9/21/22: #15 UWW, Chicago earn pivotal 5-set wins

WIAC #15 UW-Whitewater 3, #12 UW-Stevens Point 2 UWW’s McNeil: 23 kills. #13 UW-Eau Claire 3, UW-River Falls 0 UWEC’s Leeke: 12 kills. UW-Oshkosh 3, UW-Platteville 1 UWO’s Sundholm: 12 kills. UW-Stout 3, UW-La Crosse 1 UWS’s Barrett: 30 assists, 15 digs, 4 aces.

CCIW Illinois Wesleyan 3, Carthage 1 IWU’s French: 18 kills, 11 digs. Millikin 3, Carroll 1 MU’s Oyer: 15 kills. North Park 3, Elmhurst 1 NPU’s Rodriguez: 17 kills, 12 digs.

MIAC #14 Gustavus Adolphus 3, Macalester 0 GAC’s Turn: 13 kills. Saint Benedict 3, Hamline 0 CSB’s Heying: 17 kills. St. Olaf 3, St. Scholastica 1 SOC’s Lannom hit 13-1-21. St. Catherine 3, Carleton 1 SCU’s Fagan: 10 kills, 8 blocks.

ARC Wartburg 3, Dubuque 2 WC’s Kracht: 15 kills, 19 assists, 22 digs. Coe 3, Loras 0 CC’s Maahs: 31 assists, 14 digs. Simpson 3, Luther 0 SC’s Jacobs: 19 kills. Buena Vista 3, Central 1 BVU’s Brockney: 14 kills, 10 digs.

SLIAC Westminster 3, Blackburn 0 WC outhit BC, .284 to -.052.

Nonconference Chicago 3, #5 Calvin 2 UC’s Schildt: 16 kills, 24 digs. #6 Washington-St. Louis 3, Greenville 1 WUSTL’s Steinbach hit 7-0-9. Earlham 3, DePauw 2 EC’s Young: 16 kills, 14 digs. Rose-Hulman 3, Webster 2 RHIT’s Ebright: 38 digs. Manchester 3, Olivet 0 MU’s Maze: 10 kills. Bluffton 3, Wilmington 1 BU’s White: 7 kills, 34 assists, 16 digs.

Top 25 Upset Watch #11 Otterbein 3, Kenyon 0#16 Wesleyan 3, Trinity (Conn.) 0

-Ricky Nelson