Whitewater Knocks Off #5 Eau Claire

#1 posting 10.7.2006
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D3 ACTION
WIAC
#16 Whitewater upset #5 Eau Claire in the only WIAC game that went longer than three games last night. Whitewater notched wins in games 2, 4, and 5. Game four was 30-28 in the closest contest. Eau Claire saw an 11 game win streak come to an end.
LaCrosse swept Stout 18, 17, 19 last night.
River Falls did the same to Platteville 20, 26, 15.
In keeping with the broom theme Stevens Point won in three over Superior.

ST. THOMAS BORDER BATTLE
It was a 4-4 split on Friday between Minnesota and Iowa teams in the Border Battle at St. Thomas. Central IA picked up wins against Carleton and St. Benedict, while Cornell did the same with the same two teams.
Holding up the Minnesota side of things were Concordia Moorhead and St. Thomas both with wins over Buena Vista and Wartburg. St. Thomas swept both, CM went four with Buena Vista.

NAIA ACTION
UMAC
Martin Luther beat Presentation in four. There is no updates from either of the colleges.
UM Morris swept Bethany but not a link could be found.
Northwestern, MN beat Northland in four. Even though it is only a box score, we have to celebrate.
St. Scholastica actually has a story up on their site of their victory in three over Crown. The match was delayed one and a half hours due to travel problems for Crown.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
D3
Kate Lazotte, Whitewater 51 vs Eau Claire 3-2
Carly Freiborg, Eau Claire 49 vs Whitewater 2-3
4 games
NAIA
Brie McRae, Northland 46 vs Northwestern MN 1-3

DIGS
5 games
D3
Shanna Berger, Eau Claire 32 vs Whitewater 2-3
Kelly Sorensen, Whitewater 21 vs Eau Claire 3-2
Kristina Conlin, , Whitewater 21 vs Eau Claire 3-2
4 games
NAIA
Ashley Filipi, Northwestern MN 22 vs Northland 3-1
Steph Koth, Northwestern MN 20 vs Northland 3-1

KILLS
5 games
D3
Jodi Dunbar, Eau Claire 18 vs Whitewater 2-3
4 games
NAIA
Kathryn Engel, Northwestern MN 22 vs Northland 3-1
Jayme Hamilton, Northland 15 vs Northwestern MN 1-3
3 games
Jenifer Sunwall, Crown 16 vs St. Scholastica 3-0

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