Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League Playoff Results For Wednesday 7-24-13

Here are the results of the opening round of playoffs at the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League: 5:00 P.M. Games St. Olaf - 47 Augsburg - 17 St. Kate's Purple - 70 GAC #2 - 49 CSB - 40 GAC Alumni - 38 5:55 P.M. Games UW-River Falls - 54 St. Kate's Gold - 21 GAC #1 - 37 Anoka-Ramsey - 36 6:50 P.M. Games Macalester Basketball - 54 St. Olaf - 35 Hamline #2 - 39 St. Scholastica & Others - 34 ARCC Alumni - 42 CSB - 37 2 OT 7:45 P.M. Games Mayville - 44 St. Kate's Purple - 25 NSU/SDSMT - 44 UW-River Falls - 35 SMU - 46 GAC #1 - 42 8:40 P.M. Games Team Sorella - 71 Jamestown Jimmies - 49 Old Tymers - 45 Hamline #1 - 33 St. Cloud State - 46 Hamline #2 - 42 Simply a fantastic opening round of playoff games tonight over at the Midtown YWCA with each time slot having at least one soul-tugger of a game. In the 5:00 P.M. slot, the Gustavus Alumni team appeared to be in control early against St. Ben's but the Blazers slowly chipped away at the Gustie advantage and stole the lead away late as the Gustie alums squandered several late scoring opportunities that likely would have changed the outcome. In the 5:55 slot, the Gustavus #1 team went to the wire with the Anoka-Ramsey team as both teams traded late baskets but it was the Gusties who came away with a 37-36 thriller. But we were just getting started as the 6:50 slot had yet another nail-biter - the clash between the Anoka-Ramsey Alumni team and CSB. This was a back and forth affair throughout and both squads had chances late in regulation but couldn't convert as things were knotted up at 36 a piece. The first overtime was a scoreless defensive struggle with neither side gaining or giving an inch. Finally, in the second overtime, the Anoka-Ramsey Alumni team made the right moves at the right time and claimed a cherished 42-37 win. But things were far from finished as far as exciting games are concerned as the Gustavus #1 squad; fresh off of its earlier victory over Anoka-Ramsey, was looking to go 2-for-2 on the evening and punch their ticket into next week's round of games and looked to be in control coming down the stretch against their opponent, St. Mary's. The Cardinals, however, had vastly different ideas as they staged a rousing late comeback to end the Gustie dreams of a second week; snaring an unlikely four-point win. Meanwhile, in the 8:40 P.M. slot of games, the Hamline #2 squad appeared to be staging the biggest shocker of the night as they held the lead against Division II St. Cloud State for most of the contest and still clung to a small lead late. But the experienced Husky squad made a late charge to extinguish the Piper hopes of an incredible upset win as St. Cloud State survived by four points. Elsewhere, the St. Kate's Purple squad registered an impressive win against the Gustavus #2 team and looked good early on against Mayville - certainly in the first half anyway. But the Mayville squad regrouped at halftime and simply shut down the 'Cats in the second half; holding them to a scant FOUR points in the second half as Mayville cruised to an easy win. Team Sorella looked very impressive in their relatively easy win over Jamestown as did the Macalester team that has an interesting mixture of players from current players to the holdovers of the great '10 team such as the Rene Sisters (Jessica and Shannon) and Eartha Bell. The Old Tymers team of former Mankato State players held off a strong challenge from a very athletic Hamline #1 team to move into the second week.