http://www.d3sports.com RSS Feed for www.d3sports.com en-us D3sports.com RSS Software 1.1 Mon, 12 May 2008 23:15:02 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/get-ready-for-wall-to-wall-baseball.html Follow the Division III baseball tournament all day Wednesday with D3baseball.com, as games start at 9:30 a.m. ET and threaten to go past midnight. All 54 teams are in action, with 27 games running eight at a time across the country. It starts with TCCC champ Western New England against Little East Pool C pick Southern Maine at 9:30 a.m., with live video provided by our friends at D3Cast in Harwich, Mass. The D3sports.com audio coverage kicks in from Auburn, N.Y., at 10 a.m. ET in a battle of Pool C teams as Montclair State faces Eastern Connecticut. Wednesday's full schedule, with links to audio, video and live stats. We'll also update the scores in progress throughout the day. Playoffs: 2008 bracket | D3baseball.com analysis | More discussion on D3boards.com Unbeaten Trinity (Conn.) is on live video in Harwich's second game of the day, against Castleton State at 1 p.m. ET, while No. 1 Chapman takes the field at the same time in the opener of the Abilene regional against La Verne. Two WIAC teams will play simultaneously, as UW-Stevens Point plays Linfield while UW-Oshkosh hosts Carthage. The fourth NJAC team of the day is scheduled to take the field at 7:45 in Newark, N.J., as Rowan plays NEAC champ Keystone. Check back for more as we get you ready for all the action on the Road to Appleton. Mon, 12 May 2008 22:22:01 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/get-ready-for-wall-to-wall-baseball.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/regional-playoff-teams-announced.html Will it be Tim Kiely carrying Trinity (Conn.) to a regional sweep, keeping the Bantams' undefeated streak alive? Will Kurt Yacko take Chapman to another Championship appearance? Can Matt Tone be the missing piece of a national championship that has eluded Cortland State for years? Will Kenny Moreland put a finishing touch on a stellar career with Christopher Newport and deny Salisbury and Johns Hopkins a spot in Appleton? These and other question will be answered this week as the number of teams seeking a D-III national championship in baseball number 54. After many hours of speculation on Sunday, the NCAA released the field of 54 on Monday morning. Missing from this year's field are two teams from last year's Championship round. Marietta came within one win of a playoff bid and Emory was narrowly beat out for the last Pool B bid by Cal State East Bay. Returning to defend their national championship is Kean. Not a fan of the selections? Can't figure out why your team wasn't chosen? Come vent on our blog, the Daily Dose, and our Division III baseball experts will try to help you find peace, or a sympathetic ear. The story this year is that of the win streaks. Three teams entering the playoffs have a winning streak of 30 or more games on the season. Cortland State has won 34 in a row and with one more win will tie Salisbury for the second longest streak this year. Trinity (Conn.) has yet to lose a game and with its 37th straight victory qualified for this year's playoffs with an undefeated season. None of these teams are strangers to the playoffs but Grove City and Knox are uncommon names to hear at playoff time. Both teams got fitted for Cinderella slippers at their conference tournaments. Grove City upset team after team as it rolled through the Presidents' Athletic Conference tournament. Knox found itsrlf needing to win two games against Ripon on Saturday and did so, qualifying at 15-23 and denying the Red Hawks a Mon, 12 May 2008 13:41:01 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/regional-playoff-teams-announced.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/11/amherst-advances-to-face-trinity.html Trinity (Conn) completed the season and NESCAC conference tournament undefeated and will wait tonight to see who they will play on the NCAA tournament. With the completion of the NESCAC championship game, all 34 conference bids have been awarded. See Playoff Central for the list. Pool B and C bids will be announced Monday morning. In the New York region, RPI beat St. Lawrence 13-4 in the Liberty League Championship game to claim the automatic bid. With the SLIAC playoffs washed out, Webster gets the tournament win and the automatic bid to the playoffs starting later this week. Pitt-Bradford defeated Penn State-Behrend, 4-3 on Saturday but Penn State-Behrend came back today to win 9-8 over Pitt-Bradford to claim the AMCC Championship. In a game postponed by rain and wet grounds, St. Thomas easily handled St. Olaf winning 13-1. With the win, the Tommies win the MIAC championship and automatic playoff bid (photo gallery). For Saturday's news, scroll down. Sun, 11 May 2008 20:33:46 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/11/amherst-advances-to-face-trinity.html http://www.d3football.com/notables/2008/05/12/dutch-punter-doubles-pleasure.html Kurtis Brondyke is following up his standout football season at Central with a stellar track season as well. The freshman, who was a D3football.com second-team All-Region punter, won the high jump competition at the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships, with a best of 6 feet, 6-1/4 inches, and was second in the long jump, at 23 feet, 2-3/4 inches. He has previously provisionally qualified for the national meet (May 22-24 at Oshkosh, Wis.) in both events. Brondyke made a name for himself earlier in the season, when he was the IIAC's player of the week (not special teams player) in football after he landed three of his seven punts inside the 5-yard line in a 17-14 win against Loras, including two fourth-quarter punts that pinned the Duhawks at the 1-yard line. He's not the only Dutch football player lighting up the track for coach Kevin Sanger, himself a former Central star on the gridiron. Guy Dierikx won the conference 400-meter title for the third straight year in 47.92 seconds, a season-best effort and well under the NCAA provisional-qualifying mark. Dierikx, a third-team All-American cornerback, is just the fourth Central athlete to win three consecutive men's league titles in the same event. Dierikx also anchored Central's first-place 4x400-meter relay team. Central finished second to Wartburg at the meet. Mon, 12 May 2008 19:12:44 