Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League Results For Wednesday 6-12-19

Here are the results from Wednesday night at the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League:


5:00 P.M. Games

St. Olaf - 54
UW-River Falls - 48

UST Purple - 60
Anoka-Ramsey - 32


5:55 P.M. Games

GAC Alumni - 53
NIACC - 36

UST Black - 43
Minnesota's Best - 33

UNW/Defenders - 41
St. Kate's - 39


6:50 P.M. Games

Hamline - 49
GAC Gold - 48

Millennials - 44
College Girls - 34

Superhoopers - 61
Bethel - 49


7:45 P.M. Games

Rusty Pipes - 67
Augsburg - 35

Concordia St. Paul - 56
Macalester - 49

Twin City Swish - 65
GAC Black - 44


Battling the usual late afternoon rush-hour traffic, I did manage to get settled into the Midtown YWCA facility before the halftime breaks of both 5:00 P.M. games.  Over on Court 1, the battle between the UW-River Falls team and the St. Olaf teams was proving to be a tight one with the UW-River Falls team holding a slim 17-16 late late in the 2nd quarter but the St. Olaf team managed to surge before the intermission and take a somewhat surprising 26-21 lead at the halftime break.  The UW-River Falls team managed to recover and get things tied at 32-all early on in the third period and a spurt by the UW-River Falls team had them up 39-34 midway through the third period.  But in a game of shifting momentum, the St. Olaf team would recover again with a strong run down the stretch to hold a 45-41 lead by the end of the third period.  The St. Olaf team would stretch that lead to 47-41 early on in the fourth period and expand that lead to ten points at 51-41 midway through the fourth period and maintain the ten-point cushion midway through the fourth period at 54-44 to hold on for the win.  No such drama over on Court 2 between the Anoka-Ramsey team and the UST Purple team where the UST Purple team had gained a 38-15 lead late in the second period and held a 40-17 lead at the halftime break.  The UST Purple held a safe 40-21 lead midway through the third period and led 45-21 by the start of the fourth period as they romped to an easy win.

Three games in the 5:55 P.M. slot had me on my feet again roaming from court to court to try and keep up with it all.  On Court 1, the GAC Alumni team was battling the NIACC team and things would stay close early on with the GAC Alumni team up 3-1 early and 10-9 at the end of the first period.  The GAC Alumni team would be up 21-18 midway through the second period and led only 24-22 at the halftime break.  But things started falling apart for the young NIACC team as the GAC Alumni team expanded its lead to 42-33 by thee end of the third period and led 47-35 midway through the fourth period enroute to the victory.  Over on Court 2, the Minnesota's Best team held a 3-2 lead early on against the UST Black team but the latter would come back and hold a 12-9 lead late in the opening period and held a 14-13 lead by the beginning of the second period.  The UST Black team would get a bit more breathing room with a 20-15 lead midway through the second period and stretch that lead to nine at 27-18 by the halftime break.  The Minnesota's Best team would manage to tighten things up by the end of the third period down a single possession at 31-28 but the UST Black team would open things up again with a 38-29 lead midway through the fourth period enroute to the victory.  Over on Court 3, the UNW/Defenders team held an early 5-2 lead on the St. Kate's team and led 12-7 at the end of the first period.  The St. Kate's team would close the gap to two points at 12-10 early on in the second period and would hold an 18-17 advantage by the halftime break.  The St. Kate's team would hold a 25-23 lead midway through the third period but the UNW/Defenders team would take the lead back at 29-27 at the end of the third period.  The UNW/Defenders team would cling to a one-point 32-31 edge midway through the fourth period but a drive and finish by sophomore-to-be Grace Amacher put the St. Kate's team up by one at 35-34 a bit later.  A drive and finish be senior-to-be Danica Cambrice had the St. Kate's team up 39-37 with just over a minute left but a quick spurt by the UNW/Defenders team got them the win on this night. 

Three more games followed in the 6:50 P.M. slot.  A very tight battle ensued over on Court 1 between the Hamline team and the GAC Gold team.  The GAC Gold team held a slim 6-4 advantage midway through the opening period and led 13-10 by the start of the second period.  Things would stay close throughout the second period but the Hamline team managed to have just enough in them to get a 21-19 lead by the halftime break.  The GAC Gold team would retake the lead at 38-37 by the end of the third period and still lead 49-48 late in the contest.  The Hamline team had one last shot to either win the game or at least force a tie but senior-to-be Reilly Geistfeld was unable to get two free throw attempts to cooperate with :10 left.  Court 2 featured an interesting battle between the Millennials team and the College Girls team.  The Millennials team jumped out to a 10-2 lead midway through the first period and held a 15-6 lead by the start of the second period and led 25-11 by the halftime break.  The Millennials team led 38-28 by the end of the third period and would maintain that cushion down to the end as they continue to impress so far.  Court 3 featured a battle between the Bethel team and the Superhoopers team.  The Superhoopers team held an 8-5 lead midway through the first period as things appeared to be close early on but the Superhoopers used a big spurt to put the Bethel team in a big hold up 23-8 by the start of the second period.  The Bethel team was able to slice some of the fat off of the deficit by the halftime break to cut the deficit to ten at 37-27 but the Superhoopers team quickly choked off any comeback attempts as they got the lead to fourteen points at 49-35 by the start of the fourth period. 

Another MIAC team found its hands full against an experienced alumni team on Court 1 in the 7:45 P.M. slot as the Augsburg team was taking on the Rusty Pipes team.  The Augsburg team would be up 3-0 early and would lead 10-9 by the end of the first period but things would slowly get away from them once the second period got underway as the Rusty Pipes team got control of things.  A "3" by Cassidy "Lightning" Vogt (Hamline '13) put the Rusty Pipes team ahead to stay at 16-15 midway through the second period and that lead grew to 27-18 by the halftime break.  The Rusty Pipes' lead would grow to 40-22 midway through the third period and would grow even more to 52-29 by the start of the fourth period.  By the midway point of the fourth period, the Rusty Pipes team was enjoying a 61-32 lead so there was little doubt as to how this one was going to turn out.  Over on Court 2 was an NSIC-MIAC clash as the Concordia St. Paul team faced off against the Macalaster team.  The Concordia St. Paul team was up 6-5 midway through the opening period and led 17-8 at the end of the first period.  When the Concordia St. Paul team pushed their lead to 25-16 midway through the second period and led 32-22 at the halftime break, it looked as if they could possibly run away with things.  But the Macalester team hung tough as the crawled back to single-digit range down 41-33 midway through the third period.  Still, the Concordia St. Paul team was able to get the lead to double-digit range again up 47-36 by the end of the third period and led 54-40 midway through the fourth period before the Macalester team would make one final push to get things back into single-digit range again before falling.  Over on Court 3, the GAC Black team was facing off against the Twin City Swish team and although the GAC Black team held a 9-7 lead midway through the first period, things would soon spiral out of control for them as the Twin City Swish team punctuated this opening period with a buzzer-beater to take a 26-19 advantage.  The Twin City Swish team would grow the lead to 36-22 midway through the second period and led comfortably 40-22 by the halftime break.  The GAC Black team would go a good job reducing the deficit to ten point late in the third period down 46-36 and were down 48-38 by the start of the fourth period but the Twin City Swish team put this one out of reach for good once the fourth period got underway. 

Things revert to a Wednesday night-only format this next week but there'll be plenty of great action ensuing so make sure you get down to the Midtown YWCA to catch it all!