Illinois Set, Qualifier Coming

#1 posting 4.5.2008
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ALL SET
Illinois is experimenting with three setters. They are running a modified 6-2.

COMING UP
The Northern Lights Qualifier will take place on April 19-21.

Next up: Tomorrow

Three Spring Events, New Drake Coach

#1 posting 4.4.2008
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SPRING TOURNAMENTS
Northern Iowa is hosting an all Iowa volleyball event this weekend. Joining them will be Drake, Iowa and Iowa State. The event starts at 10 am on Saturday.

Further afield North Carolina hosts and event with Tennessee and USAV All Stars. They get an earlier start on Saturday---8 am. Briana Eskola of Columbia Heights is a libero for UNC.

Ohio hosts an event with Marshall, Wheeling Jesuit, Wittenberg attending. They start at 10 am.

COACHING NEWS
Phil McDaniel will be the new coach at Drake. McDaniel was an assistant at South Dakota State last season. From the Des Moines Register.

FIRST BALL
Here are photos of the Twins first ball ceremony honoring the D2 National champs Concordia St. Paul.

North Dakota's Spring, Breakdown Volleyball Book

#1 posting 4.3.2008
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SPRING VOLLEYBALL
North Dakota went 4-0 last weekend at St. Cloud State in their preparation for D1 volleyball this coming fall.

BREAKDOWN VOLLEYBALL BOOK
This fall the Breakdown will be putting out the first volleyball preview book. Here is a letter. I know some teams are in transition between coaches. Maybe an interested person at each school should make sure their team is covered. It would be a drag if your school is left out. Here is the letter from the publishers.

If you have not yet submitted your team's information for The BREAKDOWN's first annual volleyball preview, we encourage you to do so soon. Your team will not want to be left out of this publication! We need your information to make it the most comprehensive book on the sport, or as we like to call it, "the encyclopedia of Minnesota high school volleyball."

You may have received our first email or our mailer, but if you have misplaced the information let us know and we can resend the materials. Or else you can just visit our website and work though the online submission form at:
http://www.mnsportspreview.com/pages/forms/2008/SelectSport.asp

We need your help to make our book the most comprehensive we can by submitting your team and player information for the upcoming season by our April 1st deadline. Thanks again for your time, and we look forward to hearing from you.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please email (breakdown.editor@gmail.com) or call (763-258-3116).

Tim Kolehmainen, Editor
The BREAKDOWN
www.mnsportspreview.com

Get your school's information in there.

next up: tomorrow.

Seeding the State, Spring Trips

#1 posting 4.2.2008
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SEEDING THE STATE
The MSHSL approved the seeding of the state volleyball tournament. The top four teams will be seeded in all three classes. Seeding had wide approval when I had the poll question up last fall.

ITALY TRIP
Brittany Stamer of Hutchinson traveled to Italy with Northern Lights on a trip of a lifetime. From the Hutchinson Leader.

SPRING SCHEDULE
Ohio State was 2-2-1 at Chicago last weekend. It was the first time out with new coach Geoff Carlston.

Purdue will be at Indianapolis this weekend.

FIRST BALL
The D2 National champs Concordia St. Paul volleyball team threw out the first ball for the Minnesota Twins' second game.

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Indianapolis Invitational

#1 posting 4.1.2008
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INDIANAPOLIS INVITATIONAL
Indiana will be one of 8 teams at the Indianapolis Collegiate Invitational this weekend. The event starts at 9 am. The other teams involved include: Pool A: Albany, Dayton, Indiana and Pittsburgh while Pool B is made up of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Purdue and Valparaiso.

COACHING NEWS
Dave Moody has resigned as head volleyball coach at Dickinson State. From the Bismarck Tribune.

Next up: Tomorrow

Braun Verbals

#1 posting 3.31.2008
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BRAUN VERBALS

Amy Braun of Lakeville North, a three time Minnesota All State Selection and 2007 PrepVolleyball.com High School All American (HHM) has committed to the UNI Panthers and Head Coach Bobbi Petersen. Amy is a 5-10 Junior OH and plays with Mizuno Minnesota One Volleyball Club 18-1's team.

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Braun was also named player of the year in the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 2007.

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Braun is the 4th player from the 2009 Minnesota class to verbal a D1 school.

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#1 in Women & Men

#1 posting 3.30.2008
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DID YOU KNOW?
Penn State won the women's NCAA D1 volleyball title, and now the men (yes they have a volleyball program there) are #1 in the country with a 24-1 record after beating Ball State in a sweep. Looking at their schedule the only other Big 10 team is Ohio.

next up: tomorrow

Scrimmage Rescheduled, Illinois 1-2 Punch

#1 posting 3.29.2008
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SCRIMMAGE RESCHEDULE
Iowa State will reschedule their alumni scrimmage to Tuesday, April 1st.

ONE TWO PUNCH
Kylie McCulley and Laura DeBruler are providing Illinois with a one-two punch this spring. Both are pushing each other.

next up: tomorrow

Dunbar Comments, Templeton Verbals

#1 posting 3.28.2008
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HOOSIER HUDDLE
You can check out Indiana coach Sherry Dunbar and her comments on the all-access site from Indiana. It is free. Also free is the admission to the 8 team event this weekend. Action starts at 9 am with the championship starting at about 4:30 pm.

VERBAL/SIGNING
Caitlin Templeton of Rapid City Stevens has verballed Creighton. Templeton is a junior, and I don't think signing is available until the senior season. From the Rapid City Journal.

