Mammoth Problems

D3Playbook MARCH 9, 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.

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2.  Ice Kings, Queens  There was a lot of posing on the ice with championship trophies last weekend, as the college hockey regular-season came to a close. Congratulations to all champions! Kora Torkelson tallied the championship goal at the 18:34 mark of overtime to lift #6 River Falls (21-5-2) past #3 Eau Claire, 2-1, for the WIAC title. Denisa Jandova shut the door on St. Scholastica, posting a clean sheet and 28 saves to lead #9 Adrian (22-3-3) to a 4-0 victory and the NCHA title. Caitlin Walker made 13 of her 25 saves in the final period as Amherst (17-5-5) stunned #2 Middlebury, 2-1, to win the NESCAC title. Jordan Hall scored twice with an assist to support Tom Aubrun's shutout performance in goal as #1 Norwich (24-2-2) blanked #5 Hobart, 3-0, for the NEHC championship. Fifth-seeded Wesleyan (15-11-1) shocked the top two seeds - #9 Williams and #8 Trinity - to win the NESCAC men's title. Tim Sestak made 38 saves as the Cardinals downed the Bantams, 5-2, in the final. >> Women's Selection Show, 10:00 EDT >> Men's Selection Show, 10:30 EDT

3.  Two Rounds Down  The 2020 NCAA Division III basketball tournaments are shaping up to be memorable. Here is a look back at a wonderful weekend of hoops. M: Pomona-Pitzer (24-5) d. #10 Emory (22-5), 71-70 Jack Boyle hit a three at the buzzer to put the Sagehens in the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history. ICYMI: BUZZER BEATER IN ATLANTA🚨🚨🚨 #SagehensMBB is moving on to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in program history!! #GoSagehens #SCTop10 #ESPN pic.twitter.com/4Cokt0yAQL — Sagehens (@Sagehens) March 8, 2020 M: Hobart (23-5) d. #17 Springfield (23-5), 62-61 Dan Masino's layup with :02 left gave the Statesmen the win and a spot in the third round for the first time. Here's another view of @DanMasino20's game winner for @HobartHoops, captured by Dave Malicki '87.#GoStatesmen | #d3hoops | #d3h pic.twitter.com/29N1xYaf1Q — HWS Athletics (@HWSAthletics) March 8, 2020 M: #5 Mount Union (27-3) d. York (23-6), 90-77 Nathan Bower-Malone scored 53 points for the Purple Raiders. M: #4 St. Thomas (26-3) d. #8 UW-Platteville (23-5), 73-70 Anders Nelson scored 22 points as the Tommies won a top-10 showdown. W: #13 Loras (25-4) d. #4 DePauw (28-2), 71-60 W: #10 Whitman (26-3) d. #5 Wartburg (24-4), 67-63 A pair of top-5 teams fell by the wayside. Marissa Schroeder led a balanced Duhawk attack with 19 points. The Blues erased a double-digit second-half deficit for the second straight day. W: #9 Baldwin Wallace (28-2) d. #18 Chicago (21-6), 60-58 Sydney Diedrich banked in a three-pointer with :16 left. W: Smith (26-4) d. New Paltz (25-4), 62-60 Amelia Clairmont scored the game-winning basket with 1.8 remaining to put the Pioneers (26-4) in the Sweet 16 for the first time. Amelia Clairmont’s game-winner with 1.8 seconds on the clock sends @SC_BBall to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history! #d3hoops pic.twitter.com/L6bsZy65Fy — Smith Athletics (@SmithPioneers) March 8, 2020 Round of 16 (M) Friday #13 Yeshiva (29-1) at #3 Randolph-Macon (28-2), 2:00 Hobart (23-5) at Christopher Newport (23-6), 6:30 #9 Wittenberg (28-2) at #5 Mount Union (27-3), 7:30 #16 Washington U. (22-5) at #11 North Central (23-5), 8:30 Saturday #20 Tufts (23-6) at #18 Brockport (26-3), 4:00 Whitworth (23-6) at #1 Swarthmore (28-1), 5:00 Pomona-Pitzer (23-5) at #15 Elmhurst (25-5), 6:00 #4 St. Thomas (27-2) at #2 Saint John's (27-2), 7:00 Round of 16 (W) Friday Williams (20-8) at #2 Tufts (28-1), TBA #19 Messiah (25-4) vs. Smith (26-4), TBA #10 Whitman (26-3) vs. #11 Oglethorpe (29-1), 5:00 #23 Trine (23-6) at #3 Bowdoin (27-2), 7:30 #14 Mary Hardin-Baylor (26-4) vs. #25 Christopher Newport (25-4), TBA George Fox (23-6) at #7 Amherst (24-4), TBA UW-Oshkosh (20-10) vs. #13 Loras (25-4), 5:00 #9 Baldwin Wallace (28-2) at #1 Hope (29-0), 7:00 bold indicates hosts

