Concordia Moorhead Bounces Back

#5 posting 10.26.2008
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D3 SATURDAY REPORTS
MIAC
#12 Concordia Moorhead beat Carleton in five with a margin of 14 points. Jenna Green (DGF) had 18.5 points for CM. Megan LaChapelle (Eagan) had 15.5 points for Carleton.

St. Thomas swept Hamline with a margin of 22 points.

UMAC
Bethany Lutheran swept UM Morris with a margin of 14 points.

Northland beat Crown in four. Crown had a 1 point advantage on the night. Chelsea Lundgren (Crosby-Ironton) had 18.5 points for Northland. Laura Plowman (Minnetonka) had 14.5 points for Crown.

NON CON
Augustana IL beat UW Stout in four with a margin of 15 points.

UW Stout swept Grinnell with a margin of 21 points.

Elmhurst beat UW River Falls in four with a margin of 26 points.

UW River Falls beat Chicago in four with a margin of 16 points.

UW Whitewater swept Carroll with a margin of 15 points. Natalie Starken (Muskego, WI) had 12.5 points for UWW.
UW Whitewater swept Illinois Wesleyan with a margin of 17 points. Keri Klotzbuecher (Clintonville, WI) had 14 points for UWW.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
In the MCAC State tournament--
Northland won three times in pool A. Ridgewater was 2-1. Central Lakes 1-3. Fergus Falls 1-2.
In pool B Rochester was 2-0; Anoka-Ramsey was 2-2; Hibbing 2-2; Itasca 0-2

Next up: weekly review.

MSU Mankato Tops Augustana

#4 posting 10.26.2008
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D2 SATURDAY RESULTS
NORTHERN SUN
Winona State swept UM Crookston with a margin of 21 points. Jessi Peterson (Eden Prairie) had 12.5 points for WSU. Amber Meyer (Paxton, NE) had 10.5 points for UMC.

St. Cloud State beat Northern State in five. Northern State had a 1 point advantage on the night. Ashley Shields (Whitefish Bay, WI) had 19.5 points for SCSU. Claire Kopfmann (Minneota) had 20 points for Northern.

MSU Mankato upset #20 Augustana in four with a margin of 13 points. Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) had 23 points for Mankato. Beth Talcott (Omaha) had 18 points for the Vikings.

#1 Concordia St. Paul swept Mary with a margin of 41 points. Maria Steinhagen (Alexandria) had 15.5 points for CSP. Laci Murtha (Hutchinson) had 11 points for Mary.

#18 UM Duluth swept Bemidji State with a margin of 44 points. Lindsey Clairmont (Wayzata) had 11 points for UMD. Nicole Olson (Lake of the Woods) had 9 points for Bemidji.

MSU Moorhead swept Upper Iowa with a margin of 20 points. Melissa Norling had 14.5 points for the Dragons. Beth Deutmeyer (Dyersville, IA) had 10 points for UIU.

#4 Southwest Minnesota State beat #23 Wayne State, Nebraska in four with a margin of 12 points. Laura Hegerle (Kasson-Mantorville) and Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) each had 17 points for SW. Sara Graf (Mount Pleasant, IA) had 58 assists for the Mustangs. Brittany Van Beek (Hull Western Christian, IA) had 18.5 points for WSN.

Next up: D3 results

NDSU Wins 11th Straight

#3 posting 10.26.2008
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MORE D1 SATURDAY RESULTS
ACC: Florida State swept Virginia with a margin of 7 points. Marlow Bruneau (Lakeville) had 12 assists and 2.5 points for Virginia.

BIG EAST: Louisville swept Marquette with a margin of 27 points. Tiara Russell (Osseo) and Leslie Bielski (Chaska) had 4.5 and 3 points respectively.

BIG SKY: Eastern Washington beat Weber State in four. The Jackson County Central duo of Brittney Bisaillon and Leah Burmeister had 15.5 and 7 points respectively for WS.

MID AMERICAN: Western Michigan beat Ohio in five with a margin of 5 points. Amanda Andersen (Centennial) had 10 points for Ohio.

MISSOURI VALLEY: Creighton beat Missouri State in five with a margin of 15 points. Jessica Houts (Bloomington Kennedy) led Creighton with 19.5 points. Allie Oelke (Chaska) added 16 points for Creighton
Northern Iowa beat Illinois State in five with a margin of 5 points. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 18.5 points for UNI.

