10/7/14: #22 Lady Reds defeat #20 Big Blue in 4

CCIW • #22 Carthage 3, #20 Millikin 1 CC’s Karen Chin had 52 assists, 10 digs, 5 kills, 4 aces. • Augustana 3, North Central 1 AC’s Dory Dudley had 12 kills.

IIAC • Dubuque 3, Simpson 1 UD’s Klaudia Basierak had 18 kills, 12 digs, 4 aces.

UMAC • Minnesota Morris 3, Crown 0 UMM outhit CC .309 to -.023.

MWC • Cornell 3, Monmouth 0 CC had 11 aces.

SLIAC • Webster 3, Blackburn 0 WU’s Sam Kersting hit 14-0-19. • MacMurray 3, Iowa Wesleyan 1 MC’s Morgan Hauser had 14 kills, 8 blocks.

Nonconference • UW-Eau Claire 3, Northwestern 1 UWEC’s Kelly Riesgraf hit 16-1-25 with 5 blocks. • UW-Stout 3, St. Scholastica 0 UWS’s Morgan Denny hit 12-1-22. • Minnesota Morris 3, Presentation 0 UMM’s Cori Becker, Abby Tietz combined to hit 24-3-42. • Presentation 3, Crown 2 Set 5 ended 15-8; PC is NAIA. • Spalding 3, Franklin 0 SU’s Elisa Burkman had 11 kills, 12 digs. • Fontbonne 3, Lincoln Christian 1 FU’s Kersten McDonough had 25 kills, 14 digs. • Maranatha 3, MSOE 0 MBU’s Stacy Reinke had 10 kills, 12 digs. • Illinois Tech 3, Mount Mary 0 IIT won the kills column, 32-7.

Top 25 upset watch • #2 Cal Lutheran 3, Whittier 0 • #5 Wittenberg 3, DePauw 1 • #6 Mount Union 3, Marietta 0 • #18 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3, Chapman 1 • #19 Eastern 3, Manhattanville 0

-Ricky Nelson