Region VIII WVB (CCIW, HCAC, NACC, SLIAC, WIAC, U of Chicago, Wash-MO)

WLCALUM83 · October 28, 2022, 07:56:18 PM

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10 19 22 Regional Rankings

Team: IDR: SOS RRO Overall Record

1. U of Chicago 14-10 (.583) .662 N/A 14-10 (.583)
2. Transylvania 17- 5 (.773) .629 17- 5 (.773)
3. Wash-MO 22- 3 (.880) .609 22- 3 (.880)
4. WI Eau Claire 18- 5 (.783) .633 18- 5 (.783)
5. WI Oshkosh 22- 4 (.846) .598 22- 4 (.846)
6. WI Stevens Point 19- 5 (.792) .634 19- 5 (.792)
7. WI Whitewater 21- 5 (.808) .616 21- 5 (.808)

10-26:
1. Wash-MO 25-3 (.893) .611 7-2 (.778) 25-3 (.893)
2. UW-Oshkosh 26-4 (.867) .605 6-3 (.667) 26-4 (.867)
3. UW-Whitewater 22-5 (.815) .618 5-4 (.556) 22-5 (.815)
4. UW-Stevens Point 21-6 (.778) .632 5-4 (.556) 21-6 (.778)
5. UW-Eau Claire 20-6 (.769) .626 6-6 (.500) 20-6 (.769)
6. Transylvania 20-5 (.800) .608 5-3 (.625) 20-5 (.800)
7. U of Chicago 15-11 (.577) .661 7-6 (.538) 15-11 (.577)

WLCALUM83 · November 02, 2022, 06:25:07 PM

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10 19 22 Regional Rankings

Team: IDR: SOS RRO Overall Record

1. U of Chicago 14-10 (.583) .662 N/A 14-10 (.583)
2. Transylvania 17- 5 (.773) .629 17- 5 (.773)
3. Wash-MO 22- 3 (.880) .609 22- 3 (.880)
4. WI Eau Claire 18- 5 (.783) .633 18- 5 (.783)
5. WI Oshkosh 22- 4 (.846) .598 22- 4 (.846)
6. WI Stevens Point 19- 5 (.792) .634 19- 5 (.792)
7. WI Whitewater 21- 5 (.808) .616 21- 5 (.808)
10-26:
1. Wash-MO 25-3 (.893) .611 7-2 (.778) 25-3 (.893)
2. UW-Oshkosh 26-4 (.867) .605 6-3 (.667) 26-4 (.867)
3. UW-Whitewater 22-5 (.815) .618 5-4 (.556) 22-5 (.815)
4. UW-Stevens Point 21-6 (.778) .632 5-4 (.556) 21-6 (.778)
5. UW-Eau Claire 20-6 (.769) .626 6-6 (.500) 20-6 (.769)
6. Transylvania 20-5 (.800) .608 5-3 (.625) 20-5 (.800)
7. U of Chicago 15-11 (.577) .661 7-6 (.538) 15-11 (.577)

11-2:
1. Wash-MO 27-4 (.871) .614 7-3 (.700) 27-4 (.871)
2. Oshkosh 30-4 (.882) .576 6-2 (.750) 30-4 (.882)
3. Whitewater 23-6 (.793) .626 7-5 (.583) 23-6 (.793)
4. Transylvania 23-5 (.821) .612 6-3 (.667) 23-5 (.821)
5. Stevens Point 23-6 (.793) .627 5-4 (.556) 23-6 (.793)
6. Eau Claire 21-8 (.724) .632 6-7 (.462) 21-8 (.724)
7. Millikin 22-9 (.710) .612 5-5 (.500) 22-9 (.710)

Gregory Sager · November 05, 2022, 10:06:49 PM

Congratulations to North Park, which won the CCIW tourney for the first time ever and will make its first appearance in the D3 tourney in program history!

WLCALUM83 · November 09, 2022, 07:35:24 PM

Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 02, 2022, 06:25:07 PM
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10 19 22 Regional Rankings

