11/11/23: Coe, Cornell, Edgewood, Greenville, Gustavus, North Park, Northwestern, Whitewater clinch NCAA bids

WIAC Final#6 UW-Whitewater 3, #2 UW-Oshkosh 0 UWW’s Anderson: 13 kills, 7 blocks.

MIAC Final#18 Gustavus Adolphus 3, St. Olaf 2 GAC’s Klaith: 22 kills.

CCIW Final#15 North Park 3, Carthage 1 NPU’s Rodriguez: 18 kills, 14 digs.

NACC FinalEdgewood 3, Aurora 2 EC’s Hoffmann: 13 kills, 14 assists, 16 digs.

ARC FinalCoe 3, Dubuque 1 CC’s Parson: 17 kills, 21 digs.

MWC Final#25 Cornell 3, Illinois College 0 CC’s Manson: 15 kills.

UMAC Final#5 Northwestern 3, UW-Superior 0 UNW’s Glanzer: 17 kills.

SLIAC SemisGreenville 3, Webster 0 GU’s Bonacorsi: 11 kills, 11 digs. Fontbonne 3, Westminster 0 FU’s Kaempfe hit 9-1-16. SLIAC FinalGreenville 3, Fontbonne 1 GU’s Hicks: 7 kills, 10 blocks.

UAA 3rd PlaceCase Western Reserve 3, Chicago 2 CWRU’s Ngo: 16 kills. UAA 5th PlaceCarnegie Mellon 3, #9 Washington-St. Louis 1 CMU’s Schlemmer: 14 kills.

HCAC Semis#14 Mount St. Joseph 3, Manchester 1 MSJU’s Sicking: 15 kills. #17 Transylvania 3, Rose-Hulman 1 TU’s Holcomb: 14 kills, 8 blocks.

Top 25 upset watch #1 Juniata 3, Scranton 1#3 Hope 3, #11 Calvin 0#7 NYU 3, #4 Emory 2#8 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3, #19 La Verne 0#12 Berry 3, Hendrix 0#13 Trinity (Texas) 3, Colorado College 0#16 Wesleyan (Conn.) 3, Williams 0#20 MIT 3, Babson 1Salisbury 3, #21 Mary Washington 2#22 Ithaca 3, William Smith 0#24 Covenant 3, Maryville 0

Follow the Conference Tourneys (2023) page for all automatic qualifiers. One team has clinched already and another 36 spots will be claimed today. We’ll have championship matches starting from 9 a.m. (ODAC) through 8 p.m. (NWC, SCIAC) central.

We have a Last Team Standing (2023). Congratulations, Juniata.

-Ricky Nelson