The Valley City State Vikings defeated the Dickinson State Blue Hawks in volleyball 3-1. The Vikings were led by Kaitlyn Heuring, Emily Plowman, and Stephanie Miller who each had 3 aces. This win puts the Vikings at .500 in their conference and guarantees them at least the fourth seed in the upcoming tournament. Megan Good had 20 assists to lead the Vikings offense, while Alley Theroux had 14 kills. The win sweeps the season series against Dickinson State as the Vikings pursue one of the top two seeds and a first round bye in the tournament.

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good enough to make
UND pay if the effort is
lacking.
WEEKEND STATS
UND’s penalty kill
stood out, killing 14 of
15 for a 93.3 percent suc-
cess rate. Against one of
the best penalty kills in
the country, the North
Dakota power play con-
verted 2 of 13 for a more
mediocre 15.4 percent.
Face-offs were almost
even, with UND enjoy-
ing a small 60-58 advan-
tage.
Individual standouts
include Troy Stecher
with four assists and
four blocked shots,
Drake Caggiula with a
goal and three assists,
Jordan Schmaltz with
three assists and three
blocks, Luke Johnson
with two goals and five
shots on goal, and Bryn
Chyzyk with a goal, two
assists, and four shots
on goal. Freshman Aus-
tin Poganski notched his
first collegiate goal on
Saturday.
MARK MACMILLAN
INJURY A BIG LOSS
On Saturday we were
told that Mark Mac-
Millan is out indefi-
nitely after undergoing
wrist surgery, a result
of his wrist being cut
by a skate blade during
Friday’s game. After
Saturday’s tie, McIn-
tyre, Chyzyk and coach
Hakstol all commented,
and the trio was saying
all the right things, that
every team has injuries
to deal with (true), that
the team has plenty of
depth at forward (debat-
able), and that the team
would, by committee if
necessary, make up for
the loss of MacMillan
[unlikely]. This was
probably more wishful
thinking than anything.
I see the MacMillan loss
as huge. First off, Mac-
Millan is a leader on this
team, a senior as well
as an alternate captain.
He’s a center who’s won
face-offs at a .527 clip
over the last two seasons
(407-365). MacMillan
led the team in game-
winning goals with four
last year. He’s an excel-
lent penalty killer, and
an effective player on
the power play. In fact,
his five goals this season
include two on the pow-
er play and two shorties.
He leads UND in scor-
ing with seven points in
five games. I don’t think
there’s any question that
this is a big loss.
PAUL LADUE GET-
TING IT DONE ON
THE BLUE LINE
Grand Forks native
Paul LaDue is becom-
ing a bona fide offensive
force on UND’s blue
line. The sophomore de-
fenseman is tied for the
team scoring lead with
seven points (three goals
and four assists) and
leads the team in shots
on goal with 19.
FEAST OR FAMINE
ON MICHIGAN’S
UPPER PENINSULA
File this one under
‘odd facts’: Michigan’s
beautiful upper penin-
sula is home to three
Division I college hock-
ey programs, Northern
Michigan (Marquette),
Michigan Tech (Hough-
ton), and Lake Superior
State (Sault Ste. Marie).
Currently, Northern
Michigan and Michigan
Tech are both 4-0. Lake
State, who we will see
later this season, is 0-8.
STAT OF THE WEEK
Miami entertained St.
Lawrence last weekend,
and our NCHC rivals
from Ohio outshot the
team from upstate New
York by a 95-27 count.
On the scoreboard, how-
ever, the series wound
up a split, with St. Law-
rence winning 5-4 on
Friday and Miami need-
ing OT to even the series
on Saturday, 2-1. Suspect
goaltending continues to
plague Miami.
GOPHERS FACE
TOUGH MONTH
Minnesota (4-0) swept
the pesky Beavers from
Bemidji and now face a
challenging eight-game
stretch. The Gophers
have a home-and-home
series with St. Cloud this
weekend. They’ll follow
that up with a home se-
ries vs. Notre Dame, a
home-and-home with
Duluth, and a road trip
to Boston where they’ll
play Boston College
and Northeastern. Will
Minnesota still be num-
ber one in the country a
month from now? We’ll
have to wait and see.
FROZEN DOZEN
And my Frozen Dozen
this week finds UND
moving up two spots,
Michigan Tech jumping
in with a sweep of Ferris
State, and Miami drop-
ping out:
1. Minnesota, 2. Col-
gate, 3. North Dakota, 4.
Union, 5. U Mass-Low-
ell, 6. Boston College, 7.
Nebraska-Omaha, 8. St.
Cloud State, 9. Minne-
sota State, 10. Michigan
Tech, 11. Minnesota-Du-
luth, 12. Providence.
HOCKEY
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Jake McNeal/Times-Record
ABOVE: Barbara Ector (13) and the Vikings
get pumped before the match.
MIDDLE: Kaitlyn Heuring (16) and Jodi Wilde
(15) leap to defend against 5-foot, 10-inch
Dickinson State freshman right side Miran-
da Kadrmas (13).
Comin’
up Aces
Vikings
Season-Sweep
Dickinson StateBy Jake McNeal
trsports@times-
online.com
ANorth Star No.
2 seed may still
be in the cards for
Valley City State.
Returning to Gra-
ichen Gymnasium for
their home finale against
conference rival Dick-
inson State Wednesday,
Kaitlyn Heuring, Em-
ily Plowman, Stepha-
nie Miller and Jaycee
George served up three
aces each on the way to
a 3-1 (25-16, 24-26, 25-
20, 25-20) Viking win
that sweeps the season
series, puts the Vikings
back at .500 in the con-
ference and guarantees
them at least the fourth
NSAA Tournament seed
that plays at the third
seed in Nov. 8’s first
round.
