10/19: Elmhurst sweeps 2 top-20 teams, Edgewood clinches

10/19-21 posts will be updated when I return, which could be as late as Sunday evening. Sorry about that. There is a chance that weekend posts will be updated sooner. No promises.

I made it to a computer today. No idea about the rest of the weekend.

Elmhurst invite#9 Chicago, #10 Elmhurst, #13 Wartburg, #20 UW-Stevens Point, UW-Eau Claire, Millikin, Wheaton, North Park, Trinity (Conn.), Vassar, Transylvania, Haverford #20 UW-Stevens Point def. Wheaton 3-2; #10 Elmhurst def. #20 UW-Stevens Point 3-0; UW-Eau Claire def. North Park 3-0; #9 Chicago def. Haverford 3-0; #13 Wartburg def. Transylvania 3-0; Millikin def. Trinity (Conn.) 3-0; Vassar def. North Park 3-0; #10 Elmhurst def. #12 Wartburg 3-0; UW-Eau Claire def. Millikin 3-1; #9 Chicago def. Wheaton 3-1.

UW-Whitewater invite#17 UW-Whitewater, Edgewood, Illinois Wesleyan, UW-River Falls#17 UW-Whitewater def. UW-River Falls 3-0; #17 UW-Whitewater def. Illinois Wesleyan 3-0.

Loras inviteCoe, UW Oshkosh, Luther, Loras, Dubuque, Iowa WesleyanCoe def. Luther 3-1; Dubuque def. Loras 3-2; Luther def. Iowa Wesleyan 3-0; UW Oshkosh def. Coe 3-0; Loras def. UW Oshkosh 3-2; Dubuque def. Iowa Wesleyan 3-0.

MIAC • #7 St. Thomas 3, Saint Mary’s 0 UST had 47 kills. • Saint Benedict 3, Carleton 0 CSB’s Alexa Rinde went 10-1-22. • Bethel 3, St. Catherine 2 Set 5 ended 15-11; BU had 22 blocks. • Augsburg 3, St. Olaf 2 Set 5 ended 15-12; AC’s Ashley Peper had 20 kills, 10 digs. • Gustavus 3, Concordia-Moorhead 2 Set 5 ended 17-15; GAC’s Lauren Schlobohm had 18 kills. • Hamline 3, Macalester 1 HU’s Sam Greeney-Hamlin had 18 kills, 6 blocks.

CCIW • Carthage 3, Augustana 0 CC’s Angelica Walinski had 11 kills.

UMAC • Northwestern 3, Northland 0 NWC’s Tija Rudzitis and Cari Miller combined to go 23-3-39. • St. Scholastica 3, North Central (Minn.) 0 CSS outhit NCU .373 to -.062. • Minnesota Morris 3, Martin Luther 2 Set 5 ended 15-13; teams combined for 150 kills. • Bethany Lutheran 3, Crown 0 BLC’s Shelby Wiederhoeft went 16-1-25.

NAC • Dominican 3, Aurora 0 DU hit .363. • Edgewood 3, Alverno 0 EC clinched No. 1 seed at NAC tourney. • Maranatha 3, Wisconsin Lutheran 0 MBBC’s Torey DeLozier went 22-1-44. • Lakeland 3, MSOE 1 LC’s Taylor Daus had 22 kills, 12 digs. • Rockford 3, Marian 0 RC’s Laina Scheri had 17 kills. • Concordia Wisconsin 3, Concordia Chicago 0 CUW’s Carley Valentine had 12 assists, 7 kills, 7 digs, 5 blocks.

MWC • St. Norbert 3, Monmouth 0 SNC’s Breanne Brocker and Danielle Remy combined to go 21-2-45. • Cornell 3, Carroll 1 Cornell’s Sabrina Hargis had 54 assists. • Grinnell 3, Ripon 2 Set 5 ended 15-8; GC’s Cheyenne Hickox went 11-3-20. • Lawrence 3, Knox 0 LU’s Diane McLeod had 36 assists, 12 digs.

SLIAC • Greenville 3, Westminster 0

GPAC • Nebraska Wesleyan 3, Dakota Wesleyan 0 NWU’s Katelyn Walsh had 11 kills.

Nonconference • Dordt 3, Buena Vista 0 DC (20-7) is receiving votes in NAIA poll. • Beloit 3, MacMurray 1 BC’s Julianne Gruenhagen had 40 digs. • Lindenwood-Belleville 3, Fontbonne 1 LUB (10-15) is NAIA.

Top 25 upset watch #2 Hope 3, Alma 0#3 Wittenberg 3, Hiram 0#6 Emory 3, #21 Juniata 0#8 Cal Lutheran 3, Whittier 0#11 Cortland 3, Oneonta 0#11 Cortland 3, Potsdam 0#14 Mount Union 3, #12 Otterbein 2#15 Puget Sound 3, George Fox 1#16 Pacific Lutheran 3, Linfield 1#23 Eastern 3, Heidelberg 1 #24 Bowdoin 3, Tufts 0 #25 Chapman 3, UC Santa Cruz 0#25 Chapman 3, Caltech 0

-Ricky Nelson