SUMMIT: North Dakota State swept South Dakota State with a margin of 20 points. It was NDSU's 11th straight win. Chrissy Knuth (Champlin Park) had 14 points for NDSU. Mackenzie Angner (Cincinnati St. Ursula) had 20 points for SDSU.

SOUTHERN: Davidson beat Furman in four. The margin was zero points. Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) had 7 digs for Furman.

Next up: D2 results

#11 Gophers Stumble

#2 posting 10.26.2008
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BIG 10 SATURDAY RESULTS
#20 Michigan swept #11 Minnesota with a margin of 12 points. Juliana Paz had 17.5 points for Michigan. Brook Dieter (Bloomington Kennedy) had 22 points for the Gophers.

#18 Purdue beat Michigan State in five with a margin of 9 points. Stephanie Lynch had 21.5 points for Purdue. Becca Zlabis had 20 points for MSU.

#1 Penn State swept Northwestern with a margin of 25 points. Megan Hodge had 17.5 points for PSU. Chelsy Hyser had 11.5 points for NW. Naomi Johnson (Bloomington Kennedy) had 1.5 points also for the Wildcats.

Next up: more D1 results

Mabel-Canton Survives LeRoy-Ostrander

#1 posting 10.26.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Section 1 in A and AA held contests yesterday.
There were two sweeps and one five set match in 1A.
There were three sweeps and one fiver plus one upset in 1AA.
Both sections will hold their subsection finals on Thursday in Rochester.

AA
Section 1
#1E Caledonia swept #4E Kingsland with a margin of 31 points, and #2E Chatfield beat #3E St. Charles in five with a margin of 4 points. From the Winona Daily News.
Stewartville and Pine Island swept in the west.

A
Section 1
#3W Kenyon-Wanamingo knocked off #2W Hayfield in four with a margin of 19 points. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#1W Bethlehem Academy swept #5W Waterville-Elysian-Morristown with a margin of 28 points. Holly Hafemeyer had 16 points for BA. From the Faribault Daily News.
#1E Wabasha-Kellogg swept #4E Rushford-Peterson with a margin of 15 points. From the Winona Daily News.
#2E Mabel-Canton trailed 2-0 before rallying to beat #3E LeRoy-Ostrander. MC's Kate Horihan had 26 kills. (in the Winona Daily News).

LATE RESULTS
8AA #1N East Grand Forks beat #4N Roseau in four with a margin of 3 points. From the Grand Forks Herald.

Next up: Big 10 results

Gustavus Tops Concordia Moorhead in Five

#7 posting 10.25.2008
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D3 FRIDAY RESULTS
MIAC
Augsburg beat St. Mary's in five with a margin of 5 points. Julie Jenkins (Edina) had 16.5 points for Augsburg. Jessica Mate had 21 points for St. Mary's.

#20 Gustavus beat #12 Concordia Moorhead in five with a margin of 5 points. Olivia Warren (Goodhue) had 18 points for Gustavus. Katie Vohnoutka (Eden Prairie) had 22 points for CM.

Hamline swept St. Catherine with a margin of 22 points. Anita Rojas (Valley del Cauca, Columbia) had 18 points for Hamline. Rebecca Zenefski (Champlin Park) had 11.5 points for St. Kate's.

St. Olaf swept Bethel with a margin of 22 points. Kim Smisek (Northfield) had 14.5 points for St. O. Chelsea Falck (Abundant Life, WI) had 11.5 points for Bethel.

#6 St. Thomas swept Macalester with a margin of 28 points. Katie McCaffrey (Fort Collins, CO) had 18 points for St. Thomas. Taylor Tinkham (St. Louis Park) had 9 points for Mac.

UMAC
Martin Luther beat UM Morris in five with a margin of 14 points. Amanda Polzin (Rhinelander, WI) had 21 points for ML. Brianna Czer (MN Valley Lutheran) had 15.5 points for UMM.

Northwestern, MN swept Northland with a margin of 27 points. Kathryne Engel (West Lutheran) had 16 points for NW. Alicia Wiebe (Ashland, WI) had 9.5 points for Northland.

St. Scholastica swept Crown with a margin of 29 points. Dustie Richardson (Greenway) had 19 points for CSS. Naomi Anderson (Pine River-Backus) had 9.5 points for Crown.

NON CON
Central beat UW Stout in four with a margin of 17 points.

Millikin swept UW Stout with a margin of 19 points.

