JCC's Duplicate Win

#1 posting 9.15.2008
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LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
WEEKEND TOURNAMENTS
AA
#7 Jackson County Central made sure that the win over Windom last week stuck. JCC beat #2A Windom again in the JCC tournament finale 2-0 with the last set going 30-28. JCC beat Windom last week 3-2. Courtney Ysker had 36 kills for Windom on the day. Briel Hendrickson had 42 kills for JCC. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

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

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

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

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

Next up: College Reports

Weekly Review #4: Top 40

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

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

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

Wittman was player of the week in week #1.

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

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

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

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

Next up: tomorrow morning

Hamline Wins St. Benedict Tournament

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

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

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

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

Martin Luther beat Carroll in five.

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

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

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

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

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

UW LaCrosse beat Coe in four.

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

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

Dakota State beat the hosts in five.

UW Stevens Point beat UM Morris in four.

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

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

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

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

Next up: weekly review later today.

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

#4 posting 9.14.2008
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D2 RESULTS
CONCORDIA ST. PAUL TOURNAMENT
#13 Southwest Minnesota State swept Central Washington.
#3 Concordia St. Paul beat Augustana in four.
SW MN State beat #5 Truman State in four.
Central Washington beat Augustana in four.
CSP beat Alaska Anchorage.
CSP's Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska) had 22 points vs Augustana and 18 vs AA.
SW's Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 17 points vs CW and 22 vs Augustana.
Augustana's Kati Newgaard (Pipestone) had 12 points vs CSP and Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had 13 points vs CW.

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

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

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

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

Next up: D3 reports

#21 Colorado State Sweeps #8 Florida

#3 posting 9.14.2008
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D1 REPORTS
U Conn swept Florida A&M in the Michigan State tournament. Megan Frey (Chaska) had 6 points for the Huskies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Next up: D2 results

Klingsporn MVP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Next up: More D1 news.

St. Cloud Cathedral Wins Sauk Rapids Tourney

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bagley is featured in the Grand Forks Herald.

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

Next up: Big 10 results

Out & About: SW Christian (Chaska)/BBE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TRENCH PLAYER
Cassie Haag

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

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

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

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

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

Next up: tomorrow morning

Out & About: BBE/Onamia

#6 posting 9.13.2008
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CLASS A VOLLEYBALL SHOWCASE
Bethel University
Semifinals
BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA jaguars 2,
ONAMIA panthers 0
(25-16, 25-13)

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

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

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

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

more to come

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

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

TRENCH PLAYER
Heidi Lensing

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

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

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

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

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

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

Next up: championship

Friday D3 Action

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

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

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

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

RIPON TOURNAMENT
St. Norbert swept Dubuque and Martin Luther.

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

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

Martin Luther beat Dubuque in four.

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

UW LaCrosse beat host Wartburg in a sweep.

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

Simpson beat UW LaCrosse in four

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

Augsburg played Coe and Nebraska Wesleyan

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

UW Stevens Point beat Dakota State in four

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

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

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

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

Northland played Illinois College and Concordia IL.

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

next up: Class A Showcase Semifinals

#13 SW MN State Upends #8 Augustana

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D2 REPORTS
CONCORDIA ST. PAUL TOURNAMENT
Alaska-Anchorage beat #8 Augustana in five. Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had 20.5 points for Augustana.
#3 Host Concordia St. Paul swept Central Washington. Whitney Meierotto (Washburn, WI) had 19.5 points for CSP.
#13 SW MN State beat Alaska Anchorage in four. Laura Hegerle (Kasson-Mantorville) had 21 points for SW.
SW MN State then swept Augustana. Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 19.5 points for SW. Cayla Schroeder had 9.5 for Augustana.
CSP swept #5 Truman State. Maria Steinhagen (Alexandria) had 14.5 points for CSP.

