Selection Shows

 

written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III >> Good Monday morning. What a Weekend! >> Today's Word Count: 1,324. No more than six minutes/ >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Make the extra pass and share us with a friend today. Let them know what they're missing.   Send D3Playbook to my inbox, please. TOP STORY 1. Selection Shows   Below is the full schedule for 2021 NCAA fall championship selection shows and press releases. Volleyball, 12:30 p.m. Women's Soccer, 1 p.m. Men's Soccer, 1:30 p.m. Cross Country, 11/14, press release Football, 11/14, 5:30 p.m. all times EDT A MESSAGE FOM D3PLAYBOOK Won't you please consider making a gift to D3Playbook. Your gift will help us offset the costs of operating the newsletter and enable us to continue to provide the quality you have come to expect. My heartfelt thanks to those who have already generously contributed. Join them today.   Donate to D3Playbook FIELD HOCKEY 2. Field is Released The 26-team NCAA Division III field hockey championship tournament field was released on Sunday night. Trinity College will host the semifinal and national championship rounds at Robin Sheppard Field in Hartford, Connecticut, November 20-21. The semifinal and national championship rounds will be streamed live on NCAA.com. First round - Wednesday, Nov. 10 Bye: Middlebury (18-0) Endicott (13-6) at Vassar (13-6) Wilson (18-0) at SUNY New Paltz (16-2) Johnson and Wales (17-3) at Tufts (13-4) Bye: Washington and Lee (17-0) Ursinus (13-5) at Scranton (17-1) Ohio Wesleyan (10-5) at Cortland (16-2) Bye: Rowan (16-2) Bye: Babson (20-1) Stevens (15-4) at Messiah (16-2) St. John Fisher (12-7) at Trinity (12-5) Bye: Kean (19-2) Eastern Connecticut (14-5) at Bowdoin (14-4) Centre (14-3) at Christopher Newport (11-5) Salisbury (11-7) at Lynchburg (14-7) Bye: Johns Hopkins (19-0) Second / Third rounds - November 13-14 Hosts: Middlebury, Rowan, Babson, Johns Hopkins Semifinals / Final - November 20-21 Robin Sheppard Field in Hartford, CT >> Notable: Middlebury and Salisbury have the most championships among teams in the field with five. The Panthers have won three consecutive national titles, equaling the streak set by the Sea Gulls from 2003-05.  >> Printable Bracket CONFERENCES 3.  Champions It's great to be selected as an at-large to the NCAA tournament ... but teams come back to campus for reunions to celebrate conference championships. Congratulations on your accomplishment and best of luck at nationals. REVIEW 4. On The Bubble   These are the teams that are on the selection bubble heading into the NCAA Division III championship selection shows today. Men's Soccer (64 teams) Who's In (43): Babson, Baruch, Bethany, Cabrini, Carleton, Catholic, Centre, Christopher Newport, Concordia (Texas), Cortland, Covenant, Denison, Dominican, Eastern Connecticut, Gordon, Hanover, John Carroll, Kean, Knox, Loras, Lynchburg, Messiah, Mount Aloysius, Mount St. Vincent, Nazareth, New England College, North Central (Ill.), Pacific Lutheran, Penn State Harrisburg, Redlands, Rosemont, St. Joseph's (Maine), St. Lawrence, St. Thomas, Salem State, Stevens, SUNY Poly, Trine, Tufts, Washington (Md.), Washington (Mo.), Webster, Wisconsin-Superior Locks (16): Amherst (12-2-2, 640), Chicago (12-5-1, 652), Connecticut College (14-4, 595), Emory (9-3-4, 642), Franklin & Marshall (14-3-1, 602), Kenyon (15-2-1, 543), Montclair State (16-3-1, 562), NYU (10-5-1, 641), Ohio Wesleyan (14-2-2, 580), Oneonta (10-3-3, 582), Otterbein (14-1-4, 558), Rowan (12-3-2, 581), St. Olaf (17-2-1, 565), Trinity, Texas (16-1-1, 585), Vassar (11-4-2, 572), Washington and Lee (14-1-2, 581) Bubble (5): Calvin (15-3-2, 549), Claremont-M-S (14-2-3, 521), Coast Guard (12-4-2, 563), Colorado College (11-5-1, 534), Gettysburg (13-5-2, 576), Gustavus Adolphus (14-5, 577), Hope (11-4-3, 558), Johns Hopkins (11-4-2, 568), Lynchburg (14-4-1, 576), Mary Hardin-Baylor (13-4, 562), Mass-Boston (13-4-1, 538), MIT (13-4-2, 543), Middlebury (10-4-3, 591), New Paltz (12-5, 582), North Park (13-5, 583), RIT (10-4-4, 555), Rutgers-Newark (12-4-4, 547), Swarthmore (11-4-2, 572), Wesleyan (10-3-3, 573), WPI (10-5-3, 615) (current record, last week's strength of schedule) Women's Soccer (64 teams) Who's In (44): Beloit, Bryn Athyn, Cabrini, Chatham, Christopher Newport, Covenant, Dominican, Farmingdale State, Fontbonne, Geneseo, Gordon, Hanover, Hardin-Simmons, Hope, John Jay, Johnson and Wales, Lesley, Loras, Maine Maritime, McDaniel, Messiah, Middlebury, Misericordia, MIT, Nazareth, Ohio Northern, Pacific Lutheran, Penn State