Posted a couple ARC results, one Central-IA loss and 3 wins by ranked Wartburg. I'll see how it goes from here.
Final: #16 Wartburg over ARV UW-La Crosse in 3 sets:
(25-18, 25-20, 25-21).
Wartburg: Bildstein .333 hitting pct.
Will keep tabs on MIAC squads NW-MN and Bethel to see how they place in tomorrow's Top 25 Poll.
9/22/21: 2 Results involving MIAC ARV or in-Top 25 squads:
#21 Bethel-MN over Concordia-MN in 3 sets:
Bethel-- Outhit the Cobbers .416 to .097 in the match.
Final: ARV Augsburg over St. Mary's MN in 3 sets
(25-20, 25-18, 25-14)
Augsburg: Outhit St. Mary's .337 to .074 for match.
Late Final: Hamline knocked off ARV St. Benedict in 4 sets last night.
ARV Gustavus Adolphus at #10 Wartburg just underway:
Final: #10 Wartburg over ARV G/A in 4 sets.
(25-18, 21-25, 27-25, 25-14)
Knights: 3 players with .317 or higher hitting pct.
Amer. Rivers Update:
Final: #8 Wartburg over Luther3 sets to nil (Knights' team hitting pct. ,354,
Central-IA/Simpson winner tonight will be able to maintain pace with the Knights.
Simpson got the win in 4 sets (mild in-conference upset, 8 knocks off 5).
MIAC All ARV team action on deck:
(Augsburg vs. Gustavus Adolphus)
MIAC Final: ARV Gustavus Adolphus over ARV Augsburg in 3 sets:
(25-15, 25-12, 25-20)
GAC: 10 service aces, outhit Augsburg .292 to .126
C2C/UMAC Final:
Nortland over Finlandia in 5 sets;
(19-25, 25-14, 19-25, 25-15, 15-7)
LumberJills: Outhit Lions .444 to .167 in Set 5
MIAC In-Conference Race: Bethel-MN, G/A and Hamline have clinched MIAC Tournament playoff spots. St. Olaf can clinch a spot with 2 wins or 1 win and losses by Carleton and Concordia-MN. Macalester thru St. Scholastica are on the bubble. (with Sts Mary, Catherine and Benedict)
UMAC: NW-MN needs one more in-conference win for a playoff spot. UM-Morris, Martin Luther and UW-Superior are in a dogfight at the moment.
Midwest Conference: Cornell-IA and Grinnell have clinched spots. IL College sits in 3rd, followed by Lake Forest and Monmouth. Still a way to go yet.
Amer. Rivers: Wartburg has clinched an in-conference tournament spot. Coe can do that with 1 win and losses by Loras and Buena Vista. Simpson and Central-IA are still in good positions yet. NE Wes and Dubuque need to win out and get help.
10/20/21 Region IX Regional Rankings
Squad: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) St. Olaf 0.622 Not shown 10-11 (.476)
2) Augsburg 0.602 12-9 (.571)
3) #25 GAC 0.593 19-4 (.826)
4) #5 Wartburg 0.578 22-0 (1.000)
5) #23 Bethel-MN 0.572 17-4 (.810)
6) #17 NW-MN 0.536 20-3 (.870)
7) Loras 0.531 15-7 (.662)
8) Hamline 0.506 16-5 (.762)
Augsburg and St. Olaf were in ARV earlier this season.
Midwest Conference Tournament Entrants Are:
Cornell-IA
Grinnell
IL College
Monmouth College (did better than expected, Lake Forest was picked for 4th)
UMAC Tournament Entrants:
NW-MN
MN-Morris
UW-Superior
Martin Luther (picked much lower, Bethany Lutheran was picked for 4th)
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10/20/21 Region IX Regional Rankings
Squad: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) St. Olaf 0.622 Not shown 10-11 (.476)
2) Augsburg 0.602 12-9 (.571)
3) #25 GAC 0.593 19-4 (.826)
4) #5 Wartburg 0.578 22-0 (1.000)
5) #23 Bethel-MN 0.572 17-4 (.810)
6) #17 NW-MN 0.536 20-3 (.870)
7) Loras 0.531 15-7 (.662)
8) Hamline 0.506 16-5 (.762)
Augsburg and St. Olaf were in ARV earlier this season.
