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B2 SPORTS PAGE 2B: SPORTS PRESS & DAKOTAN n SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2015 SCOREBOARD AREA CALENDAR USD Holds Off Bison 3-2 To Open Monday, Nov. 23 Saturday, November 21 Denver (USD) VOLLEYBALL CLASS D1: Bruning-Davenport/ , MEN’S MMC VOLLEYBALL, PREP S.D. S.D. STATE TOURN. Shickley (12-0) vs. Burwell (11-1), 10:45 at Doane (4 p.m., KYNT-AM) State Tourn. at Sioux Falls (Dakota Nov. 19-21 at Denny Sanford Premier a.m. BASKETBALL, WOMEN’S Valley, Parker) Center, Sioux Falls CLASS D2: Chambers-Wheeler MMC at Doane (2 p.m., KYNT-AM) Sunday, November 22 Summit League Volleyball Tourney CLASS AA Central (12-0) vs. Humphrey St. Francis CROSS COUNTRY, COLLEGE HOCKEY, BOYS’ JV Water- Consolation Semifinals, Friday (11-1), 2:45 p.m. NCAA Championships at Louisville, town Jamboree (Yankton) R.C. Stevens def. Pierre 25-22, 25- CLASS B: Aurora (12-0) vs. Elkhorn Ky.; NAIA Championships at Char- VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S 17, 25-13 South (12-0), 6:45 p.m. lotte, N.C. Summit League Championships at Coyotes Face S.F. Roosevelt def. Huron 25-22, 22- Tuesday, Nov. 24 FOOTBALL, COLLEGE USD Denver (USD) USD’s Jessen Named Summit 25, 26-28, 25-16, 15-13 CLASS C1: Columbus Scotus (11-1) at Illinois State (noon, KVHT-FM) Monday, November 23 Championship Semifinals, Friday vs. Norfolk Catholic (12-0), 10:45 a.m. HOCKEY, BOYS’ JV Water- BASKETBALL, WOMEN’S Aberdeen Central def. Sioux Falls CLASS C2: Oakland-Craig (11-1) town Jamboree (Yankton) Marquette at USD (7 p.m., KVHT- Top-Seeded League Setter Of Year; Four O’Gorman, 25-20, 25-21, 25-17 vs. Aquinas Catholic (11-1), 2:45 p.m. HOCKEY, PEEWEE Yankton FM) Brandon Valley (19-4) vs. Harrisburg CLASS A: Millard North (10-2) vs. ‘C’ Tourn. (Yankton) FOOTBALL, PREP Neb. State (20-4), 7:45 p.m. Millard West (12-0), 6:45 p.m. VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S Finals at Lincoln — D1 (10:30 Denver Today Other Coyotes Honored Final Round, Saturday Summit League Championships at a.m.); D2 (2:30 p.m.) FIRST: Aberdeen Central (22-2) vs. NCAA DIVISION II PLAYOFFS DENVER ­— The University VERMILLION — South TBD, 8 p.m. First Round, Saturday, Nov. 21 of South Dakota volleyball Dakota senior Kelsey Biltoft, THIRD: S.F. O’Gorman (21-14) vs. Indiana (Pa) (8-2) at Charleston (10- View (Iowa) (10-1), noon 4 6 0 .400 255 315 TBD, 1 p.m. 1), 11 a.m. team moved its record to .500 junior Audrey Reeg, sopho- FIFTH: R.C. Stevens (22-11) vs. Campbellsville (Ky.) (8-2) at Marian North Virginia Union (8-1) at Slippery Rock (Ind.) (8-2), noon on the season and extended more Brittany Jessen, and S.F. Roosevelt (17-15), 11 a.m. (10-1), 11 a.m. W L T Pct PF PA Saint Xavier (Ill.) (7-3) at Morning- Minnesota 7 2 0 .778 198 154 its season for at least one SEVENTH: Pierre (12-16) vs. Huron Bowie State (9-2) at Assumption freshmen Hayley Dotseth side (Iowa) (10-1), 1 p.m. Green Bay 6 3 0 .667 219 185 (12-16), 9 a.m. (10-1), 11 a.m. more day with a 22-25, 25-17, Dickinson State (N.D.) (8-2) at Mon- Chicago 4 5 0 .444 199 234 and Lauren Mattison were CLASS A Texas A&M-Commerce (8-3) at Fer- tana Tech (9-1), 1 p.m. Detroit 2 7 0 .222 167 261 25-20, 16-25, 15-10 victory named to 2015 All-Summit Consolation Semifinals, Friday ris St. (10-0), 11 a.m. Sioux Valley def. Red Cloud 25-12, Doane (Neb.) (9-1) at Tabor (Kan.) West League Volleyball Teams, Grand Valley State (9-2) at Ashland (10-1), 1 p.m. over North Dakota State in 25-16, 25-21 (10-0), 11 a.m. W L T Pct PF PA Kansas Wesleyan (10-1) at South- Arizona 6 2 0 .750 263 153 the quarterfinals of the Sum- which announced Mobridge-Pollock def. Milbank Area Carson-Newman (9-2) at Valdosta ern Oregon (8-2), 6 p.m. Seattle 4 