D2/D3 Results Friday

#7b posting 11.29.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D2
Hillsdale beat Southern Indiana 70-55

Mary beat Colorado Mines 78-61

MSU Mankato beat Rockhurst 95-74

UN Kearney beat Concordia St. Paul 85-76

Montana State Billings beat UM Crookston 93-81. Jamie Zelinsky (Park Center) had 21 points for UMC.

St. Cloud State beat NW Missouri State 73-55

Winona State beat Adams State 83-50

D3
Buena Vista beat UW Platteville 85-66. Margo Muhlbauer (IKM) reached the 1000 point mark with 20 points. Lisa Grantman had 12 points for UWP.

UW Eau Claire beat St. Olaf 80-45

UW LaCrosse beat Iowa Wesleyan 71-56

UW Stevens Point beat Luther 75-46

Gustavus beat Austin 79-64. Katie Layman (Hudson, WI) had 28 points for Gustavus.

Simpson beat Presentation 103-74

NAIA
Dickinson State beat Montana State Northern 61-53. Jennifer Marquez had 17 points for DS. From the Dickinson Press.

I will link the stories later

next up: college reports

MSU beats Concordia in the Battle of Moorhead

#6 posting 11.26.2008
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D2
Bemidji State beat Mayville State 66-53. Heidi Matzke (Red Lake Falls) had 21 points for BS. Ashleigh Trosen (Cass Lake-Bena) had 16 for Mayville State.

MSU Mankato beat William Penn 101-40. Alex Andrews (Triton), Heather Johnson (JWP), and Lauren Barber (Owatonna) each had 16 points for Mankato. Emma LaBeau (Monroe St. Mary's Catholic Central, MI) had 14 points for WP.

MSU Moorhead beat Concordia Moorhead 68-51. Meghan Rettke (Hutchinson) had 18 points for Moorhead. Jenna Freudenberg (Parkers Prairie) had 16 points.
CM coach Jessica Rahman will take a leave of absence for the next six weeks to recover from stomach surgery. Assistant Rachel Bergeson will be the interim coach.

Upper Iowa beat Central, IA 87-65. Lene Lox (Yorkwood, IL) had 23 points for UIU. Sarah Paulson (Ottumwa, IA) had 16 points for Central, IA.

Northwood beat UW Parkside 68-57. Jodi Ostergren (Midland Dow, MI) had 22 points for Northwood. Amanda Gibson (Lakeland, WI) had 13 points for UWP.

Alaska Anchorage beat Cal State Northridge 72-44. Rebecca Kielpinski (Mandan, ND) had 8 points for AA.

Wayne State, Michigan beat Madonna 61-35. Chastidy Miller (Waterford Kettering, MI) had 14 points for WSM. Katie Mount (Waterford Mott, MI) had 12 points for Madonna.

Grand Valley State's Emma Veach (Grand Haven, MI) was named GLIAC North player of the week.

D3
Augsburg beat Northwestern, MN 51-48. Jacci Mattern (Lakeville) had 12 points for Augsburg. Ariel Liesch (Centennial) had 15 points for NW.

Bethel beat UM Morris 77-68. Annegret Nautsch (Everett, WA) had 22 points for Bethel. Nikki Washek (Underwood) had 16 points for UMM.

Coe beat UW Platteville 72-59. Kayla Lincoln (West Central, IA) had 14 points for Coe. Stacia Nemitz (River Ridge, WI) had 14 points for UWP.

Presentation beat Trinity Bible 88-27. Becky Smith (Litchfield) had 18 points for Presentation. Mallory Malm had 14 points for TB.

UW River Falls beat St. Mary's 67-49. Tess Lardie (Eagan) had 18 points for UWRF. Michelle Carne (Escanaba, MI) had 15 points for St. Mary's.

UW Stevens Point beat Wisconsin Lutheran 72-32. Britta Petersen (Luck, WI) had 22 points for UWSP. Kristen Dillon (Germantown, WI) had 13 points for WL.

