8/30/24: #16 Gustavus knocks off #5 UWO, #11 Transy

Happy Opening Day, all!

Northwestern Invite#2 Hope, #7 Northwestern, #17 Washington-St. Louis, Coe#17 Washington-St. Louis 3, Coe 2; #2 Hope 3, #7 Northwestern 0.

La Verne/Pomona-Pitzer/Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Classic #3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, #15 La Verne, UW-River Falls, Whittier, Union, Pomona-Pitzer, Centre, Chapman, Muhlenberg, Occidental, Skidmore, MCLAWhittier 3, UW-River Falls 1; #3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3, MCLA 0; #15 La Verne 3, Centre 0; #15 La Verne 3, UW-River Falls 1.

Colorado College Challenge#5 UW-Oshkosh, #11 Transylvania, #16 Gustavus Adolphus, Millikin, Colorado College#16 Gustavus Adolphus 3, #5 UW-Oshkosh 1; #16 Gustavus Adolphus 3, #11 Transylvania 2; Millikin 3, Colorado College 1; #5 UW-Oshkosh 3, Colorado College 0; Millikin 3, #11 Transylvania 2.

Trinity (Texas) Invite#8 Trinity (Texas), Saint Benedict, East Texas Baptist, Cortland, Texas Lutheran#8 Trinity (Texas) 3, Cortland 0; Texas Lutheran 3, Saint Benedict 2; East Texas Baptist 3, Saint Benedict 0.

UW-Whitewater Invite #10 UW-Whitewater, Augsburg, Edgewood, Lake Forest, Knox#10 UW-Whitewater 3, Lake Forest 0; Edgewood 3, Augsburg 1; #10 UW-Whitewater 3, Edgewood 0; Augsburg 3, Knox 0.

Aurora Classic#21 UW-Stevens Point, #23 Cornell, Aurora, Elmhurst, SouthwesternSouthwestern 3, Aurora 1; #23 Cornell 3, #21 UW-Stevens Point 2; Southwestern 3, Elmhurst 1; Aurora 3, Elmhurst 1.

Wittenberg Classic#24 Mount St. Joseph, Illinois Wesleyan, Berea, Otterbein, Wittenberg, Baldwin Wallace#24 Mount St. Joseph 3, Baldwin Wallace 2; Illinois Wesleyan 3, #24 Mount St. Joseph 0; Otterbein 3, Berea 0.

Hamline/St. Catherine Tourney Carthage, St. Norbert, St. Catherine, Augustana, Concordia Wisconsin, Dubuque, Macalester, Hamline, Minnesota MorrisCarthage 3, Macalester 1; Carthage 3, Hamline 0; Dubuque 3, St. Catherine 0; Dubuque 3, Minnesota Morris 1; Augustana 3, Concordia Wisconsin 0; St. Norbert 3, Minnesota Morris 0; St. Catherine 3, St. Norbert 0; Concordia Wisconsin 3, Hamline 1.

Chicago InviteChicago, St. Olaf, North Central (Ill.), Carleton, Loras, Lawrence, AlmaCarleton 3, Lawrence 0; Loras 3, Alma 0; St. Olaf 3, Alma 0; Chicago 3, Lawrence 0; North Central (Ill.) 3, Carleton 0; Chicago 3, Loras 0; North Central (Ill.) 3, St. Olaf 0.

Benedictine Classic Wartburg, UW-Stout, Benedictine, MSOE, Concordia TexasUW-Stout 3, MSOE 1; UW-Stout 3, Benedictine 0; Wartburg 3, Concordia Texas 1.

Central/Grinnell Invite UW-Platteville, Grinnell, Central, Buena Vista, Westminster (Mo.), Saint Mary’s (Minn.), Fontbonne, Simpson, Rose-Hulman, Bethany Lutheran, St. ScholasticaRose-Hulman 3, Buena Vista 0; Simpson 3, Saint Mary’s (Minn.) 1; UW-Platteville 3, Simpson 0; Grinnell 3, Fontbonne 0; Grinnell 3, Saint Mary’s (Minn.) 0; Bethany Lutheran 3, Central 0; Central 3, St. Scholastica 0; Rose-Hulman 3, Westminster (Mo.) 1; Buena Vista 3, Westminster (Mo.) 1; Bethany Lutheran 3, St. Scholastica 0.