4 0 .500 167 140 25-21, 25-18, 25-16 State (8-2), 11 a.m. mmit League Volleyball Tour- Thursday night. St. Louis 4 5 0 .444 166 183 Championship Semifinals, Friday Tuskegee (8-2) at Catawba (9-2), San Francisco 3 6 0 .333 126 223 nament on Friday at Hamilton “I’m blown away at the Mt. Vernon/Plankinton def. Spear- 11 a.m. awards these individu- fish, 25-17, 25-23, 25-20 Newberry (7-3) at North Alabama AMERICAN CONFERENCE Thursday, Nov. 19 Gymnasium on the campus of Jacksonville 19, Tennessee 13 Dakota Valley (27-4) vs. S.F. Chris- (8-2), noon East Denver University. als received,” said South tian (27-4), 7:45 p.m. Emporia State (9-2) at Minnesota W L T Pct PF PA Sunday, Nov. 22 N.Y. Jets at Houston, noon Dakota head coach Leanne Final Round, Saturday State (Mankato) (10-1), noon New England 9 0 0 1.000 303 169 USD had four players in Denver at Chicago, noon FIRST: Mount Vernon-Plankinton Sioux Falls (9-2) at Henderson State Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 231 207 Williamson. “I knew that they Oakland at Detroit, noon double figure kills, including (31-2) vs. TBD, 6 p.m. (10-1), noon N.Y. Jets 5 4 0 .556 217 184 Indianapolis at Atlanta, noon deserved it, but it is great to THIRD: Spearfish (27-8) vs. TBD, Indianapolis (10-1) at Colorado Miami 4 5 0 .444 191 225 Summit League Setter of the Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, noon see that the other teams in 1 p.m. State-Pueblo (10-1), 1 p.m. South St. Louis at Baltimore, noon Year Brittany Jessen, who FIFTH: Mobridge-Pollock (24-7) vs. Augustana (S.D.) (9-2) at Humboldt W L T Pct PF PA the league also saw the need Dallas at Miami, noon Sioux Valley (25-8), 11 a.m. State (9-1), 2 p.m. Indianapolis 4 5 0 .444 200 227 finished with 13 kills, 10 digs, to honor them. SEVENTH: Red Cloud (24-13) vs. Houston 4 5 0 .444 184 211 Washington at Carolina, noon Second Round, Saturday, Nov. 28 Kansas City at , 3:05 p.m. 46 assists and three assisted Milbank Area (17-12), 9 a.m. Indiana (Pa)-Charleston winner at Jacksonville 4 6 0 .400 211 268 “I’m proud of each of San Francisco at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. CLASS B Shepherd Tennessee 2 8 0 .200 182 233 blocks. Audrey Reeg had a Green Bay at Minnesota, 3:25 p.m. these players, but individual Consolation Semifinals, Friday Virginia Union-Slippery Rock winner North Cincinnati at Arizona, 7:30 p.m. team-best 18 kills and had awards are only won when Sanborn Central-Woonsocket def. vs. Bowie State-Assumption winner W L T Pct PF PA Open: Cleveland, N.Y. Giants, New Philip 25-15, 25-16, 25-14 Indianapolis-Colorado State-Pueblo Cincinnati 8 1 0 .889 235 152 three blocks (one solo). Lind- the team works together Orleans, Pittsburgh Platte-Geddes def. Harding County winner at Midwestern State (Texas) Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 236 191 sey Brown had 11 kills and towards a common goal and 18-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-21 Texas A&M-Commerce-Ferris State Baltimore 2 7 0 .222 210 236 Monday, Nov. 23 Buffalo at New England, 7:30 p.m. Championship Semifinals, Friday winner vs. Grand Valley State-Ashland Cleveland 2 8 0 .200 186 277 four assisted blocks. Hayley fights for success day in and Chester def. Parker 25-18, 23-25, winner West Thursday, Nov. 26 P&D FILE PHOTO Philadelphia at Detroit, 11:30 a.m. Dotseth added 10 kills. day out. I’m proud of this 25-27, 25-18, 15-6 Carson-Newman-Valdosta State W L T Pct PF PA South Dakota’s Brittany Carolina at Dallas, 3:30 p.m. Sully Buttes (29-1) vs. Warner (29- winner at West Georgia Denver 7 2 0 .778 205 168 Also for USD, Lauren Mat- team for helping these play- Chicago at Green Bay, 7:30 p.m. Jessen was named the 5), 7:45 p.m. Newberry-North Alabama winner vs. Oakland 4 5 0 .444 227 241 tison had 19 digs and Kaitlyn ers reach their goals.” Final Round, Saturday Tuskegee-Catawba winner Kansas City 4 5 0 .444 224 195 Sunday, Nov. 29 Summit League Set- New Orleans at Houston, noon Hastings had 11 digs. Jessen and Reeg were FIRST: Chester Area (29-2) vs. TBD, Augustana (S.D.)