UM Duluth Tops Concordia St. Paul

#2 posting 9.26.2006
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UM DULUTH DROPS CONCORDIA ST. PAUL
In the big D2 matchup tonight host #6 UM Duluth dropped #3 Concordia St. Paul in four games. After losing the first game 30-26, Duluth took the next three 27, 16, 23. Duluth lost to Concordia last year in the regionals last year. For the night Jessica Lucia, CSP had 26 kills in the loss, Vicky Braegelmann had 23 for Duluth.

CONCORDIA MOORHEAD FEATURETTE
The Star Tribune has a story on Concordia Moorhead in tomorrow's edition. CM is in the top five for the first time. They currently are #4. Concordia St. Paul is also mentioned later in the report.

STAR TRIBUNE FEATURES
Certain sections of the Metro get special features in "west" or "south" neighborhood sections. Wayzata is featured in the West section about how they plan on getting back to the State tournament. They reached the event in 2004 and would like another taste.

SATURDAY TOURNAMENT RESULTS
United South Central went 2-0-2 last weekend at Truman. They opened with splits against New Ulm and Mankato Loyola, and won two against GHEC/Martin Luther and host Truman. Article is from the Albert Lea Tribune.

LAST WEEK ACTION
Paynesville lost to Minnewaska last week in five. The Paynesville Press now tells the tale.
Kingsland lost to Goodhue last Thursday for their first loss in the Three Rivers conference. More in the Spring Valley Tribune.

CHANGE AT THE TOP
AAA had a change at the top. Lakeville North now rules the roost replacing Chaska, now 2nd. AA (DGF) and A (Minneota) stay the same.

SOUTHWEST DROPS HENRY IN 4
Minneapolis SW beat Henry 25-13, 25-5, 22-25, and 25-20. After a listless two game performance it looked as if SW was set for the sweep. They steamrolled Henry picking up six and eight points in the first two serves in game two to lead 15-2. Henry did not earn one point in that game.
Somehow Henry had the resilliancy to fight back. SW led 5-3 when Xylina Yang came up with three points with two scored on Courtney Phillips overpass kills. Henry pushed the lead up to 10-7. SW came back on Haley Lobsiger's three points on her serve and it was tied 11 all. SW looked as if they were in the driver's seat as Britta Syverson served up five points to make it 19-13. Henry sided out on a Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick kill and Wendy Vang replaced KHK at the service line. Vang served up five points in her first attempts of the night with one ace in the mix. SW took a time out at 19-17 , but Henry scored two more times. SW led 20-19 on the side out. A missed SW Serve and a kill by Jannetta Parker on Xylina Yang's serve made the score 21 all after she was through. Stef Zappa got the side out with a push kill and Henry led again 22-21. Carrie Moua notched an ace for point 23. Her missed serve made it 23-22. A SW hitting error made it 24-22. Matha Her, in her only serve of the night, made it a good one. Stef Zappa again put it where they weren't for point 25-22.

SW jumped out to a 5-2 lead early. Henry battled back and tied it up at 5 with three serves by Lucia Carver and two straight kills by Jannetta Parker. They game went back & forth with neither team gaining any traction. Henry had a moment after Carver's serve where they led 16-14. Two more side outs and Henry led for the last time at 17-15. After a sideout Syverson had the ball for six service points to give SW the lead for good 22-17. Henry did close to 22-19, but a missed serve and a hitting error made it 24-19. SW missed their serve, and Henry also did in an anticlimatic finish to what turned out to be a competitive match. You never would have thought so after the second game however.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
D2
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 65 vs Concordia St. Paul 3-1
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 53 vs UM Duluth 1-3

DIGS
4 games
D2
Chelsea Meierotto, UM Duluth 24 vs Concordia St. Paul 3-1

KILLS
4 games
D2
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 26 vs UM Duluth 1-3
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 23 vs Concordia St. Paul 3-1
Rachel Langseth, UM Duluth 15 vs Concordia St. Paul 3-1

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