2013 NCVF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL RESULTS

UW-Oshkosh I tied for 3rd in Men's Division I.
UW-Whitewater tied for 21st in Men's Division I.
Marquette University tied for 21st in Men's Division I.
Lakeland College tied for 41st in Men's Division I.
UW-La Crosse tied for 3rd in Men's Division II.
UW-Platteville tied for 9th in Men's Division II.
UW-Stout tied for 25th in Men's Division II.
UW-Stevens Point tied for 5th in Division IAAA.
UW-Oshkosh II tied for 5th in Division III.
UW-Milwaukee II tied for 13th in Division III.
Marquette University II tied for 19th in Division III.
UW-Eau Claire tied for 21st in Women's Division I.
UW-La Crosse tied for 9th in Women's Division IAA.
UW-Stevens Point tied for 9th in Women's Division IAA.
UW-Oshkosh tied for 25th in Women's Division IAA.
UW-River Falls tied for 25th in Women's Division IAA.
UW-Platteville tied for 35th in Women's Division IAA.
UW-Whitewater won the Bronze Championship (25th) in Women's Division IAAA.
UW-Stout Falls tied for 29th in Women's Division II.

NCVF SATURDAY WOMENS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Today's Schedule:
Once a team loses, they are done. Good Luck!

Division I Silver:
UW-Eau Claire vs University of Conneticut @ 1:00pm

Division IAA Gold:
UW-Stevens Point vs Iowa State @ 9:15am
UW-La Crosse vs  Northern Arizona University @ 9:15am

Division IAA Silver:
UW-Oshkosh vs UW-Milwaukee @ 8:00am
UW-River Falls vs University of Oregon @ 8:00am

Division IAA Bronze:
UW-Platteville vs University of Buffalo @ 10:30am

Division IAAA Bronze:
UW-Whitewater plays at 11:45am

Division II Bronze:
UW-Stout vs Temple "B" at 8:00am

NCVF SATURDAY MENS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Today's Schedule:
We have 5 of 9 mens team competing in Gold today. Once a team loses, they are done. Good Luck!

Division I Gold:
#2 UW-Oshkosh vs #14 CSU-Sacramento @ 11:45am

Division I Silver:
UW-Whitewater vs Rutgers @ 11:45am
Marquette University vs San Diego State @ 10:30am

Division I Bronze:
Lakeland College vs CSU - Chico @ 8:00am

Division II Gold:
UW-Platteville vs Xavier @ 9:15am 
#3 UW-La Crosse vs #1 Adrian College @ 10:30am

Division II Silver:
UW-Stout vs Worcester Poly Inst @ 8:00am

Division III Gold:
#1 UW-Oshkosh vs Cal Poly SLO @ 9:15am

Division III Silver:
UW-Milwaukee "B" vs Virginia Tech "B" @ 9:15am

Division III Bronze:
Marquette University "B" vs North Texas "B" @ 8:00am

Division IAAA Gold:
UW-Stevens Point vs North Dakota State @ 8:00am

NCVF FRIDAY WOMENS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Division I
UW-Eau Claire took second in their pool yesterday and had to play in a challenge match against UNC-Chapel Hill this morning. They won 28-26, 25-22 and will now play in a Championship flight power pool today.

Division IAA
UW-Stevens Point won their pool by going 3-0 yesterday and will play in a Championship flight power pool.
UW-La Crosse went 2-1 in pool play yesterday and won their challenge match this morning so they will play in the Championship flight today.
UW-Oshkosh went 2-1 in pool play yesterday and lost their challenge match this morning so they will now play in a Consolation flight power pool for a chance to play in Silver tomorrow.
UW-Platteville & UW-River Falls went 0-3 yesterday and will play in the Consolation flight today.

Division IAAA
UW-Whitewater went 0-3 yesterday and will play in the Consolation flight today.

Division II
UW-Stout went 0-3 yesterday and will play in the Consolation flight today.

NCVF FRIDAY MENS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Division I
Whitewater lost it's challenge round match against #4 Fresno State and will join Marquette University and Lakeland College in the Consolation power pools today for a chance to play in Silver tomorrow.

