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written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III     >> Good Friday Morning! Good luck to all that are participating in Conference championship events this weekend. >> Today's Word Count: 1,109 >> Thanks for reading. Remember to follow us on Twitter @D3Playbook for the latest news and transactions   Sign Up for Free: D3Playbook TOP STORY 1. Title Time It's the opening weekend of NCAA DIII championship tournaments, as women's lacrosse plays its first two rounds to whittle down to the Sweet 16. We're keeping an eye on: Illinois Wesleyan (10-3) vs. George Fox (13-0) Babson (4-1) vs. TCNJ (7-2) John Carroll (16-1) vs. UW-River Falls (9-2) Farmingdale State has withdrawn from the tournament, allowing Washington & Jefferson to move into the second round. >> Complete Bracket The men's lacrosse and men's and women's tennis fields will be announced on Monday with a number of slots being filled this weekend. See below for all the title games. Men's and women's golf begin their championships on Tuesday. Baseball and softball still have two more weekend remaining in the regular season before selecting their fields on May 23.   FINANCES 2. Becker to Lay Off Over 300 by Emma Whitford, Inside Higher Ed "Becker College will lay off 329 employees at the end of June, the Telegram & Gazette reported. The layoffs are set to take place two months before the private college in Worcester, Mass., closes its doors. Enrollment declines, ongoing budget deficits and added financial burdens during the pandemic contributed to the college's Board of Trustees deciding to close at the end of the current academic year and wind down operations in August. Most of the layoffs -- 245 -- will be at the college's Worcester campus, while 84 people from its Leicester campus will be laid off."   NCAA 3.  Selection Monday     The championship fields for men's lacrosse and men's and women's tennis will be announced on Monday. Here is what to you need to know. Lacrosse (M) Field Size (31 teams) - 28 AQ, 1 Pool B, 2 Pool C Who's In: Franklin & Marshall (Centennial), Benedictine (NACC), Centre (SAA) Championship Games (25) Atlantic East: Neumann at #5 Cabrini C2C: #9 Christopher Newport at #3 Salisbury CCIW: North Central at Illinois Wesleyan CSAC: Kean at Stockton CCC: Western New England at Endicott Empire 8: Nazareth at #11 St. John Fisher GNAC: Norwich at Lasell HCAC: Hanover at Transylvania Landmark: Elizabethtown at Catholic Liberty: #12 St. Lawrence at #1 RIT Little East: Western Connecticut at UMass Boston Michigan: Hope at Albion MAC Commonwealth: #6 York at #7 Stevenson MAC Freedom: Misericordia at Stevens MWLC: Monmouth at Northwestern NESCAC: #13 Williams at #2 Tufts NEWMAC: Babson at Coast Guard NAC: Husson at SUNY Poly NCAC: Kenyon at #15 Denison Ohio: John Carroll at Baldwin Wallace ODAC: Washington and Lee at Lynchburg Presidents: Westminster at Grove City Skyline: Farmingdale State at SUNY Maritime SUNYAC: Geneseo at Cortland USA South: Piedmont at Pfeiffer Tennis (W) Field Size (42 teams) - 36 AQ, 2 Pool B, 4 Pool C Who's In: Penn State Behrend (AMCC), Luther (American Rivers), Johns Hopkins (Centennial), North Central (CCIW), Cairn (CSAC), Nazareth (Empire 8), Franciscan (Presidents), Millsaps (SAA), Southwestern (SCAC), N.C. Wesleyan (USA South) Championship Matches American Southwest: semifinals (Fri.) C2C: semifinals (Fri.) CCIW: semifinals (Fri.) CCC: Endicott vs. Nichols Heartland: semifinals (Sat.) Landmark: Scranton at Moravian Liberty: Vassar at Skidmore Little East: Plymouth State at Rhode Island College Michigan: Kalamazoo at Hope MAC Commonwealth: Lebanon Valley at York MAC Freedom: DeSales at Wilkes Midwest: Grinnell vs. Lake Forest Minnesota: semifinals (Fri.) NESCAC: semifinals (Sat.) NEWMAC: Springfield at Babson NJAC: Stockton at TCNJ NAC: Penn State Harrisburg at NVU-Johnson NCAC: Kenyon at DePauw NACC: semifinals (Fri.) Northwest: semifinals (Fri.) Ohio: semifinals (Fri.) ODAC: Sweet Briar at Washington and Lee Skyline: Farmingdale State at St. Joseph's (L.I.) SUNYAC:  UMAC:  Wisconsin: UW-Whitewater Tennis (M) Field Size (37 teams) - 33 AQ, 3 Pool B, 1 Pool C Who's In: Mt. Aloysius (AMCC), Concordia, Texas (ASC), Johns Hopkins (Centennial), Grove City (Presidents), Oglethorpe (SAA), Trinity (SCAC), Principia (SLIAC), N.C. Wesleyan (USA South)   Championship Matches American Rivers: semifinals (Fri.) C2C: semifinals (Fri.) CCIW: semifinals (Fri.)  