NCAA and WNIT Fields Set, ND in Elite 8

#7 posting 3.13.2007
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COLLEGE REPORTS
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NCAA FIELD
Yesterday the field of 64 was set.
DALLAS REGIONAL
Minneapolis will host first round games on March 17 and 19. The StarTribune looks at the local angles with the teams coming to Williams Arena from #2 Purdue to #15 Oral Roberts. Iowa State is playing here and has West Central's Megan Ronhovde, and Woodbury's Amanda Nisleit on the roster. They are happy to be going north. From the Des Moines Register.

FRESNO REGIONAL
UW Green Bay is a 9 seed and faces New Mexico in Hartford CT. From the Green Bay Press Gazette.

GREENSBORO REGIONAL
Nebraska goes to Raleigh, NC to play Temple.

Michigan State stays home to play Delaware.

DAYTON REGIONAL
Ohio State opens with Marist at Stanford.

Drake, with their miracle run in the Missouri Valley, have the uneviable task of taking on mighty Tennessee in Pittsburgh. Drake and Holy Cross have sub 500 records.

Marquette is off to Austin Texas to see Louisiana Lafayette on Saturday.

Here are the NCAA brackets.


WNIT
Minnesota will host a first round WNIT game against Illinois Chicago with Holy Angels' Jessie Miller. From the StarTribune.
South Dakota State also made the field and will host the winners of Rice vs Illinois State. The game will be either Friday, Saturday or Sunday. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
Wisconsin is also in the WNIT. They play the winner of Murray State vs Arkansas State at home. From the Wisconsin State Journal.

Here are the WNIT field and WNIT brackets.

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NORTH CENTRAL CHAMPIONSHIP
North Dakota beat Nebraska Kearney 108-75 to get back to the elite 8. But the big story was UN Kearney coach Carol Russell giving birth five hours before the game and then going to the game. From the Fargo Forum.

Amanda Behnke of Concordia St. Paul is up for All American.

MINNESOTA POINT EXCHANGE
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Ashley Langen, North Dakota, Kittson Central 21 W
Kierah Kimbrough, North Dakota, BGMR 17 W
Danye Guinn, North Dakota, St. Francis 14 W
Kayla Bagaason, North Dakota, Fosston 8 W
totals: 60, 4-0


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