Here are the results from Wednesday night's action at the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League:
5:00 P.M. Games
GAC #1 - 41
Winona State - 34
Luther - 57
St. Olaf - 32
5:55 P.M. Games
Winona State - 66
Luther - 47
GAC #1 - 35
Bethel - 28
6:50 P.M. Games
Minnesota State - 53
NIACC - 35
GAC #2 - 42
St. Kate's - 36
7:45 P.M. Games
B Ballers - 84
Anoka-Ramsey - 35
Northern State - 41
Concordia St. Paul - 28
Minnesota State - 66
UW-River Falls - 45
8:40 P.M. Games
Northern State - 44
Retirees - 40
Concordia St. Paul Alumni - 64
Augsburg - 56
9:35 P.M. Games
Renegades - 41
Phatties - 20
Rusty Pipes - 49
Suns - 43
In the 5:00 P.M. slot, a good one was going on between the Winona State team and the GAC #1 team that saw the Winona State team clinging to a 12-11 lead at the end of one period in a back-and-forth battle. The Winona State team was able to get the lead to 18-13 midway in the second period but the GAC #1 team battled right back to tie the score at 18-all with 2:30 before the half. Winona State was able to regroup and take a 22-18 lead at the half and a 6-0 surge out of the gate early in the third period pushed that lead to 28-18. However, the GAC #1 team would respond with a 9-0 run that cut the Winona State team's lead down to one at 28-27 late in the third period and the GAC #1 team would forge a 32-all deadlock going into the fourth period. Fueled with momentum, the GAC #1 team opened up the fourth period with a key 7-0 run; capped by a sweet scoop shot by senior-to-be Miranda Rice for a 39-32 advantage and tough defense down the stretch enabled the GAC #1 team to get the win. Over on Court 2, a "3" by senior-to-be Anna Madrigal helped propel the Luther team to an early 11-2 lead on the St. Olaf team in a mock IIAC-MIAC battle and the Luther team was able to hold a 17-7 lead at the end of the first period. Solid rebounding and second chance points along with Madrigal's three-point shooting ability helped expand the Luther team's lead to 27-10 at the half enroute to a relatively easy win.
In the 5:55 P.M. slot, two teams that saw action in the earlier time slot were pitted against each other as the Winona State team; looking for a bit of redemption, got out to an early 11-6 lead on the Luther team. Although the Luther team would manage to get the game tied at 11-all midway through the first period, a late push by the Winona State team gave them a 19-13 lead going into the second period. The Luther team would manage to battle back and cut the Winona State team's lead down to 26-23 midway in the second period but the Luther team; perhaps running out of gas by this point, faltered down the stretch before the half as the Winona State team managed to go on a 12-4 run to grab a 38-27 lead at the break. The Winona State team's size; particularly senior-to-be Kayla Timmerman's ability down low, gradually wore down the Luther team as they expanded their lead to 57-38 going into the final period to get the win. The GAC #1 team; showing no signs of wear and tear, took on the Bethel team on Court 2 and although the Bethel team would hold a 10-9 advantage at the end of the first period, the GAC #1 team would slowly take control of things; taking a 15-12 advantage at the half and then exploding on a 14-0 run at the beginning of the third period with Rice doing much of the damage down low that helped give the GAC #1 team a 31-16 lead going into the final period. The Bethel team would manage to trim the deficit back into single-digit range but could never get within striking distance down the stretch.
A couple of interesting games on the 6:50 P.M. slot as I was joined by St. Kate's assistant coaches Tim Kjar and Tim Peper along with Anoka-Ramsey Head Coach David DeWitt. On Court 1, the NIACC team; which wreaked havoc last week with a couple of wins with their run-and-gun style, jumped out to an 8-2 lead on the Minnesota State team using the same style and that worked in the first half as the NIACC team held a 16-8 lead at the end of the first period. But this time around, things started to go awry for the NIACC team as those three-point bombs which fell last week, were off their mark this time around and Minnesota State's size started to take control; cutting the NIACC team's lead down to 16-13 midway through the second period and eventually getting things tied up at 16 a piece at the 4:44 mark before the half. Strong rebounding enabled the Minnesota State team to take a 25-21 lead at the half and a 7-0 burst at the beginning of the third period had the Minnesota State team up 32-21 and that advantage bulged to 42-26 by the end of the third period and the NIACC team was doomed from that point on. Over on Court 2, the GAC #2 team got out to a quick 6-0 lead on the St. Kate's team and held a 12-2 advantage early in the second period before a "3" by senior-to-be Mari Lee finally gave the St. Kate's team some much-needed life offensively as they battled back and a late second period lay-up by fellow senior-to-be LaShay Holt had St. Kate's up 17-14 at the halftime break. Things would stay tight throughout the third period with the score deadlocked at 24 a piece going into the fourth and final period. The GAC #2 team would get a small cushion in the fourth period and although a "3" by Holt midway through the fourth period got the St. Kate's team back to within a single possession trailing 34-32, they never could quite get over the hump down the stretch.
