10/9: Webster sweep sets up SLIAC sprint to the finish; Pioneers upend #17 Warhawks

Some good conference clashes tonight.

WIAC • UW-Platteville 3, #17 UW-Whitewater 1 UWP’s Stephanie Kirchner had 13 kills, 9 blocks.

CCIW • #9 Elmhurst 3, North Park 0 EC’s Megan Reynolds had 12 kills. • #24 Carthage 3, North Central (Ill.) 1 CC’s Emily Heuermann had 14 kills.

IIAC • Central 3, Buena Vista 0 CC hit .303.

MWC • Cornell 3, Knox 0 CC hit .452; CC’s Mariah Brandly went 11-0-12. • Ripon 3, Lawrence 1 RC’s Lisa Aguilar had 14 kills, 13 digs.

SLIAC • Webster 3, Greenville 0 • Westminster 3, MacMurray 0 • Fontbonne 3, Blackburn 0 FU’s Ana Hibbeler had 11 kills, 13 digs.

Nonconference • Minnesota Morris 3, Presentation 0 UMM’s Abby Tietz had 15 kills. • Northern Michigan 3, Finlandia 0 NMU (12-6) is D-II; FU had 6 kills. • Mount Mary 3, Alverno 1 MMC’s Stephanie Hardwick had 18 kills, 15 digs.

Top 25 upset watch #4 Christopher Newport 3, Peace 0#8 Cal Lutheran 3, Pomona-Pitzer 0#11 Cortland 3, Ithaca 0#16 Mount Union 3, John Carroll 0#25 Bowdoin 3, Maine Maritime 0

-Ricky Nelson