Concordia St. Paul Sweeps SW MN State

#3 posting 9.23.2006
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d2 reports
NORTHERN SUN
#3 Concordia St. Paul won thier 39th regular season win as they swept #24 SW MN State after a tight first game 32-30, 17, 24. The Marshall Independent also has a story.

#25 Wayne State had no problems with Upper Iowa 20, 12, 16 setting up todays confrontation with CSP.

Northern State went four with UM Crookston.

It took Mary five games to beat Bemidji State in their first NSIC meeting. The match took 2:45 to complete.

NORTH CENTRAL ACTION
Augustana won its third in a row with a tight 22, 28, 28 sweep of North Dakota. Augustana is 2-0 in NCC play. UND coach Katy Peterson is an Augustana grad.

#6 UM Duluth swept South Dakota, but needed extra points in the third game 15, 20, 32-30.
The Marshall Independent has a feature on UM Duluth player Sarah Wyffels.

MSU Mankato beat St. Cloud State in a five games winning games 2 and 4 and the final 15-13.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Stef Sandstrom, MSU Mankato 57 vs St. Cloud State 3-2
Sierra Nowak, St. Cloud State 54 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
3 games
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 51 vs South Dakota 3-0
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 45 vs SW MN State 3-0

DIGS
3 games
Abby Schmidt, Augustana 23 vs North Dakota 3-0
Chelsea Meierotto, UM Duluth 20 vs South Dakota 3-0

KILLS
5 games
Kristi Pangrac, St. Cloud State 22 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Lindsey Gothe, St. Cloud State 17 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
3 games
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 23 vs SW MN State 3-0
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 22 vs South Dakota 3-0
Terrin Post, Augustana 17 vs North Dakota 3-0
Heidi Evans, North Dakota 17 vs Augustana 0-3
Erin Contons, SW MN State 17 vs Concordia SP 0-3

Next up: D3/NAIA/& JUCO action but it will be later. I am off to Apple Valley

Slinger Has Triple Double

#2 posting 9.23.2006
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D1 ACTION
Here is the press release from Minnesota on their five game win over Northwestern.

HOW OTHER MN PLAYER'S TEAMS DID LAST NIGHT
Wisconsin topped Illinois in 3 games 26, 26, 25.

Central Florida lost to Southern Methodist in five. Jana Mitchell from Osseo only played three games of the set due to a sore back.

In another fiver Marquette beat Cincinnati. Chaska's Leslie Bielski had 6 kills and 7 block assists.

Wichita State upended Northern Iowa in three. Champlin Park's Amy Sampson had five kills, 1 solo block and two assists.

Cleveland State halted UW Green Bay in three. Faribault Bethlehem Academy's Betty Slinger had a triple double for UWGB--11 kills, 21 asssists and 12 digs in a losing effort. Sarah Rauen from North Branch had 7 kills and Leah Steinbauer from Medford had 2 kills and 5 block assists.

North Dakota State swept Delaware State in the Brown Invitational in Providence RI.

South Dakota State split their first two matches at the IPFW Invitational. They swept North Florida and they in turn were swept by the hosts.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Rachel Hartmann, Minnesota 48 vs Northwestern 3-2
3 games
Kristie Klusaw, South Dakota State 49 vs North Florida 3-0

DIGS
5 games
Malama Peniata, Minnesota 30 vs Northwestern 3-2
3 games
Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State 22 vs North Florida 3-0

KILLS
5 games
Kyla Roehrig, Minnesota 18 vs Northwestern 3-2
Meredith Nelson, Minnesota 16 vs Northwestern 3-2
3 games
Maria Carlini, Wisconsin 16 vs Illinois 3-0
Amy Anderson, South Dakota State 15 vs North Florida 3-0

Next up the D2 reports

Apple Valley Tournament Preview

#1 posting 9.23.2006
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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
Today I don't have a tournament of my own, so I will be headed to the premier tournament of the season in Apple Valley. All the heavy hitters will be there. Here are some reports
Shakopee from the Shakopee Valley News. You can watch WCCO's report on Chaska, Hibbing from the Hibbing Daily Tribune.
Marshall already has won twice and will be in the semifinals today. They opened with wins over Burnsville and Lake of the Woods in two & out games.

LATE THURSDAY RESULT
Crookston beat Warren-Alvarado-Oslo in four on Thursday. Crookston bounce back from a subpar performance on Tuesday. From the Crookston Times.

Next up: D1 reports from last night then D2, & D3. I will report on the Apple Valley Tournament later today.

Gophers, Northwestern Go 5

#3 posting 9.22.2006
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GOPHERS EDGE NORTHWESTERN
Minnesota defeated Northwestern in five tonight, but it was touch & go. Minnesota led 28-26 in game four when it slipped away. They couldn't get the key side out when it mattered.
They did come back for the win in game five with Meredith Nelson finishing points 13 and 14 with kills. Kelly Bowman had an ace to finish the night. Nelson hit .344 on the night. Kyla Roehrig had 18 kills.
You can take a look at the final stats from Northwestern site. Go to gametracker to see play by plays, and final stats.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Power Out for Esko & Carlton

#2 posting 9.22.2006
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POWER OUTAGE
Esko led Carlton 2-1 when the power went out in Esko. Both teams were in the fourth game tied at 13. The finish of this game has not been decided.

#6AA St. Cloud Cathedral handed Sauk Centre their first loss in West Central North play in four games.

Windom swept past Worthington in Southwest Conference action 9, 14, 14. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

NAIA ACTION
Crown stormed past North Central 26, 25, 22

LATE REPORTS
Eastview won Tuesday over Rosemount in an interdistrict match 15, 18, 21.
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley finished third in the Crosby-Ironton tournament last weekend. The game they would like back was the loss to Pine River-Backus. From the Walker Pilot-Independent.
Laporte was winless as of last week. The youngsters lost to Blackduck and Menahga last week. They now are 0-7 after last night's loss to Hill City. More in the Walker Pilot Independent.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ACES
5 games
Jenna Beckner, Bigfork 5 vs Northome-Kelliher 3-2
Shelby Goble, Bigfork 5 vs Northome-Kelliher 3-2

ASSISTS
4 games
AA
Nina Lindquist, St. Cloud Cathedral 37 vs Sauk Centre 3-1
3 games
NAIA
Annette Case, Crown 45 vs North Central 3-0
AAA
Carina Fesenmaier, Sauk Rapids 35 vs Little Falls 3-0
AA
Sannie Olson, Hermantown 41 vs Duluth Denfeld 3-0

DIGS
5 games
Jenna Beckner, Bigfork 21 vs Northome-Kelliher 3-2
Shelby Goble, Bigfork 20 vs Northome-Kelliher 3-2
4 games
AAA
Meredith Oistad, Sartell 28 vs St. Cloud Tech 3-1
Kasey Uran, Sartell 26 vs St. Cloud Tech 3-1
AA
Kaityln Funk, Sauk Centre 23 vs St. Cloud Cathedral 1-3
3 games
AAA
Kaiti Wachter, Eastview 24 vs Rosemount 0-3
AA
Courtney Borgerding, Melrose 21 vs Albany 3-0

