Noticed St. Thomas, St. Ben & Concordia-Moorhead are all in the AVCA top 25.
My Central/Midwest VB blog (http://uwoshvball.wordpress.com/) is still around.
News about a coaching milestone reached at Macalester:
http://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/9/18/VB_0918090705.aspx
Will attempt to join Concordia-Moorhead/Augsburg in progress:
Caught Augsburg's live stats from mid-game 1 on:
Final just in:
Augsburg over Concordia-Moorhead (18-25, 16-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-10)
Per stats: Augsburg-- Simmons 16, Christensen 15 and Unze 14 kills, respectively
Concordia-Moorhead: Vohnoutka 17, Jenna Green 16, Wermers, 10 kills respectively.
Augsburg stepped up attack pct. last 3 games to get the win.
Hamline improves to 14-12 overall on the year by beating UW-Superior in a non-conference match, (25-18, 23-25, 25-21, 25-20):
Per Hamline stats: Hamline --Simmons 24 kills, Bennett-Curry 15, Rojas 12
UW-Superior --Christoffers 18 kills
4 of the MIAC playoff spots have been filled-- a real dogfight in progress for the last 2-per conference website standings.
MIAC Conference Volleyball Playoffs are set:
Here are the pairings:
http://www.miac-online.org/sports/2009-10/21/WVBALL_1021095407.aspx?path=wvball
MIAC Championship Final just in:
Concordia-Moorhead over Augsburg (25-22, 25-23, 25-16_
Per Augsburg stats:
Concordia-- Jenna Green 19 digs, 10 kills
Augsburg-- Simmons 12 kills, 3 players with 12 or more digs
St. Olaf also won its' opening championship match-sweeping St. Mary's-MN 3-0
MIAC tournament website shows a St. Olaf/St. Benedict match-up for the championship.
St Ben's HC Michelle Blaeser is a finalist for the St Cloud State job.
2010 MIAC Pre-Season WVB Poll is now up:
http://www.miac-online.org/news/2010/8/25/WVB_082710.aspx
CONGRATS TO UST'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM ON THE MIAC'S FIRST-EVER NATIONAL VB TITLE!!! A THRILLING 3-2 COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN OVER #1 CALVIN
(Joining ARV Concordia-MN/Hamline in progress --2nd set Cobbers up 1-0 at the moment)
Final: Concordia-MN over Hamline (3-1)
#13 UW-Eau Claire vs. #22 Augsburg up shortly.
MIAC Final: Newly #23 GAC over St. Catherine's in 3 sets
(25-12, 26-24, 25-17)
Gusties: .316 team hitting pct. 2 players with .429 or higher ind. hitting pcts for match
MIAC Conference race update:
Bethel-MN, GAC and Hamline have clinched MIAC Tournament berths. St. Olaf can clinch the 4th spot with 1 more win. Augsburg, Macalester, St. Catherine and St. Benedict are tied for the last 2 spots at the moment.
Augsburg: gets Carleton and St. Scholastica
Macalester: gets Bethel-MN and St. Catherine
St. Catherine: gets St. Benedict and Macalester
St. Benedict: gets St. Catherine and Concordia-MN
On paper, Macalester has the toughest schedule of the 4. (and if any of the 4 lose out, per chance a team below them could still sneak in--))
St. Olaf has clinched a spot in the MIAC Post-season Tournament:
Keeping tabs on the following matches:
St. Catherine/St. Benedict
GAC/St. Scholastica
Hamline/Concordia-MN
Macalester/Bethel-MN
Carleton/Augsburg
1st MIAC Final:
Bethel-MN over Macalester in 3 sets
Bethel: Outhit Macalester .463 to .090 for match.
2nd Final:
Augsburg over Carleton in 3 sets
(25-13, 25-18, 25-14)
Augsburg: 7 service aces .312 team hitting pct. for match
3rd Final:
GAC over St. Scholastica in 3 sets
(25-17, 25-17, 25-20)
GAC: .314 team hitting pct. 3 Gustie players with .417 or higher ind. hitting pcts.
4th Final:
Hamline over Concordia-MN in 3 sets
(25-19, 25-23, 25-20)
Hamline: 9 service aces, Larson 16 spikes for points
5th Final:
St. Benedict over St. Catherine in 3 sets.
(25-22, 25-23, 25-19)
St. Ben: Holm .316 hitting pct.
St. Cate's: Rosen .385 hitting pct.
With those results, Augsburg, Macalester and St. Benedict all are at 5-5 in conference. St. Catherine is 4-6 and St. Scholastica is 3-7.
Remaining matches for teams still in contention for the last 4 spots:
Augsburg: at St. Scholastica
Macalester: at St. Catherine
St. Benedict: at Concordia-MN
St. Catherine has to beat Macalester and hope Augsburg and St. Benedict both lose. A St. Catherine loss tomorrow and they're out of contention.
Augsburg and St. Benedict are also in the MIAC playoffs after yesterday's action.
MIAC Playoff Finals:
St. Olaf over Augsburg in 4 sets
Hamline over St. Benedict in 5 sets.
(19-25, 25-16, 20-25, 25-14, 15-9)
Hamline; Outhit St. Benedict .250 to .053 in Set 5 to advance to the next round.
Bethel and GAC await.
Final: #25 GAC over St. Olaf in 3 sets.
Bethel and Hamline still in progress yet.
Update: Bethel over Hamline in 4 sets.
It'll be Bethel vs. GAC for the MIAC AQ.