WIAC women's volleyball

['95 Blugold]

Gotta think the same. Seems Eau Claire and Whitewater should be in regardless of what happens Thursday and Saturday. Maybe we sneak a 3rd team in if Point or Oshkosh get the AQ. I looked back and we sent 3 teams in 2019. Didn't look to see who was conference champ that year between Eau Claire, Point and Whitewater.

['95 Blugold]

Blugolds win an exciting match in 5 over Oshkosh.

Blugolds dropped a tightly contested first set 25-27 in which Oshkosh hit around .470.

Blugolds controlled the next two sets winning 25-16, 25-16.

Oshkosh took another extended set 29-27 in set 4.

Blugolds closed out the match taking set 5 by a score of 15-9.

Will play Whitewater Saturday night for the WIAC crown.

['95 Blugold]

Blugolds take home the WIAC championship over Whitewater in 4 (25-21, 25-22, 22-25, 25-19. Great atmosphere at the McPhee Center. Glad I was able to make it back.

['95 Blugold]

WIAC gets three teams into the tournament.

UW-Whitewater travels to Calvin and will play (16-13) Ithaca College first round. Host Calvin should be favored in the region, but the Warhawks have put together a very strong season and after watching them this weekend wouldn't be surprised at all to see them pull an upset.

UW-Eau Claire hosts and will play 24-6 Greenville University. UWEC did see Greenville back in October in Chicago and won 3-2 (25-17, 25-18, 18-25, 20-25, 15-11) so there will be some familiarity there. Hope is at the bottom of the bracket and will likely be the favorite to come out.

UW-Stevens Point got in and I believe will be travelling to Wartburg where they will face 22-6 Bethel University. This will be the third meeting between the two schools this season. Bethel took the first match 3-0 in September and then fell 1-3 to the Pointers in October. Wartburg and Claremont-M-S will be standing in the way for the Pointers to make it into the final 8.

[WLCALUM83]

UW-Eau Claire takes the championship for 2021, knocking off Calvin in 3 sets!

      ('95 Blugold celebrating. . . )

['95 Blugold]

2022 D3 AVCA Preseson Poll has 2 WIAC teams ranked.

Returning D3 National Champoins UWEC #1. Lost a good amount of top end talent off of last year's team so will be curious to see how this year's team looks.

UW Whitewater #16. Had a nice young team last year I thought. Will be interesting to watch if they improve off the experience. Wouldn't be surprised to see them in the top 10 at some point this year.

Receiving Votes:

Steven's Point - 95
Oshkosh - 61
LaCrosse - 9

['95 Blugold]

WIAC update in Week 1 AVCA poll.

UWEC drops from #1 to #5 after going 2-1 opening weekend at Trinity. Managed to pull off a 5 set victory against then #6 Berry. 3-0 sweep of then #24 Transylvania, then on the wrong end of a 0-3 sweep against host Trinity who jumped from #5 to #2 in this week's poll.

WHITEWATER rockets up from #16 to #9 after going   4-0 opening weekend. Big 3-1 win against previously #12 ranked Wartburg.

UWSP enters into the top 25 at #24 after going 2-1 opening weekend. This included a 3-2 win over then #20 Bethel(MN) along with a 3-0 loss to then #15 Northwestern(MN).

OSHKOSH is  getting votes(57) after a 3-1 opening weekend that included a 3-0 loss to current #4 Juniata.

['95 Blugold]

WIAC Update Week 4 AVCA Rankings

- Missed last week as I was out of town and pretty much away from internet.

UWSP: Top ranked WIAC team at #12, up from #21, in the new poll that came out yesterday. Big win over MIAC opponent Gustavus Adolphus who had jumped up into the rankings the week before following a strong start to the season that included a win over UWEC the prior weekend at the Augsburg Tournament. Pointers now sit at 10-1 on the season.

UWEC: Slides in right behind at #13 after an undefeated week. No big wins for the Blugolds this week, but opened up WIAC play with a win against Platteville and then swept through the competition at their own invitational over the weekend.

UW-Whitewater: Stays at #15 this week. Nice win to open their WIAC play against UW-Oshkosh on the road and then like Eau Claire swept the competition at their own Warhawk Open during the weekend.

UW-Oshkosh: receives 14 votes this week for the top 25.

Key Match ups this upcoming week.

Big one is going to be tonight when Whitewater hosts Point.

UWEC hosts River Falls in WIAC play, and then hosts Bethel Univ. (MN) Thursday who has been receiving votes the past two weeks in the poll and currently is sitting outside the top 25 with 44 votes cast for them this week.

['95 Blugold]

WIAC Update Week 5 AVCA Rankings

UW-Whitewater climbs back into the Top 10 coming in at #9, up from #15 last week with an exciting 5 set victory over UWSP last week. Got a chance to watch the last few sets and it got pretty intense. Really fun match to watch.

UWEC moves up a couple to #11 after sweeping UWRF 3-0 and then beating MIAC opponent Bethel in an exciting 4 game match.

UWSP only drops 1 spot down to #13 following their loss at Whitewater during the week and then winning 3 matches at their own tournament over the weekend.

UW-Oshkosh is just 4 spots out of the Top 25 while receiving 97 votes.

Key Match Ups this Upcoming Week

By far the key match up of the week is going to be a non conference match up in which UWEC hosts #3 Northwestern (MN) on Wednesday night.

UWSP hosts Oshkosh Wednesday night and then Saturday hosts a very good MIAC opponent in #16 Augsburg.

['95 Blugold]

WIAC Update Week 6 AVCA Rankings

UW-Whitewater is the top ranked WIAC team this week coming in at #9. Took care of UWRF in 3 sets in its only match of the week. Beat Platteville last night and heads out on the road to New York this week for the weekend.