KILLS
5 games
A
Jordan Beach, Bigfork 23 vs Northome-Kelliher 3-2
4 games
AAA
Brittany Euerle, Litchfield 17 vs Mound-Westonka 3-1
AA
Shanna Schmiesing, Sauk Centre 17 vs St. Cloud Cathedral 1-3
Anna Zyloski, St. Cloud Cathedral 15 vs Sauk Centre 3-1
3 games
NAIA
Jennifer Sunwall, Crown 20 vs North Central 3-0
AA
Sam Larsen, Albany 17 vs Melrose 0-3
Blair Murphy, Hermantown 16 vs Duluth Denfeld 3-0
A
Kayla Tschida, Upsala 20 vs Browerville 3-0

Next up: later tonight with a recap of the Gopher action in Northwestern.

Lakeview Upsets Central Christian

#1 posting 9.21.2006
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AAA ACTION
#3AAA Marshall continued its Southwest Conference dominance with a convincing 11, 10, 16 sweep of Redwood Valley.

Mississippi 8 leader Buffalo beat Rogers 3-1. Ericka Sudduth, Rogers' top hitter, injured her ankle on the first play of the game. From the Elk River Star News.

Rocori swept Willmar 19, 17, 19 in Central Lakes action. Tuesday Willmar had a big win against power Alexandria. From the West Central Tribune.

AA ACTION
#1 DGF swept Hawley 23, 21, 17 in Heart O'Lakes action. You will need to scroll past the Fargo results in the Fargo Forum.

#7AA BBE beat Pierz 3-1 only losing game three 26-24 in Central MN action. It is the second game in the coverage following MACCRAY's win. From the West Central Tribune.

In 3 straight games, #8AA Byron defeated Kenyon-Wanamingo. Scores were 25-11, 25-19, 25-18. The Bears had a balanced attack assisted by their 2 setters Steph Vosberg ( 11 set assists and 8 digs) and Brittlyn Olson (15 set assists). Ashley Pyfferoen had 10 kills and 7 digs, Jill Storlie had 9 kills, 12 digs, and 3 ace serves, Racquel Reker had 8 kills, 6 digs, and 4 ace blocks, and Nicole Koester had 3 kills and 7 digs. Byron is now 10-4 overall and 4-0 in the HVL. They play at Dover-Eyota on Monday.

Montevideo swept Benson and kept the lead in the West Central South. this and other WC South games from from the West Central Tribune.

Minnewaska went beyond the point total in their five game match against Paynesville. This in the WCT.

A ACTION
Lakeview stunned #3A Central Christian in four games in Camden action. I know the headlines say #4, but my information is CC is #3.

LAST WEEK
Cambridge-Isanti lost to Becker in five games. CI lost game one 26-24 and game four 25-23. On Saturday they lost to Forest Lake in three. It was another fiver on Tuesday against Coon Rapids with another loss. From the Isanti County News.

SHANE VISUALIZES SUCEESS
In a feature in the Fargo Forum Concordia Moorhead hitter Becca Shane explains how she uses concentration techniques in her game.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
4 games
AA
Kaia Korynta, Cliimax-Fisher 48 vs Norman Co West 3-1
A
Dana Blomquist, Kittson Central 49 vs EGF 3-1
3 games
AA
Sally Smith, Renville Co West 40 vs RTR 3-0
A
Kelli Smart, Ada-Borup 30 vs Win-E-Mac 3-0

DIGS
5 games
AA
Kayla Lieser, Paynesville 35 vs Minnewaska 2-3
4 games
AAA
Amy Neubauer, Rogers 28 vs Buffalo 1-3
AA
Taylor Thompsen, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 21 vs New London-Spicer 3-1
A
Chelsey Gniffke, Lakeview 29 vs Central Christian 3-1
Shelby Bahn, Lakeview 25 vs Central Christian 3-1

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Laura McLean, Cambridge-Isanti 23 vs Becker 2-3
Millie DeLine, Cambridge-Isanti 18 vs Becer 2-3
AA
Laura Schaefer, Paynesville 18 vs Minnewaska 2-3
4 games
AA
Devin Trefz, Bagley 29 vs Mahnomen 3-1
A
Kacie Portman, Climax-Fisher 22 vs Norman Co West 3-1
Rachel Noel, Kittson Central 21 vs East Grand Forks 3-1
Whitney Langen, Kittson Central 18 vs EGF 3-1
3 games
AA
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 15 vs Hawley 3-0
Megan Groen, Renville Co West 15 vs RTR 3-0
A
Kayli Schumacher, EGF Sacred Heart 18 vs Stephen-Argyle 3-0

Thanks to everyone that helps make this the go to site in volleyball. Your help is appreciated.

Next up: later this afternoon.

Volleyball Jones

#2 posting 9.21.2006
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GOPHER ALERT
Jessy Jones will be featured in the StarTribune tomorrow. Whispers of All American? The Gophers open the Big 10 season at Northwestern.

LATE RESULTS
Scroll down to the second item in the Fergus Falls Daily Journal. There you will see the story on Rothsay's five game win over Park Christian.

Randolph swept Concordia Bloomington last week 20, 15, 14. Earlier Randolph lost to United South Central in four games. Both stories in the Cannon Falls Beacon.

Pequot Lakes finished 0-4 at the Crosby-Ironton tournament, but gave hope with tough, close scores. More from the Lake Country Echo.

Spring Grove was 1-2 in the Waukon, Iowa tournament last weekend. Their win came against Central Elkader, IA. The two losses were Waukon and DeSoto, WI. On Tuesday SG swept Houston with a tight first game. More in the Spring Grove Herald.

SOUTH HAMMERS HENRY
Mpls South swept Henry in convincing fashion 13, 7, 16. Henry led 7-3 when the bottom fell out in game one. Kaeley Anderson served up 8 points in rotation 3 to give South a 12-7 lead. Henry was unable to get the first ball side out the rest of the way.
South got rolling in the second game on Elizabeth Gran's 8 service points followed by Ava Ramberg's 9 in the next serve.
In game three South established its dominance with a 10-2 lead after their third server. Henry never put together a run in game three.
The only Henry highlight was Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick's four aces.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
DIGS
A
Cassidy Whelan, Randolph 36 vs USC 1-3

KILLS
A
Kelly Lehn, Rothsay 22 vs Park Christian 3-2

Thanks to everyone that helps make this the go to site in volleyball. Your help is appreciated.

Next up: tomorrow with Thursday results.

Gustavus Upsets Carleton

#1 posting 9.21.2006
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D1 Feature
KATIE VATTERRODT
Katie Vatterrodt, a sophomore for Minnesota, is featured in the MN Daily.

