Getting The Call

 

written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III   >> Good Monday Morning. 43 years ago, the first spam email was sent. Thank you for allowing us to come through every morning. >> Today's Word Count: 1,421. A lot to say today. >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Won't you share us with a friend this morning?   Sign Up for Free: D3Playbook TOP STORY 1. Getting The Call courtesy of D3football.com / photo by Rusty Costanza, AP "UW-Whitewater offensive lineman Quinn Meinerz, who decided to forgo his senior year with the Warhawks to declare for the NFL draft, had that optimism rewarded as he was drafted Friday night by the Denver Broncos, No. 98 overall. The last three Division III football players drafted into the NFL have all been offensive linemen, including St. John's Ben Bartch, who was taken in the fourth round last year, and Hobart's Ali Marpet, who was the highest-ever draft pick out of Division III, at No. 61 overall by Tampa Bay. Marpet is a multiple-year starter on the line for the Bucs, and Bartch played in 13 games and had one start as a rookie for the Jaguars last season. ATN Podcast 279: Quinn Meinerz first tells the story of his unusual offseason training regiment Meinerz was a second team D3football.com All-America selection following the 2019 season. Division III draftees since 2007 Year Player, pos., school Team Round-overall 2021 Quinn Meinerz, OL, UW-Whitewater Broncos 3-98 2020 Ben Bartch, OL, St. John's Jaguars 4-116 2015 Ali Marpet, OL, Hobart Buccaneers 2-61 2012 Chris Greenwood, CB, Albion Lions 5-148 2011 Cecil Shorts, WR, Mount Union Jaguars 4-114 2008 Andy Studebaker, DE/LB, Wheaton (Ill.) Eagles 6-203 2008 Pierre Garcon, WR, Mount Union Colts 6-205 2007 Michael Allan, TE, Whitworth Chiefs 7-231 2007 Derek Stanley, WR/RET, UW-Whitewater Rams 7-249 Division III football draftees since 1990   WOMEN'S LACROSSE 2. Who's In? It's Selection Monday for three DIII sports as women's lacrosse along with men's and women's golf will announce the fields for the national championship tournament. Women's lacrosse kicks things off with a 10:30 AM EDT selection show. The 37-team field features 33 AQs, 1 Pool B and 3 Pool C slots. A teams: Aurora, Babson, Becker, Cabrini, Catholic, Cazenovia, Chicago, Cortland, Denison, FDU Florham, Farmingdale State, Franklin & Marshall, George Fox, John Carroll, Johnson & Wales, Meredith, Messiah, Morrisville State, Northwestern, Notre Dame (Md.), Rhodes, Roger Williams, St. John Fisher, Saint Mary's (Ind.), Salisbury, TCNJ, Transylvania, Tufts, Washington & Jefferson, Washington and Lee, Western Connecticut, Westfield State, William Smith B hopefuls: Colorado College (5-2, 452), UW-River Falls (9-3, 599) Our pick: UW-River Falls C hopefuls (overall record, SOS as of 4/27): Brockport (10-3, 589), Colby (3-1, 579), Emmanuel (8-1, 590), Framingham State (7-2, 583), Illinois Wesleyan (11-3, 609), Ithaca (12-1, 674), Wooster (8-2, 513), York (12-3, 548) Our picks: Ithaca, York, Illinois Wesleyan >> Selection Show   GOLF 3.  