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4.  Around the Diamond   Baseball - D3baseball.com Washington U. (lost vs. Coe, 14-5 and 8-5; d. Coe, 13-2) Cal Lutheran (d. U. of Dallas, 10-3 and 7-5) Chapman (d. Caltech, 8-2) Trinity, Texas Babson Southern Maine (lost vs. Trinity, Conn., 6-1) Randolph-Macon (d. Guilford, 3-2 and 10-1) Birmingham-Southern (lost vs. Millsaps, 6-2 and 12-7; d. Millsaps, 12-2) Salisbury (lost vs. #22 Johns Hopkins, 10-4) Kean Softball - NFCA Texas Lutheran (d. #5 Illinois Wesleyan, 3-0; lost vs. #2 Christopher Newport, 10-2; d. Pacific Lutheran, 12-0) Christopher Newport (d. Claremont-M-S, 7-3; d. #1 Texas Lutheran, 10-2; lost vs. #5 Illinois Wesleyan, 7-1; SUN vs. St. Benedict/Berry) Linfield (d. Emerson, 5-3; lost to Berry, 13-8; lost vs. Piedmont, 10-6; d. St. Benedict, 4-3) East Texas Baptist (d. DePauw, 6-1; d. St. John Fisher, 1-0; d. Emory, 8-5) Illinois Wesleyan (lost vs. #1 Texas Lutheran, 3-0; d. Pacific Lutheran, 3-0; d. Emory & Henry, 4-0; d. #2 Christopher Newport. 7-1) Virginia Wesleyan (d. Bethany, 8-0; d. Bethany, 9-1; d. Allegheny, 16-5) Eastern Connecticut DePauw (lost vs. #4 East Texas Baptist, 6-1; lost vs. #12 Central, 7-2; d. Alma, 1-0; lost vs. Washington U., 12-1) Williams TCNJ (lost vs. Lynchburg, 8-7; lost at #16 Salisbury, 11-5 and 2-0)

5.  Lax et Lux  Lacrosse (M) - USILA Salisbury (d. Ohio Wesleyan, 22-4) Amherst (lost at #6 Tufts, 25-15) Cabrini (lost at Ithaca, 11-9) Williams (d. Colby, 19-5) RIT (d. Clarkson, 18-6) Tufts (d. #2 Amherst, 25-15) Denison (d. DePauw, 20-3) Ursinus (d. Illinois Wesleyan, 20-8) York (d. Lycoming, 18-5) Wesleyan (lost vs. Western New England, 13-10) Lacrosse (W) - IWLCA Middlebury (d. Connecticut College, 16-5) Tufts (d. #9 Amherst, 9-7) Gettysburg (lost at #6 W&L, 12-9) Franklin & Marshall Wesleyan Washington and Lee (d. #3 Gettysburg, 12-9) Salisbury (d. Washington College, 16-7) York (d. #19 William Smith, 13-5) Amherst (lost vs. #2 Tufts, 9-7) Catholic

6.  At the Net Volleyball (M) - AVCA Springfield (d. Hunter, 3-0; at Elms) NYU (d. Elmira, 3-0) New Paltz (d. #15 MIT, 3-1) Dominican (lost at Marymount, 3-0) Rutgers-Newark Vassar (d. Elmira, 3-0; d. #10 Wells, 3-2) St. John Fisher (d. #9 Endicott, 3-1) Stevens (d. Juniata, 3-2; d. Penn State Altoona, 3-0) Endicott (d. #13 MSOE, 3-0; lost vs. #7 St. John Fisher, 3-1) Wells (lost vs. #6 Vassar, 3-2) Tennis (M) - ITA Emory (d. Rhodes, 9-0) Claremont-M-S (d. #11 Washington U., 9-0) Middlebury Chicago (d. Illinois Tech, 9-0) Amherst Wesleyan Bowdoin Brandeis Case Western Williams Tennis (W) - ITA Claremont-M-S (d. Cal Lutheran, 9-0; d. Army West Point, 6-1; d. Vassar, 7-2) Wesleyan Emory Middlebury Carnegie Mellon (d. Cardinal Stritch, 6-1; d. U. of Mary, 7-0; d. Sioux Falls, 7-0; d. McMurry, 9-0; d. #13 Kenyon, 7-2) Pomona-Pitzer (d. Colorado State, 4-3) Amherst Chicago MIT Bowdoin

7.  Of Note   No. 2 Christopher Newport used home runs from Maddie Hool, Patty Maye Ohanian and Tara Deck to power past No. 1 Texas Lutheran, 10-2, in a five-inning contest at the NFCA Leadoff Classic.   (W) Washington and Lee (5-1) scored the game's final four goals to outlast #3 Gettysburg, 12-9. Katherine Faria tallied four times for the #6 Generals.   (M) Mac Bredahl led a 25-goal attack with three goals and four assists as #6 Tufts (3-0) handled #2 Amherst, 25-15. The Jumbos outshot the Mammoths, 77-44.   Marymount (12-9) handed #4 Dominican its first loss of the season, downing the Stars in straight sets. Sam Safley had 11 kills for the Saints.   No. 6 Vassar (16-5) needed five sets to dispatch No. 10 Wells. Kevin Ros led the Brewers with 15 kills.   Unranked Coe (2-2) scored seven times in the sixth inning on its way to a 14-5 upset of top-ranked Washington U. on Saturday. Riley LeGrand went 5-for-6 with three runs scored and four RBI for the Kohawks.   Mount St. Joseph senior Anna Schoster posted the season's top performance in the pole vault, clearing 4.02m (13-2 1/4) at the Polar Bear Last Chance Qualifier.