Thanks to the readers for the tips and news. If you have news, go to my profile and email me.

Next up: tomorrow

Fond du Lac CC, Yet More Dingman

#1 posting 3.27.2008
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College will be adding volleyball next year and join the Minnesota Community College Conference. Gleaned from an article about softball in the Duluth News Tribune.

MORE DINGMAN
Here is more on the Dingman hire at Iowa.

Next up: Tomorrow

Coaching Changes 2008

COACHING CHANGES 2008

School, New coach

COLLEGE
D1
Albany, MJ Engstrom
Arizona State, Jason Watson
Auburn, Wade Benson
Bradley, Sean Burdette
Brigham Young, Shay Goulding
Columbia, Jonathon Wilson
Drake, Phil McDaniel
Eastern Washington, Myles Kidd
Georgia Southern, Chad Callihan
Illinois State
Indiana State, Traci Dahl
Iowa, Sharon Dingman
Montana State, Sara Schaub
North Dakota, Kari Peterson
Ohio, Ryan Theis
Ohio State, Geoff Carlston
Portland, Joe Houck
South Dakota, Kevin Marquis interim
South Dakota State
Virginia, Lee Maes
Washington State Andrew Palileo
Wyoming, Carrie Yerty
D2
Montana State Billings
Upper Iowa, Shari Robertson interim
D3
Buena Vista, Heather Noll
Presentation, Chelsey Deibert
Urbana, Wendy Cromer
NAIA
Dakota Wesleyan, Eric Viney
Dickinson State
Mayville State, Lindsey Kruse


HIGH SCHOOL
MINNESOTA--21
Apple Valley, Dan Kuklock
Bigfork, Doreen Matteson
Central Christian, Jill Blom
DGF, Tessa Tysver
Eagan, Lesley Bonin
Edina, Emily Buehler
Kingsland
Lakeview, Phil Lalim
Mankato West, Mary Nelson
Minneapolis Roosevelt, Wendy Vang
Minneota, Stephanie Hennen
Morris, Rebecca Hayden
New London-Spicer, Margaret Essler & Mimi Knutson
Robbinsdale Cooper, Brooke Schaffer
Sauk Rapids, Pam Rockensock
Southwest Star
St. Louis Park, Annie Adamczak-Glavan
Thief River Falls
Totino-Grace, Leah Welch
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, Katie Gervais
Waseca, Leslie Bremer
Yellow Medicine East, Tasha Feldman

SOUTH DAKOTA
Belle Fourche
Rapid City Central

Dingman Introduced, Spring Schedules,

#1 posting 3.26.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Iowa introduced new women's basketball coach Sharon Dingman yesterday.

MJ Engstrom has been named interim coach at UAlbany. Tawny Dahmes of Chaska is on the UAlbany roster.

SPRING SCHEDULES
Indiana starts their spring schedule on Saturday with an 8 team event. The teams involved and pools are Pool A Butler, Chicago State, Indianapolis and Indiana State and Pool B Indiana, IUPUI, Louisville and Southern Illinois.

Wisconsin opens their spring schedule at Marquette, plus the rest of their schedule.

AWARDS
Adrian High School junior Katy Slater has been awarded the EXCEL award (Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership). Slater is a volleyball player at Adrian. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Next up: tomorrow

Penn State Verbal, Iowa's New Coach

#1 posting 3.25.2008
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PENN STATE VERBAL
Darcy Dorton of Delta, IN has made a verbal to National Champ Penn State. She is a 6-2 outside hitter. From the Muncie Star Press.

COACHING NEWS
The Daily Iowan's headline states new coach Sharon Dingman is a proven winner.

GOPHER DIARY
Here is the Katie Vatterrodt diary entry for the Puerto Rico trip (four days later).

Next up: Tomorrow

End of National American University

#1 posting 3.24.2008
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END OF A PROGRAM
National American University in Rapid City has decided to end their NAIA volleyball program. NAU had been to eight straight NAIA tournaments. Where will the players land? From the Rapid City Journal.

BADGERS IN SAN DIEGO #2
The Wisconsin Badgers are in San Diego and there is a second blog posting by Audra Jeffers and Kim Kuzma.

Next up: Tomorrow

Big South Qualifier, Late Gopher Diary Entries

#1 posting 3.23.2008
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BIG SOUTH JO QUALIFIER
The Big South JO Qualifier going on this Easter weekend down in Atlanta. Last weekend there was a tornado that caused havoc in the area and the tournament is feeling the effects. Players and fans are adusting. From teh Atlanta Journal Constitution.

GOPHER DIARIES
These might be a bit old, but Kelly Schmidt, Brook Dieter, and Hailey Cowles all have diary entries.

Next up: Tomorrow

Iowa Hires

#1 posting 3.22.2008
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IOWA HIRES
The Iowa Hawkeyes have hired Sharon Dingman. She previously was head coach at Butler and Illinois State. Illinois State made the NCAA tournament last year. From the Des Moines Register.

Next up: Tomorrow

Gophers Split

#1 posting 3.21.2008
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GOPHERS SPLIT IN PUERTO RICO
The Minnesota Gophers split with Caguas Criollas in Puerto Rico 2-2 yesterday. Minnesota is 2-0-1 on their trip.

ACADEMICS
Gustavus had two volleyball players that made the MIAC Academic list in the fall.

Next up: Tomorrow

Gophers win in Puerto Rico, Badgers Enjoy San Diego

#1 posting 3.20.2008
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SPRING TRIPS
PUERTO RICO
The Gophers beat Guay Navo Volleyball Club 3-2.

