Noticed Carthage is ranked #4 in the latest AVCA poll:
My Central/Midwest VB blog (http://uwoshvball.wordpress.com/) is still around.
Osh Dude... your blog is great! Thanks for working on behalf of great volleyball being played by great student-athletes in Division III.
Quote from: Fireupdutch on September 21, 2009, 02:28:41 PM
Osh Dude... your blog is great! Thanks for working on behalf of great volleyball being played by great student-athletes in Division III.
Thanks for visiting. Wonder if there's anyone out there with a Great Lakes blog. Wish I had the energy to do another region. Some great VB over there. I mentioned it on my blog at the time, but I was impressed with Hope, Calvin and Heidelberg at last year's regional. Hope's Nora Slenk became one of my favorite players after about five points.
Midwest Conference Volleyball tournament pairings are as follows (per schedule off MWC site)
11/6 Grinnell vs. Beloit, Ripon vs. St. Norbert
11/7 Semi-Final winners
(Popped this on the CCIW board rather than set up another board for just one or 2 replies.)
CCIW tourney final: North Central vs. Carthage
MWC final: Beloit vs. St. Norbert
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2009, 09:24:29 AM
CCIW tourney final: North Central vs. Carthage
MWC final: Beloit vs. St. Norbert
Any word on whether the CCIW final is at NCC or Carthage? I suppose with the amount of effort it took to type this, I could have looked it up. Oh well.
Never mind. Carthage @ 2:00. FYI.
Carthage's football announcer just passed word along that the Lady Reds swept North Central in 3 to take the CCIW championship!
I saw the Lady Reds 2 or 3 times last year and they looked like they could compete beyond the D3 level. I believe they returned most of their important players, and one of them, Drewann Pancratz, is only a sophomore this year. They might have a nice run through the tournament.
The football announcer was saying he heard they may end up in Holland, MI or Oshkosh WI, with perhaps as high as a #2 seed.
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2009, 09:24:29 AM
CCIW tourney final: North Central vs. Carthage
MWC final: Beloit vs. St. Norbert
MWC Champ: St. Norbert, who knocked off Beloit in 3 per conference web-site!
As CCIW Tourney champ Carthage (31-5) receives the conference's automatic bid to the national tourney. However, there appears a good chance North Central, who finished with a great 34-4 record, will also receive a bid.
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2009, 04:58:16 PM
The football announcer was saying he heard they may end up in Holland, MI or Oshkosh WI, with perhaps as high as a #2 seed.
Could be in St. Louis as well. I think either or both of Whitewater/Carthage will be at Wash U because the MIAC powers have to be in Oshkosh. Need to somehow fill out the Wash U 2-4 seeds to go along with Nebraska Wesleyan. North Central could fill out St. Louis with three Pool A's (maybe Webster, Simpson and Lakeland?).
Quote from: OshDude on November 08, 2009, 02:59:47 AM
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2009, 04:58:16 PM
The football announcer was saying he heard they may end up in Holland, MI or Oshkosh WI, with perhaps as high as a #2 seed.
Could be in St. Louis as well. I think either or both of Whitewater/Carthage will be at Wash U because the MIAC powers have to be in Oshkosh. Need to somehow fill out the Wash U 2-4 seeds to go along with Nebraska Wesleyan. North Central could fill out St. Louis with three Pool A's (maybe Webster, Simpson and Lakeland?).
Looks like Carthage got a #4 seed, as they will open up aginst Simpson College, and then face the winner of Nebraska Wesleyan/UW Platteville in St. Louis.
Great work on your predictions however, as just about everything you said came true, with exception to Lakeland going to Michigan instead of Missouri.
North Central was placed in a regional with 4 nationally ranked squads. They get OAC power Heidelberg right off the bat, and if they win that, take your pick, either HCAC tourney champ Bluffton, or OAC tourney champ Ohio Northern.
Carthage -on paper- appears to have received an easier 1st round draw.
I don't think the Cardinals give a poop who they play. There is only one team (Oshkosh) in the entire tournament who has more wins (1 more) than they do, so unless they have played vastly inferior teams as compared to the rest of the field, I sense they believe they can play with anyone.
Spike 'em Cards.
Quote from: cubs on November 09, 2009, 12:14:07 PM
Quote from: OshDude on November 08, 2009, 02:59:47 AM
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2009, 04:58:16 PM
The football announcer was saying he heard they may end up in Holland, MI or Oshkosh WI, with perhaps as high as a #2 seed.
Could be in St. Louis as well. I think either or both of Whitewater/Carthage will be at Wash U because the MIAC powers have to be in Oshkosh. Need to somehow fill out the Wash U 2-4 seeds to go along with Nebraska Wesleyan. North Central could fill out St. Louis with three Pool A's (maybe Webster, Simpson and Lakeland?).
