9/27: Ranked D-III’s lose 5-setters to non-D-III’s

All matches on tonight’s Midwest/Central and upset watch schedule are nonconference. There’s conflicting info on whether Blackburn plays tonight.

We’re also down to two undefeated teams in the entire country. Maranatha, which was idle tonight, is one of them.

Nonconference • Carroll 3, Rockford 0 CU’s Samantha Derynda had 31 assists, 13 digs. • Webster 3, Illinois College 0 WU’s Jordan Vehlewald went 9-0-13 with 17 digs. • Indiana-Southeast 3, Spalding 0 IUS (8-7) is NAIA; SU’s Elisa Burkman had 16 kills. • Blackburn, Robert Morris-Springfield

Top 25 upset watch Mount Vernon Nazarene 3, #13 Otterbein 2 MVNU (13-6) is NAIA. #17 Colorado College 3, George Fox 1Clarion 3, #21 Juniata 2 CU (14-3) is D-II.

-Ricky Nelson