EDT http://www.d3football.com/notables/2008/05/12/dutch-punter-doubles-pleasure.html http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2008/05/09/champs-coach-moves-to-d-ii.html Howard Payne women's basketball coach Chris Kielsmeier announced today that he will be leaving Howard Payne to take the head women's basketball coaching position at Division II Wayne State in Wayne, Neb. After leading the Lady Jackets to the Division III national championship, a perfect season at 33-0, and five consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins Chris Kielsmeier looks to face a new challenge at Wayne State. Kielsmeier will take over a Wayne State program that went 22-10 last season and reached the NCAA Division II regional semifinals. Howard Payne will conduct a national search for his replacement. "It was a decision to get closer to home and to take another step my in professional career," Kielsmeier, an Iowa native, said. "It wasn't an easy decision in any way. It still isn't and it won't be for some time. You go to college and after that, to me, you're just always trying to push yourself in your professional career. For nine years I did that here. I feel it's the next step in my career, but the biggest thing is its closer to home. It's four hours from my house, where my family lives." Kielsmeier finished his eighth year as head coach at Howard Payne as the winningest women's basketball coach in HPU history, with a record of 179-44. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:58 EDT http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2008/05/09/champs-coach-moves-to-d-ii.html http://www.d3football.com/notables/2008/05/07/hendrix-to-add-football.html Division III football will come to Arkansas after the Hendrix College Board of Trustees decided to add the sport, contingent on the ability to raise start-up costs through external sources. Hendrix, which began studying the feasibility a year ago, will be the only Division III football program in Arkansas. "Athletics have always been secondary to academics here at Hendrix, and that will never change," said president J. Timothy Cloyd in a release. "We believe that Division III athletics enhances the whole person academically by providing opportunities to compete athletically against our peer institutions, and adding (football and women's lacrosse) only increases the opportunity for our students to compete on the playing field." The Warriors discontinued their football program after 1960, citing the cost of fielding a team and frustration with the inability to compete against other Arkansas colleges offering athletic scholarships. A target date for launching the football program has not been established, but at this point in the year, either 2009 or 2010 are possibilities. Hendrix is a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, which recently added Austin (2006), Colorado College (2007) and Birmingham-Southern (2007). Southwestern and Oglethorpe are the only two SCAC members without a football program. Hendrix would be the 10th football member of the conference. Wed, 07 May 2008 20:59:15 EDT http://www.d3football.com/notables/2008/05/07/hendrix-to-add-football.html http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2008/04/27/hobart-returns-to-d-iii-in-lacrosse.html The Hobart and William Smith Colleges board of trustees voted to reclassify Hobart lacrosse from Division I to Division III. Citing the changing landscape of collegiate lacrosse and the challenges in recruiting talented student-athletes at the Division I level without scholarships, the board voted to return to Division III starting with the 2008-09 academic year. "The Board recognizes that the college lacrosse landscape has changed dramatically in the past decade," says David Deming, the chair of the board of trustees. "Moving to Division III will level the playing field for our coaches in recruitment and our students in competition." Reclassifying programs are not eligible for the NCAA tournament for the first two years in their new division. Hobart will request a waiver, but 2011 is expected to be the first season in which the Statesmen would be eligible for the Division III lacrosse playoffs. The requirement allows Division I-caliber players to graduate from the program and for the program to make compliance adjustments to Division III regulations and policies. "The resources required in Division I lacrosse are moving toward what is required in Division I football and basketball," says long-time Hobart athletic director Mike Hanna. "This resource inequity requires a solution that honors our players and fans while also maintaining the integrity of our history. Division III, which is far more competitive today than when we moved to Division I in 1995, offers us better opportunities for the future." Presented with pending changes in NCAA scheduling regulations, the colleges began studying the multi-division option in 1993 and opted to move to Division I to preserve the quality of its regular season schedule and scheduling relationships with several longtime rivals such as Cornell, Penn State and Syracuse. The new rules required Division I schools to limit their schedules to other Division I programs. The Statesmen competed as an independent until 2000, when Hobart joined the Patriot League as an associate member. Four years later, the conference changed its membership requirements, which forced Hobart out of the league. In 2005, the Statesmen joined the competitive ECAC Lacrosse League, which includes heavyweights Georgetown, Loyola and UMass. