WVB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

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In the NACC's first mild upset of a ranked team in 2014, Dominican beats #17 U of Chicago in 4 --

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Heard CUW went undefeated this opening weekend.

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NACC In-Conference play begins tonight:

Most intriguing match-up:  Edgewood at Concordia-WI  -- Falcons got off to a hot start, while Edgewood's record may not be all that great, the Eagles have played several Top 25 teams -- and they were picked to win their 3rd straight NACC regular season title.  We'll see if CUW can make an early statement.

Another match to watch:  Rockford vs. Alverno.  Somethin's gotta give. The Inferno beat the Regents on Rockford's home floor last season--does Rockford turn the tables, or do the Inferno get an in-NACC win at home?

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Edgewood/CUW is going to a 5th set!

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CUW gets the win at home--

Rockford beats Alverno on the road in 3

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A couple of key match-ups at the top of the NACC are coming up today:

Benedictine at CUW:  Somethin's gotta give--the loser here falls out of first place in the standings.

Edgewood/Dominican:  Stars are also undefeated in-conference going into today. Edgewood can tighten up the race with a win here.

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Another key battle coming up in the NACC tomorrow night:

Concordia-WI/Dominican:  Loser falls out of first place.

Crosstown rivalry--Alverno/MSOE:  Inferno have gone to 5 with a couple of other NACC squads, just have yet to get over the hump.

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Marian, Benedictine and MSOE are still alive for the last NACC playoff spot.

Marian and MSOE play each other later today.

Benedictine gets Rockford. I'm figuring on an IL Eagle win here, but Alverno took Benedictine to 5 earlier this year, so---

Speaking of the Inferno, they can say they didn't finish in the NACC cellar alone if they beat CUC on the road and WLC loses to Lakeland.

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Benedictine and Marian both won today, but the Sabers got the last NACC playoff spot  because they beat the IL Eagles in a 5-setter head to head;

CUW, Dominican, Edgewood, Lakeland and Aurora also get in.

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NACC Tourney:

Only unexpected result was Edgewood knocking off CUW on the Falcons' home floor in the semi-finals.

Aurora beat Lakeland in 5, then took Dominican to 5 before losing

Domincan punched its' ticket to the NCAA tournament by beating Edgewood in 4.

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Dominican gets Carthage on the Kenosha school's home floor on Thursday.

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Joining #5 Aurora vs. #4 Lakeland in progress in NACC Tournament action:

(Aurora took the first set)

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NACC FINAL: 

#4 Lakeland over #5 Aurora in 4 sets.

#3 CUW was ahead of #6 Benedictine at last check.

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Dominican takes the NACC AQ, beating Edgewood in a 5-setter.