Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League Results For Tuesday 6-6-17

Here are the results for the opening night of the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League:


5:00 P.M. Games

GAC Black - 49
Concordia St. Paul - 37

Augsburg - 65
NIACC - 55


5:55 P.M. Games

Concordia St. Paul - 61
Luther - 57

Augsburg - 57
Southwest Minnesota State - 55  OT


6:50 P.M. Games

GAC Gold - 58
SMU - 36

UW-River Falls - 49
Lady Hawks - 31


7:45 P.M. Games

UST #2 - 72
Hamline - 48

Bethel - 54
St. Kate's - 42


8:40 P.M. Game

UST Alumni - 45
St. Olaf - 29


In the 5:00 P.M. slot, the GAC Black team was engaged in a reasonably tight battle with Concordia St. Paul out of the NSIC and things figured to stay tight despite the fact that the GAC Black team used a late second period push to grab a 27-21 halftime advantage.  But the Concordia St. Paul team faltered offensively after the halftime break and that allowed the GAC Black team to build a double-digit advantage of 37-23 in the latter stages of the third period and the Concordia St. Paul team never really could recover.  Augsburg meanwhile used transition and a 1-2 punch of sophomores-to-be Tamira McLemore and Camryn Speese to build a 32-19 on young and undersized NIACC team and although the NIACC team briefly got the deficit down to ten points at 42-32 in the later stages of the third period, Augsburg quickly regained control getting its lead back up to fifteen points at 52-37 going into the fourth quarter and was able to put things in cruise control from there.

Two interesting games in the 5:55 P.M. slot as said Concordia St. Paul team was back in action again - this time against Luther out of the IIAC and the Concordia St. Paul team got a 17-13 advantage at the end of the first period and a sweet move and lay-up by newcomer and former Park Center standout Danielle Schaub helped stretch that lead to eight points at 31-23 in the second period but Luther used a late 5-2 push to close the gap to five points at 33-28 at the half.  Luther knotted the contest at 42-all early in the third period and was able to poke its nose out in front at 42-40 going into the fourth period but Concordia St. Paul recovered and regained the lead coming down to stretch and held on for the tough win.  Meanwhile over on Court 2 was obviously the game of the night between said Augsburg team and the Southwest Minnesota State team also out of the NSIC.  Things would be tight early on with 6-6 tie but the Southwest Minnesota State team embarked on a 9-0 venture that gave them a 15-6 lead going into the second period.  The size of the Southwest Minnesota State team also was quite an adjustment for the Augsburg team and, as a result, the Southwest Minnesota State team was able to build its lead to 28-16 at the half and looked to be firmly in control of things.  But the Augsburg team's ability to get into transition and forcing steals on the other end allowed them to crawl back into single-digit range trailing 31-22.  Still, the Southwest Minnesota State team seemed to have the upper hand with an eight-point 43-35 edge going into the fourth period only to see things slowly but surely go down the drain in the final minutes of regulation thanks to a pesky defense by the Augsburg team that wreaked havoc on their NSIC opponent.  Senior-to-be Bridget Bednar knocked down the back-end of two free throw attempts that tied the contest at 50 a piece with scant seconds remaining in regulation and off to overtime we went.  The Southwest Minnesota State team seemed deflated despite grabbing an early lead and the Augsburg team seemed to have all the momentum and energy - and breaks - going their way as they stole a thrilling win.

The 6:50 P.M. slot didn't have that much drama, however.  On Court 1, the GAC Gold team broke open a tight game that was tied at 10-all and methodically wore down the SMU team; holding a 27-21 lead at the half.  The GAC Gold team wasted little time in increasing its advantage to double-digits and held a 36-24 lead late in the third period and increased the cushion down the stretch.  On Court 2, the UW-River Falls team raced out to an early 9-0 lead on the Lady Hawks team and stretched that advantage to double-digits at 26-13 by the half.  The Lady Hawks team simply could not get much going offensively on this night as the UW-River Falls team ballooned the lead to 43-19 by the end of the third period enroute to an easy win.

That pattern seemed to continue into the 7:45 P.M. slot as the UST #2 team built an early 11-4 lead on the Hamline team and stretched that advantage to double-digits at 21-9 midway through the second period and held a cozy 29-13 lead at the half.  The UST #2 team busted this one wide open in the third period getting the lead up to 57-32 enroute to a blowout win.  Two other MIAC squads were going at it over on Court 2 as the St. Kate's team built a somewhat surprising 9-0 lead on the Bethel team but, despite the slow start, the Bethel team quickly righted the ship as they whittled the St. Kate's team's lead down to 11-8 by the end of the first period and then went on a 15-0 blitz to assume a 23-11 advantage by the halftime break.  The St. Kate's team would attempt to cut into the deficit in the third period but they could never sustain a meaningful run that might have changed the complexion of this contest.

Just one game tonight in the 8:40 P.M. slot which saw the UST Alumni team build an early 6-2 lead on the St. Olaf team that quickly bulged to 13-2 by the end of the first period.  The UST Alumni team; looking every bit as good as they were during their college days, shut down the St. Olaf team for the most part and held a commanding 24-8 lead at the halftime break.  The St. Olaf team finally found a little bit of an offensive burst in the third period but they had a long way to go and a short time to get there and, as such, the UST Alumni team held a comfy 35-14 lead midway through the third period.  Still, the St. Olaf team was not ready to wave the white flag just yet and, to its credit, got the deficit down to fifteen points at 43-28 with just under six minutes left in the game on a "3" by recent grad Betsey Daly but that's as close as they could get as the UST Alumni team held on for the win.

Don't forget to come out tomorrow evening (Wednesday 6-7) as the schedule calls for a full slate of very interesting games which should be fun to watch.