Mac, St. Olaf Both Win in Five

#2 posting 10.21.2006
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D3 ACTION
MIAC
Macalester had to go five to beat Augsburg and had to do it trailing 2-0.
St. Olaf upset St. Benedict trailed 2-1 and came back to win 3-2.

WIAC
Eau Claire led Platteville 2-0 and then held on to come back in game five 18-16. In game two Eau Claire trailed 27-19 before coming back and winning 32-30. Jodi Dunbar, a UW Eau Claire player from Platteville HS set a new record for UWEC. Dana Alf for UW Platteville tied her own school record.
LaCrosse did the same with Superior. It is LaCrosse's 10th straight win over Superior. Superior led 14-12 in game five, but LaCrosse rose to the occasion and won game five 18-16.
Oshkosh took care of business with River Falls in three games.
Whitewater had brooms for Stout.

Bethel won two games at a triangular. They defeated Stevens Point in five , and swept Wartburg.
Stevens Point won over Wartburg to finish the triangle.

At the Dubuque Invitational St. Thomas won twice while Dubuque, Loras, and St. Mary’s all picked up one win.

NAIA ACTION
Northland beat UM Morris in four.
Northwestern MN beat Bethany Lutheran in five. All three of their wins were 2 pointers.
St. Scholastica beat Presentation in four.

HS TOURNAMENTS
#1AA DGF beat Moorhead in three in the Pumpkin classic in Moorhead.
Lake of the Woods beat Duluth East in two and Climax-Fisher beat Osseo in three.

Mpls Henry traveled down to Rochester and were beat four straight times. They were swept both games on Friday with Montgomery-Lonsdale and Rochester Century.
The tightest game Henry was involved in was the first game on Saturday with Irondale. Irondale won the first game 25-23. Henry tied it at 22, but a missed serve gave the ball back to Irondale.
In game two Irondale led 13-9 before Henry made their comeback. Mai Chia Yang came in as a pinch server and notched five points on her serve. Irondale came back and had Henry on the brink at 24-22. Schanell Gauna fought off game point with a side out kill. An Irondale hitting error tied the game at 24. An Irondale kill gave them the 25-24 advantage, but another hitting error gave the ball back to Henry. Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick served up the final two points--with a Jannetta Parker kill and, once again, an Irondale hittinger error for a 27-25 win.
Irondale shook off the hittinger errors and limited themselves to two in game three. They started off with a 5-0 run to start the game. The closest Henry got in this episode was 10-8. But Henry wasn't able to generate the kills they did in game two and they lost 15-9.
In the final game Rochester JM led from start to finish in both games 25-12, and 25-17.

The finals showcased Rochester Mayo and Kingsland. Now word on the victor.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Audrey Volstad, St. Olaf 65 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Kelly Laschinger, Platteville 62 vs Eau Claire 2-3
Samantha Dries, LaCrosse 62 vs Superior 3-2
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 60 vs Augsburg 3-2
Beth Hanson, St. Benedict 59 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Carly Freiborg, Eau Claire 59 vs Platteville 3-2
Alicia Fairchild, Superior 56 vs LaCrosse 2-3
Laura Naig, Bethel 45 Stevens Point 3-2
NAIA
Sarah Zosel, Northwestern MN 49 vs Bethany Lutheran 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Katie Pettys, Presentation 49 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Kati Berscheit, St. Scholastica 46 vs Presentation 3-1

DIGS
5 games
D3
Lori Marten, Stevens Point 40 vs Bethel 2-3
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 36 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Haley Bower, Augsburg 29 vs Macalester 2-3
Amber Schoonover, LaCrosse 29 vs Superior 3-2
Shanna Berger, Eau Claire 26 vs Platteville 3-2
Janet Sully, St. Olaf 24 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Samantha Blake, Superior 24 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Dani Boner, Augsburg 21 vs Macalester 2-3
Alyssa Williams, St. Olaf 21 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Alicia Fairchild, Superior 21 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Joslin Geisler, Bethel 21 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Ashley Boylan, LaCrosse 20 vs Superior 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Jennifer Bourdon, Presentation 37 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Kimberly Bourdon, Presentation 32 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Diana Moody, St. Scholastica 30 vs Presentation 3-1
4 games
D3
Samantha Schmidt, Oshkosh 25 vs River Falls 3-0
Ashley Steines, Wartburg 23 vs Bethel 0-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Dana Alf, Platteville 31 vs Eau Claire 2-3
Jodi Dunbar, Eau Claire 29 vs Platteville 3-2
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 25 vs St. Benedict 3-2
C. Christofferson, Superior 22 vs LaCrosse 2-3
Courtney Stach, Superior 21 vs LaCrosse 2-3
Brianne Stankus, LaCrosse 21 vs Superior 3-2
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 20 vs Augsburg 3-2
Christine Brook, St. Olaf 20 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Katie LaGrave, Augsburg 19 vs Macalester 2-3
Andrea Hansen, Macalester 19 vs Augsburg 3-2
Emma Jaynes, St. Benedict 18 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 18 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Audrey Formo, Bethel 18 vs Stevens Point 3-2
Paige Olson, St. Olaf 17 vs St. Benedict 3-2
Amanda Mix, Stevens Point 17 vs Bethel 2-3
Shelly Maus, Stevens Point 17 vs Bethel 2-3
Lauren Eberhart, Macalester 16 vs Augsburg 3-2
Nicole Hjelmgren, St. Benedict 16 vs St. Olaf 2-3
Rachel Miller, Platteville 16 vs Eau Claire 2-3
Nina Walch, LaCrosse 16 vs Superior 3-2
Aimee Zepnick, LaCrosse 15 vs Superior 3-2
NAIA
Leslie Bremer, Bethany Lutheran 29 vs Northerwestern MN 2-3
Sarah Whitmore, Northwestern, MN 18 vs Bethany Lutheran 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Heidi Meier, Presentation 25 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Shawna Varichak, St. Scholastica 17 vs Presentation 3-1
3 games
D3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 24 vs Wartburg 3-0

Again sorry all these games reports are late. Blogger was down five hours---they are the hosting site for this blog.

Next up: tomorrow morning.