SAN DIEGO
Wisconsin's Audra Jeffers and Kim Kuzma blog on their San Diego trip.

Next up: Tomorrow

Gophers Win in Puerto Rico

#1 posting 3.19.2008
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GOPHERS IN PUERTO RICO
Minnesota opened their PR trip with a sweep over Puerto Rico-Cayey.

It is Kyla Roehrig's turn at the diary blog.

Next up: tomorrow

MacLean Signs, M1s Qualify, Theis Hired

#1 posting 3.18.2008
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SIGNING
Outside hitter Grace MacLean of Edina has signed with Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Rollins is a D2 school. MacLean is the 40th player from the 2008 Minnesota class to verbal and the 21st to head to a D2 school. MacLean plays with M1 18 Navy.

JO RESULTS
The M1 18-1's team took second this past weekend at the Hoosier Mideast qualifier which qualified them to Nationals.

COACHING NEWS
Ryan Theis has been named head volleyball coach at Ohio. Theis is originally from Madison.

SPRING SCHEDULE
Purdue will start their spring schedule at Michigan on March 28 with the Michigan Spring Tournament. Other teams involved include Eastern Michigan, Notre Dame, Northern Michigan and the host Wolverines.

Next up: tomorrow

JO Qualifiers in Colorado and Indiana

#1 posting 3.17.2008
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PARALYMPIC ASSISTANT
Cara Bartolic (St. Cloud Cathedral, St. Cloud State) is the second assistant coach with the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team. They are getting ready for the Paralympic Games in Beijing this summer. From the St. Cloud Times.

COACHING NEWS
Ohio will name a new coach this morning. Amanda Andersen of Centennial will be a senior next season there.

OFF TO ITALY
Northern Lights 18s are off to Italy. They will play in the Ferruccio Cornacchia Memorial Volleyball Tournament in Pordenone, Italy.

COLORADO CROSSROADS
Northern Lights 16-2s finished 3rd. 8 different NL teams played in the Colorado Crossroads event.

HOOSIER MIDEAST QUALIFIER
MN Select 18-1 finished 3rd in the Hoosier tournament and has qualified for the national tournament.
M1 teams were also were in Indianapolis.

Next up: Tomorrow

2 Signings, Puerto Rico Blog

#1 posting 3.16.2008
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SIGNINGS
Sartell seniors Mallory Johannes and Ashley Smoley have signed letters of intent to play volleyball at Jamestown College. From the St. Cloud Times.
This makes 39 known Minnesota 2008 players that will go on and play college volleyball, and the 5th and 6th to go to an NAIA school.

DEAR DIARY
Gopher setter Rachel Hartmann has a blog entry on the first two days of their Puerto Rico trip.

next up: tomorrow

Badgers San Diego Bound

#1 posting 3.15.2008
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SPRING BREAK
Wisconsin will be going to San Diego for spring break.

next up: tomorrow

Mattai Verbals, Gophers to Puerto Rico

#1 posting 3.14.2008
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VERBAL
Kelsey Mattai, a 6-3 middle from White Bear Lake and also the Northern Lights 17-1s, last week verbally committed to Marquette University.
She is the third Minnesota player from the 2009 class to verbal.

PUERTO RICO BOUND
The Gophers are off to Puerto Rico for a week of action.

Next up: Tomorrow

Yager Verbals, Sparby Resigns

#1 posting 3.13.2008
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VERBAL
Catherine Yager, a 6 ft. setter from St. Michael, made her verbal commitment to the University of Michigan. She is a junior and will join the Wolverines in 2009.

DE COMMITTING
Tia Gaffen, a 6-2 middle from Wayzata, has de-committed to Georgia Tech.

The net result is there are two verbals from the 2009 class, both from St. Michael-Albertville.

COACHING
Tammy Sparby has resigned as volleyball coach at Thief River Falls.

TOURNAMENT
Southern Minnesota Volleyball 16-3 team won the Gold Division at Farmington on March 1. The Next day they were 2nd at Stewartville.

Next up: tomorrow

Lopez Resigns at DGF, Hoosier Mid East Qualifier

#1 posting 3.12.2008
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LOPEZ RESIGNS
Jean Lopez has resigned as volleyball coach at DGF. She coached 24 years and had over 300 wins. Tessa Tysver will replace her. From the Fargo Forum.

JO EVENT
Hoosier Mid East National Qualifier will be held this weekend in Indianapolis. MN Select will send a few teams east.

MINNESOTA VOLLEYBALL NEWS
The latest issue is out.

CLINIC
Illinois and UW Milwaukee worked a clinic in inner city Chicago last weekend.

Next up: Tomorrow

Colorado Crossroads and UMM JO Results

#1 posting 3.11.2008
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JO TOURNAMENTS
In the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier last weekend the Northern Lights 162s finished in 3rd place.

The Fergus Falls 16-1 JO volleyball team won an eight team tournament this past weekend at Minnesota-Morris. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Next up: Tomorrow

Busse & the Olympics

#1 posting 3.10.2008
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OLYMPICS
Former Gopher Cassie Busse of Prior Lake Christian has a chance to make the American Olympic squad. Here is her story on her opportunity from the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Next up: Tomorrow

Three Signings

#1 posting 3.9.2008
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THREE SIGNINGS
Annika Smed of Albert Lea has signed with North Dakota. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Also joining Smed at North Dakota will be Taylor Bohannon a Libero from Eagan. Bohannon plays her JO ball with Northern Lights 18-1s.

