Gophers All There, Concordia Moorhead Tops St. Thomas

#1 posting 9.14.2006
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GOPHERS ALL TOGETHER
Minnesota beat Northern Iowa in Rochester Wednesday night 3-1. Malama Peniata played in her first game of the year, so in effect it was the first game for the Gophers at full strength. Peniata celebrated with 41 digs which tied a Minnesota record held be former libero Paula Gentil. Story from the MN Daily. Also the University has their own press release. The Gophers host their own tournament this weekend.

MIAC ACTION
#7 Concordia Moorhead upset #4 St. Thomas in St. Paul in four. Becca Shane had 27 kills for CM.

St. Olaf trailed 5-1 in the deciding 5th game to Macalester and came back with a 17-15 win.

Gustavus swept Hamline 25, 19, 25. Also story in the Mankato Free Press.

Liz Glesne of Bethel picked up her 1000th kill in a sweep of St. Mary's.

# 16 Carleton lost the first game but picked up three in a row after that in beating Augsburg.

St. Benedict topped St. Catherine in St. Joseph 9, 28, 15. St. Ben's hit .588 in the first game.

FEATURE PLAYER
SW MN State's Libero Lauren Swain, a freshman from Bloomington Kennedy is featured in the Marshall Independent.

COACHING NEWS
Jennifer Christofferson, Braham's new coach, has a little bio in the Isanti County News. You will need to scroll down to the HS new teachers.

LATE HS ACTION
St. James beat New Ulm on Monday in 4. The Saints are looking for their second South Central title.

Forest Lake had a busy few days. They opened with a 3-0 win over Grand Rapids on Friday. Saturday they took 3rd in the Coon Rapids Tournament. The Whirlwind action took its toll with Anoka sweeping FL on Monday.

USC beat Randolph in four to even their record at 1-1 in the Gopher conference. This game & more in the Albert Lea Tribune.

HS ACTION LAST NIGHT
Mpls Henry beat their neighbors North 8, 5, 11. Henry got off to a quick start with a 9-0 lead after Stef Zappa's serve. She had 7 aces on the night all in the first game. Five of North's points came on missed Henry serves.
In game two Henry sided out at 100%. Lucia Carver, Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick, and Matha Her had service runs of 5, 6, and 8.
Game 3 started off just like the rest only more so. After both teams had a side out, Carver served 16 straight points puncuated with five more aces. She ended up with 8 on the night. The entire Henry bench played in game 3 with many players seeing action for the first time.
Henry sided out at .737, North at .474.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ACES
3 games
Lucia Carver, Mpls Henry 8 vs Mpls North 3-0

ASSISTS
4 games
D1
Rachel Hartmann, Minnesota 59 vs Northern Iowa 3-1
3 games
D3
Laura Naig, Bethel 47 vs St. Mary's 3-0

DIGS
5 games
D3
Alyssa Williams, St. Olaf 22 vs Macalester 3-2
Marie Godwin, Macalester 22 vs St. Olaf 2-3
4 games
D1
Malama Peniata, Minnesota 41 vs Northern Iowa 3-1
Stephanie May, Northern Iowa 29 vs Minnesota 1-3
Kelly Bowman, Minnesota 20 vs Northern Iowa 3-1
D3
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 28 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Haley Bower, Augsburg 27 vs Carleton 1-3
Anna Walden, Concordia Moorhead 23 vs St. Thomas 3-1
Laura Barsness, Carleton 23 vs Augsburg 3-1
Megan La Chapelle, Carleton 22 vs Augsburg 3-1
AA
Jenny Ewert, St. James 20 vs New Ulm 3-1
3 games
D3
Theresa Perrini, St. Mary's 29 vs Bethel 0-3

KILLS
5 games
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 19 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 17 vs Macalester 3-2
Paige Olson, St. Olaf 15 vs Macalester 3-2
4 games
D1
Kyla Roehrig, Minnesota 19 vs Northern Iowa 3-1
D3
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 27 vs St. Thomas 3-1
Danielle Hargreaves, Carleton 22 vs Augsburg 3-1
Katie LaGrave, Augsburg 16 vs Carleton 1-3
Katie McCaffrey, St. Thomas 16 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
AA
Alysa Braaten, NRHEG 17 vs JWP 1-3
A
Ashley Lau, Glenville-Emmons 16 vs Grand Meadow 3-1
3 games
D3
Pam Stanton, St. Mary's 20 vs Bethel 0-3

Next up: later tonight. I will be out & about since my team isn't playing.