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The Bemidji State University volleyball team wrapped up its 2008 volleyball season on a positive note as the Beavers swept the Upper Iowa University Peacocks in Fayette, Iowa in BSU's season finale.
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Bemidji State University head volleyball coach Laurie Bitter today announced the addition of four student-athletes for the 2009 volleyball season. Laura Carlson (Hutchinson, Minn. ), Bethany Thompson (Owatonna, Minn.) and Sarah Schwanz (Eagan, Minn.) have made the decision to play for the Beavers and will enroll at BSU in the fall of 2009 while Samantha Hertaus (New Prague, Minn.) and Nicole Solum (Spokane, Wash.) transferred to BSU at semester break and practiced with the Beavers this spring.
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Bemidji State University head volleyball coach Laurie Bitter today announced the Beavers’ 2009 volleyball schedule featuring three preseason tournaments, eleven home matches and head-to-head contests with five teams that were ranked in Division II’s top 25 at one time or another last season. Also, five of the eight opponents in the 2008 North Central Region Tournament, including two-time defending NCAA Division II National Champion Concordia University, St. Paul, are penciled in as BSU opponents.
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In its last match of 2008 the Bemidji State University volleyball team continued its dominance over Upper Iowa University as they swept the Peacocks in three sets by scores of 25-21, 25-19, 25-19.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) match to the Winona State University Warriors tonight from McCown Gymnasium in Winona, Minn. The Warriors downed the Beavers by scores of 25-19, 25-28, 25-23.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team hits the road this weekend for its final two regular season contests of the 2008 season when it travels to Winona, Minn. and Fayette, Iowa to battle the Winona State University Warriors and the Upper Iowa University Peacocks. The Beavers will play Winona State on Friday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. and will wrap up the season at Upper Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 3 p.m.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped its final home match of the season this afternoon to the No. 23 Wayne State College Wildcats in consecutive sets (25-17, 25-22, 25-14) at the BSU Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.
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Sophomore middle blocker Nicole Olson (Baudette, Minn.) recorded double-digit kills for the eighth time this season, but the BSU offensive attack would end there as No. 21 Augustana College secured a 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-19) win in its first ever trip to Bemidji, Minn.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team will return home this weekend for its final home stand of the 2008 season. The Beavers host two nationally ranked teams in No. 21 Augstana College Vikings and No. 23 Wayne State College Wildcats. BSU will take on the Vikings on Friday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. and will wrap up the home portion of its season on Saturday, Nov. 8 against Wayne State at 4 p.m. from the BSU Gymnasium.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped a tough four set match to the St. Cloud State University Huskies tonight at Hallenbeck Hall on election night. The Huskies earned the victory and the season sweep of the Beavers by scores of 23-25, 25-18, 25-19, 27-25.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team (6-21; 2-13 NSIC) is back on the road Tuesday as it travels south to battle Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference foe St. Cloud State University (6-18; 4-12 NSIC) at 8 p.m. from Hallenbeck Hall.
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In a tight-knit battle the Bemidji State volleyball team dropped its tenth consecutive match falling to the No. 3 Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs at the BSU Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. The Mustangs upended the Beavers by scores of 25-22, 15-25, 14-25, 13-25.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped a heartbreaking Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference match to the Minnesota State University Mavericks on Halloween night from the BSU Gymnasium. The Mavericks earned the victory by scores of 26-24, 26-24 and 25-13.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team (6-19; 2-11 NSIC) returns to Bemidji after two weeks of playing on the road to host Minnesota State University (14-11; 9-5 NSIC) and No. 3 Southwest Minnesota State (23-3; 12-2 NSIC) for a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tilts. The Beavers will welcome Minnesota State to the BSU Gymnasium on Friday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. and then will host No. 3 Southwest Minnesota State on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 4 p.m. on parent's day.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped its eighth consecutive match at Romano Gymnasium in Duluth, Minn. Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs earned the season sweep over Bemidji State by scores of (25-7, 25-11, 25-13).