-Humboldt State San Diego 2 7 0 .222 210 249 Buffalo at Kansas City, noon ter of the Year. League 4 p.m. winner at Northwest Missouri State NATIONAL CONFERENCE NDSU, which finished with selected to the All-League Oakland at Tennessee, noon THIRD: Parker (27-6) vs. TBD, 1 Emporia State-Minnesota State East awards were announced St. Louis at Cincinnati, noon a 19-12 record, was led by 17 Team. Biltoft was named p.m. (Mankato) winner vs. Sioux Falls-Hen- W L T Pct PF PA on Thursday night prior Minnesota at Atlanta, noon to the Honorable Mention FIFTH: Sanborn Central-Woon- derson State winner N.Y. Giants 5 5 0 .500 273 253 kills from Jenni Fassbender to the start of the league socket (19-11) vs. Platte-Geddes (26-8), Washington 4 5 0 .444 205 209 N.Y. Giants at Washington, noon Team. Dotseth and Mattison 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Indianapolis, noon and 16 kills from Emily Min- tournament. NAIA PLAYOFFS Philadelphia 4 5 0 .444 212 184 were selected to the All- SEVENTH: Philip (25-7) vs. Harding Dallas 2 7 0 .222 166 214 San Diego at Jacksonville, noon nick. Emily Miron posted 14 County (23-9), 9 a.m. First Round, Saturday, Nov. 21 South Miami at N.Y. Jets, noon kills. Monica Claxton had 40 Freshmen Team. Reinhardt (Ga.) (9-1) at Saint Fran- W L T Pct PF PA Arizona at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. Jessen was also named cis (Ind.) (9-0), 11 a.m. Carolina 9 0 0 1.000 255 175 Pittsburgh at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. assists and 10 digs. Brianna fense with 122 total blocks, FOOTBALL (Ga.) (8-2) at Baker (Kan.) Atlanta 6 3 0 .667 229 190 New England at Denver, 7:30 p.m. the Setter of the Year, the 21 were solos. Her average of (10-1), noon Monday, Nov. 30 Rasmusson had 15 assists NEBRASKA FINALS Tampa Bay 4 5 0 .444 191 237 first time a South Dakota 1.13 blocks per set is tied for Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (8-2) at Grand Baltimore at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. and 13 digs. Mikaela Purnell player has ever won the had 32 digs for the Bison. second in the Summit. Biltoft award. She kept the Coyote was second on the team with USD, now 15-15, advances offense going with 1,169 as- to face top-seeded Denver kills (227) and hit with a .349 NFL Teams Can Collapse After Losing sists and averaged 10.82 per clip, second in the Summit. today (Saturday) at 6 p.m. CT. set, second in the Summit Dotseth was third on the Denver swept the season League. She had a career- team in kills with 225 and series with USD. The Pio- high 61 assists in a five-set added 195 digs. She had 21 , Ask 2014 Cardinals neers won 3-1 in Denver on win over IPFW on Nov. 14. total blocks, 18 assists, and BY BOB BAUM Oct. 4 as USD dropped to 0-4 She had 12 double-doubles seven service aces. Dotseth in assists and digs. Jessen AP Sports Writer in Summit League play. USD recorded five double-dou- went 7-3 to finish league play, also contributed 270 digs, bles in kills and digs, includ- including a 3-0 home loss to 103 kills, 37 total blocks, and ing three straight to end the TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — 35 service aces. is out. So is Denver on Nov. 3. regular season. Oral Roberts played Reeg led the Coyotes Mattison played libero . Tony Romo is with 390 kills while averag- finally ready to come back, Omaha in the other quarter- all season long and led the final on Friday