Weekly Review #7: The Fritz

#6 posting 10.5.2008
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WEEKLY REVIEW #7 : The Fritz

This week I was able to get to 6 and 1/4 games and I knocked off six teams on my "to see" list. Friday (as you know) was busy, but luckily it was all in the neighborhood. Dakota County held three power tournaments on Friday and Saturday and I touched base with each event. The problem at each and every one was with the scoreboard. At every venue there was at one point scoring differentials from what I had. It was so bad refs would have to come over to straighten out the mess. At Lakeville North in the Hibbing vs Wayzata contest Wayzata trailed 23-19 by my book (and in reality). However the scoreboard read 23-22. That was changed after a lengthy accounting.

I did get to see four D1 verballed players this week plus one headed to D2. Unfortunately, my schedule prevented me from seeing the championships in any of the Dakota Championships. My Saturdays should free up for the rest of the fall, but there are only two Saturday tournaments left and one of the weekends my team will be playing. The good news is next weekend, I should be able to catch all the action at Eastview.

Scoreboards weren't the only thing on the fritz this week. I traveled to Fridley for a rare Wednesday game. What was even rarer was a 5 pm start so they wouldn't interfere with the "powder puff" football game scheduled for 7 pm. That meant I only got to see the fourth game of the White Bear Lake vs Fridley match.

TEAM OF THE WEEK
Keeping in mind I did not see any of the championship teams over the weekend and I only pick teams I see the honor this week goes to #2AA Jordan. The Jaguars rallied from a 6 point deficit in set one and rallied again in set two from a three point deficit. The first set was the nail biter with ties right up to 23. The Jaguars closed out that scene and finished set two with a 10-4 run to take the game against #8AAA Blaine. The Jags first ball side out % was a healthy .625 vs the Bengals. Jordan then beat #3AA Marshall in the quarterfinals before falling to the eventual champs Lakeville North in three sets in the semis. Jordan finished third with a 2-0 win over Eastview with a 11 point margin.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Brittany Chambers of Jordan is one of the most competitive players on the floor. She has a burning desire to succeed. She brings energy and power to the game. She provided the Jaguars with 19 points, or 8.5 per game, by far the highest on the week. She simply took over and refused to lose.

In order to make this team, I had to see the players this week.

RH Amanda King, Holy Angels
S Madeline Haben, Holy Angels
MH Kate Lange, Hibbing
MH Tia Gaffen, Wayzata
OH Brittany Chambers, Jordan
OH Leigh Pudwill, Centennial

L Kelsey Hennen, Minneota

Next up: Tomorrow morning

Eau Claire Sweeps #10 Oshkosh

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D3 RESULTS
MIAC
#15 Concordia Moorhead swept St. Mary’s with a margin of 9 points. Katie Vohnoutka (Eden Prairie) had 16.5 points for CM. Sarah Gardner (Rochester Mayo) had 16 points for St. Mary's.

#6 St. Thomas swept St. Catherine with a margin of 34 points for the Tommies 16th straight win. Katie McCaffrey had 12.5 points for St. Thomas. Megan Ahlbrect (GFW) had 9.5 points for St. Kate's.

Carleton swept Hamline with a margin of 21 points. Annie Eckhoff (Northfield) had 11.5 points for Carleton. Amanda Booth had 15 points for Hamline.

UMAC
Martin Luther swept Crown with a margin of 18 points. Jaime Eternick had 11 kills for ML. From the New Ulm Journal.

Bethany Lutheran at Northwestern, MN beat Bethany Lutheran in four with a margin of 26 points.

Northland beat Presentation in five with a margin of 21 points. Presentation led 2-0.

WIAC
Eau Claire swept #10 Oshkosh with a margin of 15 points. Abby Freiborg (Renville County West) had 15 points for EC. Andrea Smith (Fond du Lac, WI) had 7 points for Oshkosh.

Stout beat Stevens Point in four with the margin of 15 points. Jenna Swanson (Hayfield) had 16 points for Stout. Whitney Oftedahl (Waupaca, WI) had 12 points for SP.

TOURNAMENTS
LaCrosse was 3-1 at the Millikin tournament.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Northland swept Vermilion with a margin of 31 points.

Next up: Later today with a look at the week

Augustana Takes Down UM Duluth

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D2 RESULTS
NORTHERN SUN
Winona State swept Mary with a margin of 31 points. Jenna Padley (Lodi, WI) had 8.5 points for WS. Amanda Hennessy (Williston, ND) had 9 points for Mary.

MSU Mankato beat MSU Moorhead in four with a margin of 21 points. Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) had 20 points for Mankato. Kelci Guenther had 11.5 points for Moorhead.

Wayne State, Nebraska swept Bemidji State with a margin of 33 points. Brittany Van Beek (Hull lWestern Christian, IA) had 13.5 points for WS. Lindsey Weyer (Loyal, WI) and Jennifer Janckila (Appleton West, WI) had six points each for BSU.

Northern State beat Upper Iowa in five with a margin of 5 points. Jill Rasmussen (Sioux Falls Washington) had 25.5 points for NS. Sara Vance (Tampa Sickles, FL) had 15 points for UIU.

#7 SW MN State swept UM Crookston with a margin of 33 points. Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 14 points for SW. Katie Bonine (Park-Cottage Grove) and Amber Meyer (Paxton, NE) each had 7.5 points for UMC.

#23 Augustana beat #13 UM Duluth in four with a margin of 14 points. Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had 15.5 points for the Vikings. Sarah Wyffels (Marshall) had 14 points for UMD.

#1 Concordia St. Paul swept St. Cloud State with a margin of 22 points. Emily Palkert (SW Christian Chaska) had 19.5 points. Ashley Shields (Whitefish Bay, WI) had 11.5 points for St. Cloud State.

Next up: D3 results

JCC Duo Each Racks up 20.5 Points

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MORE D1 NEWS
ACC
Virginia beat Maryland in four with a margin of 11 points. It was Virginia's 500th win for their program. Marlow Bruneau had 19 assists and 2.5 points for the Cavaliers.

Wake Forest swept North Carolina with a margin of 24 points. Brianna Eskola had 4 digs for UNC.

BIG 12
Iowa State swept Oklahoma with a 23 point margin. Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 9 points for ISU.

BIG SKY
Sacramento State topped Weber State in five with a margin of 2 points. The Jackson County Central's duo of Leah Burmeister and Brittney Bisaillon each had 20.5 points for WS.

MISSOURI VALLEY
Northern Iowa swept Southern Illinois with a margin of 19 points. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) led both teams with 17 points.

PAC 10
#8 California swept Washington State with a margin of 17 points. Emily Rooney (Red Wing) had 7.5 points for WSU.

SOUTHERN
Furman swept Elon with a 13 point margin. Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) had 1 dig for the Paladins.

SUMMIT
North Dakota State swept IPFW with a margin of 20 points. Jennifer Lopez (DGF) had 12.5 points for the Bison.

South Dakota State swept Oakland with a margin of 9 points. Mackenzie Angner (Cincinnati St. Ursula) had 18 points for SDSU.

WEST COAST
San Diego beat Portland in four with a margin. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 17 points for Portland.

NON CON
#12 Colorado State beat #25 Arizona in four with a margin of 12 points. Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 13 points for CSU.

TODAY
Creighton takes on #2 Nebraska in a non con match ups.

Marshall plays Southern Miss.

Next up: D2 results

Gophers Sweep Purdue

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BIG 10 RESULTS
#13 Minnesota swept #18 Purdue with a margin of 26 points. Lauren Gibbemeyer (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 16 points for the Gophers. Stephanie Lynch had 15.5 points for Purdue.

#1 Penn State swept Michigan State with a margin of 31 points. It was Dig Pink night at PSU. Nicole Fawcett had 16 points for PSU. Megan Schatzle had 7 points to lead MSU.

