North Central, Northern Sun Finals Today

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D1 REPORTS
AMERICA EAST
Stony Brook rallied to beat Maine 67-56. Hopkins' Abby Greene did not score, and Breck's Lindsey Hugstad-Vaa had 4 for Maine.

BIG SKY
Montana State slipped by Weber State 66-63. Breck's Alyssa Nelson had 3 for MSU.

HORIZON
UW Green Bay stopped Illinois Chicago 58-45. Bay Port's Nicole Soulis had 12 to lead UWGB. Holy Angels' Jessie Miller had 8 and Eastview's Cassie Johnson had 1 for UIC.

UW Milwaukee topped Loyola Chicago 80-66. Menasha's Traci Edwards continues to do major damage for UWM with 28 points.

INDEPENDENT
North Dakota State edged IPFW 85-80. Austin's Lisa Bue had 19 to lead NDSU and Climax-Fisher's Brenda Slyt chipped in 17 more.

South Dakota State thumped NJIT 72-47. Willow Lake SD's Jennifer Warkenthien had 18 to lead SDSU.

IVY
Yale downed Princeton 64-49. Hopkins' Kaitlynn Lillemoe had 4 for Yale. Hopkins' Jillian Schurle and Apple Valley's Ali Prichard each had 2 for Princeton.

MIDCONTINENT
Oakland dropped Centenary 82-51. Pewamo-Westphalia's Nicole Piggot had 24 for Oakland.

Valparaiso beat Southern Utah 60-45. Prior Lake's Tamra Braun had 7 and Mpls North's Krystal Taylor had 2 for Valpo.

MISSOURI VALLEY
Indiana State beat Drake 76-68. St. Croix Lutheran's Lauren Dybing did not score for Drake.

Southern Illinois beat Wichita State 72-39. Mpls North's Daria Frazier had 4 for WSU.

Illinois State beat Creighton 72-54. Both Eastview's Michelle Kaus and Mpls North's Tyrai Bronson had nothing for Creighton.

Northern Iowa defeated Bradley 64-55. Crestwood's Traci Ollendieck had 14 for UNI.

MOUNTAIN WEST
New Mexico beat San Diego State 67-48. Roseville's Amy Beggin did not score for New Mexico.

UNLV edged Colorado State 63-58. Breck's twosome of Kelly Finley and Emily Neal had 15 and 12 for CSU.

PATRIOT
American sunk Navy 68-55. DeLaSalle's Talicia Jackson did not score for American.

WAC
Boise State beat Hawaii 66-56. Syndey Australia's Tanya Smith had 13 for Hawaii.

D2 REPORTS
NORTH CENTRAL TOURNAMENT
North Dakota beat UM Duluth 74-54. Morris' Katie Winkelman had a career best 30 for UMD.

South Dakota downed UN Omaha 73-58. Mitchell's Jenna Hoffman had 16 for USD. North St. Paul's Cayla Hargrove had 12 for UNO.

UND and USD play at 3 pm today

NORTHERN SUN
Concordia St. Paul bounced Wayne State 83-74. St. Croix Lutheran's Amanda Behnke had 21 to lead CSP. Sioux Falls Roosevelt's Teresa Case had 19 for Wayne State.

MSU Moorhead bumped off Northern State 71-55. GVDH ND's Allison Swenson and Forest Lake's Lindsey Anderson each had 14 for MSU Moorhead. Jessica Dienart had 14 for NSU.

CSP faces MSU Moorhead today at 3 pm in St. Paul.

D3 TOURNAMENT
Both Iowa teams moved on to the sweet 16. Here is the Bracket. and the scoreboard.
Luther beat Carroll 74-50. Decorah's Christina Gaard had 22 for Luther.

Simpson beat Wheaton 81-58.

POINT PARADE for games of Mar 3, 2007
D1
Lisa Bue, North Dakota State, Austin 19 W
Brenda Slyt, North Dakota State, Climax-Fisher 17 W
Kelly Finley, Colorado State, Breck 15 L
Maria Boever, South Dakota State 13 W
Emily Neal, Colorado State, Breck 12 L
totals: 76, 3-2

D2
Katie Winkelman, UM Duluth, Morris 30 L
Kierah Kimbrough, North Dakota, BGMR 25 W
Amanda Behnke, Concordia St. Paul, St. Croix Lutheran 21 W
Candace Olstad, Concordia St. Paul, Elgin-Millville 20 W
Lindsey Anderson, MSU Moorhead, Forest Lake 14 W
totals: 110, 4-1

D3
Melissa O'Brien, Luther, Rochester Mayo 6 W
Ericka Randall, Luther, Edina 0 W
Gina Klennert, Luther, Lake City 0 W
totals 6 3-0

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