Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League Results For Wednesday 7-30-25

 Here are the results of the games I was able to cover on the final night of this year's version of the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League:

6:15 PM Games

Curry Crew - 91

Arden Hills - 75

Beavs - 65

Swish - 53

St. Olaf - 43

GAC Black - 33

CSB - 47

Anoka-Ramsey - 45

7:10 PM Games

Alumni - 68

St. Kate's - 44

MN-NYCE - 66

Beavs - 48

GAC Gold - 62

She Got Game - 26

Curry Crew - 83

Rusty Buckets - 45

Horrible bumper-to-bumper traffic resulted in it taking over an hour for me to get from my place in the northwest suburbs over to the Midtown YWCA to catch the last night of action.  I finally arrived between 6:15 and 6:30 PM with the games in the 6:15 PM slot already well-underway.  On Court 1, the Curry Crew team was taking on the Arden Hills team and by the midway point of the second period, the Curry Crew team had already established a double-digit advantage at 33-20 and they would maintain this cushion up 47-34 with 1:05 left and by the halftime break, the Curry Crew team was in good shape up 47-36.  The Curry Crew team would still have the eleven-point lead at 54-43 by the 8:05 mark of the third period but they would then open up more distance after that and build a 77-56 lead by the end of the third period.  The Curry Crew team would hold a 79-61 lead by the 7:30 mark of the fourth period and would outscore the Arden Hills team down the stretch to claim the dub on this one.........Things were significantly tighter over on Court 2 in this time slot between the Beavs team and the Swish team as the Swish team held a slim 29-27 advantage with 1:15 left in the second period and the Swish team would increase the lead to 32-29 by the halftime break.  But the Swish team would see its lead cut to 36-35 by the 6:20 mark of the third period and soon thereafter the Beavs team would grab the upper hand and hold a 40-36 advantage with 4:30 left.  A key 11-4 push by the Beavs team down the stretch would have them up double digits at 51-40 by the end of the third period.  The Swish team was unable to find any answers once the fourth period got underway as the Beavs team grew its lead to 58-44 near the midway point and they were able to put things in cruise control the rest of the way to snag the win.........Two long-standing MIAC rivals were going at it on Court 3 as the GAC Black team was taking on the St. Olaf team.  By the looks of things once I got settled in, this one was a close battle from the initial tip as the St. Olaf team was holding a slim 21-19 lead by the halftime break.  The St. Olaf team would manage to get a bit more breathing room with a 23-19 advantage by the 7:30 mark of the third period but then the St. Olaf team would launch a big run that had them up double digits at 37-25 with 1:25 left and the St. Olaf team would hold onto this lead by the end of the third period.  The GAC Black team would manage to climb back into single-digit range down 40-31 with 3:15 left in the fourth period but they could never get any closer than that down the stretch as the St. Olaf team closed out their summer league schedule with a good win.........Likely the best game on this night was taking place over on Court 4 that saw the Anoka-Ramsey team battling the CSB team.  With 3:40 left in the second period, the Anoka-Ramsey team held a 20-16 lead and they would maintain this four-point cushion down the stretch to own a 22-18 advantage by the halftime break.  But the Anoka-Ramsey team would see its lead cut to just one at 26-25 by the 6:45 mark of the third period and a 7-0 run by the CSB team suddenly had them up 32-26 near the midway point.  The CSB team would own a 34-29 lead with 1:25 left and they still held this five-point edge up 39-34 by the end of the third period.  But just when you thought the CSB team had things going its way, their fortunes appeared iffy in the fourth period as they saw the Anoka-Ramsey team claw back to within a single possession down 41-38 by the 6:15 mark and by the midway point, the Anoka-Ramsey team had this game leveled at 43-all.  With 1:20 left in regulation, this game was still up for grabs tied at 45-all.  With :33 left, the Anoka-Ramsey team was called for a foul and the CSB team got two free throws to go down to assume a 47-45 advantage.  The Anoka-Ramsey team had two good opportunities in the waning moments of the game but couldn't get a shot to go down as the CSB team got out of Dodge with the win.

