Mayville State Hires Kruse

#1 posting 2.29.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Lindsey Kruse has been named head coach at Mayville State. She is from Underwood, MN and is a Mayville State grad. She coached MayPortCG HS in North Dakota while in college. She has been the head coach at Buena Vista the last three years.

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National Tryouts

#1 posting 2.28.2008
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NATIONAL TRYOUTS
Former Miss Volleyball Nikki Klingsporn of Tartan (now at Wisconsin) attended the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team Open Tryouts. They have photos.
Wisconsin and Michigan State were represented.

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Ralia Events

#1 posting 2.27.2008
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TOURNAMENT ALERT
This weekend there will be events at Ralia in Maple Grove and at Spring Lake Park. 12s, 15s, 16s will be in Power League action according to the MN Select. The Elite Series will be playing on Sunday starting at 8 am. The Minnesota heavy hitter JO teams for the 18s and 17s will be there.

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Six Gone, More Champs

#1 posting 2.26.2008
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SIX GONE
The Minnesota Daily looks at the six Gophers leaving the volleyball program and the reasons they left.

CHAMPS
Granite City 17s won the President's day tournament in Eden Prairie last week. One of the members of that squad is St. Cloud Cathedral's Anna Zyvoloski. From the St. Cloud Times.

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Hiawatha Valley All Conference

#1 posting 2.25.2008
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ALL CONFERENCE
It has been a while, but here is the Hiawatha Valley listing. If you have a confernce list that wasn't posted here, go to my profile and email me.
HIAWATHA VALLEY
Ashley Lexvold, Goodhue Senior, Setter
Olivia Warren, Senior MH
Abbey McNamara, Goodhue Senior OH
Brittney Lodermeier, Goodhue Senior RS
Julie Rainey, Stewartville Soph OH
Erin Ness, Stewartville Senior OH
Emily Rainey, Stewartville Junior Setter
Andrea Venzke, Stewartville Senior MH
Kristin Boyum, Kenyon-Wanamingo Senior OH
Josie Anderson, Kenyon-Wanamingo Senior Setter
Whitney Ryan, Kenyon-Wanamingo Junior MH
Nicole Anderson, Cannon Falls Junior MH
Michelle McCoy, Cannon Falls Senior OH
Elizabeth Benson, Cannon Falls Junior Setter
Jill Storlie, Byron Senior MH
Leslie Wilson, Hayfield Senior OH
Kiley Severson, Hayfield Soph OH
Christina Maley, Pine Island Senior MH
Whitney Canton, Pine Island Junior OH
Gretchen Korsmo, Rochester Lourdes Senior OH
Caroline Smith, Rochester Lourdes Senior Setter
Kelli Boras, Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior Libero
Holly Hinsch, Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior OH
Tara Rasmussen, Kasson-Mantorville Junior Setter
Liz Hanson, Triton Senior Setter
Alyssa Bryngelson, Triton Junior OH
Jenny Gilbertson, Winona Cotter Senior MH
Maranda Dohrn, Lake City Senior MH

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Branagh Wins New Orleans Event

#1 posting 2.24.2008
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AVP TOUR
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh won a title on the final stop of the Association of Volleyball Professionals' indoor tour Saturday night in New Orleans. From WCCO.

COACHING NEWS
Traci Dahl is the new coach at Indiana State.

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Heffernan Hired, Academic Honors

#1 posting 2.23.2008
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HEFFERNAN HIRED
Brian Heffernan didn't have long to wait for a new job. He has been named an assistant volleyball coach at the University of Wisconsin. He resigned from Washington State earlier in the week.

ACADEMIC HONORS
Crown volleyball players Annette Case (Dundy County, Nebraska), Amy Stenlund (Mound-Westonka), and Lovina Kramer (Arthur Christian, IN) have been named to the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) fall 2007 Academic All-Conference Teams.

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Heffernan Resigns, Klingsporn Tries Out

#1 posting 2.22.2008
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COACHING RESIGNS
Brian Heffernan of Washington State resigned. He was an assistant coach and associate head coach (the last two) at Minnesota.