D2 News
SW MN STATE/CSP MATCH
SW MN State is looking for the first win over Concordia St. Paul in the tenure of Terry Culhane. They have lost 11 times to their Northern Sun rival with three SW MN coaches involved. They play in Marshall on Friday. This is the start of a two game road trip for CSP. They also play Wayne State. From the Marshall Independent.

MIAC ACTION
Gustavus upset #16 Carleton in five games in Northfield. Gustavus is still undefeated in conference action. It was the second straight MIAC loss for Carleton. Gustavus is 10-3 overall, 2-0 in the conference.
Hamline topped St. Olaf in four also in Northfield. Both teams are now 1-1.
#6 St. Thomas picked up a sweep over #23 St. Benedict. These two teams are also 1-1.

WIAC ACTION
LaCrosse went five with Whitewater winning game five 17-15 to open the WIAC season.
#11 Oshkosh dropped game two, but picked up the rest in a four game match with #19 Platteville.
River Falls had the brooms out for Superior in a 19, 22, 11 sweep.

HS News
#4 A Mabel-Canton had no problems last week with a 13, 9, 12 sweep of LeRoy-Ostrander. from the Mabel News Record.
Also MC's MH Tori Lind is featured in the Winona Daily News.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Bridget Burtzel, Gustavus 58 vs Carleton 3-2
Samantha Dries, UW LaCrosse 54 vs UW Whitewater 3-2
4 games
Jenny Nichols, Hamline 54 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Audrey Volstad, St. Olaf 49 vs Hamline 1-3
Kelly Laschinger, UW Platteville 48 vs UW Oshkosh 1-3

DIGS
5 games
Emily Klein, Gustavus 38 vs Carleton 3-2
Laura Barsness, Carleton 29 vs Gustavus 2-3
Amber Schoonover, UW LaCrosse 26 vs UW Whitewater 3-2
4 games
Jenna Witt, Hamline 24 vs St. Olaf 3-1
3 games
Katie Kremer, St. Thomas 20 vs St. Benedict 3-0

KILLS
5 games
Andrea Kron, Gustavus 22 vs Carleton 3-2
Jennifer Thelemann, Gustavus 20 vs Carleton 3-2
Aimee Zepnick, UW LaCrosse 17 vs UW Whitewater 3-2
Megan La Chapelle, Carleton 16 vs Gustavus 2-3
4 games
Shelby Hyllengren, Hamline 23 vs St. Olaf 3-1
Andrea Otteman, St. Olaf 20 vs Hamline 1-3
Rachel Chapman, UW Platteville 18 vs UW Oshkosh 1-3

Thanks to everyone that helps make this the go to site in volleyball. Your help is appreciated.

Next up: Later tonight, Like after 10 pm

Osseo Tops Meadow Creek

#3 posting 9.20.2006
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LATE TUESDAY RESULTS
Osseo beat #5 A Meadow Creek Christian in five last night. The Orioles finished with a 15-13 win. Melissa Henderson had 19 kills and Tia Russell had 10. Casey Carroll had 3 blocks on the night. Osseo evens their record at 5-5, Meadow Creek is at 5-3-1. Osseo faces Andover on Thursday.

Crookston has developed a habit of falling behind early. It is not a good habit to get into. East Grand Forks took advantage of that trait with a 15, 9, 18 win. from the Crookston Times.

St. Cloud State swept UM Crookston as reported earlier. What wasn't reported earlier was the Crookston Times' version of events.

LAST WEEK
Chatfield split the week with a loss to #2 Stewartville and a win over Three Rivers foe St. Charles. They are now 3-0 in the TRC. From the Chatfield News.

TONIGHT
Minneapolis Henry swept Minneapolis Roosevelt 10, 15, 18. Lucia Carver had 7 aces, and Stef Zappa had 6 to propel the Patriot victory. This game's subplot: Jill Kalvik, the current Roosevelt head coach, was on the Henry staff for the past two years. Henry FBSO was at .519; and Roosevelt .407.

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Next up: tomorrow morning

Concordia Moorhead Dodges Augsburg Bullet

#2 posting 9.20.2006
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MORE AWARDS
Malama (better known in HS as Marci) Peniata was Big 10 defensive player of the week. Her absence was felt when she was sitting out for NCAA rules violations. Ball control was better with her in.

MIAC ACTION
Augsburg put a scare on Concordia Moorhead in a 5 game ordeal. Augsburg was down 2-0, but won the next two 23, 22. In the crucial fifth game CM got their mojo back 15-7. From the Fargo Forum and Concordia's press release.

Macalester swept St. Mary's 33-31, 26, 22 in the only other MIAC game.

NAIA ACTION
Northwestern split a triangular beating North Central, and falling to Viterbo. Viterbo had two wins on the day, North Central two losses.

HS RESULTS
#5 Eden Prairie upset #1 AAA Chaska on Tuesday at home in four. Chaska took the first game, but EP took the next three. #2 Lakeville North beat #10 AA Mayer Lutheran in four. They may move up to #1 next week.

St. Cloud Apollo beat cross town rival Tech 3-1 in a Central Lakes match up.

Sauk Centre is now 15-1 after a 3-1 win over neighboring Melrose in West Central North action. Also in the article from the St. Cloud Times, Cathedral's sweep of Albany.

In a battle of Cardinals it was Redwood Valley sweeping Luverne 17, 19, 23. RWV is 7-2 on the year. From the Redwood Falls Gazette.

Moorhead had little problem taking out Alexandria in a match between 8AAA powers 13, 27-25, 18.
Rothsay beat Park Christian in five wasting 20 kills by Megan Jordahl. Both stories from the Fargo Forum.

SW Star beat Edgerton in four with the third game 26-24 win by SW Star the momentum changer.
Fulda was down to SW MN Christian 2-0 before rallying for three straight wins. More resuls in this story. Both stories from the Worthington Daily Globe.

#7AA BBE was beaten by Litchfield in five. Litchfield was up 2-0 when BBE came back with 17, 20 wins in games 3 & 4. From the West Central Tribune.

Carlton is 5-0 after a convincing 9, 12, 11 sweep of Cromwell. Carlton (a AA team) also wins against Cloquet and Stillwater (both AAA). from the Cloquet Pine Journal.

Forest Lake had one opponent last week--Cambridge-Isanti--and they swept them 16, 18, 12. From the Forest Lake Times.

