Ricky Nelson’s 2015 Week 4 top 10

The AVCA poll comes out on Tuesday.

My rank, (my Wk 3 rank, AVCA Wk 3 rank), record, key results last week1 (1,3). Washington-St. Louis 14-1 W: Illinois Wesleyan.  2 (2,1). Juniata 15-0 W: Eastern.  3 (5,4). Emory 15-2 W: Christopher Newport; Randolph-Macon.  4 (3,6). Carthage 13-2 W: Williams. L: UW-Whitewater.  5 (6,7). Cal Lutheran 13-2 W: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.6 (7,5). Calvin 12-3 [None].7 (9,2). Christopher Newport 14-28 (4,9). Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 12-4 L: Cal Lutheran; La Verne.9 (10,8). Wittenberg 12-1 [None]. 10 (NR,13). Colorado College 16-1 Dropped out: No. 8 Chicago (12-4).

My top 5 matches of the week:9/30 UW-Stevens Point vs. UW-Whitewater 10/2 Elmhurst vs. UW-Oshkosh 10/2 UW-Oshkosh vs. Colorado College 10/3 Elmhurst vs. Colorado College 10/4 Washington-St. Louis vs. Chicago

We’re down to three unbeaten teams in all of D III. One of them is easy – the AVCA’s top-ranked team. See the contenders, and their upcoming schedules, on the Last Team Standing page.

The Standout Stats page had several additions during the past week, including a 27-kill performance in four sets as well as a 50-dig effort and a 62-assist showing in five sets.

-Ricky Nelson