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2008/04/27/hobart-returns-to-d-iii-in-lacrosse.html http://www.d3football.com/notables/2008/05/11/waiting-by-the-phone.html Two Division III players were drafted and others have signed contracts or been invited to minicamps. Wheaton defensive end Andy Studebaker came off the board first, going to the Eagles with the No. 203 overall pick. He's projected as an outside linebacker in the NFL. Mount Union wide receiver Pierre Garcon went two picks later, to the Indianapolis Colts, at pick No. 205. They were the only two D-III players drafted. Studebaker played in just five games for the Thunder this season before injuring his foot. He had six and a half tackles for loss and five sacks in that time, finishing his Wheaton career with 30 sacks. Garcon caught 67 passes for 955 yards and 14 touchdowns for Mount Union in the Purple Raiders' run to the Stagg Bowl. "He's probably in truth a work in progress, but we'll see," Colts president Bill Polian said on the team's Web site. "All of the measurable(s) are there. He certainly would have been the first guy we went after after the draft had we not drafted him." And if your favorite player isn't drafted, don't worry -- Division III's most prominent player currently in the NFL, John Carroll's London Fletcher, wasn't drafted either. Check out more Division III football players signing free agent deals. Recent draftees: YearPlayer, schoolTeamRound-overall2008Andy Studebaker, Wheaton (Ill.)Eagles6-2032008Pierre Garcon, Mount UnionColts6-2052007Michael Allan, WhitworthChiefs7-2312007Derek Stanley, UW-WhitewaterRams7-2492003Ryan Hoag, Gustavus AdolphusRaiders7-2622002Tony Beckham, UW-StoutTitans4-1152002Michael Coleman, WidenerFalcons7-2172000Tim Watson, RowanSeahawks6-1851999Clint Kriewaldt, UW-Stevens PointLions6-1771996Ethan Brooks, WilliamsFalcons7-229 Sun, 11 May 2008 00:15:33 EDT http://www.d3football.com/notables/2008/05/11/waiting-by-the-phone.html http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2008/04/01/first-timers-again.html Last year it was Amherst and DePauw bringing home Walnut and Bronze on their first trip to the Division III basketball championship game. This year, it was Wash U and Howard Payne. For each program, however, the firsts extend beyond the basketball title. For Wash U, it was the first national championship in any men's sport, while Howard Payne won the first national title in the history of the American Southwest Conference. Wash U rode an incredible weekend from Troy Ruths to the title, including a 90-68 win against Amherst in the national championship game. More men's coverage includes our title game photo gallery and final bracket. Howard Payne rolled twice in Holland, including a 68-54 win against Messiah for the title. More women's coverage includes our title game photo gallery and final bracket. Ruths and Howard Payne's Meia Daniels were named the D3hoops.com Players of the Year. We spoke to both on our final Hoopsville broadcast of the season. Division III basketball recently made news outside of Division III: The movement to form a Division IV was dealt a huge blow when the NCAA discontinued the attempt, citing survey responses from Division III schools that reflected an overwhelming lack of interest. And when Winona State won the Division II men's basketball title, it was a feather in Division III's cap as well. Winona lost just one game all season, to Division III St. Thomas. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2008/04/01/first-timers-again.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/03/29/drive-for-d-iv-dies.html The movement to subdivide Division III or create a Division IV was halted after Division III members' survey responses reflected a lack of interest, according to an article in the NCAA News. Division III's anticipated growth, projected to be to 480 overall members by 2020, prompted a small group of Division III institutions to call for breaking the division in two. However, the movement apparently failed to draw enough interest. The full survey results will be announced April 9. However, the preliminary results were, according to the NCAA News piece, "consistent with the level of opposition that was expressed during an NCAA Convention discussion of the working group's proposal." The debate has featured a great deal of rhetoric, but lacked solid proposals. Southwestern University president Jake Schrumm wrote in a newspaper editorial in January: "Those of us who espouse the concept of Division III got here first, and this division was created for us. If some in our division can't abide by the structured guidelines demanded by a scholar-athlete, then they should leave Division III and be comfortable in a newly created Division IV." The Capital Athletic Conference put a statement out in February asking the Division IV faction for details. "The Capital Athletic Conference asks that those who desire change come forward and help us understand your vision. Provide the membership an opportunity to decide its future from a position of intellectual strength rather than from assumptions and possible miscommunication. The landscape we develop for our future student-athletes deserves much thoughtful and honest consideration of the facts and issues." Division III went through a reform process at the 2004 NCAA Convention which eliminated the so-called routine redshirt, aimed at bringing the increasingly diverse population of D-III schools closer together. A new division or subgrouping would have needed 150 overall members in order to be viable, according to the NCAA's initial research. The NCAA's research identified more than 10 conferences which would be candidates to join a division with more restrictions, including, surprisingly, the WIAC. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/03/29/drive-for-d-iv-dies.html http://www.d3football.com/notables/2008/03/26/garcon-working-toward-next-level.html Pierre Garcon certainly made his presence felt in Division III football, from his conference rookie of the year debut at Norwich to three Stagg Bowl appearances with Mount Union. But it was clear fairly early into his career that Garcon's football life would not be done after Mount Union. While stats in football at the Division III level may not carry much weight in the NFL, speed transcends that, and he has plenty. Two Division III football players were drafted last year, including UW-Whitewater Derek Stanley, who returned kickoffs for the St. Louis Rams last season. So what's next for Garcon? Callum Borchers of Imprint Magazine takes a look at Garcon's preparation for the NFL draft, those who preceded him and the ultimate goal. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.d3football.com/notables/2008/03/26/garcon-working-toward-next-level.