UM DULUTH TOURNAMENT
#9 Western Washington beat MSU Mankato in five. Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) had 16 kills for Mankato.
Host #12 UM Duluth swept Bemidji State. Sarah Wyffels (Marshall) had 12 points for UMD. Nicole Olson (Lake of the Woods) and Kimberly Hacker (Hutchinson) had 8 points each for BSU.
MSU Mankato bounced back with a four game win over New Haven. Nachreiner had 14 kills in this contest for Mankato.
Western Washington beat Bemidji State in four. Olson had 13.5 points for the Beavers.
UMD swept New Haven later. Wyffels had 16 points for the Bulldogs in this game.

MSU BILLINGS TOURNAMENT
Hawaii-Hilo swept Mary. Amanda Hennessy (Williston, ND) had 12.5 points for the Mauraders.
Alaska Fairbanks beat Northern State in four. Kelsey Aden (St. James) had 19 points for NSU.
Northern State swept Notre Dame de Namur. Aden had 9.5 points for the Wolves in this match.
Mary beat the host MSU Billings in a fiver. Laci Murtha (Hutchinson) had 17.5 points for Mary.

CENTRAL MISSOURI CHALLENGE
Pittsburg State beat MSU Moorhead in four. Laura Tvrdik (Minnewaska) had 15 points for Moorhead.
Host Central Missouri State swept MSU Moorhead. Kelci Guenther (Williston, ND) had 12 points for the Dragons in this game.

Next up: D3

Denson-Dorman: 100+ Assists in Two Matches

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MORE D1 RESULTS
In the Arizona State Tournament Cincinnati swept Cal State Northridge and lost to the hosts in four.
Kelsey Brandl (Lakeville North) had 9 points vs CSN and 15.5 points vs Arizona State.

Colorado State swept North Carolina in the CSU tournament.
Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 6 points for CSU.
Briana Eskola (Columbia Heights) had 9 digs for UNC.

Denver beat Ball State in five in the DePaul tournament in Chicago. Kresson Vreeman (Central Christian) played in one game and had one assist.

Furman lost twice in the Western Kentucky Tournament. The Paladins lost in three to Western Kentucky. Valparaiso beat Furman in four later in the day.
Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) had 3 digs vs WKU and 3 digs vs Valpo.

George Washington swept Delaware State in the GWU tournament. Abby Syverson (Minneapolis Southwest) had 9.5 points for the Colonials.

Marquette rallied to beat Temple in five in the Marquette Challenge.
Leslie Bielski (Chaska) had 13.5 points for Marquette.
Tiara Russell (Osseo) had 10.5 points also for the Golden Eagles.

Marshall beat West Virginia in five. Megan Carlson (Andover) had 12.5 points for the Thundering Herd.

In the Buffalo Tournament Maryland Eastern Shore lost twice. Butler beat UMES in five. Host Buffalo beat UMES in four.
Chanita Wesley (Benilde-St. Margaret's) had 14 digs and 2 aces vs Butler, and 9 digs vs Buffalo.

North Dakota State beat Maryland in four in the New Orleans tournament. Chrissy Knuth (Champlin Park) had 16.5 points for the Bison.

#19 host Kansas State beat Northern Iowa. It was UNI's first loss of the year. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 8.5 points for the Panthers.

In Miami Oral Roberts beat Penn in five. Virginia Senf (Woodbury) had 3 points for Penn.

Rhode Island beat host New Hampshire in five. Jillian Bekke (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 7.5 points for the Rams.

In the Carolina Challenge South Carolina beat the College of Charleston in a sweep. The Gamecocks beat rival Clemson in five.
Bridget Denson-Dorman (Hopkins) had 50 assists and 3.5 points vs CofC and 52 assists vs Clemson.

Texas Christian beat host Texas Tech in five, and went five for a win over New Orleans.
Jess Menden (Shakopee) had one assist and one dig vs TT, and did not have any numbers in one game vs NO.

Davidson beat Charlotte in five at the Davidson Wildcat Classic.
Courtney Cowles (Eden Prairie) had 43 assists and 4 points for Charlotte.

Portland beat Seattle in a sweep at the Portland State Showcase. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 14.5 points for the Pilots.

