Here are the results of the games I was able to cover this last Wednesday night at the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League:
6:15 PM Games
GAC Alumni - 37
UW-Stout - 35 2OT
The Currey Crew - 63
Anoka-Ramsey - 43
Arden Hills - 51
KATZ - 45
7:15 PM Games
Bemidji St - 73
CSB - 52
UNW Eagles - 72
Luther - 52
Of the games I was able to cover on this night, the battle on Court 1 in the 6:15 PM slot was easily the game of the night that saw the UW-Stout team taking on the GAC Alumni team. Defense would take center stage in this game as the GAC Alumni team would establish a 3-0 lead at the 9:25 mark of the opening period and would hold a 4-2 advantage near the midway point of the first period. After a sluggish start, the UW-Stout team finally got into a bit of a groove as they embarked on a 7-0 run to hold a 9-4 lead with 1:30 left and they would hold this same lead by the end of the first period. But this cushion that the UW-Stout team had would shrink to just one point as the GAC Alumni team got on a push to make it a 9-8 ballgame by the 8:00 mark of the second period. Then Grace Benz (GAC '23) would put the GAC Alumni ahead by a 10-9 count when she snared a steal and raced the other way for a lay-up at the 6:25 mark. But this didn't faze the UW-Stout team as they went on an 8-0 run to lead 17-10 with 2:10 left and they definitely looked to have things going their way with a 19-10 lead by the halftime break. The UW-Stout team would still be up 19-13 at the 8:20 mark of the third period but the GAC Alumni team kept whittling away at this deficit and they would cut the UW-Stout team lead down to 25-21 with 3:20 left and they would at least maintain this four-point edge at 26-22 by the end of the third period. By the time the fourth period got underway, the GAC Alumni team definitely seemed to have momentum on their side as they cut the UW-Stout team lead down to 26-24 by the 8:45 mark and they would soon have this contest leveled at 26 by the 8:00 mark. By the 6:45 mark, the GAC Alumni team had finally pushed ahead again up 28-26 and they would hold onto this slim two-point edge at 30-28 with 3:05 left in regulation. That lead would increase to 31-28 after Anna Sanders (GAC '23) got one free throw to go down with 2:05 left in regulation. But the UW-Stout team was not ready to concede by any stretch and they would get this one knotted at 31 a piece with :13 left in regulation so off we went to an extra two-minute session. This game would be tied at 33 a piece with :33 left in the first overtime and with :31 left, the UW-Stout team would take a 35-33 lead but the GAC Alumni team would force a second overtime getting this game tied up yet again at 35 a piece. In the one-minute second overtime period, the GAC Alumni team would forge ahead at 37-35 with :34 left and the UW-Stout team couldn't get the bucket in their final possession as the GAC Alumni team held on for an exciting and fun win.......The game over on Court 2 didn't have nearly the drama although things would initially be close between the Anoka-Ramsey team and The Currey Crew team. The Anoka-Ramsey team would hold the upper hand in the beginning of this game with a 2-0 lead at the 9:10 mark of the opening period and up 8-6 midway through the first period. The Anoka-Ramsey team would be clinging to a 12-11 advantage with 2:40 left but The Currey Crew team would get this game leveled at 14 a piece by the end of the first period. The Anoka-Ramsey team would gain another one-point advantage up 20-19 by the midway point of the second period but it was here that The Currey Crew team went on a game-changing 19-2 run to hold a 28-20 advantage with 3:21 left and expand that lead to 38-22 by the halftime break. The Currey Crew team would grow this lead to 44-26 by the 8:30 mark of the third period and even though the Anoka-Ramsey team was able to take a bit of a bite out of this deficit at the midway point of the third period down 44-30, they weren't able to sustain a substantial run as The Currey Crew team would enjoy a 53-35 lead by the end of the third period. By the midway point of the fourth period, The Currey Crew team had established a twenty-point cushion up 58-38 as they coasted to an easy win.......Another good contest was taking place over on Court 3 in this time slot between the Arden Hills team and the KATZ team. This one would be knotted at five a piece by the 7:20 mark of the opening period and the Arden Hills team would be clinging to a 12-11 lead with 3:05 left in the first period. But the KATZ team would manage to turn the table and hold a 15-14 lead by the end of the first period. Right back would come the Arden Hills team as they would retake the lead at 17-15 at the 9:50 mark of the second period on a three-point bomb and they would be up by a 23-20 count by the midway point of the second period. By the halftime break, the Arden Hills team would holding onto a somewhat tenuous 25-23 advantage. Things would still be tight by the 7:05 mark of the third period with the Arden Hills team holding onto a 29-27 advantage but a bit later, a 5-0 push would give the Arden Hills team a 34-27 lead by the midway point of the third period. The Arden Hills team would stretch that lead to 40-32 with 1:50 left although the KATZ team would cut that lead down to five at 40-35 by the end of the third period. Things would still hang in the balance once the fourth period got underway with the Arden Hills team holding an uncertain 46-41 lead near the midway point of the fourth period but they were able to build more of a cushion with a 49-41 lead with 1:30 left in regulation and hung on for the win.
