Park Region All Conference

#1 posting 12.31.2007
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PARK REGION ALL CONFERENCE
Most Valuable Player --- ------------Jessica Finck Bertha-Hewitt Soph.
Outstanding Setter --------------------Adrienne Nelson Sebeka Soph.
Most Valuable Defensive Player --- Bridgette Martini Sebeka Soph.
Rachel Sebasky MH Pillager Sr.
Jacki Finck OH Verndale Sr.
Tamara Haapala RS Menahga Sr.
Megan Cleveland OH Menahga Sr.
Kim Miller MH Henning Sr.
Mallory Ellingson Lib Henning Sr.
Morgan Kahilainen Setter New York Mills Jr.
Emily Salo Lib New York Mills Sr.
Morgan Kapphahn Lib Bertha-Hewitt Fr.
Corrina Tindal Setter Bertha-Hewitt Soph.
Alida Moenkedick MH Bertha-Hewitt Soph.
Taylor Schwartz RS Sebeka Soph.
Jessica Lillquist MH Sebeka 8th
Coach of the Year - Becca Pilju Sebeka

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Mississippi 8 All Conference

#1 posting 12.29.2007
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MISSISSIPPI 8 ALL CONFERENCE
Katherine Harms, St. Michael/Albertville 11 ROH, Conference MVP
Catherine Yager, St. Michael/Albertville 11 Setter
Brittani Wiese, St. Michael/Albertville 11 LOH
Maria Berning, St. Michael/Albertville 11 LOH
Allie Knutsen, St. Michael/Albertville 11 Libero
Chelsea Erickson, Big Lake 12 MB
Sarah Smith, Big Lake 12 Libero
Abby Johnson, Buffalo 12 Libero
Cece Gilmer, Buffalo 12 MB
Erica Sudduth, Rogers 12 MB
Marika Paumen, Rogers 10 MB
Brianna Mastey, Becker 12 MB
Samma Fallgren, Becker 11 Setter
Ashley Crane, Monticello 12 MB
Allie Johnson, Princeton 12 MH

CONFERENCE STANDINGS
1. St. Michael/Albertville 7-0
2. Big Lake 5-2
2. Buffalo 5-2
4. Rogers 4-3
4. Becker 4-3
6. Monticello 2-5
7. Princeton 1-6
8. Cambridge/Isanti 0-7

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Badgers #14

#1 posting 12.28.2007
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BADGERS #14
The Wisconsin Badgers ended up #14 in the last poll.

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Minneapolis All Conference

#1 posting 12.27.2007
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MINNEAPOLIS ALL CONFERENCE
Emily Rymanowski, Edison, Sr.
Sandy Taylor, Edison, Sr.
Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick, Henry, Sr.
Schanell Gauna, Henry, Sr.
Vang Khang, North, Sr.
Selamawit Teffera, Roosevelt, Sr.
Sophie McBride, South, Jr.
Mariah Baylor, South, Jr.
Brianna Haugen, Southwest, Jr.
Amelia Ahl, Southwest, Sr.
Rachel Polland, Southwest, Fr.
Katie Dalton, Southwest, Jr.
Sophia Erickson-Orfei, Washburn, Jr.

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Huntoon and 3 Coaching Changes

#1 posting 12.26.2007
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HUNTOON & AWARDS
Casey Huntoon of UW Stout (Byron) received MVP for defense. Huntoon and Maggie Meixel (Mankato West) were named to the WIAC All Conference list.

Other MN players making the WIAC All Conference list:
Katelyn Carlson, UW LaCrosse (Rochester Mayo)
Abby Freiborg, UW Eau Claire (Renville County West)
Nikki Peterson, UW Eau Claire (North St. Paul)
Kelsey Scheele, UW River Falls (Mayer Lutheran)
Heather Harnell, UW Eau Claire (Minnetonka)

COACHING NEWS
Wade Benson has been named head volleyball coach at Auburn. He was coach at Eastern Washington.

Jonathan Wilson has been named head volleyball coach at Columbia. He had been at Duke.

Wendy Cromer has been named head volleyball coach at Urbana, OH.

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Volleyball Reindeer

#1 posting 12.25.2007
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MERRY CHRISTMAS

You probably didn't know reindeer could play volleyball. This is Cupid who enjoys a good volley.