Virginia swept Virginia Commonwealth. Marlow Bruneau (Lakeville) had 31 assists and 2 points for Virginia.

#18 Wichita State swept host Washington State. Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 10 points for Washington State.

At the Gonzaga Invitational Weber State beat San Diego State in five. Brittney Bisaillon (Jackson County Central) had 13 points and Leah Burmeister (also JCC) had 8.5 points for WS.

TODAY
10-0 North Dakota is headed to St. Peter for the Gustavus Triangular.

Next up: D2 action.

500th for Waite

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BIG 10
I reported on the Minnesota sweep victory over #4 California last night in the out & about. Lauren Gibbemeyer (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 16.5 points for the Gophers.

#17 Illinois split their matches at the Tennessee tournament. Both went five. The Illini lost to Dayton and then beat the hosts.
Laura DeBruhler had 28 points in the Dayton loss and 18.5 points vs Tennessee.

Kentucky beat Indiana in four despite having two players with big nights. Ashley Benson had 24 and Erica Short had 23 for the Hoosiers.

Iowa State won the battle of Iowa with a sweep over the Hawkeyes.
Megan Schipper had 13 points for the Hawkeyes.
Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 8 points for Cyclones.

Michigan swept Oakland in the Michigan Pepsi Invitational. Juliana Paz had 16.5 points for the Wolverines.

Michigan State swept UW Milwaukee and then swept Florida A&M in the MSU Showcase.
Becca Zlabis had 14.5 points vs UWM. Jenilee Rathje had 8.5 points vs FAMU.

Northwestern swept Montana State at Washington State.
Chelsy Hyser had 14 points for NW.
Naomi Johnson (Bloomington Kennedy) had 4.5 points for NW.
Laura Viren (Prior Lake) had 5 points for MSU.

#6 Southern Cal swept Ohio State. Anna Szerszen had 13.5 points for the Buckeyes. Susan Halvorson (Apple Valley) had 2 digs for OSU.

#1 Penn State swept UI Chicago in the Chicago Tournament. Christa Harmatto had 14.5 points for PSU.

#15 Purdue beat St. Louis in four. Last week St. Louis beat Stanford. Stephanie Lynch had 16.5 points for the Boilermakers.

#14 Wisconsin swept Central Michigan giving Badger coach Pete Waite is 500th career win. Audra Jeffers had 12.5 points for the Badgers. Nikki Klingsporn (Tartan) had 31 assists and 8 points for Wisconsin.

Badger Faye McCormack goes one on one with Libero Kim Kuzma.

Next up: More D1 Action.

Friday's Class A Showcase Results

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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Here are the scores from pool play of the Class A Showcase being held at Bethel:
Pool 1
BBE def New Life 25-9, 25-15
LeRoy-Ostrander def New Life 25-16, 24-26, 15-9
BBE def LeRoy-Ostrander 25-17, 25-14
Pool 2
Meadow Creek def Carlton 25-6, 25-21
Carlton def Underwood 25-19, 25-12
Underwood def Meadow Creek 21-25, 25-23, 18-16
Pool 3
SW Christian def Buffalo Lake-Hector 25-18, 25-15
Nevis def Buffalo Lake-Hector 25-17, 24-26, 15-12
SW Christian def Nevis 18-25, 25-19, 15-10
Pool 4
Onamia def Lake of the Woods 19-25, 25-20, 17-15
Onamia def Murray County Central 23-25, 25-23, 15-5
Lake of the Woods def Murray County Central 25-11, 22-25, 15-5

Bracket play starts today.

THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Sartell beat Brainerd in four. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Detroit Lakes beat Park Rapids in a sweep. Megan Lof had 8 aces on the night for the Lakers. From the Detroit Lakes Tribune.

If you can get past the gobbledygook headline Stillwater swept Hudson. Emily McDonough had 9 kills for the Ponies. From the Stillwater Gazette.

New York Mills got a 3-1 revenge win over Verndale. Hannah Rutten had 15 kills for NYM. From the Perham Enterprise.