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/03/24/washington-university-hires-wartburg-coach.html Washington U. athletics director John Schael named Jim Conlon as the Bears' new women's soccer coach. Conlon spent eight seasons as the head women's and men's soccer coach at Wartburg and is the third women's soccer coach in Washington U. history. Conlon replaces Wendy Dillinger, who spent six years as the head coach at Wash U, before resigning to take the same position at Division I Iowa State. "I am excited to be a part of the next chapter of the Washington University women's soccer program," Conlon said. "Washington University is nationally recognized not only for its accomplishments on the field, but also for its academic endeavors, and I look forward to being able to graduate scholar champions. My family and I are excited about the move to the St. Louis area, and I hope to bring a women's soccer national championship to Washington University." The Bears advanced to the sectional semifinals this past season before falling 1-0 to then-unbeaten The College of New Jersey. As the first full-time soccer coach in Wartburg history, Conlon posted a 108-48-10 overall record with the men's team and 96-57-5 with the women's team. He led the men's squad to five NCAA appearances, advancing to the sectional semifinals in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and to the sectional final in 2004. In 2007, the Wartburg women's team won the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title and advanced to the NCAA sectional round, the squad's first NCAA berth in school history. "As both the women's and men's head coach at Wartburg College, Jim established a pair of competitive soccer programs," Schael said. "His eight years of head coaching experience within a private university setting at the NCAA Division III level prepare him for the challenges associated with the continued development of Washington University's women's soccer program. He is familiar with the needs and priorities of the student-athlete and is experienced in the organization, administration and direction needed to create a winning atmosphere." Conlon was named the NCAA Division III West Region Coach of the Year in 2006, and garnered IIAC Coach of the Year honors in 2003 and 2004. He has Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/03/24/washington-university-hires-wartburg-coach.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2007/12/04/wheaton-middlebury-win-titles.html Wheaton (Ill.) won its third Division III women's soccer title in four seasons while Middlebury won its first men's soccer title by 1-0 scores that were hardly identical. The Thunder, who defeated Messiah, finished 27-0 and end the 2007 season with 45 consecutive wins. Jami Hermann picked up a loose ball 42:50 into the match and bended it past Messiah goalie Brindley Beckwith for the 1-0 lead. Middlebury (18-2-2) defeated Trinity (Texas) on penalty kicks and dealt the Tigers (23-1) their only loss of the season. Wheaton outshot the Falcons 18-9 and held a 9-4 edge in corner kicks, but goalkeeper Kristin Eggert, an all-tournament selection, made the save of the match with a diving stop in the final five minutes. "I was focused pretty intensely on that ball. I knew that all of the girls around me had worked so hard to keep that zero on the scoreboard, so I really wanted to keep it as well." The Thunder join The College of New Jersey with three championships. UC-San Diego, which has since moved to Division II, won five Division III women's soccer titles. The scoreless first half of the men's championship game was controlled by Trinity, as the Tigers outshot Middlebury 13-6 in the opening frame. Trinity's leading scorer, Patrick Floeck, had the first major opportunity, sailing a one-touch volley over the crossbar after a long throw-in from the left corner. Floeck went airborne later in the half, trying to put a head on a cross from the left sideline, but he collided with Bush and had to leave the game. Middlebury's best shot came shortly before the half. Andrew Banadda chased down a loose ball in the box with just over a minute before halftime, and his one-touch blast rocketed off the left post and back into play. Casey Ftorek was in position for the rebound, but his shot was off the mark to the right. With 15 minutes left in regulation, Middlebury found an opening to Ftorek streaking down the left side, but his shot from outside the penalty area bounced wide right. Later, with the clock counting down Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2007/12/04/wheaton-middlebury-win-titles.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/2008-ncaa-d-iii-playoff-pairings.html The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 54 teams that will compete in the 2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. Six teams will compete at five first-round sites; eight teams will compete at three first-round sites. All first rounds will use a double-elimination format. Thirty-four conference champions qualified automatically. Winners of the eight first-round tournaments will qualify for the double-elimination championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wisconsin, May 23-27. DATES/SITES/SEEDINGS: May 14-18 Hosted by Eastern College Athletic Conference, Harwich, Massachusetts 1. Trinity (Connecticut) (37-0) 2. Wheaton (Massachusetts) (32-8) 3. Keene State (33-9) 4. Southern Maine (32-12) 5. Western New England (31-11) 6. St. Joseph's (Maine) (28-16) 7. Worcester State (23-16) 8. Castleton State (20-10) Hosted by USA South and Old Dominion, Danville, Virginia 1. Salisbury (38-2) 2. Johns Hopkins (34-5) 3. Piedmont (33-12) 4. Lynchburg (30-11) 5. Christopher Newport (28-12) 6. Randolph-Macon (25-15) Hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana 1. Heidelberg (37-8) 2. Wooster (34-9) 3. Calvin (32-8) 4. Rose-Hulman (31-13) 5. Adrian (30-10) 6. Transylvania (31-12) Hosted by Kean University, Newark, New Jersey 1. Kean (35-9) 2. Rowan (30-12) 3. The College of New Jersey (28-10) 4. Penn State-Behrend (34-10) 5. Messiah (27-16) 6. DeSales (24-18-1) 7. Keystone (30-10) 8. Gwynedd-Mercy (21-18) Hosted Mon, 12 May 2008 02:59:23 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/2008-ncaa-d-iii-playoff-pairings.