It was definitely good to be able to catch the opening night of the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League and although I had to leave early as I had jury duty the next morning, there were some interesting games that I did get to see.
6:15 PM Games
UW-Stout - 37
GAC Gold - 35
Team Jody - 71
Free Agents - 44
Wash-Ups - 80
St. Olaf - 42
Team One - 75
Auggies - 40
7:15 PM Games
UW-Stout - 70
Auggies - 50
GAC White - 53
Northwestern - 42
Sara's Shooters - 52
Backcourt Baddies - 33
Midway Monsters - 44
Anoka-Ramsey - 32
The best game in my time over at the Midtown YWCA on this night took place over on Court 1 in the 6:15 PM timeslot between the UW-Stout team and the GAC Gold team. Things looked promising for the GAC Gold team early on as they managed to jump out to a 4-0 lead by the 7:40 mark of the opening period but the UW-Stout team quickly woke up and came back with a vengeance as they would unleash a 14-2 run that had them up 14-6 with 2:05 left in the first period and that's where this game would be once the first period came to a close. The UW-Stout team would stay in firm control with a 19-8 lead near the midway point of the second period and although the GAC Gold team briefly got back into single-digit range down 19-10 with 2:50 left, the UW-Stout team would recover and hold a ten-point cushion at the halftime break up 23-13. Not much changed when the third period got underway with the UW-Stout team up 27-15 by the 6:03 mark and things still looked very good for this UW-Stout team up 29-21 by the end of the third period. But you kind of knew that this GAC Gold team would find a way to come back in this thing and that's exactly what happened once the fourth period got underway as they were able to slice the deficit down to six at 33-27 near the midway point and although the UW-Stout team still had the upper hand with a 37-32 advantage with 1:02 left in regulation, the GAC Gold would pull back to within a single possession with a three-point bomb with :12 left in regulation. But the UW-Stout team would manage to milk out the clock and was able to preserve a precarious nail-biting win......No such drama over on Court 2 in this timeslot where the Team Jody team was taking on the Free Agents team. Things would be tight at the beginning as the Team Jody team would hold a 5-2 lead at the 7:20 mark of the opening period but the Free Agents team would eventually claw back and forge a 12-12 deadlock with 2:35 left and although the Team Jody team would get a bit more breathing room by the end of the first period with a 19-14 advantage, this was so far looking like a very close contest. But the Free Agents team was unable to rekindle whatever magic they had found earlier in this game as the Team Jody team slowly but surely built its advantage as they held a 31-22 lead at the 5:22 mark of the second period and would get the lead to ten at 38-28 with 2:25 left and still had the upper hand with a 40-32 advantage by the halftime break. The third period didn't see things change significantly as the Team Jody team enjoyed a 46-37 advantage at the 6:35 mark and the Team Jody team maintained that nine-point cushion up 51-42 with 4:20 left. But if there was still a lifeline for the Free Agents team by this point, it was effectively choked off by the Team Jody team as they would grow their lead to 55-44 by the end of the third period. And the Team Jody team would start running away with this one once the fourth period got underway and they would be coasting with a 64-44 lead with 4:15 left in regulation as they rolled to an easy win......It was a somewhat similar story over on Court 3 where the Wash-Ups team was taking on the St. Olaf team. This contest would be tight early on with the Wash-Ups team holding a 10-7 advantage with 2:50 left in the first period but a quick 6-0 run by the Wash-Ups team pushed their lead to 16-7 with 1:30 left and by the end of the third period, the tone had been set with the Wash-Ups team enjoying a 20-9 lead. Things would get progressively worse for the St. Olaf team once the second period got underway as the Wash-Ups team got its lead to 27-12 by the 6:40 mark and the Wash-Ups team would grow its lead even more to 31-14 by the midway point. The Wash-Ups would be in firm command up 33-17 with 2:00 left and by the halftime break they were still enjoying a 35-20 advantage. This pattern would continue as the Wash-Ups team held a 37-23 advantage at the 8:30 mark of the third period and they would be up 51-35 with 2:40 left. By the end of the third period, the Wash-Ups team was rolling with a 57-38 advantage. The Wash-Ups team would have things in cruise control the rest of the way as they held a 76-42 lead with 2:50 left in regulation as they romped to an easy win......And it was more of the same over on Court 4 in this timeslot between the Team One team and the Auggies team. The Team One team would bolt out to a quick 5-0 lead by the 9:15 mark of the opening period which helped set the tone for this game and with 1:15 left in the first period, the Team One team had grown its lead to 21-10. Although the Auggies team was able to get back to within single-digit range at the end of the first period down 21-13, they weren't able to make further inroads as the Team One team enjoyed a 28-19 lead near the midway point of the second period and they still enjoyed a nine-point lead at 32-23 by the halftime break. The Team One team was able to break this one open once the third period got underway as they held a 42-25 advantage at the 6:10 mark and they would still hold a firm grip on this game up 51-27 with 2:20 left. By the end of the third period, the Team One lead had established a twenty-point cushion at 55-35 and things would only get worse for the Auggies team from there as the Team One team ballooned its lead to thirty at 70-40 left with 2:00 left in regulation as they too romped to an easy win.