UNIFORM IDEAS
Last night at the Andover/Wayzata match I had to watch two uniforms that can do a better job. Yellow/gold on white is just a bad idea. I had a hard time seeing/reading the numbers and I was in the front row. Use the dark color for the number if you wear white. The fans will like it, and when the games get on tv the announcers will love it.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 Games
AAA
Chelsea Ujdur, Duluth Denfeld 42 vs Duluth Marshal 3-2
4 games
A
Chelsey Cranston, SW Star 45 vs Edgerton 3-1
Ashley Karschnik, MLBO 45 vs WWG 1-3

DIGS
5 games
D3
Haley Bower, Augsburg 33 vs Concordia Moorhead 2-3
Anna Walden, Concordia Moorhead 30 vs Augsburg 3-2
Julie Jenkins, Augsburg 25 vs Concordia Moorhead 2-3
Michelle Honek, Augsburg 22 vs Concordia Moorhead 2-3
Angie Bonde, Concordia Moorhead 22 vs Augsburg 3-2
AAA
Tonya Croger, Duluth Denfeld 25 vs Duluth Marshall 3-2
A
Ashley Benson, Dawson-Boyd 53 vs Lincoln HI 3-2
Mandy Gunderman, Fulda 26 vs SW MN Christian 3-2
Brittany Freese, Fulda 22 vs SW MN Christian 3-2
Amber Buys, SW MN Christian 20 vs Fulda 2-3
4 games
AAA
Aryn O’Brien, Monticello 32 vs Delano 1-3
A
Chelsey Knutson, SW Star 25 vs Edgerton 3-1
Shannon Hussong, SW Star 23 vs Edgerton 3-1

KILLS
5 games
D3
Katie LaGrave, Augsburg 17 vs Concordia Moorhead 2-3
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 16 vs Augsburg 3-2
AAA
Brittany Euerle, Litchfield 20 vs BBE 3-2
AA
April Hansen, BBE 23 vs Litchfield 2-3
Megan Groen, Renville Co West 20 vs KMS 3-2
A
Megan Jordahl, Park Christian 20 vs Rothsay 3-2
Ashley Peterson, Park Christian 16 vs Rothsay 3-2
4 games
AAA
Danielle Lucia, St. Cloud Apollo 23 vs St. Cloud Tech 3-1
AA
Shanna Schmiesing, Sauk Centre 23 vs Melrose 3-1
A
Linnea Henkels, SW Star 21 vs Edgerton 3-1
Amy Kallemeyn, Edgerton 16 vs SW Star 1-3
3 games
D3
Sonia Muzikarova, Macalester 16 vs St. Mary's 3-0
AA
Anna Zyvoloski, St. Cloud Cathedral 17 vs Albany 3-0

Next up: later tonight

MSU Mankato Upsets SW MN State

#1 posting 9.20.2006
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D2 ACTION
NON CON
MSU Mankato upset #24 MN SW State 3-1 only falling in game two. This was MSU Mankato's second straight win over a top 25 team. Erin Contons' 23 kills were wasted by SW MN State. The Mankato Free Press also has a story with the spotlight shining on Cassie Wolpern. Also the Marshall Independent has their views.

Augustana swept Northern State 16, 22, 21 as Abby Schmidt became career Augustana dig leader now with 1699.

St. Cloud State made it three zip for the North Central in their matchups with the Northern Sun as they swept UM Crookston. The St. Cloud Times also has some information.

NORTHERN SUN
Winona State went the distance in a five game win over Northern Sun newcomer Upper Iowa. Winona State lost game four 30-27, but came back with a convincing 15-7 fifth game win.

HS ACTION
Byron improved it's overall record to 9-4 overall and 3-0 in the HVL by defeating Hayfield in 3 straight games. Scores were 25-13, 25-22, 26-24. Leading the Bears' attack was 6'0" Senior Outside Hitter Ashley Pyfferoen with a season high 18 kills. Junior Middle Hitter Jill Storlie added 11 kill and 10 digs, Senior Middle Hitter Racquel Reker 5 kills and 6 digs, Senior outside hitter Nicole Koester 3 kills and 13 digs. Senior setter Steph Vosberg had 14 set assists and 7 digs and Freshman Brittlyn Olson had 18 set assists, 3 ace serves, and 4 digs for the Bears. Byron will face Kenyon-Wanamingo on Thurs. in their next contest.

Chelsea Naegle of Fillmore Central had 20/20 vision with 23 kills and 21 digs in a 3-1 win over Rushford-Peterson. This game & more in the Winona Daily News.

LeRoy-Ostrander swept Grand Meadow 15, 21, 23 in Southeast action. from the Austin Daily Herald.

Marshall mowed down Willmar 7, 18, 22. Amanda Beekman continued her hot hitting with 18 kills for the Tigers. From the Marshall Independent, and the West Central Tribune.

In the battle of initials TMB took RTR in five games. Games four and five went extra distance with TMB winning both 27-25 and 17-15.

LATE RESULTS
Cherry shook off a first game loss in a 3-1 win over Floodwood. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ACES
5 games
A
Alissa Johnson, RTR 8 vs TMB 2-3

ASSISTS
5 games
Lisa Dobie, Winona State 49 vs Upper Iowa 3-2
4 games
D2
Stef Sandstrom, MSU Mankato 47 vs SW MN State 3-1
3 games
D2
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 52 vs Northern State 3-0
Sierra Nowak, St. Cloud State 49 vs UM Crookston 3-0

DIGS
5 games
A
Brittany Gravley, RTR 21 vs TMB 2-3
4 games
D2
Mandy Reuter, MSU Mankato 24 vs SW MN State 3-1
Lauren Swain, SW MN State 23 vs MSU Mankato 1-3
Lisa Rohret, MSU Mankato 21 vs SW MN State 3-1
AA
Chelsea Nagle, Fillmore Central 21 vs Rushford-Peterson 3-1

KILLS
5 games
D2
Carmen Stankowski, Winona State 21 vs Upper Iowa 3-2
A
Michele Lanoue, TMB 18 vs RTR 3-2
4 games
D2
Erin Contons, SW MN State 23 vs MSU Mankato 1-3
Cassie Wolpern, MSU Mankato 16 vs SW MN State 3-1
AAA
Megan Carlson, Andover 23 vs Wayzata 3-1
Lauren Baufield, Wayzata 15 vs Andover 1-3
AA
Chelsea Nagle, Fillmore Central 23 vs Rushford-Peterson 3-1
3 games
D2
Kristi Pangrac, St. Cloud State 16 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Andrea Oswald, Augustana 15 vs Northern State 3-0
Erin Flynn, UM Crookston 15 vs St. Cloud State 0-3
AAA
Amanda Beekman, Marshall 18 vs Willmar 3-0
AA
Ashley Pyfferoen, Byron 18 vs Hayfield 3-0

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Out & About: Andover/Wayzata

#2 posting 9.19.2006
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ANDOVER 3, WAYZATA 1

Andover beat Wayzata in a non conference match between two of the top teams in AAA. Andover took the first two games 25-21, 25-23, before stubbing their toe in game three 15-25. They quickly regained their form for a 25-15 win in game four.

