WIAC women's volleyball

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2023 WIAC Tournament Schedule
Tuesday, November 1
First Round
UW-Whitewater (#1) - Bye
UW-Oshkosh (#2) - Bye
UW-Platteville (#5) at UW-Eau Claire (#4), 7:00 PM
UW-River Falls (#6) at UW-Stevens Point (#3), 7:00 PM

Thursday, November 3
Semifinals
Winner of #5/#4 at UW-Whitewater (#1), 7:00 PM
Winner of #6/#3 at UW-Oshkosh (#2), 7:00 PM

Saturday, November 5
Championship (winner receives conference's automatic NCAA bid)
Semifinal winners, TBA

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Barring an early-round upset-I'd be surprised if at least 3 WIAC teams do not get into NCAAs. Whitewater, Stevens Point and Oshkosh chances are great. Eau Claire may have to sweat a bit.

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Barring an early-round upset-I'd be surprised if at least 3 WIAC teams do not get into NCAAs. Whitewater, Stevens Point and Oshkosh chances are great. Eau Claire may have to sweat a bit.

Unfortunately, I would have to agree with this take. Think they will at least need to make the finals to have a chance at making the tournament and that will mean beating Whitewater on the road Thursday.

Without looking through their schedule, I think they only have 2 wins over top 25 opponents.  Berry to start the season and then Northwestern a few weeks back. Realistically I don't think the resume will be quite good enough this year.

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1st Round WIAC Tournament Results:

(3) UWSP over (6) UWRF in 4 sets. 
25-17, 25-18, 17-25, 25-5

(5) UW-P over (4) UWEC in 4 sets.
21-25, 25-23, 25-23, 26-24.

Semifinals on Thursday
(3) UWSP @ (2) UW-Oshkosh
(5) UW-Platteville @ (1) UW-Whitewater

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WIAC Update Week 10 AVCA Rankings

UW-Oshkosh jumps up from #12 up to #8. Didn't even lose a set as they cruised to a 4-0 week. For a team who didn't enter the rankings until week 6 at #21 they have flown up the rankings this past month. Have not lost a match since September 17.

UW-Whitewater drops from #10 to #12 this week. Swept WIAC opponent UWEC on Friday, only to come back and lose to Cornell (IA) on Saturday.

UW-Stevens Point moves up from #17 to #15. Nice undefeated week and started this week off right with a first round WIAC tournament win over UW-River Falls last night.

UW-Eau Claire drops from #14 to #17. Probably should have dropped further after getting swept on the week, losing both to UW-Whitewater and Concordia(WI). Most likely saw their season end last night as they dropped their first round WIAC tournament match to UW-Platteville.

Key Matches of the Week

Obviously 3 big matches this week as we head into the semifinals of the WIAC tournament on Thursday and the finals on Saturday.

Semifinals on Thursday
(3) UWSP @ (2) UW-Oshkosh
(5) UW-Platteville @ (1) UW-Whitewater

NCAA tournament berths will be right around the corner. Gotta figure Whitewater, Oshkosh and UWSP should be pretty safe. If Platteville pulls out the automatic bid, it will make things a bit interesting potentially. Despite the nice overall record, don't think UWEC or Platteville have the resume to get in as an at-large bid.

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Semifinal Results from last night.

Whitewater sweeps Platteville. UWSP takes down Oshkosh on the road in a 5 set thriller.

UW-Whitewater def. UW-Platteville 26-24, 25-20, 25-20 (at Whitewater)
UW-Stevens Point def. UW-Oshkosh 25-27, 25-13, 18-25, 25-23, 16-14 (at Oshkosh) 

WIAC Final Saturday night

UW-Stevens Point @ UW-Whitewater 7pm (Link for live feed is on the WIAC volleyball conference tournament page.)

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UW-Whitewater defeates UW-Stevens Point in 4 sets to win WIAC Tournament.  25-20, 25-22, 23-25, 25-13

WIAC automatic bid goes to UW-Whitewater.

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Turns out defending champs UW-Eau Claire got in after all.

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Four WIAC teams make the field. Eau Claire had a couple nice wins, but overall a lack luster record against top 25 opponents. Maybe a defending national champion bump came into play.


UW-Oshkosh head to the Calvin regional where they face Otterbein in the first round. Could have a potential second round matchup against #4 ranked and host Calvin. Bracket looks as follows:

Calvin (25-3) vs. Aurora (22-9)
UW-Oshkosh (30-5) vs. Otterbein (23-5)

Wittenberg (23-4) vs. Hope (21-7)
WashU (29-5) vs. Millikin (23-10)



Whitewater, Stevens Point, and Eau Claire head to Northwestern (MN) in what is almost like a mini WIAC conference tournament. All three WIAC teams have played Northwestern this season. Eau Claire won in 5, Whitewater lost in 5 and Point lost in 4. Here is the bracket for the regional.

Northwestern-St. Paul (30-2) vs. North Park (23-8)
Stevens Point (25-7) vs. Coe (27-5)

Gustavus Adolphus (25-4) vs. Eau Claire (21-9)
Whitewater (25-6) vs. Cornell (22-7)


First round notes in this region

Point beat Coe 3-0 back on the first weekend of the season.
Eau Claire lost to Gustavus Adolphus 1-3 in the second weekend of the season.
Whitewater lost a 5 set thriller to Cornell the last weekend of October.

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Scheduled start times for WIAC teams tomorrow  Thursday,  November  10.

Calvin Regional
Oshkosh vs. Otterbein 5:30 EST

Northwestern Regional
Eau Claire vs. Gustavus Adolphus  12:30pm CST
Whitewater vs. Cornell  3:00pm  CST
Stevens Point vs. Coe  5:30pm CST

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UWEC falls to Gustavus Adolphus in 4 sets.
17-25, 16-25, 25-22, 21-25.

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Whitewater takes down Cornell in 4.
22-25, 26-24, 25-23, 25-23.

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Oshkosh over Otterbein in 5.
25-20, 25-17, 23-25, 25-27, 15-12

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UWSP sweeps Coe
25-22, 25-20, 25-19.

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Whitewater advances to the Northwestern Regional final after defeating Gustavus Adolphus in 4.
25-23, 22-25, 25-20, 25-18