SW Signings, Siena's Outlook

#1 posting 11.29.2006
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SIGNINGS
SW MN State signed four players for next season:
Tiffany Burch, Shanwnee Mission East, KS
Kasey Uran, Sartell-St. Stephen the St. Cloud Times POY
Krystal Schwanke, Springfield the New Ulm Journal POY
and Leah Bjerke, Rochester Mayo

SIENA
Here is the Siena site again to check out the Gophers first opponent.

I digested the numbers, if it means anything for their last game against Fairfield in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships:

NUMBER CRUNCHING
fbso: total points; earned %; allowed %
Siena 35/68--.515; 111; 71-.640; 35-.289.
Fairfield 39/66--.591; 121; 86-.711; 40-.361
Fairfield had better fbso #s and total points, but that didn't prevent Siena from winning in five. Fairfield had too many mistakes to survive.

A look at the Siena rotations
1 Hummel 27-18 .600
2 London 22-21 .552
3 Hackett/Honore (5) 17-21 .447
4 Kobayashi 11-16 .407
5 Robello 20-16 .556
6 Gustafson/Hackett (5) 15-26 .366

In game five Siena made a switch starting off with Honore instead in Hackett's spot, serving first, followed by Kobayashi, Robello, then Hackett, Hummel and London.

The points in their rotations appear that they do have some holes. Gophers like to climb in holes.

Next up: tomorrow morning, probably not as late.