In game one Andover broke a 5-5 tie with a side out and three points, including two aces, on Krista Erickson's serve to make it 9-6. Sarah Kurtovich served up two points to make it 12-6 when Wayzata need to talk about it. They got the side out on Tia Gaffen's kill. This started a 7-1 run by Wayzata that tied the game at 13. Andover again reclaimed the lead with a 5-1 run puncuated by Amy Olson's ace. But Wayzata went on a 6-2 run to tie it at 20. On point 20 Andover had a kill, but was caught in the net, the first of five on the night. Andover finished with a 5-1 run. Hannah Parks serve ended on a setting error. Kurtovich served point 22 with a block by Deena Ewert. Wayzata narrowed it to 22-21 with a dual block by Jessie Lasher and Tia Gaffen. Andover got the side out with an overpass kill by Megan Carlson. Carlson served out the game with two hitting errors by Wayzata.

Game two had the Wayzata imprint on it. They led early at 3-1 and maintained that two point margin, more or less, until the game was at 20-18. Neither team had any sizeable runs as each team was siding out at a good clip. Andover's 19th point came on a sideout back row attack by Carlson. A Wayzata hitting error tied the game. Wayzata sided out with a block by Ellis and Lauren Baufield. Andover got the ball back due to a Wayzata net violation. This side out went on until on Krista Erickson's serve Andover scored on a Wayzata passing error 23-22. Wayzata tied it on a slide kill by Gaffen. Carlson got the sideout for Andover, their 9th straight side out, on a kill from the middle. Andover took game two on another Wayzata hitting error.

Lauren Baufield came out possessed in game three with two straight kills and three in the first five points. She ended up with 8 kills in this game alone. Wayzata led 8-2 after Meghan Ellis' serve. Andover did take a time out at 8-1. The siding out that got Andover the victory in game two disappeared as they failed to get it done on the first three Wayzata serves. Wayzata led 19-8 on a three serve run by Dale before the side out game returned. Wayzata won point 25 on a passing error by Andover.

Andover had a mirror reversal in the fourth game jumping to the early lead at 7-0. Wayzata took a timeout at 5-0, but Heidi Larson was able to get two more points from her serve. The Andover side out strength reasserted itself with six straight. By the time Wayzata was able to score again from their own serve it was 17-7. On Erickson's serve Andover led 23-11. Parks for Wayzata did manage to get three points off her serve, but Carlson ended that with a kill to make it 24-14. A missed serve gave it back to Wayzata, and Ewert ended the night with a kill from the middle. It was the first earned point to finish a game tonight.

rotation, Name, position, aces, blocks, kills, total points
NUMBER CRUNCHING
ANDOVER
#1br Heidi Larson, L 1-0-0---1
#1fr Deena Ewert, MH 0-1-2--3
#2br Amy Olson, S 1-0-0---1
#2fr Samantha Neunsinger, RH 0-.5-3--3.5
#3 Lauren Cipperly, OH 1-1-8--10
#4 Krista Erickson, MH 2-3.5-8--13.5
#5br Sarah Kurtovich, S 1-0-0--1
#5fr Alex Nelson, RH 0-0-2--2
#6 Megan Carlson, OH 0-0-23--23
Totals: 6-6-46--58, 32 points on Wayzata errors

WAYZATA
#1 Holly Dale, S 1-0-2---3
#2 Jessie Lasher, OH 1-1-6--8
#3 Meghan Ellis, MH 0-2.5-6--8.5
#4 Lauren Baufield, RH 1-1-15--17
#5 Hannah Parks, OH 1-0-3--4
#6br Julie Droegemueller, L 2-0-0--2
#6fr Tia Gaffen, MH 0-.5-8--8.5
Totals: 6-40-5---51, 33 points on Andover errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Megan Carlson

Team, First Ball Side Out, points scored, % points earned, % points allowed
Andover 34/40--.850, 90, .644; .393
Wayzata 27/40--.675, 84, .607; .356
This was the best rally side out game I have seen this fall. Andover's .850 was solid. And Wayzata's .675 would be great in most of the games I have seen. Shakopee last night was at .677.

Here is the Andover point production by Rotation
1 21-20 +1
2 13-11 +2
3 14-12 +2
4 18-17 +1
5 15-13 +2
6 8-12 -4
No one rotation ruled, but a consistent advantage, except for 6 who gave up four points in one serve in game one and another four in game three.

Here is the Wayzata point production by Rotation
1 15-19 -4
2 20-13 +7
3 11-14 -3
4 12-18 -6
5 16-17 -1
6 10-9 +1
Only two rotations in the positive zone for Wayzata. But rotation 2 was the best on the night for either team.

Next up: tomorrow morning

DGF Tops Moorhead in 5

#1 posting 9.19.2006
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DGF BEATS MOORHEAD
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (#1 AA) beat larger neighbor Moorhead for the first time on Monday in five, but the trailed 2-0 before getting the job done. The final game went 15-13.

AWARDS
I think they might want to call the Setter award in the North Central Conference the Gangelhoff award as UM Duluth setter Katie Gangelhoff won it for the fourth time in a row for last week. She did have to share with the honor with Sierra Novak of St. Cloud State. Gangelhoff's teammate Vicky Braegelmann also picked up an offensive award her third honor this year. St. Cloud State's Kristi Pangrac shared the honor with Braegelmann. Blythe Johnson of Augustana did not share the defensive award.

Wayne State took top awards this week in the Northern Sun. Emily Schroeder (offense) and Laura Dolezal and Brittany Coleman (setter) all won the big three awards. Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul (setter) was the only non Wayne Stater to crack the lineup sharing the setting award with Coleman.

In the MIAC Becca Shane of Concordia Moorhead took the offensive award and Janet Sully for St. Olaf won the defensive award.

HS RESULTS
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial beat Mankato Loyola in a five game marathon. LCWM won games four and five 25-22, 15-13. From the Mankato Free Press.
Caledonia topped Dover-Eyota in four Monday. From the Winona Daily News.

D2 BATTLE TONIGHT
MSU Mankato will host #25 SW MN State in a NCC/Northern Sun crossover game tonight in Mankato.

LATE HS RESULTS
Crookston was 1-2 over the weekend in the Hawley tournament. You will have to scroll down past the soccer scores in the Crookston Times.