Blowouts were the buzzword in the 7:10 PM slot on this night.  On Court 1, the Alumni team was taking on the St. Kate's team and the Alumni team would own a 7-3 advantage by the 7:30 mark of the opening period and by the end of the first period, the Alumni team had grown its lead to 19-10.  The Alumni team would get its lead to double digits at 27-16 by the 7:20 mark of the second period and with 3:45 left, the Alumni team had doubled-up its opponent with a 36-18 advantage.  By the halftime break, the Alumni team had a cozy 38-22 lead.  Not much changed once the third period got underway as the Alumni team's lead grew to 43-22 by the 7:00 mark and they would get their lead stretched out to 51-29 with 2:55 left.  By the end of the third period, the Alumni team was rolling with a 53-29 advantage.  The Alumni team's lead would balloon to 57-34 by the 7:00 mark of the fourth period and they would be up safely 64-39 with 3:35 left in regulation as they rolled home with a big win.........Over on Court 2, the MN-NYCE team was taking on the Beavs team which was doing double-duty on this last night.  Things would be close in the opening period with the MN-NYCE team holding a slim 10-8 lead near the midway point but down the stretch of this first period, the MN-NYCE team was able to establish more breathing room and by the end of the first period they would own an 18-12 advantage.  The Beavs team would up its lead to 23-14 by the 8:55 mark of the second period and by the midway point, the Beavs team got its lead to twelve at 28-16 and they would maintain this cushion up 32-20 with 2:20 left.  But the Beavs team appeared to have new life as they went on an 8-2 run down the stretch that at least had them back in the thick of things down 34-28 by the halftime break.  But the Beavs team appeared to run out of gas once the third period got underway as the MN-NYCE team rebuilt its lead to 38-28 by the 7:00 mark and increased the lead to 40-28 near the midway point.  The MN-NYCE team would be up 46-33 with 2:40 left and that lead would grow to 56-37 by the end of the third period.  The MN-NYCE maintained this sixteen-point spread at 56-40 by the 6:10 mark of the fourth period and ran away with things the rest of the way to claim an easy victory.........Over on Court 3, the GAC Gold team was taking on the She Got Game team and it was all GAC Gold from the beginning as they would own an 11-4 advantage with 4:05 left in the opening period and even though the She Got Game team got the deficit slimmed down a bit at 13-8 with 1:20 left, the GAC Gold team would stretch its lead to 16-8 by the end of the first period.  Up 16-9 by the 8:05 mark of the second period, the GAC Gold would get their lead to 24-11 near the midway point and would stretch it to 28-11 with 1:50 left.  By the halftime break, the GAC Gold team would hold a 30-11 advantage.  The GAC Gold team would slowly stretch its lead once the third period got underway; up 34-12 by the 7:15 mark and up 36-12 with 4:05 left.  A 7-2 run down the stretch by the GAC Gold team had them up handily at 43-14 by the end of the third period.  By the midway point of the fourth period, the GAC Gold team was running away with this one up 56-18 as they romped to an easy win.........Over on Court 4, the Rusty Buckets team was taking on the Curry Crew team.  The Curry Crew team established an 18-10 lead with 3:30 left in the opening period but the Rusty Buckets team would embark on an 8-2 run that had the Curry Crew team's lead cut to just two at 20-18 by the end of the first period.  This game seemingly had all the makings of a close one as the Rusty Buckets team grabbed a 25-24 lead by the 8:05 mark of the second period and they still had the upper hand near the midway point with a 28-26 advantage.  The Curry Crew team would get this one tied at 28 a piece with 1:50 left and would then go on a game-changing 7-0 push that had them up 35-28 by the halftime break.  The Rusty Buckets team never recovered from that and the Curry Crew team stretched its lead to 39-28 by the 8:55 mark of the third period and by the midway point, the Curry Crew was sitting pretty up 48-30.  Things would only get worse for the Rusty Buckets team from then on as the Curry Crew team would own a 56-35 lead with 2:00 left and that lead would balloon to 60-37 by the end of the third period.  By the 7:00 mark of the fourth period, the Curry Crew team had all but put the daisy on this one with a 72-41 advantage as they also romped to an easy win on this night.

Just want to give a shout out to Bruce Smith and his crew over at the Midtown YWCA for putting on another excellent Women's College Summer League this years that saw a lot of good teams, players and games.  Was glad to cover another fun season of it!  