#19 Illinois beat Iowa in four with a margin of 14 points. Laura DeBruhler had 23 points for Illinois. Catherine Smale had 11.5 points for the Hawkeyes.

#22 Michigan swept Northwestern with a margin of 17 points. Juliana Paz had 19 points for the Wolverines. Ariel Baxterbeck had 10.5 points for NW. Naomi Johnson (Bloomington Kennedy) had 6.5 points for the Wildcats.

Next up: more D1 results

Lakeville North Stops #1 Shakopee

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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Here are the tournament winners. Hosts won five of the 13 events and finished second in five.
APPLE VALLEY: Apple Valley swept Delano 2-0 with a margin of 12 points.

BYRON: Chatfield won the tournament with Kingsland in second. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

CRETIN-DERHAM HALL: CDH won their own tournament with a sweep of Minneapolis South 2-0 with a 30 point margin.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN: Heritage Christian won their own tournament with a 2-1 win over Holy Family with a 5 point margin.

LAKEVILLE NORTH (TODD BACHMAN TOURNAMENT): Lakeville North swept Shakopee 2-0 with a margin of 9 points for the title.
Shakopee beat Eastview in the semis in three. Eastview took the first set 25-23, and Shako flipped that in the second set. The Sabers kept the lead in the third.
Lakeville North went three to beat Jordan in the semis. The third set was 17-15.
This is the 2nd time this year that North has beat Shakopee and the second year in a row LN beat Shakopee in the finals of the LN tournament.

MORA: Rocori swept Mora 2-0 with a margin of 12 points.

NEVIS: Sebeka beat the hosts 2-1 with a margin of 11 points.

PARK-COTTAGE GROVE: Maple Grove beat the hosts in a 2-0 sweep with a margin of 19 points.

PERHAM: Perham swept Climax-Fisher 2-0 with a margin 11 points. Bemidji finished in 3rd place. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

ST. JAMES: Worthington beat the hosts in a sweep with a margin of 26 points.

TWO HARBORS: Eveleth-Gilbert beat the hosts in a 2-0 sweep with a margin of 14 points.

WARREN-ALVARADO-OSLO: Red Lake Falls and the Northern Freeze faced each other for the championship.

WILLMAR: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa swept New London-Spicer 2-0 with a margin of 16 points. From the St. Cloud Times.

LATE RESULTS
Park Rapids swept Cass Lake-Bena with a margin of 18 points. From the Park Rapids Enterprise.

Detroit Lakes swept Thief River Falls with a 16 point margin. DL trailed 20-12 in set one before rallying for a 26-24 win. From the Detroit Lakes Tribune.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Britta Berg of Wadena-Deer Creek was named Athlete of the Week for the Brainerd Dispatch.

Next up: Big 10 results

Out & About: Belle Plaine/Hutchinson

#6 posting 10.4.2008
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BURNSVILLE TOURNAMENT
3rd Division
BELLE PLAINE tigers 2, HUTCHINSON tigers 0
(25-21, 25-19)

In the battle of the Tigers it was BP in a sweep over Hutch. Today I continued to cross of teams on my "to see" list. The odd thing was both of these quality teams had two losses on the opening night of the Burnsville so they were in the third division on Saturday. Hutchinson has received votes in the AAA polls for most of this season and Belle Plaine is #8 in the latest AA poll. Another odd fact was that Hutch was all alone in warm ups. Apparently they were to face Warroad, but the northern team didn't show up until later. BP had a brief warm up to fill that spot.

In the first set it was Hutch holding the advantage early at 6-4 until a five point swing for BP put the smaller Tigers up 9-6. Three Hutch hitting errors were part of that run. Hutchinson turned right around with a 6-1 run to put the bigger Tigers up 12-10. Hutch maintained their lead up to 17-14 when BP started their rally with a six point run, five off of Chelsea Fogarty's serve. Becky Koepp was also a big factor in the late BP 11-4 run with four kills. Hutch did tighten the contest at 20-22. A side out kill by Laura Schultz stopped the Hutch mini momentum and kept BP on track.

BP used that late surge to full effect in the second set. The smaller Tigers started set two with 9/10 first ball side outs. and that helped push them out to a 21-11 lead. BP had all four of their three point plus runs in that early part of the contest. Hutch mounted a comeback of their own with a 8-2 run to close to 23-19. Of those 8 points, six came off of BP errors. Schultz put down a key side out kill for 24 and Sam Johnson ended the Battle of the Tigers with a kill.

You can see the entire Belle Plaine vs Hutchinson photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostock.com.

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
BELLE PLAINE
1. Laura Schultz, 2010, OH 0-0-8----8
1fr: Haley Fogarty, 2013, DS 0-0-0----0
2. Hannah McCarthy, 2010, MH 1-0-1----2
2fr: Lindsay Siegle, 2009, DS 0-0-0----0
3. Katie Otto, 2010, S 2-0-1----3
4. Chelsea Fogarty, 2009, OH 1-0-8---9
5. Abby Wolpern, 2012, MH 1-0-3---4
6. Becky Koepp, 2012, RH 0-0-7----7
6br: Desirae Guscette 2010, DS 0-0-0----0
totals: 5-0-31-----36 points, 14 points on Hutch errors

HUTCHINSON
1. Gladys Bonnema, 2009, S 0-0-1----1
1fr: Megan Rohlik, 2010, RH 0-2-3-----5
2. Carissa Hahn, 2009, OH 0-0-3----3
3. Mackenzie Piechowski, 2010, MH 0-0-2----2
3br: Mandy Polacco, DS 0-0-0----0
4. Katie Maher, 2010, S 0-0-0----0
4fr: #12, ????, RH 0-2-3----5
5. Tessa Ewert, 2010, DS 1-0-0-----1
5fr: Miranda Carlson, 2010, OH 0-1-4----5
6. Jessa Guggisberg, 2010, L 1-0-0-----1
6fr: Kayla Tronick, 2011, MH 0-0-2----2
totals: 2-4-16-----22 points, 18 errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Chelsea Fogarty

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Belle Plaine 15/25-.600; 50, .720; .450
Hutchinson 13/25-.520; 40; .550; .280
Runs 3+: BP 7, Hutch 5
Longest string: BP 6, Hutch 4
Missed Serves: BP 2, Hutch 1
Time Out %: Hutch 1/2-.500; BP did not take a time out

ROTATIONS
BELLE PLAINE
1. Schultz 5-6 .455
2. McCarthy/Johnson 8-6 .571
3. Otto 8-4 .667
4. Chelsea Fogarty 16-9 .640
5. Wolpern 7-9 .438
6. Koepp 6-6 .500
totals: 50-40 .556

HUTCHINSON
1. Bonnema 6-6 .500
2. Hahn 6-8 .429
3. Piechowski 6-8 .429
4. Maher 4-16 .200
5. Ewert 9-7 .563
6. Guggisberg 9-5 .643
totals: 40-50 .444

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

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2
Belle Plaine 4 10
Hutchinson 3 0

Next up: tomorrow morning.

Blaeser Gets #150 for the Blazers

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D3 REPORTS
MIAC
Hamline beat Augsburg in four with a margin of 3 points. Amanda Booth (Champlin Park) had 16 points for Hamline. Katie Christensen (Mankato West) had 16.5 points for Augsburg.

#6 St. Thomas swept #24 Gustavus with a margin of 26 points. Kylee Crotty (North St. Paul) had 16 points for St. Thomas. Angela Ahrendt (Eau Claire North) had 9.5 points for Gustavus.

Concordia Moorhead beat St. Olaf in a fiver with a margin of 7 points. Abby Scheel (Hillcrest Lutheran) had 16.5 points for CM. Jessica Levin (Cedar Rapids Xavier) had 17 points for St. O.

Bethel topped Macalester in five with a margin of 8 points. Chelsea Falck (Abundant Life, WI) had 16 points for Bethel. Majra Mucic (St. Louis Park) had 22 points for Mac.

