Tournament Build Ups

#1 posting 11.8.2006
your daily dose of girls volleyball news & information

Volleyball will be all over this weekend. Folks will have to make a choice between HS tournament, D2 Tournament, D3 Tournament, and the Gophers. So many games....So little time.
It is too bad we can't tivo the action.

STATE TOURNAMENT BUILD UP
AAA
Marshall faces a familiar foe Lakeville North in the quarterfinals. Marshall lost to LN in the finals of the Marshall tournament earlier in the fall. From the Marshall Independent.
AA
LeSueur-Henderson has made it to the big show. Here is their journey from the Mankato Free Press.
A
Minneota and Meadow Creek face each other in the quarters and both teams are veteran touranment squads. From the Marshall Independent.

D2/D3 TOURNAMENT BUILD UP
The StarTribune has a brief story on Concordia St. Paul's chances in the D2 North Central regional. They also run down the D3 regional tournament in Eau Claire.
One of the better match ups in the D2 North Central tournament will be the SW MN State vs Wayne State confrontation. It is their third matchup in three weeks. From the Marshall Independent.
A pair of sisters could be facing each other in the D3 tournament. The Dahls of Concordia Moorhead (and Willmar) may bump up against the Freiborgs of UW Eau Claire (Renville County West). From the West Central Tribune.

D1 INDEPENDENT TOURNAMENT BUILD UP
North Dakota State is hosting the D1 Independent tournament this weekend. six teams will be battling in Fargo.

NUMBERS
Elk River has taken a hit with their numbers the last few years with the opening of two schools Rogers and Zimmerman. Volleyball coach Pam Goethe talks about her frustrations with the system and what she is doing to turn it around. You will have to get through the football portion of the article. From the Elk River Star News.

JESSY JONES
The Gopher's middle hitter is featured in the MN Daily.

Next up: tomorrow morning