Gophers Win, Tied for 3rd

#3 posting 11.11.2007
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Minnesota beat Purdue in four. Brook Dieter (Bloomington Kennedy) set a new career high kill mark with 24. On Friday she had 23. Minnesota is now in a three way tie for third.

Indiana swept Iowa

Michigan swept Illinois

Northwestern took Ohio State in four. It was season sweep for Northwestern.

Penn State mowed down Michigan State in three.

others
North Dakota State swept Centenary. Christy Stuewe (Mayer Lutheran) had 13 kills and Kari Fagnan had 14 digs in their last game at Fargo for NDSU. NDSU will now move on to the Summit League post season tournament.

South Dakota State won the regular season Summit title with a sweep over Oral Roberts. Kristina Martin (Kettle Moraine Lutheran, WI) reached the 1000 dig milestone in the match. She already was at the 1000 kill level.

Northern Iowa swept Southern Illinois. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 16 kills for UNI,. It was UNI's 10th win in a row and 7th sweep in a row. Also it was coach Bobbi Petersen's 200th career win.

San Diego went the distance with Pepperdine. Laurel Abrahamson (Bloomington Jefferson) had 13 kills for USD.

UW Green Bay beat Wright State in four. Betty Slinger (Bethlehem Academy) had 52 assists, and Leah Steinbauer (Medford) had 6 kills for UWGB.

Wichita State swept Creighton. Allie Oelke (Chaska) had 10 kills for Creighton.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
TOTAL POINTS
Courtnie Paulus, Northwestern 28.5 vs Ohio State 3-1
Brook Dieter, Minnesota 25 vs Purdue 3-1
Kyla Roehrig, Minnesota 24.5 vs Purdue 3-1
Holly Visser, UWGB 21.5 vs Wright State 3-1
Kristina Martin, South Dakota State 20.5 vs Oral Roberts 3-0
Katie Bruzdzinski, Michigan 20 vs Illinois 3-0

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