Take Your Mark

D3Playbook FEBRUARY 28, 2020 | written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III Our goal is to keep you - the influencers in DIII athletics - apprised of what's happening around Division III - the games, polls, news, happenings, awards, calendar of events, and much more. We hope you enjoy d3Playbook and that you'll share this with your friends, colleagues and co-workers.   >>  Good Friday Morning!  A great weekend to give out trophies! >> Today's Word Count: 1,120. Smart, concise. An easy Friday morning read that's less than 5 minutes. >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Please recommend us to a friend or co-worker. Or share with your staff and bring them up-to-speed on what's happening in DIII.   Subscribe to d3Playbook 1.  Take Your Mark   There will be 20 indoor track and field conference championship meets around Division III this weekend Meets to Watch (M) WIAC: Oshkosh (#1), La Crosse (2), Whitewater (7), Eau Claire (9), Stout (18) MIAC: Carleton (16), St. Thomas (22), Saint John's (23) SUNYAC: Cortland (13), Brockport (15), Geneseo (24) Liberty: Rensselaer (11), Ithaca (19) American Rivers: Loras (3), Wartburg (20) What We're Watching MIAC Mile: Matt Wilkinson, Carleton (4:08.55); Sean Lonergan, St. Olaf (4:09.75); Karl Wachter, St. Thomas (4:12.78) WIAC Pole Vault: Noah Zastrow, Stout (17-3); Zach Jasinski, Whitewater (16-4 1/2); Joe Vils, Oshkosh (16-1 3/4). WIAC Triple Jump: Jonathan Wilburn, Oshkosh (50-3 1/4); Tom Kohn, Stevens Point (49-4 1/4). Meets to Watch (W) American Rivers: Loras (5), Dubuque (10), Wartburg (23) CCIW: Carthage (8), Wheaton (16), North Central (25) Liberty: Ithaca (#1), Rochester (22) UAA: Chicago (3), Washington U. (7) What We're Watching ARC 60 Meters: Gabrielle Noland, Loras (7.56); Terriana Black, Loras (7.61). ARC 200: Alison Beeman, Dubuque (24.49); Noland (24.50). Centennial 3K: Felicia Koerner, Johns Hopkins (9:43.29); Rebecca Grusby, JHU (9:45.23); Alex Ross, JHU (9:46.85); Isabel Cardi, Dickinson (9:49.58). UAA Long Jump: Isabel Maletich, Chicago (41-3 1/4); Eka Jose, Washington U. (39-3 3/4). >> Links to Results, Host Sites   2.   Carolina on My Mind   The NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Committee announced the participants in the 2020 NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. The championships will be held March 18-21 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.  The Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the Greensboro Aquatic Center will serve as co-hosts. A total of 579 participants (526 swimmers and 53 divers) will compete in the championships. Student-athletes qualified for the swimming portion of the championships by meeting the established minimum time for the events in which they entered.  Divers will be determined by performances achieved at the regional diving meets February 28-29.  The complete list of all swimmers competing in the championships is available at www.usaswimming.org/ncaa. Selected divers will be added to the website Monday, March 2. >> PARTICIPANTS: Men's qualifiers | Women's qualifiers   3.  About Last Night   Fourth-seeded U. of New England (20-7) knocked off top-seed Western New England, 62-53,  in the semifinals of the CCC tournament. Abby Cavallaro led the Nor'easters with 25.   Lindsay Gauldin poured in 24 points as seventh-seeded Guilford (16-9) toppled #2 Washington and Lee, 84-77, in an ODAC quarterfinal.   Fourth-seeded UW-Oshkosh (17-10) ran No. 1 seed UW-Whitewater out of the building with an 81-65 victory in a WIAC semifinal. Leah Porath had 22 for the Titans.   Billy Arsenault scored as time expired to lift top-seeded Endicott (19-7) past Wentworth, 63-62, in a CCC semifinal. See the game-winner here.   Greenville made 31 of 67 three-point attempts to defeat Fontbonne, 164-148, in a SLIAC semifinal. Austyn Contreras led the Panthers with 41, including 11 threes. You have to see this box score.   