St. Olaf coach Cindy Book for her contribution to women's sport as a part of the MIAC's 25 Years of Women's Athletics celebration.

NATIONAL TRYOUTS
Four Wisconsin players, including Tartan's Nikki Klingsporn, are headed to Colorado Springs this weekend to participate in the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team open tryouts.

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Buena Vista Hires, More President's Results

#2 posting 2.21.2008
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COACHING NEWS
D3
Heather Noll has been hired as the head women's volleyball coach at Buena Vista.

MORE TOURNAMENT RESULTS
The Mizuno Northern Lights 16-3 team took 5th place in Omaha.

In the Frostbite Festival in Rochester, the 16-3 team battled SMV 16-1 team for the championship. The 16-3 team played the same team (Titans) that was in the championship match against the 16-2's. In the 16-3 match against the Titans NL lost the first game (The Titans had already played a match- against the 16-4 team and were warmed up and had the adrenaline going). NL16-3 came from being behind 8 or 9 points to almost win the 2nd game (lost 30-28, with a disputed call impacting the result).

Also note that out of 12 teams in the 16's Club Gold bracket, 4 of them were Northern Lights 16's teams (16-2, 16-3, 16-4 and 16-5).

President's Day Festival Winners

#1 posting 2.20.2008
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PRESIDENT'S DAY FESTIVAL
North Country Region ran the 18th Annual President's Day Festival.
Here are some of the Gold Winners
18s--SW MN Juniors
17s--Granite City
16s--SW MN Juniors
15s--LSH Edge Juniors

SPRING SCHEDULE
Marquette has released their spring volleyball schedule.
They will be at Minnesota on April 20 in a triangular along with Iowa State.

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Northern Lights 2 Champs, Iowa State Spring Schedule

#1 posting 2.19.2008
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PRESIDENT'S DAY FINAL RESULTS
The Northern Lights organization picked up two titles in Omaha.
Northern Lights 161s finished 1st with a 25-16, 20-25, 15-9 victory over MAVA 16 Elite.
Northern Lights 162s fininshed 1st in their division with a 20-25, 25-22, 15-10 victory over Titan Juniors 161s. Southern MN Volleyball finished 5th in the same pool.

Northern Lights 171s finished 3rd as did NL 151s.

You can check any of the results from any of the teams here.

SPRING SCHEDULE
Iowa State has announced their spring schedule. They host the Gophers (and Northern Iowa) on April 12. They head to Minneapolis to play Minnesota on April 20.

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President's Day Classic Final Day

#1 posting 2.18.2008
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PRESIDENT'S DAY CLASSIC
Three Northern Lights teams remain unbeaten in Nebraska--the 17s, 16s and 15s 1 teams. The final matches are today.

Other Minnesota teams involved in this tournament include Southern Minnesota Volleyball; Minnesota Select; To check on any of these teams or any team in the tournament click here.

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President's Day Classic

#1 posting 2.17.2008
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JO TOURNAMENTS
This weekend tournaments are going on in
Omaha--President's Day Classic. You can check results here.
Northern Lights #1 teams at the 18s, 17s and 16s are undefeated.
Also undefeated are MN Select 18s 1s.

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AAA Award, Ankle Sprains

#1 posting 2.16.2008
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AAA AWARD
Katelyn VanKempen was Morris Area's representative in the Academic-Arts-Athletics award for region 6 District 21. Van Kempen played volleyball for the Tigers. From the Morris Sun.

ANKLE SPRAINS
Braces can help prevent ankle sprains according to an article in Reuters. Penn had an injury rate of .07 after mandating all players wear the brace to the national average of .98. 36% of volleyball injuries are the result of ankle injuries.