JUCO STORIES
Hibbing has good chemistry due to Kristin Riesgraf and Stephanie Morrisette according to Mike Turnbull, head coach. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

FEATURES
Brook Dieter was at Bethany and now she is at Bloomington Kennedy, but she is only there for volleyball. She is taking classes at Normandale. Here is more on the Minnesota recruit and the reasons behind her switch.
Winona State volleyball coach Connie Mettille is recovering from the car accident suffered in December by a player she was coaching in JOs in an ironic twist.
Both stories from the StarTribune.
Cherry lost to Chisholm last week and bounced back later with a win over Ely. But this article goes more into the defensive emphasis of Cherry. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ACES
4 games
AA
Alecia Fructhe, Caledonia 8 vs Dover-Eyota 3-1

ASSISTS
5 games
Schwartzenberger, Moorhead 42 vs DGF 2-3

DIGS
5 games
Liljestrand, DGF 33 vs Moorhead 3-2
Eldred, Moorhead 20 vs DGF 2-3

KILLS
5 games
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 22 vs Moorhead 3-2
Jenna Green, DGF 15 vs Moorhead 3-2
Jenny Cerar, Moorhead 17 vs DGF 2-3
4 games
Kirstin Cook, Blaine 15 vs Duluth East 3-1

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next up later tonight with another out & about

Out & About: Shakopee/Hopkins

#2 posting 9.18.2006
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SHAKOPEE 3, HOPKINS 0

In a non conference match up Shakopee swept host Hopkins 17, 11, 15.

Shakopee started off on the right foot with four service points from Kaitlin O'Brien. Hopkins did close to 6-5 with a pair of kills by Cali Carnahan and #12 (Alex Luther?). Once Shakopee sided out they added four points off Jessica Menden's serve including two aces. After the second ace Hopkins took a time out. They did side out and scored one point on a Emily Foster dump. But Hopkins did not get side outs, while Shakopee did close the door. Hopkins burned another time out at 20-10 after a bump kill that the Hopkins defense didn't cover. They got the ball back on a rotation call, one of three for Shakopee on the night. On Emily Anderson's serve for Hopkins they closed to 22-16. A net violation gave the ball back to Shako and Maggie Geske put down an ace before serving into the net. O'Brien finished game one with a kill from the right side.

Shako took control early in game two and rode that momentum to the win. After the third Shako server the Sabers were up 9-4. Hopkins took their first time at 13-7 after a push kill error by Foster. They got the ball back on the Brittney Schroers missed serve. Mollie Geske took Shako to 16-9 and older sister Maggie served out the game with seven straight points including three aces. Maggie had five kills in this game.

In game three Shakopee again took control early after Mollie's serve the Sabers led 6-4. The game remained close during this stretch with Shakopee up 12-11 after another rotation call on Megan Theis' serve. Shakopee closed the game with a 13-4 run on the strength of Mollie Geske, Jessica Menden, and Maggie Geske's serve. Hopkins never was able to get the first ball side out.

Serve order, Name, position, Aces-Blocks-Kills
SHAKOPEE
#1 Kaitlin O'Brien, RH 2-0-4--6
#2 Megan Theis, OH 0-0-3--3
#3 Mollie Geske, L 0-0-1--1
#4 Jessica Menden, S 3-1-2--6
#5 Maggie Geske, OH 7-0-11--18
#6 Brittney Schroers, MH 1-1-1---3
Others
Bri Duff, OH 0-0-2--2
Sam Erath, RH 0-0-2---2
Ashley Whitman, OH 0-0-1--1
Totals: 13-2-27---42, 33 points on Hopkins errors

HOPKINS
#1 Emily Foster, S 0-0-2---2
#2 Courtney Rose, OH 2--.5--2---4.5
# Becca Tomasko, L 0-0-0---0
#4 Emily Anderson, RH 0-0-3---3
#5 #12 (Alex Luther?), OH 1-0-2--3
#6 Cali Carnahan, MH 0-0-2--2
Others
Sonja Anderson 0-0-.5---.5
Totals: 3-1-11---15, 28 points on Shakopee errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Maggie Geske

NUMBER CRUNCHING
Team, First Ball Side Out, % points earned, % points allowed
Shakopee 21/31--.677; .560; .651
Hopkins 12/32---.375; .349; .440
obviously first ball side out is a winner for Shakopee. Shakopee had better ball handling as they were in system more often than not.

Here is the Shakopee point production
1 11-8 +3
2 8-8 0
3 14-9 +5
4 14-9 +5
5 21-5 +16
6 6-4 +2
As you can see #5 (Maggie Geske) dominated

Here is the Hopkins point production
1 10-11 -1
2 9-11 -2
3 7-23 -16
4 8-11 -3
5 4-8 -4
6 5-11 -6
Rotation 3 faced the wrath of Maggie in game two and three.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Gopher, Winona Cotter Recaps

#1 posting 9.18.2006
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GOPHER RECAP
I already posted a couple of stories about last weekend's Diet Coke Classic where the Gophers mowed down the opposition. Now the MN Daily has a recap of the events.

WINONA COTTER SPA CHAMPS
Here is how Winona Cotter spent their Saturday winning the St. Paul Academy Tournament. They beat Fridley in three games with a 15-10 final game. The WC bus didn't arrive late. Also in the recap Winona's Farmington tournament results are mentioned.

Next up: later tonight with a game report.

Bus Forfeit

#4 & final posting 9.17.2006
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Chaska swept Moorhead behind Allie Oelke's 22 kills 22, 11, 22. This game and others in the Fargo/Moorhead area in the Fargo Forum.

HS Tournament Recaps
Rogers finished 2-2 in the Sauk Rapids Tournament. They opened with a 3 game win over Dassel-Cokato, and then lost to the hosts in two. St. Cloud Cathedral did the same two & out. Rogers finished the day with a three game win over Mora. From the Elk River Star News.

St. Cloud Cathedral won the Sauk Rapids tournament beating the hosts in the championship game. You will need to scroll down the HS recap section of the St. Cloud Times, but you will find team stats for the St. Cloud area schools. You will also get info on the Big Lake and North Branch tourneys.

I know people are breathlessly awaiting the SPA tourney results.

Well I got to Mpls Henry about 6:35 to wait for a 7 am bus to take us to the game. Unfortunately the bus was at SPA waiting to take us to Henry. Somewhere the bus folks got the wires crossed. We had an 8 am game against SPA. We get there at 8:20 and they tell us we had to forfeit the first game "to keep on schedule." So my players had to pay for the sins of the bus company and SPA got a pass. We could have played the games since it was only a two game max anyway. In the "second" game Henry led 9-5 early on, SPA took their first lead at 10-9. They continued to build on that lead and led by five at 20-15 and led 24-19 when they missed their serve. Wendy Vang served up three points all scored on SPA hitting errors to make the score 24-23, but Xylina Yang didn't control the ball and SPA escaped with the "match" with a 2-0 win at 25-23. Both teams had 1st ball sideout numbers at .417.

Henry faced Fridley in the pool next and Fridley led 5-2 early. Henry hung around with a 15-12 Fridley advantage when Fridley went on a 10-3 run to finish game one. Henry only picked up three points off their serve. Game two was all Fridley as they raced to an 8-0 lead on Caitlin McKernon's serve. For the match Fridley had FBSO at .737 and Henry .494.