CCC: Wentworth vs. Roger Williams Empire 8: semifinals (Fri.)  Landmark: Scranton at Drew Liberty: Skidmore at Rensselaer Michigan: Hope at Kalamazoo MAC Commonwealth:  MAC Freedom: DeSales at Stevens Midwest: Grinnell vs. Lake Forest Minnesota: Carleton at Gustavus Adolphus NESCAC: semifinals (Sat.) NEWMAC: Coast Guard at Babson NJAC:  NCAC: DePauw at Denison NEAC: NVU-Lyndon at Lancaster Bible NACC: Concordia (Wis.) vs.  Northwest: semifinals (Fri.) Ohio: semifinals (Fri.) ODAC: Virginia Wesleyan at Washington and Lee Skyline: Farmingdale State at Manhattanville UMAC:    VACCINES 4.  Rowan Rewards by Lindsay Ellis, Chronicle of Higher Education "Here’s another vaccine incentive, for those keeping track: Rowan University, in New Jersey, is offering up to $1,000 for many students who get the Covid-19 vaccine. The incentive is for full-time students who show proof of vaccination by August 7. They’ll get $500 toward course registration, and students who live on campus will get an additional $500 to pay for housing. It’s an unusually generous incentive, but it’s far from the only one. At the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, students who are vaccinated could enter a lottery for free housing, textbooks, or meal credits. Other campuses, including Siena College, said they would relax certain Covid-related rules once a certain percentage of in-person students got the shot."   COVID 5.  Vaccine Update As colleges look toward the fall-2021 semester, they’re grappling with whether to require — or just strongly encourage — students to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Here’s a chart of institutions - includng 78 Division III institutions - that have decided to issue blanket vaccination requirements of all students, students living on campus, and/or employees. California (6): Caltech, Chapman, Claremont-M-S, Occidental, Pomona-Pitzer, UC Santa Cruz Colorado: Colorado College Connecticut: Wesleyan DC: Trinity Washington Georgia: Emory Indiana (2): DePauw, Saint Mary's Iowa: Grinnell Kentucky: Berea Massachusetts (23): Amherst, Brandeis, Bridgewater State, Emerson, Fitchburg State, Framingham State, Lasell, MCLA, MIT, Massachusetts Maritime, Mount Holyoke, Salem State, Simmons, Smith, Springfield, Suffolk, Tufts, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth, Westfield State, Wheaton, Williams, Worcester State Maine: Bowdoin Maryland (2): Johns Hopkins, Salisbury Michigan: Kalamazoo Minnesota (2): Carleton, Macalester Missouri: Washington U. New Jersey (9): Drew, Fairleigh Dickinson, Kean, Montclair State, New Jersey City, Rutgers-Camden, Rutgers-Newark, Stevens, Stockton New York (9): Hamilton, Ithaca, Manhattanville, NYU, Rensselaer, Rochester, RIT, Sarah Lawrence, Vassar North Carolina: Brevard Ohio: Kenyon Oregon (2): Lewis & Clark, Willamette Pennsylvania (5): Bryn Mawr, Dickinson, Haverford, Muhlenberg, Swarthmore Rhode Island: Roger Williams Tennessee: Maryville Virginia (4): Bridgewater, Hollins, Mary Baldwin, Virginia Wesleyan Washington (2): Pacific Lutheran, Whitman Wisconsin: Lawrence >> Complete List   TRANSACTIONS 6. Comings and Goings   BUENA VISTA - Rosie Aumann named head women's volleyball coach MIT - Lucia Robinson-Griggs named head women's basketball coach SAINT BENEDICT - Kelly Anderson Diercks named athletic director ST. THOMAS, Minn. - Tom Palkowski will not return as head women's ice hockey coach. Marty Sertich named interim coach TCNJ - Miles Smith, Jr., named associate athletic director for compliance and student development    Thanks for starting your day with us and enjoy your weekend. Please invite your friends to sign up for D3Playbook.    Sign Up for Free: D3Playbook

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