Climax-Fisher swept Crookston. From the Crookston Times.

Chisholm swept Littlefork-Big Falls handing the Vikings their first loss of the year. From the International Falls Journal.

St. Cloud Apollo beat Fergus Falls 3-1. Plus three more results from the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Randolph was swept by USC. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.

DGF beat Breckenridge in five. Here is the Cowgirls take on the game from the Wahpeton Daily News.

Wadena-Deer Creek broomed Crosby-Ironton. Plus six other results from the Brainerd Dispatch.

EVEN LATER RESULTS
Rosemount beat Kennedy in a sweep. From the Rosemount Town Pages.

Cannon Falls beat Rochester Lourdes and finished 2nd in the Montgomery Tournament. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.

Next up: Big 10 Results

Out & About: Minnesota/California

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MINNESOTA gophers 3, CALIFORNIA bears 0
(25-21, 25-20, 25-23)

The #11 Minnesota Gophers upset the #4 California Bears in the opening game in the Diet Coke Classic in Minneapolis. The Gophers took the lead in game one at 13-12 and only had one dip in game three in taking down the undefeated Bears. The Gophers used a First Ball Side Out % of .644 to stop the Bears. Minnesota's defense was stellar most of the night only giving up two runs in the entire match. The Gophers were able to get seven runs on their own.

The Gophers finished game one with three straight points, their second run in that "set" after a time out at 22-21. Gibbemeyer got the key side out. With Hailey Cowles serving, the Bears had a hitting error and then Cowles put down an ace.

California switched things up in game two starting off in their 4th rotation to serve trying to avoid some of the hitting /blocking match ups. Another well placed time out at 22-20 stopped a two point run for the Bears and Brook Dieter got the key side out. Gibbemeyer then served out with Kelly Schmidt getting the final kill.

At one point in the third game the Gophers passing got off kilter which diminished the quality of attacks. The result was a five point run for the Bears and a 7-5 California lead. California maintained that until Pamela Luiz used her extreme short serve for six straight points. The serve forced California to tight ball placement on the net and Gibbemeyer had three straight to put the Gophers back in front 14-11. That also forced Cal to take a time out. Cal did get the game tied up again at 17. Gibbemeyer had a kill and a block to put the Gophers on the verge at 23-21. A Bears time out got the ball back at 23-22. The Gophers used their first time out and Gibbemeyer came up with a block for a 24-22 lead. A hitting error tightened up the game at 24-23 and the Gophers got another time out. This time Dieter finished the contest and the Gophers had a Bear Trophy.

rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---totals////errors +/-
MINNESOTA
1. Christine Tan (2010) L 0-0-0----0////0 0
1fr: Kelly Schmidt (2009) MB 0-2-6---8////2 6
2. Pamela Luiz (2010) RH 2-0-5---7////2 5
3. Hailey Cowles (2011) DS 1-0-0----1////5 -4
3fr: Kyla Roehrig (2009) OH 0-2-5---7/////3 4
4. Lauren Gibbemeyer (2011) MB 0-5.5-11---16.5////2 14.5
4br: Christine Tan
5. Rachel Hartmann (2009) S 0-1-3---4////4 0
6. Jessica Granquist (2012) DS 0-0-0---0////1 -1
6fr: Brook Dieter (2011) OH 0-1.5-7---8.5////2 6.5
totals: 3-12-37---52 points, 23 points on California errors

CALIFORNIA
1. Tarah Murrey (2012) DS 0-0-1----1/////4 -3
1fr: Am'ra Solomon (2009) OH 0-0.5-10---10.5////3 7.5
2. Mindy Wiley (2010) MB 0-0-3----3////5 -2
2serve: Megan Schmitt (2011) DS 0-0-0---0////0 0
3. Carli Lloyd (2011) S 0-0-5----5////3 2
4. Hana Cutura (2010) OH 0-0.5-14---14.5////9 5.5
5. Kristen Kathan (2010) DS 0-0-0---0////0 0
5fr: Kat Reilly (2009) MB 0-1.5-1---2.5////0 0
5fr: Shannon Hawari (2012) MB 0-1.5-0---1.5////1 0.5
6. Morgan Beck (2009) RH 0-0-8----8////11 -3
totals: 0-4-42---46 points; 17 points on Minnesota errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Lauren Gibbemeyer

