Out & About: Centennial/Elk River

#4 posting 9.30.2008
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CENTENNIAL cougars 3, ELK RIVER elks 0
(25-17, 25-11, 25-10)

In a Northwest Suburban conference match Centennial swept Elk River with a 37 point margin on the Cougars' parent night. ER put up a fight in the early part of the first set, but once Centennial grabbed the lead the Cougars put the game into overdrive. Centennial dominated the first ball side out game with a .774 mark. At one point they had 11 straight FBSOs over two sets. The two Centennial outsides---Leigh Pudwill and Micah Sater---combined for 27.5 points on the night. Centennial is 4-1 in the NWS in second place trailing Blaine by a game. ER is 1-4.

The most competitive contest was the first set. Elk River led with an ace by Janell Finkbeiner after the first serve. ER only had two runs on the night and both occurred in the early portion of set one. With those two runs ER led 11-8. At that point Rachel Finkbeiner had three kills. An 8-1 run turned the whole night around for Centennial and they never looked back. Micah Sater closed out the first set with four of the last six points for the Cougars including a finishing ace.

That win seemed to deflate ER a bit and Centennial pushed out early in the second set with a 7-1 lead. Centennial led 16-9 when a six point run put the contest out of reach. Leigh Pudwill had two aces in that outburst.

Things didn't change much with an 8-1 run in the third set. Hannah Glocke served up five of the points with three aces to put the Cougar stamp on the set early. Centennial had four more three point runs in the third set. ER had problems generating much offense with only four earned points in the third set.

You can see the entire Centennial vs Elk River photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com. Photos tonight were taken by Coach Teas.

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
CENTENNIAL
1. Allison Atkins (2009) L 0-0-0---0
1fr: Amanda McAulay (2010) MH 0-1-3----4
2. Hannah Glocke (2011) S 4-0-2---6
2fr: Abby Mohr (2010) RH 0-0-1----1
3. Leigh Pudwill (2012) OH 4-0.5-10----14.5
3. Kaila Solberg (2009) DS 0-0-0----0
3. Nicole Thul (2009) DS 1-0-0----1
4. Megan Waytashek (2010) MH 0-1.5-5---6.5
4br: Allison Atkins (2009) L
5. Krista Stoltz (2010) S 2-0-1----3
5fr: Stacey Andersen (2009) RH 0-0-0---0
6. Micah Sater (2009) OH 2-0-11----13
6. Laura Reiter (2011) OH 0-0-0----0
totals: 13-3-33----49 points, 26 points on ER errors

ELK RIVER
1. Janell Finkbeiner (2013) 1-0-0----1
2. Rachel Finkbeiner (2010) OH 0-1-5----6
3. Chelsi Winskowski (2009) S 0-0-0----0
4. Kirstie Grill (2009) MB 1-0-6----7
5. Liz Carle (2011) 0-0-0----0
5fr: Sam Sadlowsky (2010) OH 0-0-2----2
6. Callie Schroer (2010) L 0-0-0-----0
6fr: Jessica Grill (2011) MB 0-0-1----1
totals: 2-1-14----17 points, 21 points on Centennial errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Leigh Pudwill

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Centennial 24/31-.774; 75; .653; .553
Elk River 8/31-.258; 38; .447; .347
Runs 3+: Centennial 11, ER 2
Longest string: Centennial 6, ER 3
Missed Serves: ER 10, Centennial 9
Time Out %: ER 3/6-.500; Centennial did not take a time out

ROTATIONS
CENTENNIAL
1. Atkins 15-6 .714
2. Glcoke 17-7 .708
3. Pudwill 16-6 .727
4. Waytashek 10-7 .588
5. Stoltz/Andersen 7-7 .500
6. Sater 10-5 .667
totals: 75-38 .664

ELK RIVER
1. J Finkbeiner 8-14 .364
2. R Finkbeiner 6-17 .261
3. Winskowski 6-17 .261
4. Grill 6-10 .375
5. Carle 6-8 .429
6. Schroer 6-9 .400
totals: 38-75 .336

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1 E E C C C
set 2 C C C C C
set 3 C C C C C

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3
Centennial 8 14 15
Elk River 3 0 0

Next up: Tomorrow morning

Evans Player of the Week

#3 posting 9.30.2008
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MAX PREP POLL
Shakopee is the new #1 in the all class poll in Minnesota.

AVCA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Marissa Evans of Spring Lake Park has been named AVCA Player of the Week for Minnesota.

STARTRIBUNE ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Tia Gaffen of Wayzata and Natalee Yeazle of Spring Lake Park were named Athletes of the Week in the StarTribune.

Next up: Out & About later tonight.

Nelson, Knuth Players of the Week

#2 posting 9.30.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
POLLS
Despite winning twice last weekend the Gophers fell one spot in the D1 poll to #13. Colorado State flips spots and goes to #12. The Wisconsin Badgers lost twice and fell two spots to #20.
Northern Iowa is in the receiving votes

BIG 10
As reported yesterday here the Gophers' Christine Tan has picked up her third Big 10 Defensive Player of the Week this year and the 5th in her career.

Indiana takes on #1 Penn State tomorrow.

MORE D1 NEWS
AWARDS
Colorado State's Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) was named Mountain West co-player of the week.

North Dakota State's Chrissy Knuth (Champlin Park) was named Summit Offensive player of the week.

GAMES THIS WEEK
North Dakota faces Valley City State and Dickinson State this week.

North Dakota State travels to Oakland and IPFW.

Northern Iowa has three home matches this week.

Washington State hosts Stanford and California this weekend.

D2
AWARDS
UM Duluth's Sarah Wyffels (Marshall) was named Northern Sun Offensive Player of the Week.

St. Cloud State's Andreana Pieper (Lake of the Woods) was named NS Defensive Player of the Week.

MSU Mankato's Brittany Stamer (Hutchinson) was named NS Setter of the Week.

THIS WEEK
MSU Mankato plays three matches.

D3
Buena Vista takes on Wartburg tonight in IIAC action.

LATE: Buena Vista was 0-4 in the Central Tournament last weekend.

AWARDS
St. Thomas' Katie McCaffrey (Fort Collins, CO) was named co-offensive player of the week and Emily Foster (Hopkins) was named co-Libero/Setter of the week in the MIAC.

St. Mary's Jessica Mate (St. Charles East, IL) and Theresa Perrini (Bishop Miege, KS) was also named co offensive player of the week and co-Libero/Setter of the week.

Next up: Later today

#5AAA Lakeville North Sweeps #1A BA

#1 posting 9.30.2008
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MONDAY HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
AAA
#1 Shakopee swept Bloomington Kennedy with a 38 point margin.

#5 Lakeville North swept #1A Bethlehem Academy with a 16 point margin.

#6 Waconia swept Norwood-Young America with a 15 point margin.

#9 Woodbury outlasted Eagan in five after trailing 2-0. The margin was 15 points.

Rochester Mayo swept Mankato East with an 18 point margin. Plus three more results from the Mankato Free Press.

Hutchinson swept Mankato West with a 22 point margin. From the Mankato Free Press.

Bemidji swept DGF with a 19 point margin. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

AA
#4 Hibbing swept Duluth Central with a 36 point margin. From the Duluth News Tribune.

#5 Stewartville swept Zumbrota-Mazeppa with a 32 point margin. Julie Rainey had 10 points for the Tigers. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Caledonia swept Spring Grove with a margin of 30 points. Megan King had 12 kills for Caledonia. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

NRHEG won their 8th straight win with a sweep of Albert Lea with a 32 point margin. Anna Schlaak had 15 points for the Panthers. From the Owatonna People's Press and Albert Lea Tribune.

Pipestone trailed 2-0 before mounting their 3-2 comeback win over Fulda with a margin of 6 points. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Yellow Medicine East beat Central Christian in four with a 12 point margin. Macy McKay had 14 points for YME. From the Marshall Independent and the West Central Tribune.

Lac Qui Parle Valley beat Morris in five with a margin of 2 points. Plus 3 more results from the West Central Tribune.

A
#1 Bethlehem Academy fell to #5AAA Lakeville North in a sweep with a 15 point margin. Holly Hafemeyer had 16 points for the Cards. From the Faribault Daily News.

#2 Windom swept #10 Martin County West with a 15 point margin. From the Worthington Daily Globe and the Fairmont Sentinel.

#5 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa swept Minnewaska with a margin of 42 points. Plus two more results from the St. Cloud Times.