Trinity was the next pool opponent and Henry picked up their only win with a 12, 15 sweep. Trinity led in game one 6-4 when Kiah Hanssen-Kilpatrick stepped to the service line. When she stepped away Henry Led 18-6. She serve up 14 points, 9 on aces as Trinity was having receiving issues. In game two Trinity led 13-11 before Carrie Moua and Wendy Vang had runs of 5 and 7 to finish the match. Henry had FBSO at .500, Trinity .462.

That set up a 5th place match with St. Anthony from pool B. StA had no real problems in game one as they jumped to a 6-0 lead. That set the tone for the rest of the game and StA won 25-9. In game two Henry led as late as 12-10. But rotation 6 gave up the lead 14-13. Henry trailed 19-17 after a Matha Her ace, but a kill from the right stopped her serve and the Patriots never got the ball back. FBSO had StA at .529, and Henry a miserable .167.

Tournament Winners
Big Lake: Rocori over Faribault
Delano: Delano over St. Michael-Albertville
Farmington: Jordan over Owatonna
Hawley:
Henry Sibley: Spring Lake Park over Edina
Mound-Westonka: Holy Angels over Mound-Westonka
North Branch: North Branch
Pelican Rapids: Bertha-Hewitt
St. Paul Academy: Winona Cotter over Fridley
Sauk Rapids: St. Cloud Cathedra over Sauk Rapids
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo: Thief River Falls

Next up: tomorrow morning

St. Thomas Shares UW Oshkosh Title

#3 posting 9.17.2006
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D3 Recap
MIAC ACTION
#7 Concordia Moorhead beat #16 Carleton in four. The Cobbers lost game one 30-28 and then had a 23, 21, 19 finish.

TOURNAMENT ACTION
#6 UW Eau Claire finished undefeated at the Gargoyle Classic in Chicago. They beat Illinois College and Lake Forest in three on Saturday. They went the distance with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and then swept University of Chicago on Friday.

#23 UW Platteville beat host #19 St. Benedict to win the championship in the St. Benedict Tournament. St. Ben's also has total results and All Tournament. Dana Alf, UW Platteville was MVP.

UW LaCrosse won their own tournament this weekend. They swept to victories on Saturday over UM Morris and Wartburg in the championship match.

#4 St. Thomas shared the title in the UW Oshkosh tournament. St. Thomas started Saturday with 4 game win over #9 UW Whitewater. Against the #11 hosts St. Thomas fell in five. Whitewater beat Oshkosh to make it a 3 way tie. Rachelle Dosch and Kristin Storrs made the all Tournament team.

St. Scholastica finished 4-0 in the St. Scholastica/UW Superior Border Battle. But they had to labor to do it. They had two five game matches on Saturday with a 2-0 comeback win over Viterbo and UW Superior.

NON CONS
Gustavus beat neighboring Bethany Lutheran of Mankato 21, 17, 23 on Friday.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Katie Berscheit, St. Scholastica 58 vs Vitberbo 3-2
Katie Berscheit, St. Scholastica 58 vs UW Superior 3-2
Alicia Fairchild, UW Superior 56 vs St. Scholastica 2-3
4 games
Kelly Laschinger, UW Platteville 58 vs St. Benedict 3-1

DIGS
5 games
Diana Moody, St. Scholastica 30 vs UW Superior 3-2
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 28 vs Nebraska Wesleyan 3-2
Samantha Blake, UW Superior 28 vs St. Scholastica 2-3
Katie Berscheit, St. Scholastica 26 vs Vitberbo 3-2
Diana Moody, St. Scholastica 22 vs Vitberbo 3-2
Amy Thompson, St. Scholastica 20 vs Viterbo 3-2
4 games
Michelle Honek, Concordia Moorhead 30 vs Carleton 3-1
Laura Barsness, Carleton 28 vs Concordia Moorhead 1-3
Rachel Chapman, UW Platteville 23 vs St. Benedict 3-1
Laura Zwach, St. Benedict 23 vs UW Platteville 1-3
Amy Renick, UW Platteville 20 vs St. Benedict 3-1
3 games
Brianne Stankus, UW LaCrosse 20 vs Wartburg 3-0

KILLS
5 games
Shawna Varichak, St. Scholastica 25 vs Viterbo 3-2
Emma Bryant, UW Superior 22 vs St. Scholastica 2-3
Shawna Varichak, St. Scholastica 20 vs UW Superior 3-2
Amy Thompson, St. Scholastica 19 vs Viterbo 3-2
Jessie Ebel, UW Superior 17 vs St. Scholastica 2-3
Erin Niles, St. Scholastica 17 vs UW Superior 3-2
Teri Knapper, St. Benedict 15 vs Nebraska Wesleyan 3-2
Amy Thompson, St. Scholastica 15 vs UW Superior 3-2
4 games
Dana Alf, UW Platteville 23 vs St. Benedict 3-1
Emily Stessman, St. Benedict 19 vs UW Platteville 1-3
Rachel Chapman, UW Platteville 18 vs St. Benedict 3-1
3 games
Becca Shane, Concordia Moorhead 20 vs Carleton 3-1
Jodi Dunbar, UW Eau Claire 17 vs Illinois College 3-0
Jodi Dunbar, UW Eau Claire 15 vs Lake Forest 3-0

Next up: one more posting today--about the HS tourney results yesterday.

UMD, Concordia SP Roll in Conference Openers

#2 posting 9.17.2006
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D2 Recap

NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE
#5 UM Duluth won twice this weekend over #13 UN Omaha 20, 23, 23 on Friday and North Dakota 22, 16, 20 on Saturday. UNO and UND each have their own take on the games.

Before the UMD game North Dakota opened the NCC play with a 3-1 win over St. Cloud State. UND won an marathon fourth game 34-32 for the match.

MSU Mankato won the battle of the Mavericks beating UN Omaha in five. UNO led 2-1 before MSU Mankato won game four 30-24 and the final game 16-14.

Augustana topped South Dakota at home despite losing game one 3-1.

NORTHERN SUN
#3 Concordia St. Paul won twice this weekend with sweeps over Winona State and Upper Iowa. CSP only gave up 21 points once to each team.

MSU Moorhead had two sweeps over Northern State and Mary.

SW MN State also had a pair of wins over UM Crookston and Bemidji State. Erin Contons continued her hot hitting with 24 kills against UMC.

Bemidji State was swept by Wayne State on Friday.

UM Crookston also was swept by Wayne State.