#22 St. Benedict swept St. Mary’s with a 17 point margin. St. Ben's coach Michelle Blaeser picked up career win #150. Emma Jaynes (Hibbing) had 16.5 points for St. Ben's. Jessica Mate (St. Charles East, IL) had 13.5 points for St. Mary's.

UMAC
UM Morris swept Trinity Bible with a 42 point margin in a non-con match.

St. Scholastica swept Presentation

Northwestern, MN swept Martin Luther with a margin of 25 points. Second story in the New Ulm Journal.

Bethany Lutheran swept Crown with a margin of 24 points.

Northland topped UM Morris in five.

WIAC
#10 Oshkosh beat Superior in five with an 8 point margin. Oshkosh led 2-0. Kelsey Mauer (Sheboygan Falls) had 20 points for Oshkosh. Jess Ebel (Hermantown) had 19.5 points for Superior.

Stevens Point beat River Falls in five with a 6 point margin. Michaela Rheineck (Mounds View) had 15 points for SP. Kelsey Scheele (Mayer Lutheran) had 20.5 points including 10 aces for RF.

TOURNAMENTS
UW Plateville was 1-1 at the Augstana, IL Tournament. UWP lost to Simpson in four and then topped Wartburg in four.

Next up: later today.

Wayne State Sweeps #13 UMD

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D2 RESULTS
NORTHERN SUN
Wayne State, Nebraska swept #13 UM Duluth with a margin of 11 points. The loss was the first for UMD in the NSIC. Brittany Van Beek (Hull Western Christian, IA) had 15.5 points for WSC. Sarah Wyfells (Marshall) had 13.5 points for UMD.

Winona State swept Northern State with a margin of 22 points. Jessi Peterson (Eden Prairie) had 13 points for WSU. Whitney Morsching (Aberdeen Central, SD) had nine points for NSU.

#7 SW MN State outlasted MSU Moorhead in a fiver with a 5 point margin. Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 27 points for SW. Sara Graf (Mount Pleasant, IA) set a SW record with 73 assists. Cathy Turner (New Prague) and Laura Tvrdik (Minnewaska) each had 22 points for Moorhead.

Upper Iowa beat Mary in five with a 9 point margin. Mary led 2-0. Sara Vance (Tampa Sickles, FL) had 16 points for UIU. Laci Murtha (Hutchinson) had 17.5 points for Mary.

MSU Mankato swept UM Crookston with a margin of 19 points. Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) had 15 points for Mankato. Ashley Allen (Buffalo) had 11 points for UMC.

#23 Augustana swept Bemidji State with a margin of 28 points. Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had 14 points for the Vikings. Heather Sampson (Champlin Park) had 7.5 points for Bemidji State.

Next up: D3 results

Shout Out for Houts---18.5 Points

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MORE D1 FRIDAY REPORTS
ACC
Duke beat North Carolina in four with a margin of 12 points. Brianna Eskola (Columbia Heights) had 29 digs for UNC.

Virginia swept Boston College with a margin of 13 points. Marlow Bruneau (Lakeville) had 15 assists and 3 points for Virginia.

ATLANTIC 10
Dayton beat George Washington in four with a margin of 18 points. Abby Syverson (Minneapolis Southwest) had 10.5 points for GW.

BIG EAST
Cincinnati swept DePaul with a margin of 28 points. Kelsey Brandl (Lakeville North) did not play.

Marquette beat St. John's in four with a margin of 2 points. Leslie Bielski (Chaska) had 14.5 points, and Tiara Russsell (Osseo) had 13 for Marquette.

CUSA
Central Florida beat Marshall in five with a margin of 6 points. Megan Carlson (Andover) had five points and 13 digs for Marshall.

MEAC
Maryland Eastern Shore swept Morgan State with a margin of 28 points. Chanita Wesley (Benilde-St. Margaret's) had 1 point for UMES.

MID AMERICAN
Bowling Green beat Ohio in five. However Ohio actually had 12 point advantage for the night. Amanda Andersen had 3.5 points.

MISSOURI VALLEY
Creighton swept Drake with a margin of 37 points. Jessica Houts (Bloomington Kennedy) had 18.5 points, Allie Oelke (Chaska) had 5.5 points, and Laurel Sanford (Eastview) had 2 points for the Bluejays.

Northern Iowa swept Evansville with a margin of 20 points. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 9.5 points for UNI.

PAC 10
#6 Stanford swept Washington State by a margin of 27 points. Emily Roooney (Red Wing) played but did not score for WSU.

SEC
South Carolina swept Mississippi State with a margin of 20 points. Bridget Denson-Dorman had 31 assists and 3.5 points for USC.

SOUTHERN
Furman beat UNC Greensboro in a fiver. UNCG had a 5 point advantage despite losing. Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) had 6 digs for the Paladins.

SUMMIT
IPFW swept South Dakota State with a margin of 14 points. Mackenzie Angner had 17.5 points for SDSU.

North Dakota State swept Oakland with a margin of 21 points. Chrissy Knuth (Champlin Park) had 12 points for NDSU.

TODAY
Iowa State hosts Oklahoma.

Penn hosts Princeton.

Next up: D2 results

Big 10: Three five set Matches

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FRIDAY'S BIG 10 RESULTS
Purdue knocked Iowa off the top of the Big 10 standings with a narrow sweep of the Hawkeyes by a margin of 8 points. Denita Merlau had 16 points for Purdue. Catherine Smale had 14 points for Iowa.

Indiana beat Michigan State in four with a margin of 18 points. Erica Short had 18.5 points for the Hoosiers. Vanessa King had 18.5 points for the Spartans.

#20 Wisconsin topped #22 Michigan in five. The point margin was an even zero. The Wolverines led 2-0. Audra Jeffers had 21 points for the Badgers. Nikki Klingsporn (Tartan) had 30 assists and 1 point for Wisconsin. Juliana Paz had 21.5 point for Michigan.

#13 Minnesota beat #19 Illinois in five sets with a margin of 4 points. Brook Dieter (Bloomington Kennedy) had 20 points for the Gophers. Laura DeBruhler had 26 points for Illinois.

Ohio State beat Northwestern in five sets. The Wildcats actually had an 8 point advantage on the night. Katie Dull had 19.5 points for OSU. Susan Halverson (Apple Valley) had 7 digs and 2 points for the Buckeyes. Naomi Johnson (Bloomington Kennedy) led NW with 17.5 points.

Next up: more D1 results

Dakota County Tournament Trifecta

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HIGH SCHOOL REPORTS
FRIDAY RESULTS
#3AA Marshall split at the Todd Bachman Tournament at Lakeville North last night. The Tigers beat Holy Angels in the first contest 2-0 with an 18 point margin and fell to #2AA Jordan in the second 2-1 with a 7 point margin. Hope Weilage had 9 points vs HA and Rachel Westby had 10 points vs Jordan.

Apple Valley, Osseo, Delano, and Minneota advance to the final four at the Apple Valley tournament. Finals at 2:30 pm.

Andover, Burnsville and West Bend East, WI move to the top bracket in the Burnsville tournament. The top pool today is at Eagle Ridge JH with matches at 9:30; 10:45 and noon. The other two brackets are at Metcalfe JH in Burnsville.

Eastview, Lakeville North, Jordan and Shakopee make up the final four at the Todd Bachman Tournament at Lakeville North. Finals at 2:30 pm.

TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
The West Central Tribune previews today's Willmar volleyball tournament.

LATE REPORTS
Forest Lake topped White Bear Lake Thursday in a sweep with a margin of 30 points. From the White Bear Lake Press.

Stillwater beat Park-Cottage Grove in four with a margin of 26 points on Thursday in Suburban East action. From the Stillwater Gazette.

Ashby swept Hillcrest with a 24 point margin. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Prior Lake upset Hutchinson on Thursday with a five set win. Hutch had a 1 point advantage for the night. From the Hutchinson Leader.