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Prairie All Conference

#1 posting 12.24.2007
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PRAIRIE ALL CONFERENCE
Tanya Marthaler, Osakis, Sr. OH, Conference Defensive MVP
Stacey Kern, Osakis, Sr.
Alicia Wagner, Osakis, Sr.
Kari Ludwig, Osakis, Sr.
Alexandria Knettel, Upsala, Sr. Conference Offensive MVP
Denise Ripplinger, Upsala, Sr.
Mallory Johnson, Upsala, Sr.
Katie Asfeld, Eagle Valley, Sr.
Emily Olson, Eagle Valley, Sr.
Missy Kassube, Eagle Valley, Jr.
Emily Salber, Browerville, Jr.
Britta Irsfeld, Browerville, Sr.
Ashley Johnson, Royalton, Sr.
Kirsten Winscher, Royalton, Sr.
Tracy Fruechte, Swanville, Jr.
Honorable Mention
Brittany Niehoff, Osakis, Sr.
Whitney Lee, Osakis, Jr.
Amanda Boeckermann, Upsalam, Sr.
Marissa Bartkowitz, Upsala, Sr.
Sammi Glines, Eagle Valley, Sr.
Maggie Allen, Eagle Valley, Sr.
Kayla Salathe, Eagle Valley, Sr.
Kelsey Kircher, Browerville, Jr.
Brittany Kalina, Browerville, Sr.
Shelby Lies, Royalton, Jr.

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Little 8 All Conference

#1 posting 12.23.2007
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LITTLE 8 ALL CONFERENCE
Megan Gullickson, Ashby, Sr. MH
Deanna Martinson, Ashby, Jr. MH
Alisha Setre, Ashby, Jr. OH
Emily Johnson, Ashby, Jr. S
Megan Stroh, Underwood, Sr. MH
Brittney Peterson, Underwood, Sr., L
Ariana Odegard, Underwood, Jr. S
Abbey Evavold, Battle Lake, Sr. MH
Kelsey Koep, Battle Lake, Sr. L
Linsey Strom, Brandon-Evansville, Sr. S
Jenna Meissner, Brandon-Evansville, Sr. OH
Sam Hanson, Hillcrest, Sr. S/OH
Sam Linsteadt, Rothsay, Jr. MH
Dawn Terfehr, Parkers Prairie, Sr. S
Sari Noga, Parkers Prairie, So. MH
Honorable Mention
Aann Bjorklund, Underwood, So. MH
Lindsay Nelson, Battle Lake, So. OH
Carlie Randt, Brandon-Evansville, So. L
Michelle Bruns, Brandon-Evansville, So. OH
Cari Jo Hohncke, Hillcrest, Sr. MH
Chelsea Olson, Parkers Prairie, Sr. MH
Jazmyn Dorn, Parkers Prairie, So. L
Coach: Brenda Johnson, Ashby

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Labat Rookie of the Year

#1 posting 12.22.2007
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AWARDS
Kim Labat was named volleyball rookie of the year at UW Stout. Labat played her high school ball at Marshall. From the Marshall Independent.

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3 Season Reviews

#1 posting 12.21.2007
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SEASON REVIEWS
Iowa State's improbable run to the D1 Sweet 16 is the highlight in their season review. There is even free video.

Indiana also reviews the season past.

North Dakota State was 4th in the nation in digs. Kari Fagnan, the Bison's Libero from Fridley, was 21st in the nation in digs.

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Waseca Coaching Change, Another D1 Poll

#1 posting 12.20.2007
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COACHING NEWS
Waseca first year coach Mike Vawracz will not be back. The AD recommended and school board voted for non renewal. more in the Waseca County News.

AVCA POLL
Iowa State ended up #17 in the AVCA National poll. Other teams of note
#1 Penn State
#14 Wisconsin
#18 Michigan
#19 Michigan State
#25 San Diego

TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE
How do they select teams? Terry Gawlik of Wisconsin was a member of the committee and writes in a blog the hows and whys of the work.

SEASON REVIEW
It is Illinois' time to have the season reviewed.

MCNAMARA
Maggie McNamara is basking in the glow of the D2 National Championship. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

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Coaching Change at Iowa

12.19.2007
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COACHING CHANGE AT IOWA
Cindy Frederick has resigned at Iowa. The comments at the end of the Des Moines Register article are pretty brutal. Could a D2 coach from Minnesota be in the hunt for the job? stay tuned.