The third signing is Jennifer Henke a Libero from Rosemount. She plays JO with M1 18-1s. Henke is headed to South Dakota.

These three signings push the Minnesota 2008 class commitments to 37 overall, and 13 to D1 teams. Both North Dakota and South Dakota will be playing at the D1 level next season. Here is a list of all signees. If you have a player that isn't on the list, go to my profile and email me.

JEWELL
Purdue assistant Kathy Jewell gets a feature on the Boilermaker website.

Next up: Tomorrow

Meningitis Death

#1 posting 3.8.2008
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MENINGITIS DEATH
Loras volleyball player Audrey Fitzgerald died of Neisseria meningitis last week. From the Des Moines Register.

next up: tomorrow

Scrimmage Postponed

#1 posting 3.7.2008
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SCRIMMAGE POSTPONED
The Iowa State alumni scrimmage that was scheduled for March 11 has postponed and will be rescheduled later.

next up: tomorrow

Law Suit

#1 posting 3.6.2008
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COURT TIME
The parents of a girls sexually abuse by Troy Bernard, former Montgomery-Lonsdale coach, are suing the school. The parents claim the school district is partially responsible for the behavior. The suit is now in federal court. From the Mankato Free Press.

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Iowa Interim Hire

#2 posting 3.5.2008
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IOWA HIRES
Katie McGuine has been hired as interim volleyball coach at Iowa. McGuine is a Rochester Lourdes grad 1997. She also attended MSU Mankato. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Iowa is still looking for a full time coach. From the Iowa City Press Citizen.

next up: Tomorrow.

Hagerty to Ball State, Hertaus to Marquette

#1 posting 3.5.3008
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HAGERTY TO BALL STATE
Former Gopher Rachelle Hagerty has received a scholarship at Ball State. From the Ball State Daily Online.

HERTAUS TO MARQUETTE
Sammy Hertaus of New Prague is headed to Marquette. Hertaus, a DS/setter plays for the Northern Lights 182s. She was all Conference in the Missota last fall.
Hertaus is the 34th player overall in the Minnesota 2008 class to commit to a school and the 10th to head to a D1 program.

NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL CENTER
The National Volleyball Center in Rochester is looking for state money for four more courts. From KTTC.

next up: tomorrow

Granquist Minnesota Bound

#1 posting 3.4.2008
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GRANQUIST LOCKED IN AT MINNESOTA
Blaine's Jessica Granquist has de-commited from Florida State and has commited to Minnesota.

Granquist was the first MaxPreps volleyball player of the week from Minnesota this year.

WEEKEND EVENT
Ralia Sports Center will host another event this weekend.

Next up: Tomorrow

South Dakota Volleyball Coaching Openings

#1 posting 3.3.2008
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COACHING NEWS
There are a couple of head volleyball jobs available in South Dakota.
Belle Fourche and Rapid City Central both have openings.

I guess even MySpace has a volleyball job site.

Next up: tomorrow

Two New Coaches

#1 posting 3.2.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Shay Goulding is the new coach at BYU.

Chelsey Deibert is the new coach at Presentation.

Next up: Tomorrow

Viney Hired, Rule Changes, NDSU Clinic

#1 posting 3.1.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Eric Viney has been hired at Dakota Wesleyan in Mitchell. Viney was a grad assistant at North Dakota State for a couple of years. Last season he was an assistant at Oklahoma Panhandle.

RULE CHANGES
The NCAA has approved 15 new rule changes. One that will grab attention is moving from 30 points to 25 points a game. Game five stays at 15. Substitutions will drop from 15 to 12.

CLINIC
North Dakota State will be holding a coaching clinic on March 14 and 15.

Next up: Tomorrow

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.

Next up: Tomorrow

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.

next up: tomorrow

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.

Next up: Tomorrow

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.

Next up: tomorrow

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.

Next up: Tomorrow

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.

Next up: Tomorrow

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.

Thanks to the readers for the help. If I am missing any JO tournament results or any other news, go to my profile and email me.

next up: tomorrow

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.

Next up: Tomorrow

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.

Thanks to the readers for the help. If you have news, go to my profile and email me.

next up: tomorrow.

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.

Next up: Tomorrow

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

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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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MVI Clinic

#1 posting 1.31.2008
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MVI CLINIC
The 21st Annual MVI Volleyball clinic will take place March 29 and 30 at Apple Valley High School. Russ Rose, coach of national champion Penn State, will be a clinician. He will have six topic sessions. Kathy DeBoer is also set to speak.
Local clinicians include:
Dan Westby and Jon Hegerle of Marshall
Franz Boelter of Bethlehem Academy
Stacy Boudreau of UW Whitewater
Cindy Book and Traci Cook of St. Olaf
Terry Culhane of SW MN State
Cathy Noth, USA National setter
Heidi Jaynes of Carleton

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Barum Signs, Schaub Hired, National Champs

#1 posting 1.30.2008
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BARUM SIGNS
Michelle Barum of Prior Lake has signed with Rocky Mountain College. Barum is a 6-1 middle and has played with M 1 and Northern Lights. From the Billings Gazette.

COACHING NEWS
After one year at MSU Billings, Sara Schaub is off to Montana State to be the head coach there. From the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

NATIONAL CHAMPS
Penn State will be recognized for their achievement at the mens's and women's basketball games this weekend at Penn State.