#10AA Wadena-Deer Creek swept Staples-Motley with a margin of 48 points in Mid State action on Thursday. Britta Berg had 15 points for WDC. Plus five more results from the Brainerd Dispatch.

Alexandria swept Brainerd with a 35 point margin in Central Lakes action. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Deer River swept Crosby-Ironton with a margin of 39 points. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Brianne Berger of LeSueur-Henderson picked up her 1000th career dig in the five set win over Belle Plaine on Tuesday. She had a school record 43 digs on the night.

AWARDS
Emily Roelike of #5A Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa has been named player of the week in the Central Lakes. From the St. Cloud Times.

Next up: Big 10 results

Out & About: Minneota/Mounds View

#7 posting 10.3.2008
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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
Quarterfinals
MINNEOTA vikings 2, MOUNDS VIEW mustangs 0
(25-16, 25-14)

It was the smaller school topping the bigger school in the Apple Valley Tournament. Dakota County has three high powered tournaments today and tomorrow and this was the second tournament I touched tonight. In this case the smaller school is the higher rated school Minneota is 3 in class A. At the start of the first set it was the bigger school taking the lead at 5-1. That turned out to be the last MV lead. Minneota went on a six point run to take a 7-5 lead. Leah Fadness was at the service line for that run and contributed two aces. The Vikings had four runs in the first set. MV did close to 15-13, but Minneota finished with a 10-3 run.

In the second set Minneota led from start to finish. The Vikings' defense stopped the Mustangs with seven straight first ball side outs to start the second set. By the time MV scored off their serve Minneota led 14-6. A four point run by the Vikings put the score at 23-11. Minneota was all over the floor on the defensive end making the saves and plays, and covering the blocks. The contest ended on Ashlynn Muhl's kill.

Minneota's Leah Fadness led both teams with 7 points.

you can see the entire Minneota vs Mounds View photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com.

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
MINNEOTA
1. Taya Kockelman, 2011, S 0-0-2----2
2. Leah Fadness, 2010, OH 3-0-4-----7
3. Samantha Hennen, 2010, MH 1-1-3----5
4. Jackie Buysse, 2009, RH 1-0-0-----1
5. Jenna Hennen, 2011, OH 0-0-5-----5
6. Kelsey Hennen, 2012, L 0-0-0----0
6fr: Ashlynn Muhl, 2011, MH 0-0-6----6
totals: 5-1-20-----26 points, 24 points on MV errors

MOUNDS VIEW
1. Laura Goebel, 2009, OH 0-0-1-----1
1 Amy Fertig, 2009 0-0-0---0
2. Stephanie Farrell, 2009, DS 0-0-5-----5
2 Kayla Sawtell, 2010 0-0-0----0
3. Jenny Kaczynski, 2010, S 1-0-1-----2
3fr: Jenna Tenney, 2009, RH 0-0-2----2
4. Megan Lauck, 2010, OH 0-0-5-----5
4br: #13, ???? DS 0-0-0----0
5. Kirsten Sarro, 2012, MH 1-1-1-----3
5br: Lauren Krueger, 2009, L 0-0-0----0
6. Nora Maxwell, 2009, S 0-0-0----0
6fr: Sara Atkinson, 2011, RH 0-0-0-----0
6 Jessica Bergman, 2010, RH 0-0-0-----0
totals: 2-1-15----18 points, 13 points on Minneota errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Leah Fadness

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Minneota 14/21-.667; 50; .520; .419
Mounds View 6/20-.300; 31; .581; .480
Runs 3+: Minneota 7, MV 3
Longest string: Minneota 6, MV 5
Missed Serves: MV 4, Minneota 2
Time Out %: MV 2/4-.500; Minneota did not take a time out

ROTATIONS
MINNEOTA
1. Kockelman 9-9 .500
2. Fadness 13-5 .722
3. S Hennen 10-6 .625
4. Buysse 9-4 .692
5. J Hennen 4-5 .444
6. K Hennen 5-2 .714
totals: 50-31 .617

MOUNDS VIEW
1. Goebel 8-10 .444
2. Ferrell 6-12 .333
3. Kaczynski 4-8 .333
4. Lauck 4-8 .333
5. Sarro 6-3 .667
6. Maxwell 3-9 .333
totals: 31-50 .383

RACE TO:
V--Minneota (Vikings) ; M ---Mounds View (Mustangs)
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1: M V V V V
set 2: V V V V V

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2
Minneota 9 12
Mounds View 4 0

next up: tomorrow morning.

Out & About: Hibbing/Wayzata

#6 posting 10.3.2008
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TODD BACHMAN TOURNAMENT
Lakeville North
First Round
HIBBING bluejackets 2, WAYZATA trojans 0
(25-16, 25-22)

#4AA Hibbing topped an injured Wayzata team. Toni Okuyemi, Wayzata's freshman middle went down early in the first set with the Bluejackets up 8-4. She did not return. Hibbing pushed their lead out to 11-5. Wayzata came back with a five point run of their own to close the margin to 11-10. The game then shifted to a nine straight side outs. Hibbing broke from that pattern with a run of five, four points on Kate Lange's serve. Hibbing closed the first set with another run of four points.

Wayzata bounced back in the second set with a 6-2 start. The Trojan's Tia Gaffen dominated at the start of the second set with four of the six points. Hibbing roared back with a seven point run with Jill Gandsey serve. She had two aces in the run. Wayzata used their first time out at 12-9 and second at 15-10. Hibbing led 19-14 when Wayzata started to close. Wayzata had 4/5 first ball side outs to close the game. Wayzata was able to cut the margin with a 5-2 run. Hibbing pushed out to 23-19 when the scoreboard, for some reason, added points to Wayzata's total, making the score 23-22. After a long discussion the score was corrected. Wayzata scored twice after that delay to make it 23-21. Three straight side outs finished the contest. Paige Hardy finished the game with a kill.

Kate Lange led Hibbing with 11.5 points. Tia Gaffen led Wayzata with 11 points.

You can see the entire Hibbing vs Wayzata photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com.

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
HIBBING
1. Jill Gandsey, 2009, L 2-0-1-----3
1fr. Melissa Nyberg, 2009 MH 0-0.5-4----4.5
2. Kelsey Wirtanen, 2009, S 1-0.5-0-----1.5
3. Laicee Grahek, 2010 OH 0-0.5-3-----3.5
4. Kate Lange, 2010 MH 3-1.5-7-----11.5
5. Kaitlyn Aldrich, 2009, RH 0-0-3----3
6. Paige Hardy, 2009, OH 0-0-7----7
totals: 6-3-25----34 points, 17 points on Wayzata errors

WAYZATA
set one order below
set two- Simmons-Durocher-Doyle-Fiergola-Gaffen-Lutz
1. Julia Doyle, 2012, S 0-1-1------2
2. Olivia Fiergola, 2010, OH 0-0-2-----2
2br: Jackie Smith, 2009, DS 0-0-0-----0
3. Kelsey Durocher, 2010, L 0-0-1-----1
3fr: Tia Gaffen, 2009, MH 0-0-11------11
4. Allison Lutz, 2009, S 0-0-0----0
5. Jessica Kegel, 2011, OH 1-0-1----2
6. Kelsey Simmons, 2010, DS 0-0-1-----1
6fr: Toni Okuyemi, 2012, MH 0-0-0-----0
totals: 1-1-19----21 points, 17 points on Hibbing errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Kate Lange

BY THE NUMBERS
Hibbing 18/26-.692; 51*; .667; .447
Wayzata 15/26-.577; 38; .553; .333
Runs 3+: Hibbing 5, Wayzata 2
Longest string: Hibbing 7, Wayzata 5
Missed Serves: Hibbing 7, Wayzata 2
Time Out %: Hibbing 2/2 -1.000; Wayzata 2/4-.500

ROTATIONS
HIBBING
1. Gandsey 11-4 .733
2. Wirtanen 9-9 .500
3. Grahek 6-8 .429
4. Lange 13-4 .765
5. Aldrich 5-9 .357
6. Hardy 7-4 .636
totals: 51-38 .573

WAYZATA
1. Doyle 7-7 .500
2. Fiergola 5-5 .500
3. Durocher/Gaffen 5-13 .278
4. Lutz 5-11 .313
5. Kegel 8-11 .421
6. Simmons/Durocher 8-4 .667
totals: 38-51 .427

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

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2
Hibbing 9 5
Wayzata 1 4

Next up: Apple Valley tournament.

