Schmidt, Collins Sign, Eau Claire vs Stout

#7 posting 2.22.2007
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COLLEGE REPORTS
SIGNINGS
Briar Cliff University Women's basketball has added two more to their roster for next year:
Shelby Schmidt of Battle Creek Ida Grove

Kendra Collins of LeMars

D1 ACTION
BIG 10
BYE GOPHERS?
Minnesota is in the hunt for a bye in the first round of the Big 10 tournament. From the StarTribune.

Iowa is headed to Purdue and the Daily Iowan looks at the chances.

BIG 12
Oklahoma beat Kansas 76-70. Adrian, MI's Kelly Kohn had 16 for KU. Sheridan County's Rebecca Feickert did not score for Kansas.

Baylor beat Colorado 75-67. Mounds View's Hannah Skildum did not score for Colorado.

MID AMERICAN
Ball State beat Central Michigan 84-59. Flint Powers' Ann Skufca had 19 for CMU.

Akron edged Miami OH 77-75. Jordan's Mandy Holzer did not score for Akron.

Eastern Michigan beat cross state rival Western Michigan 69-45. Nobelsville, IN's Sarah Van Metre had 17 for EMU. Kalamazoo Central's Lindsey Brown had 18 for WMU.

Northern Illinois beat Toledo 73-70. Holy Angels' Kristin Wiener had 11 for NIU.

PATRIOT
Navy sunk American 65-48. DeLaSalle's Talicia Jackson had 13 for American.

SUN BELT
Denver beat Louisiana Monroe 65-52. Blooomington Kennedy's Ashly Robinson did not score for Denver.

D2
NORTH CENTRAL
Augustana beat South Dakota 75-63. Willmar's Alison Adamson had a career high 26 for Augustana. Groton's Shannon Daly had 15 for USD.

D3
MIAC PLAYOFFS
St. Benedict hosts Carleton in one MIAC playoff game tonight. If you can't make it you can watch or listen on the Carlton site. Also a preview in the St. Cloud Times.

WIAC PLAYOFFS
Eau Claire advanced to the finals of the WIAC tournament with a 73-41 kathumping of Platteville. Thorp's Heidi Arciszewski had 21 for EC. Cuba City's Liz Wisdom had 15 for Platteville.

Stout beat River Falls to make the finals 70-59. Alma's Dani Boese and Webster's Char Edwards had 14 each for Stout. Melanie Preiner had 15 for RF.

The finals are Saturday at Stout at 3pm.

NAIA
Mount Marty hosts Dordt tonight and the Yankton Press & Dakotan has a preview.

Qs&As
Leslie Knight of Minnesota answers questions in the StarTribune.

Emily Strandmark does the same at Carleton.

DEATH
Missy Lange, former Drake and Boyden-Hull player died in Ames suddenly recently.

JUCO
The Minnesota state tournament takes place this weekend in Willmar (Ridgewater) with games starting Friday afternoon. Rochester is the third seed in the south half and opens against Mesabi Range. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

MINNESOTA POINT EXCHANGE
D1
Talicia Jackson, American, DeLaSalle 13 L
Kristin Wiener, Northern Illinois, Holy Angels 11 W
Ashly Robinson, Denver, Bloomington Kennedy 0 W
Mandy Holzer, Akron, Jordan 0 W
Hannah Skildum, Colorado, Mounds View 0 L
totals: 24 3-2

D2
Alison Adamson, Augustana, Willmar 26 W
Ashlie Traynor, Augustana, Spring Lake Park 3 W
totals: 29 2-0

D3
Melanie Preiner, River Falls, Stillwater 15 L
Chantelle Melgaard, River Falls, Lakeville 13 L
Ashley Anderson, Eau Claire, North St. Paul 12 W
Savannah Oeltjen, Stout, Kingsland 11 W
Traci Reimann, River Falls, North Branch 10 L
totals: 61, 2-3

next up: out & about later tonight.