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Coaching Hires, Honors, and Cancer Death

#1 posting 1.29.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Arizona State is set to hire Jason Watson, volleyball coach of Brigham Young. From the Arizona Republic.

HONOR
Indiana coach Sherry Dunbar was given an honor from the Southern Conference. She is part of their "25 of Distinction" a celebration of the women's sports in that conference. She was the volleyball coach at the College of Charleston prior to Indiana.

CANCER DEATH
Holly Young, a New Hampshire volleyball player, lost her battle with cancer. From the New Hampshire, the University paper.

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$$$$, Banquets, Police Blotter

#1 posting 1/28/2008
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$$$$$$$
According to Sid Hartman's column on Sunday, the Gopher volleyball team was $799,986 in the red this past year.

BANQUETS
Illinois held their end of the year banquet and four players received special awards.

The Gopher end of the year banquet will take place on Saturday, Feb. 9th from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. The Golddiggers will be hosting the event.

POLICE BLOTTER
This is from Michigan, but I found it interesting. Apparently a father was convicted of attacking a volleyball coach and spectators. Now he is appealing. From WHMI FM.

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MIAC Academic All Conference

#1 posting 1.27.2008
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ACADEMIC ALL CONFERENCE
St. Benedict had two volleyball players make the MIAC Academic All Conference squad: Beth Hanson (Bethlehem Academy) and Emma Jaynes (Hibbing). There were 41 MIAC volleyball players that made the list. Macalester had 6 players make the list, the most of any schools.

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Court Time, Transfer

#1 posting 1.26.2008
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COURT TIME
Troy Bernard, former Montgomery-Lonsdale girls volleyball coach, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a 14 year old player. From the Mankato Free Press.

TRANSFER
Whitney Tremain is leaving Michigan State and is headed to Grand Valley State. The 5-11 OH didn't see much court time. From the Grand Rapids Press.

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Academics & Rising Stars

#1 posting 1.25.2008
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ACADEMICS
North Dakota State had 9 volleyball players make the Summit League's Fall All-Academic Team. The Minnesota players that made it include
Kari Fangan, Sr. Fridley
Kristen Hille, Sr. Sauk Rapids
Mattie Johnson, So. Lakeville North
Christy Stuewe, Sr. Mayer Lutheran

RISING STAR
Freshman Laura DeBruhler of Illinois has been named to the "Rising Stars" by Collegiate Volleyball Update.

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Frank Verbal, Meet The Gov

#1 posting 1.24.2008
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VERBAL
Megan Frank, a 5-10 senior OH from Wayzata High School, has verbally committed to enroll and play volleyball at NAIA school Viterbo University(LaCrosse, Wi) for the upcoming 2008-09 season.

GOVERNOR
D2 National Champs Concordia St. Paul met Minnesota Governor Pawlenty yesterday.

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Yerty, Callihan Hired

#1 posting 1.23.2008
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COLLEGE COACHING HIRES

Wyoming hired Carrie Yerty as their new coach. Yerty previously coached at Memphis.

Chad Callihan was hired at Georgia Southern. He was an assistant at Georgia this past year and had been the head coach Appalachian State.

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Gopher Schedule 2008

#1 posting 1.22.2008
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GOPHER SCHEDULE
Mark your calendars--here is a preliminary look at the Minnesota Gopher schedule. Always a big game, the Wisconsin Badgers are in town on September, 27. Penn State, the national champs, are at the Pavilion on October, 11.
The two tournaments for the Gophers are on back to back weekends in mid September.

Date(s), Event, Location
Aug 23 Alumni Match, MN Sports Pavilion
TOURNAMENT SEASON
Aug 29-31 Creighton Invite (Creighton, MN, TAMU, LSU) Omaha, NE
Sep 4-6 Hawaii Invite (HI, MN, WY, Cinncinnati) Honolulu, HI
Sep 12-14 Diet Coke Classic (MN, California, Notre Dame, Cal Poly) MN Sports Pavilion
Sep 19,20 Gopher Invite (MN, UNC, Winthrop, TCU) MN Sports Pavilion
BIG 10 SEASON
Sep 26 Northwestern MN Sports Pavilion
Sep 27 Wisconsin MN Sports Pavilion
Oct 3 @ Illinois Champaign, IL
Oct 4 @ Purdue W.Lafayette, IN
Oct 10 Indiana MN Sports Pavilion
Oct 11 Penn State MN Sports Pavilion
Oct 15 Iowa MN Sports Pavilion
Oct 17 Mich State MN Sports Pavilion
Oct 24 @ Ohio State Columbus, OH
Oct 25 @ Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Oct 31 @ Penn State State College, PA
Nov 1 @ Indiana Bloomington, IN
Nov 7 Purdue MN Sports Pavilion
Nov 8 Illinois MN Sports Pavilion
Nov 14 @ Wisconsin Madison, WI
Nov 15 @ Northwestern Evanston, IL
Nov 21 Michigan MN Sports Pavilion
Nov 22 Ohio State MN Sports Pavilion
Nov 26 @ Iowa Iowa City, IA
Nov 29 @ Mich State E.Lansing, MI

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Classic Suburban All Conference