Out & About: Jordan/Blaine

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TODD BACHMAN TOURNAMENT
LAKEVILLE NORTH first round
JORDAN jaguars 2, BLAINE bengals 0
(25-23, 25-18)

The #2AA Jordan Jaguars beat the bigger #8AAA Blaine Bengals in two sets. Jordan overcame a slow start in set one. Jordan took a time out at 6-3 trying to breathe life into their game. Blaine held a 15-9 advantage when Jordan went on a five point run, four off of Brittany Chambers serve. Chambers had three kills in that run. Jordan didn't take the lead until Leah Dietel's serve when the Jags were in the midst of a four point run. Jordan led 21-19 before an Ari Mewhorter side out kill for Blaine. Blaine had to use their second time out after Jordan led 23-21. The Bengals did tie it at 23 after that, but Chambers rose to the challenge with her 10th kill of the set to give the ball back. A Blaine hitting error finished off set one.

8 straight side outs started out set two. Blaine again took a lead, winning the race to 10. The Bengals biggest lead came at 13-10. That is when the Jordan went on an 8-1 run and they didn't look back. Blaine missed on three of their last four serves. Also Jordan closed with five straight side outs. Jordan led 21-17 when a three point run put them on the verge. Blaine sided out once more on a block, but the serving problem reared it's head again.

Brittany Chambers had 19 points for the Jaguars. Ari Mewhorter led Blaine with 9 points.

You can see the entire Jordan vs Blaine photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com.

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
JORDAN
1. Brittany Chambers, 2009 H 0-0-19----19
2. Ashley Hartman, 2010, MH 0-0-0-----0
2br: Courtni Stever, 2009, DS 0-0-0-----0
3. Kelsey Chambers, 2012, RH 1-0-4----5
3br: Hannah Trosen, 2009, DS 0-0-0----0
4. Leah Dietel, 2009, MH 0-0-4-----4
5. Michelle O'Malley, 2009, OH 0-0-0----0
5. Marsha Wolf, 2009, OH 0-0-0-----0
6. Emilee Gutzmer, 2012, S 0-0-1-----1
totals: 1-0-28-----29 points, 21 points on Blaine errors

BLAINE
1. Mackenzie Suda, 2009, S 0-0-0----0
2. Ashley Kvistberg, 2009, OH 1-0-3----4
3. Amber Marciniak, 2009, L 1-0-0-----1
3fr: Tracie Gillund, 2009, MH 0-0-1----1
4. Kelli Elhardt, 2010, S 0-1-4----5
5. Ari Mewhorter, 2009, OH 0-0-9----9
6. Brittney Barren, 2010, MH 1-0-5----6
6br: Amber Marciniak
totals: 3-1-22-----26 points, 15 points on Jordan errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Brittany Chambers

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Jordan 17/27-.629; 50; .560; .366
Blaine 16/27-.593; 41; .634; .440
Runs 3+: Jordan 5, Blaine 3
Longest string: Jordan 5, Blaine 5
Missed Serves: Jordan 4, Blaine 4
Time Out %: Blaine 3/4-.750; Jordan 1/2-.500

ROTATIONS
JORDAN
1. Gutzmer 6-5 .545
2. B Chambers 10-6 .625
3. Hartman 7-8 .467
4. K Chambers 7-9 .438
5. Dietel 11-6 .647
6. O'Malley 8-5 .615
totals: 50-41 .549

BLAINE
1. Suda 5-9 .357
2. Kvistberg 10-5 .667
3. Marciniak 7-11 .389
4. Elhardt 9-8 .529
5. Mewhorter 5-9 .357
6. Barren 5-8 .385
totals: 41-50 .451

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

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2
Jordan 2 7
Blaine 6 3

Next up: Hibbing vs Wayzata

Branagh Partners with Walsh

#4 posting 10.3.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
BIG 10
Minnesota is off to Illinois and Purdue this weekend. Coach Mike Hebert answers 11 Questions from KARE11's Tim McNiff.

The Wisconsin Badgers return home this weekend.

Purdue will dig for a cure on Saturday vs. the Gophers.

Michigan State takes on Indiana and #1 Penn State.

MOUNTAIN WEST
#12 Colorado State swept Air Force with a margin of 22 points. Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 2.5 points for the Rams.

WEST COAST
San Francisco swept Portland with a margin of 11 points. Jennifer Sheedy (Totino-Grace) had 7.5 points for Portland.

NON CON
Weber State beat Cal State Bakersfield in four with a margin of 6 points. Former Jackson County Central players Brittney Bisaillon and Leah Burmeister had 22 and 14 points for Weber State.

South Dakota beat Northwest Missouri State in a fiver with a margin of 15 points. Sisters Laura and Jolene Slagter of Roseville each had 9.5 points for USD. Amber Ryan (Esko) had 14 points for NW Missouri State.

ON THE HORIZON
Cincinnati hosts DePaul and Notre Dame this weekend.

Marquette hosts St. John's and UConn this weekend.

Denver hosts three opponents this weekend.

North Carolina takes on Duke today.

South Carolina is on the road to Mississippi State and Alabama.

D3
UMAC
St. Scholastica swept UM Morris with a margin of 32 points. Amy Thompson (Onamia) had 14 points for CSS. Briana Czer (MN Valley Lutheran) had 12.5 points for UMM.

BEACH BEAT
Former Gopher Nicole Branagh will partner with Kerri Walsh in the Dubai Open next week.

Next up: Later today

Sell Tops 1000 Assists: A Thursday Results

#3 posting 10.3.2008
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THURSDAY A RESULTS
#1 Bethlehem Academy swept NRHEG with a margin of 36 points. Holly Hafemeyer had 22 points for BA. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

#2 Windom swept Pipestone with a margin of 27 points. Megan Ysker had 15 kills for the Eagles. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

#3 Minneota swept KMS with a margin of 15 points in Camden action. From the Marshall Independent.

#4 Wabasha-Kellogg swept Chatfield. Plus nine results from the Winona Daily News.

#5 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa swept Eden Valley-Watkins with a margin of 42 points. From the St. Cloud Times.

#6 Mabel-Canton swept Hope Lutheran with a margin of 51 points. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

#7 Ada-Borup beat Climax-Fisher in four sets with a margin of 17 points.

#8 Southwest Christian swept West Lutheran with a margin of 37 points in MCAA action.

#9 Lakeview swept Lincoln HI with a margin of 26 points.

#10 Martin County West beat Truman in four sets with 16 points. From the Fairmont Sentinel.

Grand Meadow swept Glenville-Emmons with a margin of 8 points. From the Austin Daily Herald and Albert Lea Tribune.

LeRoy-Ostrander beat Houston in four with a margin of zero points--both teams were even. Merideth Lee had 16 kills for Houston. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Rushford-Peterson beat Lewiston-Altura in five with a margin of 7. LA led 2-0. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Southland beat Fillmore Central in four with a margin of 11 points. From the Austin Daily Herald.

Alden-Conger topped MLGHEC in five with a margin of 6 points. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Buffalo Lake-Hector swept New Ulm Cathedral with a margin of 19 points. From the New Ulm Journal.