North Central beat UW River Falls in four with a margin of 12 points.

Wheaton beat UW River Falls in four with a margin of 15 points.

UW Whitewater swept Coe with a margin of 20 points.Keri Klotzbuecher (Clintonville, WI) had 11 points for UWW.

UW Whitewater beat Wartburg with a margin of 22 points. Keri Klotzbuecher (Clintonville, WI) had 18.5 points for UWW.

Next up: tomorrow.

SW Sweeps Augustana

#6 posting 10.25.2008
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D2 FRIDAY RESULTS
NORTHERN SUN
#1 Concordia St. Paul swept Northern State with a margin of 38 points. Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska) had 14.5 points for CSP. Jill Rasmussen (Sioux Falls Washington) and Caitlin Oelke (Chaska) each had 5.5 points for Northern.

#4 Southwest Minnesota State swept #20 Augustana with a margin of 12 points. Devin Deidrich (Braham) had 16 points for SW. Sara Graf (Mount Pleasant, IA) had 41 assists. Kati Newgard (Pipestone) had 11.5 points for Augustana.

#23 Wayne State, Nebraska beat MSU Mankato in five with a margin of 14. MSU Mankato led 2-0. Jennifer Hefner (Central City, NE) had 29.5 points for WS. Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) had 19 points for Mankato.

Upper Iowa beat UM Crookston in four with a margin of 4 points. Each set was 25-23. Kimberly Humpal (New Hampton, IA) had 16 points for UIU. Andrea Hubbell (Isle) had 12 points for UMC.

St. Cloud State swept Mary with a margin of 23 points. Kayla Tschida (Upsala) had 13.5 points for SCSU. Laci Murtha (Hutchinson) had 13.5 points for Mary.

Minnesota State Moorhead beat Winona State in four with a margin of 15 points. Laura Tvrdik (Minnewaska) and Cathy Turner (New Prague) each had 14 points for Moorhead. Jessi Peterson (Eden Prairie) had 17 points for WS.

Next up: D3 Friday results

Virginia, George Washington Rally from 2 Down

#5 posting 10.25.2008
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MORE D1 FRIDAY RESULTS
ACC: North Carolina swept Clemson with a margin of 13 points. Brianna Eskola (Columbia Heights) had 8 digs for UNC.
Virginia rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Miami FL in five with a margin of 9 points. Marlow Bruneau (Lakeville) had 18 assists and 6.5 points for the Cavaliers.

ATLANTIC 10: George Washington beat Fordham in five. For the night Fordham had 1 point advantage. Fordham led 2-0. Three of the sets went extra points, GW was 2-1 in those contests. Abby Syverson (Minneapolis Southwest) had 13 points for GW.
Rhode Island swept Charlotte with a margin of 14 points. Courtney Cowles (Eden Prairie) had 26 assists and 5 points for the 49ers.

CUSA: SMU swept Marshall with a margin of 22 points. Megan Carlson (Andover) had 7 points for Marshall.

MEAC: Maryland-Eastern Shore swept Delaware State with a margin of 15 points. Chanita Wesley (Benilde-St. Margaret's) played, but did not chart points.

MID AMERICAN: Ohio swept Northern Illinois with a margin of 26 points. Amanda Andersen (Centennial) had 13 points for the Bobcats.

MISSOURI VALLEY: #12 Wichita State swept Creighton with a margin of 22 points. Jessica Houts (Bloomington Kennedy) Allie Oelke (Chaska) had 5 and 3 points respectively.
Northern Iowa swept Indiana State with a margin of 22 points. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 10.5 points for UNI.

MOUNTAIN WEST: Colorado State swept Wyoming with a margin of 14 points. Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 7.5 points for the Rams.

PAC 10: #6 Washington swept Washington State with a margin of 28 points. Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 6.5 points for WS.

SEC: Georgia beat South Carolina in five with a margin of 3 points. Bridget Denson-Dorman (Hopkins) had 52 assists and 2 points for USC.

WEST COAST: Gonzaga swept Portland with a margin of 22 points. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 6 points for Portland.

AWARDS
OH Jacey Tagavilla (Honolulu) was named North Dakota's athlete of the week.

Next up: D2 Friday results

Gophers Sweep Ohio State

#4 posting 10.25.2008
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BIG 10 RESULTS
#11 Minnesota swept Ohio State with a margin of 13 points. The second set went 26-24. Brook Dieter (Bloomington Kennedy) had 20.5 points for the Gophers. Katie Dull had 21 points for OSU. Susan Halverson (Apple Valley) had 11 digs and 1 point for the Buckeyes.

