10/8/22: CUW flies past Aurora in NACC battle for first

Washington-St. Louis Invite#6 Washington-St. Louis, Illinois Wesleyan,UW-La Crosse, Millikin, Luther, Illinois College#6 Washington-St. Louis 3, Illinois College 0; Millikin 3, UW-La Crosse 1; Illinois Wesleyan 3, Illinois College 0; #6 Washington-St. Louis 3, Millikin 0; Illinois Wesleyan 3, Luther 0; UW-La Crosse 3, Luther 0.

NYU Showdown#8 Calvin, #9 UW-Whitewater,#10 NYU, #19 MIT,Swarthmore#8 Calvin 3, #19 MIT 1; #10 NYU 3, #9 UW-Whitewater 1; #9 UW-Whitewater 3, Swarthmore 1; #10 NYU 3, #19 MIT 2.

Elmhurst Tri#13 UW-Eau Claire, Chicago, ElmhurstChicago 3, Elmhurst 2; #13 UW-Eau Claire 3, Elmhurst 2; #13 UW-Eau Claire 3, Chicago 0.

Carroll Tri #16 UW-Stevens Point, Carroll, North Park#16 UW-Stevens Point 3, North Park 0; #16 UW-Stevens Point 3, Carroll 1.

North Central (Ill.) TourneyUW-River Falls, North Central (Ill.), AlmaUW-River Falls 3, Alma 0; North Central (Ill.) 3, UW-River Falls 1.

Manchester Tri Earlham, Manchester, Huntington (Ind.)Huntington (Ind.) 3, Earlham 1; Huntington (Ind.) 3, Manchester 0.

Mount Mary Quad Maranatha Baptist, Finlandia, Mount Mary, Moody BibleMaranatha Baptist 3, Finlandia 0; Mount Mary 3, Finlandia 0.

Trinity Christian ClassicKnox, Judson, Missouri Baptist, Spring Arbor, Trinity Christian, St. Francis, Concordia (Mich.)Judson 3, Knox 0.

CCIW North Park 3, Carroll 0 NPU’s Rodriguez: 16 kills, 11 digs.

MIAC Saint Benedict 3, #15 Augsburg 0 CSB’s Heying: 13 kills, 10 digs. #22 Gustavus Adolphus 3, St. Olaf 2 GAC’s Turn: 15 kills, 10 digs. Bethel 3, St. Scholastica 0 BU’s Cotter: 17 kills. Saint Mary’s 3, Carleton 0 SMU’s Ruetten hit 14-0-23. St. Catherine 3, Hamline 1 SCU’s M. Rosen: 16 kills.

ARC #20 Coe 3, Central 1 Coe’s Lueken hit 17-1-31. Wartburg 3, Simpson 2 WC’s Sedgwick: 24 assists, 13 digs, 6 aces. Buena Vista 3, Dubuque 0 BVU’s Brockney: 10 kills. Nebraska Wesleyan 3, Loras 1 NWU’s Thomas: 19 kills, 13 digs.

NACC Concordia Wisconsin 3, Aurora 1 CUW’s Shroba: 11 kills. St. Norbert 3, Concordia Chicago 0 SNC’s Gregg hit 14-0-24. Benedictine 3, Wisconsin Lutheran 0 BU’s Knutsen hit 9-0-16. Dominican 3, Marian 0 DU’s Spies: 12 kills, 18 digs. MSOE 3, Alverno 0 MSOE’s Knutson hit 7-0-10, 5 aces. Edgewood 3, Illinois Tech 0 EC’s Hoffmann: 11 kills, 10 assists. Lakeland 3, Rockford 1 LU’s Metzler hit 18-2-25.

HCAC Transylvania 3, Rose-Hulman 0 TU’s Holcomb hit 14-0-16. Mount St. Joseph 3, Anderson 0 MSJU’s Aselage: 13 kills, 10 digs. Earlham 3, Manchester 2 EC’s Kyrk hit 15-2-25.

UMAC #4 Northwestern 3, UW-Superior 0 UNW’s Glanzer: 14 kills, 15 digs. #4 Northwestern 3, Northland 0 UNW’s Pruis: 13 blocks. Minnesota Morris 3, Bethany Lutheran 0 UMM’s Newton: 25 assists, 15 digs. Martin Luther 3, Crown 0 MLC’s Paulsen hit 10-1-15, 10 digs. North Central 3, Northland 2 NCU’s Lerfald: 18 kills.

MWC Cornell 3, Lake Forest 0 CC’s Perez-Johnson: 13 kills. Grinnell 3, Ripon 0 GC’s Lowrey: 33 digs. Beloit 3, Lawrence 1 BC’s Sanchez: 12 kills, 23 digs.

SLIAC Greenville 3, Fontbonne 1 GU’s Hill: 32 digs. Greenville 3, Principia 0 GU: 16 aces. Westminster 3, Spalding 2 WC’s Bixby: 18 kills. Westminster 3, Eureka 1 WC’s Menke: 18 kills. Spalding 3, Eureka 2 SU’s Clark: 40 assists, 10 digs. Fontbonne 3, Principia 0 FU’s Harrop: 21 digs, 6 aces.

Nonconference Monmouth 3, Blackburn 0 MC: 16 aces. Asbury 3, Defiance 0 AU: 13 aces.

Top 25 Upset Watch #1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3, Pomona-Pitzer 0#2 Trinity (Texas) 3, Texas Lutheran 0#3 Juniata 3, Mary Washington 0#3 Juniata 3, Messiah 0Centre 3, #5 Berry 2#7 Emory 3, Sewanee 0#11 Wittenberg 3, Oberlin 0#12 Wesleyan 3, Amherst 0#14 Hope 3, Bates 0#14 Hope 3, #24 Tufts 2#18 Babson 3, Brandeis 1Endicott 3, #18 Babson 1#24 Tufts 3, Bates 0#25 Birmingham-Southern 3, Hendrix 1

-Ricky Nelson