Saturday, September 30, 2006

Bethel, St. Mary's Pull Upsets

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Next up: Tomorrow morning