UWEC drops 2 to come in at #13 this week. Won an exciting 5 set match against then #3 ranked Northwestern (MN) Thursday and then taking down WIAC foe La Crosse in 4 on Friday. Went on the road on Saturday and split a couple matches in Iowa. Lost to now ranked #20 ranked Coe before taking down Cornell (IA) in 4.

UWSP drops from #13 to #16 after a 2 loss week. After losing to WIAC opponent UW Oshkosh in 4 on Friday, Point followed that up with a 4 set loss to MIAC opponent and currently #15 Augsburg.

UW Oshkosh enters the top 25 this week at #21. As mentioned beat UWSP in 4 on Friday and then took down Augsburg on Saturday in 4 sets.

Key Matchups this Week.

Not much out there this week. UWEC and UWSP have a couple match ups against teams just outside the top 25. Whitewater probably has the match up of the week out in New York where they will face #19 MIT.

['95 Blugold]

WIAC Update Week 7 AVCA Rankings

UW-Whitewater stays at #9 following their trip out East. 3-1 overall on the trip with a nice win against ranked MIT. Only blemish was a 4 set loss to #8 NYU.

UWEC stays at #13. Undefeated for the week which included 2 victories at the Elmhurst Triangular Meet and a WIAC victory over Stout.

UWSP moves up 1 to #15. Undefeated for the week also with wins over UWRF as well as North Park and Carroll.

UW-Oshkosh moves up from #21 to #16. Also undefeated for the week that included a WIAC win over LaCrosse.

Key Matchups this Week

Big WIAC match this week as UWSP hosts UWEC on Friday night.

Highlight match of the week should end up being #9 Whitewater traveling to #7 Northwestern(MN) on Saturday.

['95 Blugold]

WIAC Update Week 8 AVCA Rankings

WIAC teams stay bunched up again for the week in the rankings.

UW-Whitewater drops 1 from #9 to #10 this week. Tough nonconference schedule this week had them going 1-2 on the week. Beat Stout, but sandwiched that win with a pair of losses on the road to Chicago (just outside the top 25) and #5 Northwestern. Though the Northwestern match came right after the UW Stout match and ended up being a tough 5 set loss.

UWEC somehow moves up 1 spot to #12 despite 4 set loss on the road to UWSP during the week. Nonconference win over Marian finished of the week for them.

UW Oshkosh jumps ahead of UWSP this week to come in at #13. Undefeated week with nonconference wins against Wheaton and Edgewood. Followed that up with a WIAC victory over UWRF.

UWSP rounds out the WIAC teams in the top 25 coming in at #15. Big home win against UWEC, but ended up falling to Edgewood later in the week after defeating Aurora University.

Key Matchup of this Week

UW-Oshkosh travels to UWEC tonight, 10/19/2022 in a big WIAC match up.

Current WIAC Volleyball Standings

SCHOOL                 WIAC          OVERALL   
UW-Whitewater           5-0        21-5   
UW-Oshkosh           4-1             22-4   
UW-Eau Claire           4-1        18-5   
UW-Stevens Point   3-2        19-5   
UW-Platteville           2-3             18-6   
UW-Stout                   1-4        11-12   
UW-La Crosse           1-4        10-14   
UW-River Falls           0-5             16-10

[WLCALUM83]

Edgewood is currently sitting in 3rd place in the NACC at the moment (behind perennial NACC powers Concordia-WI and Aurora,) and, barring an unexpected slump, should get a NACC Tournament spot. They finish up with Rockford, Concordia-Chicago and Alverno. One win combined with one loss by Lakeland and one by Benedictine and Edgewood's in.   

['95 Blugold]

WIAC Update Week 9 AVCA Rankings

UW-Whitewater stays at #10. Won their only match of the week against WIAC opponent LaCrosse in 3 sets.

UW-Oshkosh moves up 1 to #12 this week. Nice 4 set victory in the WIAC over UWEC. Then swept the weekend competition at Elmhurst beating Albion, Carthage and host Elmhust. Currently riding a 15 match win streak since losing to Ohio Northern back on September 17.

UW-Eau Claire drops 2 spots to #14. After losing to WIAC foe UW-Oshkosh to start off the week swept Macalester and Hamline over the weekend and got this week off to a good start with a sweep of UW-Superior last night.

UW-Stevens Point also drops 2 spots to #17. Tough WIAC loss to UW-Platteville. Rebounded with wins against Illinois Wesleyan and Wheaton to finish the week off at 2-1.

Key Match Up of the Week

UWEC travels to Whitewater on Friday night. UW-Whitewater looks to stay unbeaten in WIAC regular season play while UWEC looks to get its first win against a ranked WIAC opponent as they've lost to both UWSP and UW-Oshkosh earlier this year.  I believe this is the last week of the regular season before post season kicks off next week.


2022 Women's Volleyball Standings

SCHOOL                WIAC        OVERALL
UW-Whitewater          6-0      22-5   
UW-Oshkosh          5-1      26-4   
UW-Eau Claire          4-2      21-6   
UW-Stevens Point      3-3      21-6   
UW-Platteville          3-3      22-7   
UW-River Falls          1-5      20-11   
UW-Stout                  1-5      12-15   
UW-La Crosse          1-5      12-16   

['95 Blugold]

October 26 NCAA Region VIII Rankings

1. Wash U 25-3
2. UW-O 26-4
3. UW-W 22-5
4. UWSP 21-6
5. UWEC 20-6
6. Transylvania 20-5
7. U- Chicago  15-11