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Northwest Suburban All Conference

#1 posting 2.15.2008
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NORTHWEST SUBURBAN ALL CONFERENCE
Lauren Cipperly, Andover
Alex Nelson, Andover
Megan Carlson, Andover
Abbey Fahnhorst, Anoka
Kelly Peterson, Anoka
Jessica Granquist, Blaine
Molly Kreklow, Blaine
Becka Meisser, Centennial
Ally Wilson, Centennial
Micha Sater, Centennial
Natalie Thomas, Champlin Park
Chrissy Knuth, Champlin Park
Alysha Reinhardt, Coon Rapids
Kirsti Grill, Elk River
Kelsey Jacobs, Maple Grove
Erikka Korpi, Maple Grove
Brianna Olson, Osseo
Lindsey Sathre, Osseo
Tia Russell, Osseo
Chrissy Gunderson, Park Center

If your conference hasn't had their all conference list up, go to my profile and email me.

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Banquets and Coaching Change

#2 posting 2.14.2008
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BANQUET
South Dakota State will have their banquet on Saturday, April 5.

COACHING NEWS
Tim Horsmon has been hired at Maryland. He previously was the head coach at Dayton and Robert Morris.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

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MIAC Academic All Conference

#1 posting 2.13.2008
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ACADEMIC ALL CONFERENCE
The MIAC released the conference Academic list. To be eligible a player had to be a sophomore, junior, or senior with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. There were 41 players that made the list. This is a PDF file and volleyball is found on page 2.
Here is the breakdown:
Macalester 6
Augsburg 5
Bethel 5
St. Thomas 5
Hamline 4
St. Catherine 3
St. Olaf 3
Carleton 2
Concordia Moorhead 2
Gustavus 2
St. Benedict 2
St. Mary's 2
Check the link for names.

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Manka at NDSU

#1 posting 2.12.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Former Gopher Assistant Dave Manka is now the assistant at North Dakota State. I had this news last week, and now the story is linked by NDSU.

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Ex Gopher Plans, Awards, & Confidence

#1 posting 2.11.2008
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EX GOPHER PLANS
Krista Chin and Kelly Fallon left to concentrate on school.
Caitlin Schneider was on a one year scholarship to back up Hartmann.
All three will stay at MN for school. Although, Schneider may still consider playing elsewhere. Chin is taking something like 19 credits this semester so she can graduate this year.

Charde Phillips is looking to transfer and MN will help find a school for her.

Rachelle Hagerty had shoulder surgery last week, her second surgery in 10 months. She is considering retirement. If she does play again it will be closer to home.

Michelle Wilber could be retiring too.

AWARDS & HONORS
Sharon Euerle, the Athletic Director at Mankato West, picked up the Marie Berg Award for Excellence in Education. Euerle started the volleyball program at St. James. From the Mankato Free Press.

CONFIDENCE, SUCCESS & SALIMA (DAVIDSON) ROCKWELL
Former Penn State player and current assistant Salima (Davidson) Rockwell has a feature on the PSU site.

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Gopher Banquet

#1 posting 2.10.2008
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GOPHER BANQUET

The Golddigger booster club hosted the annual Gopher volleyball banquet yesterday. Here are the award winners:

Maurice Batie Award (most inspirational player) - Kelly Roysland
MVP (selected by the coaches) - Christine Tan
Golddigger Award (selected by the booster club) - Christine Tan
Gold Country Award (presented by Gold Country, Inc. - highest GPA in the fall semester) - Katie Vatterodt
All Academic Big Ten (must be a letter winner, in second academic year, 3.0 career GPA) - Krista Chin, Kelly Fallon, Kyla Roehrig, Kelly Schmidt, Christine Tan, Katie Vatterodt
All Big Ten - Jessy Jones
All Big Ten Freshman Team - Brook Dieter, Lauren Gibbemeyer

Highlights included video from 1968 of Coach Hebert playing for Indiana and video of Nao Ikeda, director of volleyball operations, playing in 1984 for a professional team in Japan. 89 people attended the banquet which was held at the Radisson University.