10-27-21 Regional Rankings:
Team: IDR: SOS: RRO: Overall Record
1) Wartburg 24-0 (1.000) .567 9-0 (1.000) 24-0 (1.000)
2) NW-MN 25-3 (.893) .539 6-3 ( .667) 25-3 (.893)
3) GAC 22-5 (.815) .589 4-5 ( .444) 22-5 (.815)
4) Bethel-MN 19-4 (.826) .562 3-4 ( .429) 19-4 (.826)
5) St. Olaf 11-12 (.478) .615 3-8 ( .273) 11-12 (.478)
6) Hamline 18-5 (.783) .501 2-3 ( .400) 18-5 (.783)
7) Cornell-IA 15-11 (.577) .583 2-8 ( .200) 15-11 (.577)
8) Coe 20-7 (.741) .502 2-4 ( .333) 20-7 (.741)
Updates:
Amer. Rivers: Wartburg, Coe, Loras, Central-IA, Dubuque and Simpson are in the ARC Tournament.
Midwest Conference; Cornell-IA, Grinnell, IL College and Monmouth are in.
UMAC; NW-MN, UW-Superior, MN-Morris, and Martin Luther are in.
MIAC: Bethel-MN, GAC, Hamline, St. Olaf, Augsburg and St. Benedict are in.
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10/20/21 Region IX Regional Rankings
Squad: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) St. Olaf 0.622 Not shown 10-11 (.476)
2) Augsburg 0.602 12-9 (.571)
3) #25 GAC 0.593 19-4 (.826)
4) #5 Wartburg 0.578 22-0 (1.000)
5) #23 Bethel-MN 0.572 17-4 (.810)
6) #17 NW-MN 0.536 20-3 (.870)
7) Loras 0.531 15-7 (.662)
8) Hamline 0.506 16-5 (.762)
Augsburg and St. Olaf were in ARV earlier this season.
10-27-21 Regional Rankings:
Team: IDR: SOS: RRO: Overall Record
1) Wartburg 24-0 (1.000) .567 9-0 (1.000) 24-0 (1.000)
2) NW-MN 25-3 (.893) .539 6-3 ( .667) 25-3 (.893)
3) GAC 22-5 (.815) .589 4-5 ( .444) 22-5 (.815)
4) Bethel-MN 19-4 (.826) .562 3-4 ( .429) 19-4 (.826)
5) St. Olaf 11-12 (.478) .615 3-8 ( .273) 11-12 (.478)
6) Hamline 18-5 (.783) .501 2-3 ( .400) 18-5 (.783)
7) Cornell-IA 15-11 (.577) .583 2-8 ( .200) 15-11 (.577)
8) Coe 20-7 (.741) .502 2-4 ( .333) 20-7 (.741)
11/3 Regional Rankings:
Team: IDR: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) Wartburg 25-0 (1.000) .572 8-0 (1.000) 25-0 (1.000)
2) NW-MN 27-3 (.900) .527 4-3 (.571) 27-3 (.900)
3) GAC 24-5 (.828) .574 5-5 (.500) 24-5 (.828)
4) Bethel-MN 21-5 (.808) .576 3-5 (.375) 21-5 (.808)
5) Cornell-IA 18-11 (.621) .571 2-7 (.222) 18-11 (.621)
6) St. Olaf 13-12 (.520) .592 2-8 (.200) 13-12 (.520)
7) Hamline 19- 7 (.731) .517 2-5 (.286) 19- 7 (.731)
8) Augsburg 15-12 (.556) .570 2-9 (.182) 15-12 (.556)
11/6 Region IX NCAA AQ's
Amer. Rivers: Wartburg
Midwest Conference: Cornell-IA
MIAC: GAC
UMAC: NW-MN
Bethel-MN is also in the running.
Region IX Pool C's in:
Bethel-MN (MIAC)
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10/20/21 Region IX Regional Rankings
Squad: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) St. Olaf 0.622 Not shown 10-11 (.476)
2) Augsburg 0.602 12-9 (.571)
3) #25 GAC 0.593 19-4 (.826)
4) #5 Wartburg 0.578 22-0 (1.000)
5) #23 Bethel-MN 0.572 17-4 (.810)
6) #17 NW-MN 0.536 20-3 (.870)
7) Loras 0.531 15-7 (.662)
8) Hamline 0.506 16-5 (.762)
Augsburg and St. Olaf were in ARV earlier this season.