This marks the second coaching change to come for next year. Ohio State will also have a new coach.

FINAL POLL
Iowa State ended up #20 in the Molten/Volleyball Magazine final poll. Big 10 teams listed include #1 Penn State, the national champs. #13 Wisconsin, #18, Michigan State, #19 Michigan.

ALL CONFERENCE
Briana Eskola of North Carolina (Columbia Heights) made the 2nd team All conference team in the ACC.

GOPHER REVIEW
The Minnesota Gopher season is reviewed on their own website.

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Valley All Conference

#1 posting 12.18.2007
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ALL CONFERENCE
Here is a partial listing of the Valley All Conference. Missing are players from Martin County West and GHEC/ML

Kelsey Hulke, Nicollet
Kristin Hulke, Nicollet
Erin Goebel, St. Clair
Amy Opsal, St. Clair
McCall Bisel, Maple River
Vanessa Harkins, LeCenter
Jen Hoffman, Cleveland
Ashley Kunz, Madelia
Callie Wiederhoeft, Truman
Honorable Mention
Jenna Mettler, Nicollet
Joni Lillo, St. Clair
Jenny Kim, Maple River
Danielle Knish, LeCenter
Dani Wiederhoeft, Truman
Megan Zimmerman, Cleveland
Allison Wanzek, Madelia
Rachal Hollerich, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial

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South Central All Conference

#1 posting 12.17.2007
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ALL CONFERENCE
Here is the full South Central All Conference list. Before I only had the New Ulm players listed.

Courtney Steinhauser, New Ulm
Elisabeth Wienke, New Ulm
Maggie Dauer, New Ulm
Jaime Dalluge, New Ulm
Kelli Frederickson, St. James
Anna Asendorf, St. James
Danika Stindtman, Blue Earth
Amy Arends, Blue Earth
Chelsea Wilson, St. Peter
Brianna Nelson, Waseca
Brittany Barnes, Fairmont
Honorable Mention
Kirsten Johanson, Blue Earth Area Junior
Ashley Olson, Blue Earth Area Freshman
Samantha Beck, Fairmont Senior
Samantha Waletich, Fairmont Junior
Makenzie Esson, New Ulm Senior
Meghan Brandts, St. James Senior
Hanna Reuter, St. James Sophomore
Heather Elgin, Waseca Senior
Allyson Ruedy, Waseca Junior

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Penn State National Champs

#1 posting 12.16.2007
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PENN STATE WINS D1 TOURNAMENT
The Big 10's Penn State crashed the California party in the NCAA D1 tournament by beating Stanford in five. PSU won the first two games before Stanford mounted a rally taking the next two. Gave five was 15-8 for the Nittany Lions. Megan Hodge had 27 kills for Penn State.

Penn State was #1 in the polls, but Stanford was the #1 seed in the tournament for some unknown reason. Maybe because the championship was in Sacramento, a stones throw from Palo Alto.

Penn State now has two national titles the other coming in 1999.

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Worthington Daily Globe All Area

#1 posting 12.15.2007
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ALL AREA
The Worthington Daily Globe has come out with their All Area team. Unfortunately there is no link, but here are the squads
FIRST TEAM
Sara Raddle, Fulda, 5-7, Sr. S
Casey Christensen, Windom, 6-1, Sr. MH
Nicole Buysse, Pipestone, 5-11, Sr. OH
Megan Ysker, Windom, 5-11, Jr. RH
Faith Tinklenberg, Pipestone, 5-10, Sr. OH
Megan Bezdicek, Jackson County Central, 5-10, Sr. MH
SECOND TEAM
Audra Schmidt, Westbrook-Walnut Grove, 6-0, Jr. MH
Emily Bose, Murray County Central, 6-1, Soph. MH
Abby Halter, Red Rock Central, 5-8, Jr. OH
Karli Decker, Edgerton, 5-8, Sr., OH
Meghan Visker, Pipestone, 5-8, Jr., S
Karissa Borsgard, Windom, 5-5, Sr. L
THIRD TEAM
Holli Aggen, Worthington, Jr, 5-8, U
Anna Meneely, Jackson County Central, 5-10, Sr. S
Erika Post, SW Star, 5-8, Soph, RH
Malori Paplow, Windom, 5-9, Sr. OH
Elly Schmitz, Round Lake-Brewster, 5-11, Sr. MH
Mallory Fultz, TMB, 6-0, Sr, OH
HONORABLE MENTION
Brooke Kramer, Ellsworth
Mari Holinka, Fulda
Chelsey Evans, Pipestone
Jenny Hoffman-WWG
Allison Nau, Windom
Kasey McNabb, RLB
Krystle Sell, Red Rock Central
Chelsey Cranston, SW Star
Kayla Bullerman, Adrian
Krystle Doeden, RLB
Ashley Lucht, JCC
Kate Robinson, MCC
Brooke Burmeister, JCC
Kelly Shaner, Red Rock
Amy Robinson, Windom
Sydney Place, SW Star
Karrie Xisongkham, Luverne
Angie Vermeer, SW Christian