evening, with ing 3.61 per set, fourth in the team with 399 digs, 3.69 per after the Cowboys went 0-7 Summit. She had a career- without him. the winner playing second- set which was sixth-best in seeded IUPUI in the second high 26 kills against IPFW on the Summit. Mattison had 21 Losing an elite quarter- Nov. 14. Reeg was second on games with double-digit digs back can be devastating to quarterfinal tonight. the team in digs (331) and The winners will play on and six times she had 20 digs a team. No one knows that service aces (23). She had or more. She also added 78 better than the Arizona Car- Sunday at 3 p.m., with the 17 double-doubles in kills league champion earning a assists, 16 service aces, and dinals. They are the poster and digs. two kills. child for how things can head berth in the NCAA Tourna- Biltoft led the Coyote de- south in a hurry when the ment. main man goes down. Since the midpoint of the 2013 season, the Cardinals are 20-4 when North Dakota Has Sights On starts, 5-6 without him. Palmer missed 11 games last season, the last five after tearing an ACL. He was 6-0 First Playoff Berth In D-I Era as a starter. In those games, Arizona averaged 25.8 points BY DAVE KOLPACK game in the Division I era,” shellacking at the hands of per game. Without him, the Associated Press he said. NDSU in the third game of Cardinals scored 12.9 per Dale Lennon, a UND alum- the season and the first game game. They finished 3-4, FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The nus and the coach at South- between the two century-old losing to the Panthers in the University of North Da- ern Illinois, where Schweigert rivals in a dozen years. playoffs. kota is hoping to put its new worked with him as an Walsh said UND has grown “It’s demoralizing when nickname on a new national assistant, said his longtime since the Bison beating. you lose your franchise play- DAVID EULITT/KANSAS CITY STAR/TNS stage. cohort has used the same “No offense to North er, the leader of your team,” Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) threw The football team that formula that once made UND Dakota State, but that game Arizona wide receiver Larry four against the on Sun- was dubbed the Fighting formidable at the Division was probably a good wake-up Fitzgerald said. “There’s day, Nov. 15, at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium Hawks earlier this week is II level: Start by building a call for them,” Walsh said. “I nobody more important than in Denver. gunning for its first postsea- solid defense and then create know North Dakota State is your quarterback on your son berth since moving up to a run-oriented offense that good on defense, but I really football team, especially is hurt, the team’s defense guy in and let’s go. The best NCAA Division I in 2008. Most doesn’t turn over the ball. think this is a different team when you have an elite quar- feels it. teams are able to do that.” observers believe a win this “Coach Schweigert and than they played five or six terback like we do. It takes a “If you don’t have your Luck was rarely his old weekend on the road at Cal the gang have been very weeks ago.” while. It’s really frustrating. It starting quarterback natu- self this season amid rumors Poly should put UND among methodical in their approach The Fighting Hawks have demoralizes your team.” rally a lot of pressure does he was hurt worse than he the 24 teams in the Champi- to it,” Lennon said. “I’m put together back-to-back Arizona didn’t just lose fall on the defense,” Arizona or the Colts let on. Now he is onship Subdivision playoffs. surprised how they are doing victories over Montana State, its starting quarterback. safety Tyrann Mathieu said, gone for perhaps five weeks Two