#1 Penn State is still unblemished without losing a set this year. The Nittany Lions swept #21 Wisconsin with a margin of 13 points. Nicole Fawcett had 18 points for PSU. Allison Wack and Morgan Salow each had 8.5 points for the Badgers. Nikki Klingsporn (Tartan) had 14 assists for Wisconsin.

#19 Illinois swept Michigan State with a margin of 23 points. MSU hit .089 for the night. Laura DeBruhler had 17 points for Illinois. Kyndra Abron and Vanessa King each had 7 points for MSU.

#20 Michigan swept Iowa with a margin of 11 points. Beth Karpiak had 16.5 points for the Wolverines. Megan Schipper had 14 points for the Hawkeyes.

Indiana beat Northwestern in five with a margin of 10 points. NW led 2-1. Ashley Benson had 28 points for the Hoosiers. Ariel Baxterbeck had 18.5 points for the Wildcats. Naomi Johnson (Bloomington Kennedy) had 11 points for NW.

Next up: More D1 Friday Results

Two 6s Advance in A

#3 posting 10.25.2008
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A PLAYOFF RESULTS
There were four upsets---two of which involved 6s over 3s: in 3N Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sundberg beat Canby in five and 6N Hawley stopped Park Christian in a sweep.
There were 5 five set matches and 24 sweeps.

3
#6N KMS beat #3N Canby in five with a margin of 8 points. Plus #5N MACCRAY's win over #4N Renville County West in the West Central Tribune.

#1N Minneota swept #8N RTR with a margin of 28 points. Plus five other results in the Marshall Independent.

#1S Windom swept #9S Edgerton with a margin of 38 points. The Eagles had 19 aces on the night. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

#3S Murray County Central swept #6S Fulda with a margin of 17 points.

#4S SW Star swept #5S Red Rock Central with a margin of 19 points. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

#2S SW MN Christian swept #7S Westbrook-Walnut Grove with a margin of 25 points.

5
#3NE Barnum beat #2NE East Central

#1SE Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa swept #5SE Eden Valley-Watkins with a margin of 29 points. From the West Central Tribune.

6
#6 Hawley upset #3 Park Christian in a sweep with a margin of 16 points. Hawley had 17 aces on the night. From the Fargo Forum.

7
There were no upsets there.

8
#5E Clearbrook-Gonvick beat #4E Kellier-Northome

#2E Laporte swept Mahnomen with a margin of 22 points. Plus three other results in the Bemidji Pioneer.


Next up: Big 10 Friday Results

Most Favorites Move on in AA

#2 posting 10.25.2008
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AA RESULTS
There were three upsets and all involved 5s over 4s.
There were 3 five set matches and 16 sweeps last night

3
#5N Montevideo bumped off #4N Morris in four with a margin of 34 points.

#2N Benson beat #7N Minnewaska with a margin of 22 points. Plus three other results in the West Central Tribune.

#1S Marshall swept #8S St. James with a margin of 53 points.

#2S Worthington swept #7S Luverne with a margin of 46 points.

#3S Jackson County Central swept #6S Fairmont with a margin of 36 points. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

#4S Pipestone swept #5S New Ulm with a margin of 12 points.

6
#5N Albany beat #4N Pierz in five.

#2S New London-Spicer beat #7S Maple Grove with a margin of 24 points. Plus one other result from the West Central Tribune.

#5S Annandale beat #4S Dassel-Cokato in five.

7
No upsets.
Virginia beat Eveleth-Gilbert in four with a margin of 13 points. Plus four other results from the Duluth News-Tribune.

8
Again no upsets.
#1S Perham beat #5S Detroit Lakes in four with a margin of 42 points. From the Detroit Lakes Tribune.

#2S Wadena-Deer Creek beat #3S Staples-Motley in a sweep with a margin of 37 points. Plus four more results from the Brainerd Dispatch. Also in the BD---WDC's Courtney Volkmann is the athlete of the week.

next up Class A results

Prior Lake Knocks Out #10 Eden Prairie

#1 posting 10.25.2008
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AAA PLAYOFFS
There were five upsets last night in AAA action. The first top 10 team fell--#10 Eden Prairie lost to Prior Lake in five in rough and tumble section 2.
Also last night there were five 5 set matches and 18 sweeps.

