UPDATED: St. Louis and Ada the places to be this weekend

What a lineup at the Teri Clemens Invitational in St. Louis. #1 Juniata #6 St. Thomas #7 Wash U #18 La Verne Friday ULV vs. UST (UST, 3-0) Wash U vs. JC (Wash U, 3-0) Pure insanity in that sweep … scores were 28-26, 41-39, 27-25 … Wash U sets record for most points in a 3-set match.Saturday Wash U vs. ULV (Wash U, 3-0) JC vs. UST (JC, 3-2) ULV vs. JC (JC 3-0) Wash U vs. UST (Wash U, 3-2) Wish I could be there. If anyone out there goes, let us know what you see.

Not to be outdone, Wittenberg hosts its Border Battle between Ohio and Michigan this weekend in Ada, Ohio. The top matches there are: Friday #10 Calvin vs. #12 Wittenberg (Witt, 3-2) #5 Ohio Northern vs. #10 Calvin (ONU, 3-1) Saturday #5 Ohio Northern vs. #8 Hope (ONU, 3-0) #8 Hope vs. #12 Wittenberg (Hope, 3-1)

In other action, the WIAC starts conference play but with no great matches. Although it is the WIAC … could be a surprise somewhere. Sure enough, UW-Platteville upset #13 UW-Eau Claire, 3-0, at Eau Claire. And UW-River Falls upset #9 UW-Whitewater, 3-1, at River Falls.

Also on the weekend docket: 9/19 #11 Colorado College vs. #14 Trinity (TC, 3-1) 9/19 #20 Southwestern vs. #25 Austin (SU, 3-0)

-Ricky Nelson