10/9/21: #3-5 teams all suffer 5-set losses

Washington-St. Louis Invite #9 UW-Whitewater, #23 Washington-St. Louis, Illinois Wesleyan, Greenville#23 Washington-St. Louis 3, Greenville 1; #9 UW-Whitewater 3, Illinois Wesleyan 0; Illinois Wesleyan 3, #23 Washington-St. Louis 0; #9 UW-Whitewater 3, Greenville 1.

Chicago Tri #4 Hope, #11 UW-Eau Claire, #19 Chicago#11 UW-Eau Claire 3, #19 Chicago 2; #4 Hope 3, #11 UW-Eau Claire 0; #19 Chicago 3, #4 Hope 2.

Wheaton (Ill.) Tri #21 UW-Stevens Point, Elmhurst, Wheaton (Ill.)#21 UW-Stevens Point 3, Elmhurst 1; #21 UW-Stevens Point 3, Wheaton (Ill.) 1.

Transylvania Tri#25 Otterbein, Transylvania, Rose-Hulman#25 Otterbein 3, Rose-Hulman 0; #25 Otterbein 3, Transylvania 0.

Gustavus Adolphus Tri Gustavus Adolphus, UW-La Crosse, St. OlafSt. Olaf 3, UW-La Crosse 0; Gustavus Adolphus 3, UW-La Crosse 0.

Lakeland TriLakeland, Carroll, RockfordCarroll 3, Lakeland 1; Carroll 3, Rockford 0.

MIAC #24 Bethel 3, St. Scholastica 0 BU’s Wilhite hit 5-1-10, 34 assists. Augsburg 3, Saint Benedict 0 AU’s Evans hit 9-0-15. Gustavus Adolphus 3, St. Olaf 2 GAC’s Holtan: 14 kills, 15 digs. Hamline 3, St. Catherine 1 HU’s Larson: 15 kills, 24 digs. Macalester 3, Concordia 1 MC’s King: 20 kills, 12 digs.

ARC Coe 3, Nebraska Wesleyan 1 CC’s Teeple: 55 assists. Simpson 3, Loras 2 SC’s Jacobs: 29 kills. Central 3, Dubuque 2 CC’s Larson: 22 kills. Buena Vista 3, Luther 1 BVU’s McLaren: 19 kills, 15 digs.

NACC Concordia Wisconsin 3, Aurora 2 CUW’s Karpfinger: 21 kills, 8 blocks. St. Norbert 3, Concordia Chicago 0 SNC’s Baumann: 17 kills, 18 digs. Wisconsin Lutheran 3, Edgewood 2 WLC’s Charron: 18 kills. Lakeland 3, Rockford 0 LU’s Swope hit 10-0-16. Benedictine 3, MSOE 1 BU’s JeanPhillipe: 16 kills. Dominican 3, Marian 0 DU’s Schellhase: 15 kills, 11 digs. Illinois Tech 3, Alverno 0 IIT outhit AC, .391 to .049.

HCAC Transylvania 3, Rose-Hulman 0 TU’s Scheper hit 10-0-20. Earlham 3, Manchester 1 EC’s Young: 20 kills. Hanover 3, Defiance 1 HC’s Harmon: 14 kills, 15 digs. Franklin 3, Bluffton 0 FC’s Jarrett: 44 assists, 10 digs.

UMAC #16 Northwestern 3, Northland 0 UNW’s Hinrichs: 23 digs. Martin Luther 3, Minnesota Morris 1 MLC’s Birschbach: 16 kills, 13 digs. UW-Superior 3, North Central 0 UWS’s Teff: 6 kills, 11 assists, 9 digs, 4 aces. Bethany Lutheran 3, Crown 0 BLC’s Morsching: 13 kills.

MWC Cornell 3, Lake Forest 0 CC’s Light: 12 kills. Grinnell 3, Ripon 1 GC’s Kuhn: 21 kills, 21 digs. Illinois College 3, Knox 2 IC’s Humbolt: 34 digs. Beloit 3, Lawrence 1 BC’s Sanchez: 10 kills, 15 digs.

SLIAC Spalding 3, Blackburn 2 SU’s Summers: 14 kills, 32 assists, 17 digs. Spalding 3, Principia 0 SU’s Branch: 13 kills. Blackburn 3, Principia 0 BC: 49 kills, hit .477.

Nonconference Webster 3, Monmouth 2 WU’s Borik: 19 kills, 13 digs.

Top 25 upset watch #1 Johns Hopkins 3, Ursinus 0#1 Johns Hopkins 3, Washington & Lee 0#2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3, Pomona-Pitzer 0#3 Trinity (Texas) 3, #18 MIT 0Tufts 3, #3 Trinity (Texas) 2#5 Colorado College 3, Austin 1St. Thomas (Texas) 3, #5 Colorado College 2#8 Mary Hardin-Baylor 3, Hardin-Simmons 0#10 NYU 3, Scranton 1#10 NYU 3, Arcadia 0#12 Juniata 3, Baldwin Wallace 0#12 Juniata 3, Wittenberg 2#13 Emory 3, Sewanee 0#15 Berry 3, Birmingham-Southern 2#22 Babson 3, Brandeis 0Endicott 3, #22 Babson 2

-Ricky Nelson