10/6: #9 Elmhurst upends #13 Chicago

Busy, busy day.

Washington-St. Louis Classic#1 Washington-St. Louis, Monmouth, Central, Westminster, Knox#1 Washington-St. Louis def. Westminster 3-0; #1 Washington-St. Louis def. Monmouth 3-0; Westminster def. Knox 3-0; Central def. Monmouth 3-1; Central def. Knox 3-0.

Wartburg Classic#7 St. Thomas, #15 Wartburg, #24 Carthage, Bethel, St. Olaf, Gustavus, Nebraska Wesleyan, Simpson#7 St. Thomas def. Simpson 3-1; #7 St. Thomas def. Nebraska Wesleyan 3-1; #15 Wartburg def. Nebraska Wesleyan 3-0; #15 Wartburg def. Gustavus 3-0; #24 Carthage def. St. Olaf 3-0; #24 Carthage def. Bethel 3-0; Bethel def. Gustavus 3-2; St. Olaf def. Simpson 3-2.

UW-Platteville tourneyUW-Platteville, Coe, UW-La Crosse, St. Catherine, Saint Mary’s (Minn.), DubuqueUW-Platteville def. Coe 3-1; Saint Mary’s (Minn.) def. Dubuque 3-1; Saint Mary’s (Minn.) def. UW-La Crosse 3-0; St. Catherine def. Coe 3-2; UW-Platteville def. St. Catherine 3-0; UW-La Crosse def. Dubuque 3-1.

Illinois Wesleyan ClassicNorth Central (Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan, Robert Morris-Peoria, Culver-StocktonNorth Central (Ill.) def. Lincoln Christian 3-1; North Central (Ill.) def. Culver-Stockton 3-0; Illinois Wesleyan def. Lincoln Christian 3-2.

Chicago tri #9 Elmhurst, #13 Chicago, Endicott#9 Elmhurst def. #13 Chicago 3-1; #9 Elmhurst def. Endicott 3-0; #13 Chicago def. Endicott 3-1.

Carleton tri UW-Superior, Carleton, Buena VistaUW-Superior def. Carleton 3-0; UW-Superior def. Buena Vista 3-1; Carleton def. Buena Vista 3-0.

Valley City State tri Presentation, Valley City State, Williston CC Valley City State def. Presentation 3-0; Williston CC def. Presentation 3-0.

WIAC • #20 UW-Stevens Point 3, UW-Stout 1 UWSP’s Alexis Hartman had 36 assists, 13 digs. • UW-Eau Claire 3, UW Oshkosh 0 UWEC’s Kelly Schuh went 15-2-27.

MWC • St. Norbert 3, Illinois College 0 SNC’s Danielle Remy had 12 kills. • Cornell 3, Lake Forest 0 CC’s Katie Sickelka had 8 kills, 4 blocks. • Grinnell 3, Beloit 0 GC’s Cheyenne Hickox went 14-0-15.

UMAC • Northwestern 3, Crown 0 NWC’s Krista Stoltz had 38 assists. • St. Scholastica 3, Bethany Lutheran 0 CSS’s Anna Zyvoloski had 16 kills, 12 digs. • Martin Luther 3, Northland 1 MLC’s Rachel Hein had 11 kills, 7 blocks. • Minnesota Morris 3, North Central (Minn.) 0 UMM had 16 aces.

NAC • Dominican 3, Marian 1 DU’s Claire Dezelski had 17 kills. • Benedictine 3, Maranatha 0 BU’s Nicole Adams went 15-1-23. • Edgewood 3, Aurora 0 EC had 49 kills. • Lakeland 3, Concordia Chicago 0 LC’s Katie Freitag had 10 kills. • Wisconsin Lutheran 3, Alverno 0 WLC’s Kelli Johnson had 12 kills. • MSOE 3, Rockford 0 MSOE’s Leah Hendricks had 15 kills.

SLIAC • Principia 3, Eureka 1 PC’s Tess Rountree went 21-3-38 with 18 digs. • Spalding 3, Fontbonne 0 • Greenville 3, Blackburn 0 • Principia 3, MacMurray 0 • Spalding 3, Blackburn 0 • Greenville 3, Fontbonne 0 • Webster 3, MacMurray 0 • Webster 3, Eureka 0

Nonconference • UW-River Falls 3, Augsburg 0 UWRF’s Jean Theis went 11-1-19. • Luther 3, Hamline 1 LC’s Lindsey Ryan had 51 assists, 14 digs. • North Park 3, Moody Bible 1 NPU’s Julia Bakken had 35 digs.

Top 25 upset watch #2 Calvin 3, Kalamazoo 0Fairmont State 3, #3 Wittenberg 2 FSU (13-5) is D-II. #3 Wittenberg 3, Urbana 2#4 Hope 3, Adrian 0#5 Christopher Newport 3, LaGrange 0#5 Christopher Newport 3, Methodist 0#8 Cal Lutheran 3, #21 Juniata 2#10 Puget Sound 3, Lewis & Clark 0#11 Otterbein 3, Hiram 2#11 Otterbein 3, Wooster 1#12 Cortland 3, Middlebury 0#12 Cortland 3, Hamilton 1#14 Mount Union 3, Wilmington 0Messiah 3, #19 Eastern 2 #19 Eastern 3, Widener 0#21 Juniata 3, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 2 #22 Colorado College 3, Dallas 2 #22 Colorado College 3, #23 Southwestern 0 #23 Southwestern 3, Trinity (Texas) 2#25 Wellesley 3, Bryn Mawr 0#25 Wellesley 3, Mount Holyoke 0

-Ricky Nelson