10-27-21 Regional Rankings:
Team: IDR: SOS: RRO: Overall Record
1) Wartburg 24-0 (1.000) .567 9-0 (1.000) 24-0 (1.000)
2) NW-MN 25-3 (.893) .539 6-3 ( .667) 25-3 (.893)
3) GAC 22-5 (.815) .589 4-5 ( .444) 22-5 (.815)
4) Bethel-MN 19-4 (.826) .562 3-4 ( .429) 19-4 (.826)
5) St. Olaf 11-12 (.478) .615 3-8 ( .273) 11-12 (.478)
6) Hamline 18-5 (.783) .501 2-3 ( .400) 18-5 (.783)
7) Cornell-IA 15-11 (.577) .583 2-8 ( .200) 15-11 (.577)
8) Coe 20-7 (.741) .502 2-4 ( .333) 20-7 (.741)
11/3 Regional Rankings:
Team: IDR: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) Wartburg 25-0 (1.000) .572 8-0 (1.000) 25-0 (1.000)
2) NW-MN 27-3 (.900) .527 4-3 (.571) 27-3 (.900)
3) GAC 24-5 (.828) .574 5-5 (.500) 24-5 (.828)
4) Bethel-MN 21-5 (.808) .576 3-5 (.375) 21-5 (.808)
5) Cornell-IA 18-11 (.621) .571 2-7 (.222) 18-11 (.621)
6) St. Olaf 13-12 (.520) .592 2-8 (.200) 13-12 (.520)
7) Hamline 19- 7 (.731) .517 2-5 (.286) 19- 7 (.731)
8) Augsburg 15-12 (.556) .570 2-9 (.182) 15-12 (.556)
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Team: IDR: SOS: RRO: Overall Record
1) Wartburg 27-0 (1.000) .574 11-0 (1.000) 27-0 (1.000)
2) NW-MN 29-3 (.906) .529 4-3 (.571) 29-3 (.906)
3) GAC 26-5 (.839) .583 9-5 (.643) 26-5 (.839)
4) Bethel-MN 22-6 (.786) .586 5-6 (.455) 22-6 (.786)
5) St. Olaf 14-13 (.519) .599 4-10 (.286) 14-13 (.519)
6) Hamline 20- 8 (.714) .523 3- 6 (.333) 20- 8 (.714)
7) Cornell-IA 20-11 (.645) .570 3 -8 (.273) 20-11 (.645)
8) Coe 24- 8 (.750) .513 1 -6 (.143) 24- 8 (.750)
#4 Wartburg hosts #3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps later today, with the winner advancing to the Elite 8 in St. Louis.
Region IX Post-Season Awards are now up:
https://www.avca.org/awards/all-regional-all-america-awards/division-iii-region.html
Carleton (MIAC) and Martin Luther (UMAC) have new volleyball coaches:
https://www.miacathletics.com/sports/wvball/2021-22/releases/20220107j2h99i
https://umacathletics.com/news/2022/1/4/emma-holzhueter-name-martin-luther-volleyball-coach.aspx
Midwest Conference: Cornell-IA was picked to finish first in the '22 Preseason WVB Poll
(link too long to post here).
First Region 9 "Get Off the Long Schneid Award goes to:
Luther-IA, who ended a string of 15 consecutive match losses by beating Crown in its' '22 opener.
10 19 22 Regional Rankings
Team IDR SOS RRO Overall Record
1. Augsburg 15-5 (.750) .545 N/A 15-5 (.750)
2. Bethel-MN 12-8 (.600) .627 12-8 (.600)
3. Coe 18-4 (.818) .604 18-4 (.818)
4. GAC 19-4 (.826) .587 19-4 (.826)
5. NW-MN 21-2 (.913) .574 21-2 (.913)
6. St. Benedict 14-7 (.667) .574 14-7 (.667)
7. St. Olaf 11-11 (.500) .626 11-11 (.500)
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10 19 22 Regional Rankings
Team IDR SOS RRO Overall Record
1. Augsburg 15-5 (.750) .545 N/A 15-5 (.750)
2. Bethel-MN 12-8 (.600) .627 12-8 (.600)
3. Coe 18-4 (.818) .604 18-4 (.818)
4. GAC 19-4 (.826) .587 19-4 (.826)
5. NW-MN 21-2 (.913) .574 21-2 (.913)
6. St. Benedict 14-7 (.667) .574 14-7 (.667)
7. St. Olaf 11-11 (.500) .626 11-11 (.500)
10-26:
1. NW-MN 25-2 (.926) .580 9-2 (.818) 25-2 (.926)
2. Coe 20-5 (.800) .605 4-3 (.571) 20-5 (.800)
3. GAC 21-4 (.840) .588 7-3 (.700) 21-4 (.840)
4. Bethel-MN 14-8 (.636) .623 4-7 (.364) 14-8 (.636)
