Gophers Sweep Illinois

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D1 recap
BIG 10
Minnesota swept Illinois 27, 18, 32-30 on Saturday night. In so doing Coach Hebert is now the winningest Gopher coach in history with 264.
Wisconsin swept Northwestern 22, 24, 22.

LOCAL ANGLES
North Dakota State won the Brown Invitational with two more wins on Saturday. They swept Fordham and then beat the hosts in four. With the wins NDSU is now 9-9 on the year. Sheila Parrish and Lindsey Rogers made the all tournament team.

South Dakota State swept Robert Morris in the IPFW tournament finishing 2-1.

OTHER MN PLAYERS
Connecticut opened Big East play with a sweep 20, 25, 22 of West Virginia. Bridget Denson-Dorman had 37 assists and Lorelle Schaub had three kills.
Erin Boeve had 9 kills, 3 solo and 3 assist blocks but it was Oklahoma that swept Iowa State. Laura Cady had 13 digs.
Amy Sampson had four kills for Northern Iowa in a five match win over Missouri State.
UW Green Bay went four games with Youngstown State and came away a winner. Betty Slinger had 46 assists and missed a triple double by 2 digs.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
Betty Slinger, UW Green Bay 46 vs Youngstown State 3-1
3 games
Jackie Simpson, Wisconsin 47 vs Northwestern 3-0

DIGS
4 games
Megan Elfering, UW Green Bay 22 vs Youngstown State 3-1
Sarah Rauen, UW Green Bay 21 vs Youngstown State 3-1
3 games
Malama Peniata, Minnesota 23 vs Illinois 3-0

KILLS
4 games
Abby Bergsma, UW Green Bay 19 vs Youngstown State 3-1
Holly Visser, UW Green Bay 17 vs Youngstown State 3-1
3 games
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 22 vs Northwestern 3-0

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