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team will play its sixth ranked opponent this weekend as the Beavers will travel to Duluth, Minn. to battle the No. 18 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 4 p.m. from Romano Gymnasium. BSU is currently 0-2 versus the Bulldogs this season.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference match to the University of Mary Saturday afternoon, 3-0 (27-25, 25-17, 25-21). The Beavers fall to 6-18 overall and 2-10 versus league competition.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team was defeated by the Northern State University Wolves, 3-0, (25-19, 26-24, 25-12), Friday evening at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen, S.D. The Beavers fall to 6-17 overall and 2-9 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play after the loss.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team will hit the road for a weekend trip west in the Dakota's. BSU will first hit South Dakota as they will be in Aberdeen, S.D. on Friday, Oct. 17 for a match with the Northern State University Wolves at 7 p.m. Saturday, the Beavers will be in North Dakota to take on the University of Mary Marauders in Bismarck, N.D. at 3 p.m.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tilt to St. Cloud State University, 3-0 (30-28, 25-17, 25-17), Saturday afternoon at the BSU Gymnasium.
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The No. 1 team in the nation, the Concordia University, St. Paul Golden Bears were too much for the Beavers to handle tonight at the BSU Gymnasium as the Golden Bears upended the Beavers, 3-0. The Golden Bears completed the sweep by scores of 25-18, 25-14, 25-12.
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The Bemidji State volleyball team (6-14; 2-6 NSIC) will wrap up its three match home stand this weekend as the Beavers host the No. 1 team in the land, the Concordia University, St. Paul Golden Bears (19-1; 8-0 NSIC) on Friday at 7 p.m. The Beavers will wrap up its week of play with the St. Cloud State Huskies (2-14; 0-8 NSIC) who is looking for their first win in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) affair to No. 16 Minnesota Duluth in three sets (25-15, 25-22, 25-23) Tuesday evening at the BSU Gymnasium on the campus of Bemidji State University.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team (6-13; 2-5 NSIC) returns to Bemidji after a week of play on the road to host the No. 13 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (14-5; 5-2 NSIC) in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference battle. The Beavers are currently 2-1 at the BSU Gymnasium this season which is their best start at home since 2003 when they were 3-0. The first serve is set for 7 p.m.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped its final match of the week to Wayne State College, 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-12), at the Rice Auditorium in Wayne, Neb.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference match to No. 23 Augustana College Friday evening at the Elmen Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. The nationally-ranked Vikings recorded twenty more kills than the Beavers’ while hitting an efficient .308 to put the match away via the sweep (25-10, 25-22, 25-15).
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Bemidji State (6-11; 2-3 NSIC) will hit the road this weekend for a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tilts. Friday the team takes on its third ranked opponent this season in No. 23 Augustana College (10-6; 3-1 NSIC) at 7 p.m. from the Elmen Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. Saturday the Beavers wrap up the weekend in Wayne, Neb. at 4 p.m. versus the Wayne State College Wildcats (12-2; 2-2 NSIC) from the Rice Auditorium.
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In a tight knit battle the Bemidji State University extended its win streak to six over the Upper Iowa Peacocks as the Beavers swept UIU on homecoming Saturday from the BSU Gymnasium. The Beavers earned the victory by scores of 28-26, 26-24, and 25-21 to pick up its sixth win of the season.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped its Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) match to the Winona State Warriors tonight from the BSU Gymnasium. The Warriors downed the Beavers by scores of 25-10, 25-15, 25-12.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team will host the Winona State Warriors and Upper Iowa University Peacocks for homecoming weekend. The Beavers will be looking to extend their win streak to three matches and will be looking to open up the home portion of its schedule 3-0 for the first time since 2003. First serve is slated for 7 p.m. on Friday versus Winona State with a 4 p.m. start time versus Upper Iowa on Saturday. Bemidji State currently holds a 5-10 overall record and 1-2 in the conference play.
