MIAC volleyball

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Noticed St. Thomas, St. Ben & Concordia-Moorhead are all in the AVCA top 25.

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My Central/Midwest VB blog is still around.

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News about a coaching milestone reached at Macalester:

http://athletics.macalester.edu/news/2009/9/18/VB_0918090705.aspx

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Will attempt to join Concordia-Moorhead/Augsburg in progress:

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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.

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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

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4 of the MIAC playoff spots have been filled-- a real dogfight in progress for the last 2-per conference website standings.

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MIAC Conference Volleyball Playoffs are set:

Here are the pairings:

http://www.miac-online.org/sports/2009-10/21/WVBALL_1021095407.aspx?path=wvball

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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

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St. Olaf also won its' opening championship match-sweeping St. Mary's-MN 3-0

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MIAC tournament website shows a St. Olaf/St. Benedict match-up for the championship.

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St Ben's HC Michelle Blaeser is a finalist for the St Cloud State job.

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2010 MIAC Pre-Season WVB Poll is now up:

http://www.miac-online.org/news/2010/8/25/WVB_082710.aspx

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

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

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(Joining ARV Concordia-MN/Hamline in progress  --2nd set  Cobbers up 1-0 at the moment)