Red Rock Central beat Fulda in four with a margin of 6 points. RRC's Krystle Sell reached the 1000 assist mark in the contest. Plus nine results from the Worthington Daily Globe.

Canby swept Renville County West with a margin of 10 points. Plus two other results from the West Central Tribune.

THINK PINK
MN Valley Lutheran and Sleepy Eye St. Mary's will join forces next Tuesday when they play to fight breast cancer. From the New Ulm Journal.

Next up: College Reports

#1AA Cathedral Falls

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THURSDAY AA RESULTS
Sauk Centre stunned #1 St. Cloud Cathedral in five with a margin of 5 points. It was Cathedral's first loss in the West Central North since 2004. Savanna Weller had 21 kills for SC. Plus 17 other results from the St. Cloud Times.

#2 Jordan swept Mayer Lutheran with a margin of 30 points in Minnesota River action.

#3 Marshall swept Luverne with a 35 point margin. The Tigers clinched a share of the Southwest title. Hope Weilage had 19 points for the Tigers. From the Marshall Independent.

#6AAA Waconia beat #6 Delano in four with a margin of 17 points in Wright County action.

#7 Jackson County Central swept Redwood Valley with a margin of 21 points in Southwest action.

#8 Belle Plaine swept Norwood-Young America with a margin of 33 points in Minnesota River action.

#9 LeSueur-Henderson swept Sibley East with a margin of 23 points in Minnesota River action.

#10 Wadena-Deer Creek played Staples-Motley.

Cannon Falls beat Goodhue in a fiver. Goodhue outpointed CF by 1. Plus four more results from the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Byron beat Kasson-Mantorville in five sets with a margin of 1 point. Kaytlin Remold had 16 kills for the Bears. Pine Island swept Rochester Lourdes with a margin of 21 points. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Fairmont beat St. Peter in four with a margin of 20 points. Plus two more results from the Fairmont Sentinel.

Worthington beat Wabasso in four with a margin of 24 points. Martha Awal had 27 points for the Trojans. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Benson swept BOLD with a margin of 19 points and is tied for first in the West Central South. Plus three more WCS games from the West Central Tribune.

Rocori swept Willmar with a margin of 22 points in Central Lakes action. From the West Central Tribune.

Esko won a share of the Polar title with a five set win over Carlton with a 16 point margin. From the Duluth News Tribune. You will need to set up a free account with the DNT to read the articles.

Next up: Class A Results.

#598, Fine Time

#1 posting 10.3.2008
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AAA REPORTS
#1 Shakopee beat Holy Angels in four with a 30 point margin.

#2 Eastview played Bloomington Kennedy

#3 St. Michael-Albertville swept Big Lake with a 30 point margin.

#4 Chaska swept Apple Valley with an 18 point margin.

#5 Lakeville North played Burnsville

#6 Waconia beat #6AA Delano in four with a margin of 17 points.

#8 Blaine swept Elk River with a margin of 35 points.

#9 Woodbury beat Cretin-Derham Hall in four with a margin of 17 points.

#10 Owatonna swept Rochester JM with a margin 25 points in Big 9 action. Coach Rod Nakagaki has 598 wins now with #600 on track for this weekend at Lakeville North's tournament. From the Owatonna People's Press.

Northfield beat Red Wing in four in Missota action. RW actually held the advantage in point margin with a 3 point advantage. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

St. Cloud Tech topped Fergus Falls in five sets in a six point margin. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Bemidji upended Moorhead in five sets with a margin of 3 points. Kayla Hirt had 15 kills for Bemidji. From the Bemidji Pioneer and Fargo Forum.

If you notice their aren't a lot of links with AAA teams (especially metro level teams).

LATE RESULTS
Woodbury beat Hastings on Tuesday. From the Hastings Star Gazette.

In the battle of the Cardinals it was Alexandria sweeping Willmar in Central Lakes action on Tuesday. From the Echo Press.

HAMMER TIME
The MSHSL has put the hammer down and fined schools that haven't submitted roster forms and eligibility forms. Here is a list of the scofflaws. Apple Valley took the biggest hit with $1050 in fines.

Next up: AA Results

Lakers Sail Over Henry

#4 posting 10.2.2008
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THURSDAY RESULTS
Minneapolis Southwest thumped Minneapolis Henry in a sweep with a margin of 46 points. SW used the serve as a weapon with 19 aces on the night. Henry only "earned" 10 of the 29 points for the night.

TEAM OF THE WEEK
KBJR named Hibbing volleyball their team of the week.

YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN
Minnesota Gopher assistant Laura Bush is returning to her alma mater this weekend. From the Minnesota Daily.

LATE RESULTS
Randolph lost twice last week. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.

Cannon Falls won twice last week. From the CFB.

Two Harbors beat Wrenshall on the 18th for their first win of the year. From the Lake County News Chronicle.

Silver Bay is now 12-4 after a pair of wins last week. From the LCNC.

Melrose beat Milaca in five and New London-Spicer beat Milaca in four. From the Mille Lacs County Times.

Detroit Lakes was 1-2 over the past week. From the Detroit Lakes Tribune.

Chisago Lakes was 2-1 over the past week with the loss coming to Spring Lake Park. From the Chisago County Press.

Next up: tomorrow morning.

Wittman Verbals

#4 posting 10.2.2008
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WITTMAN VERBALS
Junior Ashley Wittman of Shakopee has verballed Minnesota. Wittman is a 6-1 Outside Hitter for the #1 AAA Shakopee Sabers.
Wittman played with Northern Lights 16-1s this past JO season.

Wittman is the 2nd player in the Minnesota 2010 class to verbal.
Wittman joins Tori Dixon of Burnsville as a Gopher 2010 recruit.

photo: Wittman vs Eden Prairie when she had 39 kills on the night.

Next up: Later today

Ridgewater Downs #1 Rochester

#2 posting 10.2.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
BIG 10
#1 Penn State swept Indiana with a margin of 21 points. Megan Hodge had 15 points for PSU. Erica Short had 9.5 points for the Hoosiers.

Illinois hosts Minnesota Friday and Iowa Saturday. The Illini have listed which of their players would win reality TV Shows.

Ohio State travels to Northwestern and Wisconsin this weekend.

Wisconsin's Sally Shumaker gives important advice for life, volleyball and beauty pageants.

MORE D1
BIG 12
Missouri beat Iowa State in five with a 15 point margin. ISU trailed 2-0. Diane Kieger (Mounds View) had 9.5 points for the Cyclones.

NON CON
Furman swept Presbyterian with a 25 point margin. Pamela Gehrke (Eastview) had 7 digs and one point for the Paladins.

North Dakota swept Dickinson State . UND's Lindsay Vortherms (Windom) went over the 1000 dig mark in the contest.

Rhode Island beat Brown in four with a 10 point margin. Jillian Bekke (Cretin-Derham Hall) played and did not score for the Rams.

GAME PREVIEWS
Marshall travels to Central Florida and Southern Miss.

Maryland Eastern Shore opens conference play at home vs. Morgan State and Delaware State.

Charlotte will dig for the cure on October 24 vs Rhode Island.

Texas Christian hosts Utah and BYU this weekend.

Portland travels to San Francisco and San Diego to open WCC action.

Virginia travels to Maryland and Boston College this weekend in the ACC.

D2
Former Gopher setter and Olympian Lindsey Berg visited MSU Mankato's practice. From the Mankato Free Press.

D3
MIAC
St. Benedict topped St. Olaf in five with a 17 point margin. Amber Wortz (GFW) had 20.5 points for St. Ben's. Jessica Levin (Cedar Rapids Xavier) had 18.5 points for St. O.

Gustavus swept Bethel with a margin of 23 points. Meghan Gehring (Eau Claire North, WI) had 14 points for Gustavus. Chelsea Falck (DeForest, WI) had 9.5 points for Bethel.

Carleton beat St. Catherine's in four with a 13 point margin. Megan Albrecht (GFW) had 16 kills for St. Kate's.