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/putting-perfection-back-on-the-line.html After two years of missing the NESCAC tournament, Trinity (Conn.) came in at a perfect 34-0 and the top seed in the West Division. The Bantams made their unbeaten record stand up, downing Amherst 9-1 in Saturday morning's opener and Tufts 5-1 in the afternoon game. After losing to Trinity, Amherst came back to beat archrival Williams 9-8 in 10 innings. Amherst will play Tufts tomorrow, with Trinity awaiting the winner. For audio links, check out Saturday's D3baseball.com scoreboard. The Bantams are the last undefeated team in the nation, having passed Johns Hopkins' record of 33 consecutive wins to start the season and Texas-Tyler's 35-0 start last season in their last year of provisional status. The NESCAC championship is just one of five tournaments scheduled to end on Sunday. Who's clinched an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament already? Check out Playoff Central. That includes Castleton, which swept Husson Mon, 12 May 2008 22:10:37 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/putting-perfection-back-on-the-line.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/grove-city-is-playoff-bound.html In a wild, back-and-forth affair which saw five lead changes, 21 runs, 24 hits and nine errors, the fourth-seeded Grove City Wolverines completed their Cinderella run through the President Athletic Conference Tournament with an 11-10 decision over rival Thiel in the 2008 PAC title game. With the victory, Grove City captured its first PAC baseball crown since winning back-to-back league titles in 2001 and 2002, while also securing the PAC's first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament. Grove City led 4-0 in the middle of the fourth, only to see Thiel score three in the fourth and four more in the sixth for a 7-4 advantage. The two teams continuedto exchange the lead, with the Tomcats taking a 9-8 advantage after eight frames. The Wolverines would not be denied, scoring three times in the top of the ninth for an 11-9 lead, then withstanding a pair of Mon, 12 May 2008 03:28:27 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/grove-city-is-playoff-bound.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/2008-playoff-central.html The eight regionals will be played at: Mid-Atlantic Regional: Hosted by Kean University at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, Newark, New Jersey. 1. Kean (35-9) 2. Rowan (30-12) 3. The College of New Jersey (28-10) 4. Penn State-Behrend (34-10) 5. Messiah (27-16) 6. DeSales (24-18-1) 7. Keystone (30-10) 8. Gwynedd-Mercy (21-18) Central Regional: Hosted by Augustana College at Brunner Field at Duane R. Stadium, Rock Island, Illinois. 1. Illinois Wesleyan (33-9) 2. Wisconsin-Stevens Point (28-14) 3. Augustana (Illinois) (32-11) 4. Wartburg (26-13) 5. Linfield (30-10) 6. Webster (28-13) Mideast Regional: Hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology at Art Nehf Field, Terre Haute, Indiana. 1. Heidelberg (37-8) 2. Wooster (34-9) 3. Calvin (32-8) 4. Rose-Hulman (31-13) 5. Adrian (30-10) 6. Transylvania (31-12) New England Regional: Hosted by the ECAC at Whitehouse Field, Harwich, Mass. 1. Trinity (Connecticut) (37-0) 2. Wheaton (Massachusetts) (32-8) 3. Keene State (33-9) 4. Southern Maine (32-12) 5. Western New England (31-11) 6. St. Joseph's (Maine) (28-16) 7. Worcester State (23-16) 8. Castleton State (20-10) Mon, 12 May 2008 13:43:16 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/2008-playoff-central.html http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2008/05/09/defiance-hires-coach-from-lakeland.html Defiance has hired Kyle Brumett as its new head coach for the men's basketball program. Brumett is set to begin his post with the Yellow Jackets on May 19. "I am absolutely elated that Coach Brumett has accepted the Yellow Jacket position," athletic director Dick Kaiser stated. "I believe his personality and his basic coaching philosophies are a great match for the players that are currently in the DC program. "Coach Brumett comes from a blue collar background and knows what hard work is all about. I know he is going to roll up his sleeves and get after it the minute he walks on the DC campus. There is no doubt in my mind that he will have success at Defiance College. Fortunately for us, I believe that we have caught another rising star that will make a solid impact on the men's basketball program, the college and the community as Fri, 09 May 2008 00:16:31 EDT http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2008/05/09/defiance-hires-coach-from-lakeland.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/11/southern-maine-tops-keene-state.html The third-seeded Southern Maine scored four runs in the fifth inning to erase a 1-0 deficit and went on to defeat top-seeded Keene State 8-4 on the third day of play at the 2008 Little East Conference Baseball Championship Tournament. The win advances the Huskies into the championship game on Saturday against Keene State. Keene State eliminated Eastern Connecticut 1-0 on a walk-off single in the ninth by a score of 1-0 to reach the championship game. Eastern Connecticut defeated Mass-Boston 9-6 earlier. Follow tournament action from the D3baseball.com scoreboard. Calvin swept Kalamazoo to claim the MIAA championship and automatic playoff bid. Calvin defeated the Hornets 9-2 in the first game as the offense delivered the game. The win in game two came on the strength of the pitching as Calvin won 2-0. Adrian finished second in the MIAA and must wait until late Sunday to Sun, 11 May 2008 18:59:37 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/11/southern-maine-tops-keene-state.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/ohio-wesleyan-joins-calvin-in-playoffs.html A.J. Dote drove in 3 runs and Joey McDaniel held Denison to 2 runs over 8.0 innings as the Bishops defeated the Big Red in Game 3 of the NCAC tournament championship series on Friday in Granville. With the win, Ohio Wesleyan takes the series, 2 games to 1, and wins its second consecutive NCAC championship. This marks the first time since 2000-01 that the Bishops have won back-to-back NCAC titles, and is Ohio Wesleyan's eighth NCAC tournament championship, the most among conference institutions. The win also gives Ohio Wesleyan the NCAC's automatic qualifier into the NCAA Division III tournament. In the three game series, Ohio weslyean won game one 5-2 and Denison forced a third game with a 4-2 win in game two. Carthage, ranked seventh in the May 6 Top 25, stayed alive in the CCIW Baseball Tournament by winning two games in the loser's bracket at Illinois Wesleyan's Mon, 12 May 2008 02:59:42 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/12/ohio-wesleyan-joins-calvin-in-playoffs.