CROSSOVER
St. Cloud State picked up a win over Winona State at home on Sunday in five games.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Sierra Nowak, St. Cloud State 64 vs Winona State 3-2
Stef Sandstrom, MSU Mankato 61 vs UN Omaha 3-2
Katie Agnew, UN Omaha 55 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
4 games
Sierra Nowak, St. Cloud State 51 vs North Dakota 1-3
Lisa Hoegh, Augustana 51 vs South Dakota 3-1
3 games
Brittany Coleman, Wayne State 56 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Julie Vancura, MSU Moorhead 52 vs Northern State 3-0
Maggie McNamara, Concordia St. Paul 48 vs Upper Iowa 3-0
Brittany Coleman, Wayne State 47 vs Bemidji State 3-0

DIGS
5 games
Lisa Rohret, MSU Mankato 28 vs UN Omaha 3-2
Stacie Wemhoff, UN Omaha 27 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Christina Reicks, UN Omaha 22 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
4 games
Lauren Swain, SW MN State 28 vs Bemidji State 3-1
Amber Kobus, South Dakota 23 vs Augustana 1-3
3 games
Chelsea Meierotto, UM Duluth 21 vs North Dakota 3-0

KILLS
5 games
Carlie Christensen, UN Omaha 23 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
Kristi Pangrac, St. Cloud State 20 vs Winona State 3-2
Dana Ostertag, MSU Mankato 19 vs UN Omaha 3-2
Lindsey Gothe, St. Cloud State 18 vs Winona State 3-2
Cassie Wolpern, MSU Mankato 17 vs UN Omaha 3-2
Christina Reicks, UN Omaha 15 vs MSU Mankato 2-3
4 games
Andrea Oswald, Augustana 22 vs South Dakota 3-1
Ashley Gross, South Dakota 20 vs Augustana 1-3
Megan Wendorff, SW MN state 20 vs Bemidji State 3-1
Terrin Post, Augustana 19 vs South Dakota 3-1
Mary Blume, North Dakota 17 vs St. Cloud State 3-1
Heidi Evans, North Dakota 15 vs St. Cloud State 3-1
Lindsey Gothe, St. Cloud State 15 vs North Dakota 1-3
3 games
Erin Contons, SW MN State 24 vs UM Crookston 3-0
Jessica Lucia, Concordia St. Paul 19 vs Upper Iowa 3-0
Emily Schroeder, Wayne State 18 vs UM Crookston 0-3
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 18 vs North Dakota 3-0
Meagan Brandon, MSU Moorhead 17 vs Northern State 3-0
Megan Norling, MSU Moorhead 17 vs Northerna State 3-0
Brittney Van Beek, Wayne State 17 vs Bemidji State 3-0
Brie Groskreutz, Bemidji State 16 vs Wayne State 0-3

Next up: D3 recap

Wisconsin Wins San Diego Tourney

#1 posting 9.17.2006
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D1 WRAP
I have already told you folks about the Gopher game last night. Now for the rest of the action with MN players.

Wisconsin, a big 10 rival lost to unranked UC Santa Barbara on Friday in five games in the U of San Diego tournament. Wisconsin held a 2-1 advantage, but failed to close the deal. Their next contest went according to script with a sweep of Ivy League Brown. Wisconsin coach Pete Waite picked up career win 450 in beating host San Diego in four. It also happened to be the championship match.

UConn split their remaining games at the Diet Coke Classic, losing to Dayton in four and then sweeping Tulane to close the tournament.

Former Hills-Beaver Creek, MN player Erin Boeve had 17 kills in a Iowa State sweep over Baylor. Boeve also had 2 blocks and 7 assists for the match. It was the Big 12 opener for both.

Marquette beat Stony Brook in five to close out its tournament. They lost the first two games to SB and came back with three in a row. The beat Manitoba in an exhibition, and lost to San Francisco 3-1 to open the tournament.

Northern Iowa Swept Bradley 3-0 to open Missouri Valley conference action.

North Dakota State traveled to the South Dakota State Jackrabbitt Invitational. They opened with a sweep over UM Kansas City. They then beat Lamar to push their win streak to four games. That streak came to a halt with New Mexico State's sweep of the Bison 28, 18, 17. Sheila Parrish made the all tournament team.

Host South Dakota State also was swept by NM State 9, 16, 25. They also won a pair on Saturday UMKC (3-1 win) and Lamar (3-0 win). It was coach Andrew Palileo's 200th win.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Jackie Simpson, Wisconsin 69 vs UC Santa Barbara 2-3
Monica Renfro, Marquette 45 vs Stony Brook 3-2
4 games
Jackie Simpson, Wisconsin 54 vs San Diego 3-1
Mattie Johnson, North Dakota State 53 vs Lamar 3-1
3 games
Kristie Klusaw, South Dakota State 46 vs Lamar 3-0

DIGS
5 games
Jaime Muller, Marquette 27 vs Stony Brook 3-2
4 games
Jocelyn Wack, Wisconsin 23 vs San Diego 3-1

KILLS
5 games
Kimberly Todd, Marquette 25 vs Stony Brook 3-2
Maria Carlini, Wisconsin 20 vs UC Santa Barbara 2-3
Jaime Muller, Marquette 19 vs Stony Brook 3-2
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 18 vs UC Santa Barbara 2-3
4 games
Maria Carlini, Wisconsin 19 vs San Diego 3-1
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 18 vs Lamar 3-1
Kristina Martin, South Dakota State 16 vs UMKC 3-1
Brittney Dolgner, Wisconsin 15 vs San Diego 3-1
Kimberly Todd, Marquette 15 vs San Francisco 1-3
3 games
Erin Boeve, Iowa State 17 vs Baylor 3-0
Kristina Martin, South Dakota State 17 vs Lamar 3-0

Next up: much later today D2, D3, & HS results from yesterday.

Out & About: Minnesota/Dayton

#1 posting 9.16.2006
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MINNESOTA 3, DAYTON 0

I was able to attend the last game today in the Diet Coke Classic, I was at the St. Paul Academy tournament this afternoon. More on that in a later post. The Gophers came out of the DCC without a loss of a game sweeping Dayton 18, 24, 20.

Again I am not going to give a rehash, but give some information that isn't normally given. I charted every touch by the Gophers today,
First off First ball side out
Team, G1, G2, G3 Totals
MN .692; .823; .643---32/44--.727
Dayton .385; .529, .429---20/44---.455
As you can see ball control & finishing belonged to the Gophers.
How about which rotation was the best? I will use the service order used by the Gophers; for example Rotation 1-Peniata. How many points did that rotation produce, how many did they give up?
Rotation #, Name of server, points scored-allowed, margin
1. Peniata 26-14 +12
2. Bowman 14-9 +5
3. Crumpston 10-10 0
4. Nelson/Wilber 15-11 +4
5. Hartmann 11-9 +2
6. Tan 14-9 +5
As you can see #3 did not have a + margin. Rotations 2, and 5 did not side out once for the night. Rotation 2 was 6/7 in first ball side out, Rotation 5 was 5/6.

Right now Bowman and Peniata have the best passing skills, whether it was in receiving or defense. Missing these two in the first few tournaments obviously impacted performance. Tan, as a freshman is still learning the pace and speed of the collegiate game. She was caught out of position a couple times tonight.

Of course you can read all about the Dayton game, and even the Tulane game.

Next up: tomorrow at some point to rehash all the Collegiate action and HS tournaments.