Fogarty Verbals, Branagh's Olympics Over

#1 posting 8.18.2008
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FOGARTY VERBALS
Chelsea Fogarty of Belle Plaine has verballed MSU Mankato. Fogarty played her JO volleyball with Northern Lights 1s.
Fogarty is the 13th player to verbal from the Minnesota 2009 class and the 3rd headed to a D2 program.

photo: Fogarty hitting at the Northern Lights Tournament in April. photo by kja

OLYMPICS
BEACH
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh and teammate Elaine Youngs had their Olympics ended by the host Chinese team of Xue Chen and Zhang Xi 21-13, 21-17 in the quarterfinals. 11,500 were in attendance. From the StarTribune.

INDOOR
The USA Women's indoor volleyball team will take on Italy in the quarterfinals. Former Gopher setter Lindsay Berg is a member of that squad.

VOLLEYBALL OR ROWING?
The Wisconsin Badgers volleyball team had a bonding experience rowing down the Wisconsin River for 7 hours.

Next up: tomorrow or when news breaks.

Branagh Beijing Bound, JO Tourney Wraps Up

#1 posting 7.6.2008
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OLYMPICS
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh and partner Elaine Youngs are Beijing bound. They finished second in the Moscow FIVB tournament losing to the #2 duo from China Xue Chen and Zhang Xi 21-8, 21-18. That gave Branagh and Young enough points to solidify second place on the American side. Only two pairs advance from each country. From NBC.

Former Gophers Lindsey Berg and Cassie Busse are on the preliminary Olympic volleyball roster. They find out later this month if they are headed to Beijing. The Americans will be in pool A as the schedules have been released.
On July 5th the Americans beat Turkey 3-1 and lost today (July 6th) to Italy 3-0.

JUNIOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT
Here are the standings for the last age classification of the JO National tournament in Dallas.

14s
OPEN
15th: Northern Lights 6-4, 14-12
NATIONAL
35th: MN Select 3-6, 10-12
AMERICAN
5th: M1 5-4, 10-9
41st: Club Falcons (Faribault) 4-6, 9-13
46th: North Juniors (Woodbury) 1-9, 4-19
47th: MN North 0-9, 1-18

15s
NATIONAL (Final)
9th: Northern Lights 10-1, 20-5
33rd: MN Select 6-4, 13-10

Northern Lights 16s Unblemished, 2 All Americans

#1 posting 7.3.2008
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JO NATIONALS
Here are the standings for the JO National tournament in Dallas
16S
OPEN
Northern Lights 4-0, 12-0
NATIONAL
M1 5-0, 10-2
Northern Lights-2 2-3, 6-7
MN Select 1-4, 5-8
AMERICAN
Northern Lights-3 3-2, 7-6
SMV 2-3, 5-7
M1 East 2-3, 5-7
SW MN Jrs. 1-4, 4-8

15S
OPEN
M1 5-3, 10-9
NATIONAL
Northern Lights 7-1, 14-4
MN Select 4-4, 9-9
AMERICAN
Northern Lights 4-4, 9-10
MN Select 1-7, 2-15
Omeja 0-8, 2-16

14s
OPEN
Northern Lights 1-2, 3-4
NATIONAL
MN Select 0-3, 3-6
AMERICAN
M1 2-1, 4-2
Club Falcons (Faribault) 1-2, 2-4
North Juniors (Woodbury) 0-3, 1-6
MN North 0-3, 0-6

ALL AMERICAN
Chelsea Fogarty of Northern Lights (and Belle Plaine) was named All American in the 17 Open Division.
Samantha Dale of M1 (and Alexandria) was named All American in the 17 National Division.

READY FOR THE FALL
Penn State has released their 2008 season prospectus. Their 2007 media guide won awards from USA Volleyball for best media guide in schools over 25,000.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh and beach volleyball partner Elaine Youngs do a Q&A with NBC Sports.

HALF MARATHON
There will be memorial half marathon in Albert Lea July 12 for April Sorensen. She played volleyball for Albert Lea. She was murdered in her Rochester home in 2007. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Next up: tomorrow

17s Open Play in JO Nationals

#1 posting 6.28.2008
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JO NATIONALS
Here are the standings after two days
team, match w-l, games w-l
18s
Open Division
Northern Lights 3-1, 11-5
MN Select 2-2, 6-10
M1 is 1-3, 5-9
American Division
SW MN Juniors 3-2, 8-5
M1 Navy 1-4, 3-8
MN North 1-4, 3-8
MN Select 2 1-4, 2-9

13
National
MN Select 2-1, 4-2
American
Lady Lakers 0-3, 0-6

12
American
Mabel Canton Jrs. 1-2, 4-5

The 17s open tournament play today. Here are the Minnesota teams
Open: Northern Lights
National: M1, MN Select
American: M1 Navy; MN Select 2, Northern Lights 2, YME Sting

OLYMPIC HOPES
The Gopher volleyball website looks at Nicole Branagh in her olympic quest on the beach.

REFS
Marquette volleyball coach Patti Rolf will be a referee this weekend in Green Bay in a match featuring the United States and Finland.

Next up: tomorrow

Former Gophers Shine

#1 posting 6.23.2008
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PARIS BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Misti May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won the Paris Grand Slam Sunday. On their way to the finals they beat former Gopher Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs in the semifinals. B&Y finished in 3rd beating the Chinese duo of Tian Jia and Wang Jie. From USA Volleyball.

US WOMEN BEAT JAPAN IN 5
The US Women's team beat Japan in five in the World Grand Prix. The Americans trailed 2-1 before mounting a rally. They took game five 15-13. Former Gopher setter Lindsey Berg is captain. Berg had 26 running and 88 still sets (according to the stats). Again from USA Volleyball.

Next up: tomorrow

USD Interviews, Mankato West Hires,

#1 posting 6.6.2008
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COACHING NEWS
The University of South Dakota is interviewing two candidates for the head women's volleyball coaching job: Mary Schroeder-Miller, Briar Cliff head coach, and Matt Houk, former assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee. From the Yankton Press & Dakotan.

Mary Nelson has been hired as girls volleyball coach at Mankato West. She was an assistant at West. From the Mankato Free Press.

TRANSFER
Laurel Heggernes has transferred from St. Benedict to St. Cloud State after two years. She played her high school ball at Mora. From the St. Cloud Times.

SCHEDULE
Bemidji State has released their 2008 volleyball schedule.

AWARDS
The Northern Lights held their banquet this week and Ashley Suapaia received the 2008 Maurice Batie Award of Excellence. The award was presented by Naomi Johnson, last year's winner. Suapaia will attend Minnesota this fall. Johnson plays for Northwestern. Both went to high school at Bloomington Kennedy.

BRANAGH AND THE BEACH
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh was named Olympic Athlete of the Week by USA Today. Branagh was named Most Outstanding Player of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Tournament in Barcelona, Spain last weekend.

Next up: tomorrow

Walsh Withdraws, Branagh/Youngs Wins

#1 posting 5.5.2008
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Kerri Walsh was forced to withdraw from Sunday's Cuervo Gold Crown beach event due to the after effects of her right shoulder surgery. Former Gopher Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs won Sunday's event. From USA Today.

Next up: tomorrow

Branagh & Youngs Upset Champs

#3 posting 8.21.2007
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BRANAGH & YOUNGS UPSET OLYMPIC CHAMPS
Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh upset Olympic champs Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh in the finals of the AVP Boston Open by a squeaker 15-21, 21-19, 16-14. Branagh played college volleyball for the Gophers. From the Boston Globe.

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