Augsburg beat Macalester in five. Mac had the best of the point margin with a 10 point advantage. Breann Woelfel (Annandale) had 14.5 points for Augsburg. Sonia Muzikarova (Gymnazium Bilikova, Bratislava, Slovakia) had 25.5 points for Mac.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ridgewater stopped #1 Rochester in four sets with an 8 point margin. Rochester had a 13 game winning streak. Leah Miller had 15 points for the Warriors. From the West Central Tribune.

MN West beat Anoka-Ramsey in four with a 7 point margin. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

LATE TUESDAY
NDSCS swept Trinity Bible College with a margin of 31 points. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Next up: Later today

Three Verbals, Hope, Bleachers, and Late Results

#1 posting 10.2.2008
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THREE VERBALS
Setter/Right Side Michelle Graham of Woodbury and MH Cassie Haag of SW Christian Chaska have verballed Concordia St. Paul.

Outside Hitter Jordan Spatenka of Owatonna is headed to Augustana.

The three players push the verbal totals to 20 for the 2009 class and 9 headed to D2 programs.

FEATURES
Marshall's Hope Weilage is a key ingredient in their success. From the Marshall Independent.

They may have to pull all the bleachers at Waconia to handle the crowds. From the StarTribune.

LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
TUESDAY
Red Lake County Central topped Crookston in five with a margin of 24 points. RLCC led 2-0 and dominated the fifth set 15-2. From the Crookston Times.

Littlefork-Big Falls swept Hill City with a margin of 11 points in Northern Lakes action. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

Perham swept Breckenridge with a margin of 29 points in Heart O'Lakes action. From the Perham Enterprise and Wahpeton Daily News.

Here are some highlights of Hibbing's win over Grand Rapids. From KBJR.

Pequot Lakes beat Crosby-Ironton in three with an 18 point margin. Plus four more results from the Brainerd Dispatch.

LAST WEEK & LATER
#10AA Wadena-Deer Creek's past week is reviewed in the Wadena Pioneer Journal.

Kimball beat Eden Valley-Watkins and Royalton last week. From the TriCounty News.

Tartan beat North St. Paul in four with a margin of 14 points on Sept. 23. Later in the week the Titans beat Mahtomedi in four with a margin of 26 points. In the Oakdale Lake Elmo Review.

Pequot Lakes was 0-2 last week. Pine River-Backus was 1-1. From the Pine & Lakes.

Sleepy Eye St. Mary's was 2-0 last week. From the Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch.

New York Mills finished in 3rd place at the Bertha-Hewitt tournament and had a health scare in the semis. From the Perham Enterprise.

Parkers Prairie beat Underwood despite trailing 2-0. From the Alexandria Echo Press.

Alexandria swept Sauk Rapids. From the Alexandria Echo press.

STANDINGS
Here is the Southeast Minnesota standings from the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Next up: College reports

Out & About: White Bear Lake/Fridley

#5 posting 10.1.2008
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WHITE BEAR LAKE bears 3
FRIDLEY tigers 1
(W, W, F, 25-19)

Unfortunately I thought this contest started at 7 pm. It didn't. It started at 5 pm, so when I arrived the fourth and what proved to be the final set was about to get under way. The game was moved up two hours so it wouldn't clash with the "powder puff" football game at Fridley. I didn't stay for that exhibition. As it was White Bear took the first two sets and the final in the win.

Fridley is one of the youngest teams around using five freshmen. Since I have no idea what transpired earlier I can only talk about the fourth set. Fridley fell behind early 10-4 when they took their first time out. Four of the Bear's points came on aces at that point. Another Bear four point burst took the score to 15-6 and a second Fridley time out. That was WBL's high water mark. After that Fridley battled back with their own four point run forcing a Bear time out at 16-11, The Tigers kept chipping and clawing back to get to trail by two at 21-19. A tip kill by Kelsey Bocklund put the ball back with WBL and the Bears never let go.

You can see the entire White Bear Lake vs Fridley photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com.

More to follow.

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
WHITE BEAR LAKE
1. Rosie Murphy (2009) MH 1-1-1----3
1br: Ellie Bircher (2009) L 0-0-0---0
2. Hannah Indiecoffer (2011) S 2-0-0----2
2fr: Annie Bennek (2009) RH 0-0-0----0
3. Haley Akermark (2011) OH 1-0-1----2
4. Kelsey Mattai (2009) MH 0-1-1----2
4br: Ellie Bircher (2009) L 0-0-0---0
5. Ali Mueller (2011) S 2-0-0----2
5fr: Elizabeth Gapp (2012) OH 0-0-0----0
6. Kelsey Bocklund (2011) OH 0-0-4----4
totals: 6-2-7-----15 points, 10 points on Fridley errors

FRIDLEY
1. Hannah Niewald (2012) S 0-0-0----0
1fr: Kayla Sjodin (2012) RH 0-0-0----0
2. Rachel Duehn (2012) OH 0-0-1----1
3. Erin Green (2009) MH 0-1-1----2
3br: Nicole Langiewicz (2012) L 0-0-0---0
4. Lynette Rolf (2010) S 1-0-0----1
4fr: Corinne Miles (2011) RH 0-0-1----1
5. Caitlin Huna (2012) OH 0-1-2----3
6. Caitlin McKernon (2010) MH 0-0-0----0
6br: Nicole Langiewicz (2012) L
Totals: 1-2-6----9 points, 10 points on WBL errors

TRENCH PLAYER
With only one game to base it on -- Kelsey Bocklund

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
White Bear Lake 6/11-.545; 25; .600; .526
Fridley 5/11-.455; 19; .474; 400
Runs 3+: WBL 4, Fridley 3
Longest string: WBL 4; Fridley 4
Missed Serves: Fridley 3, WBL 3
Time Out %: Fridley 1/2-.500; WBL 1/1-1.000

ROTATIONS
WHITE BEAR LAKE
1. Murphy 3-4 .429
2. Idlecoffer 5-4 .554
3. Akermark 6-3 .667
4. Mattai 2-3 .400
5. Mueller 7-1 .875
6. Bocklund 2-4 .333
totals: 25-19 .568

FRIDLEY
1. Niewald 5-3 .625
2. Duehn 4-5 .444
3. Green 4-6 .400
4. Rolf 3-2 .600
5. Huna 2-8 .200
6. McKernon 1-1 .500
totals: 19-25 .432

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 4: W W W W W

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: set 4
WBL: 9
Fridley: 0

Next up: tomorrow

Northern Iowa Win Streak Over

#4 posting 10.1.2008
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COLLEGE REPORT
BIG 10
Minnesota is focused on defense for the upcoming matches. From the Minnesota Daily.

The Gophers will Dig Pink vs #1 Penn State on October 11 at Williams Arena.

Iowa heads to #18 Purdue and #19 Illinois. this weekend.

#18 Purdue is at home for the first time since August.

Northwestern faces Michigan and Ohio State this weekend.

#20 Wisconsin also hosts #22 Michigan and Ohio State.

#22 Michigan prepares for the road trip to Wisconsin and Northwestern.

#1 Penn State faces Indiana tonight.

OTHER D1 NEWS
North Dakota swept Valley City State. Britta Hanson (Thompson, ND) had 12.5 points for the Sioux. Karissa Fahlman also had 12.5 points for VCS.

St. Louis ended Northern Iowa's seven match win streak with a sweep with a margin of 23 points. Amy Sampson had 3 points for the Panthers.

Utah beat Weber State in four with a margin of 15 points. Leah Burmeister had 11.5 points and Brittney Bisaillon had 9 points for WS. Both are from Jackson County Central.

Cincinnati's match with Notre Dame will be televised on Sunday.

Colorado State hosts Air Force and Arizona.

Creighton hosts Drake this weekend.

Iowa State is at Missouri today.

