VOLLEYBALL RELEASE OCTOBER 20, 2008 RELEASE NO. 9 www.northernsun.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nick Kornder • Asst. Commissioner for Media Relations • 161 St. Anthony Ave. Ste 920 • St. Paul, MN 55103 • P: 651.288.4017 • F: 651.224.8583 • [email protected] NSIC Offensive Player of the Week Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference #11 Amber Meyer Volleyball Standings OH, 6-2, So., as of October 20, 2008 NSIC Only Overall Paxton, Neb. W L Win % MP GW GL W L Win % MP GW GL STRK Paxton Consolidated HS #1 Concordia St. Paul 12 0 1.00 12 36 2 23 1 .958 24 69 9 W23 Minnesota, Crookston #22 Augustana 10 1 .909 11 32 6 18 6 .750 24 60 29 W8 Meyer led the NSIC in kills (6.33 k/s) #5 Southwest Minnesota St. 10 2 .833 12 31 16 21 3 .875 24 65 27 L1 attack percentage (.525) and points (6.50 p/s) as the Golden Eagles went #18 Minnesota Duluth 9 3 .75 12 28 11 18 6 .750 24 58 24 W2 1-1 on the week. She paced all at- #25 Wayne State 8 3 .727 11 24 14 19 3 .864 22 57 21 W7 tackers against U-Mary, falling one kill shy of her season and Minnesota State 8 4 .667 12 27 16 13 10 .565 23 48 38 L2 career high with 19. Meyer added to her personal record book Minnesota State Moorhead 5 6 .455 11 20 18 11 12 .478 23 42 42 W2 with a career high .562 (19K-1E-32TA) attack percentage in the Winona State 5 7 .417 12 19 23 7 14 .333 21 32 46 L4 victory. Against MSUM, Meyer recorded an impressive 19 kills Northern State 4 8 .333 12 16 27 13 9 .591 22 44 39 L1 on the night to lead all attackers in the match. Minnesota Crookston 3 8 .273 11 11 27 3 17 .150 20 15 54 L1 NSIC Defensive Player of the Week Upper Iowa 2 10 .167 12 11 33 10 13 .435 23 37 48 L4 Bemidji State 2 10 .167 12 7 31 6 18 .250 24 24 56 L7 # 2 Stephanie Nygaard St. Cloud State 2 10 .167 12 15 32 4 16 .200 20 26 50 W1 Libero, 5-5, Sr., Mary 2 10 .167 12 9 30 4 20 .167 24 16 63 W1 Milbank, S.D. Rankings based on AVCA Coaches Poll (10/13/08) Milbank HS Northern State Week 8 Results Week 9 Schedule Nygaard once again led the Wolves on the defensive side of Tuesday, October 14 Tuesday, October 21 the net with 62 digs at an average C MSU Moorhead 3 at Northern State 0 26-24, 27-25, 25-17 of 6.89 digs per set to increase her Upper Iowa at Lewis 7:00 pm in-conference leading total of digs to 272, which includes C Minnesota Crookston 3 at Mary 0 25-23, 25-20, 25-22 an average of 6.88 per set. She also recorded four assists Wednesday, October 8 Wednesday, October 22 and two service aces during the week as the Wolves went Peru State 0 at Wayne State (NE) 3 9-25, 7-25, 17-25 Nebraska-Kearney at Wayne State (NE) 7:00 pm 1-1. This is the second time this season Nygaard has been Augustana 3 at Nebraska-Omaha 2 named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week. 20-25, 26-24, 20-25, 25-20, 18-16 Friday, October 24 Friday, October 17 C Wayne State (NE) at Minnesota State 7:00 pm NSIC Setter of the Week C Winona State 0 at Wayne State (NE) 3 18-25, 7-25, 17-25 C Minnesota Crookston at Upper Iowa 7:00 pm C Bemidji State 0 at Northern State 3 19-25, 24-26, 12-25 C Mary at St. Cloud State 7:00 pm #4 Maggie McNamara C Minnesota State 0 at Concordia St. Paul 3 18-25, 15-25, 17-25 C Northern State at Concordia St. Paul 7:00 pm C Minnesota Duluth 3 at Mary 0 25-19, 25-12, 25-10 C MSU Moorhead at Winona State 7:00 pm S, 5-9, Jr., C Southwest Minnesota State 3 at St. Cloud State 2 C Augustana at Southwest Minnesota St. 7:00 pm Zumbrota, Minn. 25-8, 22-25, 25-13, 23-25, 15-7 Zumbrota Mazeppa HS C Upper Iowa 0 at Augustana 3 16-25, 21-25, 7-25 Saturday, October 25 Concordia-St. Paul Saturday, October 18 C Minnesota Crookston at Winona State 3:00 pm McNamara had 14.43 assists C Minnesota Duluth 3 at Northern State 0 25-19, 25-9, 25-14 C Northern State at St. Cloud State 4:00 pm per game, the highest assist aver- C Bemidji State 0 at Mary 3 25-27, 17-25, 21-25 C Augustana at Minnesota State 4:00 pm age in the