Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League Results For Wednesday 6-6-18

The Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League is up and running again.  Actually, action started on Tuesday evening (6-5) but I was unable to attend as I started working at Canadian Pacific Railway again on Monday this week after a 2 1/2-year absence from there and had to stay a little later than normal on Tuesday night.  But I was able to make it down last night (Wednesday 6-6) and there was some good action that took place.


5:00 P.M. Games

Northwestern - 50
Anoka-Ramsey - 33

UW-River Falls - 60
St. Olaf - 42


5: 55 P.M. Games

Northwestern - 47
UW-River Falls - 39

St. Kate's - 46
Anoka-Ramsey - 33


6:50 P.M. Games

Bethel - 40
Dordt - 39

Hamline - 47
GAC Alumni - 38


7:45 P.M. Games

UST Black - 44
Hamline - 25

Concordia St. Paul - 66
Augsburg - 63


After battling some hefty traffic coming down I-94 from my place in Brooklyn Center, I managed to get into the Midtown facility just before the half of the 5:00 P.M. games.  Over on Court 1, the Northwestern team held a four-point 25-21 lead on a young Anoka-Ramsey team and it initially appeared that this one had the makings of a rather interesting contest.  But disaster struck the Anoka-Ramsey squad in the early moments of the third quarter as one of their players went down with an apparent knee injury.  That seemed to take whatever wind the Anoka-Ramsey youngsters may have had in their sail and a taller, longer and more experienced Northwestern team was quick to capitalize as they managed to get their lead to double-digits by the end of the third period at 37-26.  The Anoka-Ramsey team had considerable difficulty trying to operate down low in the paint on the bigger Northwestern squad and that allowed the Northwestern team to put things in cruise control down the stretch of the fourth period.  Meanwhile over on Court 2, it looked as if things might be very interesting as the St. Olaf team held a 32-27 lead on the UW-River Falls team in something of a makeshift MIAC-WIAC Challenge.  But the UW-River Falls team wasted little time in turning the tables once the third period got underway as two quick three-point bombs propelled them into the lead and although St. Olaf managed to stay withing striking distance by the end of the third period down only 43-40, UW-River Falls took a stranglehold on this contest in the fourth period as they rolled to an eighteen-point victory.

Over on Court 1 in the 5:55 P.M. slot was the same Anoka-Ramsey team taking on an almost-equally young St. Kate's team and, early on anyway, this one looked like it might be a fairly tight contest as the St. Kate's team was clinging to a slim two-point margin at 10-8 at the end of the first period.  The St. Kate's team managed to stretch things out a bit in the second period getting an 18-12 lead late in the second period and got things up to double-digits by the half at 22-12.  The door was still slightly left ajar for the Anoka-Ramsey team and they were able to briefly climb back into single-digit range early in the third period but juniors-to-be Danica Cambrice and Jackie Radford started taking over for the St. Kate's team and they helped get the St. Kate's team a double-digit cushion at 35-25 going into the fourth period.  The Anoka-Ramsey team managed to make a bit of a run in the fourth period and cut the deficit down to six points at 39-33 late in the game but could never get closer than that.  Meanwhile over on Court 2, the Northwestern team; fresh off of its victory in the 5:00 P.M. slot, found the going much tougher - at least early on anyway - against the other victorious team in the early slot which was the UW-River Falls team.  The Northwestern team held a 10-8 advantage midway through the first period and they were up only 14-13 by the end of the opening period.  This pattern continued through the midway stages of the second period with the Northwestern team up only 20-19 but they then ran off an 8-0 run to close out the period that had them up 28-19 at the half.  It looked as if the UW-River Falls team recovered from this blow once the third period got underway and they managed to whittle the cushion down to four points down 34-30 midway through the third period and were certainly well within striking distance at the start of the fourth period down 36-30.  But this Northwestern team looked very good on this night thanks to alums such as Alex Peterson, Tiffany Stubbs and Jacki Smith and they got the lead back to double-digits at 40-30 midway through the final period to get their second win on this night.

One of the more interesting games of the night took place over on Court 1 in the 6:50 P.M. slot that pitted the GAC Alumni team against the Hamline team.  Things didn't look so good for a short-handed GAC Alumni team early on with only five players who had to go the distance on this night as the Hamline team held an early 9-5 lead and maintained the four-point edge at the end of the first period by an 11-7 margin.  But an experienced GAC Alumni team was not going to go down easy.  Recent alums Hannah Howard, Britta Rinke and Julia Dysthe got things going in the second period and a Hannah Howard lay-up early in the second period got the GAC Alumni team their first lead of the evening at 12-11 and they held an 18-16 advantage midway through the second period.  The Hamline team was able to turn the tables a bit down the stretch of the period and they hald a 23-22 advantage at the halftime break.  The GAC Alumni team still had a lot of fight left in it and they held a 28-27 lead midway through the third period but fatigue would finally catch up with the GAC Alumni team as the two-platooned Hamline team regained the advantage up 35-30 going into the fourth period and never looked back from there.  The game of the night, however, was probably over on Court 2 between the Dordt team and the Bethel team.  The Dordt team took an early 6-2 lead and held a 10-8 advantage going into the second period.  Things would stay close throughout the second period and although Dordt had a 23-20 lead late in the second period, a late score by the Bethel team drew them to a single-point deficit by the halftime break.  The Bethel team tried to gain the upper hand in the third period and they held a 27-25 advantage midway through the period but the Dordt team forged a 31-31 deadlock going into the fourth period.  Things continued to stay in nail-biter status throughout the fourth period and, with Bethel holding on for dear life with a 40-39 edge late in the contest, the Dordt team had one last chance to steal victory from the jaws of defeat but an errant pass on their last possession killed their chances. 

No such drama over on Court 1 in the 7:30 P.M. slot as the UST Black team bolted out to a 6-0 lead on the Hamline team early on.  Still, the Hamline team would draw close thanks to two big three-point bombs from the corner by junior-to-be Kaeli Stayer got the Hamline team close for the time being down only 12-10 late in the first period.  But the UST Black team had no intentions of letting its opponent stay close for long as they got the lead back up to six again at 18-12 by the end of the first period and proceeded to shut the Hamline team out in the second period and went on a 10-0 run to boot to hold a 28-12 lead by the halftime break.  Another 5-0 run early in the third period by the UST Black team left little doubt as to how this one was going to turn out and that lead was up to 34-16 going into the fourth period.  Over on Court 2, the Concordia St. Paul team looked to have the edge on the Augsburg team as they were up 10-6 midway through the first period and held an 18-14 lead going into the second period.  The Concordia St. Paul team then exploded in the second period and a pretty jumper from the top of the key by sophomore-to-be Danielle Schaub helped get them a 34-21 lead midway through the second period and that lead ballooned to 44-26 by the halftime break.  But, just like in the regular season, this Augsburg team has a flair for the dramatics and they managed to bite into that sizable cushion in the third period and had the deficit sliced down to ten points at 52-42 going into the fourth period.  The Concordia St. Paul team tried to use the clock as its ally down the stretch but the Augsburg team got dangerously close late down by only a single possession at 66-63 but the Concordia St. Paul team managed to run out the clock.

I had to leave after the 7:30 P.M. contests but this next week will feature games on both Tuesday and Wednesday nights so get on down to the Midtown YWCA to catch the action!