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 Bemidji State University sophomore outside hitter Nicole Olson (Baudette, Minn.) posted her second consecutive double-double with 15 kills and 10 digs en route to leading the Beavers to their first conference win of the season over the Northern State University Wolves, 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-21), at the BSU Gymnasium. The win was the fifth of the season for BSU, snapping a seven-match losing skid to the Wolves.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team will open up the home portion of its schedule Tuesday, Sept. 23 as the Beavers host the Northern State Wolves. BSU is currently 21-12 in home openers dating back to 1975 and are 2-0 when hosting the Wolves in home openers. The first serve is slated for 7 p.m. from the BSU Gymnasium.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped a tough four set match to the University of Minnesota, Crookston this afternoon at Lysaker Gymnasium. The Golden Eagles earned the victory by scores of 25-20, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped the opener of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference to Minnesota State University, Moorhead, 3-0 (20-25, 17-25, 14-25), Friday evening from Alex Nemzek Hall in Moorhead, Minn.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team is set to open conference play this weekend as the Beavers will travel to Moorhead, Minn. and Crookston, Minn. over the weekend. The Beavers will open the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) against the MSU Moorhead Dragons (6-6) for just the sixth time in school history on Friday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. and then will play the Minnesota, Crookston Golden Eagles (0-9) on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. The Beavers hold a record of 4-8 this season.
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The University of New Haven Chargers built a two set lead upending the Bemidji State University Beavers 3-1 (23-25, 15-25, 25-20, 14-25) in BSU’s final match of the UMD Kraus Anderson Classic.
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For the first time in school history the Bemidji State University volleyball team played two ranked opponents in one day. The Beavers were swept by No. 12 Minnesota Duluth (17-25, 19-25, 16-25) and went four sets with No. 9 Western Washington before falling, 3-1 (21-25, 31-29, 10-25, 19-25 ) in the opening day of the UMD Kraus Anderson Classic.
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After starting the year 4-5 for the second time in three years, the Beavers will play three more matches Friday and Saturday at the UMD Classic. Friday, Sept. 12 Bemidji State will play No. 12 Minnesota Duluth at 12 p.m. and then first time opponent No. 9 Western Washington at 5 p.m. The Beavers will close out the UMD Classic on Saturday, Sept. 13 with another first time opponent, the University of New Haven Chargers at 3 p.m. All three opponents on Bemidji State's schedule have at least a .750 winning percentage to start the season. UMD holds a 6-2 mark while Western Washington and New Haven are both undefeated at 4-0 and 3-0, respectively.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team continued play at the Golden Eagle Classic today as the Beavers played Minnesota State University, Moorhead and Lake Superior State. The Beavers were swept by the Dragons in three sets (17-25, 14-25, 18-25) in the first match of the day but were able to snap a three match losing streak by sweeping Lake Superior State (25-17, 25-20, 25-16) in the Beavers final match of the classic.
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In its first day of competition at the Golden Eagle Classic, the Bemidji State volleyball team was swept by the University of Manitoba (25-20, 25-17, 25-20) and Division I South Dakota (25-21, 25-18, 25-15) seeing its record drop to below .500 for the first time this season (3-4; 0-0 NSIC).
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team will be on the road for the second consecutive weekend as they will head 90 miles west down highway two to partake in the Golden Eagle Classic in Crookston, Minn. The Beavers will play four matches in two days, taking on the University of Manitoba and the University of South Dakota on Sept. 5 and Minnesota State University-Moorhead and Lake Superior State University on Sept. 6.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team dropped its seventh consecutive match to the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux at the Bette Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, N.D., Tuesday evening. After winning the first set 25-20 the Beavers dropped the next three sets by scores of 19-25, 19-25, and 14-25 to fall 3-1.
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Bemidji State University junior Brie Groskreutz (OH, Reedsburg, Wis.) and freshman Courtney Bitter (S, Bemidji, Minn.) were named to the 2008 Las Vegas Blast All-Tournament Team, which was announced Saturday evening in Las Vegas, Nev.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team will be looking to snap a six-match slide to the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux tonight as the Beavers will play the Fighting Sioux at 7 p.m. in Grand Forks, N.D. from the Bette Engelstad Sioux Center. It will be the first meeting between the two teams since UND went Division I and it will be the Beavers first trip to Grand Forks, N.D. since 2006. BSU is currently off to its best start since 2003 as the Beavers hold a 3-1 record.