Looks like Carthage got a #4 seed, as they will open up aginst Simpson College, and then face the winner of Nebraska Wesleyan/UW Platteville in St. Louis.
Great work on your predictions however, as just about everything you said came true, with exception to Lakeland going to Michigan instead of Missouri.
Not a big deal, but I'm pretty sure Carthage is #2. I think the opening-round matches in the eight-teamers all go #3s first, then #2s, #4s and #1s. Could be wrong, though.
Quote from: OshDude on November 09, 2009, 10:09:18 PM
Quote from: cubs on November 09, 2009, 12:14:07 PM
Quote from: OshDude on November 08, 2009, 02:59:47 AM
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2009, 04:58:16 PM
The football announcer was saying he heard they may end up in Holland, MI or Oshkosh WI, with perhaps as high as a #2 seed.
Could be in St. Louis as well. I think either or both of Whitewater/Carthage will be at Wash U because the MIAC powers have to be in Oshkosh. Need to somehow fill out the Wash U 2-4 seeds to go along with Nebraska Wesleyan. North Central could fill out St. Louis with three Pool A's (maybe Webster, Simpson and Lakeland?).
Looks like Carthage got a #4 seed, as they will open up aginst Simpson College, and then face the winner of Nebraska Wesleyan/UW Platteville in St. Louis.
Great work on your predictions however, as just about everything you said came true, with exception to Lakeland going to Michigan instead of Missouri.
Not a big deal, but I'm pretty sure Carthage is #2. I think the opening-round matches in the eight-teamers all go #3s first, then #2s, #4s and #1s. Could be wrong, though.
You are correct.... I misread the bracket, thinking that the #1 seed was on top like they are on most traditional brackets.
Here is the 2010 CCIW Pre-Season Vollleyball Poll:
http://www.cciw.org/fall_volleyball/2010preseasonvbpoll.php
OK, I guess I'm discovering this board a little late. I spend most of my time on the CCIW basketball and soccer boards but with one kid at NPU and one at Wheaton, I've become more of a CCIW volleyball fan these days. Are there any posters out there who are ever at any of the matches? I'm finding that in some of the 3-0 matches, I can actually pull off a doubleheader by catching the end of the mens soccer game.
OK. I'll try this again. Maybe a few posts will generate a little interest on this board......maybe not. Anyway, a young and developing Wheaton team put a nice cap on a good weekend of volleyball by beating a UW-Platteville team that the ASVA d3 poll had ranked at 27th in the nation. In 4 games at that! With a rotation that commonly includes at least 2 or 3 freshmen and the same number of sophomores, they appear to be a team/program on the rise for the CCIW. Last night they took a game from 16th ranked University of Chicago and nearly took a second. Looking forward to what promises to be an exciting CCIW tournament the first weekend in November. Does anyone know how the seeding and locations are decided for CCIW volleyball? Actually, first off, I'll borrow from Pink Floyd: "Hello, is anybody in there?"
Since I've ratched up my VB-related posting activity, I've noticed Carthage and North Central's history of being nationally ranked over the last couple of seasons--has any team from the CCIW performed better than expected this season?
I have only really started paying attention to CCIW womens volleyball this season. I'm more of a basketball and soccer fan. If North Central has a history of success, then I'd say they are probably under-performing this season, based on what I saw at their own tournament and their overall record. Wheaton, on the other hand, seems to be performing at a higher level than usual for them, and is doing a lot of what they're doing with a solid core of freshmen and sophomores which seems to bode well for their future.
Quote from: petemcb on October 22, 2011, 08:55:40 PM
OK. I'll try this again. Maybe a few posts will generate a little interest on this board......maybe not. Anyway, a young and developing Wheaton team put a nice cap on a good weekend of volleyball by beating a UW-Platteville team that the ASVA d3 poll had ranked at 27th in the nation. In 4 games at that! With a rotation that commonly includes at least 2 or 3 freshmen and the same number of sophomores, they appear to be a team/program on the rise for the CCIW. Last night they took a game from 16th ranked University of Chicago and nearly took a second. Looking forward to what promises to be an exciting CCIW tournament the first weekend in November. Does anyone know how the seeding and locations are decided for CCIW volleyball? Actually, first off, I'll borrow from Pink Floyd: "Hello, is anybody in there?"
The CCIW has a seeded play-in round before the actual tournament. The four winners of the play-in matches advance to the tournament to be held at the highest remaining seed.