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Penn State to Championship, Rose COY

#1 posting 12.14.2007
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PENN STATE SWEEPS
#1 Penn State moved on to the NCAA D1 championship with a sweep of California. It went from tight (30-28) to breezy (30-16).

The Nittany Lions will face top seed Stanford, 3-2 winners over USC.

How Penn State can be #1 most of the year and not be the #1 seed in the tournament is just plain goofy.

COACHING AWARDS
Penn State coach Russ Rose was named AVCA coach of the year.

SIGNING
Indiana kept their High School Gatorade player of the year at home. Caitlin Cox of New Castle, IN is headed to the Hoosiers.

GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
In case you didn't know the Minnesota Gatorade winner it is Jennifer Lopez of DGF. Lopez also won the Miss Volleyball award. Here is a list of all the Gatorade Players of the year for each state.

Here is a list of past Minnesota Gatorade players of the year
2007 Jennifer Lopez, DGF
2006 Hailey Cowles, Eden Prairie
2005 Lauren Gibbemeyer, Cretin-Derham Hall
2004 Kelly Lopez, DGF
2003 Betty Slinger, Faribault Bethlehem Academy
2002 Kelly Bowman, Osseo
2001 Kelly Bowman, Osseo
2000 Maggie Frieborg, Central Christian
1999 Lindsey Spaden, Alexandria
1998 Lisa Axel, Buffalo
1997 Amanda Rome, Chaska
1996 Amanda Rome, Chaska
1995 Elizabeth Bachman, Lakeville

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11 Big 10 All Americans, Penn State Final 4

#1 posting 12.13.2007
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ALL AMERICANS D1
There were 11 All Americans from the Big Ten. Five schools were represented.

Big 10 champ and NCAA final four member Penn State had 4 players: Nicole Fawcett, Megan Hodge, and Christa Harmatto all were first team. Alisha Glass was second team.

Wisconsin had two players--Brittney Dolgner (2nd team) and Taylor Reineke (3rd team).

Purdue's Stephanie Lynch made the Honorable Mention list.

No Gophers made the list.

FINAL FOUR
Here are the quotes at the Final Four press conference. Penn State scouts opponent Cal.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A JUCO PLAYER
All American Hilary Groothuis of Ridgewater has her time commitment examined in the West Central Tribune.

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All American and Attendance

#1 posting 12.12.2007
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NCAA TOURNANMENT
The Big 10 is back in the final four of the NCAA volleyball tournament with Penn State. The last time a Big 10 team cracked the final four was Minnesota in 2004. Penn State last made the final four in 1999 when they won it all.

ALL AMERICAN
Hilary Groothuis of Ridgewater CC was named to the NJCAA Division III All-America Volleyball Team. Groothuis played her high school ball at MACCRAY. From the West Central Tribune.

ATTENDANCE
Minnesota finished #4 in attendance in the NCAA figures released yesterday.
Hawaii was #1 with 6452 average.
The Big 10 had three in the top five with Wisconsin #3 and Penn State #5, and 10 in the top 35. Only Northwestern didn't make the cut.
Iowa State came in at #20. Their attendance has skyrocketed since Christy Johnson became coach.

SUMMER CAMP
Purdue is already busy with plans for the summer 2008 camp. Purdue recently has released their spring schedule too.

Boeve, McNamara, Slinger

#1 posting 12.11.2007
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BOEVE'S FINISH
Iowa State was beat in the sweet 16 by California and Erin Boeve (Hills-Beaver Creek) finishes her season long blog with one last entry.

