10/4: Ranked Central, Midwest teams cruise

• Six ranked Central or Midwest teams played nine total matches. All nine ended in sweeps. There were plenty of other 3-0 scores to go around tonight.

Wartburg Classic#3 St. Thomas, #6 Elmhurst, Wartburg, Coe, Concordia-Moorhead, Carthage, Bethel, St. Olaf, LutherCarthage 3, Luther 1; Coe 3, St. Olaf 0; #6 Elmhurst 3, Bethel 0; Wartburg 3, St.Olaf 0; #3 St. Thomas 3, Luther 0; #3 St. Thomas 3, Wartburg 0; #6 Elmhurst 3, Concordia-Moorhead 0; Coe 3, Concordia-Moorhead 0; Carthage 3, Bethel 1.

Saint Mary’s Invite#10 Saint Benedict, #19 Augsburg, Augustana, Saint Mary’s, Central, Dubuque#19 Augsburg 3, Augustana 0; Saint Mary’s 3, Central 1; Dubuque 3, Augustana 1; #19 Augsburg 3, Central 0; #10 Saint Benedict 3, Dubuque 0.

Colorado College ClassicNebraska Wesleyan, Hamline, #11 Colorado College, La VerneHamline 3, La Verne 0; #11 Colorado College 3, Nebraska Wesleyan 0; Nebraska Wesleyan 3, Hamline 1; #11 Colorado College 3, La Verne 0.

WIAC • #17 UW-Whitewater 3, UW-Stout 0 UWW had 15 blocks. • UW Oshkosh 3, UW-River Falls 2 Set 5 ended 15-10; UWO’s Katelyn Malcheski went 18-3-34. • UW-La Crosse 3, UW-Superior 1 UWL’s Lauren Probst had 19 kills, 14 digs. • UW-Eau Claire 3, UW-Platteville 0 UWEC’s Kelly Schuh had 12 kills, 10 digs.

MIAC • Macalester 3, Carleton 0 MC’s Laura Avena had 18 kills, 13 digs.

CCIW • Millikin 3, Illinois Wesleyan 1

UMAC • Northwestern 3, Crown 0 UNW outhit CC .353 to -.011. • Martin Luther 3, Northland 0 MLC hit .508. • Minnesota Morris 3, North Central 0 UMM had 10 register a kill. • St. Scholastica 3, Bethany Lutheran 0 CSS outhit BLC .320 to -.074.

MWC • #25 Cornell 3, St. Norbert 0 CC’s Kathleen O’Connor had 21 kills, 10 digs. • Carroll 3, Illinois College 1 CU had 4 with 9+ kills. • Monmouth 3, Beloit 0 MC’s Lorin Pedersoli had 10 kills. • Lake Forest 3, Knox 0 LFC’s Brittany Avonts had 12 kills. • Lawrence 3, Grinnell 1 LU’s Megan Conley had 14 kills.

NACC • Dominican 3, Marian 0 DU’s Claire Dezelski, Carri Chambers had 13 kills apiece. • Benedictine 3, MSOE 0 BU’s Candice Cuppini went 13-1-20. • Edgewood 3, Alverno 0 EC outhit AC .245 to -.019. • Lakeland 3, Wisconsin Lutheran 1 LC’s Kathy Flanagan went 10-1-17. • Aurora 3, Rockford 0 AU’s Andrea Kappelman had 16 kills. • Concordia Wisconsin 3, Concordia Chicago 1 CUW’s Hannah Griffiths had 17 kills, 17 digs.

SLIAC • Westminster 3, Blackburn 0 WC’s Lexi Collier, Amanda Kiso combined to go 18-1-24. • Spalding 3, Iowa Wesleyan 0 SU’s Sarah Thompson went 7-0-10.

Nonconference • Millikin 3, Webster 1 • Webster 3, Illinois Wesleyan 0

Top 25 upset watch • #1 Calvin 3, Albion 1 • #2 Hope 3, Alma 0 • #5 Cal Lutheran 3, Chapman 1 • #14 Otterbein 3, Baldwin Wallace 0 • #16 Puget Sound 3, Whitworth 2 • #15 Pacific Lutheran 3, Whitman 0 • #21 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3, Occidental 1 • Randolph-Macon 3, #24 Christopher Newport 1 • #25 Williams 3, Tufts 0

-Ricky Nelson