MIAC Women's College Summer League Results For Tuesday 7-29-25

 Here are the results of the games I was able to cover this last Tuesday evening over at the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League:

6:15 PM Games

Blue Devils - 56

MN-NYCE - 35

Sara's Shooters - 58

Hammies - 57

Baddies Elite - 57

GAC Black - 56

Washed-Up Warriors - 62

St. Olaf - 60

7:10 PM Games

Hammies - 68

GAC Alumni - 61

Swish - 68

She Got Game - 32

Blue Devils - 37

Rusty Buckets - 30

Scrubs - 65

GAC Gold - 54

There wasn't much in the way of drama over on Court 1 in the 6:15 PM slot that saw the MN-NYCE team take on the Blue Devils team as the Blue Devils team would draw first blood at the 9:05 mark of the opening period for a 2-0 lead and then race away with a 12-2 burst that had them up 14-2 near the midway point.  By the end of the first period, the Blue Devils team had established a hefty 17-4 advantage.  The MN-NYCE team could only get nibbles once the second period got underway as they would trail 17-6 by the 8:45 mark and they would still be on the wrong end of a 19-7 score near the midway point.  Down the stretch, however, it looked as if the MN-NYCE team had finally found itself as they got the deficit down to tean at 22-12 with 2:50 left and they got on a 7-1 push in the late going that made this one a ballgame again with the Blue Devils team's lead cut to 23-19 by the halftime break.  But the Blue Devils team refused to panic and they slowly took control of things again once the third period was underway; getting their lead to six at 25-19 by the 7:10 mark and extending the lead to 27-19 near the midway point.  Then the Blue Devils team would embark on an 11-4 run down the stretch that re-established the earlier double-digit cushion at 38-23.  By the 6:20 mark of the fourth period, the Blue Devils team had things in cruise control mode as they coasted to an easy win.........The best games of the night meanwhile were easily on Courts 2, 3 and 4 in this time slot.  On Court 2, the Hammies team was taking on the Sara's Shooters team and this one would be knotted at two a piece at the 9:35 mark of the opening period.  The Hammies team would then get on a push and would establish a 9-4 advantage near the midway point but then the Sara's Shooters team would respond with a push of their own that had them down only by one at 11-10 at the end of the first period.  The Sara's Shooters team would build on their newfound momentum and gain a 23-18 lead by the 7:10 mark of the second period but right back came the Hammies team as they would get this game leveled at 23 a piece by the 6:15 mark and they would poke their nose out in front again at 26-25 near the midway point.  This cat-and-mouse game would continue as the Sara's Shooters team would regain the lead at 27-26 with 1:20 left and they would get a bit more breathing room with a 31-28 lead by the halftime break.  But the Hammies team certainly wasn't going anywhere anytime soon and they would cut the Sara's Shooters team's lead to just one at 31-30 by the 8:45 mark of the third period and the Sara's Shooters would at least hang onto this one-point edge at 37-36 by the 6:05 mark.  But they wouldn't hold onto this for long as the Hammies team would take the upper hand once again; getting a 40-37 lead near the midway point and they would hold onto this three-point lead at 49-46 by the end of the third period.  But before the Hammies team could get too comfortable with this three-point edge, the Sara's Shooters team would again be nipping on their heels as they cut the Hammies' team's lead down to one at 50-49 by the 7:50 mark of the fourth period and the Hammies team would still be clinging to that one-point lead at 52-51 near the midway point.  With 3:15 left in regulation, the Sara's Shooters team took a 54-52 lead but the Hammies team would soon get this one leveled again.  With :41 left in regulation, this one would still be unresolved at 57-all but with :15 left, the Sara's Shooters team would get a big break as a foul was called on the Hammies team.  