Loras at Nebraska Wesleyan on the docket:
Loras up 2 sets to nil on NE Wesleyan:
Final: Loras over NE Wesleyan in 3.
(25-19, 25-23, 25-10.)
Loras: Alberto .588 hitting pct. - 3 other Duhawks .361 or better.
2/20/21 Final:
Simpson over Dubuque 3-2
(19-25, 25-16, 25-21, 15-25, 15-13)
Simpson squad: 87 total digs
(Last place projected knocks off first place projected in opener.)
2/21/21 Final: Coe over Central-IA 3-0.
(25-22, 25-18, 25-15)
Coe: 3 players with hitting pct. .258 or higher.
ARV Simpson @ #12 Coe just getting underway:
Final: Coe over Simpson in 3.
(25-17, 25-23, 25-15).
Coe - 8 Service Aces in Match.
#23 Wartburg vs. ARV Buena Vista up shortly:
Wartburg over Buena Vista in 4
(29-31, 25-15, 25-20. 25-15)
Wartburg: Quirk .429 hitting pct.
#11 Cornell IA vs. #21 Loras on deck:
Cornell-IA/Loras going to a 5th set:
Final: #21 Loras holds off #11 Cornell in 5.
(29-27, 25-19, 22-25, 25-27, 15-8.)
Loras: .533 hitting pct. in 5th set.
#12 Coe vs. NE Wesleyan on deck:
A Kohawk win keeps the pressure on Loras at the top of the standings.
Final: Coe over NE Wesleyan in 3 sets.
(25-22, 25-13, 25-14)
Coe: 8 service aces, .347 hitting pct.
#12 Coe vs. #15 Loras up shortly:
Final: #12 Coe over #15 Loras in 4 sets:
(25-22, 26-28, 25-14, 25-22)
Coe: 10 Service aces -- Tidman .327 hitting pct.
With Wartburg winning over Simpson in 3 sets earlier today, Wartburg leapfrogs Loras to take over 2nd place.
Coe has played 2 fewer in-conference matches than Wartburg.
The Kohawks have finished play.
Wartburg's remaining schedule: @ Luther, vs. Loras, @ NE Wesleyan.
#23 Loras vs. ARV Wartburg:
"The Numbers":
Team Hitting Pct. Opponent Hitting Pct. Service Aces: Opponent Service Aces:
Wartburg .255 (1st) Wartburg .130 (1st) Wartburg 1.81/set (2nd) Wartburg 0.58/set (1st)
Loras .214 (2nd Loras .147 (3rd) Loras 1.68.set (4th) Loras 1.45/set (4th)
*(Coe .211 (3rd) (Coe .133 (2nd) (Coe 2.22/set (1st)* (Coe 1.04/set (2nd)*
*- Coe is at least a co-champ-Kohawk team stats included just for comparison--
Individual Players:
Loras' Alberto .378 hitting pct. (2nd)
Wartburg Quirk .351 hitting pct. (3rd)
3 other players in tonight's match are also in the top 7 in conference ind. hitting pct.
Wartburg needs a win to have a chance to tie Coe at the top of the standings.
Loras would like to stay in the Top 25 with a win--
"Somethin's Gotta Give"
This is the last match between two ARC teams in the D3 poll this season.
Final: ARV Wartburg over #23 Loras in 3 sets.
(25-13, 25-12, 25-14).
Wartburg: Quirk's strong play continues ( .591 hitting pct for match)
Bildstein - .571 hitting pct.
NE Wesleyan, at home, has taken ARV Wartburg to a 5th set:
Is there an upset in the making?
Developing. . .
Final: ARV: Wartburg over NE Wesleyan in 5 sets.
(26-28, 25-19, 25-20, 17-25, 15-7)
Wartburg: .211 hitting pct. in 5th set to take the match.
Sybesma and Bildstein .385 and .359 hitting pcts, respectively.
Quirk (who else) got the match-clinching point for the Knights.
NE Wesleyan: Gallery .400 hitting pct. Klein .333 hitting pct.
It was Senior Day for the Prairie Wolf squad and it darn near pulled off an upset.
Coe clinched its' first top spot since 2012. The Wartburg Knights knew what they had to do to get the top-of the conference tie with the Kohawk squad, and Wartburg got it done.
