10/1: Millikin downs Thunder in CCIW opener

CCIW • Millikin 3, Wheaton 2 Set 5 ended 15-13; MU’s Audrey Krajec had 27 kills, 17 digs. • North Central 3, North Park 1 NCC’s Kedryn Orrison had 12 kills.

IIAC • Coe 3, Buena Vista 1 CC’s Rachel Bosworth had 13 kills. • Dubuque 3, Central 2 Set 5 ended 15-12; UD had 11 players record kills. • Loras 3, Luther 1 Loras’s Tara Blake, Kara Grant had 13 kills apiece.

NACC • Lakeland 3, Concordia Wisconsin 2 Set 5 ended 15-13; LC’s Amanda Dillman had 20 kills.

SLIAC • Greenville 3, Blackburn 0 GC’s Becca Winemiller went 9-1-15. • Principia 3, MacMurray 0 PC had 11 aces.

GPAC • Nebraska Wesleyan 3, Concordia (Neb.) 1 NWU’s Ayssa Stanek had 14 kills.

Nonconference • #9 Washington-St. Louis 3, Greenville 0 WUSTL’s Jackie Nelligan went 12-0-21 with 7 blocks. • Lake Forest 3, Marian 1 LFC’s Brittany Avonts went 16-0-25. • Aurora 3, Knox 0 AU’s Kate Wright had 11 kills. • Edgewood 3, Carroll 0 EC’s Jessica Martin had 10 kills. • UW-Platteville 3, St. Ambrose 2 Set 5 ended 15-9; UWP had 18 blocks. • Maranatha 3, MSOE 0 MBBC’s Laci Peterson, Stacy Reinke had 9 kills apiece. • Spalding 3, Hanover 2 Set 5 ended 15-10; SU’s Elisa Burkman had 16 kills, 10 digs. • Finlandia 3, Gogebic CC 0 • Finlandia 3, Northland International 0 FU’s Breanna Merriam had 27 digs.

Top 25 upset watch • #1 Calvin 3, Kalamazoo 0 • #2 Hope 3, Albion 0 • #5 Cal Lutheran 3, Redlands 0 • #11 Wittenberg 3, Kenyon 0 • Pomona-Pitzer 3, #22 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 0 • #23 Roger WIlliams 3, Eastern Nazarene 0

-Ricky Nelson