WVB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

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9/22 NAthCon finals just in:

Dominican over Rockford in 3
Benedictine over WLC in 3

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Lakeland/Edgewood (key early season in-conference match-up) just underway as I post:

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Edgewood beats Lakeland, 3 sets to 1
       Muskies fall to 1-2 in conference
       WI Eagles improve to 3-0

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 2 other NathCon finals:

WLC over Rockford in 3 sets       (big home win here)

MSOE over Aurora on the road in 4
          (25-14, 25-23, 22-25, 25-15)
                 Lady Raiders get off the schneid in conference)   

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Benedictine over Concordia-Chicago 3 sets to 1
         (the Cougars fall to 3-1 in conference
               Benedictine still has yet to lose in conference)

Concordia-WI over Dominican, 3 sets to 2
          (Stars go down to defeat on the road).

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10/01 NAthCon final:

Concordia-WI over Concordia-Chicago
     (25-22, 25-22, 25-20)

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Other 10/1 finals:

WLC over Maranatha in 3
Ditto for Edgewood over Alverno and Dominican over Aurora

Marian/Rockford and MSOE/Lakeland --later.

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Marian over Rockford 3 sets to 1

MSOE over Lakeland (at Lakeland yet) -- in 5--
           (25-27, 25-22, 25-17, 22-25, 15-13)
              MSOE--Hasler 24 kills, Collingbourne 20 digs (latter for 3rd time this season, per Raider release)
                            This was MSOE's first match win over Lakeland in 16 years!
   

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10/2 NAthCon finals:

Concordia-WI over Aurora in 3
        (25-12, 25-17, 25-18)

Maranatha over Alverno in 3
         
Dominican over Benedictine in 4
         (25-18, 21-25, 25-21, 25-15)
                   (big road win for the Stars here)
       
Rockford over Lakeland in 5
        (25-17, 21-25, 23-25, 26-24, 15-10)
               
MSOE over Marian in 4:
       (26-24, 23-25, 25-17, 25-23)

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I regret not catching this positive item on Alverno sooner:
         
http://athletics.alverno.edu/volleyball/releases/494-alverno-volleyball-snaps-59-match-losing-streak-with-three-set-sweep-over-glcc

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10/5 NAthCon finals

Benedictine over Alverno
     (25-22, 25-15, 25-20)

Rockford over Aurora
    (19-25, 25-17, 25-19, 26-24)

Dominican over Concordia-Chicago
    3 sets to 1

WLC over Marian U
     (26-24, 19-25, 26-24, 25-20)

CUW/Lakeland and Edgewood/Maranatha -- yet to come in.

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Edgewood over Maranatha in five wild games.
(21-25, 18-25, 25-19, 25-19, 19-17)

http://www.edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/news/2010/10/5/VB_1005104319.aspx

CUW nipped Lakeland in five as well.

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Benedictine vs. Edgewood up shortly:

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Final:  Edgewood over Benedictine in 3:
                (25-15, 25-23, 25-15)

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Other 10/8 NAthCon finals:

Concordia-WI over Alverno in 3:

WLC over MSOE
   (25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 25-20)

Maranatha over Aurora
     (25-21, 25-15, 25-19)

Dominican over Lakeland in 3.

Marian over Concordia-Chicago 3 sets to 1