Ricky Nelson’s 2014 Week 3 top 10

The AVCA poll comes out on Tuesday.

My rank, (my Wk 2 rank, AVCA Wk 2 rank), record, key results last week1 (1, 3). Hope 7-0 None.  2 (4, 4). Emory 11-1W: UW-Whitewater; Bowdoin; Randolph-Macon.  3 (7, 5). Cal Lutheran 11-1 W: Juniata; Washington-St. Louis; Otterbein; Heidelberg.  4 (5, 8). Juniata 9-1 W: Wittenberg; Ohio Northern. L: Cal Lutheran. 5 (8, 10). Washington-St. Louis 11-2 W: Calvin; Otterbein; Heidelberg. L: Cal Lutheran.  6 (10, 9). Wittenberg 7-3 W: Calvin; Ohio Northern; Heidelberg. L: Juniata. 7 (3, 1). Calvin 11-2 W: Ohio Northern; Otterbein. L: Washington-St. Louis; Wittenberg.  8 (NR, NR). Nebraska Wesleyan 9-0 None. 9 (NR, 7). Mount Union 10-0 W: Christopher Newport; Johns Hopkins. 10 (2, 2). Wisconsin-Stevens Point 9-2 W: Northwestern. L: Wartburg; Cornell.Dropped out: No. 6 Colorado College (11-2); No. 9 Pacific Lutheran (7-2).

My top five matches of the week: 9/19 #10 Washington-St. Louis vs. #14 Saint Benedict 9/19 #15 Elmhurst vs. #4 Emory 9/20 #15 Elmhurst vs. #12 Eastern 9/20 #10 Washington-St. Louis vs. #12 Eastern 9/20 #14 Saint Benedict vs. #15 Elmhurst

The Standout Stats page has been updated as much as it can be. Principia’s Tess Rountree had a Saturday to remember with 70 kills in two matches. Those two standout matches and many others are listed on the nightly updated page, which tracks Central and Midwest region players who record at least 10 blocks, 20 kills, 30 digs, and/or 50 assists in a match.

There are eight unbeaten teams in all of D-III. Three of them are listed in my top 10. See who all eight are, plus their upcoming schedules, on the Last Team Standing page. I’ll update the LTS page nightly until we have one remaining unbeaten team.

-Ricky Nelson