Postseason

[OshDude]

There are things of more import going on tonight, but if you get a chance, check out the newly published Elmhurst Regional Guide and St. Thomas Regional Guide at the blog.

If you find them useful, tell a friend.

[WLCALUM83]

Heard  the following teams got upset or eliminated in their respective tourneys thus far:

ASC:  #1 UT-Dallas
OAC:  ranked Otterbein
ODAC:  #2 Randolph-Macon

SCAC;  Colorado College is one match loss away from elimination:

(adds a bit more to the "on the bubble watch")

[WLCALUM83]

Some 2013 Bracket Observations:

"Somethin's Gotta Give Right Away Dept."

Ranked vs. Ranked 1st round matches:

Elmhurst Regional:  Wash-MO vs. UW-Whitewater
St. Thomas Regional:  Augsburg vs. Pacific Lutheran
                                 St. Benedict vs. Cornell-IA

Underdog/champ match-up (at least on paper):  Agnes Scott vs. ranked Emory  (Agnes Scott comes out of a comparably weak GSAC).

[Flying Dutch Fan]

While I would have preferred Hope to be playing at home, I am very grateful to see that Hope & Calvin are in separate regions.  So any potential for a 4th meeting will be for the National Championship - which would be a home match for Hope

[WLCALUM83]

Joining Bluffton/Wittenberg in progress:  Tigers took Set 1, Set 2 about to get underway:

Update:  Wittenberg takes this one in 3 
                      (25-16, 25-19, 25-20)
Witt:  Seidenstricker 15 kills, Murray 15 digs

(Barring a Buffalo State upset, the Tigers figure to have an interesting 2nd round matchup with U of Chicago tomorrow).

Match 2 Update: Buffalo State has forced a 4th set in the match vs. Chicago--

Update: Bengals' upset bid falls short; U of Chicago takes it (25-13, 24-26, 25-20, 25-14)
                                      U of Chicago:  Del Zenero 50 assists- 4 players with 11 or more digs

Match 3 Update:   OAC ups its' record to 2-0 on the day, Mt. Union takes Carnegie Mellon (3-0)


Day 2:  Final:  Wittenberg over U of Chicago (28-30, 25-20, 25-22, 25-21)
                         
                           This regional host school also wins, taking Mt. Union in 5
                       

[WLCALUM83]

Cornell-IA/St. Benedict midway thru 1st set at the moment. . .
  Update:   Final  St. Benedict over Cornell  (25-16, 25-16, 25-17)
                    Blazers:  4 players with 12 or more digs.

Update:      Looking in on UW-Stevens Point/Wartburg--IA squad up 1-0 midway thru 2nd as I post--

Update:      FINAL:  UW-Stevens Point comes back from 2 sets down to stun Wartburg
                                                (21-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-21, 15-12)
                                       Pointers:  Brunkhorst 24 kills, Picel 26 digs (highest of 5 Pointers with 10 or more digs)
                                            (the dogfight of the day so far)

Day 2:  Look-in on UW-Stevens-Pt./St. Benedict
                                    Match tied at 1 set each at the moment

                    Update:  Pointers take it
                                             (25-20, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20)

                    Update    St. Thomas over Augsburg in 4



   

[WLCALUM83]

Final just in:
    Hope over Webster
          (25-21, 25-13, 25-17)       (FDF cheering. . . . )
                    Next up--they get the DePauw/Otterbein winner 

 Otterbein up 2-0 on DePauw at current look-in--

Update:   Hope's next opponent is---
                                 Otterbein, which beat DePauw in 3

Day 2:

         Hope over Otterbein (3-1)  (Dutch only 1 match win away from Elite 8)

         Elmhurst knocks off Washington-MO (3-0)
 

[WLCALUM83]

Richard Stockton won Match 1

Colby-Sawyer/New Paltz State still in progress:
   Update:  New Paltz State takes it (3-0)

Match 3:  New York U takes Nazareth in 3

Match 4:  Clarkson over Westfield State (3-0)

Day 2:

New Paltz State over Richard Stockton (3-0)

In Progress:  New York U has just forced at least a 4th set vs. Clarkson

Update:  Final:  Clarkson over New York U (3-1)

Day 3:

Regional Final result:  Clarkson over New Paltz State (3-1)

[WLCALUM83]

Match 1:  Eastern-PA won (3-0)
Match 2:  CNU/Cabrini still in progress (5th set)
                  Update:  CNU takes it (19-25, 25-13, 25-27, 25-23, 15-12)

Match 3:  Stevenson over Salisbury in 3

Match 4:  Juniata over Gallaudet (3-1)

Day 2:

Eastern-PA over CNU (3-0)

Update:  Stevenson over Juniata (3-2)

Day 3:

Regional Final:  Eastern-PA over Stevenson (3-0)

[WLCALUM83]

Match 1 winner:  UT-Dallas
Match 2:  Mary Hardin-Baylor up on Southwestern (2-1) in set 4 at the moment--
                Update 1:  This match is going to 5
                 Update 2:  Southwestern pulls it out--
           

[Ron Boerger]

Southwestern has played much better at the end of the season, but that result over UMHB is an upset.
HSU took the first set from 1-loss Cal Lu, surprise surprise, hitting .064 won't win too many sets.

EDIT:  CLU up 11-5 in third set but trailing 2-0 overall (22-25, 19-25).

FINAL:   CLU wins in five, 15-13 in the final set after trailing 6-8 and 12-13.

I'll be out for a while, WLCALUM83, so feel free to update the Trinity-UC Santa Cruz match.

[WLCALUM83]

Final:
     Berry takes Washington and Lee in 3
                  (25-21, 25-23, 27-25)

Final #2:  Colorado College over Maryville-TN in 3

Final #3:  CMS over Thomas More in 3

Final #4:   Emory over Agnes Scott (3-0)

Day 2:

Colorado College over CMS (3-1)

Berry and Emory in progress yet (3rd set, tied 1-1 at the moment)

Update: Final:  Emory over Berry (3-1)

Day 3:

Regional Final:  Emory over Colorado College (3-1)

[WLCALUM83]

Southwestern has played much better at the end of the season, but that result over UMHB is an upset.
HSU took the first set from 1-loss Cal Lu, surprise surprise, hitting .064 won't win too many sets.

EDIT:  CLU up 11-5 in third set but trailing 2-0 overall (22-25, 19-25).

FINAL:   CLU wins in five, 15-13 in the final set after trailing 6-8 and 12-13.

Joining UC Santa Cruz/Trinity TX midway thru 4th set--Tigers up 2-1 at the moment

Update:  It's a final:  Trinity over UC-Santa Cruz, 3 sets to 1

[Ron Boerger]

I believe the SCAC is the only conference with three representatives still in, but two face off tomorrow (Southwestern and Trinity TX). 

[WLCALUM83]

Day 2 update:

Cal Lutheran up 2-0, (they're just underway in Set 3 at the moment)

Update:  It's gone final--Cal Lu eliminates UT-Dallas in 3

Update: Trinity-TX/Southwestern-TX going to a 5th set!