11/3: Cornell, Elmhurst, UW-Eau Claire, Northwestern, Wartburg, Webster, St. Thomas, Benedictine clinch NCAA berths

Championship Saturday is here. A good percentage of the country’s 42 Pool A bids will be earned today.

Use the Links to all Conference Tourneys page today and all this week. I will be tracking Pool A teams from around the country on that page.

WIAC championships third-place, final • #18 UW-Whitewater 3, UW Oshkosh 0 3rd-place; UWW’s Kim Frei had 41 assists. • UW-Eau Claire 3, #20 UW-Stevens Point 0 Final; UWEC’s Kelly Schuh had 10 kills, 13 digs.

MIAC playoff final • #7 St. Thomas 3, #23 Saint Benedict 2 Set 5 ended 15-8; UST’s Kelly Foley had 18 kills, 8 blocks.

UAA tournament 3rd-place, final • #16 Chicago 3, Case Western Reserve 1 3rd-place; UC’s Maren Loe had 16 kills. • #6 Emory 3, #1 Washington-St. Louis 1 Final; EU’s Breanah Bourque had 17 kills.

CCIW tournament final • #9 Elmhurst 3, Wheaton 0 EC outhit WC .351 to .083.

IIAC tournament final • #11 Wartburg 3, Loras 0 WC’s Bailey Wilson went 10-2-16.

UMAC tournament final • Northwestern 3, St. Scholastica 0 NWC had 53 kills and hit .423.

NAC tournament final • Benedictine 3, Edgewood 2 Set 5 ended 15-12; BU’s Candice Cuppini had 20 kills.

MWC tournament final • Cornell 3, St. Norbert 1 CC’s Kathleen O’Connor had 20 kills, 12 digs.

SLIAC tournament semis, final • Greenville 3, Principia 0 Semi; GC had 16 blocks. • Webster 3, Westminster 2 Semi; • Webster 3, Greenville 0 Final;

GPAC regular season • Nebraska Wesleyan 3, Dordt 1 NWU’s Karny Kuehl went 10-0-26.

Top 25 upset watch #2 Calvin 3, #4 Hope 2#3 Wittenberg 3, Wooster 0#3 Wittenberg 3, DePauw 0#5 Christopher Newport 3, Averett 0#5 Christopher Newport 3, Maryville (Tenn.) 1#8 Cal Lutheran 3, #22 Chapman 0#12 Otterbein 3, #10 Mount Union 1#13 Puget Sound 3, Lewis & Clark 0#17 Cortland 3, Fredonia 0#19 Colorado College 3, Trinity (Texas) 0#23 Juniata 3, Susquehanna 1#23 Juniata 3, Catholic 0

-Ricky Nelson