1
#1 Owatonna swept #8 Red Wing with a margin of 26 points. Jordan Spatenka had 16 kills for the Huskies. From the Owatonna People's Press and Red Wing Republican Eagle.
#3 Rochester Mayo beat #6 Austin in four with a margin of 30 points. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#2 Farmington swept #7 Faribault with a margin of 27 points. From the Farmington Independent.
#4 Rochester Century beat crosstown rival Rochester JM in four with a margin of 7 points. Brittany Weidman had 16 kills for Century. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

2
#5 Prior Lake knocked off #4 Eden Prairie in five. EP is the first top 10 team to fall. EP has been battling injuries of late. The Eagles also had a 4 point advantage for the match. PL led 2-0. From the SW Scoreboard.
#3 Waconia swept #6 Hutchinson with a margin of 22 points.
#2 Chaska swept #7 Willmar with a margin of 33 points. From the West Central Tribune.
#1 Shakopee swept #9 Mankato East with a margin of 35 points.

4
#5 Cretin-Derham Hall upset #4 Tartan in a sweep.

5
#5 Spring Lake Park upset #4 Maple Grove in five.

6
All the top seeds moved on. The only tight contest was #4 Bloomington Jefferson taking down #5 Minneapolis Southwest in five.

7
#5 Forest Lake beat #4 Duluth East in four.

8
#3N Bemidji upset #2N Sauk Rapids in five with a margin of 19 points. Kayla Hirt had 22 points for Bemidji. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

#1N Alexandria swept #4N Moorhead with a margin of 24 points. From the Fargo Forum.

#2S St. Cloud Tech beat #6S St. Cloud Apollo in five with a margin of 24 points. It was the third time Tech topped their rival. Meagan Loesch had 20 kills for Tech. Mackenzie Birr had 26 kills for Apollo. Plus 10 other reports from the St. Cloud Times.

Next up: AA Action

Out & About: Stillwater/North St. Paul

#5 posting 10.24.2008
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SECTION 4AAA
Quarterfinals
#2 STILLWATER ponies 3, #10 NORTH ST. PAUL polars 0
(25-11, 25-15, 25-10)

As expected the Stillwater Ponies swept North St. Paul with a margin of 39 points in the quarterfinals of 4AAA. For the night NSP had four first ball side outs which was good for .160. That factor along with 16 Pony aces made quick work of the Polars. As a team NSP had 13 kills on the night. Taylor Stippel of Stillwater had 11. Stippel ended up with 15.5 points on the night.

Again I charted this game and crossed another team off the Maxpreps top 50 list. Stillwater was #42 on the list. That means I have seen 72% of the top 50 teams with 14 teams left to go.

The Ponies surged forward with five points, four on Stippel's serve to make it 8-3. NSP added four right away to make it 8-7. After that the dam burst. NSP had trouble getting any side outs. When Adrianna Nora went back to serve with the score 14-9 she rattled off 8 points----7 of them aces. When NSP moved back Nora went short. When they crept up, she dropped serves behind them. Nora's serve had a wicked drop and two time outs didn't solve the riddle. There was a time when Stillwater led 23-9, but two points were taken away due to a erroneous call. It didn't slow the Ponies down at all.

The second set was the most competitive. Stillwater jumped out to a 15-5 lead after three servers. The Polars did fight back and had a run of three late in the second set to cut the margin to 23-15, but the die was cast. Emily McDonough had five kills in the second set to lead the Ponies.

The third set had some similarities with the first. NSP led 2-1. The lack of FBSO and the fact Stillwater had runs on three of their first four servers put the Ponies on the fast track. Stillwater's FBSO was the tightest at this stage with .750 (6/8) including four straight. Stippel had 6 kills in this set to lead Stillwater including the final kill.

You can see the entire Stillwater vs North St. Paul photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com.