On The Tee Selection Monday continues with press releases announcing the fields for the men's and women's golf championships. Women - 25 teams and six individuals for a total of 131 participants AQ (22): Catholic, Centre, Denison, Dubuque, George Fox, Grinnell, Illinois Wesleyan, Ithaca, Lakeland, Marymount, Ohio Northern, Redlands,  Rose-Hulman, St. Catherine, Saint Mary's (Ind.), St. Scholastica, Texas-Dallas, Washington and Lee, Westminster (Pa.), Williams, UW-Whitewater, York Pool B hopefuls (1): Carnegie Mellon, Emory, Methodist Our pick: Methodist Pool C hopefuls (2): Carnegie Mellon, Christopher Newport, Emory, Mary Hardin-Baylor Our picks: Carnegie Mellon, Emory Men - 37 teams and six individuals for a total of 191 participants AQ (31): Albertus Magnus, Aurora, Catholic, Chapman, Denison, Farmingdale State, Franklin & Marshall, Guilford, Husson, Illinois Wesleyan, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Middlebury, Nebraska Wesleyan, Otterbein, Penn College, Penn State Behrend, Piedmont, Rensselaer, Rosemont, Rose-Hulman, Saint John's, Sewanee, Stevens, Trine, Utica, Webster, Western New England, Westminster (Pa.), Willamette, UW-Superior, York  Pool B hopefuls (3): Carnegie Mellon, Christopher Newport, Emory, Trinity (Texas) Our picks: Carnegie Mellon, Emory, Trinity Pool C hopefuls (3): Christopher Newport, Greensboro, Huntingdon, McMurry, Methodist, Texas-Dallas Our picks: Methodist, Huntingdon, Texas-Dallas    CONFERENCES 4. Champions Congratulations to these conference champions! Lacrosse (M) NACC: Benedictine SCAC: Colorado College Rowing Liberty (M): Hobart; (W) Ithaca Northwest (W): Pacific Lutheran Soccer Presidents (M): Washington & Jefferson; (W) Chatham Softball Centennial: Gettysburg Tennis American Southwest (M): Concordia (Texas) Centennial (M/W): Johns Hopkins NEAC (M): Lancaster Bible Presidents (M): Grove City SCAC (M): Trinity; (W) Southwestern USA South (M/W) North Carolina Wesleyan Track and Field American Southwest (M/W): McMurry Coast-2-Coast (M/W): Christopher Newport Centennial (M/W): Johns Hopkins Heartland (M/W): Rose-Hulman Little East (M): Eastern Connecticut; (W) Southern Maine MASCAC (M/W): Bridgewater State NEWMAC (M/W): WPI ODAC (M/W): Lynchburg Presidents (M): Geneva; (W) Westminster SLIAC (M/W): Greenville Volleyball ODAC (W): Washington and Lee SCAC (W): Colorado College Water Polo SCIAC (W): Cal Lutheran (tournament champions)   TOP 10 5. Weekend Review Baseball Trinity, Texas Washington, Mo. (d. Wabash, 5-0, 15-9) Webster Salisbury (d. Mary Washington, 7-2, 12-1) Marietta Washington & Jefferson (d. Thiel, 15-2, 12-2, 17-2, 12-2) Aurora (d. Concordia-Chicago, 23-5, 24-3, 16-15, 15-5) UW-Whitewater (d. UW-Stout, 12-1, 11-5) North Central, Ill. (d. Wheaton, 10-1, 11-10, 8-4) Babson (d. Clark, 6-2, 15-3) Lacrosse (M) RIT (d. #14 Union, 12-10) Tufts Salisbury (d. Southern Virginia, 29-14) Lynchburg (d. #16 Hampden-Sydney, 11-9) Cabrini York (d. Albright, 31-2) Gettysburg (lost to #12 F&M, 16-11) Stevenson (d. Hood, 16-7) Christopher Newport (d. St. Mary's, 21-13) Williams (d. Trinity, 9-8 OT) Lacrosse (W) Franklin & Marshall (d. #5 Gettysburg, 17-14) Washington and Lee (d. Lynchburg, 18-8; d. #25 Roanoke, 17-9) Tufts (d. #11 Wesleyan, 14-3) Salisbury (d. #20 Christopher Newport, 17-8) Gettysburg (lost to #1 F&M, 17-14) Catholic (d. Scranton, 13-9) Ithaca (lost to #19 William Smith, 17-13) Colby Denison (d. Wooster, 14-13) St. John Fisher (d. Hartwick, 