Had to miss out on the Wednesday action after the Fourth of July (7-6) but certainly was not going to miss out on this last Wednesday night's action so here's the results of the games I got to cover on this night:
6:15 P.M. Games
Northwestern - 67
Carleton - 53
Guards Of The Galaxy - 54
Hamline - 50
GAC Gold - 51
The Melting Pots - 44
7:00 P.M. Games
GAC Alumni - 31
St. Kate's - 30
Old But Not That Old - 59
GAC Black - 54
UW-River Falls - 62
St. Olaf - 44
On Court 1 in the 6:15 P.M. slot, the Carleton team was a bit short-handed on this night and that resulted in the Northwestern team splitting itself up a bit to help out. The Northwestern team would get up early on in the contest by a 15-6 count and hold a 17-11 lead by the end of the first period. The Northwestern team would still be up 25-18 early on in the second period but things would get tightened up as the Carleton team would have the deficit reduced to three at 33-30 late in the second period and that would be the score by the halftime break. The Northwestern team would open up a bit more space again up 37-30 early on in the third period although the Carleton team would be hanging around down 47-42 midway through the fourth period. The Northwestern team would start pulling away after that, however, as the would cruise to a relatively easy win.......A much more interesting contest was taking place over on Court 2, however, that saw the Hamline team taking on the Guards Of The Galaxy team. The Guards Of The Galaxy team would be paced on this Wednesday night by some terrific play from former GAC standout Marisa Gustafson (GAC '21). With the Guards Of The Galaxy team holding a 5-4 lead early on, Gustafson; the former Mahtomedi standout, would drain a "3" to give her team a bit more breathing space with an 8-4 advantage by the 5:40 mark of the first period. Gustafson would come through with more heroics just before the end of the first period as her lay-up before the buzzer gave the Guards Of The Galaxy team an 18-9 advantage. The Hamline team would manage to tighten up things by the 6:20 mark of the second period down 19-15 but the Guards Of The Galaxy team would then take their cue and unleash a 7-0 burst to open up some more space again with a 26-19 lead just beyond the midway point of the second period and by the halftime break, the Guards Of The Galaxy team would have this cushion maintained up 32-24. The Guards Of The Galaxy team would establish a double-digit cushion up 36-24 early on in the third period and thanks to a Gustafson lay-up, the Guards Of The Galaxy team team would still enjoy a ten-point cushion up 38-28 and by the end of the third period they were still maintaining that ten-point lead at 43-33. But, if there's been one team that's had a flair for the dramatics at this year's Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League, it's been the Hamline team and they showed that again once the fourth period got underway as they went on a 6-0 burst; cutting the deficit to four at 43-39. The Guards Of The Galaxy team would get back some of that breathing space again with a 50-44 advantage by the midway point of the fourth period but right back came the Hamline team as a 4-0 push had them right back in the thick of things down 50-48 with 2:20 left. With 1:45 left, the Hamline team got this game knotted at 50 and the fortunes of the Guards Of The Galaxy team looked precarious at best. To their credit, however, they held firm and got two important pairs of free throws down in the last minute of play as they escaped Dodge with a 54-50 victory......Over on Court 3, the GAC Gold team was taking on The Melting Pots team and this contest would be knotted at four a piece early on in the opening period. A 6-0 run by the GAC Gold team had them up 10-4 late in the first period but The Melting Pots team showed they weren't going anywhere anytime soon as they reduced the deficit down to four at 12-8 by the end of the first period. By the 7:39 mark of the second period, The Melting Pots team had this contest tied at 14 and things would be nip-and-tuck for most of the second period before the GAC Gold team got a second wind; grabbing a 21-17 advantage late in the second period and by the halftime break, the GAC Gold team was up 24-19. But right back came The Melting Pots team as they shrunk the deficit down to a single possession down 27-25 by the 6:30 mark/ That got the attention of the GAC Gold team as they went right back to work to establish a bit more breathing room with a 34-29 lead late in the third period and they would up that lead to seven by the end of the third period at 36-29. And the GAC Gold team was just getting started as a 7-0 push out of the gate at the beginning of the fourth period had them up 43-29 near the midway point of the fourth period. A "3" by sophomore-to-be Kylie Baranick stretched the lead for the GAC Gold team to 46-33 in the latter stages of the fourth period and although The Melting Pots team would make a late run, the GAC Gold team had the cushion to withstand it.
