Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League Results For Wednesday 7-25-18

I apologize for being really late with this as I was out of town recently and had a lot of different things going on but wanted to get this in anyway.


5:00 P.M. Games

Winona State - 44
Northwestern - 33

UST Alumni - 68
Anoka-Ramsey - 37


5:55 P.M. Games

Winona State - 62
GAC Black - 41

Rusty Pipes - 49
UST Alumni - 43


6:50 P.M. Games

GAC Alumni - 49
UW-River Falls - 38

Augsburg - 54
Northwestern - 43

Rimshots - 64
Hamline - 43


7:45 P.M. Games

UST Purple - 40
Southwest Minnesota State - 38

Superhoopers - 56
Bethel - 39

St. Kate's - 49
Dordt - 17


Had to fight some rather serious traffic delays on this night but got settled in a little after the midway point of the two games in the opening 5:00 P.M. slot.  Over on Court 1, the Winona State team held a 22-14 lead on the Northwestern team and although the Northwestern team briefly cut into that deficit, they made the mistake of leaving sophomore-to-be Allie Pickrain open behind the arc and she made them pay dearly for it with a three-point bomb and that helped the Winona State team get their safety net up to ten points at 32-22 by the start of the fourth period.  The Northwestern team again threatened near the midway point of the fourth period but they again made the mistake of leaving Pickrain all alone behind the arc and once again they paid dearly for it as another "3" by the former Eastview standout got the Winona State team's lead back up to ten at 41-31 and they never looked back after that.  Over on Court 2, the UST Alumni team was having its way with a young and inexperienced Anoka-Ramsey team as they were up 49-26 midway through the third period and there was little doubt how this one was going to turn out by the beginning of the fourth period with the UST Alumni team safely up 54-28. 

In the 5:55 P.M. slot, the Winona State team found itself doing double-duty on Court 1 as this time around they took on the GAC Black team and early on anyway, it appeared that the GAC Black team might have had a bit of an edge as they held a 10-8 lead midway through the first period and proceeded to go on a 10-2 run to lead 18-10 by the start of the second period.  But the Winona State team was able to shake off any possible fatigue from their earlier game and they turned the tables by going on a 10-2 run of their own to tie the game at 20-all midway through the second period and they usurped the momentum from their and held a 34-30 advantage at the halftime break.  The Winona State team was able to break down the GAC Black team in the third period and they stretched their lead to ten points at 43-33 midway through the third period and that lead ballooned to 53-36 by the start of the fourth period.  The GAC Black team simply wasn't able to contend with the size and speed of their DII opponent and by the midway point of the fourth period the Winona State team was running away with things up 59-41.  Over on Court 2, a much closer game was ensuing between the Rusty Pipes team (a squad made up primarily of former Hamline and St. Kate's players) and the UST Alumni team.  The UST Alumni team was up 5-3 midway through the first period but the Rusty Pipes team was able to snare the lead at 9-7 by the start of the second period.  Things would stay close and go back-and-forth in the second period and although the UST Alumni team held a 16-15 advantage midway through the second period, the Rusty Pipes team was able to get on a bit of a run down the stretch to take a 25-22 lead by the halftime break.  The Rusty Pipes team maintained that three-point edge midway through the third period up 27-24 and by the start of the fourth period they got the lead to five points at 37-32.  The UST Alumni team was certainly still very much in the picture but former Hamline standout Jordan Sammons ('15) helped spark a run for the Rusty Pipes team that enabled them to get the lead to ten points at 47-37 midway through the fourth period and the UST Alumni team was simply unable to recover.

Just like the week before, things really got busy in the 6:50 P.M. slot with three games going on.  On Court 1, the GAC Alumni team was embroiled in a tough contest with the UW-River Falls team and the GAC Alumni team fought and scratched their way to a 9-8 lead midway through the first period and were able to establish a little more breathing room up 13-9 by the start of the second period.  Curiously, the UW-River Falls team struggled on the offensive end on this night and this opened the door for the GAC Alumni team to stretch their lead to 19-10 midway through the second period and by the halftime break they got their lead to double-digits at 24-13.  The GAC Alumni team still looked to be in a pretty safe position up 33-23 midway through the third period but the UW-River Falls team finally got things going and got the deficit down to five points at 37-32 by the start of the fourth period.  The GAC Alumni team still managed to cling to that five-point edge at 42-37 midway through the fourth period but just when you thought the UW-River Falls team might finally break through and catch them, they faltered badly down the stretch as the GAC Alumni team held on for the win.  Over on Court 2, another close game appeared to be brewing as the Augsburg team clung to an 8-6 lead over the Northwestern team midway through the first period and by the start of the second period the Augsburg team led 16-12.  The Augsburg team, however, was able to slowly build its lead to six points at 22-16  midway through the second period and by the halftime break the lead grew to eight points at 27-19.  By the midway point of the third period, the lead suddenly bulged to twenty points at 43-23 and although the Northwestern team was able to cut into things a bit down 44-28 by the start of the fourth period, they simply were unable to stop the transition game of the Augsburg team as they held on for a double-digit victory.  Over on Court 3, things were reasonably close at the outset with the Rimshots team (a squad made up primarily of former Bethel players) and the Hamline team with the former up 12-9 midway through the first period and the Rimshots team holding a 16-15 lead by the start of the second period.  The Hamline team was still very much in this one midway through the second period down only 21-19 and although the Rimshots team led 30-25 by the halftime break, this one still had a lot of uncertainty to it.  But that uncertainty quickly vanished once the third period got underway and by the midway point the Rimshots team upped their lead to 42-31 and by the start of the fourth period, an experienced Rimshots team was up comfortably at 53-33 as they breezed to the win. 

One of the more-anticipated games on this night took place in the 7:45 P.M. slot over on Court 1 between the Southwest Minnesota State team and the UST Purple team.  The Southwest Minnesota State team was able to establish a 13-9 lead midway through the first period but the UST Purple team came right back and had things tied up at 15 a piece by the start of the second period.  This close, back-and-forth tussle continued as the Southwest Minnesota State team poked its nose back out in front by a 18-17 count midway through the second period but the UST Purple team was able to hold a 22-21 advantage by the halftime break.  The UST Purple team was able to make the first decisive move of this contest as they got their lead up to seven points at 28-21 midway through the third period but the Southwest Minnesota State team answered with a 10-2 run to own a 31-30 lead by the start of the fourth period.  This nail-biter continued with the Southwest Minnesota State team up 38-34 midway through the fourth period and seemingly in position to win and with just 1:00 left, the Southwest Minnesota State team was still up 38-36.  But the UST Purple team had the magic in the final sixty seconds to come away with an exciting victory.  Another good one was going over on Court 2 between the Superhoopers team and the Bethel team and the Bethel team appeared to have the early edge as they led 8-5 midway through the first period and still held a 14-12 lead to start the second period.  The game would be tied at 20 a piece midway through the second period but it was here where the experience and the ability of the Superhoopers team to be physical took over as they went on a key 8-0 push to own a 28-20 lead by the halftime break.  The Superhoopers team stretched the lead to 44-31 by the end of the third period and although the Bethel team was able to climb back into single-digit range down 47-39 midway through the fourth period, they never could get reasonably close again.  No such drama over on Court 3 as the St. Kate's team started running away early from an undersized and short-handed Dordt team.  The St. Kate's team led 11-4 midway through the first period and maintained the seven-point edge to lead 16-9 by the start of the second period.  The lead grew to nine points at 21-12 midway through the second period and it grew to 23-12 by the halftime break.  The St. Kate's team stretched the lead to twenty at 34-14 midway through the fourth period and there was little doubt how things were going to go after that.