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
STILLWATER
1. Kayla Zeno, 2010, S 1-0-3----4
2. Katie Mikutowski, 2009, OH 3-0-5----8
3. Taylor Stippel, 2009, MH 3-1.5-11----15.5
3br Katie Germschied, 2009, L 0-0-0----0
4. Macey Finizio, 2011, RH 0-0-6----6
4br Erin Gaides, 2011, DS 0-0-0----0
4br Kitty Tynen, 2010, DS 0-0-0----0
5. Emily McDonough, 2011, OH 0-0.5-10----10.5
6. Adrianna Nora, 2011, MH 9-0-2----11
6br Katie Germschied, 2009, L
totals: 16-2-37------55 points, 20 points on NSP errors

NORTH ST. PAUL
1. Kelli Koehnle, 2009, L 0-0-0---0
1fr Katie Hayes, 2009, MH 0-0-0----0
2. Sean Crotty, 2011, S 0-0-1----1
3. Casssie Bertelsen, 2011, OH 2-0-4----6
4. Sophie Jaskulske, 2012, MH 0-0.5-5----5.5
5. Julianne Gruenhagen, 2011, DS 1-0-0----1
5fr. Ellie Stafford, 2009, RH 0-0.5-1----1.5
6. Amy Carlson, 2009, DS 0-0-0----0
6fr. Bre Brown, 2010, OH 0-0-2----2
totals: 3-1-13-----17 points, 19 points on Stillwater errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Taylor Stippel

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Stillwater 16/24-.667; 75; .733; .528
North St. Paul 4/25-.160; 36; .472; .267
Runs 3+: Stillwater 10, NSP 3
Longest string: Stillwater 9, NSP 4
Missed Serves: Stillwater 7, NSP 3
Time Out %: NSP 2/6-.333; Stillwater did not take a time out.

ROTATIONS
STILLWATER
1. Zeno 11-11 .500
2. Mikutowski 21-7 .750
3. Stippel 14-7 .667
4. Finizio 9-4 .692
5. McDonough 6-3 .667
6. Nora 14-4 .778
totals: 75-36 .676

NORTH ST. PAUL
1. Koehnle 8-20 .286
2. Crotty 7-16 .304
3. Bertelsen 9-14 .391
4. Jaskulske 3-6 .333
5. Gruenhagen 4-13 .235
6. Carlson 5-6 .455
totals: 36-75 .324

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1 S S S S S
set 2 S S S S S
set 3 S S S S S

BIGGEST LEAD
Team 1 2 3
Stillwater 14 12 15
North St. Paul 1 0 1

Next up: tomorrow morning

Tan Takes a Body Shot

#4 posting 10.24.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
In case you missed it last Sunday the Gophers' Christine Tan took a body shot from Bob Sansevere in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

#11 Minnesota travels to Ohio State and #20 Michigan this weekend.

#21 Wisconsin hosts #1 Penn State and Indiana.

Johannah Bangert is a key building block in the Illinois defense.

MORE D1
BIG SKY: Portland State swept Weber State with a margin of 11 points. The Jackson County Central duo of Brittney Bisaillon and Leah Burmeister had 10.5 and 9.5 points for WS.

SUMMIT: North Dakota State swept UMKC with a margin of 19 points. Janna Deyle (Fargo South) had 13 points for NDSU. Chrissy Knuth (Champlin Park) added 12.5 more.

Oral Roberts snapped a South Dakota State six game winning streak with a sweep. OR's point margin was 20 points. Mackenzie Angner (Cincinnati St. Ursula) had 14.5 points for SDSU.

NON CON: North Dakota swept Dickinson State with a margin of 17 points. Amanda Polzin (Hutchinson) had 15 points for UND.

South Carolina swept South Carolina State with a margin of 42 points. Bridget Denson-Dorman (Hopkins) had 38 assists and 5 points for USC.

Next up: later today with an out & about

GFW Upsets Cleveland

#3 posting 10.24.2008
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A PLAYOFFS
Six of the eight sections were in operation last night.
There were 7 upsets last night. Again most were 5s over 4s.
The biggest upset came with #7S GFW dropping #2S Cleveland in five in section 2. GFW was in the state tournament last year.

1
#3E LeRoy-Ostrander beat #11E Houston in four with a margin of 8 points. From the Austin Daily Herald and Rochester Post Bulletin.
#1E Wabasha-Kellogg beat #8E Lewiston-Altura in four with a margin of 24 points. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
#4E Rushford-Peterson swept #5E Goodhue with a margin of 23 points.
#5W Waterville-Elysian-Morristown beat #4W Blooming Prairie in five. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#2W Hayfield swept #7W Alden-Conger with a margin of 31 points. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#3W Kenyon-Wanamingo beat #6 Southland in four with a margin of 22 points. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#1W Bethlehem Academy swept #8W Glenville-Emmons with a margin of 45 points. From the Faribault Daily News.

