10/28/23: Dubuque, Edgewood, Gustavus clinch #1 seeds

North Central (Ill.) Tri #6 UW-Whitewater, North Central (Ill.), Knox#6 UW-Whitewater 3, North Central (Ill.) 1; North Central (Ill.) 3, Knox 1.

Elmhurst Invite#20 UW-Stevens Point, Elmhurst, Wheaton (Ill.), UW-La CrosseUW-La Crosse 3, Wheaton (Ill.) 0; #20 UW-Stevens Point 3, Wheaton (Ill.) 1; #20 UW-Stevens Point 3, Elmhurst 0.

Illinois Wesleyan TourneyUW-Eau Claire, Chicago, Millikin, Illinois WesleyanUW-Eau Claire 3, Millikin 1; Chicago 3, Millikin 2; Illinois Wesleyan 3, UW-Eau Claire 1.

MSOE Tri Edgewood, Augustana, MSOEAugustana 3, Edgewood 0; Augustana 3, MSOE 0.

Earlham Tri Earlham, Bluffton, WoosterWooster 3, Bluffton 2; Earlham 3, Wooster 0.

Mount Mary InviteLuther, Maranatha Baptist, Mount MaryLuther 3, Maranatha Baptist 1; Maranatha Baptist 3, Mount Mary 2.

ARC Coe 3, Central 0 Coe’s Meyer hit 11-0-20. Wartburg 3, Simpson 1 WC’s Feigenbaum: 16 kills. Dubuque 3, Buena Vista 0 UD outhit BVU, .299 to -.011. Nebraska Wesleyan 3, Loras 1 NWU’s Thomas: 19 kills.

MIAC #18 Gustavus Adolphus 3, Bethel 0 GAC’s Klaith hit 15-1-23. Augsburg 3, Macalester 1 AU’s Van Well: 18 kills. St. Olaf 3, St. Scholastica 0 SOC’s Moore: 13 kills. Saint Benedict 3, Concordia 0 CSB’s Guest: 11 kills, 11 digs. Carleton 3, St. Catherine 0 CC’s Sokolow: 23 digs. Hamline 3, Saint Mary’s 0 HU’s Lopata hit 13-1-24, 13 digs.

NACC Aurora 3, Concordia Wisconsin 1 AU’s Poellmann: 26 kills. St. Norbert 3, Benedictine 0 SNC’s Gregg hit 13-1-21. Edgewood 3, MSOE 0 EC’s Bruehlman: 13 kills. Illinois Tech 3, Marian 1 IIT’s Cavan: 20 assists, 10 digs, 8 aces. Lakeland 3, Concordia Chicago 0 LU outhit CUC, .329 to -.076. Wisconsin Lutheran 3, Rockford 0 WLC outhit RU, .209 to .053. Dominican 3, Alverno 0 DU outhit AC, .312 to .065.

HCAC #14 Mount St. Joseph 3, Manchester 0 MSJU’s Sicking: 12 kills. #16 Transylvania 3, Anderson 0 TU outhit AU, .465 to .013. Earlham 3, Bluffton 0 EC’s Brandes: 13 kills. Hanover 3, Rose-Hulman 0 HC’s Dunn: 26 digs. Franklin 3, Defiance 2 FC’s Wilson: 17 kills.

MWC #23 Cornell 3, Lawrence 0 CC outhit LU, .420 to -.061. Lake Forest 3, Grinnell 1 LFC’s Franz: 19 kills, 11 digs. Ripon 3, Beloit 1 RC’s Ove: 13 kills.

UMAC UW-Superior 3, Crown 0 UWS’s Anderson: 25 digs. Minnesota Morris 3, Northland 0 UMM’s Wellbrock hit 9-0-13. Bethany Lutheran 3, North Central 0 BLC’s Peeters: 11 kills.

SLIAC Greenville 3, Spalding 0 GU’s Grohmann: 11 kills. Greenville 3, Lyon 0 GU’s deJesus hit 9-1-13. Webster 3, Mississippi Women 0 WU’s Borik: 35 digs. Webster 3, Principia 0 WU outhit PC, .329 to -.133. Lyon 3, Spalding 2 LC’s Sabella: 12 kills, 24 digs. Mississippi Women 3, Principia 1 MUW’s Skinner: 14 kills, 11 digs.

Top 25 upset watch #1 Juniata 3, Catholic 0#1 Juniata 3, Lynchburg 0#3 Hope 3, #9 Calvin 2Whittier 3, #4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 0#7 Emory 3, Averett 1#7 Emory 3, #22 Mary Washington 2Swarthmore 3, #8 Johns Hopkins 1#8 Johns Hopkins 3, Virginia Wesleyan 1#10 NYU 3, Christopher Newport 0#10 NYU 3, Salisbury 0Colorado College 3, #11 Trinity (Texas) 0#11 Trinity (Texas) 3, Schreiner 0#13 Berry 3, Birmingham-Southern 0#15 Wesleyan (Conn.) 3, Hamilton 0Pomona-Pitzer 3, #21 La Verne 1#22 Mary Washington 3, Averett 0#24 Ithaca 3, Scranton 1#25 Covenant 3, Wesleyan (Ga.) 0#25 Covenant 3, Belhaven 0

-Ricky Nelson