The 'CAC Is Back

 

>> Welcome to Wednesday. Enjoy the warmth here in the Northeast. >> Today's Word Count: 1,036. Easy like Sunday morning. >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Remember to follow us on Twitter @D3Playbook for the latest news and transactions   TOP STORY 1. The 'CAC is Back "With the spring semester now underway at all NESCAC institutions, the NESCAC Presidents have reached agreement on a limited schedule of conference competition for spring sports. Due to variations in local conditions, institutional policies, and state travel restrictions, each institution will make its own determination whether to participate. Spring conference competition will take place in a sport only if there is the minimum number of NESCAC teams (6) to sponsor play, and only if a school chooses to participate. Competition will take place within abbreviated regional schedules from mid-April to mid-May. If enough institutions field teams, NESCAC conference play will go forward in baseball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s rowing, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s outdoor track & field.   Spectators for athletic events will be limited to individuals who are part of the host institution’s testing protocol, and individual institutions may impose additional restrictions." >> Alas: "In order to remain consistent with the College's community travel guidelines, Bowdoin will not participate in the NESCAC's spring sport season but will look to compete on a limited basis when possible in fall, winter and spring sports against in-state competition that meets the health and safety guidelines and testing protocols that exist on campus." >> Also: "While we will not be able to conduct athletics seasons as usual at Middlebury, we do plan to organize practices and limited competitive games with regional opponents." >> Complete Release   ADMISSIONS 2.  Flying Blind by Jon Boeckenstadt, Chronicle of Higher Education "At this time of year, it’s customary for people in my job to talk to chief financial officers, academic planners, presidents, provosts, deans, boards of trustees, and staff members in campus housing to get a sense of what “the number” will be. This year, the one thing most in demand is clarity: Now that things will return to normal, how close will our enrollment be to normal? Our habits, customs, and practices make this question seem, well, normal. Unfortunately, what’s changed is almost everything we try to use to predict what fall will look like, and that’s causing a lot of restless nights and a foreboding feeling akin to watching a Hitchcock movie: Everything looks like it should, but there is a sense that something is just not right. It’s a feeling you find yourself unable to explain. Bringing in a class is like landing a fighter on the deck of an aircraft carrier. At night. On rough seas. But in our case, all the power we push to the engines, all the minor changes to speed and direction, all the adjustments for unpredictable cross winds are made and programmed months before we go on final approach." >> Situational Awareness: "Almost all the things we would normally use to try to predict what fall will look like are gone. For instance, we try to measure affinity for our institutions. If you’re moderately selective, you look at the group collectively to see how many students have visited campus during open-house events, how many spoke to an admissions officer at college fairs, how many showed up at a high-school visit. If you’re highly selective, you may allocate individual slots to students based on those criteria. Those data points are mostly nonexistent this year." >> Worth Noting: "Our business deals with the whims of the market and students who move like flocks of starlings at sunset: moving in unison with no discernible cause or prompt. Like Donald Rumsfeld, what scares us the most are the things “we don’t know we don’t know,” as well as the things we see but cannot yet understand." >> A Good Read   PREVIEW 3.  Women's Lacrosse 2021 We continue our look at spring sports with women's lacrosse. This Week's Top 10 Middlebury Franklin & Marshall Tufts Washington and Lee Gettysburg Salisbury Wesleyan, Conn. York, Pa. Amherst Catholic >> Complete Poll Preseason Conference Favorites Atlantic East: Cabrini Coast-To-Coast: Salisbury Michigan: Hope Old Dominion: Washington and Lee Players to Watch Kyra Bednarski, Stevens, A Jane Earley, Middlebury, A Kerry McKeever, Gettysburg, A Eliza Denious, Bowdoin, M Marissa McGarrey, Franklin & Marshall, M Maia Noyes, Amherst Catherine Arrix, Washington and Lee, D Molly Laliberty, Tufts, GK Under The Radar Charlotte Godfrey, Denison, D Hannah Marafioti, Geneseo, A Sydney DeGirolamo, St. John Fisher, M Erin Doyle, Saint Mary's, Ind., M Mekayla Montgomery, William Smith, D Active Conference Winning Streak Salisbury, 101 Washington and Lee, 54 Johnson and Wales, 28 Consecutive Winning Seasons TCNJ, 41 Middlebury 36 Gettysburg, 26 Salisbury 24 source: NCAA Statistics Most NCAA Tournament Wins 82, TCNJ 65, Middlebury 49, Salisbury 37, Gettysburg 33, Franklin & Marshall 31, Trinity, Conn. 27, Amherst 27, Cortland 22, William Smith Try It: D3Playbook NCAA 4.  Calendar March 14 - Daylight Saving Time 16 - Championships Committee 18 - Membership Committee 23 - Strategic Planning and Finance 26 - Convention Planning Subcommittee 27 - Passover begins April 4 - Easter Sunday 10-11 - Student-Athlete Advisory Committee 12-13 - Management Council 14-15 - Committee on Women's Athletics 14-15 - Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee 15 - Membership Committee 20 - Championships Committee 28 - Presidents Council   HIGHLIGHTS 5.  About Last Night WBB: Loras knocked off #4 Wartburg (13-3), 71-63. Madison Haslow had nine of her team-high 16 in the final period. MBB: #1 Randolph-Macon (9-0) held off #15 Roanoke (10-2), 77-71, as Buzz Anthony led the way with 20.  WVB: #18 Elmhurst held off #2 Carthage in five sets as Emily Duis had 17 kills. WLX: Rachel Madar tied her own single-game record with nine goals as Kalamazoo fell to Saint Mary's, 14-13, in overtime. BSB: St. John Fisher used three hurlers to toss a no-hitter in a 12-0 win vs. Clarkson. RJ Kuruts went six innings, striking out 13, while Justin Graham picked up his 200th career hit. MGOLF: Guilford's James Mishoe carded a 54-hole score of 13-under-par 203 to edge LaGrange's Cameron Starr by a shot to win the Savannah Invitational. Methodist captured the team title.   TRANSACTIONS 5.  Comings and Goings   ATLANTIC EAST CONFERENCE - Ashlyn Jess and Jordan Perkins named communications and multimedia specialists COAST GUARD - Adriel Doolittle named head women's rowing coach MANHATTANVILLE - Nicole Sasu-Twun named director of athletic communications SUNY COBLESKILL - Zach Haskin named interim head track and field coach SUNY DELHI - Brian Mitko stepped down as head men's soccer coach     Thanks for starting your day with us. Please invite your friends to sign up for D3Playbook.    It's Free: D3Playbook

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