Only two games going on in the 7:15 PM slot on this night which made things a bit easier for me anyway. On Court 1, the Bemidji St team was taking on the CSB team and things would be close for a while. The Bemidji St team would own a 4-2 edge by the 7:35 mark of the opening period and although they would stretch this lead to 7-2 by the midway point of the first period, the CSB team would go on a 5-0 push to get things leveled at seven a piece with 3:10 left and by the end of the first period, the Bemidji St team was trying to hold onto a slim 14-13 advantage. The CSB team would grab its first lead of the evening at 15-14 by the 9:20 mark of the second period but but that didn't last long as the Bemidji St team would come back at take a 17-16 lead at the 6:25 mark. Right back would come the CSB team on the strength of a three-point bomb to retake the lead at 18-16 by the midway point of the second period. Still, the Bemidji St team recovered to take the lead back at 27-23 with 2:25 left and they would maintain this four-point edge at 29-25 by the halftime break. Once the third period got underway, the Bemidji St team gradually increased its lead; holding a 32-27 advantage at the 7:20 mark of the third period and stretching that lead to 37-29 near the midway point of the third period. The Bemidji St team built its lead to double digits at 44-29 with 3:30 left and they would enjoy a 46-31 advantage by the end of the third period. The CSB team would attempt to make inroads on this cushion once the fourth period got underway; slimming the deficit down to ten at 46-36 by the 8:50 mark of the fourth period but they would eventually run out of gas as the Bemidji St team to the lead to 53-38 near the midway point of the fourth period and had things in cruise control the rest of the way for the win.......The game on Court 2 between the Luther team and the UNW Eagles team took on a similar tone as the Luther team would take a quick 3-0 lead by the 9:20 mark of the opening period and the would hold a 5-1 advantage by the midway point of the first period. Things were still going the Luther team's way as they were up 10-3 with 4:42 left but the UNW Eagles team shook off the sluggish start and cut the deficit down to just two points at 10-8 with 2:05 left. A bit later with 1:55 left, a three-point bomb pushed the UNW Eagles team out in front at 11-10 but the Luther team would come back to forge a 13-13 deadlock by the end of the first period. Things would still be close in the early moments of the second period with the UNW Eagles team holding a 16-13 advantage but they would be able to grow that lead to 20-13 by the 7:25 mark of the second period. Still, the Luther team would come right back with a 6-0 push that cut the deficit to one at 20-19 with 4:30 left but the UNW Eagles team would up the lead to 22-19 with 1:30 left and recent Augsburg grad Katie Manecke; helping out the UNW Eagles team on this night, gave them even more breathing room with a pretty coast-to-coast lay-up right before the buzzer that gave them a 27-21 lead by the halftime break. The Luther team would hang tough, though, once the third period got underway, trailing by only four at 30-26 by the 9:05 mark of the third period and they would get back to within a single possession down 32-29 a short time later. Curiously, the Luther team seemed to hit the wall at this point as the UNW Eagles team got the lead to 39-34 by the midway point of the third period and they would up this lead to 44-36 with 2:55 left. A big spurt by the UNW Eagles team ensued and by the end of the third period, they were in control with a 59-40 advantage. Things were pretty much academic after that with the UNW Eagles team holding a 63-40 lead at the 7:30 mark of the fourth period and they stretched the lead to 68-43 midway through the fourth period as they rolled to an easy win.
Another big night of games coming up this next Wednesday night so make sure you get yourself down to the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League to take in all the action!
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