Concordia Moorhead Downs Gustavus

#2 posting 10.14.2006
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D3 recap
MIAC ACTION
#4 Concordia Moorhead gave Gustavus their second conference loss with a 3-1 road win. Gustavus did have 84 digs to CM's 71, but Gustavus also had 33 hitting errors compared to CMs 23. CM is 8-0 in conference.

Hamline swept St. Catherine 10, 21, 29. Hamline had more kills 49, than St. Kate's had digs 29.

Macalester edged Carleton in five. Macalester had 72 earned points or .643 earned, while Carleton earned .667. So Carleton gave away .357 and Macalester .333 and that was the difference as Carlteon outhit Mac by 10 kills and also by % .144 to .140.

UMAC
UM Morris beat Crown in four.
Northwestern MN beat Presentation in a sweep in Morris
Also at Morris St. Mary's swept Crown 20, 14, 36-34.

ELMHURST INVITATIONAL
River Falls won twice with a sweep of Concordia WI and also Rockford.
Oshkosh matched them in match wins, but only had one sweep against Loras. Springfield managed to win a game off Oskosh in the four game match.

HEIGHT MATTERS?
Laura Zwach, a 5-3 libero for St. Benedict is featured in the Marshall Independent.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
DIGS
5 games
D3
Marie Godwin, Macalester 23 vs Carleton 3-2
4 games
D3
Emily Klein, Gustavus 23 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Anna Walden, Concordia Moorhead 21 vs Gustavus 3-1
Bridget Burtzel, Gustavus 20 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 19 vs Carleton 3-2
Lauren Eberhart, Macalester 15 vs Carleton 3-2
4 games
D3
Michelle Honek, Concordia Moorhead 19 vs Gustavus 3-1
Andrea Kron, Gustavus 17 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 16 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
NAIA
Jennifer Sunwall, Crown 21 vs UM Morris 1-3
Sarah Nelson, UM Morris 16 vs Crown 3-1
3 games
D3
Dana Luiken, Hamline 18 vs St. Catherine 3-0
NAIA
Danielle Schiebout, Crown 18 vs St. Mary's 0-3

Next up: later with HS Tournament action today, and the Gopher/Purdue game