#2 Oshkosh will play against #17 James Madison University and #16 UC-Irvine in a Championship flight power pool today for a chance to play in Gold tomorrow.

Division IAAA
Stevens Point went 2-1 in pool play yesterday and will play a challenge match against George Washington

Division II
#3 La Crosse & Platteville went 3-0 yesterday and will play in a Championship flight power pool today for a chance to play in Gold tomorrow.

Stout went 2-1 in pool play yesterday and will also play in a Championship flight power pool.

Division III
#1 Oshkosh "B" will play against James Madison University "B" and UC-Berkeley in a Championship flight power pool today for a chance to play in Gold tomorrow.

Marquette University "B" and UW-Milwaukee "B" both went 1-2 yesterday and had to play in the challenge match this morning. Milwaukee lost to USC "B" and will play in the Consolation flight.

NCVF THURSDAY MENS DIVISION I WRAP UP

#2 UW-Oshkosh went 3-0 on the day and will await the winner of #15 Notre Dame vs #16 UC-Irvine and #7 Ohio State University vs #17 James Madison University in their power pool.

UW-Whitewater, playing without one of their normal middle hitters, went 1-2 on the day and must play in a challenge round match versus #4 CSU-Fresno at 9:00am.

#19 Lakeland College, after winning the WVC last weekend, finished with a disappointing 0-3 record, losing two 3-set matches by 2 points. They will play in a Consolation power pool tomorrow.

Marquette University also went 0-3 on the day and will play in a Consolation power pool.

NCVF THURSDAY WOMENS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Thursday's Opponents:

WOMEN
Division I
UW-Eau Claire plays in the morning against University of Illinois, Penn State University and Sonoma State

Division IAA
UW-River Falls plays in the morning against North Carolina State, Ohio University and CSU-Fullerton
UW-Oshkosh plays in the morning against Boston University, University of Notre Dame and East Carolina University
UW-La Crosse plays in the morning agaainst Xavier University, University of Denver and Appalachian State
UW-Platteville plays in the morning against University of Virginia, University of Kentucky and Villanova University
UW-Stevens Point plays in the morning against Illinois State, Georgetown University and University of Tennessee

Division IAAA
UW-Whitewater plays in the afternoon against University of Miami, CSU-Chico State and Brown University

Division II
UW-Stout plays in the afternoon against Cal Poly-SLO "B", Iowa State University "B" and UNC-Chapel Hill

NCVF THURSDAY MENS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Thursday's Opponents:

MEN
Division I
UW-Oshkosh is the #2 seed and will play in the morning session versus #26 University of Central Florida, University of Oregon and #23 University of Southern California.
Lakeland College is the #19 seed and will play in the morning versus University of Iowa, Cal Poly SLO and #6 UC-Santa Barbara.
UW-Whitewater is the #27 seed and will play in the morning versus #3 Arizona State University, #22 West Virginia University and University of Dayton.
Marquette University is the #40 seed and will play in the morning versus #16 UC-Irvine, #9 Penn State University, University of Missouri.

Division IAAA
UW-Stevens Point plays in the afternoon against Central Michigan, Liberty and PSU-Hrsb

Division II
Two-Time defending champion UW-La Crosse plays in the afternoon against Kutztown University, SUNY-Cortland and John Carroll University
UW-Stout plays in the afternoon against Wheaton, Emory College and Calvin College
UW-Platteville plays in the afternoon against Providence College, Claremont College and Williams

Division III
Defending champions UW-Oshkosh "B" will play in the afternoon against UC-Davis "B", Rutgers "B" and University of Michigan "B"
Marquette University "B" will play in the afternoon against Cal Poly-SLO "B", Ohio State "B" and University of Minnesota "B"
UW-Milwaukee "B" will play in the afternoon against University of Illinois "B", James Madison University "B" and Utah Valley University "B"

2013 NCVF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PARTICIPANTS

Good luck to the following WVC teams that are headed to Dallas, TX on April 4-6 for the 2013 NCVF National Championships:

Men’s Teams – Lakeland College, Marquette University, Marquette University II, UW-LaCrosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Oshkosh II, UW-Platteville, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Stout and UW-Whitewater.