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/09/adrian-must-wait-after-split.html Senior Day is a special moment but the moment for six seniors was sour as visiting Alma pulled off a 5-4 upset in game two of a doubleheader. Adrian won the first game 10-6 and will await the Calvin-Kalamazoo four-game series to see if they can grab a MIAA title. Adrian is three wins up in the standings and need one Kalamazoo win to share for the title. If they at least claim a share, it will mean a trip to the NCAA regionals for the third time in four seasons. A winner of eight straight, second-seeded Eastern Connecticut (28-11-1) advances in the winners' bracket of the six-team double-elimination tournament to face No. 3 seed Southern Maine Thursday. Southern Maine advanced by an identical 6-5 in Wednesday's late game against No. 4 seed Rhode Island, scoring four runs in the bottom of the eighth to pull out the win. Top-seeded Keene Fri, 09 May 2008 17:55:53 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/09/adrian-must-wait-after-split.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/10/.html Slugging first baseman Tim McMenamin of Gwynedd-Mercy and ace right-hander Brent Kulavic of Illinois Wesleyan have been named the NCAA Division III National Hitter and Pitcher of the Week for the week of April 28-May 4, the ninth and final awards of the season, as chosen by members of the NCBWA. McMenamin batted .600 (6-for-10) with three home runs, 15 total bases, eight runs scored, 12 runs batted in, and a 1.500 slugging percentage en route to being named the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Tournament Co-Most Valuable Player. The Griffins won their second straight PAC title last weekend, going 3-0 in the tournament. He hit a two-run homer in the 7th to ice a 6-1 first-game win over Centenary and drove in three runs. In a 15-8 semi-final win over Alvernia, he went 2-for-4 with a home run, a sacrifice fly, scored four runs and drove in three. Sat, 10 May 2008 10:41:44 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/10/.html http://www.d3football.com/notables/2008/05/08/ballard-elected-to-hall-of-fame.html Former Mount Union quarterback Jim Ballard has been named to the 2008 College Football Divisional Hall of Fame class. The 2008 class will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame during the Enshrinement Festival, July 18-19, in South Bend, Ind. Ballard, a two-time First-Team All-America pick in 1992 and '93, broke 17 Division III records and threw for 8,270 yards and 93 touchdowns. He won the first Gagliardi Trophy in 1993. The Ohio native played in the NFL, Canadian Football League and the Arena Football League during his 10-year professional career and led the Scottish Claymores to an NFL Europe World Bowl title in 1996. Inducted into the Scottish Claymores Hall of Fame in 2001, Ballard currently serves as the commissioner of the Continental Indoor Football League in North Canton, Ohio. Brad Rowland, who played for McMurry before the school became Division III, was also inducted. He was the Indians' all-time Thu, 08 May 2008 20:48:13 EDT http://www.d3football.com/notables/2008/05/08/ballard-elected-to-hall-of-fame.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/10/calvin-needs-sweep-to-get-miaa-crown.html Kalamazoo lost a pair of games at Calvin, 5-1 and 9-3. Kalamazoo was held to just two hits while committing five errors in the 5-1 loss. Kalamazoo held a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning before Calvin took the lead for good. Eddie Barclay and Kyle Kilpatrick each had a double. Calvin needs to sweep Kalamazoo tomorrow to win the MIAA. With a Calvin loss, Adrain will receive the conference's automatic bid. Bats came alive for Heidelberg in the seventh inning against Mount Union in a first round game of the OAC Tournament. It resulted in a 10-7 victory for the Student Princes, the program's 11th-straight. Offensively for Heidelberg, Jeremy Wentworth led the way from the leadoff spot going 3-for-4 with four runs. For Mount Union, Greg Ferrell led the offensive push going 3-for-5 with two RBIs, two runs, and a double. In the first game of the Sat, 10 May 2008 11:33:43 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/10/calvin-needs-sweep-to-get-miaa-crown.html http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/05/07/former-bridgewater-coach-returns-to-d-iii.html Ian Spooner has been named the new head women's soccer coach at Greensboro, Pride athletics director Kim Strable announced. Spooner has been employed by the Greensboro Soccer Association since 2006 as its director of player development/assistant director of coaching. A native of Oxford, England Spooner played intercollegiate soccer at Division I Radford where he was a four-time first team all-conference player. He was also named Big South Conference MVP in his final two seasons. After graduation, he played professionally for six years in the United Soccer League. Spooner was selected as the first-ever head women's soccer coach at NCAA Division III Bridgewater (Va.) and in two seasons of competition recorded an impressive 21-11-1, a 64% winning percentage. He also simultaneously coached the Bridgewater men's soccer team for two years before returning to his alma mater in 2001 to become the first assistant for the Highlander women's soccer program. He became the technical director Wed, 07 May 2008 13:58:57 EDT http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2008/05/07/former-bridgewater-coach-returns-to-d-iii.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/08/.html Greensboro split a doubleheader with visiting Rhodes on Tuesday. Rhodes took the first game 12-9, while the home team won the nightcap, 7-6 in 11 innings. Anthony Corona went 7-for-11 with 2 home runs, a double and one triple and 5 RBI for The Pride in the DH. In game one, the Lynx scored 3 runs off losing pitcher Greg Allen to break a 9-9 tie in the 7th inning. In the night cap, Dale Martin walked with the bases loaded to end the game. Anthony Corona tripled to lead off the 11th. Losing pitcher Taylor Babich then intentionally walked Lyle Donaldson and Kyle Bolick to pitch to Martin, who then walked on four pitches. The third time figured to be the charm for the Concordia (Ill.) Cougars. After having lost one-run games earlier in the season to Augustana and Illinois Wesleyan, both regionally-ranked teams from the CCIW, the Cougars Thu, 08 May 2008 22:32:50 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/08/.