Houston beat Lyle-Pacelli in four. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Southland beat Glenville-Emmons in four with a margin of 20 points. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

LATE RESULTS
Farmington won five times last week, only falling to Jackson County Central in the Rochester Century tournament. From the Farmington Independent.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Kate Horihan of Mabel-Canton has been named Athlete of the Week by KTTC. Video too.

RECOVERY
Brook Story of Warroad has had to learn to hit left handed after surgery on her right shoulder. From the Grand Forks Herald.

Next up: College News

Out & About: Holy Angels/Minneapolis Southwest

#4 posting 9.29.2008
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HOLY ANGELS stars 3,
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST lakers 1
(27-25, 20-25, 25-10, 25-18)

In a Section 6AAA match up it was the visiting Stars over the Lakers and future Gopher Brianna Haugen in four games. The Stars survived game one, saw the Lakers rally for set two, cruise to victory in set three, and finishing up set four with the win.

The first set saw the Lakers jump out to a 5-1 lead only to see the Stars go on a 12-2 run to take a 14-8 lead. SW did take a time out at 13-8, but didn't halt the momentum initially. However the Lakers soon went on a 6-2 run forcing a HA time out. HA won the race to 20 as the Stars led 20-16. However the Lakers rose up with a 8-2 run to be on the verge at 24-22. A side out kill by Michelle Daddario stopped the Laker momentum. That started a 6-1 Star run to put them over the top 27-25 for set one. SW in set one had five blocks, four by Allison Adams. The differential in kills in set one was HA 14, SW 8.

Holy Angels kept that momentum rolling with a four point run to start set two. SW tied the set up at 7 with a 7-3 run. However five of their points came on HA hitting errors. HA edged ahead at 15-12 after a three point run with Amanda King ending two aces. But a missed serve started a 9-2 run for the Lakers. The Lakers kept the heat on as they scored the last three points of the set--two on aces by Brianna Haugen.

Whatever momentum the Lakers had built up in set two disappeared at the start of set three. HA again started off with a 5-0 run. SW was forced to burn a time out and that did get the ball back after a missed serve. However SW's serving game broke down as they ended their own serve three straight times. The Stars took advantage of the down time to build the lead out to 13-7. SW used their last time out at 17-10, two points into a set ending 10-0 run. That rotation on the night for SW had a 13-32 record or .289 mark. Amanda King was serving up the 9 points (the 1st point in the run being a side out) with three points aces including the final point.

SW revamped their line up in set four trying to get back into the flow, but again HA got out of the gate fast with a 4-1 lead. HA had three runs of three or more by the time they had an 11-6 lead. The Lakers took their first time out in set four at 14-9. That did stop the Stars, but only momentarily. After the Lakers closed to 19-15 the Stars finished with a 7-3 run.

An interesting side note: Both Haugen and Haben were team mates on Northern Lights 17-1 team this past summer.

You can see the entire Holy Angels vs Southwest photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
HOLY ANGELS
1. Amanda King (2011) RH 7-1-11---19
2. Michelle Daddario (2009) OH 2-0-8---10
2. Emily Ness (2011) OH 0-0-1---1
3. Heidi Anderson (2009) DS 1-0-0----1
3fr: Sam Woods (2010) MH 0-0-0---0
4. Madeline Haben (2009) S 2-1-4----7
5. Catherine Hanson (2009) OH 3-1-9----13
6. Stephanie Drake (2009) L 0-0-0----0
6. Samantha Wright (2010) MH 0-3-3----6
totals: 15-6-36----57 points, 40 points on SW errors

MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST
SW used the line up below in sets 1-3. In set four SW went with Haugen-Lee-Dalton-Adams-Noltimier-Polland
1. Caroline Jolstad (2009) S 0-0-0---0
1fr: Katrina Nygaard (2009) RH 0-0-0----0
2. Rachel Polland (2011) OH 1-0.5-6---7.5
2br: Laura Howard (2009) L 0-0-0---0
3. Patrice Noltimier (2011) DS 2-0-0---2
3fr: Allison Adams (2011) MH 0-5-0---5
4. Rachel Lee (2009) S 1-0-0----1
4fr: Britta Syverson (2009) RH 0-1-7----8
5. Katie Dalton (2009) OH 3-0-7----10
6. Brianna Haugen (2009) MH 5-1.5-8---14.5
totals: 12-8-28----48 points, 30 points on HA errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Madeline Haben a setter that is deceptive and quick to the ball.

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Holy Angels 20/44-.455; 97; .587; .385
Mpls Southwest 18/44-.409; 78; .615; .412
Runs 3+: HA 13, SW 10
Longest string: HA 10; SW 4
Missed Serves: HA 14, SW 11
Time Out %: SW 3/6-.500; HA 2/4-.500

ROTATIONS
HOLY ANGELS
1. King 26-15 .634
2. Daddario 16-18 .471
3. Anderson 9-11 .450
4. Haben 15-11 .577
5. Hanson 16-14 .533
6. Drake 14-9 .609
totals 97-78 .554

SOUTHWEST
1. Jolstad/Lee 13-32 .289
2. Polland/Dalton 15-13 .536
3. Noltimier/Adams 12-13 .480
4. Lee/Noltimier 13-16 .448
5. Dalton/Polland 12-16 .429
6. Haugen 13-7 .650
totals: 78-97 .446

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1 S H H H S
set 2 H H H S S
set 3 H H H H H
set 4 H H H H H

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3 4
Holy Angels 6 4 15 8
Southwest 4 5 0 1

Next up: tomorrow

AA Tie Broken, 3 Letters for Defense: T-A-N

#3 posting 9.29.2008
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MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL POLLS
The top spot in AA is no longer a three way tie. St. Cloud is alone in first place by the narrow margin of one point. Marshall had four first place votes, one off SCC's total, but is further back at third.
CHANGES
AAA #2 Eastview and #4 Chaska flip flop spots from last week. Blaine makes their way in the top 10 to #8 while last week's #10 Alexandria drops out.
AA: Wadena-Deer Creek is the new #10 replacing last week's Caledonia.
A: Lakeview moves to #9 while last week's #10 Onamia is out.

AAA
1. Shakopee (15) 225
2. Eastview 198
3. St. Michael/Albertville 194
4. Chaska 192
5. Lakeville North 154
6. Waconia 142
7. Eden Prairie 111
8. Blaine 90
9. Woodbury 81
10. Owatonna 73
Others: Alexandria (58), Wayzata (46), Apple Valley (22), Andover (13), Lakeville South (2)

AA
1. St. Cloud Cathedral (5) 139
2. Jordan (1) 138
3. Marshall (4) 126
4. Hibbing 120
5. Stewartville 110
6. Delano 89
7. Jackson County Central 87
8. Belle Plaine 78
9. Le Sueur/Henderson 69
10. Wadena-Deer Creek 43
Others receiving votes: Caledonia (24), Rocori (6), Yellow Medicine East (6)

A
1. Bethlehem Academy (7) 169
2. Windom Area (3) 156
3. Minneota 140
4. Wabasha/Kellogg 121
5. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa 112
6. Mabel-Canton (1) 106
7. Ada-Borup 110
8. SW Christian 96
9. Lakeview 39
10. Martin County West 27
Others: Onamia (26), Climax-Fischer (22), SW Star Concept (10), Northern Freeze (8), Chisholm (7), Parker’s Prairie (6), Kerkoven-Murdock-Sunberg (6), SW MN Christian (6), Meadow Creek Christian (5), Renville County West (3), Win-E-Mac (1)

LATE HS RESULTS
PIERZ TOURNAMENT
Wadena-Deer Creek won the Pierz tournament. The hosts ended up in third. From the Brainerd Dispatch.
Littlefork-Big Falls finished 3-3 winning the Bronze division. From the International Falls Daily Journal.
Brainerd was 8th. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

COLLEGE NEWS
BIG 10 AWARDS
The Gophers' Christine Tan picked her third Big 10 Defensive Player of the Week. She also won last week. Maybe they should just call it the Tan Award. Vanessa King of Michigan State was named Offensive Player of the Week.

MORE D1 NEWS
Penn State will Dig Pink this weekend vs Michigan State.
Penn will hold their Dig Pink event on Oct. 24.