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Minnesota 29/45--.644; 75; .693; .307
California 26/45--.577; 64; .719; .265
Runs 3+: Minnesota 7, California 2
Longest string: Minnesota 6, California 5
Missed Serves: California 8, Minnesota 5
Time Out %: Minnesota 4/4 ---1.000; California 4/6-.667

ROTATIONS
MINNESOTA
1. Tan 11-10 .524
2. Luiz 18-12 .600
3. Cowles 17-10 .630
4. Gibbemeyer 12-13 .480
5. Hartmann 7-10 .412
6. Granquist 10-9 .526
totals: 75-64 .540

CALIFORNIA
California started with Murrey in the first game, Cutera in games two and three.
1. Murrey 15-12 .556
2. Wiley/Schmitt 10-13 .435
3. Lloyd 9-14 .391
4. Cutura 12-15 .444
5. Kathan 9-12 .429
6. Beck 9-9 .500
totals: 64-75 .460

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

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3
Minnesota 4 5 3
California 3 1 3

Next up: tomorrow morning

Gophers Set to Host

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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10 NEWS
The Minnesota Gophers host the Diet Coke Classic Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Gophers play #4 California tonight; #16 Cal Poly on Saturday night; and Notre Dame Sunday afternoon.

Wisconsin hosts their own tournament this weekend.

MORE D1 NEWS
North Dakota is now 10-0 after a 3-1 win over UM Crookston. Amanda Polzin (Hutchinson) had 17.5 points for UND. Ashley Allen had 16.5 points for UMC.

Portland State beat Portland in five in the battle of Portland. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 22.5 points for Portland.

Colorado State hosts North Carolina tonight.

Iowa State hosts the Cy-Hawk tournament this weekend.

Denver heads to the DePaul tournament this weekend.

Marquette hosts their tournament this weekend.

Penn travels to the Florida International tournament.

South Carolina hosts the Carolina Challenge this weekend.

Texas Christian is at the Texas Tech tournament.

Ohio is off to the Big Orange tournament in Syracuse this weekend.

Davidson hosts a four team tournament this weekend.

Marshall travels to West Virginia tonight.

D2
Bemidji State will face three teams that made the D2 Tournament last season in the Duluth Tournament this weekend. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

D3
Buena Vista travels to Briar Cliff Friday and hosts Mt. Marty on Saturday.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MN West swept Sioux Falls College JV. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Hibbing CC is #5 in the latest NJCAA poll. From the Duluth News Tribune.

JO SCHEDULES
The Northern Lights qualifier is set for next year. Here are the ages for April 17-19, 2009 (12C, 13C, 16C, 16O, 17C, 17O, 18C and 18O). Here are the ages for April 24-26, 2009 (14C, 14O, 15C, and 15O).
USA Volleyball has the championship qualifiers listed starting with the Hoosier Mid East Qualifier.

Next up: later today with more.

#7AA JCC Outlasts #2A Windom

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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
AAA
#1 Chaska gave up 25 points in a three game sweep of Bloomington Kennedy.

#2 Shakopee held Northfield to 30 points in a three game sweep.

#3 St. Michael-Albertville swept Cambridge-Isanti in a sweep.

#4 Eastview downed district rival Eagan in a sweep.

#5 Lakeville North broomed Apple Valley.

#6 Waconia went five to slay the Litchfield Dragons.

#8 Andover shutout Maple Grove.

#9 Eden Prairie blanked Rosemount

#10 Wayzata took Hopkins in three.

Faribault swept Austin. Shannon Byers had 13 points for the Falcons. From the Austin Daily Herald.

Mayo beat Century 3-1 in a Rochester battle. Megan Schroeder had 14 kills for the Spartans. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Mankato East swept Albert Lea in the Big 9. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

New Ulm beat St. James in four in South Central action. From the New Ulm Journal.