Team: IDR: SOS RRO Overall Record

1. U of Chicago 14-10 (.583) .662 N/A 14-10 (.583)
2. Transylvania 17- 5 (.773) .629 17- 5 (.773)
3. Wash-MO 22- 3 (.880) .609 22- 3 (.880)
4. WI Eau Claire 18- 5 (.783) .633 18- 5 (.783)
5. WI Oshkosh 22- 4 (.846) .598 22- 4 (.846)
6. WI Stevens Point 19- 5 (.792) .634 19- 5 (.792)
7. WI Whitewater 21- 5 (.808) .616 21- 5 (.808)
10-26:
1. Wash-MO 25-3 (.893) .611 7-2 (.778) 25-3 (.893)
2. UW-Oshkosh 26-4 (.867) .605 6-3 (.667) 26-4 (.867)
3. UW-Whitewater 22-5 (.815) .618 5-4 (.556) 22-5 (.815)
4. UW-Stevens Point 21-6 (.778) .632 5-4 (.556) 21-6 (.778)
5. UW-Eau Claire 20-6 (.769) .626 6-6 (.500) 20-6 (.769)
6. Transylvania 20-5 (.800) .608 5-3 (.625) 20-5 (.800)
7. U of Chicago 15-11 (.577) .661 7-6 (.538) 15-11 (.577)
11-2:
1. Wash-MO 27-4 (.871) .614 7-3 (.700) 27-4 (.871)
2. Oshkosh 30-4 (.882) .576 6-2 (.750) 30-4 (.882)
3. Whitewater 23-6 (.793) .626 7-5 (.583) 23-6 (.793)
4. Transylvania 23-5 (.821) .612 6-3 (.667) 23-5 (.821)
5. Stevens Point 23-6 (.793) .627 5-4 (.556) 23-6 (.793)
6. Eau Claire 21-8 (.724) .632 6-7 (.462) 21-8 (.724)
7. Millikin 22-9 (.710) .612 5-5 (.500) 22-9 (.710)

11-9-22:
1. Wash-MO 29-5 (.853) .616 8-4 (.667) 29-5 (.853)
2. Whitewater 25-6 (.806) .632 7-5 (.583) 25-6 (.806)
3. Stevens Point 25-7 (.781) .636 7-5 (.583) 25-7 (.781)
4. Oshkosh 30-5 (.857) .589 6-4 (.600) 30-5 (.857)
5. Transylvania 25-5 (.833) .614 3-3 (.500) 25-5 (.833)
6. U of Chicago 19-12 (.613) .657 7-8 (.467) 19-12 (.613)
7. Millikin 23-10 (.697) .616 4-5 (.444) 23-10 (.697)

markerickson · November 10, 2022, 09:54:50 AM

Yes, HUGE kudos to NPU's team! POY Adriana Rodriguez and the Vikings land on the shores of Lake Johanna for tonite's tourney game. UNSP (30-2) is the host. Their record is deceiving as the Eagles play in a weak vball conference, going undefeated this year.

WLCALUM83 · November 10, 2022, 11:16:24 AM

Also heard North Park has progressed greatly over the last couple of years-I, too, think their opening match will be interesting. (Sounds like that whole regional is one of the tougher ones--)

Region 8 is overloaded with strong squads (you know that when yearly NACC power Aurora is an 8th seed, and has to face Calvin right off the bat.) Plus the WIAC squads as well.

markerickson · November 18, 2022, 08:46:19 AM

Congratulations to U of Northwestern for advancing to the Final Four! When I posted before their round one matchup against North Park, UNW's record seemed too lofty as it went 14-0 in conference play without losing a single set.

I watched my Vikings net a tie at one set apiece. I thought NPU, because they rotate more players and in light of UNW coasting thru conference play, might use stamina and talent to propel them to victory. However, UNW's superior height proved to be the ultimate factor.

WLCALUM83 · August 14, 2023, 09:09:30 AM

Region 8 5th yr players, per '23 rosters:

NACC: Concordia-Chicago: Grace Heywood OH
'22 stats: 2nd in NACC in kills, NACC 1st team All-Conference: 356 total points, 324 kills and 25 service aces.

MWC: Cornell-IA: Grace Marti MB
'22 stats: 2nd team all-MWC: 226 kills, 79 total blocks, 282 total points

Grinnell: Rachel Woock OH/RS
144 kills, 240 digs, 174 total points
Avery Richardson OH/RS
43.5 total points

Monmouth-IL: Amanda Dybal OH
228 kills, 240 digs, 24 service aces, 277.5 total points

CCIW: North Park: Molly Steel-Miller MB (transfer from Mitchell)
145 kills, 25 service aces

WIAC: UW-Stout: Lydia Kneubuehl MH
104 kills

WLCALUM83 · November 09, 2023, 08:31:46 AM

HCAC Tourney Upset Alert:

#6 RHIT over #3 Hanover
(3 sets to 1)

WLCALUM83 · November 10, 2023, 10:52:39 PM

11/11/23 Region VIII Tourney Final Matchups:

CCIW: #1 North Park vs. #3 Carthage
NACC: #1 Edgewood vs. #2 Aurora
WIAC: #1 Oshkosh vs. #2 Whitewater
SLIAC: TBD