Marquette will hold two clinics for k-8 kids on Oct. 18 and Nov. 16.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes was 2-2 at the NDSCS tournament this past weekend. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Next up: Later today with an out & about

Sunday D1 Action

#2 posting 9.29.2008
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COLLEGE NEWS
D1
SUNDAY RESULTS
BIG EAST
UConn topped Cincinnati in five with an 8 point margin.
Megan Frey (Chaska) had 7.5 points for UConn.
Lorelle Schaub (Irondale) played, but did not score for UConn.
Kelsey Brandl (Lakeville North) had 12.5 points for the Bearcats.

CUSA
UAB beat Marshall in five. Marshall actually had a 4 point advantage for the day. Megan Carlson had six digs for the Thundering Herd.

SEC
South Carolina beat Arkansas in five with a six point margin. Bridget Denson-Dorman (Hopkins) had 43 assists and 3.5 points for USC.

LATE RESULTS
St. Louis swept George Washington on Saturday. Abby Syverson (Minneapolis Southwest) had 4.5 points for GW.

VIDEO
KBJR has highlights of UM Duluth's win over Winona State, and St. Scholastica's win over Crown.

Next up: later today.

Late Saturday High School Results

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HIGH SCHOOL
LATE SATURDAY TOURNAMENT RESULTS
SW Star won the RTR Tournament beating Murray County Central in the finals. Plus JCC's win in the Rochester Century tournament. From the Worthington Daily Globe and the Marshall Independent.

MACCRAY finished 2nd in the Dassel-Cokato Tournament. From the West Central Tribune.

#1AA Marshall swept Moorhead with a margin of 26 points. Rachel Westby had 14 points for the Tigers. From the Marshall Independent.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater swept Riverland over the weekend with a 23 point margin. Leah Miller had 14 points for the Warriors. From the West Central Tribune.

Next up: College Reports

Weekly Review: Right on the Money

#6 posting 9.28.2008
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Weekly Review #6: RIGHT ON THE MONEY

This was a short week as far as games viewed with my team playing on prime viewing nights---Tuesday and Thursday. With those days out and Wednesday limited with action----I saw Maple Grove the week before---it left only Monday and Saturday for games.

Monday the power was on the right side. Both St. Michael-Albertville and Delano have powerful right side attacks. STMA's right side can be described as Catherines (or Katherines) the Great. Both Yager and Harms are headed to the Big 10. Delano's right side is younger and it can be described as K-squared with Kreklow and Koenecke. Molly Kreklow is now back in action after missing the first part of the year due to mono. She was a starter on Blaine's state tournament team the last two years. Which leads us to Saturday.

TEAM OF THE WEEK
St. Michael-Albertville beat two teams either ranked in the top 10 or receiving votes on consecutive nights. They opened on Monday with a sweep of #6AA Delano and then took Blaine on Tuesday. STMA sided out at 69% in the Delano match. The Knights have not lost since the opening night of the season. Their ball control has improved from that night in Andover.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ari Mewhorter of Blaine edges out the STMA right sides with a dominating performance in the Totino-Grace contest. Mewhorter had 10 points in a Blaine 12-1 run. After missing last sesaon with a knee injury Mewhorter is back stronger than ever. Plus she is now hitting from the left side. For the game vs TG Mewhorter had 15 kills.

FIRST TEAM
S Catherine Yager, St. Michael-Albertville
RH Katherine Harms, St. Michael-Albertville
MH Brittney Barren, Blaine
MH Allie Humphrey, Minnetonka
OH Brittani Wiese, St. Michael-Albertville
OH Ari Mewhorter, Blaine
L Amber Marciniak, Blaine

The Delano right sides were edged out by the STMA contingent.

Next up: tomorrow

Gustavus Wins Tight Sweep

#5 posting 9.28.2008
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SATURDAY D3 RESULTS
MIAC
#7 St. Thomas beat Carleton in four with an 18 point margin. Katie McCaffrey (Fort Collins, CO) had 22 points for St. Thomas. Megan LaChappelle (Eagan) had 13 points for Carleton.

#14 Concordia Moorhead swept Macalester with a margin of 24 points. Maggie Olson (Fargo North) had 10 points for CM. Sonia Muzikarova (Gymnazium Bilikova, Bratislava, Slovakia) had 15 points for Mac.

#22 Gustavus swept Hamline with a margin of 12 points. Angela Ahrendt (Roseville) had 16 points for Gustavus. Amanda Booth (Champlin Park) and Emily Amici (Whitewater, WI) each had 8.5 points for the Pipers.

St. Mary’s swept Bethel with a margin of 12 points for the Cardinals 3rd straight MIAC win. Jessica Mate (St. Charles East, IL) had 17.5 points for St. Mary's. Jennifer Stoa (Concordia Roseville) and Nicole Wriedt (Arrowhead, WI) had 12.5 points each for Bethel.

UMAC
Northwestern, MN swept Northland with a 19 point margin. Kathryne Engel (West Lutheran) had 15 points for NW. Chelsea Lundgren (Crosby-Ironton) had 9.5 points for Northland.

St. Scholastica swept Crown with a margin of 36 points. Amy Thompson (Onamia) had 16 points for CSS. Naomi Anderson (Pine River-Backus) had 14 points for Crown.

Bethany Lutheran swept UM Morris with a 21 point margin. Eva Voss (MN Valley Lutheran) had 21 points for BL. Alison Pippo (Annandale) had 9 for UMM.

Martin Luther swept Presentation with a 33 point margin. Jamie Eternick had 10 kills for ML. From the New Ulm Journal.

LATE CC ACTION
#1 Rochester swept MN West on Friday with a 14 point margin. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Next up: later in the day with a review of the week.

Wayne State Tops #18 Augustana

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SATURDAY'S D2 RESULTS
NORTHERN SUN
#2 Concordia St. Paul swept MSU Moorhead with a margin of 27 points. Emily Palkert (Southwest Christian Chaska) had 15 points for CSP. Cathy Turner (New Prague) had 9 points for Moorhead.

#8 SW MN State swept Mary with a margin of 37 points. Devin Diedrich (Braham) had 15.5 points for SW. Amanda Hennessy (Williston, ND) had 9.5 points for Mary.

#14 UM Duluth beat Winona State. Hannah Johnson (Greenway) had 13.5 points for UMD. Carmen Stankowski (Mosinee, WI) had 9.5 points for WSU.

Wayne State, Nebraska beat #18 Augustana in five with a margin of 7 points. Augustana led 2-1. Jennifer Hefner (Central City, NE) had 27.5 points for WS. Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had 18 points for the Vikings.

MSU Mankato beat Northern State in four with a 19 point margin. Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) had 22 points for Mankato. Jill Rassmussen (Sioux Falls Washington) had 13 points for Northern.

Bemidji State swept Upper Iowa with an 8 point margin. Melissa McNeely (Lakeville South) had 12.5 points for BSU. Shea Meyermann (Camanche, IA) had 13 points for UIU.

UM Crookston topped St. Cloud State in five with a margin of -5 (that means SCSU outpointed UMC on the day). Amber Meyer (Paxton, NE) had 23 points for UMC. Kayla Tschida (Upsala) had 15.5 points for the Huskies.

Next up: D3/CC action

Iowa State Loses Tight Match with #2 Nebraska

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MORE D1 RESULTS
ACC
North Carolina swept Boston College with a margin of 26 points. Brianna Eskola (Columbia Heights) had 9 digs for UNC.

Clemson outlasted Virginia in five with a 15 point margin. Virginia led 2-0. Marlow Bruneau (Lakeville) had 33 assists and 9 points for the Cavaliers.

BIG 12
#2 Nebraska beat Iowa State in four with an 8 point margin. Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 8.5 points for the Cyclones.

MISSOURI VALLEY
#14 Wichita State beat Creighton in four with a 12 point margin. Jessica Houts (Bloomington Kennedy) had 18.5 points and Allie Oelke (Chaska) had 9 for the Bluejays.

Northern Iowa swept Indiana State with a 21 point margin. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 11 points for the Panthers.

PAC 10
Arizona State swept Washington State with a 33 point margin. Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 6.5 points for WSU.

SOUTHERN
The College of Charleston beat Furman in four with a margin of 8 points. Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) had 3 digs for the Paladins.

SUMMIT
North Dakota State downed South Dakota State in four with a 16 point margin. Chrissy Knuth (Champlin Park) had 19.5 points for the Bison. Mackenzie Angner (Cincinnati St. Ursula) had 21 points for SDSU.