Valley City State (4-4
NSAA, 14-15 overall)
can also take the No. 2
seed and avoid the first
round altogether with
finale wins Friday at
Presentation College
and Saturday at Dakota
State.
Valley City State
turned a 1-1 first-set tie
into leads of 9-4 and 14-
6, but the Viking con-
quest continued, 25-16.
“We need to know
where we are and be
fundamentally sound,”
Dickinson State head
coach Jon Stenman said.
Viking head coach
AdamLongmorewarned
against overconfidence
before the Vikings and
Blue Hawks dueled to
ties of 1-1, 3-3 and 10-10
that yielded Dickinson
State a 12-10 margin.
“We’re better than
that,” Longmore said.
Valley City State’s
aces sailed just out of
bounds to feed the Blue
Hawk lead, but the Vi-
kings tied it at 19-19.
“We had a four-point
lead that they melted
away,” said Stenman
when Dickinson State
took time to readjust.
Rachel Hummel and
Alley Theroux stuffed
Blue Hawk tips atop the
center of the net and Val-
ley City State persisted
to ties of 21-21 and 22-
22.
“We can’t let this one
get away,” said Stenman
when the Vikings led
23-22.
Six-foot Blue Hawk
redshirt sophomore right
side Tessa Sian’s kill
to left-center knotted
it back up at 23-23 and
the Vikings drew a 24-
24 count with Dickinson
State’s service error, but
Valley City State yield-
ed a point on a deflec-
tion and Dickinson State
took the 26-24 win.
“They’re picking on
you right now,” said
Stenman when the Vi-
kings built a 12-7 third-
set lead as Blue Hawk
returns sailed long and
Valley City State stuffed
kills at centercourt.
“Once you have that
good ball, know what to
do with it. We’ve got to
start flying around again
and get to the ball.”
DickinsonStateshrank
the deficit to 21-18 and
24-20, but Miller’s serve
skipped off the top left
of the net and caught the
Blue Hawks off-guard
for the 25-20 win.
Misfires opened Game
4 with ties up to 5-5 un-
til the Viking defense
forced the Blue Hawks
to adjust on returns for
a 19-11 lead, but Dick-
inson State answered to
pull back to 24-20. Heu-
ring’s spike to shallow
left, however, was the
25-20 clincher.
Megan Good’s 20 as-
sists, five digs and two
kills led the Viking
charge. Theroux picked
up 14 kills, seven digs
and a block, Miller 16
assists and five digs,
Heuring nine kills, three
digs and three blocks,
Barbara Ector eight kills
and five digs, Jen Wet-
tstein 13 digs and an
assist, George 10 digs
and an assist, Jodi Wilde
nine kills and two digs,
Plowman eight digs and
Hummel two blocks, a
kill and a dig.
Five-foot, eight-inch
freshman setter Tori
Baumiller’s 14 assists
and two kills kept the
Blue Hawks airborne.
Valley City State pre-
viously swept the Blue
Hawks 3-0 at the Corn
Palace Classic in Mitch-
ell, S.D., on Aug. 30, and
came back, 3-2, at Dick-
inson on Sept. 20.
The Associated Press
It was their rallying
cry in good times and
in bad, a joyous chorus
picked up by Hunter
Pence while watching a
college football game.
The Giants used it to
celebrate homers, fire
up the fan base on the
eve of the postseason
and check off one clinch
after the next during a
stirring October run.
On Tuesday, the cheer
served as a summary of
baseball’s latest dynasty.
Champions in 2010?
Yes. Champions in
2012? Yes. Champions
in 2014? Yes.
Michael Morse’s RBI
single in the fourth gave
the Giants the lead in
Game 7 of the World Se-
ries, and Madison Bum-
garner took over from
there, completing one
of the great postseason
runs in sports history
with five shutout innings
out of the bullpen. The
Giants beat the Kansas
City Royals 3-2 in an in-
stant classic Wednesday,
with the final out com-
ing with the tying run
on third.
Gregor Blanco’s mis-
play nearly tied the game
in the ninth, but Bum-
garner kept his cool and
got Salvador Perez to
pop up. The Giants met
Bumgarner at the plate,
joyously celebrating an-
other title. Bumgarner
threw a record 522/3
innings in this postsea-
son and gave up just six
earned runs. He gave up
one run in 21 innings in
the World Series while
adding the MVP trophy
to his NLCS MVP se-
lection.
“Iwasntthinkingabout
innings or pitch count. I
was just thinking abnout
getting outs,” said Bum-
garner, pitching on two
days’ rest after throwing
a shutout Sunday.
Bumgarner insisted
he wasn’t worn down.
About a half-hour later,
he felt a bit differently.
“I can’t lie to you
anymore. I’m tired,” he
said.
“I thought he was go-
ing to throw an inning or
two. ... He’s in a league
of his own for me right
now,” Royals manager
Ned Yost said of Bum-
garner.
The Giants left-hander
got the first five-inning
save in postseason histo-
ry and only the second in
any major league game
in the past 20 years.
In dispatching the
Royals in seven games,
the Giants became the
first franchise to win
three titles in a five-year
span since the New York
Yankees won four from
1996-2000. They’re the
first National League
team to have such a
dominant stretch since
the Cardinals of the
1940s.
The Giants are the first
under the new wild-card
game format to play in
that loser-goes-home
game and go on to win
the World Series. They
did it under the guidance
ofmanagerBruceBochy,
who certainly punched
his Hall of Fame ticket
the second the final pitch
was thrown at Kauffman
Stadium.
Giants Win World Series!