UW LaCrosse beat Viterbo 79-60. Lindsay Wahl (Burnsville) and Mackenzie Hunter (Eau Claire Regis) had 14 points each for UWL.

NAIA
Valley City State beat UM Crookston 82-80. Caitlyn Wojahn (Milbank, SD) had 16 points for VCS. Jamie Zelinsky (Park Center) had 19 points for UMC.

Northwestern, IA beat Dordt 86-73. Kami Kuhlmann (Charter Oak-Ute, IA) had 17 points for NW. Katie DuMez had 22 points for Dordt.

Morningside beat Briar Cliff 78-62. Leslie Foral (Chadron, NE) had 28 points for Morningside. Samantha Pearson (Newcastle, NE) had 12 points for BC.

SIGNINGS
Northwood has signed Sarah Browe (Rochester, MI).

Next up: clearing the deck.

Giffiths Back After Heart Surgery

#6 posting 11.23.2008
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SATURDAY D3 RESULTS
Ashford beat Beloit 74-63. Kelly Fisher (Fremont Washington, CA) had 14 points for Ashford. Amanda Moore (Crown Point, IN) had 14 points for Beloit.

Concordia Moorhead beat Alma 72-45. Jenna Freudenberg (Parkers Prairie) had 16 points for CM. Heather Keenan (Charlotte, MI) had 12 points for Alma.

Dubuque beat UW Superior 81-67. Jen Nichols (Woodstock, IL) made the all tournament team for Dubuque.

Judson beat Northwestern MN 65-58. Katie DeWitt (Centennial) had 17 points for NW.

Martin Luther beat Marian 62-58.

MSOE beat St. Scholastica 56-48. Carol Cayo (Lake Mills, WI) and Kelly Costello (Immaculate Conception, IL) had 14 points each for MSOE. Katie Kimm (Mora) had 11 for CSS.

St. Catherine beat Alvreno 77-56. Laura Kalbfell (Lakeville South) had 16 points for St. Kate's. Alicia Kontowski (South Milwaukee, WI) had 17 points for Alverno.

UW River Falls beat North Central 84-17. Katie Theisen (Andover) and Tiffany Gregorich (Altoona, WI) had 16 points each for UWRF. Deb Rowland (Milaca) had 7 points for NC.

Calvin beat Wisconsin Lutheran 79-56. Marcia Harris (Grand Rapids Christian) had 22 points for Calvin. Rachel Johnson (Wisconsin Lutheran HS, WI) had 14 points for WL.

UW Whitewater beat Ripon 75-66. Tiffany Morton (Beloit Memorial, WI) had 18 points for UWW. Jessica DeHamer (Neenah, WI) had 17 points for Ripon.

St. Benedict beat UT Dallas 75-67 in overtime. Mindy Schmidt (Champlin Park) had 17 points for St. Ben's.

Northland beat Lawrence 75-54. Chelsea Lundgren (Crosby-Ironton) had 18 points for Northland. Laura Aerts (Kimberly, WI) had 12 points for Lawrence.

DePauw beat Central, IA 75-57. Laura Porter (PCM, IA) had 14 points for Central.

Lake Forest beat Buena Vista 73-71. Margo Muhlbauer (IKM, IA) had 22 points for BV.

UW Eau Claire beat Concordia WI 69-47. Heidi Arciszewski (Thorp, WI) had 26 points for UWEC. Pearl Wallace (Kickapoo, WI) had 13 points for CW.

Bethany Lutheran beat Silver Lake 90-59. Lindsay Kahle (Sibley East) had 23 points for BL. Kortney Mansker (Howards Grove, WI) had 21 for SL.

NAIA
Carroll College beat SD Mines 77-68. Loryn Schuetzle had 13 points for SDM. From the Rapid City Journal.

Evangel beat Briar Cliff 78-57. Christa Stewart (Glenwood, IA) had 12 points for BC.