#1 posting 1.21.2008
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CLASSIC SUBURBAN ALL CONFERENCE
Emilee Schutta, Tartan 11
Jenna Fleischhacker, Tartan 12
Logan Crotty, North St. Paul 12
Kristen Pottratz, North St. Paul 12
Taylor Cross, Hill-Murray 12
Lindsay Preiner, Hill-Murray 12
Tessa Bisek, Hill-Murray 12
Lisa Grundtner, Hill-Murray 12
Lauren Caswell, Mahtomedi 12
Ali Vandercook, Henry Sibley 12
Madyson Frank, South St. Paul 12
Shelby Clarke, Richfield 12
Pamela January, Richfield 11
Natalie Walseth, Simley 10
Margot Holmstrom, Simley 12
Caitlin Aten, Simley 12
Honorable Mention
Ashley Mondor, Tartan 12
Mattie McDonald, Tartan 11
Katie Hayes, North St. Paul 11
Mary Flanagan, North St. Paul 12
Lexi Sobaski, North St. Paul 11
Meri Butala, Hill-Murray 12
Cassie Rieser, Hill-Murray 12
Jen Annoni, Hill-Murray 12
Morgan Wynveen, Mahtomedi 11
Amber Eide, Mahtomedi 11
Manah Beaman, Henry Sibley 11
Sarah Lopez, Henry Sibley 11
Katie Ahlstrom, Henry Sibley 11
Carolyn Newstrom, South St. Paul 12
Jamie Noonan, Richfield 11
Kierra Jeffers, Richfield 11
Molly Griffin, Richfield 12
Elizabeth Mendoza, Simley 12
Simone Raiter, Simley 10
Kelly Barnes, Simley 10

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MLK Scrimmages

#1 posting 1.20.2008
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MLK SCRIMMAGE
The Martin Luther King Scrimmages are taking place today at the Midwest Volleyball Warehouse. Scrimmages start at 8:30 am for 16s and 18s and the last round at 2:30 pm. The Event is sponsored by Northern Lights.

SEASON WRAP
Purdue held their end of the year banquet and looked back at the season just passed with awards and reviews.

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Two Hires and a Suit

#1 posting 1.19.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Sean Burdette has been named volleyball coach at Bradley. He had been an assistant at Ohio State.

Joe Houck has been named volleyball coach at Portland. He had been the head coach at Western Oregon. From the Salem Statesman Journal.

Jaye Flood of Florida Gulf Coast filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the university, alleging gender discrimination and retaliation. From the Fort Myers News Press.

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Coach of the Year Finalist

#2 posting 1.18.2008
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BOELTER COACH OF THE YEAR FINALIST
Franz Boelter of Faribault Bethlehem Academy was a finalist for the National Coach of the Year named by PrepVolleyball.com. Laurie LaRusso of Darien, Connecticut won the honor.

next up: tomorrow, unless more news breaks.

Central MN Conference All Conference

#1 posting 1.18.2008
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Central Minnesota Conference All-Conference
1st Team
Heidi Lensing (11), BBE
Lindsay Goodwin (12), BBE
Sarah Gruber (12), BBE
Andrea Rachel (12), Maple Lake
Ceta Huttner (12), Maple Lake
Katie Kimman (12), Pierz
Kaylee Hawks (11), Pierz
Brooke Boeckmann (12), Eden Valley Watkins
Hannah Linz (11), Eden Valley Watkins
Erike Bullert (12), Holdingford
Brittany Fautsch (11), Holdingford
Brittany Drew (12), Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
Katie Pettit (11), Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
Tesslynn Callander (10), Kimball
Katie Netherton (12), Rockford
2nd Team
Emily Roelike (11), BBE
Jena Schroeder (12), BBE
Jenny Hieserich (11), BBE
Chelsea Rachel (10), Maple Lake
Laura Johnson (11), Maple Lake
Gabrielle Baser (11), Pierz
Kelsey Saehr (12), Pierz
Kelley Theis (12), Eden Valley Watkins
Beth Brutger (12), Eden Valley Watkins
Kaitlyn Jarnot (12), Holdingford
Marie Kierzek (11), Holdingford
Abby Sawatzke (12), Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
Brittany Streich (12), Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
Brittnay Simmons (12), Kimball
Ashley Stevens (12), Rockford

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Gopher Luncheon, Hoosier Schedule

#1 posting 1.17.2008
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GOPHER AWARD LUNCHEON
The Golddiggers are sponsoring the Gopher Award Luncheon on February 9th.

INDIANA SCHEDULE
The Indiana Hoosiers have released their 2008 schedule. The travel to Long Beach State for a tournament to open the season. They host two tournaments of their own and also travel to Kentucky.
Indiana will be at Minnesota on Oct. 10. Minnesota heads to Bloomington, IN on Nov. 1.

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Sioux Falls Signs Two

#1 posting 1.16.2008
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PROCHASKA SIGNS
The University of Sioux Falls has signed Megan Boomgarden of Hurley, SD and Tessa Prochaska of Southeastern IA CC. Prochaska played her high school ball at Jackson County Central.

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Classic Lake All Conference

#1 posting 1.15.2008
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CLASSIC LAKE ALL CONFERENCE
Tia Gaffen, Wayzata, MB, Jr.
Loren Twomey, Wayzata, DS, Sr.
Allison Lutz, Wayzata, S, Jr.
Courtney Rose, Hopkins, OH, Sr.
Alicia Vossen, Hopkins, MH, So.
Calli Carnahan, Hopkins, MH, Sr.
Katy Flynn, Minnetonka, S, Sr.
Katie Ness, Minnetonka, DS, Sr.
Sarah Tapani, Minnetonka, S, Jr.
Grace Maclean, Edina, OH, Sr.
Ellie Squires, Edina, OH, Sr.
Dominique Thompson, Armstrong, MH, So.
Honorable Mention
Signe Brewster, Wayzata, MB, Sr.
Lora Pohtilla, Wayzata, OH, Sr.
Sarah Younger, Hopkins, S, Jr.
Mari Peterson, Hopkins, OH, Sr.
Chelsea Reinhart, Minnetonka, OH, Jr.
Lisa James, Minnetonka, OS, Jr.
Kelly Vogt, Edina, L, Sr.
Cait Deal, Edina, S, Sr.
Kristi Larson, Armstrong, OH, Sr.
Maura Jackson, Armstrong, MH,

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Wanted: Coach at Apple Valley

#1 posting 1.14.2008
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WANTED: COACH AT APPLE VALLEY
Apple Valley has posted the head volleyball coaching job. It was found in the StarTribune on W3 yesterday.
Dan Seppala was the coach this season. He replaced long time coach Walt Weaver this season.

