10/29/21: #24 Pointers lock up WIAC #3 seed

Wisconsin Lutheran InviteElmhurst, Wheaton (Ill.), Concordia Chicago, Wisconsin Lutheran, Carroll, Mount MaryElmhurst 3, Mount Mary 0; Concordia Chicago 3, Carroll 1; Wisconsin Lutheran 3, Wheaton (Ill.) 1; Concordia Chicago 3, Mount Mary 0.

Central InviteNorth Park, Central, Nebraska Wesleyan, Monmouth, Iowa WesleyanNorth Park 3, Central 0; Monmouth 3, Nebraska Wesleyan 0; North Park 3, Iowa Wesleyan 0.

Augustana Bash Benedictine, Simpson, AugustanaBenedictine 3, Augustana 1; Benedictine 3, Simpson 0; Augustana 3, Simpson 0.

Rockford InviteMarian, Rockford, Maranatha Baptist, North Central (Minn.), Grace ChristianRockford 3, Grace Christian 1; North Central (Minn.) 3, Maranatha Baptist 0; Marian 3, Maranatha Baptist 0; Rockford 3, North Central (Minn.) 0; Marian 3, Grace Christian 0.

WIAC #8 UW-Whitewater 3, UW-Stout 0 UWW’s McNeil hit 10-0-14. #24 UW-Stevens Point 3, UW-La Crosse 1 UWSP’s Kopp: 22 kills, 15 digs. UW-Oshkosh 3, UW-River Falls 1 UWO’s Sundholm: 17 kills, 14 digs.

MIAC #20 Bethel 3, Macalester 0 BU outhit MC, .463 to .090. #25 Gustavus Adolphus 3, St. Scholastica 0 GAC’s Holtan: 16 kills. Augsburg 3, Carleton 0 AU outhit CC, .312 to .112. Saint Benedict 3, St. Catherine 0 CSB’s Spolidoro: 39 assists, 13 digs. Hamline 3, Concordia 0 HU’s Rubbelke: 40 assists, 12 digs.

UMAC #15 Northwestern, Martin Luther [ppd. to 10/30] Minnesota Morris 3, Northland 1 UMM’s Sommers: 15 kills. UW-Superior 3, Crown 0 UWS’s Stark: 15 kills.

SLIAC Greenville 3, Fontbonne 0 GU’s Finch hit 10-0-18. Westminster 3, Eureka 0 WC’s Whitehouse hit 13-0-14.

Nonconference Coe 3, Lawrence 0 CC outhit LU, .372 to .056. Loras 3, Ripon 0 LC’s Fleckenstein hit 12-0-23. Washington-St. Louis, Rhodes [canceled]

Top 25 upset watch #3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3, Pomona-Pitzer 0#11 Emory 3, Hendrix 1#11 Emory 3, Birmingham-Southern 0#12 NYU 3, Vassar 0#13 Mary Hardin-Baylor 3, Concordia Texas 1#14 Berry 3, Randolph-Macon 1#22 Tufts 3, Bates 0

-Ricky Nelson