2
#4N Minnesota Valley Lutheran beat #5N Buffalo Lake-Hector with a margin of 4 points. Each set ended with a two point margin. From the New Ulm Journal and West Central Tribune.
#7N GFW stopped #2N Cleveland in five with a margin of 10 points. From the New Ulm Journal.
#1N Sleepy Eye St. Mary's swept #8N LeCenter with a margin of 32 points. From the NUJ.
#2N Cedar Mountain-Comfrey beat McLeod West in four with a margin of 19 points. From the New Ulm Journal.

#3S St. Clair stopped #6S Truman in four with a margin of 20 points. From the Mankato Free Press.
#5S JWP swept #4S GHECML with a margin of 22 points.
#1S Martin County West swept #8S MLBO with a margin of 43 points. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
#2S Nicollet swept #7S Mankato Loyola with a margin of 16 points. From the New Ulm Journal.

4
#5N Providence knocked of #4N West Lutheran in five.

5
#5SW Menahga beat #4SW Verndale in four with a margin of 5 points.
#5SE Eden Valley-Watkins swept #4SE Ogilvie with a margin of 17 points.

6
no upsets
Ashby swept West Central with a margin of 22 points. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

8
#9E Bagley knocked off #8E Blackduck.

TODAY
Sections 3 and 7 play today.

Next up: College reports

AA Playoffs: 7 Upsets

#2 posting 10.24.2008
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AA PLAYOFFS
There was a full slate of section contests last night. There were 7 lower seeds beating higher seeds last night. Most involved #5s beating #4s.
The biggest upset came with #6 Montgomery-Lonsdale taking down #3 Watertown-Mayer in section 2 in a sweep.

1. #5W Zumbrota-Mazeppa beat #4W Byron in five. Byron had a 3 point advantage on the night. Plus three more results in the Red Wing Republican Eagle and Rochester Post Bulletin.
#1W Stewartville swept #8W Rochester Lourdes with a margin of 34 points. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
#2W Pine Island swept #7W Cannon Falls with a margin of 28 points. From the RPB.
#3E St. Charles swept #6E Lake City with a margin of 39 points. Plus one other result from the Winona Daily News.

2. #1 in the state #1 East seed Jordan swept Waseca with a margin of 52 points. From the SW Scoreboard.
#6E Montgomery-Lonsdale swept #3E Watertown-Mayer with a margin of 9 points.
#5W Sibley East upset #4W Norwood-Young America in a sweep with a margin of 15 points.
#2W Blue Earth swept #7W St. Peter with a margin of 26 points. From the Fairmont Sentinel.

4. #5W Minneapolis North bumped off #4W Edison in five with a margin of 6 points. Edison led 2-1.

5. #5N Becker outlasted #4N Rush City in five. RC had a one point advantage for the night. Kelly McCall had 12 kills for the Bulldogs. Plus six more results from the St. Cloud Times.
#5S Orono dropped #4S Mound-Westonka in five. MW had a five point advantage for the night. MW led 2-1. Set four went to 29-27 for Orono.

8. #5S Detroit Lakes topped #4S Breckenridge in four with a margin of 3 points.
#1S Perham swept #8S Fergus Falls with a margin of 32 points. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

#2N DGF beat #7N Crookston in four with a margin of 20 points. From the Fargo Fourm.

TONIGHT
Sections 3, 6 and 7 get underway tonight.

In 3: Marshall faces St. James. From the Marshall Independent.
Worthington is a #2 seed, the highest they have achieved in recent memory. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
Lac Qui Parle Valley had their first winning season in 17 years with a boomerang coach. From the West Central Tribune.

Next up: Class A results

Burnsville Edges Apple Valley

#1 posting 10.24.2008
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AAA PLAYOFFS
Only one section was in operation last night---3
There was one lower seed advancing.
#5 Burnsville knocked off #4 Apple Valley in five with the deciding set 17-15. The Blaze's margin was 4 points.
The other top seeds #1 Eastview, #2 Lakeville North and #3 Lakeville South all moved on with sweeps.
Eastview's margin over Rosemount was 29 points.
LN's margin over Eagan was 25 points.
LS's margin over Simley was 35 points.