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Busse & the Olympics

#1 posting 1.13.2008
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NATIONAL TEAM
Cassie Busse, former Gopher, is trying to make the Olympic team. She is quoted on page 6 and extensively on page 9 in the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team Weekly Update.

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Walk Ons, Overuse Injuries

#1 posting 1.12.2008
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WALK ON
Mary Sanderfoot of Rochester Century will walk on at South Dakota State. She is a 6-1 middle. She was the most improved player on the Southern MN volleyball 17-1 team last year. From the Rochester Post Bulletin (scroll).

OVERUSE INJURIES
The RPB also has an article on overuse injuries--what to look for and how to prevent them.

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Holloway Quits

#1 posting 1.11.2008
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NEBRASKA SETTER QUITS
Sophomore Rachel Holloway has left Nebraska. She was the starting setter for the last two years. From the Columbus Telegram.
This has confused many in Cornhusker land. From the Lincoln Journal Star.

Hannah Werth of Springfield, IL has made a verbal to Nebraska. From the Lincoln Journal Star.

LUNCHEON
Northern Iowa will hold their end of the year luncheon on Sunday, Jan. 27 at noon.

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Bush Hired at Minnesota

#2 posting 1.10.2008
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BUSH HIRED BY GOPHERS
Laura Bush (not the first lady) has been hired as an assistant volleyball coach at Minnesota. She replaces Dave Manka. Bush was the head coach at Auburn from 2002-2007. She also played for coach Hebert at Illinois.

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Central Lakes All Conference

#1 posting 1.10.2008
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CENTRAL LAKES ALL CONFERENCE
Maggie Snyder, Alexandria (12)
Ari Carlson, Alexandria (11)
Sam Dale, Alexandria (11)
Val Smith, Alexandria (11)
Elisa Traut, Rocori (12)
Emma Schott, Rocori (12)
Angie Feldhege, Rocori (11)
Jordan Hansen, Rocori (10)
Kayla Sis, St. Cloud Tech (12)
Meggan Loesch, St. Cloud Tech (11)
Ashley McStott, St. Cloud Tech (12)
Melissa Brang, St. Cloud Tech (12)
Stephanie Tillman, Sartell (12)
Mallory Johannes, Sartell (12)
Sarah Erickson, Fergus Falls (12)
Ashley Torgusson, Fergus Falls (12)
Megan Brown, Willmar (12)
Greta King, Willmar (12)
Nikki Kothenbeutel, Sauk Rapids (10)
Nicolette Graumann, Brainerd (11)
Mackenzie Birr, St. Cloud Apollo (11)
Honorable Mention
Angela Christian, Alexandria (10)
Rebecca Anderson, Alexandria (12)
Katie Molitor, Rocori (11)
Ashley Bell, Rocori (11)
Kylinn Loch, St. Cloud Tech (12)
Raelyn Reiter, St. Cloud Tech (12)
Kayla Dougherty, Sartell (12)
Brittany Gagner, Fergus Falls (12)
Susan Wellendorf, Fergus Falls (12)
Nicky Carrison, Fergus Falls (12)
Laurie Buer, Willmar (12)
Linzi Konrad, Sauk Rapids (11)
Emily Lindmeier, Sauk Rapids (12)
Angie Mauerer, Brainerd (12)
Hannah Cotton, Little Falls (11)
Alyssa Bassett, Little Falls (12)
Katie Hochsprung, Little Falls (11)
Brooke Dunsmoor, St. Cloud Apollo (12)

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This Week, Last Week

#1 posting 1.9.2008
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THIS WEEKEND
MN Select will hold volleyball play dates on Saturday and Sunday at Ralia Sports Center in Maple Grove. There are more 13/14s than 17/18s. Here are the schedules.

LAST WEEKEND
M1 held events last weekend with the M1 16s and 14s winning their divisions.

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Suburban East All Conference

#1 posting 1.8.2008
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SUBURBAN EAST ALL CONFERENCE
Megan Stinchfield, Cretin-Derham Hall, Senior, RS
Kelly McManus, Cretin-Derham Hall, Senior, OH
Chelsie Sobieck, Forest Lake, Senior, OH
Megan McKenzie, Forest Lake, Senior, S
Lexi Alm, Forest Lake, Sophomore, OH
Virgina Senf, Woodbury, Senior, OH
Greta Strenger, Woodbury, Senior, OH
Michele Graham, Woodbury, Junior, S
Jaymee Ostrom, Park-Cottage Grove, Senior, LIB
Katie Smith, Mounds View, Senior, S
Kelsey Florian, Roseville, Junior, S
Angela Ahrendt, Roseville, Senior, MH
Brianna Peters, Stillwater, Senior, OH
Kelsey Mattai, White Bear Lake, Junior, MH
Elly Braaten, Hastings, Sophomore, Setter

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Wanted: Coach at Totino-Grace

#1 posting 1.7.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Totino-Grace is advertising for a new varsity volleyball coach as seen on page w3 in the Sunday StarTribune. TG was 21-6 this past year and finished 10-0 in the North Suburban Conferene.
Sean Haugen coached the Eagles the past two years. Haugen is the 17-1 coach at Northern Lights.