NSIC this week as the C Upper Iowa 0 at Wayne State (NE) 3 13-25, 17-25, 20-25 C Mary at Concordia St. Paul 4:00 pm Golden Bears ended eight game winning streaks for both Minnesota State and #5 South- C Minnesota State 2 at St. Cloud State 3 C Bemidji State at Minnesota Duluth 4:00 pm west Minnesota State. The junior posted her seventh and 25-27, 20-25, 25-18, 25-21, 10-15 C MSU Moorhead at Upper Iowa 4:00 pm eighth double doubles of the season as she added 30 C Winona State 0 at Augustana 3 21-25, 19-25, 20-25 C Wayne State at SMSU 5:00 pm digs on the weekend. The Golden Bears increase their C Southwest Minnesota State 1 at Concordia St. Paul 3 program record consecutive wins streak to 23, while drop- 25-20, 17-25, 15-25, 12-25 ping only two sets in the NSIC this season. This marks the C MSU Moorhead 3 at Minnesota Crookston 0 26-24, 25-19, 25-23 fourth time this season McNamara has won this award. The NSIC is a 14-team, 17-sport, NCAA Division II Conference with teams located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Augustana College • Bemidji State • Concordia - St. Paul • University of Mary • Minnesota , Crookston • Minnesota Duluth • Minnesota State University, Mankato • • MSU Moorhead • Northern State • Southwest Minnesota State • St. Cloud State • Upper Iowa • Wayne State • Winona State TOP 25 / Week 1 Results CBS College Sports Network/ NCAA CENTRAL REGION RANKINGS Overall In-Region Last AVCA Division II Top 25 Record Record Week Coaches Poll Preseason Poll 1. Concordia-St. Paul 21-1 12-0 -- October 13, 2008 2. Southwest Minnesota State 20-2 14-1 -- Last 3. Augustana (South Dakota) 15-6 10-5 -- Total 2008 Week’s 4. Nebraska-Kearney 21-1 18-1 -- Rank School Points Record Rank 1 Concordia-St. Paul (36) 900 21-1 1 5. Wayne State (Nebraska) 16-3 13-3 -- 2 Tampa 869 16-1 4 6. Metropolitan State 11-7 10-5 -- 3 Cal State San Bernardino 819 16-2 2 7. Minnesota Duluth 16-6 13-5 -- 4 West Texas A&M 784 20-3 5 8. Fort Lewis 12-4 13-4 -- 5 Southwest Minnesota St. 764 20-2 6 9. Western New Mexico 13-5 10-3 -- 6 Grand Valley State 707 18-2 7 10. Regis (Colorado) 11-8 8-6 -- T-7 Nebraska-Kearney 667 21-1 9 T-7 Western Washington 667 13-1 3 NSIC Schools in Top 25 9 Washburn 641 21-2 8 8/19/08 - CU #1, UMD #8, SMSU #12, MSU #19, AC #20 10 Emporia State 615 22-1 11 11 Florida Southern 587 16-4 10 9/1/08 - CU t-#3, UMD #8, AC #15, SMSU #16, MSU RV 12 Truman 512 19-5 12 9/8/08 - CU #3, AC #8, UMD #12, SMSU #13, 13 UC San Diego 453 14-3 15 9/15/08 - CU #2, SMSU #9, UMD #12, AC #20 14 Central Missouri 432 20-6 14 15 Pittsburg State 397 19-5 13 9/22/08 - CU #2, SMSU #8, UMD #14, AC #18 16 Minnesota Duluth 317 16-6 16 9/29/08 - CU #1, SMSU #7, UMD #13, AC #23. WSC RV (2) 17 Lewis 295 18-3 18 10/6/08 - CU #1, SMSU #6, UMD #16, AC #22, WSC T-#24 18 California (Pa.) 283 25-1 17 19 Cal State L.A. 245 14-3 NR 10/13/08 - CU #1, SMSU #5, UMD #16, AC #22, WSC #25 20 West Florida 223 15-5 20 10/20/08 - 21 Northern Kentucky 182 20-3 23 22 Augustana (S.D.) 161 15-6 22 23 Cal Poly Pomona 134 10-5 19 24 Indianapolis 108 20-4 T-24 25 Wayne State (Neb.) 77 16-3 T-24 Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Western Oregon 49; Midwestern State 26; Past NSIC Players of the Week 10/6/08 Michigan Tech 19; Nova Southeastern 15; Chico 9/2/08 State 14; Sonoma State 12; Missouri-St Louis 8; Offensive: Kelsey Aden, NSU Offensive: Ashley Nachreiner, MSU BYU-Hawai’i 6 Defensive: Rudi Balich, WSU Defensive: Mary Slinger, CU Five teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of Setter: Lisa Hoegh, Augie Setter: Lisa Hoegh, Augie (2) 20 combined points. Dropped Out: Midwestern State (21) 9/8/08 10/13/08 Offensive: Emily Palkert, CU Offensive: Ashley Nachreiner, MSU (2) 2008 PRESEASON NSIC Defensive: Andreana Pieper, SCSU Defensive: Kayla Tschida, SCSU RESEASON VOLLEY2006B PALL COACHES NS PICOLL VB Setter: Maggie McNamara, CU Setter: Maggie McNamara, CU (3) C OACHES POLL Points 1.