5. Cornell-IA 17-7 (.708) .561 3-5 (.375) 17-7 (.708)
6. Augsburg 15-7 (.682) .552 4-4 (.500) 15-7 (.682)
7. St. Olaf 13-11 (.542) .619 3-6 (.333) 13-11 (.542)
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10 19 22 Regional Rankings
Team IDR SOS RRO Overall Record
1. Augsburg 15-5 (.750) .545 N/A 15-5 (.750)
2. Bethel-MN 12-8 (.600) .627 12-8 (.600)
3. Coe 18-4 (.818) .604 18-4 (.818)
4. GAC 19-4 (.826) .587 19-4 (.826)
5. NW-MN 21-2 (.913) .574 21-2 (.913)
6. St. Benedict 14-7 (.667) .574 14-7 (.667)
7. St. Olaf 11-11 (.500) .626 11-11 (.500)
10-26:
1. NW-MN 25-2 (.926) .580 9-2 (.818) 25-2 (.926)
2. Coe 20-5 (.800) .605 4-3 (.571) 20-5 (.800)
3. GAC 21-4 (.840) .588 7-3 (.700) 21-4 (.840)
4. Bethel-MN 14-8 (.636) .623 4-7 (.364) 14-8 (.636)
5. Cornell-IA 17-7 (.708) .561 3-5 (.375) 17-7 (.708)
6. Augsburg 15-7 (.682) .552 4-4 (.500) 15-7 (.682)
7. St. Olaf 13-11 (.542) .619 3-6 (.333) 13-11 (.542)
11 2:
1. NW-MN 28- 2 (.933) .552 7-2 (.778) 28-2 (.933)
2. Coe 25-5 (.833) .578 5-4 (.556) 25-5 (.833)
3. GAC 23-4 (.852) .577 8-3 (.727) 23-4 (.852
4. Bethel-MN 16-9 (.640) .597 4-7 (.364) 16-9 (.640)
5. Cornell-IA 20-7 (.741) .556 4-5 (.444) 20-7 (.741)
6. Augsburg 17-7 (.708) .543 4-3 (.571) 17-7 (.708)
7. St. Olaf 15-12 (.556) .601 3-8 (.273) 15-12 (.556)
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10 19 22 Regional Rankings
Team IDR SOS RRO Overall Record
1. Augsburg 15-5 (.750) .545 N/A 15-5 (.750)
2. Bethel-MN 12-8 (.600) .627 12-8 (.600)
3. Coe 18-4 (.818) .604 18-4 (.818)
4. GAC 19-4 (.826) .587 19-4 (.826)
5. NW-MN 21-2 (.913) .574 21-2 (.913)
6. St. Benedict 14-7 (.667) .574 14-7 (.667)
7. St. Olaf 11-11 (.500) .626 11-11 (.500)
10-26:
1. NW-MN 25-2 (.926) .580 9-2 (.818) 25-2 (.926)
2. Coe 20-5 (.800) .605 4-3 (.571) 20-5 (.800)
3. GAC 21-4 (.840) .588 7-3 (.700) 21-4 (.840)
4. Bethel-MN 14-8 (.636) .623 4-7 (.364) 14-8 (.636)
5. Cornell-IA 17-7 (.708) .561 3-5 (.375) 17-7 (.708)
6. Augsburg 15-7 (.682) .552 4-4 (.500) 15-7 (.682)
7. St. Olaf 13-11 (.542) .619 3-6 (.333) 13-11 (.542)
11 2:
1. NW-MN 28- 2 (.933) .552 7-2 (.778) 28-2 (.933)
2. Coe 25-5 (.833) .578 5-4 (.556) 25-5 (.833)
3. GAC 23-4 (.852) .577 8-3 (.727) 23-4 (.852
4. Bethel-MN 16-9 (.640) .597 4-7 (.364) 16-9 (.640)
5. Cornell-IA 20-7 (.741) .556 4-5 (.444) 20-7 (.741)
6. Augsburg 17-7 (.708) .543 4-3 (.571) 17-7 (.708)
7. St. Olaf 15-12 (.556) .601 3-8 (.273) 15-12 (.556)
11-9-22;
1. NW-MN 30- 2 (.938) .552 8- 2 (.800) 30- 2 (.938)
2. GAC 25- 4 (.862) .579 8- 3 (.727) 25- 4 (.862)
3. Coe 27- 5 (.844) .575 5- 4 (.556) 27- 5 (.844)
4. Cornell-IA 22- 7 (.759) .554 4- 5 (.444) 22- 7 (.759)
5. Bethel-MN 16-10 (.615) .597 4- 7 (.364) 16-10 (.615)
6. Augsburg 17- 8 (.680) .546 4- 3 (.571) 17- 8 (.680)
7. St. Olaf 16-13 (.552) .610 2- 8 (.200) 16-13 (.552)
American Rivers Conference 5th year players per '23 rosters:
Coe: Maddie Parson PIN
'22 stats: MVP, 334 kills, 58 service aces, 483 digs, 403 total points
(She was also on the Kohawk softball team that finished 3rd in the nation last year, so she's probably looking to win the natty in that sport, no doubt, but I digress)
NE Wesleyan: Kennady Klein DS/L
504 digs
Nyah Chambers MH
169 kills, 61 blocks, 41 service aces
Wartburg: Caroline Kluesner DS
All-Conference: 445 digs, 35 service aces.