MORE CONCORDIA ST. PAUL
Concordia St. Paul's Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) has a Q&A with the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Also the Faribault Daily News has a feature on CSP's Libero Mary Slinger. Her sister Betty (UW Green Bay) was named to the Horizon All-academic team. The Slinger's younger sister Laura was a member of the A State champ Bethlehem Academy.

THINK SPRING?
Purdue has already released their spring event schedule.

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National Semis, and McCaffrey Article

#1 posting 12.10.2007
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NATIONAL SEMIS: PENN STATE VS CAL
The Big 10 representative, and only non Californian team in the final four, #1 Penn State will face #6 California in the Semis on Thursday.

ST. THOMAS PLAYER FEATURED
Junior Katie McCaffrey of St. Thomas (Fort Collins, CO) is featured in a story in the Coloradoan.

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Penn State to Final Four

#1 posting 12.9.2007
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PENN STATE MOVES ON
Penn State swept Brigham Young to move on to the final four. They will be the only non-California team as Southern Cal beat Texas in a sweep, Stanford beat UCLA in four, and California upset defending champ Nebraska in a tight sweep at Madison.

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Clock Strikes Midnight for Iowa State

#1 posting 12.8.2007
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NCAA TOURNAMENT
At Penn State: Penn State swept Big 10 rival Michigan. PSU will now will play Brigham Young.

At Madison: Michigan State put a scare into defending champ Nebraska. The Spartans took the first two games before the Cornhuskers took the next three. Game four was 30-28 to indicate the tightness of this contest.
The clock struck midnight for Iowa State. #6 Cal swept the Cyclones. Erin Boeve (Hills-Beaver Creek) had 7 kills for ISU.

MORE CONCORDIA
Concordia St. Paul's Kate Bennett of Eagan has won a state title and now a national title. She has a feature in the ThisWeek paper.

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Iowa State Off to Madison....Again

#1 posting 12.7.2007
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NCAA TOURNAMENT
#18 Iowa State crashed the NCAA plan of having Wisconsin host the volleyball regional. The games are still in Madison, but no Badgers. The Cyclones play #6 California tonight. The press conference has quotes from coach Christy Johnson, Erin Boeve (Hills-Beaver Creek) and Lauren Cummings. You can see video of the interviews on the ISU site.

ALL REGION
The Big 10 highlights the 11 players that made the AVCA all Mideast team.

TELEVISION/CABLE
Concordia St. Paul's Maggie McNamara will be featured on the Northern Sun Showcase on Fox Sports Net North this weekend.

MORE AWARDS
Vicky Braegelmann of UM Duluth (Albany) is up for D2 Athlete of the year.

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AVCA Honors

#1 posting 12.6.2007
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AVCA HONORS
Minnesota's Brook Dieter (Bloomington Kennedy) was named to the Honorable mention AVCA All Mideast
Penn State had four players make the AVCA All Mideast team, plus coach Russ Rose was named coach of the year.
Purdue's Stephanie Lynch was also named to the squad.

In the Central region Erin Boeve of Iowa State (Hills-Beaver Creek) was named to the honorable mention team.

HEAD INJURY
Kelsey Hanson of Valley City State (Willmar) suffered a concussion which ended her season back in September. From the West Central Tribune.

MORE ALL CONFERENCE
The West Central North and South conferences have released their all conference lists. go past the football list to get to volleyball.

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3 Big 10 Teams, 1 Minnesota Player Left Standing

#1 posting 12.5.2007
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NCAA TOURNAMENT
There are three teams left from the Big 10 in the 16 teams left standing: Penn State, Michigan and Michigan State. Penn State will host a regional this weekend with familiar opponent Michigan up first.

The only Minnesota connection still in the tournament is Erin Boeve (Hills-Beaver Creek) with Iowa State. ISU will look to continue their upset string when they play California on Friday in Madison, WI. There is free webcast video available of that game. ISU is also offering a bus ride from Ames to Madison.

D2 AFTERGLOW
Concordia St. Paul and their championship season is reviewed in the StarTribune.

FEATURES
Anne Eckhoff of Carleton has been named to the All American Honorable Mention squad.

HIGH SCHOOL RECAPS
Bemidji held their banquet and passed out awards. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

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Concordia St. Paul's Triumphal Return

#1 posting 12.4.2007
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D1
NATIONAL RANKING
For the first time in program history, Iowa State is now ranked in the top 25 poll. They check in at #18 after beating #16 San Diego and #8 Wisconsin last weekend. Erin Boeve (Hills-Beaver Creek) tells all about the NCAA tournament last weekend in her weekly blog.