Women’s Teams – UW-Eau Claire, UW-LaCrosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Platteville, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Stout, and UW-Whitewater.

2013 WVC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

Just a quick write up about the 2013 WVC Championships that were held in Oshkosh this past weekend.

Men's Varsity: Lakeland College came alive on Saturday in tournament play by going the distance with Marquette University (25-21, 25-27, 15-8), knocking off the heavily favored UW-Oshkosh Titans (25-22, 25-23) in the semi-final and running over UW-Whitewater (25-14, 25-13) in the Championship match.

Men's JV: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh II dominated all season long, and that didn't change over the weekend. They finished the WVC season undefeated by beating 25-14, 25-15 Moody Bible Institute in the Championship match.

Women's Varsity: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire repeated as champions in 2013. They won 3 of the 4 tournaments during the season and didn't drop a match all weekend. The Blugolds defeated UW-Stevens Point 25-16, 25-22 in the final.

2013 WVC STATISTICAL LEADERS

Women’s Division
Service Aces Per Set: Molly Colman (UW-Eau Claire)
Kills Per Set: Karen Sueppel (UW-Eau Claire)
Hitting Percentage: Karen Sueppel (UW-Eau Claire)
Blocks Per Set: Justine Rosenthal (UW-Whitewater)
Assists Per Set: Nikki Welsh (UW-Whitewater)
Digs Per Set: Ashley Howard (UW-Eau Claire)

Men’s Division I
Service Aces Per Set: Bill Meidenbauer (UW-Oshkosh)
Kills Per Set: Alec Redlich (Lakeland College)
Hitting Percentage: Thomas Niswonger (Marquette University)
Blocks Per Set: Dan Ruys (UW-Oshkosh)
Assists Per Set: Dayton Erickson (Lakeland College)
Digs Per Set: Rob Fishman (Marquette University)

2013 REGULAR SEASON WRAPS-UP

The women of UW-Eau Claire “A” have established themselves as the team to beat entering the WVC State Championships (March 29 & 30). The Blugolds won four matches without dropping a set to claim the top spot at the 4th and final women’s playdate hosted by UW-La Crosse on March 9th. They have won 3 of the 4 playdates held this season including the last 3 in a row and now have their sights set on a WVC State Championship. 

The Midwest 10 conference championships were held on March 2nd at Northern Illinois University and the WVC was well represented. UW-Oshkosh claimed the championship sweeping through bracket play without dropping a set. Marquette fell in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist Notre Dame and Lakeland College lost to UW-Oshkosh in the semi-finals. Several WVC players were awarded All-Conference honors; 1st Team All-Conference honors went to Bill Meidenbauer (Outside Hitter, UW-Oshkosh), Dan Ruys (Middle Blocker, UW- Oshkosh), Alex Redlich (Outside Hitter, Lakeland College), Nick Manning (Outside Hitter, Marquette University). 2nd Team All-Conference honors went to Travis Hudson (Setter, UW- Oshkosh), Nick Mueller (Outside Hitter, UW-Oshkosh), and Brett Kaczmarek (Outside Hitter, Lakeland College). Rob Fishman (Libero, Marquette University) was awarded Defensive Player of the Year. 

The WVC trifecta of Lakeland College, Marquette University, and UW-Oshkosh just completed the MIVA Championships this past weekend on the campus of Michigan State University. Marquette bowed out in its opening match of the gold bracket with a tough 3 set loss to Grand Valley. Lakeland rode the strong play of their outside hitters to victories over Notre Dame and Illinois State before losing to Illinois in the semi-finals. Illinois would go on to beat UW-Oshkosh in 3 sets in the finals. UW-O sat around for much of the day, earning a first round bye in bracket play before dismantling UW-Milwaukee and Purdue to reach the finals which did not begin until 4:30pm. 

The Men’s JV standings are crowded at the top despite an imbalanced schedule to due to some forfeits and poor weather preventing teams from traveling. UW-Oshkosh II leads the pack with a record of 7-0 and only one set loss. Marquette University II, Moody Bible Institute, and UW-Oshkosh III all only have match loss and figure to be the biggest threat to make some noise at the WVC State Championships.