11/9: #24 CSB overcomes 2-0 deficit, stuns NWC; #1 Knights, #20 Warhawks eke out wins

All eight regionals are in action today. Refresh for latest.

Check out the St. Thomas Regional Guide and the Elmhurst Regional Guide. Both have been updated with all-region players and will continue to be updated throughout the regionals.

St. Thomas Regional semifinals • #24 Saint Benedict 3, Northwestern 2 Set 5 ended 15-10; CSB’s Lexi Alm had 20 kills, 23 digs. • #8 St. Thomas 3, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 0 UST hit .346.

Calvin Regional semifinals • #2 Wittenberg 3, #6 Hope 0 WU had 50 kills. • #1 Calvin 3, #13 Mount Union 2 Set 5 ended 15-6; CC’s Megan Rietema had 67 assists, 15 digs, 9 kills.

Elmhurst Regional quarterfinals • #15 Chicago 3, Benedictine 1 UC’s Caroline Brander went 11-0-17. • #3 Washington-St. Louis 3, Mount St. Joseph 0 WUSTL’s Meghan Byrne went 12-3-22. • #20 Wisconsin-Whitewater 3, Thomas More 2 Set 5 ended 16-14; UWW’s Leanna Lillge had 27 kills, 16 digs. • #9 Elmhurst 3, Webster 0 EC had 52 kills.

Clarkson Regional quarterfinals • New Paltz 3, Skidmore 1 SUNYNP’s Becca Borquist had 16 kills, 11 digs. • #17 Cortland 3, Colby-Sawyer 0 SUNYC hit .378. • Middlebury 3, Southern Vermont 1 MC’s Kathryn Haderlein had 52 assists. • Clarkson 3, Nazareth 1 CU’s Adrienne Walker went 16-2-25 with 6 blocks.

Salisbury Regional quarterfinals • Stevenson 3, Neumann 0 SU hit .389. • #22 Eastern 3, Baruch 0 EU’s Erin Hillman went 11-0-16. • Richard Stockton 3, Johns Hopkins 2 Set 5 ended 16-14; RSC’s Stephanie Warner went 22-2-33. • #14 Salisbury 3, Mount Saint Mary 0 SU had 14 aces.

Connecticut College Regional quarterfinals • Bowdoin 3, Emerson 0 BC had 11 aces. • Springfield 3, Roger Williams 0 SC had 10 aces. • UMass Boston 3, MIT 1 UMB’s Shannon Thompson went 18-2-30 with 14 digs. • Connecticut College 3, Framingham State 0 CC’s Rachel Schroff went 17-0-26.

Christopher Newport Regional quarterfinals • #23 Juniata 3, Trinity (Texas) 0 JC outhit TU .322 to .012. • #4 Emory 3, Salem 0 EU outhit SC .506 to -.027. • Randolph-Macon 3, Gallaudet 0 RMC’s Tori Puryear went 11-1-16 with 4 blocks. • #5 Christopher Newport 3, Washington and Lee 0 CNU’s Cory Harris went 15-0-27.

Cal Lutheran Regional quarterfinals • #21 Chapman 3, #16 Pacific Lutheran 0 CU’s Kate Ferrin went 12-0-19. • #12 Puget Sound 3, #18 Colorado College 1 UPS’s Marissa Florant had 14 kills, 13 digs. • #25 La Verne 3, Hardin-Simmons 2 Set 5 ended 15-12; ULV’s Kendall Kraiss had 31 assists, 21 digs, 7 kills. • #7 Cal Lutheran 3, Southwestern 1 CLU’s Shannon Pearson went 16-3-29 with 4 blocks.

-Ricky Nelson