9/27/25: #7 IWU falls at #18 Hope, suffers first loss

UW-Whitewater Invite #4 UW-Whitewater, UW-River Falls, Illinois College, Rose-Hulman#4 UW-Whitewater 3, Illinois College 0; UW-River Falls 3, Rose-Hulman 1; UW-River Falls 3, Illinois College 0; #4 UW-Whitewater 3, Rose-Hulman 0.

Hope Tourney#7 Illinois Wesleyan, #14 Marietta, #18 Hope#7 Illinois Wesleyan 3, #14 Marietta 0; #18 Hope 3, #7 Illinois Wesleyan 1.

Wartburg Invite#25 Carthage, Cornell, Wartburg, AugsburgWartburg 3, Augsburg 1; Cornell 3, #25 Carthage 2; Cornell 3, Augsburg 1.

UW-Platteville QuadUW-Platteville, UW-Stout, MSOE, MarianUW-Platteville 3, Marian 0; UW-Stout 3, MSOE 0; UW-Platteville 3, MSOE 0; UW-Stout 3, Marian 2.

Loras Tri Edgewood, UW-La Crosse, LorasEdgewood 3, Loras 0; UW-La Crosse 3, Edgewood 0; UW-La Crosse 3, Loras 1.

Augustana Quad Augustana, Aurora, Luther, Monmouth Luther 3, Monmouth 2; Augustana 3, Monmouth 0; Augustana 3, Aurora 2; Aurora 3, Luther 1.

Benedictine Tri St. Norbert, Benedictine, CarrollSt. Norbert 3, Carroll 0; Carroll 3, Benedictine 2.

Lakeland TriLakeland, Elmhurst, RiponLakeland 3, Ripon 1; Elmhurst 3, Ripon 1; Elmhurst 3, Lakeland 2.

Alma Invite Anderson, Concordia Chicago, Calvin, Alma, CapitalConcordia Chicago 3, Alma 0; Anderson 3, Concordia Chicago 0.

Manchester Tri North Central (Ill.), Manchester, Saint Mary’s (Ind.)Manchester 3, Saint Mary’s (Ind.) 0; North Central (Ill.) 3, Saint Mary’s (Ind.) 2; Manchester 3, North Central (Ill.) 2.

Bluffton Spiketacular Hanover, Bluffton, Baldwin Wallace, Heidelberg, Adrian, OlivetBluffton 3, Heidelberg 2; Hanover 3, Adrian 1; Hanover 3, Baldwin Wallace 2; Baldwin Wallace 3, Bluffton 0.

Kalamazoo TriDominican, Albion, KalamazooAlbion 3, Dominican 0; Kalamazoo 3, Dominican 0.

UAA #5 Washington-St. Louis 3, NYU 2 WUSTL’s Freeman: 16 kills. #5 Washington-St. Louis 3, Rochester 0 WUSTL’s Oyewole hit 11-0-17. NYU 3, Chicago 1 [Box score that both teams posted can’t possibly be correct] Chicago 3, Rochester 0 UC’s Mishra: 14 kills.

MIAC #21 Gustavus Adolphus 3, St. Catherine 1 GAC’s Berg: 13 kills. Saint Benedict 3, Hamline 1 CSB’s Jones: 15 kills, 20 digs. St. Scholastica 3, Macalester 0 CSS’s Baribeau hit 10-0-14, 6 blocks.

NACC St. Norbert 3, Benedictine 1 SNC’s Vaughan: 15 kills, 14 digs.

UMAC Northwestern 3, North Central 0 UNW’s Olsen hit 8-0-9. Minnesota Morris 3, Martin Luther 1 UMM’s Johnson hit 14-0-27, 14 digs. UW-Superior 3, North Central 0 UWS’s Hohbein: 15 kills. Bethany Lutheran 3, Crown 0 BLC’s Sammon hit 9-0-11.

SLIAC Greenville 3, Mississippi Women 0 GU’s Evers: 11 kills. Greenville 3, Eureka 0 GU’s deJesus hit 9-0-13, 6 blocks. Westminster 3, Blackburn 1 WC’s Jackson: 17 kills, 11 digs. Lyon 3, Spalding 0 LC’s McCoy hit 10-1-17. Webster 3, Spalding 2 WU’s Zablonski: 17 kills. Webster 3, Lyon 2 WU’s Zablonski: 15 kills, 13 digs. Mississippi Women 3, Eureka 0 MUW’s Letson: 15 kills.

Nonconference Millikin 3, Franklin 0 MU’s Oyer: 10 kills. Earlham 3, Trine 1 EC’s Brandes: 12 kills.

Other Top 25 #1 La Verne 3, Pomona-Pitzer 1#2 East Texas Baptist 3, Howard Payne 0#6 Johns Hopkins 3, Endicott 1Tufts 3, #6 Johns Hopkins 1#9 Emory 3, #25 Carnegie Mellon 1#9 Emory 3, Brandeis 0#11 Washington and Lee 3, Mary Washington 1#11 Washington and Lee 3, Gettysburg 0#12 Trinity (Texas) 3, Oglethorpe 0#12 Trinity (Texas) 3, Sewanee 0#15 Berry 3, Southwestern 0#15 Berry 3, Millsaps 0#16 MIT 3, Coast Guard 0#17 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3, Caltech 0#19 Ithaca 3, Clarkson 1#22 Wesleyan (Conn.) 3, Endicott 0#23 Virginia Wesleyan 3, Haverford 1#23 Virginia Wesleyan 3, Christopher Newport 0#25 Carnegie Mellon 3, Case Western Reserve 1

-Ricky Nelson