Wayne State Upsets SW MN State

#1 posting 10.25.2006
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GOPHERS FIRST HALF REVIEWED
The Minnesota Daily has a review of the Gophers first half of the conference year. It also has a preview of the upcoming weekend games against Ohio State and Penn State.

D2 ACTION
NORTHERN SUN
#24 Wayne State stopped #20 SW MN State in four games. With the win Wayne State is in sole possession of second place. Wayne State had more swings on the night and that may have had an impact with both teams hitting about the same .174/.175.

NON CON
NCC 3, NSIC 1
I wrote about the #6 Concordia St. Paul win over #4 UM Duluth last night. In that game CSP's Jessica Lucia went over 1500 kills milestone for her career. This was the only Northern Sun win on the night.
The three wins for the North Central:
MSU Mankato got back on the wining track with a four game win over Winona State.

#19 Nebraska Omaha crunched Upper Iowa 17, 15. 13.

North Dakota also had brooms for MSU Moorhead, but it was tight in one & three 31-29.

D3 ACTION
#9 St. Thomas went the distance with River Falls. Odd fact: River Falls had 20 more kills on the night and had 84 more swings on the night. However they also had 21 more hitting errors.

Stout snapped a six game losing streak with a 3-1 win over Northwestern MN.

SECTION PLAYOFF RESULTS
AA
Crookston won their pig tail game with Mahnomen in three on Monday. Their prize? Taking on #1AA DGF. From the Crookston Times.
A
Nashwauk-Keewatin also had brooms out for Cook County. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

Wayzata beat Cretin-Derham Hall in five last night. I had to make a choice between this game and the Concordia St. Paul and UM Duluth game. The largest margin of victory was 25-22, so it was a great match between two #1 seeds.

SECTION PREVIEWS
Kingsland's chances in 1AA are previewed in the Spring Valley Tribune. They will face Pine Island. Kingsland is #5 and Pine Island #4. 1AA West looks pretty brutal with Stewartville, Byron and Chatfield all above. Kingsland recently finished second in the Rochester Century tournament.

WEEKLY PAPER WRAPS
Chatfield beat Goodhue 3-2 in the Three River championship game and finished 11-0 for the conference season. From the Chatfield News.

Adrian had seven matches in nine days. Find out how they did in the Nobles County Review.

Paynesville picked up their first win of the year over Foley in the Sartell Tournament. In the Paynesville Press.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
KTTC in Rochester has named Leah Bjerke Athlete of the week. You can either read the copy, or watch the video clip. Click on the camera icon above Bjerke's photo.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Kat Krtnick, River Falls 63 vs St. Thomas 2-3
4 games
D2
Brittany Coleman, Wayne State 59 vs SW MN State 3-1
Stef Sandstrom, MSU Mankato 57 vs Winona State 3-1
Monica Ashburn, SW MN State 54 vs Wayne State 1-3
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 52 vs UM Duluth 3-1
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 47 vs Concordia St. Paul 1-3

DIGS
5 games
D3
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 32 vs River Falls 3-2
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 28 vs River Falls 3-2
Kat Krtnick, River Falls 28 vs St. Thomas 2-3
Kelsey Scheele, River Falls 26 vs St. Thomas 2-3
Lindsey Mace, River Falls 21 vs St. Thomas 2-3
4 games
D2
Laura Dolezal, Wayne State 25 vs SW MN State 3-1
Erin Contons, SW MN State 23 vs Wayne State 1-3
Brittany Coleman, Wayne State 21 vs SW MN State 3-1
Chelsea Meierotto, UM Duluth 20 Concordia St. Paul 1-3
Megan Graham, Concordia St. Paul 20 vs UM Duluth 3-1
3 games
D2
Shea Meyermann, Upper Iowa 20 vs UN Omaha 0-3

KILLS
5 games
D3
Rachelle Dosch, St. Thomas 20 vs River Falls 3-2
Andrea Geehan, River Falls 20 vs St. Thomas 2-3
Kate Thompson, River Falls 19 vs St. Thomas 2-3
Gina DeRosa, River Falls 18 vs St. Thomas 2-3
4 games
D2
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 29 vs SW MN State 3-1
Erin Contons, SW MN State 24 vs Wayne State 1-3
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 19 vs UM Duluth 3-1
Whitney Meierotto, UM Duluth 17 vs Concordia St. Paul 1-3
Cathy Turner, MSU Mankato 16 vs Winona State 3-1
Kari Wolford, UM Duluth 16 vs Concordia St. Paul 1-3
3 games
D2
Tara Holmen, North Dakota 19 vs MSU Moorhead 3-0
Christina Reicks, UN Omaha 18 vs Upper Iowa 3-0

Next up: later today with another out & about. It will be after 10 pm or close to it.