10/25-26/15: A respite before the finishing sprint

Nothing going on today or tomorrow in the Central, Midwest or top 25. Let’s catch up on league standings:

CCIW (top 4 make tourney) 1. Elmhurst 4-1 21-8 1. Millikin 4-1 20-11 3. Illinois Wesleyan 4-2 19-7 4. Carthage 3-2 23-7 5. North Central 2-3 18-11 5. Wheaton 2-3 10-15 7. Augustana 2-4 13-14 8. North Park 0-5 9-15

IIAC (top 6 make tourney) 1. Wartburg* 5-1 25-5 2. Luther* 4-2 20-11 2. Loras* 4-2 19-12 2. Buena Vista* 4-2 16-12 5. Coe* 3-3 19-12 5. Dubuque* 3-3 15-14 7. Central 1-5 14-16 8. Simpson 0-6 11-17

MIAC (top 6 make playoffs) 1. Gustavus* 9-0 23-2 2. Bethel 7-2 19-8 2. Saint Mary’s 7-2 18-8 4. Concordia 6-3 14-9 4. Saint Benedict 6-3 15-8 6. Augsburg 5-4 19-7 7. Carleton 4-5 13-8 8. Hamline 3-6 12-20 8. St. Catherine 3-6 17-12 8. St. Thomas 3-6 8-16 11. Macalester 1-8 14-13 12. St. Olaf 0-9 8-18

MWC (top 4 make tourney) 1. Cornell* 8-1 11-13 2. Ripon* 7-1 10-12 3. Carroll 6-2 12-14 3. St. Norbert 6-2 10-14 5. Lawrence 6-3 8-17 6. Lake Forest 5-4 9-16 7. Knox 4-5 10-16 8. Illinois College 2-6 12-14 9. Monmouth 1-7 7-16 9. Grinnell 1-7 2-17 11. Beloit 0-8 4-17

NACC (top 6 make tourney, all seeds determined) 1. Edgewood* 11-0 21-8 2. Dominican* 10-1 22-7 3. Concordia Wisconsin* 9-2 16-9 4. Lakeland* 8-3 14-14 5. Aurora* 7-4 13-15 6. Benedictine* 5-6 10-16 6. Wisconsin Lutheran 5-6 11-15 8. Concordia Chicago 4-7 9-16 8. Marian 4-7 6-21 10. MSOE 2-9 11-15 11. Rockford 1-10 7-19 12. Alverno 0-11 7-21

SLIAC (top 4 make tourney) 1. Greenville* 14-1 19-7 2. Westminster* 14-2 19-7 3. Webster 12-3* 14-14 4. Fontbonne 9-6 11-17 5. Spalding 10-7 10-17 6. Principia 8-7 11-12 7. MacMurray 5-10 13-17 8. Iowa Wesleyan 3-14 5-20 9. Blackburn 2-14 4-23 10. Eureka 1-14 3-19

UAA (all 8 make tourney, all seeds determined) 2. Washington-St. Louis* 6-1 28-2 5. Chicago* 3-4 18-8

UMAC (top 5 make tourney) 1. Northwestern* 6-0 22-8 1. Minnesota Morris* 6-0 19-10 3. UW-Superior* 5-2 17-13 4. St. Scholastica 3-3 14-12 4. Martin Luther 3-3 4-24 6. Bethany Lutheran 2-5 5-18 7. North Central 1-5 6-10 7. Northland 1-5 5-14 7. Crown 1-5 6-19

WIAC (top 6 make tourney) 1. UW-Whitewater* 4-1 26-3 1. UW-Oshkosh* 4-1 23-7 1. UW-La Crosse* 4-1 17-8 4. UW-Eau Claire 3-2 25-7 5. UW-Stevens Point 2-3 21-7 5. UW-Stout 2-3 16-15 7. UW-River Falls 1-4 14-19 8. UW-Platteville 0-5 11-18

* Clinched conference tourney berth

And since you made it this far, you may be the kind of person who would be interested in the Conference Tourneys page.

-Ricky Nelson