The main AAA action takes place tonight. The best bets are
#6 Hutchinson vs #3 Waconia and #5 Prior Lake vs #4 Eden Prairie in Section 2.
#4N Moorhead vs #1N Alexandria in section 8. From the Echo Press.
Also tonight #3N Bemidji plays #2N Sauk Rapids. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

Next up: AA Wrap up

Fridley Roars

#5 posting 10.23.2008
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FRIDLEY ROARS
Fridley ripped Henry in three sets with a margin of 48 points. The Tigers used a 12 point run after Henry scored the first point to set the tempo for the night. In the second set Fridley had a run of 8, and in the third a run of 11. To give you an idea of the point totals Henry only scored or earned 11 points on the night.
The night didn't start off that well for Henry either. A senior captain missed the bus and wasn't able to play.
Fridley will go on to the 5AA South subsection semifinals.

ACCIDENT
Crookston volleyball coach Lon Boike was injured in a two car accident on Wednesday. From the Crookston Times.

MOMENTUM
Chisago Lakes has momentum headed into the playoffs. From the Chisago County Press.

LATE REPORTS
Littlefork-Big Falls beat Bigfork in four. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

Waterville-Elysian-Morristown beat Randolph in 1A West action. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.

Bemidji ended Brainerd's season in the 8AAA playoffs. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Aitkin swept Crosby-Ironton in 7AA action. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

D2
UM Duluth will Dig for the Cure Saturday vs Bemidji State.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
IRON SIX
Anoka-Ramsey has made the playoffs this season with the iron six. From the ABC papers.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Illinois and Iowa State Win, Dieter Off Topic

#4 posting 10.23.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
Brook Dieter is Off Topic in the Minnesota Daily.

#19 Illinois swept #18 Purdue with a margin of 16 points. Laura DeBruhler had 21 points for Illinois. Stephanie Lynch had 11.5 points for Purdue.

Michigan State hosts Illinois and Purdue this weekend.

Indiana heads to Northwestern and Wisconsin.

Ohio State hosts #11 Minnesota and Iowa.

#1 Penn State travels to Wisconsin and Northwestern. Penn State has weakness? The Nittany Lions are trying to fix them. The Big 10 Network examines

MORE D1
BIG 12: Iowa State upended #13 Kansas State in five with a margin of 5 points. Diane Kieger had 2 points for ISU.

SOUTHERN: Furman swept Wofford with a margin of 7 points. Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) had 15 digs for the Paladins.

Portland hosts Gonzaga and Cal State Bakersfield this weekend.

Colorado State travels to Wyoming.

South Carolina hosts SC State tonight and travels to Georgia and LSU this weekend.

Texas Christian is looking for a white out tonight vs San Diego State.

Marshall hosts SMU and Tulsa.

Ohio hosts Northern Illinois and Western Michigan.

D3
IIAC
Luther swept Coe with a margin of 23 points. Tiffany Kruse (Edgewood-Colesburg, IA) and Taylor Skoglund (Montevideo) each had 11.5 points for the Norse. Taylor Coots had 8 points for Coe.

MIAC
Augsburg beat Bethel in five with a margin of 20 points. Breann Woelfel (Annandale) had 20.5 points for Augsburg. Kelly Otto (SW Christian Chaska) and Jennifer Stoa (Concordia Roseville)each had 12 points for Bethel.

#20 Gustavus beat #21 St. Benedict in four with a margin of 12 points. Meghan Gehring (Eau Claire North) had 16.5 points for Gustavus. Emma Jaynes (Hibbing) had 17 points for St. Ben's.

St. Mary's beat St. Catherine's in four with a margin of 10 points. Sarah Gardner (Rochester Mayo) had 18 points for St. Mary's. Rebecca Zenefski (Champlin Park) had 17 points for St. Kate's.

St. Olaf swept Macalester with a margin of 26 points. Jessica Levin (Cedar Rapids Xavier) had 15.5 points for St. O. Taylor Tinkham (St. Louis Park) had 9.5 points for Mac.

WIAC
Oshkosh beat Platteville in four with a margin 13 points. The win gives the Titans a share of the WIAC title.

Next up: later today

Only A Action in 7

#3 posting 10.23.2008
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A PLAYOFFS
7
Most of the action last night were sweeps.
There were a pair of fours however---
#4W Littlefork-Big Falls beat #5W Bigfork with a margin of 37 points.
#3W Nashwauk-Keewatin beat #6W Hill City with a margin of 15 points.

The only upset came with #5E Cook County swept #4 Cotton with a margin of 14 points.

Chisholm swept Northland with a margin of 35 points. From the Hibbing Tribune.

Next up: College Reports