The Sara's Shooters team got one free throw to go down out of the deal and although the Hammies team had one chance left, they were unable to convert as the Sara's Shooters team held on for a fun and exciting win.........Another good one was going down over on Court 3 in this time slot between the Baddies Elite team and the GAC Black team.  The GAC Black team would manage to grab a 5-3 advantage by the 7:55 mark of the opening period and they would extend their lead to as many as seven at 13-6 with 4:05 left.  But the Baddies Elite team would then go on a 7-0 run to level the game at 13-all with 2:00 left and this one would still be tied at 13 a piece by the end of the first period.  The Baddies Elite team would manage to poke its nose out in front by a 25-23 count at the 6:00 mark of the second period and they would get a bit more breathing room with a 27-23 advantage near the midway point.  With 1:05 left, the Baddies Elite team got some more separation with a 32-26 lead but a 4-0 push down the stretch by the GAC Black team cut the Baddies Elite team's lead down to 32-30 by the halftime break.  Undaunted, the Baddies Elite team would resume its offensive and get a 37-30 lead by the 8:20 mark of the 3rd period and they would maintain this cushion with a 41-34 advantage with 3:50 left.  Once again, however, the GAC Black team would manage to get things in gear and go on a push that cut the Baddies Elite team's lead to a single possession at 43-40 by the end of the third period.  By the 8:00 mark of the fourth period, the GAC Black team made further inroads as the Baddies Elite team's lead was cut to just one at 43-42 and a bit later at the 6:10 mark, the GAC Black team got this game leveled at 48 a piece.  The Baddies Elite team would regain the lead at 54-51 with 3:30 left in regulation but yet again, the GAC Black team would manage to get this game knotted at 55 a piece with just 1:40 left in regulation.  The Baddies Elite team got bailed out on a foul call with :30 left in regulation and got one free throw to go down out of the deal to take a 57-56 lead.  Despite a handful of chances in the waning moments, the GAC Black team was unable to convert on subsequent possessions as the Baddies Elite escaped with a thrilling win.........Another wild affair was taking place over on Court 4 between the Washed-Up Warriors team and the St. Olaf team.  The St. Olaf team would get off to a solid start in this one; taking a 9-2 lead by the 7:15 mark of the opening period before the Washed-Up Warriors could tighten up things and reduce the deficit down to four at 15-11 near the midway point.  The St. Olaf team would maintain this four-point cushion down the stretch and a late score just before the buzzer had them 19-13 by the end of the first period.  The St. Olaf team would then grow its lead to eight at 25-17 by the 7:00 mark of the second period but that lead would slowly but surely dwindle as the Washed-Up Warriors got things going again on their end that had them down only by a single possession at 33-30 with 1:05 left.  By the halftime break though, the St. Olaf team got its cushion rebuilt to six at 36-30 and that cushion would grow to seven at 39-32 by the 8:40 mark of the third period.  By the midway point of the third period, the St. Olaf team had built a ten-point cushion at 45-35 and by the end of the third period, the St. Olaf team appeared to be in control of things with a 56-45 advantage.  But a wily and experienced Washed-Up Warriors team would pick away at this deficit once the fourth period got underway and with 2:50 left in regulation, the St. Olaf team's lead had been cut to five at 60-55.  The St. Olaf team was unable to stem the tide of the Washed-Up Warriors team as they went on a 5-0 push down the last two minutes to level this contest at 60-all at the end of regulation so off to an extra two-minute overtime period we went.  The Washed-Up Warriors team would finally push ahead at 62-60 with 1:05 left in the extra session and held off late attempts by the St. Olaf team to claim an exciting comeback victory.

