10/16: UWSP, NCC earn key conference wins

They won’t be included in Week 1, but there are a few matches tonight that will surely affect the regional rankings.

WIAC • #20 UW-Stevens Point 3, UW-Platteville 2 Set 5 ended 15-13; UWSP’s Sarah Wildish had 16 kills, 17 digs.

CCIW • North Central (Ill.) 3, Millikin 1 NCC’s Jenae Harner had 13 kills, 12 digs. • Wheaton 3, North Park 1 WC’s Andy DeMoss had 15 kills.

IIAC • #13 Wartburg 3, Dubuque 0 WC’s Britlyn Sieck went 12-0-24 with 10 digs. • Loras 3, Buena Vista 0 LC’s Kara Grant went 10-2-20.

NAC • Edgewood 3, Concordia Wisconsin 0 EC’s Jessica Martin had 14 kills. • Benedictine 3, Rockford 0 BU had 52 kills. • Maranatha 3, MSOE 0 MBC’s Torey DeLozier had 21 kills, 12 digs. • Lakeland 3, Marian 1 LC’s Anna Faust had 18 kills, 14 digs. • Aurora 3, Alverno 0 Aurora’s Brittany Budimier had 10 kills. • Wisconsin Lutheran 3, Concordia Chicago 0 WLC’s Kelli Johnson went 12-1-21 with 6 blocks.

MWC • St. Norbert 3, Ripon 1 SNC’s Heidi Spies went 10-0-14 with 4 blocks.

SLIAC • Westminster 3, Principia 1 • MacMurray 3, Blackburn 1

GPAC • Nebraska Wesleyan 3, Concordia (Neb.) 2 Set 5 ended 15-13; NWU had 70 kills.

Nonconference • Saint Benedict 3, St. Scholastica 0 CSB’s Lexi Alm had 14 kills, 16 digs. • Northwestern 3, Gustavus 0 NWC’s Kendra Korporal had 14 kills. • Augsburg 3, Crown 0 AC’s Lauren Butler went 10-0-18 with 3 aces. • Monmouth 3, Augustana 2 Set 5 ended 16-14; MC’s Chelsey Widdop had 18 kills, 15 digs. • Concordia-Moorhead 3, Mayville State 1 CCM’s Olivia Wangensteen had 17 kills, 22 digs. • Lawrence 3, Mount Mary 0 LU’s Terese Swords had 12 kills. • Greenville 3, Benedictine-Springfield 0 • Dakota State 3, Presentation 1 DSU (12-14) is NAIA. • Finlandia 3, Gogebic CC 2 Set 5 ended 15-13; FU had 23 blocks.

Top 25 upset watch #2 Hope 3, Olivet 1#4 Calvin 3, Alma 0#6 Emory 3, Slippery Rock 0#8 Cal Lutheran 3, La Verne 0#12 Otterbein 3, Wilmington 0#14 Mount Union 3, Muskingum 0#23 Eastern 3, King’s 0#25 Chapman 3, Occidental 1

-Ricky Nelson