Prior Lake downed Red Wing in three in the Missota. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Grand Rapids swept Duluth East. From the Duluth News Tribune.

Sauk Rapids outlasted Rocori in five in the Central Lakes. Nikki Meinz had 17 kills for the Storm. Plus 16 more results from the St. Cloud Times.

Willmar swept St. Cloud Tech in the Central Lakes.

AA
#1 Jordan bounced back from Monday's loss to sweep Montgomery-Lonsdale.

#2 St. Cloud Cathedral beat Foley.

#3 Marshall swept undefeated Worthington. Rachel Westby had 14 kills for the Tigers. From the Marshall Independent.

#4 Hibbing shutout Greenway.

#5 Stewartville swept Kasson-Mantorville. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

#6 Delano broomed Glencoe-Silver Lake.

#7 Jackson County Central beat #2A Windom in a fiver in a classic Southwest Conference match. Megan Ysker had 20 kills for Windom. Brooke Burmeister had 17 kills for JCC. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

#7 Belle Plaine rallied from an 0-2 deficit to slay the LeSueur-Henderson Giants. The last game went to 18-16.

#9 Caledonia whitewashed Fillmore Central.

#9 Pipestone played Luverne---status unknown.

Kingsland swept St. Charles. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Lewiston-Altura rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Southland. Plus five more results from the Winona Daily News.

Lake City rallied to down LaCrescent for the first win of the year for the Tigers. Plus five more results from the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

United South Central swept Medford. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Yellow Medicine East swept Morris in West Central South action. Plus 3 more results from the West Central Tribune.

19 year old Minneapolis Roosevelt head coach Wendy Vang picked up career win #1 with a five game win over Minneapolis Edison. The Teddies did it the hard way trailing 2-0. They took game five 15-13.

New London-Spicer swept Albany in West Central North action. Taylor Thompsen had 16 kills for NLS. Plus two more results from the West Central Tribune.

DGF beat Breckenridge in five in Heart O'Lakes action. From the Fargo Forum.

A
#1 Bethlehem Academy swept Mankato Loyola in Gopher action. Holly Hafemeyer had 13 points for BA. From the Faribault Daily News.

#2 Windom lost to #7AA JCC (see above)

#3 Minneota blanked MACCRAY.

#5 BBE shutout Rockford.

#6 Ada-Borup broomed Waubun.

#7 Mabel-Canton swept Lanesboro. Kate Horihan had 17 kills for MC. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Sibley East beat #9 Mayer Lutheran in four.

#10 Meadow Creek beat Concordia Bloomington in three.

Rushford-Peterson outlasted Dover-Eyota in five. Goodhue swept Winona Cotter. Kenyon-Wanamingo beat Rochester Lourdes in four. Houston swept Hope Lutheran. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Blooming Prairie swept Alden-Conger plus two more results in the Owatonna People's Press.

Wabasso pulled a Rabbit out of their hats in game one and three in a sweep over New Ulm Cathedral. In the battle of Sleepy Eye it was St. Mary's over Public in a sweep plus two other results. From the New Ulm Journal.

Renville County West stopped KMS in four in the Camden. Plus two other results in the West Central Tribune.

Lakeview swept Canby in Camden action. Plus six more results from the Marshall Independent.

Glenville-Emmons snapped a three match losing streak as they beat Lyle-Pacelli in four. From the Albert Lea Tribune and Austin Daily Herald.

LATE RESULTS
Stillwater swept White Bear Lake on Wednesday. From the Stillwater Gazette.

Benson swept Minnewaska on Monday in West Central South action. Osakis downed Upsala in four. Pelican Rapids swept West Central plus two more results all from the Echo Press.

Chisago Lakes won three times in the Coon Rapids tournament last weekend. From the Chisago County Press.

STANDINGS
The Rochester Post Bulletin has the Southeast MN Standings.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
MacKenzie Birr, St. Cloud Apollo 24 kills vs Fergus Falls 3-1.