years after taking at this point in time, in the the preseason favorite of Big Backup went “to swing field position, force with a lacerated kidney and over the floundering pro- second year. They still have Sky coaches, and Northern down with a knee injury, too. more turnovers, do every- abdominal muscle injury. gram, Fighting Hawks coach one game to take care of, but Colorado. Arizona signed Ryan Lindley thing ‘extra.’” So Indianapolis will turn to Bubba Schweigert knows I’m excited for them.” “My hat goes off to Bubba. from the San Diego practice Arizona’s defense seemed 40-year-old , the significance of a possible Cal Poly head coach Tim He had his guys ready and squad to start the final three to wear down under that load who quarterbacked the postseason appearance in a Walsh, whose team stands playing darn good right now,” contests, all losses. last year. Colts in two wins earlier this state that has been owned between UND and a possible Northern Colorado coach Coach “Yeah, it was a lot,” season. by four-time defending FCS milestone, said the Fight- Earnest Collins Jr. said. “He’s believes the team can keep Mathieu said, “... Defensively “I guess I’ve been doing champion North Dakota ing Hawks have made a “big got some guys back healthy playing at a high level with you want to go out there and this long enough you expect State, which moved to Divi- jump” between last year and and we knew we had our Stanton. But he said quality score and make the unexpected,” new Colts sion I in 2003. Most of UND’s this year. work cut out for us.” backup are “re- plays and just be an offensive offensive coordinator Rob national sports publicity has “I think we’re playing Walsh said his Cal Poly ally hard to find.” guy. It definitely puts a lot Chudzinski said. “That’s what come from the years-long probably the most improved squad (3-4, 4-6) will be facing Nobody has to tell Dallas of pressure on a defense, this job is and that’s what controversy over the Fighting team in the league, not only a team Saturday with some- Cowboys fans that. Dallas especially as the season goes coaching is, is a challenge. Sioux nickname, which was from a year ago to this year, thing to prove, even beyond went 0-7 after Romo broke on and the games get bigger It’s all about challenges. You retired three years ago. but I think also from week this season. his left collarbone. They lost and tougher.” look at it like it’s a jigsaw “We know we have a rival three and where we are right “They are really young,” the first three with Brandon Teams talk about having puzzle. It can come together school that has done a very now,” Walsh said. “They are Walsh said. “I think that this Weeden at quarterback, then a good backup quarterback. and it’s a matter of getting good job in their move to playing very well on both game has significance to their they signed Matt Cassel and But there’s a reason they are those pieces and putting it Division I football,” Schwei- sides of the football.” future, not only 2015, but ‘16, lost four more. backups. all together, but it can be gert said. “We also know The Fighting Hawks (6-4, ‘17 and ‘18. I think they’re When Romo was ready to “You always want to done. We’ll find a way to get inside the walls here there 4-3 Big Sky Conference) have at a point where they’re not return, the Cowboys gave up be able to absorb injuries it done.” are a lot of good things taking signature wins over Wyoming taking baby steps, but huge on Weeden. He was released throughout your football And in Denver, Manning — place. But to have an outside and Portland State. They steps. If they continue to and signed by another team team,” Cowboys executive one of the best to ever play signature, for lack of a better also have two disappointing