Davenport beat Goshen 69-35. Kallie Benike (Campbellsport, WI) had 15 points for Davenport.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Lake Michigan will be quick, fast and young. From the St. Joseph Herald Palladium.

Iowa Western beat North Iowa 74-47. Kayla Williams had 22 points for IW. Nicole Eenhuis (Mason City, IA) had 13 points for NIAAC. From the Mason City Globe Gazette.

Kalamazoo CC beat SC4 78-54. Ashlee Williams had 15 points for SC4. From the Port Huron Herald Times.

Gogebic beat Rainy River 51-38. Jaclyn Aijala (Hurley, WI) had 15 points for Gogebic. From the Ironwood Daily Globe.

Central Lakes beat St. Cloud TC 67-46. Cayla Collison (Verndale) had 18 points for CL. Kristin Johnson (St. Cloud Tech) had 14 points for SCTC. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Hibbing's Laura Giffiths (Cherry) is back playing basketball after her heart surgery. From KBJR (with video).

ANOTHER D2 GAME
UN Kearney beat Fort Hays 55-54. Jade Meads hit the game winner at the buzzer. Meads had 16 points for the night. From the Grand Island Independent.

Next up: High Five

Clearing the Desk Part 1

#5 posting 11.19.2008
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CLEARING THE DESK
SIGNINGS
Indiana has signed 2 more players
6-2 forward Jasmine Davis of Massac County, IL
6-1 forward Hope Elam who will transfer from Vincennes University

AWARDS
Jantel Lavender of Ohio State was the Big 10 player of the week.

D2 RESULTS
Northwood beat Madonna 106-70. Jodi Ostergren (Midland Dow, MI) had 28 points for Northwood.

Grand Valley State beat Lake Erie 65-51. Elizabeth Van Tiflin (Saginaw Heritage) had 13 points for GVSU.

D3
Buena Vista beat Martin Luther 73-64. Margo Muhlbauer (IKM, IA) had 16 points for BV. Lissa Babinec had 17 for ML.

NAIA
Davenport beat Olivet 86-62. Brittany Lyman (Lowell, MI) and Kristi Boehm (Kent City, MI) each had 13 points for Davenport. Amenia Ross (Lansing Everett) had 15 for Olivet.

Briar Cliff beat William Penn 88-63. Samantha Pearson (Newcastle, NE) had 23 points for BC. Christa Subbert (Stanton, IA) had 16 for WP.

HIGH SCHOOL
Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard is having their own version of madness this weekend. From the Ann Arbor News.

NEW
Womensbasketballreport.blogspot.com has started. The concept is to allow coaches to have an outlet where everyone can read what the coaches want everyone to know about their teams/programs. There will be no filtering, just their own words.

Next up: more to come

Boylan Scores 18 in Debut, 3 Schools Signings

#1 posting 11.16.2008
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MORE SIGNINGS
There are two Flint area players that have signed with D1 programs:
6-3 center India Hairston of Flint Hamady signed with Eastern Michigan
5-11 forward Kimberly McKenney of Faith will sign with Gardner-Webb Monday.
From the Flint Journal.

Montana State has signed five players
5-9 guard Latisha Adams of Albuquerque West Mesa, NM
6-1 forward Ashley Albert of Hamilton, MT
6-3 center Chelsea Banis of Fairfield, MT
5-10 guard Kelsey Roben of Denver Regis Jesuit
5-7 guard Ally Schmitt of Snohomish, WA

Bemidji State has signed four players
6-0 forward Jessie Althoff of Becker
6-2 center Emily Kaus of Eastview
5-4 point guard Katie Pettit of Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
5-8 guard Shannon Thompson of Apple Valley

PREVIEWS
Ameshia Starks (DeLaSalle) is stepping up into a new role at SW MN State. From the Marshall Independent.

Iowa & Iowa State are "stoked" for their openers. From the Des Moines Register.

Katherine Young (Detroit Cass) left Mississippi after two seasons and now is at Central Michigan. From the Mount Pleasant Morning Sun.

