Nelson's 1000

#2 posting 9.27.2006
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GOPHER FEATURE
Meredith Nelson recently powered home kill #1000 in the Illinois game. She is the 18th Gopher to reach that level. Here is the MN Daily with a story on the middle hitter from St. Croix Falls, WI.

SW MN STATE DROPS WAYNE STATE
#24 SW MN State beat #22 Wayne State in four games on Tuesday night. This was a fight for second place in the Northern Sun. From the Marshall Indpendent.

TUESDAY HS ACTION
#8AAA Owatonna swept without too many problems Mankato East 10, 9, 20. From the Mankato Free Press.

Maple River swept LeCenter 11, 22, 20 in Valley action last night. The Mankato Free Press was there to tell the story.

It was payback time as Wabasha-Kellogg remembered last year's loss in the sections to St. Charles in a four game win. St. Charles took game 3 25-21. This & more in the Winona Daily News.

Cook swept Cherry 17, 22, 21 in St. Louis County action.

Luverne went across the state line to beat Lennox, SD in five games. Luverne lost the first two games and came back to win the whole kitenkaboodle. This game & more in the Worthington Daily Globe.

Lakeview topped RTR in four in Camden action. From the Marshall Independent.

LAST WEEK
Mabel-Canton dueled with Lanesboro in a four game match in Southeast Action.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACTION
Hibbing is 5-1 and tied for first in the MN north division. The open the second half of the conference tonight.

MILESTONES
Mallory Zimmermann, Mankato East 500th kill vs New Prague 9.25.2006

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ACES
3 games
AAA
Karissa Johnson, Owatonna 8 vs Mankato East 3-0

ASSISTS
5 games
AA
Cassie Gran, Caledonia 40 vs Fillmore Central 3-2
Dina Xaphakby, Luverne 38 vs Lennox, SD 3-2
4 games
D2
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 54 vs Wayne State 3-1
AA
Brittany Vaplon, Wabasha-Kellogg 37 vs St. Charles 3-1
A
Katie Christensen, RTR 49 vs Lakeview 1-3

DIGS
5 games
Courtney Bergey, Fillmore Central 33 vs Caledonia 2-3
4 games
D2
Sarah Quiram, SW MN State 23 vs Wayne State 3-1
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 21 vs Wayne State 3-1
AA
Jackie Hust, Wabasha-Kellogg 26 vs St. Charles 3-1
Christal Balow, Wabasha-Kellogg 20 vs St. Charles 3-1
A
Kendra Norby, Lanesboro 24 vs Houston 1-3

KILLS
5 games
Chelsea Nagle, Fillmore Central 22 vs Caledonia 2-3
4 games
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 24 vs Waynes State 3-1
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 20 vs SW MN State 1-3
AA
Danielle Peters, Wabasha-Kellogg 17 vs St. Charles 3-1
A
Bonnie Albirght, Lanesboro 17 vs Houston 3-1
Jamie Gniffke, Lakeview 15 vs RTR 3-1
Kendra Bornhoft, RTR 15 vs Lakeview 1-3
3 games
A
Amy Kallemeyn, Edgerton 16 vs Adrian 3-0
Laura Kramer, Fulda 15 vs Red Rock Central 3-0

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Next up: later tonight, after another Wednesday night game for my squad.