The end of a wild ARC Volleyball conference season.
ARC WVB Fall 2021 Pre-Season Poll is now up:
https://rollrivers.com/news/2021/8/13/volleyball-chosen-as-favorite-in-a-r-c-preseason-coaches-poll.aspx
Joining THE regular season match of the ARC (Coe vs.#5 Wartburg) in progress. Winner takes the top spot.
Final; #5 Wartburg holds off Coe on the road in 5 sets:
(25-18, 25-19, 17-25, 20-25, 17-15)
Knights: Went on a 7-2 scoring run to close the match out.
Outhit Kohawks .071 to .029
Kohawks; 10 service aces.
#5 Wartburg vs Simpson just underway:
Final: #5 Wartburg over Simpson in 3 sets:
(25-15, 25-10, 25-19)
Knights: Went on a 7-1 scoring run to end the match.
(Outhit Simpson .267 to .075 for match)
Simpson: Paxton .316 hitting pct.
Wartburg clinches the #1 seed for the ARC Tournament. (Coe can still tie them, but Wartburg won the head-to -head match.)
2nd final: Loras over NE Wesleyan in 3 sets:
(25-23, 25-15, 25-22)
Loras: 13 service aces
NE Wes: Thomas 12 spikes for points .312 hitting pct.
3rd final: Coe over Central-IA in 3 sets:
(25-20, 26-24, 25-10)
Coe: Teeple 32 assists, Kohawks also had 10 service aces
Central-IAl: Luhring 20 digs.
With those results, the 2 leaders get some more distance from the rest of the pack.
American Rivers Conference Tournament Race Update:
#5 Wartburg and Coe, as expected, are the Top 2 in for the conference tournament.
Loras, Simpson, Central-IA and Dubuque also are in.
Underdog squad to watch: Simpson (which was picked to finish 8th in the Pre-Season Poll)
Finals: #4 Dubuque over #5 Central-IA in 3 sets.
#3 Loras over #6 Simpson in 5 sets:
(20-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-19,15-12)
Loras: Outhit Simpson .148 to .115 to advance
Final: Coe over Loras in 3 sets:
(25-12, 25-21, 25-22)
Coe: Outhit Loras .313 to .160 to advance to the ARC Final.
Kohawks await Dubuque/Wartburg winner.
UPDATE: #4 Wartburg over Dubuque in 3 sets.
It'll be #4 Wartburg vs. Coe for the Amer. Rivers Conference AQ.
It was Coe vs. Wartburg in the final:
(Intro to ELO's "Showdown" playing. . .)
Check out these set scores:
Wartburg came back at home from 2 sets down to stun Coe and take the ARC AQ:
(23-25, 29-31, 25-18, 25-23, 15-8!)
Knights outhit Coe .185 to .037 in Set 5 to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
I can just see the Wartburg highlight film playing with Bob Seger's Live Album transition solo between "Travelin' Man" and "You Just Don't Need It All" going on in the background.
Pre-Season ARC Women's Volleyball Poll is now up:
(exact link too long to post here)
1) Coe 62 points
2) Wartburg 54
3) Dubuque 46
4) Loras 43
5) Simpson 36
6) Central-IA 31
7) NE Wesleyan 29
8) Buena Vista 15
9) Luther-IA 8
ARC In-Conference Final Just In:
ARV Coe over Luther-IA in 3 sets:
(25-10, 25-10, 25-13):
Coe: Tidman .368 hitting pct.; Maahs 26 assists
Luther-IA: Kowalczyk 13 assists
9 14 ARC Final:
NE Wesleyan over Simpson in 3 sets;
Prairie Wolves needed to make a comeback in the last set to open up in-conference play with a win
Buena Vista/Wartburg and Loras/Dubuque in progress yet.
ARV Wartburg over Buena Vista in 4 sets
(25-16, 21-25, 25-23, 25-11)
Wartburg: Sedgewick a double-double (36 assists, 13 digs); 5 players with .290 or higher hitting pcts.
Buena Vista: Wedemeyer 35 assists
Dubuque over Loras in 5 sets:
(21-25, 25-18, 25-18, 13-25, 15-13)
(All the intensity one would expect from a #3 vs. #4 match).