RESULTS
D1
Michigan beat Kentucky 70-60. Courtney Boylan (Chaska) had 18 points off the bench for the Wolverines.

NW Missouri State beat South Dakota 69-60. This was USD's first contest as a D1 team and first game under new coach Ryun Williams. Shelly Martin had 17 points off the bench for NW. Bridget Yoerger (Hinton, IA) had 25 points for the Coyotes. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

D2
SW MN State beat Chadron State 111-75. Heather Smith (Mahtomedi) had 29 points for SW. Sunni Busch (Todd County, SD) had 19 for Chadron.

Grand Valley State beat St. Joseph's, IN 77-43. Kim Wyngaard (Kimberly, WI) had 16 points for GVSU. Brittney Cruse had 13 for SJ. From the Grand Rapids Press.

Hillsdale beat Oakland City 104-62. Katie Cezat (Plymouth Canton, MI) had 22 points for Hillsdale.

D3
UW Superior beat St. Scholastica 65-57. Anna Petersen (Osseo-Fairchild, WI) had 13 points for UWS. Katie Christensen had 21 points for St. Scholastica. From the Superior Telegram and Duluth News Tribune.

Central IA beat Westminister 75-66. This was the debut of Central's new coach Jerry Nikkel. Laura Porter (PCM, IA) had 16 points for Central.

St. Norbert beat Northland 73-48. Morgan Strasser had 12 points for St. Norbert. Mackey had 10 for Northland. From the Green Bay Press Gazette.

NAIA
Doane beat SD Tech 77-58. Nicole Anderson (Ravenna, NE) and Lindsay Anderson (Holdrege, NE) had 14 points each for Doane. Jerika Ihnen (Tea, SD) and Bethany Holyoak (Moorcraft, WY) each had 13 points for SDT.

Dordt beat Dakota State 59-52. Amber Soodsma (Unity Christian, MI) had 22 points for Dordt. Megan Swecker (Sauk Rapids-Rice) had 16 points for DSU.

Jamestown beat Mount Marty 96-81. Kellie Schuneman (Centennial) had 23 points for Jamestown. Lacey Powell had 22 points for MM.

Dakota Wesleyan beat Valley City State 74-72. Maggie Malloy (Parkston, SD) had 18 points for DWU. Abby Rittenhouse (Burnsville) had 16 points for VCSU.

Northwestern, IA beat College of St. Mary's 106-59. Kristin Neth (Scotland, SD) and Val Kleinjan (Sioux Valley, SD) had 17 points for NW. Terra Moyers (Snow Canyon, UT) had 14 points for CSM.

Morningside beat Viterbo 73-50. Autumn Bartel (Cherokee, IA) had 19 points for Morningside. Leah Olson (Independence, WI) had 12 points for Viterbo.

Briar Cliff beat Wartburg 87-82. Liz Grider (Chaska) had 26 points for BC. Sharese Van Sloten (Decorah, IA) had 18 points for Wartburg.

Sterling beat Waldorf 87-84 in overtime. Aubrey Draves (Andover) was named to the All tournament team for the Concordia University Cattle Classic. Draves had 21 points against Sterling.

Silver Lake beat Moody Bible Institute 63-56. Kortney Mansker had 22 points for SL. From the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter.

Next up: more reports

NAIA & CC Friday Results 1.0

#4 posting 11.15.2008
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D3
Defense is the name of the game at St. Thomas.

NAIA
Davenport beat Grace College 76-63. Kristi Boehm (Kent City, MI) had 14 points for Davenport.

Jamestown beat Dakota Weslyan 64-57. Heidi Fiechtner had 16 points for Jamestown. Ashley Johnson had 13 points for DWU. From the Jamestown Sun.

Mount Marty beat Valley City State 87-58. Katelynn Kunz had 19 points for Mount Marty. Brittany Olson had 15 for VCSU. From the Yankton Press & Dakotan.