do that, they will be around with quarterback injury is- vice president Stephen Jones the position — has been far term, by getting into the FCS losses, against Idaho State the top of the Big Sky for a sues, the . said on his weekly radio from his prolific self this sea- playoffs, would be huge for and Weber State, where they while.” When the quarterback show. “If something hap- us at this time. blew leads in the second half. pens to this guy, put the next HURT QB | PAGE 5B “It’s our most important And then there was a 34-9 Scott, Havlicek Among College Hoops Hall Of Fame Inductees BY DAVE SKRETTA stood the importance of. Coach said Donoher, who wound up finish- minutes. I’m glad he’s not here,” he helped lead North Carolina to a AP Sports Writer Smith understood its significance ing second to UCLA that year. “I Robertson said with a grin. “This is pair of Final Four appearances and a lot better than I did,” said Scott, lived off that experience for a long a great, great event.” was a two-time All-American. Scott KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It who joined his late coach in the time.” The induction ceremony took later won an NBA championship never occurred to Charlie Scott that College Basketball Hall of Fame on This is the 10th class to be place Friday at the Arvest Theatre with the in 1976. he would make history when he Friday. “I was blessed to play for inducted into the Hall of Fame, at the Midland in downtown Kansas “The biggest thing I miss about accepted a scholarship offer from someone like him.” though the inaugural class with City, not far from the Hall of Fame at college basketball now is teach- to play basketball at Scott was joined in this year’s such luminaries as John Wooden the College Basketball Experience. ing,” he said. “When I played, North Carolina in the late 1960s. class by four other players: Kansas and grandfathered Next door at the Sprint Center, coaches were teaching. They taught He just wanted to play the game State’s Rolando Blackman, Indiana’s in players, coaches and staff that top-ranked North Carolina will basketball players how to be better he loved. Quinn Buckner, Ohio State’s John had already been enshrined in the join Kansas State, Missouri and basketball players.” But his coach, who passed away Havlicek and Long Beach State star Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in Northwestern in the championship Like Scott, his fellow inductees in February, knew that things were Ed Ratleff. Springfield, Massachusetts. rounds of the CBE Classic beginning were already plenty good when they changing across the socio-political Three coaches joined them: Lou To celebrate the anniversary, Monday night. arrived. landscape with Scott’s arrival. The Henson of New Mexico State and Robertson returned for a special Naturally, Scott will be cheering Blackman was a three-time All- moment he stepped on campus in Illinois, Don Donoher of Dayton and salute along with such fellow on the Tar Heels. Big Eight guard under Jack Hartman Chapel Hill, he had become the first the late C. Felton “Zip” Gayles,” who members as Ralph Sampson, Xavier With integration still occurring at Kansas State, then was a four- black player in any sport under spent 35 years at Langston Univer- McDaniel, and broadcast- across the South, he helped to pave time All-Star in the NBA. Known scholarship at North Carolina. sity. er . the way for thousands of black primarily for his defense, he hit one “Being the first black in the “I like to remember coaching, “The thing I remember most of athletes at North Carolina and else- South was not something I under- making it to the Final Four in ‘67,” all was speaking for 25 where. During his playing he career, HALL | PAGE 3B