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on October 23, 2011, 07:16:38 AM
Since I've ratched up my VB-related posting activity, I've noticed Carthage and North Central's history of being nationally ranked over the last couple of seasons--has any team from the CCIW performed better than expected this season?
I think the CCIW season played out as expected, although I had Elmhurst beating Millikin before the season began.
Quote from: OshDude on October 26, 2011, 02:21:36 AM
Quote from: petemcb on October 22, 2011, 08:55:40 PM
OK. I'll try this again. Maybe a few posts will generate a little interest on this board......maybe not. Anyway, a young and developing Wheaton team put a nice cap on a good weekend of volleyball by beating a UW-Platteville team that the ASVA d3 poll had ranked at 27th in the nation. In 4 games at that! With a rotation that commonly includes at least 2 or 3 freshmen and the same number of sophomores, they appear to be a team/program on the rise for the CCIW. Last night they took a game from 16th ranked University of Chicago and nearly took a second. Looking forward to what promises to be an exciting CCIW tournament the first weekend in November. Does anyone know how the seeding and locations are decided for CCIW volleyball? Actually, first off, I'll borrow from Pink Floyd: "Hello, is anybody in there?"
The CCIW has a seeded play-in round before the actual tournament. The four winners of the play-in matches advance to the tournament to be held at the highest remaining seed.
Thanks, OshDude. I'm surprised to hear that except that I heard the same thing at the North Park/Wheaton match last night. I would have thought that the CCIW would have the same format for each sport, whereas basketball sends the bottom four back to their dorms and brings the top four in for a two day tournament.
By the way, for any North Park fans who might be out there, the Vikings put up probably their best fight of the season last night. While they lost in three games to Wheaton, North Park was in every game, not losing by more than four points in any of the games if memory serves me correctly. Unfortunately for NPU, in spite of their improvement in the last month of play, they are likely to draw nationally-ranked Carthage in the play-in game before the conference tournament and that isn't likely to go North Park's way. Congratulations on the improvement over the course of this season for a young, developing, and improving North Park squad.
So are there any veteran CCIW observers out there who know how this conference tournament works? I get the play-in game on November 1 and I get that the four winners move to the site of the highest remaining seed (likely Carthage). Those four play on Friday. What happens Saturday? Just the two winners for the championship or do the losers of Friday's games also play Saturday for third place?
Quote from: petemcb on October 26, 2011, 10:38:13 AM
So are there any veteran CCIW observers out there who know how this conference tournament works? I get the play-in game on November 1 and I get that the four winners move to the site of the highest remaining seed (likely Carthage). Those four play on Friday. What happens Saturday? Just the two winners for the championship or do the losers of Friday's games also play Saturday for third place?
If it's still like past years, there's only the championship match on Saturday. I didn't hear about a format change.
Carthage followers:
Here's a link to Edgewood's 2011 stats:
http://northernac.org/sports/wvball/2011-12/teams/edgewood?view=lineup
(Common CCIW opponent: Elmhurst--Blue Jays took Edgewood in 3 earlier.)
With a new season right around the corner, what teams are going to be fighting for the confrerence title?
Preseason poll picks Elmhurst ahead of defending champ Carthage! Thoughts? Comments? I see North Centralnear the bottom of the pack.:(
North Central goes 3-1 yesterday.
North Central goes to 4-1 with a 3-0 victory over Concordia.
North Central took 3rd in the Wheaton Tournament this past week-end. The Cards defeated UD, Loras and Lebanon Valley, before falling in the championship game to Cornell. The team is now 13-4. They play Wheaton this week, looking to start CCIW play with a 3-0 record.
North Central remains undefeated in conference play with a 3-1 victory over Wheaton!!
North Central remained undefeated in CCIW play after defeating Augie, 3-0. They are tied for 1st with Elmhurst and have a season record of 15-4, 3-0 in conference.
North Central dropped their first CCIW match to Carthage by a score of 3-1. The Cardinals are now 18-5, 4-1 in CCIW play.
Daily Herald article on NCC Coach Karen Bunkenburg.
On the cusp
North Central College women's volleyball coach Karen Bunkenburg is on the cusp of the program record for career victories.
Sitting at 264 wins, the 12th-year coach is 3 from surpassing Marcy Thurwachter's 266 lifetime wins from 1985-97. Bunkenburg directed the best record in Cardinals history, 35-5 in 2009, and has the top career winning percentage at .627.
North Central (18-5) hosts the Tiffany Robinson Memorial Tournament this Friday and Saturday, bringing in Rockford College, Aurora College, Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Wisconsin-Platteville. Should the Cardinals win their first two tourney matches against Rockford and Oshkosh, the noon Saturday contest against Aurora could be the record-setter for Bunkenburg, who is married to Benedictine University men's basketball coach Keith Bunkenburg.