The Minnesota Daily recaps the Gophers "disappointing" end to the season.

D2
NATIONAL CHAMPS
Concordia St. Paul returned home with the trophy and KARE 11 was there for the triumphal return home. CSP already has the banner up in the rafters.

MORE AWARDS
Vicky Braegelmann of UM Duluth (Albany) added to her post season awards with the Daktronics Co National Player of the Year.

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Fairmont All Area

#1 posting 12.3.2007
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FAIRMONT SENTINEL ALL AREA
The Fairmont Sentinel has named their all area team and a North Iowa High School player is their player of the year: Jayna Blome
FIRST TEAM
Jayna Blome, North Iowa, Senior POY
Kelsey Albers, North Sentral Kossuth, Iowa Junior
Jordan Vaske, North Sentral Kossuth, Iowa Senior, S
Anna Arnold, Martin County West, Senior, OH
Janaya Anderson, Martin County West, Senior, S
Danika Stindtman, Blue Earth, Junior
Callie Wiederhoeft, Truman, Senior, L
SECOND TEAM
Maggie Prunty, Martin County West, Freshman
Sam Waletich, Fairmont, Junior, MH
Brittany Barnes, Fairmont, Senior, MH
Dani Wiederhoeft, Truman, Senior, MH
Erica Reinke, Martin Luther-GHEC, Senior, MH
Katelyn Arndt, Martin Luther-GHEC, Junior, S
Ashley Walterman, Martin Luther-GHEC, Senior

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Concordia St. Paul Wins D2 Title, Wisconsin Upset

#1 posting 12.2.2007
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CONCORDIA ST. PAUL WINS TITLE
Concordia St. Paul won their first D2 national title with a four game win over Western Washington. Maria Steinhagen (Alexandria) had 26 kills to lead the Golden Bears.
Steinhagen was named all tournament. Also joining her on the squad was Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa), Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska), and Mary Slinger (Bethlehem Academy).

NCAA D1 TOURANMENT: WISCONSIN UPSET
AT WISCONSIN
#8 Wisconsin was swept from the post season by unranked, upstart Iowa State on Saturday. Erin Boeve (Hills-Beaver Creek) had 11 kills and 15 total points to lead ISU.
On Friday the Badgers opened with a sweep of Northern Iowa. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 10 kills for UNI.
Iowa State started their upset routine on Friday by knocking off #16 San Diego in five games, the last game 16-14. Erin Boeve had 10 kills on Friday for ISU. Laurel Abrahamson (Bloomington Jefferson) had 16 kills for SD.
USD also has a photo album of the action in the cheese state.

AT PENN STATE
#1 ranked, not #1 seed, Penn State won twice over the weekend. They opened with a win over sweep over Siena. PSU followed that yesterday with another convincing sweep over Albany. Tawny Dahmes (Chaska) had 9 digs against Penn State.
Albany opened with a sweep of Cleveland State. Dahmes had 13 digs in that game.

AT OHIO
Purdue opened Friday by beating host Ohio in four. Amanda Andersen (Centennial) had 2 kills for Ohio.
Cal Poly halted the Boilermakers post season with a sweep.

AT NEBRASKA
Nebraska started off the tournament season with a sweep of South Dakota State. Samantha Pearson (Chaska) had 11 digs for SDSU. Mackenzie Osadchuk (Apple Valley) had 2 digs, Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 2 kills and Annie Adams (Crosby-Ironton) had 1 kill for SDSU.

AT MICHIGAN
Michigan opened with a sweep of Miami OH. The Wolverines then upset #21 Colorado State in another sweep.

AT DAYTON
Michigan State opened with a sweep of Kentucky. The Spartans then upset host #15 Dayton in a sweep.

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Concordia St. Paul in D2 Title Game

#1 posting 12.1,2007
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D1 TOURNAMENT
The Gophers season ended last night with 3-1 loss to Sacramento State. Minnesota finishes the year 18-13.

D2 TOURNAMENT
Concordia St. Paul moves on to the D2 championship game with a 3-1 win over West Texas A&M. You can see the game live on the internet here. Championship a 7 pm.

ALL AREA
The Duluth News Tribune names their All Area Team with Hannah Johnson of Greenway their player of the year.

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