Battle royale out West, SNC no longer undefeated

In the weekend’s most anticipated tourney, the top three ranked teams in NCAA D-III are getting together in La Verne, Calif. 

As a side note, we’re now down to zero undefeated NCAA Division-III women’s volleyball teams. Despite its loss tonight, La Verne was technically the last unbeaten in all the land. St. Norbert (19-2) lost earlier tonight to Elmhurst and North Central.

Friday’s Leopard Invitational results: No. 1 Juniata def. No. 3 La Verne, 31-33, 25-23, 25-16, 25-23 No. 2 Emory def. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (13-8), 25-23, 25-23, 17-25, 25-23

Saturday’s matchups include: No. 1 Juniata (18-1) vs. No. 2 Emory (20-3) No. 2 Emory (20-3) vs. No. 3 La Verne (13-1)

-Ricky Nelson