Cole Rabedeaux scored 22 points as Eau Claire (19-8) upset top-seeded and sixth-ranked Platteville, 78-74, in a WIAC semifinal.   Fifth-seeded MSOE (15-12) upended top-seed Benedictine, 74-70, in the NACC semifinals. Gabe Wear topped the Raiders with 23.     SPONSORED MESSAGE Would you like to sponsor this newsletter? Would you like to advertise an open position in your department for a head coach or administrator? Contact d3playbook@gmail.com to get your job opening in front of more than 700 decision-makers in small-college athletics.   4. Weekend Preview   Basketball (W) - D3hoops.com Tufts (Williams) Hope (FRI vs. Calvin) DePauw (FRI vs. Ohio Wesleyan) UW-Whitewater Bowdoin (#6 Amherst) Amherst (#5 Bowdoin) Whitman (George Fox) Wartburg (#11 Loras) Bethel (#16 Augsburg) Baldwin Wallace (#25 John Carroll) >> Others to Watch: Montclair State at Rowan (FRI); Cortland vs. Geneseo (FRI); Cabrini at Marymount (SAT). Basketball (M) - D3hoops.com Swarthmore (FRI vs. Muhlenberg) St. Thomas (#3 Saint John's) Saint John's (at #2 St. Thomas) Wittenberg (FRI vs. Oberlin) Randolph-Macon (FRI vs. Hampden-Sydney) UW-Platteville Mount Union (John Carroll) Johns Hopkins (FRI vs. Haverford) North Central (FRI vs. #22 Elmhurst) Nebraska Wesleyan (Coe) >> Others to Watch: Eastern at Stevens (SAT); York at Christopher Newport (SAT). Ice Hockey (M) - USCHO Norwich (Southern Maine) Geneseo (Potsdam) Utica (SAT/SUN vs. Nazareth) UW-Eau Claire (FRI/SAT vs. UW-Superior) Hobart (New England College) Adrian U. of New England (Wentworth) Trinity, Conn. (Amherst) UW-Stevens Point (FRI/SAT vs. #15 UW-River Falls) Babson >> Others to Watch: Stevenson at Wilkes (FRI/SAT); St. Norbert at Marian (SAT). Ice Hockey (W) - USCHO Plattsburgh (Cortland) Middlebury (Trinity) UW-Eau Claire (FRI/SAT vs. Stevens Point) Gustavus Adolphus (Saint Mary's) Elmira (Utica) UW-River Falls (FRI/SAT vs. Superior) Norwich (Plymouth State) Hamline (Augsburg) Endicott (Salve Regina) Adrian (FRI/SAT vs. St. Norbert) >> Others to Watch: William Smith at Nazareth (SAT). all games/matches Saturday unless indicated   5.  Lax et Lux  Lacrosse (M) - USILA Salisbury (Coast Guard) Amherst (Hamilton; SUN vs. Western New England) Cabrini (#15 Dickinson) Williams (at Trinity) RIT Tufts (Colby) Denison (SUN vs. Roanoke) Wesleyan (Bates) Ursinus (#20 Christopher Newport) York (at #14 Lynchburg) >> Others to Watch: #16 Stevenson at #12 Gettysburg; #19 Franklin & Marshall at #18 Washington and Lee. Lacrosse (W) - IWLCA Middlebury (#13 Bowdoin) Tufts (at #16 Colby) Gettysburg (#21 Denison) Salisbury (SUN vs. #8 Washington and Lee) Wesleyan (at Bates) Franklin & Marshall (at #14 Mary Washington) York Washington and Lee (SUN at #4 Salisbury) Amherst (at Hamilton) Catholic (Rowan) >> Others to Watch: #22 Cortland at #19 Ithaca. * roughly translated as Lax and Light   6.   Weekend's Best   (M) #15 Lancaster Bible at #3 Stevens (FRI); #10 St. John Fisher at #1 NYU.   (M): #21 North Carolina Wesleyan vs. #25 Johns Hopkins; #33 Swarthmore vs. #36 NYU.   (W): #32 Linfield vs. #36 Gustavus Adolphus.   #1 Chapman vs. #15 Cal Lutheran (FRI/SAT); #6 Babson vs. #2 Trinity, Texas (FRI/SAT/SUN); #3 Birmingham-Southern vs. #24 Rhodes (SAT/SUN); #11 Webster vs. #21 Concordia-Chicago (SUN).   (M) #4 Claremont-M-S vs. #14 Redlands at SCIAC #1 (Tukwet Canyon Champions Course, Beanount, CA)   7.  1 Bacon Thing    Dunkin' will be selling sleeves of bacon, the coffee chain announced today. "The crispy bacon strips are smoked with cherrywood, flavored with sweet black pepper seasoning," Yahoo! reports. "Each pack comes with eight savory-sweet half-slices of bacon, and they are available for a suggested retail price of $2.49." "Servings contain a hearty 190 calories, with 12 grams of fat, 10 grams of carbs, and 9 grams of sugar." - courtesy of Axios   Subscribe to d3Playbook

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