9/28/22: Defending champs win slugfest, UNW no longer unbeaten

CCIW North Park 3, Millikin 2 NPU’s Rodriguez: 23 kills, 14 digs. Carthage 3, Wheaton 0 CC: 15 aces.

MIAC Bethel 3, Saint Benedict 0 BU’s Cotter: 18 kills. Macalester 3, St. Olaf 2 MC’s Geber: 14 kills, 7 blocks.

ARC Dubuque 3, Luther 0 UD’s Powell: 20 kills, 13 digs. Simpson 3, Buena Vista 1 SC’s Jacobs: 21 kills.

SLIAC Greenville 3, Eureka 0 GU’s Hill: 22 digs. Westminster 3, Fontbonne 2 WC’s Wanyonyi: 21 kills, 19 digs.

Nonconference #11 UW-Eau Claire 3, #3 Northwestern 2 UWEC’s Barrett: 14 kills. #5 Washington-St. Louis 3, Illinois College 1 WUSTL’s Sells: 16 kills, 10 digs. #13 UW-Stevens Point 3, St. Catherine 2 UWSP’s Kopp: 20 kills, 23 digs. Denison 3, Bluffton 0 DU’s Johns hit 12-1-16. Cornell 3, Loras 0 CC’s Green: 33 assists, 11 digs. UW-River Falls 3, Hamline 0 UWRF’s Meredith: 13 kills, 10 digs, 5 aces. Rose-Hulman 3, DePauw 1 RHIT’s Korte: 17 kills. Carleton 3, Crown 1 Carleton’s Candra: 20 kills, 12 digs. Wilmington 3, Anderson 2 WC’s O’Brien: 47 digs. Manchester 3, Saint Mary’s (Ind.) 0 MU outhit SMC, .291 to .067. Mount Mary 3, Alverno 0 MMU’s Powers: 12 kills.

Top 25 Upset Watch #8 Calvin 3, #15 Hope 0#12 Wittenberg 3, Ohio Northern 1#18 Otterbein 3, Muskingum 1#22 Albion 3, Alma 0

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is your Last Team Standing (2022).

-Ricky Nelson