WVB Fall 2021 Tournament Talk

[WLCALUM83]

CMS knocks off Wartburg in 5 sets!

[WLCALUM83]

Breakdown for Regions for Elite 8 squads:

Region X:  2 (Trinity-TX, CMS)
Region VIII:  1 (UW-Eau Claire)
Region VII:   1 (Calvin)
Region VI:  1 (Berry)
Region V:  1 (Juniata)
Region II:  1 (MIT)
Region I:  1 (Tufts)

Region IX:  Wartburg (lost to CMS in regional final):
Region IV:  NYU (lost to Trinity-TX in regional final):
Region III:  RIT (lost to Wesleyan-CT in regional semi-final)

['95 Blugold]

Not sure when pairings come out and how they go about seeding, but if they go by national polls, from the last poll and who's remaining I have it:

1 Trinity
2 C-M-S
3 Calvin
4 Juniata
5 UWEC
6 Berry
7 MIT
8 Tufts

Maybe CMS jumps Trinity since they came through a tougher region and took out undefeated Wartburg to advance?

['95 Blugold]

Pairings are out.

1 Juniata
8 MIT

4 UWEC
5 Tufts

2 C-M-S
7 Berry

3 Trinity
6 Calvin

Based on last week's AVCA poll Calvin dropped for the seeding while Juniata got a nice boost.

[WLCALUM83]

It should be noted that  one of MIT's top middle hitters (Consecrata Rozario) had to leave yesterday's regional final during the third set after suffering a non-contact injury. If she can't go against Juniata, the Engineer squad's depth will be put to the test. Rozario had a .438 hitting pct for the match at the time of the injury.

[WLCALUM83]

Finals:  Juniata over  MIT 3 sets to 1
            UW-Eau Claire over Tufts 3 sets to nil.

[WLCALUM83]

UW-Eau Claire has pulled an upset, knocking off Juniata in 5 sets!

[WLCALUM83]

Congratulations, UW-Eau Claire Blugolds!

Eau Claire knocked off Calvin in the final, 3 sets to nil to take the championship!

['95 Blugold]

Great night to be a Blugold.

[bulk19]

Congrats to the Blugolds!

[WLCALUM83]

You got that right!  Calvin had several serves go long on them, and that was one big-time factor in their loss.

Seemingly fitting, in a fall season that was chock full of upsets and several underdogs making mild statements (in regular season and post-season).

[WLCALUM83]

Now that all the 2021 season matches have been played, who ended up with the toughest overall schedules?

Team:                               Rank:                                    Pct.

Wesleyan-CT                        1                                        .700
Juniata                                4                                        .688
Tufts                                   5                                        .688
UW-Eau Claire                     6                                        .682
Trinity-TX                            7                                        .677
Hope                                  8                                         .673
MIT                                  10                                        .670
Calvin                               11                                        .670
Wittenberg                        13                                       .661
Johns Hopkins                   14                                        .661
Berry                                15                                        .659
Susquehanna                    21                                        .642
CMS                                 23                                        .640
Emory                              27                                        .631
Wartburg                          43                                        .617
NYU                                 67                                        .598

(Elite 8 and Regional Finalists)



 

['95 Blugold]

You got that right!  Calvin had several serves go long on them, and that was one big-time factor in their loss.

Seemingly fitting, in a fall season that was chock full of upsets and several underdogs making mild statements (in regular season and post-season).

Especially in the first two sets, with the score so close those "unearned" points I felt definitely swung the result in Eau Claire's favor.