Dubuque: Powell and Hawtrey double-doubles in individual spikes for points and digs, Uptagraft .474 hitting pct.; Brylski 36 assists
Loras: Hoskins 38 assists; Deere 32 digs (3 other Loras players also had 10 or more).
Coe broke in to the Top 25 (currently at #23):
Final: #23 Coe over ARV Wartburg in 3 sets:
(25-17, 25-16, 25-18)
Coe: Outhit Wartburg .311 to .128 for the match; Kohawks also had 9 services aces.
Wartburg: Feigenbaum .375 hitting pct.
Buena Vista has upset Wartburg in 4 sets in the ARC Tournament Semifinals-
It's a Buena Vista/Coe final for the ARC AQ!
Interesting developments in the ARC conference race this season--
Couple of new sheriffs crashing what used to be the Coe/Wartburg (mostly) show
Dubuque has clinched the top seed for the ARC Tournament
NE Wesleyan #2
Coe #3 (after that its' a real dogfight)
Central-IA, Loras, Wartburg and Simpson all have 3-4 in-conference records--4 squads vying for 3 spots--
11/1: Central vs. Buena Vista
Loras vs. Coe
Wartburg vs. Dubuque
Simpson vs. Luther
Head-to-head:
Central-IA: 2-1 Beat Loras, beat Wartburg, lost to Simpson
Loras: 1-2 Beat Wartburg, lost to Central, lost to Simpson
Wartburg: 1-2 Beat Simpson, lost to Loras, lost to Central
Simpson: 2-1 Beat Central, beat Loras, lost to Wartburg
On paper, Central-IA and Simpson have easier matches tomorrow than Loras and Wartburg. Barring upsets, somethings gotta give between Loras and Wartburg for the last spot.
1st Final: Simpson over Luther
(25-13, 25-13, 25-20)
Simpson: 18 service aces, Mitchell .429 hitting pct., DenBeste 29 assists
Luther: Stortz .368 hitting pct.
2nd Final: Coe over Loras
(25-17, 25-16, 25-11)
Coe: 11 service aces, Maahs-29 assists Kohawks outhit Loras .271 to .122 for the match
3rd Final:
Central-IA over Buena Vista
(25-21, 25-14, 31-29)
Dutch: Rexroat 44 assists, 4 players with 11 or more digs, Dutch outhit Beavers .234 to .111
4th Final:
Dubuque over Wartburg in 4 sets
(15-25, 28-26, 25-13, 25-15)
Dubuque: Adler .417 hitting pct. Spartans outhit Knights .230 to .126
Wartburg: Kluesner 5 service aces, Erickson .583 hitting pct.
With these results, Dubuque takes sole possession of 1st (even had the Spartans lost, they beat NE Wesleyan head to head, so they would have had the top seed anyway.)
Simpson has the 4th seed, Central-IA 5 and Wartburg 6 (Knights tie Loras, but they beat Loras head to head so Loras is eliminated).
ARC 2024 10/23 Key Matchups:
Central-IA/NE Wes
Luther/Dubuque
Wartburg/Loras
Coe is idle:
Should Wartburg and Coe finish tied at the top, Wartburg would get the #1 seed, having beaten the Kohawks head to head.
Loras knocked off Wartburg last night-3 way tie at the top (Coe, NE Wes and Dubuque).
Coe has clinched the top seed for the conference tournamanet.
Dubuque is 2nd
Loras is 6th
Tonight it's Central-IA vs Buena Vista
A Central loss puts them at the #5 seed
A Central win creates a 3-way tie for 3rd between them, Wartburg and NE Wesleyan.
Head to Head:
NE Wesleyan; (1-1); Beat Central, lost to Wartburg
Wartburg: (1-1); Beat NE Wesleyan, lost to Central
Central: (1-1): Beat Wartburg, lost to NE Wesleyan
In that event, Wartburg would get #3 seed, having beat both Coe and Dubuque, NE Wesleyan #4 and Central #5 unless I'm missing something,
It's a #5 seed Wartburg/#2 U of Dubuque final for the ARC AQ here.
Wartburg knocked off #4 Central-IA and #1 Coe to get to this point.