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/07/whitewater-sweeps-to-regular-season-title.html Aaron Dott struck out 11 and got 13 runs of support in a game one win over UW-Stevens Point Monday in Whitewater. The win clinched at least a share of the WIAC regular season title. A game two victory meant the Warhawks could have the title outright, accomplished with a 15-8 win to give UW-Whitewater its sixth outright title in the last eight years. The Warhawks moved to number 8 in this weeks D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25, finished the WIAC regular season with a 20-4 record, and earned the number one seed in the WIAC tournament beginning Friday, May 9 in Wisconsin at Witter Field in Wisconsin Rapids. More of Monday's scores. In game one, UW-Whitewater got on the scoreboard early but the Pointer's would answer in the top of the third when a pitch from Aaron Dott squirted past the catcher to score Kyle Cummings. The Warhawks' Wed, 07 May 2008 15:29:13 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/07/whitewater-sweeps-to-regular-season-title.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/08/nac-conference-final-set--finally.html Last Sunday the final round between Castleton and Husson was postponed due to unplayable field conditions at the double-elimination tournament's original site. It took until today to find a time and place to hold the North Atlantic Conference Championship. The Castleton State College baseball team will host the final round of NAC Championship on Saturday, May 10 at East Field in Glens Falls, New York. Castleton and Husson will square off at 12:00 noon in game one. If Castleton wins game one, game two will start 30 minutes after the completion of game one. Other NAC news announced this week were the conference honors. Centerfielder Mike Chamard of Thomas was honored as the NAC Baseball Player of the Year in a vote by the conference coaches. Chamard led the league in batting average (.388), slugging percentage (.600) while ranking among the league leaders in runs scored, hits and total Thu, 08 May 2008 10:26:50 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/08/nac-conference-final-set--finally.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/08/sunyac-awards-goes-to--.html Senior Rob Maxwell was voted the Bob Wallace Player of the Year (SUNYAC Most Valuable Player) in a vote of the conference coaches on Monday. Maxwell finished the regular season with a .439 batting average in conference games with a team leading five doubles and one home run. He also led the team with 15 runs batted in and a .634 slugging average. The senior split time as the first baseman and a starting pitcher and had a 2-1 SUNYAC record with a 2.95 ERA and a team leading 20 strikeouts in 21 1/3 innings. Cortland's Matt Tone was honored as the Don Axtell Pitcher of the Year while Oneonta hurler Dave Filak was named the Clark Whited Rookie of the Year. Cortland head coach Joe Brown was selected as the 2008 SUNYAC Walter Nitardy Coach of the Year after he guided the Red Dragons to a 36-3 record through SUNYACs, Thu, 08 May 2008 15:35:45 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/08/sunyac-awards-goes-to--.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/gwynedd-mercy-mcmurry-playoff-bound.html Gwynedd-Mercy made it a repeat, winning their fourth Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Baseball Title with a convincing 14-1 win over Centenary in the championship game Sunday afternoon. co-MVPs Tim McMenamin and Dan Strack led the offensive attack, each hitting grand slams. With the win, the Griffins (21-18) earn the PAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament with selections to made on Sunday, May 11. This is the last PAC title. Next year the conference will change its name to the Colonial States Athletic Conference. McMenamin who made his first start on the mound this season, made it a good one, limiting the Cyclones to one run on three hits in six innings while fanning six. Centenary scored their run in the top of the first, getting an RBI double from Jared Grant. From there Gwynedd-Mercy continued its torrid offense, notching double-digit runs for the second-straight game. Three times Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/gwynedd-mercy-mcmurry-playoff-bound.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/njac-crown-belongs-to-kean.html Top seeded Kean Cougars avenged two regular season losses by defeating second seeded Montclair State, 12-4, in the NJAC Championship game. With the win, Kean (34-9) claims both the regular season and tournament title for the first time in program history. This win also gives the Cougars the conference's automatic bid into the upcoming NCAA Division III Tournament in defense of their National Championship from last year. After trading runs in the first inning, Kean went ahead for good, plating three runs in the bottom of the third. Eric Ammirata broke the 1-1 tie with a bases-loaded single to drive in two. Ammirata would later come around and score on a Mike Moceri single. The Cougars added plenty of insurance recording eight runs over the next three frames. Gabe Ramirez punched out his second homerun of the tournament, a two-run shot, to highlight the offense. On the hill, Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/njac-crown-belongs-to-kean.html http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2008/05/06/colorado-college-womens-coach-steps-down.html Kelly Mahlum, head coach of the Colorado College women's basketball team since September 2001, has resigned her position, director of athletics Ken Ralph announced. A national search for her replacement will begin immediately. "While we all are sad to see Kelly go, we fully respect her desire to seek new challenges in her life," Ralph said. "Coach Mahlum is an excellent coach and teacher of the game of basketball. Colorado College was fortunate to have her services for so long." In seven seasons at the helm, Mahlum guided the Tigers to a 64-106 overall record, the best for a head coach since Beth Branson compiled a 24-43 mark from 1985 through 1988. In 2007-08, Mahlum led CC into league play as a new member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. In their inaugural year in the competitive SCAC, the Tigers went 8-6, finished second in the Western Division and made the semifinals Tue, 06 May 2008 17:44:06 EDT http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2008/05/06/colorado-college-womens-coach-steps-down.