WVB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

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NAthCon Final tonight:

Marian pulled a mild upset-knocking off Maranatha on the road in 5

That result means that WLC will host a playoff game no matter how the squad does against Benedictine tomorrow night.

(Even with a loss, the Warriors finish 4th, and would get the Crusaders in that event, still, I'm sure WLC would rather face them at home then on the road if it came to that.)

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NAthCon finals:

CUC over Alverno in 3
Benedictine over WLC in 4
Dominican over Rockford in 3

Opening round pairings:

Rockford at Dominican
Lakeland at Benedictine
CUC at Edgewood
Maranatha at WLC

[petemcb]

When are these matches?  I'd like to get to one of the Chicago-area games.

[WLCALUM83]

NAthCon Quarterfinals -- next Tuesday

Semi-Finals -- next Thursday

Final:  next Saturday

[Just Bill]

2011 Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Tournament

Quarterfinals - Tuesday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m.
#8 Rockford at #1 Dominican LS | VID
#7 Lakeland at #2 Benedictine
#6 Concordia Chicago at #3 Edgewood LS | VID
#5 Maranatha at #4 Wisconsin Lutheran

Semifinals - Thursday, Nov 3, 7 p.m.
each match hosted by higher seed
1/8 vs. 4/5
2/7 vs. 3/6

Final - Saturday, Nov. 5, TBA

[WLCALUM83]

NAthCon "somethin's gotta give" dept.

Maranatha/Dominican match:  Stars have yet to lose at home--however, Crusaders took them to 5 before losing in their previous meeting--any squad with Tori DeLozier on it can not be taken lightly.

Edgewood/Benedictine:  Badger State Eagles can take this if Palmer & Co are all on top of their game and if the home-standing squad's enthusiasm over their new home floor wears off quickly. This one's too close to call.

[WLCALUM83]

Edgewood up 2 sets to 0 vs. Dominican on the road:

Upset brewing??

Stay tuned.

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Edgewood/Dominican going to 5
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[WLCALUM83]

Welcome to the NCAA Tournament, Edgewood!

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Edgewood's first draw-- (drum roll, please),  Carthage

U of Chicago, UW-Whitewater and Wash-MO in that same region. Is that a tough bracket or what?

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News on Lakeland's new coach here:

http://northernac.org/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111214cunf09

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Dominican gets mentioned in ARV section of 1st D3 Top 25 Poll for 2012:

http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-three-women/poll-8-15-12/

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Maranatha's T DeLozier picking up where she left off:

http://northernac.org/sports/wvball/2012-13/releases/20120901i009hp

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Opening Night In-Conference results:

Benedictine over Alverno
Aurora over Rockford
Marian over WLC
Maranatha over Edgewood
Dominican over CUC

All of the above were (3-0)

Lakeland knocked off CUW in 4

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Dominican upset #16 Carthage yesterday.