In the 7:10 PM slot, an interesting contest was going on over on Court 1 between the GAC Alumni team and the Hammies team which was doing double-duty on this night.  But the Hammies team showed no ill-effects from the earlier contest and would get a 2-0 lead by the 8:40 mark of the opening period and would soon take control of things; getting a ten-point cushion at 20-10 with 2:45 left.  By the end of the first period, the Hammies team was in very good shape with a 25-16 advantage.  The Hammies team would get its lead back to ten near the midway point of the second period at 32-22 but the GAC Alumni team finally was able to shake off its earlier struggles in this contest with a push and a late score just before the halftime break had the GAC Alumni team back in the thick of things down by only six at 37-31.  The Hammies team would go back to work once the third period got underway; maintaining the six-point edge at 40-34 by the 9:05 mark and growing the lead to seven at 43-36 near the midway point.  With 1:20 left, the Hammies team looked to be in full control again with a 52-44 advantage but two late three-point bombs by the GAC Alumni team had the Hammies team in a somewhat precarious spot with a slim 52-50 advantage.  By the 6:10 mark of the fourth period, the GAC Alumni team seemed to have completed its long-awaited comeback as they assumed at 58-55 advantage but they curiously would start running out of gas as the Hammies team wasted little time getting this one leveled at 58 a piece near the midway point.  The GAC Alumni team would falter down the stretch as the Hammies team retook the lead and held a 65-61 lead with 2:00 left and they got out of Dodge with the dub in this time slot.........Over on Court 2, the She Got Game team took on the Swish team and it certainly didn't take long for the Swish team to assume full control on this one as they would hold a 6-3 lead to by 7:30 mark of the opening period and with 2:00 left, the Swish team already had a double-digit cushion up 24-10 and they would hold this lead at the end of the first period.  By the midway point of the second period, the Swish team owned a 32-19 advantage and a 10-0 run by the Swish team down the stretch would balloon that lead to 42-19 by the halftime break.  By the 8:40 mark of the third period, it was a full-fledged blowout with the Swish team up 47-19 and the She Got Game team could only make incremental bites on this deficit as the Swish team owned a 48-21 lead near the midway point.  By the end of the third period, the Swish team was enjoying a 59-25 advantage and by the 6:20 mark of the fourth period, the Swish team was cruising up 62-29 as they ran away with this one.........A much tighter, defensive struggle was underway over on Court 3 between another squad doing double-duty on this night - the Blue Devils team - and the Rusty Buckets team.  Both teams would be at deuce by the 7:20 mark of the opening period before the Blue Devils team could push ahead 7-4 with 3:50 left.  But the Rusty Buckets team had a few answers of their own and they would get this game tied at seven-all with 1:10 left and by the end of the first period, the Rusty Buckets team would hold a slim 9-7 advantage.  The Blue Devils team would respond once the second period got underway as they would get this game leveled at 11 a piece by the 8:20 mark and they would eventually get a 17-14 advantage with 3:50 left.  but the Rusty Buckets team would cut the deficit down to one at 17-16 with 2:25 left and by the halftime break, the Blue Devils team was trying to hang onto that one-point lead at 19-18.  Not much would change once the third period was underway as the Blue Devils were trying to protect a slim 22-20 advantage at the 8:20 mark and it didn't take long for the Rusty Buckets team to get this contest leveled at 22-all by the 7:30 mark.  This one was still up for grabs by the 6:00 mark with things knotted up at 25 a piece and this score would still hold with 3:50 left.  But then the Blue Devils team would embark on a game-changing 7-0 push that not only changed the complexion of this game but also had them up 32-25 by the end of the third period.  The Rusty Buckets team would manage to close the gap to five at 32-27 near the midway point of the fourth period but could never get any closer as the Blue Devils team claimed the tough win in this one.........Another good one was going on over on Court 4 in this time slot between the GAC Gold team and the Scrubs team.  The Scrubs team would own a slim 11-10 advantage near the midway point of the opening period but the GAC Gold team would get this game back on even terms at 16 a piece with :45 left and by the end of the first period, the GAC Gold team would find itself up 17-16.  The GAC Gold team would hang onto this one-point edge at 19-18 by the 7:40 mark of the second period but a three-point bomb by former Park Center and Concordia-St Paul standout Meghan DuBois (CSP '22) put the Scrubs team up 21-19 at the 6:45 mark.  Undeterred, the GAC Gold team would bounce back to grab a 27-25 advantage with 3:00 left and a 5-0 push would grow that lead to 32-25 with 2:10 left.  The GAC Gold team was able to maintain this cushion down the stretch and looked to be in good shape with a 34-29 lead by the halftime break.  But the GAC Gold team's fortunes would shift once the third period got underway as an experienced Scrubs team started to assert itself.  The GAC Gold team's lead would be cut to 34-31 by the 7:20 mark of the third period and the Scrubs team would eventually get this one leveled at 41-all with 3:30 left.  A key 9-2 run by the Scrubs team down the stretch now had them in good shape up 50-43 by the end of the third period.  The Scrubs team would get its lead to nine at 54-45 by the 8:30 mark of the fourth period and they would build an eleven-point lead at 59-48 near the midway point.  The Scrubs team was able to maintain this cushion down the stretch to claim the dub on this night.