MID AMERICAN
Ohio beat Buffalo in four with a margin of 36 points. Amanda Andersen (Centennial) had 4.5 points for the Bobcats.

DUAL
Penn lost twice on Saturday. In the first contest Seattle beat Penn in five with a 10 point margin. Penn led again 2-0, but could not finish. In the second St. Mary's, CA swept Penn.
Virginia Senf (Woodbury) had 2 points vs Seattle and 1.5 vs St. Mary's CA.

TOURNAMENTS
STONY BROOK
Stony Brook won their own title with a pair of sweeps. SB beat Brown by a margin of 23 points and St. Francis, PA by a margin of 28 points. Alicia Nelson (Eastview) had 12 points in the Brown match and 16.5 points in the SF match.

WINSTON-SALEM STATE
Maryland Eastern Shore beat the hosts in a sweep with a margin of 41 points. UMES then beat Savannah State again in sweep with a margin of 41 points. Chanita Wesley (Benilde-St. Margaret's) had 6 digs vs SS.

TODAY
Marshall hosts UAB.

Next up: D2 Results

Michigan State Upends #21 Michigan

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BIG 10
I reported on Minnesota's 3-1 win over Wisconsin last night in the Out & About.

#1 Penn State swept #20 Illinois with a margin of 28 points. Nicole Fawcett had 16 points for PSU. Kylie McCulley had 9.5 points for Illinois.

#19 Purdue survived Indiana in five with an 8 point margin. Stephanie Lynch had 24 points for the Boilermakers. Erica Short had 26 for the Hoosiers. Ashley Benson added 20 for Indiana.

Michigan State beat #21 Michigan in four with a 10 point margin. Over 5000 fans were in attendance in East Lansing. Vanessa King had 21 points for MSU. Beth Karpiak had 15.5 points for the Wolverines.

Iowa beat Northwestern in four with a six point margin. Aimee Huffman had 21 points for the Hawkeyes. Sabel Moffett had 17.5 points for NW.

Next up: More D1 Results

Blaine Tops Woodbury for Bengal Title

#1 posting 9.28.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
TOUNAMENT WINNERS
BLAINE---Blaine beat #8AAA Woodbury in a 2-0 sweep with an 11 point margin.

CROMWELL---Floodwood beat Cook County 2-1 with a 10 point margin.

DASSEL-COKATO---DC beat MACCRAY in a 2-0 sweep with a 26 point margin. From the St. Cloud Times.

DULUTH EAST---Grand Rapids beat Forest Lake 2-1 with a 1 point margin.

NICOLLET---Nicollet won their own tournament with a 2-0 victory over Cleveland with a 11 point margin.

PIERZ---Wadena-Deer Creek topped #7A Mabel-Canton and the hosts in the Gold pool. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

ROCHESTER CENTURY---#7AA Jackson County Central beat the hosts 2-0 with a 14 point margin. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

RTR---Southwest Star Concept beat Murray County Central 2-1 with an 8 point margin.

NON CON
#1AA Marshall swept Moorhead with a margin of 26 points. From the Fargo Forum.

LATE RESULTS
Little Falls beat Fergus Falls in four with a 22 point margin behind Katie Hochsprung's 22 kills. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Pine River-Backus beat Park Rapids in four with a margin of 23 points on Tuesday. From the Park Rapids Enterprise.

Next up: Big 10 Results

Out & About: Minnesota/Wisconsin

#8 posting 9.27.2008
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MINNESOTA gophers 3, WISCONSIN badgers 1
(23-25, 25-10, 26-24, 25-20)

The #12 Minnesota Gophers kept the #18 Wisconsin Badgers winless in the Big 10 by sweeping after falling in the first set tonight. Minnesota was the first team to 20 in each and every set including the first. On top of that the Gophers controlled the side out game with .563 FBSO% compared to the Badgers .447.

In the first set Minnesota led 20-17. A side out by Brittney Dolgner propelled the Badgers to victory with a 8-3 run. Minnesota tried to get the Badger momentum stopped with time outs at 20-20 and trailing 24-23. It worked in the first situation, didn't the second time as Audra Jeffers finished with a kill.

There was no doubt in set two as Minnesota raced to an 8-1 lead. The Badgers were forced to use a time out at 7-1. Wisconsin never "earned" a first ball side out in set two. They were only 1/7 and that was a gift of missed serve. Brook Dieter had six points of her 19 points in set two.

Minnesota trailed early 6-3 as Caity DuPont had four points for the Badgers. The Gophers had a 7-2 run to take an 18-14 lead. Minnesota held a 20-18 advantage when shades of the first set cast their shadow on the action. Wisconsin scored four unanswered points. Minnesota used two time outs at 20 and trailing 22-20. Kyla Roehrig got the side out and kept the Gopher hopes alive. Wisconsin was on the verge at 24-22 when Dieter stopped the Badgers cold. Wisconsin didn't see the ball again as the Gophers scored four straight. Lauren Gibbemeyer and Dieter combined for the final three points including a block at 26-24.

Wisconsin took a 14-13 lead on a block of a Gibbemeyer hit. The Badgers may have overindulged in their celebration in front of Gibbemeyer as she fell. The Badgers topped off at 15-13. After that the Gophers scored five straight points capped by Gibbemeyer's three straight slide kills. Wisconsin was forced to burn a time out at 18-15. By that time the Gophers slammed the door with five straight FBSO.

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills---totals/errors
MINNESOTA
1. Hailey Cowles, DS 2-0-1---3/2 1
1fr: Kyla Roehrig, OH 0-0-10---10/4 6
2. Christine Tan, L 2-0-0----2/0 2
2fr: Kelly Schmidt, MH 0-1/3-7---9.5/3 6.5
3. Pamela Luiz, RH 1-0/2-9---11/4 7
4. Brook Dieter, OH 0-2/6-14----19/7 12
5. Lauren Gibbemeyer, MH 0-2/8-16----22/6 16
6. Rachel Hartmann, S 1-0/3-1----3.5/3 0.5
totals: 6-5/22-58 80 points, 19 points on Wisconsin errors

WISCONSIN
1. Faye McCormack, DS 0-0-0---0/0 0
1fr: Brittney Dolgner, OH 1-0/1-10---11.5/6 5.5
2. Elle Ohlander, DS 0-0/4-2----4/0 4
2fr: Audra Jeffers, MH 0-1/3-9----11.5/8 3.5
3. Nikki Klingsporn, S 0-0-0----0/3 -3
3fr: Katherine Dykstra, MH 0-0-8---8/8 0
4. Caity DuPont, x 0-1/1-14----15.5/6 9.5
4. Allison Wack, x 0-0-1---1/0 1
5. Kim Kuzma, x 0-0-0----0/0 0
6. Janelle Gabrielsen, S 0-0/5-5---7.5/4 3.5
totals: 1-2/14-49----59 points, 20 points on Minnesota errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Lauren Gibbemeyer

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Minnesota 27/48 .563; 99; .808; .253
Wisconsin 21/47 .447; 79; .747; .192
Runs 3+: Minnesota 13, Wisconsin 7
Longest string: Minnesota 7, Wisconsin 6
Missed Serves: Minnesota 6, Wisconsin 4
Time Out %: Minnesota 2/4-.500; Wisconsin 3/7 -.429

ROTATIONS
MINNESOTA
1. Cowles 21-11 .656
2. Tan 23-19 .548
3. Luiz 22-14 .611
4. Dieter 9-11 .450
5. Gibbemeyer 14-13 .519
6. Hartmann 10-11 .476
totals: 99-79 .556

WISCONSIN
1. McCormack/Dolgner 14-26 .350
2. Ohlander 14-26 .350
3. Klingsporn 17-13 .567
4. DuPont 11-11 .500
5. Kuzma 13-14 .481
6. Gabrielsen 10-9 .526
totals: 79-99 .444

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1 M W M M W
set 2 M M M M M
set 3 W W M M M
set 4 M M W M M

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3 4
Minnesota 3 15 4 5
Wisconsin 2 0 3 2

Next up: Tomorrow morning

Out & About: Minnetonka/St. Francis

#7 posting 9.27.2008
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BLAINE TOURNAMENT
pool play
MINNETONKA skippers 2, ST. FRANCIS saints 0
(25-19, 25-14)

Minnetonka swept St. Francis in pool play at the Blaine tournament on Saturday. The Skippers never trailed in the first set, and only trailed 3-1 in the second. Minnetonka generated 35 earned points while St. Francis was about half at 18.

