University of Minnesota Athletics
BRANAGH, VAN OORT, BERG LEAD #8 MINNESOTA PAST MICHIGAN STATE
11/18/2000 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
"Michigan State played a great match tonight, but we just wanted to win a little more," said Minnesota head coach Mike Hebert. "Lindsey Berg's effort tonight was one of the best I have ever seen. Her serving and all-around game was the difference in the match."
Berg served six of her seven aces in the final two games. Minnesota was trailing 14-12 in the third game, but fought off three game points to bring Berg to the service line. She served two aces to tie the game 14- 14, forced an errant pass that turned into a Minnesota block, and served a third ace to finish the game, 16-14.
Minnesota also came back in the first game to win 15-13. Michigan State led for the majority of the game, but two VanOort kills gave the Gophers a 13-12 lead. A Michigan State service ace tied the game at 13-13, but a block by Berg and Stephanie Hagen gave Minnesota the lead and a Branagh kill ended the game.
The Gophers will play their final regular season match at the Sports Pavilion by hosting Michigan State at 7:30 p.m.
BIG TEN STANDINGS Minnesota 16-2 27-2 Wisconsin 16-2 26-3 Penn State 14-4 25-5 Ohio State 12-6 22-6 Michigan State 9-9 16-11 Iowa 9-9 13-13 Michigan 7-11 17-12 Indiana 6-12 15-13 Illinois 4-14 13-16 Purdue 4-14 12-18 Northwestern 2-16 5-23 Friday's Matches Minnesota d. Michigan, 3-0 (16-14, 15-10, 15-13) Wisconsin d. Illinois, 3-0 (15-12, 15-7, 15-8) Ohio State d. Indiana, 3-1 (15-4, 8-15, 16-14, 15-7) Michigan State d. Iowa, 3-0 (15-10, 15-12, 15-3) Purdue d. Northwestern, 3-0 (15-7, 15-12, 16-14) Saturday's Matches Minnesota d. Michigan State, 3-1 (15-13, 10-15, 16-14, 15-8) Penn State d. Ohio State, 3-0 (15-12, 15-4, 15-10) Wisconsin d. Purdue, 3-0 (15-3, 15-3, 15-5) Iowa d. Michigan, 3-1 (15-8, 15-12, 1-15, 15-12)