22-3; d. Nazareth, 12-3) Softball Texas Lutheran Virginia Wesleyan (d. Shenandoah, 8-0, 6-0) (tie) Birmingham-Southern (tie) E. Connecticut (vs. Castleton, 4-2, 5-6; vs. Southern Maine 6-7, 6-3) DePauw (d. Ohio Wesleyan, 13-5, 4-3, 1-0, 7-2) Belhaven (d. Louisiana C, 5-4, 10-1) East Texas Baptist (d. LeTourneau, 5-0, 5-0, 7-1) Linfield (vs. George Fox, 3-5, 7-6) Moravian (d. Elizabethtown, 4-0, 7-1, 4-1, 8-3) Emory & Henry (d. Ferrum, 4-1, 4-3) Tennis (W) Atlantic South Emory (lost to Georgia Gwinnett, 8-1; d. #2C Washington U., 9-0) Mary Washington (d. #13 Salisbury, 9-0) Johns Hopkins (d. Muhlenberg, 9-0) Central Kenyon (d. Allegheny, 9-0; vs. #5 AS Carnegie Mellon) Washington, Mo. (lost to Sewanee, 7-2; lost to #1 AS Emory, 9-0) Case Western Northeast Wesleyan (d. Hamilton, 9-0) Tufts (d. #13 Trinity, 8-1) Middlebury (d. #6 Williams, 5-4) West Southwestern (d. Schreiner, 5-0; d. #2 Trinity, 5-4) Trinity (d. St. Thomas, 5-0; lost to #1 Southwestern, 5-4) Texas-Dallas  Tennis (M) Atlantic South Emory (d. Tennessee Wesleyan, 5-4; lost to #2C Washington U., 6-3) North Carolina Wesleyan (d. Covenant, 9-0) Carnegie Mellon (d. #11C Kenyon, 5-3) Central Case Western  Washington, Mo. (d. #11 AS Sewanee, 9-0; d. #1 AS Emory, 6-3) Chicago (d. #8 UW-Eau Claire, 7-2) Northeast Williams (d. Hamilton, 9-0) Brandeis  Tufts (d. Trinity, 9-0) West Trinity (d. St. Thomas, 5-0; d. #2 Southwestern, 5-2) Southwestern (d. Schreiner, 5-0; lost to #1 Trinity, 5-2) George Fox (d. Lewis & Clark, 8-1)   Sign Up for Free: D3Playbook RECAP 6. Weekend Stars Baseball Two seven-inning no-hitters were twirled on Saturday. RPI's Ryan Yerby defeated Ithaca, 4-0, walking four with five punchouts in the Engineers' first no-no since 2010. USMMA's Joe Raab also allowed four free passes and struck out seven as the Mariners blanked Farmingdale State, 4-0 Golf (W) Lakeland and Marian went to extra holes to determine the NACC championship on Sunday after battling to a draw over 54 holes. The Muskies edged the Sabres, 21-22, on the first playoff hole to win the conference's AQ. Lacrosse (W) Washington and Lee won its 11th straight ODAC title with a 17-9 victory against Roanoke. Softball Virginia Wesleyan's Hannah Hull set a Division III record for career pitching victories (126) as the Marlins blanked Shenandoah, 8-0.  Track and Field Gustavus Adolphus junior Taylor Rooney set a Division III men's record in the 110 hurdles with a time of 13.72 at the NSIC & Friends Outdoor Challenge on Saturday. He bettered the old mark of 13.79 established by Justin Johnson of St. Norbert in 2012. Messiah sophomore Esther Seeland is now second on the all-time DIII list in the women's 800 after running a 2:03.25 at the Virginia Grand Prix. Ohio Northern's Emily Richards has run the fastest four times in the event, including a record 2:00.62 in 2017.   TRANSACTIONS 7.  Comings and Goings   ALFRED - Russell Phillips resigned as head men's basketball coach to become assistant director of advancement MESSIAH - Atsen Bulus resigned as head men's lacrosse coach SMITH - Bonnie May announced her retirement as associate athletic director      Thanks for starting your day with us. Please invite your friends to sign up for D3Playbook

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