Among the Cardinals' key members are a pair of liberos, sophomore Jessie Fiala of Naperville North and junior Sarah Eggert of Downers Grove North.
After being picked to finish 6th in the initial coaches poll, North Central is in 2nd place (4-1), behind league leading Elmhurst (5-0).
North Central picked up wins 19 and 20 yesterday in the opening round of the tiffany robinson memorial tourney. A Cardinal victory today over Aurora would make coach karen bunkenburg #1 in lifetime carer victories.
Karen Bunkenburg became North Central's all-time winningest coach yesterday when the Cards defeated Aurora on day 2 of the Tiffany Robinson tourney. The Cards record stands at 21-6 after dropping their last match of the night.
North Central downed Milliken yesterday, 3-1 to stay one game behind Elmhurst. They can grab a share of the CCIW title with a victory over the bluejays next week.
North Central's chance to claim a share of the CCIW title was dashed when they dropped their 2nd match with Elmhurst by the score of 3-0. The Cardinals record is now 22-7, 5-2 in CCIW play.
North Central dropped the CCIW play in match, 3-1 to Wheaton. Wheaton moves on, NC's season over.
The CCIW tourney gets underway tomorrow, with Wheaton playing Carthage at 4:30 and Millikin and Elmhurst squaring off at 7:30. The championship will be Saturday @ Elmhurst beginning at 2.
It's Elmhurst and Wheaton battling for the CCIW title and the AQ on Saturday @ 2.
Elmhurst downs Wheaton 3-0 to claim the 2012 tournamebt championship and the AQ.
Congrats to North Central's Laura Kluk on being named the CCIW freshman of the year. Laura was also a 2nd team all-conference selection.
Elmhurst will host Regional play this week-end.
Here's the link to the action:
http://www.elmhurstbluejays.com/news/2012/11/4/WVB_1104125709.aspx
Not a good start to the 2013 campaign for the Cards. They go 1-2 at the Kalamazoo Tournament.
The Cardinals earned a split at the UWW triangular. They topped CUW 3-0 and lost 0-3 to UWW.
The Cardinals split again today. They topped Lake Forest, but lost to Benedictine.
Week 1 AVCA coaches poll out: Congrats to #4 Elmhurst and #20 Carthage.
#20 Carthage dropped a 3-2 decision to #19 UWW and beat Carroll by the same score last night.
Elmhurst dropped two spts to #6 in the latest AVCA poll after suffering their first loss of the season this past week-end.
The University of Chicago tourney features this week-end features two CCIW foes, #6 Elmhurst and North Central.
#6 Elmhurst opened CCIW play with a 3-0 victory over North Central. Elmhurst is now 14-1.
Elmhurst holds steady at #6 in the new coaches poll.
$6 Elmhurst stays unbeaten in CCIW play with a 3-0 victory over Augie.
Elmhurst says at #6 after a tough week-end at the Midwest Challenge, losing to Hope 3-2 and Calvin 3-0.
Elmhurst moves to #5!
http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-three-women/poll-10-22-13/
ARV IL Wes at #5 Carthage in progress:
IL Wes up 1 set to nil:
Final: #5 Carthage over IL Wes:
(21-25, 27-25, 26-24, 25-9)
Carthage: Ajibola .462 hitting pct.
Kozak .435 hitting pct.
Final: #7 Millikin over North Park in 3 sets:
(25-18, 25-21, 25-22).
IL Wes vs. #9 Elmhurst up shortly:
Final: IL Wes holds off #9 Elmhurst in 5 sets:
(25-21, 28-26, 20-25, 21-25, 15-13)
IL Wes: 61 spikes for points (to Elmhurst's 48)
Elmhurst: Froats .286 hitting pct.
#3 Carthage at ARV IL Wes just underway:
Final: #3 Carthage over ARV IL Wesleyan in 4 sets
(25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 25-20)
Carthage: Acton .478 hitting pct. 3 other Firebirds with .286 or higher hitting pcts.
IL Wesleyan: 14 service aces, however, were outhit as a team .221 to .132 (Carthage still had a better flow on offense on serves the Firebirds were able to return, and other plays when the Firebirds were on offense).
(I thank one of the Transylvania announcers who during the HCAC WVB Tournament a few weeks back informed me, over the live feed I took in, about the effect more often then not a high number of service aces by one squad can have on a match. Today's CCIW match was one of the rare exceptions to that rule.)
Here is the pre-season Fall 2021 CCIW WVB poll:
https://cciw.org/news/2021/8/3/carthage-picked-to-win-2021-cciw-womens-volleyball-title.aspx