D2
Rudi Balich, Winona State 26 vs Upper Iowa 3-1

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Alicia Nelson, Eastview 23 vs Lakeville North 2-3
Kim Smisek, Northfield 23 vs Prior Lake 3-2
A
Erianne Bright, Cherry 25 vs Tower-Soudan 2-3
Amanda Burk, MVL 19 vs New Ulm Cathedral 3-2
4 games
D2
Kiersten Arendt, Winona State 20 vs Upper Iowa 3-1
AA
Chelsea Fogarty, Belle Plaine 24 vs Norwood-Young America 3-1
A
Katelyn Horihan, Mabel-Canton 25 vs Lanesboro 3-1
Bonnie Albright, Lanesboro 16 vs Mabel-Canton 1-3
Tori Lind, Mabel-Canton 15 vs Lanesboro 3-1
3 games
D2
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 16 vs Michigan Tech 3-0
AAA
Amanda Beekman, Marshall 19 vs Windom 0-3
Ashley Wittman, Shakopee 15 vs Hutchinson 3-0

Next up: later today

Katrina Help

#2 posting 10.17.2006
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MPLS SOUTH VB HELPS HURRICANE VICTIMS
Minneapolis South is raising money for the Chalmette HS volleyball in Louisiana. The StarTribune talks about how the decision to support the school happened and what the South team is doing to raise money.
If people want to help out they can bid on a silent auction for two tickets to the Minnesota Viking/New England Patriot Monday Night Football game on October 30.

ANNIE ADAMS
Annie Adams, Crosby-Ironton was recently named player of the week in the Brainerd Dispatch. The 6-1 senior outside hitter has made a verbal to South Dakota State for volleyball. She had 84 kills last week.

PARTY BUSTED
Crookston students had a party and alcohol was involved. It is unclear which athletes were involved.
The volleyball roster wasn't impacted Monday, but may be later in the week. Crookston lost to Roseau in four. Both stories from the Crookston Times.

MN GAME REPORTS
Underwood swept Henning 9, 17, 14. This & more from the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Paynesville lost twice last week to Long Prairie-Grey Eagle and New London-Spicer. From the Paynesville Press.

Meadow Creek busted Minneapolis Henry in a 12, 8, 9 sweep. MC started off with 11 straight points off Casey Fregeau's serve. That would set the tone the rest of the night.
In game two the game was tied at 5 when MC broke it open on Hannah Weinzetl's serve with six straight points. Henry only managed three more points after that.
MC scored points off every serve to start the third game and was never in any danger. The service game all night proved to be challenging to Henry with an unofficial total of 13 aces.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
5 games
AAA
Sam Revering, Fergus Falls 19 vs Detroit Lakes 3-2

Next up: tomorrow morning