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In its final day of competition at the Las Vegas Blast, the Bemidji State University volleyball team (3-1; 0-0) flew out of Las Vegas, Nev. with a sweep over Newman University (25-12, 25-15, 25-21) and Huntington University (25-22, 25-19, 19-25, 25-21). The Beavers 3-1 record is their best start to a season since the 2003 year when BSU opened 3-1.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team opened the 2008 campaign going 1-1 today at the Las Vegas Blast in Las Vegas, Nev. The Beavers swept the Newman University Jets (25-23, 25-16, 25-13) in their first match of the day and dropped a five set affair to Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) foe Northern State (23-25, 15-25, 25-15, 25-16, 15-17) in the night cap.
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 The 2008 Bemidji State Volleyball Media Guide is now available for download in PDF format. Print copies will be available within the week; order information is supplied on the download page.
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The Bemidji State University Beavers will travel to Las Vegas, Nev. to open up the 2008 slate. With its first trip to Vegas, the Beavers will participate in the Las Vegas Blast playing four matches over a span of two days (Aug. 29-30). The Beavers open the season and the Blast versus a first time opponent in the Newman University Jets at 3 p.m. on Aug. 29. BSU will wrap up play on the first day of the blast with a match versus Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) foe Northern State University at 7 p.m. BSU will wrap up its stay in Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 30 when they will play Newman University for the second time in as many days starting at 2 p.m. BSU’s last match in Vegas will pit the Beavers versus Huntington University at 6 p.m., another first time opponent.
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 The Bemidji State women’s volleyball team has been picked to finish in a tie for eleventh in the 2008 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Preseason Volleyball Coaches Poll, announced today by the league office. The Beavers, who finished eighth in the NSIC in 2007 with an overall record of 10-17, return seven players from last years’ roster including junior outside hitter Brie Groskreutz (Reedsburg, Wis.) who was named as a 2008 NSIC Player to Watch in the same poll.
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It seems as though the Bemidji State University’s senior class just finished participating in the ceremonies surrounding graduation, but in the ever-present world of collegiate sports the recent calendar flip to August can only mean one thing--the 2008 fall athletic season is just around the corner. Monday, Aug. 11, is check-in-day for the BSU volleyball program as the team gears up for its 2008 training camp.
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Bemidji State University head volleyball coach Laurie Bitter today announced the Beavers’ 2008 volleyball schedule, featuring three preseason tournaments with ten home matches and head-to-head contests with six teams that were ranked in Division II’s top 25 at one time or another last season. Six of the eight opponents in the 2007 North Central Region Tournament, including 2007 NCAA Division II National Champion Concordia-St. Paul, penciled in as BSU opponents.
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Bemidji State University head volleyball coach Laurie Bitter announced today the signing of one more player to her 2008 recruiting class. Jessi-Beth McCannell of Brandon, Manitoba becomes the sixth student-athlete to sign a National Letter of Intent to join the BSU program for the 2008-09 academic year.
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Bemidji State University head volleyball coach Laurie Bitter today announced the commitment of five student-athletes to play for the Beavers in 2008. The signing of Courtney Bitter, Kimberly Hacker, Laura Slinger, Melissa McNeely, and Erikka Korpi stand as Bitter’s first signees to the BSU program.
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The Bemidji State University volleyball team will host a Co-Ed Hi-Lo 6’s Volleyball Tournament on Dec. 8, 2007 and a Reverse 4 Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament on Jan. 26, 2008 at the BSU Gymnasium. Members of the campus community, Bemidji and surrounding area are encouraged to form teams and compete.
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The 2007 Bemidji State volleyball team ended the 2007 season with its best record since 2003 with a 10-17 mark. Check out all the final news and notes in the season recap.
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