Previews: Big 10, Missouri Valley

#2 posting 10.31.2007
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GOPHERS
There is a battle for the starting center spot on the Gopher squad with Ashley Ellis-Milan (St. Paul Central) and Zoe Harper vying for the position. Minnesota opens its Exhibition season tonight at 7 pm against MSU Mankato. From the StarTribune.
Big 10 Network: Coach Borton and Emily Fox think that the Big 10 Network will be beneficial all around. From the Minnesota Daily.

FORMER BADGERS NOW ASSISTANTS
Three former Wisconsin Badgers are now working as assistants at the D1 level: Stephanie Rich at St. Louis, Kyle (Black) Rechlicz at Dayton, and Annie (Nelson) Thomas at Cleveland State. From a test blog at the Capital Times.

MISSOURI VALLEY
Drake is picked as the #1 team to beat in the Missouri Valley Conference. You can listen to audio of the Media Day held yesterday.
Drake Coach Stephens is eager to start the year. From the Des Moines Register.
Creighton has been picked for 6th.
Northern Iowa has been picked 8th. Coach Warren has been impressed by the squad so far. From the Mason City Globe Gazette.

UW GREEN BAY
Senior Kayla Groh (Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah) has been compared to Lindsey Whalen. From the Sheboygan Press.
Freshman Kayla Tetschlag (Sheboygan North) will be counted on to provide meaningful minutes this season. From the Sheboygan Press.

D3
Senior led Albion has high hopes this season.

NAIA
Minot State played their third game on Sunday and topped Brandon 86-45. Kendra Meyer (Prior Lake) had 18 to lead MSU.
Last Friday Western Montana beat MSU 58-55. On Saturday MSU beat Montana Tech 85-74. From the Minot Daily News.

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next up: later today with the Becker II vs Northern Lynx Fall league game.