There were three games in the 7:45 P.M. slot. On Court 1, the B Ballers took on a young and undersized Anoka-Ramsey team and there was never any doubt as to how this one was going to go from the opening tip as the B Ballers jumped out to an early 16-3 lead that grew to 32-8 midway through the second period and 44-8 at the half. A much closer battle was underway on Court 2 as the Concordia St. Paul team held a 7-6 advantage in a defensive-minded battle against one of their NSIC rivals; the Northern State team. The Concordia St. Paul team would manage to get a 15-11 lead at the half and things would stay relatively tight throughout much of the third period but the Northern State team had a key 5-0 run towards the end of the third period that turned the tables in this one as they took a 27-22 lead going into the fourth period and an 8-0 run to begin the final period suddenly made it a 35-22 ballgame and a dispirited Concordia St. Paul team could never recover. Meanwhile, over on Court 3, a new entrant to the Midtown YWCA Summer League; the UW-River Falls team, took on Minnesota State; fresh off its victory over the NIACC team. But Minnesota State didn't seem tired at all as they got out to a 15-8 lead at the beginning of the second period and built that lead up to 37-22 by the halftime break. The UW-River Falls team would manage to cut the deficit back into single-digit range at 48-39 going into the fourth and final period but faltered afterward.
Probably the best game of the night took place on Court 1 in the 8:40 P.M. slot between the Northern State team and the Retirees team. With the game tied at 6-all early on, the Retirees team used an 8-0 run to end the first period and they managed to maintain a similar cushion at the halftime break with a 20-13 lead. The Retirees team was able to build on that cushion at the end of the third period with a ten-point 35-25 advantage but in the fourth period, the Northern State team was finally able to make inroads on the deficit; trailing 37-34 midway in the final period and 40-37 with a little over a minute left. The Retirees team tried desperately to eat as much clock as they could but a turnover and an easy lay-up the other way by the Northern State team now had the lead down to a tenuous 40-39 count. The Retirees team was unable to build on that one-point advantage and the Northern State team was able to steal the win on clutch free throws by senior-to-be Paige Waytashek helped seal the deal. Over on Court 2, the Concordia St. Paul Alumni team; led by sharpshooter Carissa Wolyniec, jumped out to an early 7-2 lead on the Augsburg team but the Augsburg team would manage to regroup and take a 13-12 lead at the end of the first period. The second period was a tight, back-and-forth affair for the most part and the Augsburg team managed to hold a 33-32 lead but a late second period 8-0 spurt by the Concordia St. Paul team gave them a 40-33 lead at the half. The Concordia St. Paul team maintained that cushion throughout the most of the third period but the Augsburg team managed to make things interesting again in the fourth period as they whittled the deficit down into single-digit range in the fourth period and got to within striking distance trailing 54-51 midway through the final period but alas could never get any closer than that as the Concordia St. Paul Alumni team pulled away down the stretch.
In the nightcap slot, a hard-charging Renegades team took control early on the Phatties team; taking a 10-5 lead going into the second period and growing that cushion to 26-11 by the halftime break. That lead would grow to 33-15 by the end of the third period as the Renegades team coasted from there. Over on Court 2, the Suns team jumped out to an early 8-2 advantage on the Rusty Pipes team but a 9-0 run by the Rusty Pipes team gave them an 11-8 lead and they held a 16-14 edge at the end of the first period. The Rusty Pipes team would grow the cushion to 21-15 but some clutch three-point shooting by the Suns team helped them to tie the score at 21 a piece midway through the second period and the teams would be deadlocked at 25 by the halftime break. Things would stay tight throughout the third period and with the Rusty Pipes team clinging to a 35-33 advantage going into the fourth and final period, they embarked on a 6-0 run that upped the lead to 41-33 and although the Suns team was able to make one final push that cut the Rusty Pipes team's lead down to 43-40 with 3:00 left, they never could bring it all the way back as the Rusty Pipes team held on for the win.
Another big week of action awaits next week Wednesday night over at the Midtown YWCA so do swing by to catch the action.
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