Tonka led early at 5-1 in the first set and kept building that lead out. At the widest the Skippers led by nine twice at 14-5 and at 22-13. St. Francis closed with a 6-3 run, but the damage was already done.

A 9-3 run put Minnetonka in the drivers seat in the second set. That put the Skippers up 12-7 and they kept pushing that advantage higher. St. Francis closed to 20-14, but after a missed serve never saw the ball again.

Bianca Jensen led a balanced Minnetonka attack with 7 points, also the high of the game.

You can see the entire Minnetonka vs St. Francis photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills---totals
MINNETONKA
1. Sarah Tapani (2009) S 0-0-3----3
2. Allie Humphrey (2009) MH 1-0-5---6
3. Brita Humphrey (2009) DS 0-0-0---0
3fr: Bianca Jensen (2010) OH 0-0-7----7
4. Ashley Weis (2009) DS 0-0-0----0
4fr: Lauren Matask (2009) RH 0-0-1----1
5. #1 (unknown) L 3-0-0-----3
5fr: Robin Saville (2010) MH 0-0-4----4
6. Kelly Aschenbeck (2009) DS 1-0-1----2
6fr: Hannah Wilson (2010) OH 0-0-5----5
Totals: 7-0-29----36 points, 14 on St. Francis errors

ST. FRANCIS
In set 1 St. Francis used the order below. In set 2 The Saints started with rotation 4.
1. Shauney Moen (2010) DS 1-0-0----1
1fr: Brittany Stoeckel (2009) MH 0-1-3----4
2. Alicia Ewen (2010) OH 1-0-2---3
3. Maggie Ewen (2013) RH 0-0-1---1
4. Melissa Sandahl (2010) DS 0-0-0----0
4fr: Haley Tabako (2011) MH 0-1-1----2
5. Kelly Olson (2009) OH 1-0-4----5
6. Jenny Giddings (2010) S 0-0-0----0
6fr: Mary Hunt (2011) OH 0-0-2----2
6: Caitlin Barrineau (2010) S 0-0-0---0
totals: 3-2-13----18 points, 15 points on Minnetonka errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Bianca Jensen

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Minnetonka 15/24-.625; 50; .720; .455
St. Francis 12/24-.500; 33; .545; .280
Runs 3+: Minnetonka 9, St. Francis 1
Longest string: Minnetonka 5, St. Francis 3
Missed Serves: St. Francis 4, Minnetonka 4
Time Out %: St. Francis 2/2-1.000; Minnetonka 1/1-1.000

ROTATIONS
MINNETONKA
1. Tapani 5-8 .385
2. A Humphrey 9-4 .692
3. B Humphrey 7-6 .538
4. Weis 8-7 .533
5. #1 12-4 .750
6. Aschenbeck 9-4 .692
totals: 50-33 .602

ST. FRANCIS
1. Moen 7-7 .500
2. A. Ewen 7-13 .350
3. M Ewen 3-6 .333
4. Sandahl 5-5 .500
5. Olson 6-10 .375
6. Giddings 5-9 .357
totals: 33-50 .398

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1 M M M M M
set 2 M M M M M

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2
Minnetonka 9 11
St. Francis 0 2

Next up: later tonight after the Gopher game

Out & About: Blaine/Totino-Grace

#6 posting 9.27.2008
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BLAINE TOURNAMENT
pool a
BLAINE bengals 2, TOTINO-GRACE eagles 0
(25-13, 25-9)

The Blaine Bengals opened up their tournament with a convincing sweep of section rival Totino-Grace. Blaine never trailed in either game. The Bengals earned 37 points on the day while TG only scraped together 7 earned points.
The Bengals blew the first set open when Amber Marciniak, the second Blaine server ran off nine straight points. Ari Mewhorter had a hand in seven of those points and scored 10 of the 12 in Blaine's 12-1 run. The Bengals led 21-6 in the first set when TG had their biggest run of the day with five straight. Blaine eventually finished off the Eagles 25-13.
The second set was much like the first with the Bengals generating multiple points on almost every serve. The Bengals were up 9-2 quickly.
For the day Ari Mewhorter had 17.5 points.

You can see the entire Blaine vs Totino-Grace photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com.

I will back fill the stats later.

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills---totals
BLAINE
1. Mackenzie Suda (2009) S 2-0-1----3
2. Ashley Kvistberg (2009) OH 0-0-4---4
2br: Reiley Dahlberg (2009) OH 0-0-0----0
3. Amber Marciniak (2009) L 0-0-0----0
3fr: Tracie Gillund (2009) MH 0-1-3----4
4. Kelli Elhardt (2010) S 0-0.5-1---1.5
4fr: Katie Haas (2009) RH 0-0-0----0
5. Ari Mewhorter (2009) OH 1-1.5-15----17.5
6. Brittney Barren (2010) MH 3-1-3----7
totals: 6-4-27----37 points, 13 points on TG errors

TOTINO-GRACE
1. Alexis Ascher (2010) S 0-0-0----0
1fr: Jenna Johnson (2010) RH 0-0-0----0
2. Lisa Beacher (2009) OH 0-0-0---0
3. Lizzi Naumann (2009) MB 0-2-1---3
4. Cassie Higgins (2010) S 0-0-0---0
4fr: Simone Harney (2010) RH 0-0-1---1
5. Ashley Dahly (2012) OH 0-0-0---0
6. Mary Sweet (2009) L 2-0-0----2
6fr. Karissa Peterson (2010) MB 0-0-0---0
totals: 2-2-3---7 points, 15 points on Blaine Errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Ari Mewhorter

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Blaine 11/15 .733; 50; .740; .682
Totino-Grace 3/15 .200; .318; .260
Runs 3+: Blaine 7, TG 2
Longest string: Blaine 10, TG 5
Missed Serves: Blaine 3, TG 2
Time Out %: TG 1/3--.333; Blaine had no time outs.

ROTATIONS
BLAINE
1. Suda 10-5 .667
2. Kvistberg/Dahlberg 9-3 .750
3. Marciniak 14-2 .875
4. Elhardt 3-2 .600
5. Mewhorter 6-4
6. Barren 8-6
totals: 50-22 .694

TOTINO-GRACE
1. Ascher 5-10 .333
2. Beacher 2-15 .118
3. Naumann 2-3 .400
4. Higgins/Neeb 2-6 .250
5. Dahly 4-8 .333
6. Sweet 7-8 .467
totals: 22-50 .306

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
Set 1 B B B B B
Set 2 B B B B B

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2
Blaine 15 16
Totino-Grace 0 0
Next up: Minnetonka vs St. Francis

St. Ben's Survies Augsburg

#5 posting 9.27.2008
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MIAC
St. Benedict beat Augsburg in five with an 8 point differential. Emma Jaynes (Hibbing) had 19.5 points for St. Ben's. Katie Christensen (Mankato West) and Julie Jenkins (Edina) each had 13.5 points for Augsburg.

UMAC
Martin Luther beat UM Morris in four. Carrie Fritzler had 11 points for ML. Briana Czer (MN Valley Lutheran) had 13 kills for UMM. From the New Ulm Journal.

Bethany Lutheran swept Presentation with a 28 point margin. Eva Voss (MN Valley Lutheran) had 11 kills for BL. Becky Smith had 9.5 points for Presentation. From the Mankato Free Press and the Aberdeen American News.

Northland swept Crown by a 30 point margin. Laura Fisher (Green Bay East) had 9 kills for Northland.

Northwestern, MN swept St. Scholastica with a 19 point margin. Kathryne Engel (West Lutheran) had 13.5 points for NW. Shawna Varichak (Hibbing) had 11 points for CSS.

TOURNAMENTS
CENTRAL IOWA
St. Olaf split on the day with a sweep over Buena Vista with an 18 point margin; followed by a five set loss to host Central by a margin of 5 points.
St. Olaf's Jessica Levin (Cedar Rapids Xavier) had 16.5 points vs BV and 20 vs Central.
Katie Vondrak (Sioux City Heelan) had 12.5 points for BV.
Ashley Ellingson had 17 points for Central.

UW Eau Claire lost to Hope and #5 Carthage.
Abby Freiborg (Renville County West) and Danielle Lucia (St. Cloud Apollo) each had 11 points vs Hope.
Stephanie Peterson (Duluth East) had 11 points vs Carthage.