Gettysburg Classic UW-Eau Claire, Eastern, Gettysburg, Susquehanna, Southern Virginia, Bridgewater, Gallaudet, Messiah, Dickinson, York (Pa.)UW-Eau Claire 3, Susquehanna 0; Eastern 3, UW-Eau Claire 1.

Illinois College TourneyUW-La Crosse, Webster, Carroll, Dominican, AdrianWebster 3, UW-La Crosse 1; Webster 3, Dominican 0; Adrian 3, Carroll 2; Carroll 3, Dominican 0.

Maryville Invite Hanover, Wisconsin Lutheran, Concordia Chicago, Randolph-Macon, Maryville, BrevardHanover 3, Randolph-Macon 1; Randolph-Macon 3, Wisconsin Lutheran 0; Hanover 3, Maryville 1; Brevard 3, Concordia Chicago 2.

Austin/Dallas Tourney Lakeland, Nebraska Wesleyan, UW-Superior, McMurry, St. John Fisher, Dallas, Shenandoah, AustinUW-Superior 3, McMurry 2; Nebraska Wesleyan 3, McMurry 0; St. John Fisher 3, Lakeland 2; Nebraska Wesleyan 3, Dallas 0; Austin 3, Lakeland 0; UW-Superior 3, Shenandoah 0.

DePauw InviteWheaton (Ill.), Spalding, DePauw, CapitalWheaton (Ill.) 3, Spalding 0.

Ripon ClassicIllinois Tech, Luther, Marian, Ripon, Martin Luther, Mount MaryRipon 3, Mount Mary 0; Marian 3, Martin Luther 2; Illinois Tech 3, Luther 2; Marian 3, Mount Mary 0; Luther 3, Ripon 2; Martin Luther 3, Illinois Tech 1.

Earlham TourneyEarlham, Northland, Trine, Asbury, WoosterEarlham 3, Wooster 0; Earlham 3, Northland 0; Trine 3, Northland 0.

Great Lakes Cross OverGreenville, Monmouth, Anderson, Manchester, Bluffton, Case Western Reserve, Muskingum, Ohio Northern, Heidelberg, Chatham, Hiram, Allegheny, Saint Mary’s (Ind.), LeTourneau, John Carroll, Kenyon, Grove City, Olivet, Kalamazoo, Waynesburg, Oberlin, Washington & Jefferson, Penn St. Behrend, Penn St. Altoona Manchester 3, LeTourneau 2; Monmouth 3, Bluffton 1; Bluffton 3, Oberlin 0; Ohio Northern 3, Greenville 2; Monmouth 3, Waynesburg 0; John Carroll 3, Manchester 0; Anderson 3, Olivet 0; Anderson 3, Washington & Jefferson 1; Bluffton 3, Oberlin 0.

Saint Mary-Of-The-Woods ShowdownFranklin, Saint Mary-Of-The-Woods, Clarke, Boyce, Goshen, Alice Lloyd, Grace Christian, Governors St., Lourdes, Indiana ColumbusSaint Mary-Of-The-Woods 3, Franklin 0; Goshen 3, Franklin 0.

Crown Tourney North Central (Minn.), Crown, Kuyper, Emmaus BibleCrown 3, Kuyper 0; North Central (Minn.) 3, Emmaus Bible 0.

Nonconference Rockford 3, Beloit 1 RU’s Perry: 15 kills. Mississippi Women 3, Crowleys Ridge 1

Top 25 Upset Watch #1 Juniata 3, Christopher Newport 0#4 Johns Hopkins 3, William Paterson 0#6 NYU 3, UMass Boston 0#9 Emory 3, Greensboro 0Washington & Lee 3, #12 Berry 2Hardin-Simmons 3, #12 Berry 2#13 MIT 3, Neumann 0#18 Calvin 3, Carnegie Mellon 1#19 Ithaca 3, Springfield 0#22 Mary Washington 3, Kean 1Virginia Wesleyan 3, #22 Mary Washington 0#25 Covenant 3, Wilmington 1

-Ricky Nelson