RV Coe vs. Wartburg up shortly:
Final:
RV Coe over Wartburg in 3 sets
(25-16, 25-21, 25-19)
Coe: Urbatsch & Maahs both .667 hitting pct., Urbatsch 15 kills, Maahs 37 assists; Kohawk team .317 hitting pct.
Wartburg: Buysse 16 assists, Feigenbaum 8 kills
UMAC Tourney Upset:
#3 UW-Superior over #2 MN-Morris in 4 sets
American Rivers Conference Tourney Upset:
#3 Coe over #2 NE Wesleyan in 4 sets:
11/11/23 Region IX Tourney Final Matchups:
American Rivers Conference: #1 Dubuque vs. #3 Coe
MIAC: #1 Gustavus Adolphus vs. #3 St. Olaf
MWC: #1 Cornell-IA vs. #2 IL College
UMAC: #1 NW-MN vs. #3 Superior
MIAC 2024 Conference Race:
GAC, St Catherine, Bethel, Augsburg, St. Benedict and St. Olaf are in;
11/9 Match Scenarios:
Winner of GAC/St. Catherine takes the top seed for the tournament, loser gets 2
Bethel/Augsburg winner gets 3, loser 4
St. Benedict/St. Olaf winner gets 5, loser 6
In the event of a 3-way tie between Bethel, Augsburg and St. Benedict, it's a scramble for 3 thru 5 seeds.
SLIAC:
1 Greenville and 2 Westminster MO have clinched first-round byes
Fontbonne is a 3 seed, Spalding 4, Webster 5
Blackburn needs to win its' last 2 conference matches, otherwise Eureka gets the last playoff spot here.
Midwest Conference:
Cornell-IA is the top seed, IL College 4th seed
11/9 Grinnell and Monmouth go at it, winner gets 2nd seed, loser gets 3rd.
UMAC:
NW-MN, UW-Superior and MN-Morris have clinched spots.
North Central, Bethany Lutheran and Martin Luther are still alive for the last one.-
American Rivers Conference Tournament Seedings:
#1 Coe
#2 Dubuque
#3 NE Wesleyan
#4 Central-IA
#5 Wartburg
#6 Loras
Coe and Dubuque get byes
3 NE Wes/6 Loras
4 Central-IA/5 Wartburg
MIAC Update:
Conference Torney byes:
#1 GAC
#2 St. Catherine's
#3 Bethel/#6 St. Olaf
#4 St. Benedict/#5 Augsburg
Midwest Conference Tourney Matchups:
#1 Cornell-IA/#4 IL College
#2 Grinnell/#3 Monnmouth
UMAC:
North Central-MN got the last playoff spot.
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 10, 2024, 11:58:02 AMMIAC Update:
Conference Torney byes:
#1 GAC
#2 St. Catherine's
#3 Bethel/#6 St. Olaf
#4 St. Benedict/#5 Augsburg
MIAC Update:
#2 St. Catherine's/#4 St. Benedict in Tourney Final
(#1 GAC was upset by St. Benedict in the semi-finals.)
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 10, 2024, 12:04:16 PMUMAC:
North Central-MN got the last playoff spot.
UMAC Final: #1 NW-MN vs #2 UW-Superior
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 10, 2024, 12:00:34 PMMidwest Conference Tourney Matchups:
#1 Cornell-IA/#4 IL College
#2 Grinnell/#3 Monnmouth
#1 Cornell/#2 Grinnell final