UW PLATTEVILLE
Here is the home page of the UW Platteville Tournament. UW LaCrosse is undefeated. Liz Schlobohm (Bethlehem Academy) had 36 assists for UWLC. From the LaCrosse Tribune.

UW WHITEWATER
Whitewater won twice in their own tournament Friday. They opened with a sweep of Iowa Wesleyan, followed by a four set win over Augustana, IL.
Keri Klotzbuecher (Clintonville, WI) and Caitlin Hogan (New London, WI) each had 13.5 points vs IW. Klotzbuecher had 15 vs Augustana.

VITERBO
UW Stout swept Cardinal Stritch and then were swept by Viterbo. Maggie Meixl (Mankato West) had 20 points vs CS. Steph Nichols (Greendale, WI) had 9 points vs. Viterbo.

NAIA
Black Hills State beat Jamestown in four with a six point margin. Samantha Revering (Fergus Falls) had 9 points for Jamestown. From the Jamestown Sun.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Rochester swept MN West with a margin of 16 points. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Next up: later today with out & abouts.

Favored Take Care of Business in Northern Sun

#4 posting 9.27.2008
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FRIDAY'S D2 RESULTS
NORTHERN SUN
#2 Concordia St. Paul swept UM Crookston with a margin of 33 points. Raina Hein (Minnetonka) had 13.5 points for CSP. Amber Meyer (Paxton, NE) had 8.5 points for UMC.

#8 SW MN State beat Northern State in four with a margin of 11 points. Laura Hegerle (Kasson-Mantorville) had 14 points for SW. Melanie Perez (La Merced Rio Piedras, PR) had 13 points for Northern.

#14 UM Duluth beat Upper Iowa in four with a 23 point margin. Sarah Wyffels (Marshall) had 17.5 points for UMD. Sara Vance (Tampa Sickles, FL) had 13 points for UIU.

MSU Mankato swept Mary with a margin of 18 points. Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) had 18 points for Mankato. Amanda Hennessy (Williston, ND) had 9 points for Mary.

MSU Moorhead swept St. Cloud State with a margin of 23 points. Cathy Turner (New Prague) had 15.5 points for Moorhead. Kayla Tschida (Upsala) and Amy Gatz (Howard Lake-Waverly) each had 8 points for St. Cloud.

Winona State swept Bemidji State with a margin of 38 points. Jessi Peterson (Eden Prairie) had 12 points for WSU. Heather Sampson (Champlin Park) had 7 points for BSU.

OTHER
#17 Pittsburg State swept NW Missouri State by a margin of 25 points. Amber Ryan had 8.5 points for NW.

Next up: D3/CC reports

Houts Racks Up 22 in Creighton Win

#3 posting 9.27.2008
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MORE D1 ACTION
ACC
North Carolina swept Maryland with a 26 point margin. Brianna Eskola (Columbia Heights) had 15 digs for the Tar Heels.

Georgia Tech beat Virginia in four with a 9 point margin. Marlow Bruneau (Lakeville) had 23 assists and 3.5 points for the Cavaliers.

BIG EAST
St. John’s swept Cincinnati with a 17 point margin. Kelsey Brandl (Lakeville North) had 8 points for the Bearcats.

Marquette swept Rutgers with a 14 point margin. Leslie Bielski (Chaska) had 12.5 points and Tiara Russell (Osseo) had 5.5 points for Marquette.

PAC 10
Arizona swept Washington State with a 13 point margin. Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 8 points for WS.

SEC
The debate wasn't the only thing happening on the Ole Miss campus yesterday. Mississippi beat South Carolina in four with a six point margin. Bridget Denson-Dorman (Hopkins) had 42 assists and 2 points for USC.

SOUTHERN
Furman beat Citadel in four. Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) had 1 dig for Furman.

MISSOURI VALLEY
Creighton beat Missouri State in four with a margin of 15 points. Jessica Houts (Bloomington Kennedy) had 22 points and Allie Oelke (Chaska) had four points for the Bluejays. Laurel Sanford (Eastview) played but did not score.

Northern Iowa swept Illinois State. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 10.5 points for UNI.

CUSA
Marshall beat Memphis in four with a 27 point margin. Megan Carlson (Andover) had 2 points for the Thundering Herd.

MOUNTAIN WEST
#13 Colorado State beat Wyoming in five with a margin of 18 points. Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 15.5 points for the Rams.

MID AMERICAN
Ohio swept Akron with an 18 point margin. Amanda Andersen (Centennial) had 11.5 points for Ohio.

ATLANTIC 10
George Washington beat Duquesne in four with a 21 point margin. Abby Syverson (Minneapolis Southwest) had 8.5 points for GW.

BIG SKY
Weber State beat Idaho State in four with a 16 point margin. Brittney Bisaillon (Jackson County Central) had 15 points and Leah Burmeister (JCC) had 14.5 points for WS.

NON CON
San Francisco beat Penn in five with a 28 point margin. Penn led 2-0 before the Dons stormed back. Virginia Senf (Woodbury) had 2 points for Penn.

TOURNAMENTS
Maryland Eastern Shore swept St. Augustine's with a margin of 48 points in the first match of the Winston-Salem State tournament. UMES swept Savannah State with a margin of 43 points in the second match. Chanita Wesley (Benilde-St. Margaret's) had 1 dig vs SS.

Stony Brook won the first match in their own tournament with a sweep of Xavier with a 14 point margin. Alicia Nelson (Eastview) had 12 points for SB.

MATCHES TO COME
Denver is at North Texas today.

next up: d2 results

Iowa Stuns #18 Wisconsin

#2 posting 9.27.2008
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FRIDAY'S BIG 10 RESULTS
Iowa upset #18 Wisconsin in a sweep with a 23 point margin. Set three ended up 25-10. This broke a 13 year winning streak by the Badgers. Iowa now has as many wins as they had last season. Catherine Smale had 13 points for Iowa. Katherine Dykstra had 10.5 points for the Badgers.
Nikki Klingsporn (Tartan) had 18 assists for Wisconsin.
The Hawkeye's Kiley Fister does a Q&A.
The Badger's Caity Dupont is one of the Faces of the Big 10.

I reported on Minnesota's tight sweep of Northwestern last night. Tonight the Gophers face a Badger team that will be in a bad mood.

Michigan State beat Ohio State in four. The MSU margin was five points. Vanessa King had 19 points for MSU. Anna Szerszen had 19.5 points for the Buckeyes.
Susan Halverson (Apple Valley) had 8 digs for OSU.

Illinois beat Indiana in four. Indiana won the first set before Illinois swept the rest. The margin was zero points for the night. Laura DeBruhler had 22.5 points for the Illini. Erica Short had 30.5 points, 25 on kills, to lead all players for the Hoosiers.

#1 Penn State swept #19 Purdue with a margin of 27 points. Nicole Fawcett had 14.5 points for PSU. Stephanie Lynch had 9 points for the Boilermakers.

Next up: More D1 action

Eastview on a Roll

#1 posting 9.27.2008
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LAST NIGHT
AAA
#4 Eastview beat Lakeville South in four. It was Eastview's third win this week. The Lightning struck down Lakeville North and Chaska earlier.
On Thursday Eastview rallied from a 2-0 deficit on the road to win the match vs #2 Chaska. Karlee Lursen had 30 kills vs Chaska.
Against LN Lursen and Lauren Grant combined for 57 kills.
From the Chaska Herald.

A
#5 Southwest Christian of Chaska beat Lester Prairie in four.

LATE RESULTS
Windom beat Worthington 3-1 in an important Southwest Conference match on Thursday. Megan Ysker had 17 kills for the Eagles. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

In a battle of Southwests it was Christian over Star in four in Red Rock action. Plus 7 more results (including JCC's sweep of Pipestone) in the Worthington Daily Globe.

Little Falls topped Fergus Falls in four. Plus two other results from the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Eveleth-Gilbert defeated International Falls in four on Thursday. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

KBJR has video highlights of Hibbing's sweep of Duluth East on Thursday.

Morris won twice this week on the road. From the Morris Sun Tribune.

Wabasha-Kellogg swept Southland on Thursday. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Rosemount has been up and down this season. From the Rosemount Town Pages.

Next up: Big 10 action

Out & About: Minnesota/Northwestern

#6 posting 9.26.2008
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MINNESOTA gophers 3, NORTHWESTERN wildcats 0
(25-22, 25-23, 26-24)

The #12 Minnesota Gophers opened the Big 10 season with a tight sweep of Northwestern. The point spread was only seven points for the night.