In the 7:00 P.M. slot, a good one was unexpectedly brewing on Court 1 between the GAC Alumni team and the St. Kate's team. The St. Kate's team would get off to a very good start in this one; grabbing an 8-2 lead in the latter stages of the opening period and they would maintain that six-point edge up 10-4 by the end of the first period. Despite the sluggish start by the GAC Alumni team, they finally got things going once the second period got underway as a quick 5-0 push cut the deficit to one at 10-9 early on in the second period and by the 7:10 mark of the second period, the GAC Alumni team had finally poked its nose out in front by an 11-10 count. In the latter stages of the fourth period, the GAC Alumni team had built a 15-11 advantage but the St. Kate's team got a boost from senior-to-be Bree Glynn with her lay-up with 2:50 left to get back to within a single possession down 15-13 and by the halftime break, this one was leveled at 19. The GAC Alumni team would gain the upper hand again once the third period got going and build a 24-19 advantage by the 6:30 mark. The St. Kate's team would manage to get right back into the thick of things; getting back to within a single possession again down 25-23 in the latter stages of the third period but a late score by Miranda Rice (GAC '18) helped give the GAC Alumni team a bit of a cushion again with a 29-23 advantage by the end of the third period. But this St. Kate's team wasn't going anywhere anytime soon as the GAC Alumni team was clinging to a somewhat precarious 31-28 lead by the midway point of the fourth period and with 2:05 left, the St. Kate's team got the chance they were waiting for as they got the deficit cut to one at 31-30. But the St. Kate's team was unable to complete the deal down the stretch despite numerous chances as the GAC Alumni team squeaked by again with a tough victory......Meanwhile, another doozy of a contest was ensuing nearby over on Court 2 between the Old But Not That Old team and the GAC Black team. The Old But Not That Old team got off to a solid start in this one; grabbing an 8-2 lead midway through the opening period. But the GAC Black team would come right back; cutting the deficit to one at 8-7 late in the first period and with 1:50 left in the opening period, the GAC Black team would poke its nose out in front at 9-8. Fittingly, this one would be tied by the end of the first period at 12 a piece. The Old But Not That Old team would take the lead back by a 17-15 count early on in the second period but shaking off this young GAC Black team was proving to be quite a task as they would usurp the advantage with a 29-25 lead in the latter stages of the second period with a 29-25 lead and the GAC Black team would be up 31-29 by the halftime break. This back-and-forth affair continued into the third period as the Old But Not That Old team would retake the lead at 32-31 early on but the GAC Black team would take it right back in the latter stages of the third period at 42-40. Down 43-40 with seconds remaining in the third period, the Old But Not That Old team got a big boost from former UST standout Madi Radtke as her tip-in at the buzzer had the deficit down to one at 43-42. The GAC Black team would be clinging to this one-point lead at 45-44 early on in the fourth period but a burst by the Old But Not That Old team had them back out in front at 50-47 midway through the fourth period. The GAC Black team was hanging tough, however, and a score in the paint by junior-to-be Syd Hauger cut the deficit down to one at 50-49 with plenty of time (4:40) left. Hauger would come through again with a lay-up with 3:17 left to keep the GAC Black team within a single possession down 54-51. Hauger would also get one free throw to go down with 2:00 left that had the deficit down to two at 54-52 with 2:00 left but they could never get closer than that as former Lakeville North standout Caitlyn Peterson (SCSU '21) would come through big-time for the Old But Not That Old team with a tough lay-up with 1:30 left to make it 56-52 as the Old But Not That Old team came through with a tough victory......No such drama over on Court 3 as the UW-River Falls team was making quick work of the St. Olaf team with the former enjoying a 22-5 advantage by the end of the first period. A "3" early on in the second period bloated the lead to 25-5 for the UW-River Falls team and although the St. Olaf team finally found some semblance of offense, they were still staring at a sizable 30-12 deficit by the midway point of the second period and by the halftime break, the UW-River Falls team was up handily at 37-18. The St. Olaf team tried to cut some fat off of the deficit when the third period got going but the UW-River Falls team was still enjoying a 45-29 advantage by the end of the third period. Things were pretty much academic by the midway point of the fourth period with the UW-River Falls team enjoying a hefty 55-34 advantage as they rolled to an easy victory.
Had to take off before the 7:40 games got going to get my "beauty rest" for work the next morning. Only two more weeks left of the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League so get on down!
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