Black Hills State beat Doane 67-64. Katelynn Lamb (Sully Buttes) had 19 for BHS. Lindsay Anderson had 25 for Doane. Also in the article SD Mines beat Rocky Mountain 59-53 with Bethany Holyoak scoring 23 for SDM. From the Rapid City Journal.

Ashford beat Silver Lake 92-55. Michelle Stueck had 21 points for SL. From the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter.

Viterbo beat Trinity International 73-66. Joni Stanek had 19 points for Viterbo. From the LaCrosse Tribune.

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma beat Midland Lutheran 92-67. Marcy Hauschild had 18 points for ML. From the Fremont Tribune.

Lawrence is facing long odds with only 8 players. From the Appleton Post Crescent.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Joliet CC beat Gogebic 71-67 in Madison. From the Ironwood Daily Globe.

Rochester beat Madison ATC 73-65 in Madison. Amanda Degnan (St. Charles) had 22 points for the Yellowjackets. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Hibbing beat Ridgewater 75-66. Becca Kilbourn had 19 points for Hibbing. Tara Thielke had a triple double for the Warriors with 22 points 11 rebounds and 10 steals. From the West Central Tribune.

Next up: more recent signings

Dealing with Adversity, Practice Openers Part 3

#4 posting 11.11.2008
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ADVERSITY
Malcom Gladwell looks at the lessons of adversity.

OPENING PRACTICES--PART 2
IOWA: Dunkerton's new coach is Gene Groen. Groen was the girls coach at Ellsworth, MN a few years ago. From the Jesup Citizen Herald.
Jesup is looking to make a run at the NICL title. From the JCH.

MICHIGAN: Who will run point for Grosse Point North? The Drama builds. From the Detroit Free Press.
Detroit Community will focus on defense. From the Detroit Free Press.
Calvin Christian coach John Kramer looks back at the differences in 15 years of coaching. From the Grand Rapids Press.

NAIA
South Dakota Mines beat Dakota Wesleyan 82-69. Bethany Holyoak (Moorcroft, WY) had 25 points for SDM. Allison Johnson (Mount Vernon, SD) had 20 for DW. From the Rapid City Journal.

Ashford is now 2-1 after beating Calumet College of St. Joseph 86-61. Kelly Fisher (Fremont Washington, CA) had 23 points for Ashford. From the Clinton Herald.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Gogebic beat Minneapolis 84-35 on Saturday. Jaclyn Aijala (Hurley, WI) had 35 points, 28 in the first half, for Gogebic.

Next up: tomorrow unless news breaks

Opening Day Part 1: IA & WI

#1 posting 11.11.2008
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OPENING DAY PRACTICES
IOWA
Mason City's opening day of practice is examined by the Mason City Globe Gazette.

JAMBOREE
Here is the Cedar Rapids Jefferson Jamboree schedule
5:30 Kennedy vs. Marion
6:15 Linn-Mar vs. Solon
7:00 CR Prairie vs. Benton
7:45 CR Wash vs. Xavier
8:30 CR Jefferson vs. Alburnett

WISCONSIN
Also practices in Wisconsin opened with Wausau Daily Herald looking at the start of the season.

D1 runner Oshkosh West needs to replace four players from last year's squad. From the Oshkosh Northwestern.

Eric Nelson is back coaching this winter this time with Monona Grove.

RESULTS
NAIA
Mount Marty beat #18 Black Hills State 60-44. Michelle Amundson had 20 points for MM. Brittany Fuhrman had 10 points for BHS. From the Yankton Press & Dakotan.

Concordia Nebraska beat York 75-48. Melissa Tinkham had 13 points for CN. Kim Sladek had 15 points for York. From the York News Times.

PREVIEWS
D1
South Dakota will face challenges as they move to full D1 status. From the Yankton Press & Dakotan.

NAIA
Black Hills State wants the momentum from last year to continue in 2008-09. From the Rapid City Journal.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
UW Manitowoc has low, low numbers with 7 players on the roster. From the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter.

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