The Gophers held the advantage throughout the first set. Both teams first ball side out defense was at top form. Minnesota had a FBSO% of .706; NW was at .688. The next two sets weren't nearly as strong. The Gophers got the early jump with a four point run with Lauren Gibbemeyer providing three of those points. NW took their first time out trailing 11-6. That seemed to focus the Wildcats. Shortly thereafter they had a 8-3 run to close to 16-14. The Gophers had two of their three service errors in that sequence. Also NW had three of their six blocks on the night in the sequence. The Gophers pushed out to 21-16 adding a point after the second NW time out. Again NW was resurgent with a 5-2 run forcing the Gophers to take a time out at 23-21. Ariel Baxterbeck served deep after the break. Two side outs later Minnesota had set one under their belts after a back row kill from Brook Dieter.

In set two Minnesota had the early advantage at 5-2, but NW surged out with a six point run to lead 10-6. The Wildcats had five kills in that sequence. The FBSO game that was strong in the first set for both teams disappeared. Minnesota dropped to .500 and NW only at .308. NW held the lead at 16-14 when Minnesota put together three points to claim their first lead since 6-4 with a Gibbemeyer kill. NW responded with three straight and reclaimed the lead and added to it to 21-18. The Gophers finished with a 7-2 run starting with a three point run to tie it at 21. Minnesota took a 23-22 lead after a kill by Pamela Luiz. Luiz added a block to put the Gophers on the verge. A Roehrig hitting error gave the ball back, but Kelly Schmidt finished the second set with a quick kill.

Set three, after an initial NW lead of 6-3 turned Minnesota's way with a 9-2 run forcing a NW time out at 12-8. NW tied it right up with four unanswered points, all on Minnesota errors. The next phase went to a side out game with six straight exchanges. Minnesota had their biggest run with six points to take what looked like a commanding 21-16 lead. Wrong. NW stormed back with a 7-1 run with Brittani Gray providing four points for the Wildcats. With NW leading 23-22 the Gophers forced a hitting error to tie it up. Roehrig knocked down a kill to put the home team on the verge, but the next point went to NW on a Roehrig hitting error. Luiz had the key side out kill and then Dieter finished the night with a kill.

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills---totals////errors +/-
MINNESOTA
1. Hailey Cowles, DS, 0-0-1----1/////3 -2
1fr: Kyla Roehrig, OH 0-0/2-7----8////7 1
2. Christine Tan, L 1-0-0----1/////1 0
2fr Kelly Schmidt, MH 0-0/4-4----6////2 4
3. Jessica Granquist, DS 0-0-0----0//// 0
3fr Pamela Luiz, RH 0-2/3-9----12.5////1 11.5
4. Brook Dieter, OH 2-0/2-15----18/////7 11.0
5. Lauren Gibbemeyer, MH 2-1/5-14---19.5////6 13.5
6. Rachel Hartmann, S 0-0/2-2----3////2 1
Totals: 5-3/18-52----69 points, 7 points on NW errors

NORTHWESTERN
In set one NW started with Alexandra Ayers. In set two: Chelsy Hyser; In set three: Baxterbeck/Gray.
Here is the order for set 1
1. Alexandra Ayers, OH 0-0-7----7////3 4
2. Chelsy Hyser, MH 1-1-10----12////2 10
3. Elyse Glab, S 0-0/2-1---2/////1 1
4. Brittani Gray, OH 0-0/1-7----7.5////6 1.5
4. Ariel Baxterbeck, OH/DS 0-0-0----0////1 -1
4. Kelly Keporos, OH 0-0-0----0////2 -2
5. Kate Nobilio, L 0-0-0----0////1 -1
5fr: Sabel Moffett, MH 0-2/3-10----13.5////1 12.5
6. Madlyn Shalter, S 1-0-1---2////2 0
6fr: Naomi Johnson, RH 0-0-6---6/////1 5
Totals: 2-3/6-42----50 points, 19 points on Minnesota errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Pamela Luiz

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Minnesota 23/41-.561; 76; .908; .275
Northwestern 20/41-.488; 69; .725; .092
Runs 3+: Minnesota 10, NW 6
Longest string: Minnesota 6, NW 6
Missed Serves: Minnesota 3, NW 2
Time Out %: NW 4/5-.800; Minnesota 2/3--.667

ROTATIONS
MINNESOTA
1. Cowles 12-7 .632
2. Tan 14-9 .609
3. Granquist/Luz 9-15 .375
4. Dieter 16-16 .500
5. Gibbemeyer 12-12 .500
6. Hartmann 13-10 .565
totals: 76-69 .524

NORTHWESTERN
1. Ayers 10-16 .385
2. Hyser 12-14 .462
3. Glab 12-13 .480
4. Gray/Baxterbeck 10-10 .500
5. Nobillio 11-7 .611
6. Shalter 14-16 .467
Totals: 69-76 .476

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1 M M M M M
set 2 M N N N M
set 3 N M M M M

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3
Minnesota 7 3 5
Northwestern 0 4 3

Next up: tomorrow

Late Thursday Results

#5 posting 9.26.2008
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LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Bemidji beat Grand Rapids in four. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

Rocori swept Brainerd with a margin of 30 points. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Brigetta Berg of Wadena-Deer Creek had a 20/20 game (23 kills, 22 digs) in a sweep (37 point margin) over Pine River-Backus. Plus seven more results from the Brainerd Dispatch.

Breckenridge swept Lake Park-Audubon with a margin of 28 points. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Chisholm beat Bigfork in a tough four game match last night. Bigfork won the first game 25-22, then lost 26-28, 21-25 and 18-25.
Adrianna Ivanovic, one of the Bigfork middle hitters, didn't play the third and fourth games as she was sent to the emergency room with a possible broken thumb. A middle hitter with very little varsity time filled that spot and the girls adjusted well but couldn't finish it off. Ivanovic ended up with a bad sprain.

STANDINGS
Here are the latest standings in Southeast Minnesota. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

MILESTONE
Cathy Rennie of Pine Island went over the 1000 assist mark with 21 in a sweep over Zumbrota-Mazeppa. Form the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Setting the Table for D1 Action This Weekend

#4 posting 9.26.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
BIG 10
The #12 Gophers host Northwestern tonight and #18 Wisconsin on Saturday.

Wisconsin "Bring On the Big 10"

MORE D1
ACC: Still riding high after knocking off the Gophers, North Carolina hosts Maryland and Boston College this weekend. Virginia hosts Georgia Tech and Clemson.

BIG EAST: Cincinnati travels to St. John's and UConn. Marquette is at Rutgers.

BIG 12: Iowa State faces #2 Nebraska at home on Saturday.

SEC: South Carolina hits the road for matches against Mississippi and Arkansas.

SOUTHERN: Furman takes on the Citadel. Davidson plays Samford and Chattanooga.

Next up: later in the day

Litchfield Sweeps SW Christian Chaska

#3 posting 9.26.2008
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CLASS A RESULTS
#2 Windom played Worthington. Result unknown right now.

#3 Minneota beat Canby in four. Ashlynn Muhl had 14 kills for Minneota. Plus seven more results from the Marshall Independent.

#4 Wabasha-Kellogg swept Southland. Katie Speedling had 17 kills for WK. Plus six more results from the Winona Daily News.

Litchfield swept #5 Southwest Christian with a margin of 25 points. Megan Lambertson had 25 points for Litchfield. From the West Central Tribune.

#6 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa swept Pierz to take sole possession of first place in the Central Minnesota conference. Heidi Lensing had 15 points for BBE. Plus 19 other results from the St. Cloud Times.

#7 Mabel-Canton swept LeRoy-Ostrander with a margin of 21 points. Kate Horihan had 14 kills for MC. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

#8 Ada-Borup swept Bagley with a margin of 46 points.

#10 Onamia swept Rush City with a margin of 34 points.

Lyle-Pacelli swept Hope Lutheran for the first conference win of the year. From the Austin Post-Bulletin.

St. Clair swept Alden-Conger. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

MN Valley Lutheran beat New Ulm Cathedral in four. Amanda Burk had 15 kills for MVL. From the New Ulm Journal.

Sleepy Eye St. Mary's swept GFW. Crissi Schewe had 24 points for SESM. Plus five more results from the New Ulm Journal.

