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.
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