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North Suburban All Conference

#1 posting 1.6.2008
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NORTH SUBURBAN ALL CONFERENCE

2007 NORTH SUBURBAN ALL CONFERENCE
Ellie Duffy, Totino-Grace 12, OH, Player of the Year
Traci Moe, Totino-Grace, 12 Setter
Stacie McMullen, Totino-Grace, 12 MH
Courtney Fautsch, Chisago Lakes 10 OH
Krista Swanson, Chisago Lakes 12 MH
Mackenzie Maher, Chisago Lakes 11 S
Deidre Held, St. Francis 12 S
Carissa Metzer, St. Francis 12 L
Ali Schwartzwald, St. Francis 12 OH
Lauren Carisch, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 12 MH
Erin Sherman, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 11 RH
Danielle Bennett-Curry, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 11 OH
Alyssa Johnson, Spring Lake Park 12 MH
Katie Wells, Spring Lake Park 12 S
Maria Ehritt, Columbia Heights 12 OH
Ashley Johnson, North Branch 12 RH
Kaitlin Reed, Irondale
Taylor Tinkham, St. Louis Park 12 MH
Erin Green, Fridley 11 MH
Honorable Mention
Lizzie Normann, Totino-Grace 11 MH
Lisa Beacher, Totino-Grace 11 OH
Rachel Nelson, Chisago Lakes 10 MH
Linnea Osterberg, Chisago Lakes 12 L
Britany Stoeckel, St. Francis 11 MH
Kelly Olson, St. Francis 11 OH
Natalie Guggenberger, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 11 S
Sierra Dooley, Spring Lake Park 12 OH
Kelsey Luedtke, Spring Lake Park 12 L
Nikki Klenk, Columbia Heights 12 MH
Cori Fairbanks, North Branch 12 S
Christy Sontag, Irondale
LaiShema Hampton, St. Louis Park 12 OH
Caitlin McKennon, Fridley 10 MH
Allie Oelfke, Cooper 12 OH

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Indiana Hires an Assistant

#1 posting 1.5.2008
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BIG 10 NEWS
Keith Schunzel has been hired as an assistant volleyball coach at Indiana.

Purdue holds their volleyball banquet on January 19.

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Final Big 10 Wrap; Fast Lane

#1 posting 1.4.2008
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FINAL WRAP
The Big 10 released its final year end wrap highlighted by the national championship won by Penn State.

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE
Former Stillwater volleyball coach Don Gettinger lives his life in the fast lane. From the Stillwater Gazette.

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2008 Junior Olympic Calendar

#1 posting 1.3.2008
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2008 JO CALENDAR
The JO Season is upon us and the first events start on Sunday at the Midwest Volleyball warehouse with an optional play date.
Other big dates include:
Jan. 19-20 Martin Luther King at Midwest Volleyball
Feb 15-18 President's Day Classic at Omaha
Mar. 13-16 Colorado Crossroads Qualifier in Denver
Mar. 16-25 Venice Italy Tournament
April 6 Regional qualifier in Minneapolis
April 19-21 Northern Lights Qualifier in Minneapolis
May 18 Northern Lights spring tournament
June 14-18 AAU Nationals at Orlando, FL
June 25-29 USAV Nationals in Dallas

USA Volleyball has a spreadsheet of tournaments.
This is not a complete listing, but it gives a good outline.

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Happenings at Buena Vista

#1 posting 1.2.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Lindsey Kruse has resigned at Buena Vista.

ALL CONFERENCE
Also from Buena Vista Kelli Luitjens of Worthington was named to the all conference team from the IIAC. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

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Polar Conference (Part 2)

#1 posting 1.1.2008
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HAPPY NEW YEAR

POLAR ALL CONFERENCE
There are two Polar conferences apparently in Minnesota. I have already posted the Polar AC list from the west (around Grand Forks). Here is the list around Duluth.

1st Team
Amber Bloom, Carlton, Sr. RH
Jamie Rust, Esko, Sr. MH
Sheenagh Caroline, MLWR, Fr. OH
Kelsey Raycraft, Two Harbors, Sr. S
Katrina Newman, Barnum, So., MH
Sherri Donek, Cook County, Sr., MH
2nd Team
Beth Innis, Two Harbors, Sr., MH
Taylor Carpenter, Carlton, So., MH
Nitasha Grover, Carlton, Sr., DS
Jenna Coughlin, Esko, Sr., DS
Farrah Wirtz, Esko, Jr., OH
Allie Adamczak, MLWR, Sr. OH
Samantha Anderson, Wrenshall, Sr., S
Honorable Mention
Keely Deadrick, Esko, S
Karley Rentz, MLWR, RH
Katie Anderson, Two Harbors, OH
Wendy Bowman, Wrenshall, MH
Heidi Jurek, Wrenshall, OH
Kasey Palmer, Floodwood, S
Katy Borud, Cook County, MH
Ashley Larva, Floodwood, OH
Katherine Michalski, Silver Bay, S
Dani Hawkinson, McGregor, S

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