KMS won their seventh straight with a sweep of Central Christian. Plus three more results from the West Central Tribune.

next up: college reports

AA Favorites Win

#2 posting 9.26.2008
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AA
#1 Marshall swept Redwood Valley with a margin of 49 points. From the Marshall Independent.
The Tigers are also featured on KELO tv

#1 St. Cloud Cathedral swept Mora with a margin of 34 points. From the St. Cloud Times.

#1 Jordan swept Norwood-Young America with a margin of 36 points.

#4 Hibbing swept Duluth East with a 27 point margin.

#5 Stewartville swept Goodhue with a 34 point margin in the Hiawatha Valley. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

#6 Delano swept Watertown-Mayer with a 16 point margin.

#7 Belle Plaine outlasted Mayer Lutheran in five.

#7 Jackson County Central played Pipestone

#9 LeSueur-Henderson beat Montgomery-Lonsdale in four.

#10 Caledonia beat Chatfield in four. Emily Miller had 16 kills for Chatfield. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

In the Hiawatha Valley: Byron swept Rochester Lourdes. Brittlyn Olson had 15 points for Byron. Hayfield beat LaCrescent in four. Kiley Severson had 17 points for the Vikings. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
Cannon Falls beat Lake City in four. Nicole Anderson had 16 points for the Bombers. Plus five more results from the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

In the Three Rivers: Kingsland topped Dover-Eyota in five. Liz Bain had 13 kills for Kingsland. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

NRHEG won their 7th straight with a sweep of Medford. From the Owatonna People's Press.

United South Central swept Mankato Loyola in Valley action. Shannon Koester had 16 kills for USC. From the Mankato Free Press.

Benson stopped Montevideo in five. Jenny Bouta had 26 points for the Braves. Plus three other results in the West Central Tribune.

New London-Spicer swept Foley with a 34 point margin. Plus three other results from the West Central Tribune.

Next up: A results

Two Top 10 AAA Teams Upset

#1 posting 9.26.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Two ranked teams fell last night--both were Lake conference teams, and both were hosts last night.

AAA
#1 Shakopee beat Red Wing in a sweep. Ashley Wittman had 27 points for the Sabers.

#4 Eastview handed #2 Chaska their second loss of the year in a fiver at Chaska.

#5 Lakeville North beat Bloomington Jefferson

Apple Valley upset #6 Eden Prairie at EP in four.

#7 Waconia swept Annandale.

#8 Woodbury bumped off Suburban East foe Stillwater in four.

#10 Alexandria swept Sauk Rapids with a 31 point margin in Central Lakes action.

Rochester JM beat Austin in four in Big 9 action. Rebekah Aase had 17 kills for the Packers. From the Rochester Post Bulletin and Austin Post Bulletin.

Faribault swept Albert Lea. From the Faribault Daily News.

In the battle of Mankato it was East over West in four. Mariah Verkinderen had 22 points for the Cougars. From the Mankato Free Press.

Willmar beat Sartell in five in Central Lakes action. Kelsey Evans had 16 points for the Cardinals. From the West Central Tribune.

Next up: AA Results

Tigers Roar

#4 posting 9.25.2008
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SOUTH TOPS HENRY
On Minneapolis South's parent night the Tigers beat Henry in four. In the three South wins they held Henry to 10, 12, and 12. Henry managed to win the third contest 25-17 when they subbed many regulars. Henry "earned" only two points in set two.

ALSO TONIGHT
Rochester Mayo swept Winona by 28 in Big 9 action. Brittany Looker had 19 kills for Mayo.

TOURNAMENTS
Rochester Century will host an 8 team tournament this weekend. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

LATE TUESDAY
Alexandria is still perfect in the Central Lakes after a sweep of Rocori on Tuesday. Ari Carlson had 10 kills for the Cardinals. From the Echo Press.

LAST WEEK
Hastings lost twice in the Suburban East last week. From the Hastings Star Gazette.

Farmington won twice last week. From the Farmington Independent.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes swept Rainy River on Wednesday. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Jamestown JV beat NDSCS in five. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Next up: tomorrow morning

A Few More Items; Chaska #16, Schewe Athlete of the Week

#3 posting 9.25.2008
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LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Stillwater went 2-0 last week with wins over Cretin-Derham Hall and Mounds View. From the Lake Elmo Leader.

Virginia swept International Falls on Tuesday with a 23 point margin. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

Willmar swept Brainerd with a 36 point margin. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Aitkin swept Pine City with a 30 point margin plus five other results from the Brainerd Dispatch.

Breckenridge swept Barnesville with a 20 point margin on Tuesday. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Fertile-Beltrami beat Crookston in four. From the Crookston Times.

Q&A
Natalie Yeazle of Spring Lake Park does a Q&A with the StarTribune.

STATS AND STANDINGS
The Duluth News Tribune has Stats, Standings, and Area Rankings large and small school. (scroll past football and other sports in each situation.)

MAX PREP RANKINGS
Chaska was #16 nationally in the MaxPrep poll. Here is the Minnesota all class rankings by MaxPreps. MaxPreps ranks teams 1-404.

Crissi Schewe of Sleepy Eye St. Mary's was named the AVCA/MaxPrep athlete of the Week in Minnesota.

Next up: later today

Michigan Sweeps Ohio State to Open Big 10 Season

#2 posting 9.25.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
#21 Michigan swept Ohio State to open the Big 10 season. There were 10 points separating the teams. Beth Karpiak had 13 points for Michigan. Anna Szerszen had 15.5 points for OSU.
Susan Halverson (Apple Valley) had 8 digs for the Buckeyes.

#20 Illinois is at Indiana and Penn State this weekend.

Indiana hosts Illinois and Purdue this weekend.

#19 Purdue is at Indiana and Penn State.

#1 Penn State hosts Illinois and Purdue.

Iowa hosts #18 Wisconsin and Northwestern.

MORE D1
BIG 12
#3 Texas swept Iowa State. The difference was 10 points. Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 9 points for ISU.

SOUTHERN
Georgia Southern beat Davidson in a sweep--the difference being 16 points. Brittany Narr (Minnehaha) played and did not score for Davidson.

NON CON
North Dakota swept Presentation. Britta Hanson (Thompson, ND) had 13.5 points for UND. Heidi Meier (Marshall) had 9 points for Presentation.

GAME PREVIEWS
Creighton hosts Missouri State and Wichita State this weekend in Missouri Valley action.

Marshall opens CUSA action with Memphis and UAB this weekend.

Texas Christian faces UNLV and San Diego State in Mountain West action.

Ohio takes on Akron and Buffalo in the Mid American Conference this weekend.

D3
Carleton swept Augsburg--the margin 22 points. Kelly Lovett (Portland OR Lincoln) had 12.5 points for Carleton. Julie Jenkins (Edina) had 11.5 points for Augsburg.

Hamline swept Bethel--the margin 23 points. Emily Amici (Whitewater, WI) had 15 points for the Pipers. Chelsea Falck (Abundant Life, WI) had 7 points for the Royals.

St. Benedict swept St. Catherine. Neither site had a box score available

St. Mary's swept Macalester--9 point margin. Amy Kujak (River Falls, WI) had 16 points for St. Mary's. Majra Mucic (St. Louis Park) had 14 points for Mac.

St. Olaf beat Gustavus in five. Jessica Levin (Cedar Rapids Xavier) had 23 points and Kim Smisek (Northfield) added 21.5 for St. O. Meghan Gehring had 18 points for Gustavus.

#7 St. Thomas swept #14 Concordia Moorhead. Kylee Crotty (North St. Paul) had 19 points for St. Thomas. Katie Vohnoutka (Eden Prairie) had 7.5 points for CM.

UMAC
Martin Luther swept North Central. Neither site is up to date. At least the New Ulm Journal has the correct information. Carrie Fritzler had 7 kills for ML.

WIAC
#9 Oshkosh went five to beat #11 Whitewater. Megan Fischer (Manitowoc, WI) had 19.5 points for Oshkosh. Keri Klotzbuecher (Clintonville, WI) had 15 points for Whitewater.

LaCrosse swept Stevens Point---27 point margin. Amber Schoonover (Tomah, WI) had 15.5 points for LaCrosse. Jennifer Rueter (Burlington, WI) had 10 points for SP.

Superior beat Finlandia in four. no other real information was available.

NUMBERS
D3
Jessica Levin, St. Olaf 23 vs Gustavus 3-2
Kim Smisek, St. Olaf 21 vs Gustavus 3-2

next up: more news later