10/4/23: Augie snaps decades-long skid vs. Carthage

CCIW #20 North Park 3, Wheaton 0 NPU’s Gatta: 30 assists, 14 digs, 4 aces. Augustana 3, Carthage 2 AC’s Schipper: 17 kills, 13 digs.

MIAC Saint Benedict 3, Bethel 0 CSB’s Spolidoro: 38 assists, 17 digs. Saint Mary’s 3, Carleton 0 SMU outhit CC, .295 to -.021.

HCAC Anderson 3, Bluffton 0 AU’s P. Ricica: 20 kills.

MWC Monmouth 3, Knox 0 MC’s Wright: 14 kills, 15 digs.

SLIAC Greenville 3, Principia 0 GU outhit PC, .415 to .000. Greenville 3, Eureka 0 GU outhit EC, .360 to -.017. Webster 3, Westminster 1 Webster’s Jones: 10 kills, 9 blocks.

Nonconference #12 Washington-St. Louis 3, Fontbonne 1 WUSTL’s Sells: 19 kills, 15 digs. #15 Transylvania 3, Asbury 0 TU outhit AU, .455 to -.045. Manchester 3, Saint Mary’s (Ind.) 1 MU’s Maze: 14 kills. DePauw 3, Spalding 0 DPU outhit SU, .256 to -.056. Defiance 3, Kenyon 1 Clements: 18 kills. Mount Mary 3, Lawrence 0 MMU’s Ecker: 20 kills, 21 digs.

Top 25 upset watch #3 Hope 3, #7 Calvin 1#9 Johns Hopkins 3, Gettysburg 1#11 Trinity (Texas) 3, Concordia (Texas) 0#11 Trinity (Texas) 3, Hardin-Simmons 1Otterbein 3, #24 Ohio Northern 0

-Ricky Nelson