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/grant-hits-for-the-cycle.html Wesley College third baseman Grant Morlock hit for the cycle as the Wolverines (27-14)closed out the regular season with a 26-3 drubbing of Polytechnic in a game played at KeySpan Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones, the short season-A affiliate of the New York Mets. The sophomore from Bel Air, Maryland started off the game with a walk and a strikeout before tripling in the third inning. He then singled in the fifth and clubbed his second homer of the year in the seventh. Just a double short of the cycle, Morlock stroked his sixth two-base hit of the year in the eighth. He drove in four runs and scored two others. Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/grant-hits-for-the-cycle.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/07/salisbury-sweeps-cac-awards.html Salisbury's baseball team, which won 35 games in a row this season on the way to its third consecutive CAC championship, was rewarded by the conference coaches with seven first-team all-stars, including co-Players of the Year Justin Armiger, Eric Willey, Rookie of the Year Dustin Herbert and Coach of the Year Doug Fleetwood. On the day CAC honors were announces, No. 4 Salisbury defeated Rhodes in its final home game of the 2008 regular season, 8-5 to set a new single-season record for the program (38 wins). Armiger, the Sea Gulls' third baseman, and Willey, one of the leaders of the Salisbury pitching staff, are the third and fourth Salisbury players, respectively, to be named CAC Baseball Player of the Year. Herbert, the second Salisbury player to be selected as CAC Rookie of the Year, along with three-time CAC all-star Ryan Bennick join Willey to give Salisbury three pitchers Wed, 07 May 2008 15:28:35 EDT http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2008/05/07/salisbury-sweeps-cac-awards.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/desales-advances-to-ninth-straight-title-game.html Jeremy Stoltzfus pitched a complete game to lift Messiah to a 7-3 victory over Elizabethtown in the championship game of the Commonwealth Conference baseball tournament at Owls Field on Saturday. The Blue Jays had forced a second game in the title round with a 2-0 victory over the Falcons, as senior Chris Minakowski tossed a four-hitter in his second career start. Messiah scored four runs in the top of the second inning and added single runs in the fifth, seventh and ninth to win the conference for the first time since 2005. Craig Mease led the Falcons by going 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored, while Ben Kirk went 2-for-5 and Jon Shenk finished 2-for-4 as Messiah outhit Elizabethtown 11-8. Stoltzfus (4-4) allowed eight hits and struck out two in his second complete game in nine starts this season. The Falcons took two out of three games with the Blue Jays in Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/desales-advances-to-ninth-straight-title-game.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/heidelberg-claims-oac-crown.html Despite battling rain throughout the afternoon a few rays of sunshine shown through allowing nationally-ranked Heidelberg and ninth-year head coach Matt Palm to sweep a doubleheader over visiting John Carroll at Peaceful Valley and earn the program's second-consecutive, third overall, Ohio Athletic Conference regular season championship. Heidelberg won game one 3-2 and posted the sweep with a 3-2 win in 11 innings in the nightcap. Simpson (25-14) swept Bethel (20-16) in a doubleheader to end the 2008 regular season May 3 in Arden Hills, Minn. The Storm won the opener 21-8 as the squad smacked five home runs and recorded 20 hits. Jason McClaflin established a school record for most hits in a game as he went 5-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI's. McClaflin also scored four runs. Jeff Kinkel-Schuster pounded out three hits (3-for-4) and two RBI's. Nick Hahn picked up two wins Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/heidelberg-claims-oac-crown.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/leopards-claw-their-wat-to-top-of-sciac.html La Verne has captured the 2008 SCIAC Championship by completing a sweep over defending champ Pomona-Pitzer by scores of 7-4 and 13-3 Saturday in Claremont. The Leopards (25-14-1) also received help from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, who swept Redlands in its doubleheader to knock the Bulldogs-who began the day in first place-out of championship contention. In the opener, La Verne spotted the Sagehens a 4-0 lead before posting two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to draw even as Mike Belcher's two-run single in the fourth was followed an inning later by a two-run single by Trevor Boucher. La Verne went up for good in the sixth on an RBI double from Jack Mehl that scored catcher Ryan Jordan. La Verne scored single runs in the seventh and eighth innings while holding the Sagehens scoreless over the final six frames. Pitcher Jimmy Wilfong provided solid relief with 4 1/3 shutout Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/leopards-claw-their-wat-to-top-of-sciac.html http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/desales-is-in-its-ninth-straight-title-game.html DeSales advanced to the Freedom Conference championship game using some good old fashioned pitching and defense, topping Manhattanville 3-2, in the winner's bracket championship game on Saturday afternoon in Quakertown Memorial Park. The Bulldogs (23-18-1) advance to the title game for the ninth straight season but for the first time in the last three years out of the winner's bracket. They will play Manhattanville as they advanced to the Freedom Conference Championship game with a 4-3 win over Arcadia. If The Valiants capture game one, the teams will meet again Sunday, shortly after the conclusion of the first game to decide who advances to the NCAA playoffs. Behind eight runs in the third inning No. 7 Johns Hopkins defeated Franklin & Marshall 16-6 on Saturday in Centennial Conference Tournament play. The Blue Jays (32-5) won their third straight contest and advance to Sunday's championship game. The Blue Jays will Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/1999/11/30/desales-is-in-its-ninth-straight-title-game.html