Other news - Krista Chin, Kelly Fallon, Rachelle Hagerty, Charde Phillips, Caitlin Schneider, and Michelle Wilber are leaving the program

MC ALLISTER
In the Carrington column in the Bemidji Pioneer this tidbit: Monica McAllister of Walker-H-A had a good year at Rainy River CC. Scroll down. It is like finding a needle in the haystack.

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Fleming's Honors

#1 posting 2.9.2008
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ALL CONFERENCE
Yes it is late, but Sarah Fleming (Cretin-Derham Hall) made the D1 All-Independent First Team this fall for Providence. She also made the Division I Independent All-Academic Team.

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Senf, Ulferts Sign

#1 posting 2.8.2008
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SENF SIGNS
Virginia Senf of Woodbury has signed with Penn. The Right Side hitter also played with Northern Lights.

ULFERTS SIGNS
Cassie Ulferts, a setter/outside hitter for Central Christian, has signed with Northwestern, IA of Orange City. From the West Central Tribune.

HIGHLIGHTS
The Wisconsin Badgers have a video/highlight of the 2007.

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Bitter Signing

#1 posting 2.7.2008
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SIGNING
Setter Courtney Bitter of Bemidji signed with Bemidji State yesterday. She will play for her mother again. Both were at Lake of the Woods until last year. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

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Kydd Maes Hired, Nelson Verbals

#1 posting 2.6.2008
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COACHING HIRES
Nebraska assistant coach Lee Maes will be new volleyball coach at Virginia.

Miles Kydd will be the new head volleyball coach at Eastern Washington. He had been the assistant there.

New Ohio State coach Geoff Carlston was introduced to the press. There is an audio of the press conference too.

VERBAL
Brittany Nelson of Iowa City has verballed Northern Iowa. She is a sophomore OH.

AWARDS
Penn State's Christa Harmatto is up for the Dapper Dan Award in Pittsburgh.

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Coaching Hires, Awards & Lists

#1 posting 1.5.2008
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OHIO STATE HIRES
Geoff Carlston has been hired at Ohio State as the head volleyball coach. He was the volleyball coach at Ohio. Carlston is a Minnesota grad (1993). He was the head coach at Hopkins, an assistant at Minnesota and the head at Concordia St. Paul prior to Ohio.

NDSU HIRES
Dave Manka has been hired by NDSU as an assistant coach. He starts next week. Manka has been the head coach at Irondale and was a Gopher assistant this year.

AWARDS
Iowa State's Erin Boeve (Hills-Beaver Creek) has been named by Collegiate Volleyball Update (CVU.com) as a Stellar Spiker Honorable Mention selection.

BANQUETS
Indiana had their year end banquet on Saturday.

HONORABLE MENTION
Here is the Honorable Mention list which I didn't have for the South Central Conference
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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Frostbite Results

#1 posting 2/4/2008
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FROSTBITE RESULTS
The Frostbite volleyball tournament was held a couple of weeks ago in Rochester. Southern MN Volleyball won the 161 tournament over Northern Lights #3 25-23, 25-18.

ATHLETES OF THE MONTHS
Minnesota Select has listed their players of the month.

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Heath Headed to Concordia

#1 posting 2.3.2008
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HEATH VERBALS
Jaci Heath of Nevis has committed to play college volleyball at Concordia. However it is unclear if it is Moorhead or St. Paul (or Nebraska, Wisconsin, etc.) From the Bemidji Pioneer (scroll down).

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Gopher State Volleyball

#1 posting 2.2.2008
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GOPHER STATE VOLLEYBALL
MYAS runs the Gopher State Volleyball events. There are five more events coming up with the first being the Block Party on Feb. 9 at St. Olaf College in Northfield.

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Kopfmann Signing, SD Clinic

#1 posting 2.1.2008
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SIGNING
Claire Kopfmann, Minneota will be headed to Northern State.

SOUTH DAKOTA CLINIC
The South Dakota Volleyball Coaches Association will hold their spring clinic on March 28-29 at Mitchell High School. Tom Keating of Cedar Rapids will be the this years featured clinician. For more information contact nora.groft@k12.sd.us

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