Next up: College reports

Miller Time

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MILLER TIME
The Washburn Millers beat Henry in four tonight. The Patriots took the first game 25-19 before the Millers swept the rest 25-14, 25-18, 25-18. The only time Henry led after game one was in game four at 6-3. Washburn was able to squeeze points on every serve the last 11/12 players. Washburn is in third in the Minneapolis city conference.

OSSEO WINS
The Orioles slammed the door on Elk River 25-13, 25-13, 25-2 in Northwest Suburban action.

LATE MONDAY RESULTS
Hastings beat Northfield in five. From the Hastings Gazette.

LaCrescent topped Winona Cotter 3-1. From the Houston County News

Alexandria swept Sartell in Central Lakes action. Sam Dale had 10 kills for the Cardinals. From the Echo Press.

EVEN LATER RESULTS
Cromwell kept Two Harbors winless with a sweep. From the Lake County News-Chronicle.

FEATURE
Outside Hitter Rachel Westby of Marshall is standing tall and gets a feature in the Marshall Independent.

Next up: tomorrow

NW Sweeps Carleton, Bunne Player of the Week

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MORE AREA RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY
D3
UM Morris swept North Central and was swept by Sioux Falls.
UMM's Briana Czer (MN Valley Lutheran) had 12.5 points in the win vs NC. Alison Pippo (Annandale) had 11 points in the loss to SF.

Northwestern, MN swept Carleton.
Kathryne Engel (Wayzata) had 12.5 points for NW.
Megan La Chapelle (Eagan) had 9 points for Carleton.

St. Catherine went five to beat UW Stout.
Megan Ahlbrecht (GFW) had 22.5 points for St. Kate's
Maggie Meixl (Mankato West) had 27.5 points for Stout.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes beat Northland 3-1. It was the first win of the year for the defending NJCAA National champs. Shayna Foote had 17 kills for CL. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

MORE NEWS
D1
Ike has cancelled Creighton's tournament venture to Stephen F. Austin.

HIGH SCHOOL FEATURE
Spring Lake Park's goal is to win the North Suburban. From the ABC papers.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Max Preps in conjunction with the AVCA has named McKenzie Bunne of LeRoy-Ostrander as their Minnesota player of the week. If you want your player considered for this weekly honor and national recogniton from the AVCA you will need to enter your stats in on MaxPreps.

Next up: Later tonight with a recap of action.

Three Undefeateds Stay that Way

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MORE COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
Ohio State beat Loyola Marymount in four. Kristen Dozier had 18 points for OSU. Susan Halvorson (Apple Valley) had 2 digs for the Buckeyes.

Indiana travels to Kentucky this weekend.

Michigan State hosts UConn, UW Milwaukee and Florida A&M.

#1 Penn State travels to Chicago for a tournament.

MORE D1 NEWS
Washington State beat Gonzaga in five. Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 10 points for WSU.

Northern Iowa beat Iowa State in four games. UNI is 7-0 now. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 18 points for UNI. Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 1 point for ISU.

North Dakota is now 9-0 after a sweep of Mayville State. Amanda Polzin (Hutchinson) had 12 points for UND.

Texas Christian also is undefeated at 7-0. The Horned Frogs beat UT Arlington in four. Jess Menden (Shakopee) played in one game, but had no stats.

Colorado State beat undefeated in state rival Colorado in four. Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 4 points for CSU.

Portland heads across town to the Portland State tournament this weekend.

Virginia hosts their own tournament this weekend.

Maryland Eastern Shore heads to Buffalo for a tournament this weekend.

Cincinnati travels to Arizona State for their tournament.

Creighton is in the Stephen F. Austin tournament this weekend in Texas.

D2
#12 UM Duluth hosts their tournament this weekend. Bemidji State, MSU Mankato, New Haven and #9 Western Washington are all involved.

NAIA
#20 Hastings swept Midland Lutheran last night. Before the contest Hastings coach Fred Aubuchon resigned. From the Grand Island Independent.

Next up: later today