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Lotsa local flavor tonight at the Sports Pavilion
Posted by: Brian Stensaas Updated: December 3, 2010 - 5:14 PM
The weather outside might be frightful - and, let's face it, will probably keep you (wisely) indoors - but if you're anywhere near the U of M campus, you have a golden opportunity to see some familiar prep sports faces compete on a national level.
The Gophers are hosting the first round of the NCAA volleyball tournament tonight and tomorrow at the Sports Pavilion. Coach Mike Hebert has done an excellent job keeping the state's best talent close to home, evidenced by nine players on Minnesota's roster with Minnesota high school ties.
There isn't room for everybody, of course, which means each season a crop of players gets away to other Division I schools.
In the two matches tonight (Creighton is up 1-0 over Iowa State as this is typed; Minnesota and North Dakota State follow around 7 p.m.) 15 players hail from Minnesota high schools. They Are:
Creighton
Laurel Sanford, Eagan
Allie Oelke, Chaska
NDSU
Jennifer Lopez, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Danielle Dombeck, Farmington
Chrissy Knuth, Champlin Park
Megan Lambertson, Litchfield
Gophers
Jess Menden, Shakopee
Jessica Granquist, Blaine
Hailey Cowles, Eden Prairie*
Brianna Haugen, Minneapolis Southwest
Lauren Gibbemeyer, Cretin-Derham Hall
Tori Dixon, Burnsville
Katherine Harms, St. Michael-Albertville
Jasmine Dittrich, Rochester Marshall
Ashley Wittman, Shakopee
*-injured
Talk about talent. It should be a fun night. By the way, here is a photo of Oelke (she's the one in the center of the pic)
Wittman, Dixon and Kreklow make AVCA first-team
Posted by: Brian Stensaas Updated: November 24, 2009 - 1:55 PMShakopee's Ashley Wittman, Burnsville's Tori Dixon and Delano's Molly Kreklow can all add another honor to their resumes. The three - who were Star Tribune first-team all-metro selections this fall - were all named to this year's American Volleyball Coaches Association first-team All-America team. They are all invited to the AVCA annual convention in Florida next month, where they can participate in matches and a skills competition against each other.
In addition, Delano's Kayla Koenecke was named to the honorable mention team.
The full first team is here:
Hannah Allison Siloam Springs High School Siloam Springs, Arkansas S/H 5'11 Texas Morgan Broekhuis Colorado Springs Christian School Colorado Springs, Colorado S/H 6'5 Nebraska Erica Denney Grandview High School Aurora, Colorado MB 6'5 Penn State Tori Dixon Burnsville High School Burnsville, Minnesota MB 6'3 Minnesota Adrienne Gehan Episcopal School of Dallas Dallas, Texas MB 6'3 California Kristina Graven Archbishop Mitty High School San Jose, California OH 6'0 Cal Poly Natalie Hagglund La Costa Canyon High School Carlsbad, California OH 5'8 Southern California Stephanie Holthus Burlington Central High School Burlington, Illinois OH 6'0 Northwestern Molly Kreklow Delano High School Delano, Minnesota S/H 6'0 Missouri Maddie Martin Plant High School Tampa, Florida OH 6'2 Penn State Deja McClendon DuPont Manual High School Louisville, Kentucky OH 6'0 Penn State Mikinzie Moydell Chaparral High School Parker, Colorado S/H 6'0 Penn State Morgan Odale Eagle High School Eagle, Idaho OH 6'1 Utah Kelly Reeves Cathedral Catholic High School San Diego, California OH 6'1 UCLA Kylann Scheidt Farragut High School Knoxville, Tennessee S/H 6'1 Tennessee Ariel Scott Immaculate Heart Academy
Washington Twp., New Jersey MB 6'4 Penn State
Sara Shaw Westlake High School Austin, Texas OH 6'1 Southern California
Kathleen Slay Wakefield High School Raleigh, North Carolina MB 6'6 Penn State
Morgan Thatcher Brockton High School Brockton, Massachusetts RS/Opp. 6'2 undecided
Taylor Unroe Muncie Burris High School Muncie, Indiana OH 5'7 Florida
Elise Walch Martin County High School Stuart, Florida OH 6'5 Wisconsin
Rachel Williams Archbishop Mitty High School San Jose, California OH 5'11 Stanford
Ashley Wittman Shakopee High School Shakopee, Minnesota OH 6'1 Minnesota
Mallory Woolridge Deep Run High School Glen Allen, Virginia MB 6'3 Virginia
Player School City, State Pos. Ht. College Choice
Woodbury girls soccer No. 1 nationally
Posted by: Updated: September 18, 2009 - 3:01 PMBy David La Vaque
With five Class 2A state girls' soccer titles since 1999, Woodbury has made its strength known to Minnesota. Now, the nation is taking notice.
The Royals are the No. 1 team in National Soccer Coaches Association of America girls' soccer poll released on Set. 15. They were tied for the top spot in the first poll on Sept. 8.
One other Minnesota team, No. 21 Edina, was ranked in the initial 25-team poll, but the Hornets dropped out. Defending state champion Woodbury is 8-0-1 so far this season and defeated five ranked opponents along the way. They'll play another ranked opponent, No. 8 Bloomington Jefferson, on Saturday.
I covered the Royals 2004 title team while at the Woodbury Bulletin, and it surprises me that five seasons later, the program has continued to rise in prominence. Not many programs enjoy such sustained dominance. We'll see what the opening of East Ridge High School does to the talent pool, however.
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