In the 7:15 PM slot, two team that saw action earlier - the UW-Stout team and the Auggies team - would face off against each other over on Court 1. This contest would be tight in the early going with the UW-Stout team holding a 4-2 lead at the 8:35 mark of the opening period and the UW-Stout team would still be clinging to a 7-6 advantage with 4:00 left. But a 7-3 push down the stretch by the UW-Stout team gave them a bit more breathing room with a 14-9 lead with 2:15 left and they were able to maintain this five-point edge up 16-11 by the end of the first period. It wouldn't take the UW-Stout team long to pad its lead once the second period got underway as they would enjoy a 20-11 advantage at the 8:35 mark and they would still be in very good shape with a 28-19 lead with 3:40 left and they would maintain this nine-point cushion up 31-22 with 2:00 left. By the halftime break, the UW-Stout team had built a double-digit cushion up 33-22. The UW-Stout team would slowly build on this lead as they would hold a 37-24 lead by the 8:40 mark of the third period and with 3:40 left, the UW-Stout team would enjoy a 45-33 advantage. By the end of the third period, UW-Stout had upped the lead to 49-33 and things would only get worse for the Auggies team as they would be on the wrong end of a 55-36 score at the 7:25 mark of the fourth period and by that point the UW-Stout team had things in cruise control the rest of the way; enjoying a safe 64-49 lead with 2:40 left in regulation as they got an easy win this time around......Things would be a bit more contested over on Court 2 in this timeslot as the GAC White team took on the Northwestern team in a MIAC-UMAC clash of sorts. This game would be leveled at three a piece by the 8:50 mark of the opening period but the GAC White team was then able to shift into higher gear as they would own a 16-7 lead with 3:35 left in the first period and a short time later with 2:05 left, the GAC White team had a ten-point cushion up 20-10. By the end of the first period, the GAC White team seemed to be in full control with a 24-10 advantage. To their credit, the Northwestern team went on a 6-0 run in the early moments of the second period that had the deficit down to eight at 24-16 by the 7:10 mark but they were unable to sustain this momentum as the GAC White team would then embark on a push of their own that re-established the double-digit cushion with a 30-18 lead with 4:20 left and by the halftime break, the GAC White team definitely seemed to have their opponent in a vice grip with a sizable 38-20 advantage. Indeed, the GAC White team would have a twenty-point cushion at its disposal up 42-22 by the 8:15 mark of the third period and they seemed to be cruising along just fine up 45-26 with 4:35 left. But the Northwestern team then erupted with an 8-0 push down the stretch that suddenly made things interesting with the GAC White team's lead down to eleven at 45-34 by the end of the third period. Unfortunately for the Northwestern team, they were unable to sustain their newfound momentum once the fourth period got underway as the GAC White team was able to maintain its edge as they would hold a 47-34 lead at the 7:35 mark and would have a 49-38 lead left with 4:00 in regulation as they got the dub on this night......The game over on Court 3 in this timeslot between the Backcourt Baddies team and the Sara's Shooters team followed a somewhat similar story. The Backcourt Baddies team would be holding onto a slim 4-3 advantage at the 8:00 mark of the opening period but they would slowly build their lead to 8-5 at the 6:10 mark and would push their lead to four at 11-7 with 2:15 left. But the Sara's Shooters team would then launch a 6-2 push that had this contest on even terms at 13 a piece by the end of the first period. This game would be knotted again at 18 a piece by the 6:20 mark of the second period and all indications appeared to be that this would be tight throughout. But it was here that the Sara's Shooters team was able to establish a bit of separation as they would build a 30-23 advantage with 1:05 left and hold that same lead at the halftime break. The Sara's Shooters team would push its lead to nine at 33-24 by the 7:05 mark of the third period and with 2:05 left the Sara's Shooters team had a double-digit cushion with a 41-28 lead and that lead would grow to thirteen at 43-30 by the end of the third period. The Backcourt Baddies team was unable to make much in the way of dents in that cushion once the fourth period got underway as the Sara's Shooters team still held a 47-35 advantage by the 6:20 mark and they would get some insurance down the stretch with a 50-33 lead with 1:50 left in regulation as they came away with the win on this night......Meanwhile over on Court 4 there was an interesting contest going on between the Midway Monsters team (made up of current Hamline players) and the Anoka-Ramsey team. This one would be tight in the early going as well with the Midway Monsters team holding a 5-3 edge at the 6:00 mark of the opening period and with 1:05 left they would still be clinging to that two-point lead at 12-10. But a late three-point bomb gave the Midway Monsters a bit more breathing room with a 15-10 lead at the end of the first period. Things would still be close by the midway point of the second period with the Midway Monsters team owning a 16-12 lead but then the Midway Monsters team was able to kick things in gear a bit with a key 6-0 push that had them up 22-12 with 1:05 left and they would hold this same lead by the halftime break. The Anoka-Ramsey team found some new life once the third period got underway as they cut the deficit down to six at 25-19 by the 6:20 mark and a suddenly-struggling Midway Monsters team saw their lead dwindle to just three at 25-22 with 1:25 left before a late score gave them a bit more breathing room with a 27-22 advantage by the end of the third period. The Anoka-Ramsey team managed to stay within striking distance by the midway point of the fourth period down by only six at 31-25 and a short time later with 4:00 left in regulation, the Midway Monsters team appeared to be in a bit of hot water with their lead down to just four at 31-27. But the Midway Monsters team managed to recover and closed out this contest with a 13-5 push as they secured the victory on this night.
Had to head back home after the 7:15 games to get ready for jury duty this next day and wasn't able to make it over on Wednesday night either. But now that jury duty is officially in the rearview mirror for me, I'm looking forward to covering all games this next Tuesday and Wednesday evening.
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