MIAC Playoffs Set, Knutsen Verbals

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KNUTSEN VERBALS
Rachel Knutsen, St. Michael-Albertville 5-8 Libero has made a verbal to Concordia St. Paul. STMA is #2 in 5AAA.

MIAC ACTION
Augsburg surprised Hamline in four. Augsburg had 18 more digs on the night. Hamline will be the 5th seed in the MIAC tournament.

Bethel prevented Macalester a chance at the MIAC postseason in a four game win. Mac had 11 more kills and hit .346, but only scraped up 25 digs which doomed their chances.

Concordia Moorhead added one more win to the left hand column with a four game win over St. Benedict. Even with the loss St. Ben's makes the MIAC playoff field as #6.

In the battle of Northfield, Carleton beat St. Olaf in four. Carleton will be #3 in the tournament to come.

#9 St. Thomas rolled St. Catherine's in three. St. Thomas is #4 in the coming tournament.

Gustavus took care of St. Mary's in four after St. Mary's won the first game. Story from the Winona Daily News.

MIAC playoffs start Halloween with St. Benedict at Carleton and Hamline at St. Thomas. Winners play Thursday at Gustavus and Concordia Moorhead.

WIAC ACTION
Two games went the distance in the WIAC

Oshkosh outlasted Whitewater with the 5th game going extra points 18-16. Four of the five games were decided by two. With the win Oshkosh gets a share of the title. If stats are to believed Whitewater, the defending national champs, managaed only 38 digs on the night.?

Stevens Point won the first two, including a 39-37 marathon in game two, before waiting to clinch the win in game five 15-11 over LaCrosse. It was Stevens Point's first win over LaCrosse in 15 games.

UMAC
Martin Luther had brooms for Bethany Lutheran. Story from the Mankato Free Press.

TRIANGULAR
St. Scholastica won twice over Northland and Findlandia. Northland also picked up a win.

JUCO STATE
Itasca is heading to Willmar and Ridgewater CC that starts Friday. Itasca faces host Ridgewater at 2:30. From the Grand Rapids Herald Review.

SECTION PREVIEW
The Hibbing Daily Tribune goes over 7AAA chances, with the focus on Hibbing, in yesterday's paper.

SECTION RESULTS
AAA
1: Northfield dropped Winona in three. The headline says New Prague, but don't be fooled. It was Northfield. From the Winona Daily News.
#8 Rochester Lourdes upset #9 Lakeville South in five in the only game that didn't go according to seed. Next up is Friday Quarterfinals.
3: No shocks here as top seeds moved on to Friday's quarters.
4: #17 White Bear Lake survived a five gamer with #16 Elk River winning game five 15-13 in a minor upset. From the Elk River Star News.
5: #8 Rogers had brooms for Minneapolis City co champs #9 South. The second game was a nailbiter at 26-24. From the Elk River Star News. Also Maple Grove struggled in game one against St. Anthony, but put their foot down in games two and three.
The other two games were reported on last night with Hopkins and Benilde moving on.
6: #9 Burnsville beat #8 Holy Angels in a mild upset in four. Burnsville's prize: facing #1 Chaska Friday night in the quarters. All the other top seeds won.
7: #5S St. Francis, in a mild upset, beat #4S Chisago Lakes in three. In the north half Hermantown's sweep of Duluth Central leads the Duluth News Tribune's roundup. The DNT also has their own volleyball rankings. Hibbing is on top in the large school category, Carlton in the smaller schools. If you like boxes the DNT has 7 AAA, AA, A and a 5AA box.
AA
7: top seeds moved forward.
A
7: top seeds advance. It wasn't listed on the MSHSL site or in the StarTribune, but Bigfork beat Floodwood in three.

LATE RESULTS
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley lost a five gamer to Pine River-Backus last week. From the Walker Pilot-Independent.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Samantha Dries, LaCrosse 50 vs Stevens Point 2-3
Leah Stumpf, Oshkosh 47 vs Whitewater 3-2
4 games
D3
Kari Tanaka, Macalester 53 vs Bethel 3-1
Breanna Benham, St. Mary's 52 vs Gustavus 1-3
Heather La Chapelle, Carleton 49 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Jenny Nichols, Hamline 46 vs Augsburg 1-3
NAIA
Brie McRae, Northland 52 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
Kati Berscheit, St. Scholastica 49 vs Northland 3-1

DIGS
5 games
D3
Lori Marten, Stevens Point 38 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Samantha Schmidt, Oshkosh 31 vs Whitewater 3-2
Amber Schoonover, LaCrosse 31 vs Stevens Point 2-3
Katie Beining, Oshkosh 20 vs Whitewater 3-2
4 games
D3
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 31 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Laura Barsness, Carleton 28 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Joslin Geisler. Bethel 24 vs Macalester 3-1
Angie Bonde, Concordia Moorhead 23 vs St. Benedict 3-1
Haley Bower, Augsburg 21 vs Hamline 3-1
Dani Boner, Augsburg 21 vs Hamline 3-1
Molli Dant, St. Mary's 21 vs Gustavus 1-3
Ashley Karl, St. Mary's 21 vs Gustavus 1-3
NAIA
Diana Moody, St. Scholastica 21 vs Northland 3-1
3 games
D3
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 20 vs St. Catherine 3-0
Maria Hoffman, St. Catherine 20 vs St. Thomas 0-3

KILLS
5 games
Shelly Maus, Stevens Point 25 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Carley Polk, Whitewater 22 vs Oshkosh 2-3
Callie Kunde, Stevens Point 20 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Rebekah Nelson, Whitewater 18 vs Oshkosh 2-3
Brianne Stankus, LaCrosse 18 vs Stevens Point 2-3
Nina Walch, LaCrosse 17 vs Stevens Point 2-3
Beth Richter, Stevens Point 16 vs LaCrosse 3-2
Kim Vail, Oshkosh 15 vs Whitewater 3-2
Rebecca Masephol, Oshkosh 15 vs Whitewater 3-2
4 games
D3
Liz Glesne, Bethel 25 vs Macalester 3-1
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 23 vs Bethel 1-3
Danielle Hargreaves, Carleton 22 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 20 vs Carleton 1-3
Molli Dant, St. Mary's 19 vs Gustavus 1-3
Christine Brook, , St. Olaf 18 vs Carleton 1-3
Jessica Voight, St. Mary's 18 vs Gustavus 1-3
Danielle Dahl, Concordia Moorhead 17 vs St. Benedict 3-1
Lauren Eberhart, Macalester 16 vs Bethel 1-3
Lindsay Sipma, Concordia Moorhead 16 vs St. Benedict 3-1
Dani Boner, Augsburg 15 vs Hamline 3-1
NAIA
Leann Berscheit, St. Scholastica 17 vs Northland 3-1
Melissa Anderson, Northland 15 vs St. Scholastica 1-3
3 games
NAIA
Rachel Meyer, Martin Luther 25 vs Bethany Lutheran 3-0

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