11/12
HCAC: TBD

Gregory Sager · December 01, 2023, 01:11:35 PM

This was another breakthrough season for North Park, as the Vikings won the CCIW title for the first time ever, repeated as CCIW tourney champs, and posted the best record in school history at 25-7 against what Massey rates as the seventh-toughest schedule in D3 women's volleyball (NPU went 3-5 against AVCA top 25 opponents, including 2-3 against the top 10). The problem for North Park is figuring out how to win under the bright lights of mid-November, as for the second season in a row the Vikings bowed out in the first round of the D3 tourney in four sets. Granted, last year everything was against NPU; the Vikings had to play on the home floor of regional top seed Northwestern (which eventually went to the Final Four), and it was the first time anybody wearing a North Park WVB uni had ever played in the D3 tourney. But this year everything seemed favorable -- the Vikings were the second seed in the Oshkosh regional, and East Texas Baptist was unranked. Kudos to ETBU for putting together a great game plan and then executing it to perfection, but it ended up leaving a bit of a sour aftertaste to a North Park season worth remembering.

The Vikings will have to replace All-Region setter Christina Gatta, their floor leader and the heart and soul of the team, who departs with her name scattered all over the NPU record book as well as the second-highest total of service aces ever scored by any CCIW WVB player in and out of league play. They also lose a good utility player in Jenna Jones and a couple of defensive specialists in Teiya Alagar and Delaney Lynch. But they retain a lot of hitting power, including 2022 first-team All-American Adriana Rodriguez and All-CCIW second-teamer Shamiya Collier, and the coaching staff believes that they have an outstanding (although skills-wise different) heir apparent for Gatta at the setter position.

The trick to solving the problem of how to win in the D3 tourney is to keep getting back there until you get it right -- and getting back there is not a guarantee for a CCIW team.

Flying Dutch Fan · December 01, 2023, 02:12:12 PM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 01, 2023, 01:11:35 PM
This was another breakthrough season for North Park, as the Vikings won the CCIW title for the first time ever, repeated as CCIW tourney champs, and posted the best record in school history at 25-7 against what Massey rates as the seventh-toughest schedule in D3 women's volleyball (NPU went 3-5 against AVCA top 25 opponents, including 2-3 against the top 10). The problem for North Park is figuring out how to win under the bright lights of mid-November, as for the second season in a row the Vikings bowed out in the first round of the D3 tourney in four sets. Granted, last year everything was against NPU; the Vikings had to play on the home floor of regional top seed Northwestern (which eventually went to the Final Four), and it was the first time anybody wearing a North Park WVB uni had ever played in the D3 tourney. But this year everything seemed favorable -- the Vikings were the second seed in the Oshkosh regional, and East Texas Baptist was unranked. Kudos to ETBU for putting together a great game plan and then executing it to perfection, but it ended up leaving a bit of a sour aftertaste to a North Park season worth remembering.

The Vikings will have to replace All-Region setter Christina Gatta, their floor leader and the heart and soul of the team, who departs with her name scattered all over the NPU record book as well as the second-highest total of service aces ever scored by any CCIW WVB player in and out of league play. They also lose a good utility player in Jenna Jones and a couple of defensive specialists in Teiya Alagar and Delaney Lynch. But they retain a lot of hitting power, including 2022 first-team All-American Adriana Rodriguez and All-CCIW second-teamer Shamiya Collier, and the coaching staff believes that they have an outstanding (although skills-wise different) heir apparent for Gatta at the setter position.

The trick to solving the problem of how to win in the D3 tourney is to keep getting back there until you get it right -- and getting back there is not a guarantee for a CCIW team.

So HOPEfully, NPU can add to that resume that they were one of two teams to beat this year's National Champion - Go HOPE!

WLCALUM83 · November 07, 2024, 11:50:14 AM

CCIW Conference Race Update;

#1 IL Wes and #2 Millikin have first round byes;

#3 Carthage/#6 Augustana-IL
#4 North Park/#5 North Central-IL

WLCALUM83 · November 07, 2024, 11:54:28 AM

HCAC Update:

Tournament First Round Byes-Transylvania, MSJ

3 seed-Manchester
4-6 TBD between Earlham, Hanover and Anderson

WLCALUM83 · November 07, 2024, 11:59:06 AM

NACC Update:

Edgewood has the top seed, 5 is Lakeland, 6 Benedictine, 7 IIT;
St. Norbert, Concordia-WI and Aurora are also in;

Dominican and MSOE are fighting it out for the last spot here.