South Dakota State travels to IPFW and Oakland this weekend.

Ohio travels to Bowling Green and Miami OH this weekend.

D2
NORTHERN SUN
#2 Concordia St. Paul swept Wayne State, Nebraska with a margin of 32 points. Whitney Meierotto (Washburn, WI) had 16.5 points for CSP. Tali Fredrickson (Grand Island Central Catholic) had 9.5 points for WS.

#7 SW MN State beat Winona State in five. Laura Hegerle (Kasson-Mantorville) had 21.5 points for SW. Carmen Stankowski (Mosinee, WI) had 21.5 points for WS.

#23 Augustana beat St. Cloud State in four with a margin of 28 points. Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) had 16 points for the Vikings. Erica Beacom (Elkhorn, NE) had 13 points for the Huskies.

MSU Mankato beat Upper Iowa in four with a margin of 27 points. Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) had 18.5 points for Mankato. Shea Meyermann (Camanche, IA) had 16 points for UIU.

Katie Gangelhoff is in UM Duluth's Spotlight.

D3
IIAC
Buena Vista swept Wartburg with a 14 point margin. Kelli Luitjens (Worthington) had 12.5 points for BV.

NON CONFERENCE
#6 St. Thomas swept UW Eau Claire with an 11 point margin. Kyley Crotty (North St. Paul) had 14 points for the Tommies. Katie Fox (Chippewa Falls, WI) had 8.5 points for UWEC.

Northwestern, MN beat UW Stout in four with a 25 point margin. Kathryne Engel (West Lutheran) had 17.5 points for NW. Maggie Meixl (Mankato West) had 15.5 points for Stout.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Miles CC upended NDSCS in five on Monday. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Next up: later today.

MACCRAY Upsets #9 Lakeview

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A RESULTS
#1 Bethlehem Academy swept JWP with a margin of 45 points. From the Faribault Daily News.

#3 Minneota swept Renville County West with a margin of 20 points. From the Marshall Independent.

#4 Wabasha-Kellogg played Plainview-Elgin-Millville with a margin of 25 points. Plus 9 more results from the Winona Daily News.

#6 Mabel-Canton swept Houston.

#7 Ada-Borup swept Park Christian with a margin of 25 points. Corin Gunderson had 18 kills for AB. From the Fargo Forum.

#8 Southwest Christian of Chaska swept Heritage Christian with a margin of 29 points.

MACCRAY upset #9 Lakeview in a fiver with a margin of 5 points in Camden action. Lakeview led 2-0. Abbey Thissen had 18 points for the Wolverines. Plus three more results from the West Central Tribune.

#10 Martin County West swept Alden-Conger with a 24 point margin. Plus one more result from the Fairmont Sentinel. LeRoy-Ostrander swept Lyle-Pacelli. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Minnesota Valley Lutheran beat Sleepy Eye in a fiver with a 12 point margin. From the New Ulm Journal.

New Ulm Cathedral beat Springfield in four with a 6 point margin. Plus four more results in the New Ulm Journal.

SW Star beat Westbrook-Walnut Grove in five with a 9 point margin. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Wabasso beat Buffalo Lake-Hector in a fiver. BLH had a two point margin despite the loss. Plus 8 other results from the Marshall Independent.

Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin beat Round Lake-Brewster in four with a 14 point margin in Red Rock action. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Underwood swept Ashby with a 26 point margin in Little 8 action. Aann Bjorklund had 15 kills for the Rockets. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Cass Lake-Bena swept Indus with a margin of 11 points. Plus two more results from the Bemidji Pioneer.

Next up: College reports

#9 LeSueur-Henderson Knocks Off #8 Belle Plaine

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AA RESULTS
#1 St. Cloud Cathedral swept Melrose with a 20 point margin in West Central North action. Lauren Hagen had 14 points for Cathedral. From the St. Cloud Times.

#2 Jordan swept Montgomery-Lonsdale in Minnesota River action.

#3 Marshall played Mankato West with a margin of 34 points. Rachel Westby had 10 points for the Tigers. From the Marshall Independent.

#4 Hibbing beat Grand Rapids in four with a margin of 21 points. Kate Lange had 18 kills for Hibbing. From the Duluth News Tribune.

#5 Stewartville swept Cannon Falls with a 37 point margin. Julie Rainey had 14 points for the Tigers. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

#7 Jackson County Central swept Mankato East with a 24 point margin.

#9 LeSueur-Henderson outlasted #8 Belle Plaine in five in Minnesota River action. BP had a 2 point margin on the night, but still lost.

#10 Wadena-Deer Creek swept Bertha-Hewitt.

Lake City beat Kenyon-Wanamingo in five. Whitney Ryan had 20 kills for KW. Plus five results from the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Hayfield kept Winona Cotter on the year with a four set win with a 34 point margin. From the Winona Daily News.

In Hiawatha Valley action: Kasson-Mantorville beat Zumbrota-Mazeppa in fiver with a 9 point margin. Pine Island beat Byron in four sets with an 18 point margin. Triton beat LaCrescent in four with a margin of seven points.
In Three River action: Dover-Eyota swept Southland with a 23 point margin. Chatfield beat Rushford-Peterson in fiver with a margin of 16 points. All the above from the Rochester Post Bulletin.

United South Central won their 6th straight game and stopped NRHEG's 8 game winning streak in four set match with a margin of -1 oddly enough. Anna Schlaak had 20 kills for USC. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Worthington swept Tracy-Milroy-Balaton with a margin of 19 points. Martha Alwal had 17 points for the Trojans. Plus seven more results from the Worthington Daily Globe.

Benson outlasted Morris in a fiver with a margin of 12 points in West Central South. It was Benson coach Erick Hedman's 100th career win. Plus two other results from the West Central Tribune.

New London-Spicer swept LPGE with a margin of 18 points in West Central North action. Plus two other results in the West Central Tribune.

DGF swept Barnesville with a 30 point margin. From the Fargo Forum.

Next up: A results

Alexandria Punishes Willmar

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AAA
#3 St. Michael-Albertville beat Rogers in four with a margin of 33 points in Mississippi 8 action.

#4 Chaska swept Mayer Lutheran with a margin of 43 points. From the Chaska Herald.

#6 Waconia went five with Watertown-Mayer with a margin of 14 points in Wright County action.

#8 Blaine swept Maple Grove with a margin of 31 points in NW Suburban action.

#9 Woodbury swept Hastings with a margin of 31 points in Suburban East action.

#10 Owatonna swept Rochester Century with a margin of 24 points in Big 9 action. Kaileigh Lyke had 14 points for the Huskies. From the Owatonna People's Press and Rochester Post Bulletin.

Austin swept Waseca with a margin of 17 points. Rebekah Aase had 19 kills for the Packers. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Red Wing was disappointed with a four set win over Winona. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Lakeville South swept Northfield with a margin of 21 points. From the Northfield News.

Sauk Rapids swept St. Cloud Apollo with a margin of 26 points in Central Lakes action. Nikki Meinz had 13 points for the Storm. From the St. Cloud Times.

Sartell outlasted St. Cloud Tech in five with a margin of 17 points in Central Lakes action. Jenna Terhaar had 16 kills for the Sabers. Meagan Loesch had 21 points for the Tigers. Plus nine other results from the St. Cloud Times.

Alexandria swept Willmar with a 38 point margin in Central Lakes action. From the West Central Tribune.

Moorhead swept Detroit Lakes with a 24 point margin. From the Fargo Forum.

LATE RESULTS
Stillwater won the Coon Rapids tournament last Saturday. From the Stillwater Gazette.

BACK TO BASICS
Eden Prairie has returned to basics after last week's loss to Apple Valley. From the StarTribune.

WERE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE
St. Agnes' tallest player is 5-11. The next tallest is 5-2. Despite the lack of height St. Agnes has taken down bigger opponents. From the StarTribune.

Next up: AA Results