Behrend, Penn State Harrisburg, Pomona-Pitzer, Rhodes, St. Catherine, Scranton, TCNJ, Trinity (Texas), Virginia Wesleyan, Washington (Mo.), Western Connecticut, Westfield State, Wheaton (Ill.), William Smith, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Superior, Wittenberg Locks (13): Amherst (14-1-2), Bridgewater (14-2-3), Calvin (13-3-1), Carnegie Mellon (11-4-1), Case Western Reserve (13-1-2), Centre (15-1-2), Chicago (12-2-4), Emory (11-4-3), Hamilton (13-2-2), Johns Hopkins (14-1-2), Wesleyan (14-1-2), Ithaca (14-4), Southwestern (15-2-1) Bubble (7): Babson (9-5-5), Brandeis (11-4-2), Connecticut College (9-4-3), Denison (11-5), Franklin & Marshall (13-3-3), MSOE (16-4), Otterbein (15-3), Montclair State (12-5), Puget Sound (16-2-2), Rowan (15-4-1), Trine (15-4-2), Wartburg (15-3-1), Washington and Lee (13-3-2), UW-La Crosse (14-4-2) (current record, last week's strength of schedule N/A) Volleyball (64 teams) Who's In (44): Aurora, Berry, Bowdoin, Brooklyn, Cabrini, Calvin, Cedar Crest, Christopher Newport, Claremont-M-S, Clarkson, Cornell, Cortland, Eastern Nazarene, Endicott, Eastern, Framingham State, Gallaudet, Greenville, Gustavus Adolphus, Illinois Wesleyan, Johnson and Wales, Johns Hopkins, Juniata, Maine Maritime, Mass-Boston, MIT, Merchant Marine, NYU, Northwestern, Ohio Northern, Penn State Behrend, Rowan, St. John Fisher, Southern Virginia, Stevens, Texas-Dallas, Transylvania, Trinity (Texas), UW-Eau Claire, Wartburg, Washington and Lee, Westminster (Pa.), Whitworth, Wittenberg Locks (15): Babson (22-7, 611), Bethel (22-6, 576), Colorado College (29-5, 554), Emory (21-4, 614), Haverford (23-5, 590), Hope (23-3, 612), Middlebury (20-5, 603), Otterbein (22-4, 562), RIT (24-4, 556), Scranton (25-7, 598), Southwestern (24-5, 561), Susquehanna (22-6, 602), Tufts (18-5, 618), Wesleyan, Conn. (17-6, 643), UW-Whitewater (26-2, 585) Bubble (5): Amherst (16-5, 543), Birmingham-Southern (19-10, 595), Springfield (22-7, 566), Coast Guard (17-8, 618), Chicago (17-9, 649), Denison (19-7, 593), Randolph-Macon (18-10, 602), Stevenson (26-6, 587), Virginia Wesleyan (24-9, 558), UW-Stevens Point (23-6, 572) REVIEW 4. About Last Weekend     Football No. 3 Whitewater downed No. 12 La Crosse, 13-7, before a crowd of 11,991 at Perkins Stadium. No. 24 Ithaca upended No. 13 Union, 26-7. Nicholas Bahamonde kicked four field goals for the Bombers Michael Hnatkowsky threw six TD passes to lift No. 16 Muhlenberg past No. 25 Susquehanna, 52-27. Sixteen (16) teams have secured their conference's AW to the NCAA championship tournament - Central (ARC), Mary Hardin-Baylor (ASC), North Central (CCIW), Cortland (E8), Delaware Valley (MAC), Framingham State (MASCAC), Aurora (NACC), DePauw (NCAC), Salisbury (NJAC), Linfield (NWC), Mount Union (OAC), Washington and Lee (ODAC), Trinity (SAA), Redlands (SCIAC), Huntingdon (USAC), Whitewater (WIAC) Basketball (M) New England College's Calvin Cheek broke the NCAA all-divisions record for career steals in the Pilgrims' loss to Fitchburg.  Jordan Lester of Whitworth posted a triple double with 18 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists in the victory against Greenville. Ryan Turell tallied 32 points in just 14 minutes as No. 2 Yeshiva rolled over Lycoming, 90-54, for its 37th straight win. Basketball (W) Rhodes knocked off preseason No. 2 East Texas Baptist, 88-82, behind 23 points and nine rebounds by Catherine Althoff. Former Hartwick head coach Katie Marcella made her Union College head coaching debut against Hartwick, and the Hawks beat their former mentor, 54-40. Ice Hockey (M) Augsburg claimed its first season sweep of St. Norbert since the 1992-93 campaign, taking two from the eighth-ranked Green Knights, 3-1 and 4-1 St. Olaf picked up its first win over a nationally-ranked opponent in five years, downing No. 7 UW-Eau Claire, 3-1. Thomas Lalonde made 38 saves in his collegiate debut. Ice Hockey (W) Annie Katonka registered a hat trick as No. 1 Plattsburgh opened its season with a 5-1 win vs. Cortland. The Cardinals have won 41 consecutive home games. FOOTBALL 5. Rankings   photo by Yanna Glaspy D3football.com North Central (Ill.), 9-0 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 9-0 Wisconsin-Whitewater, 9-0 Mount Union, 9-0 Saint John's, 9-0 Wheaton (Ill.), 8-1 Linfield, 8-0 Hardin-Simmons, 8-1 Central, 9-0 Delaware Valley, 9-0 >> Complete D3football Poll >> Unbeatens (12): Central, Cortland, Delaware Valley, Lake Forest, Linfield, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Mount Union, North Central (Ill.), Saint John's, Trinity (Texas), Williams, Wisconsin-Whitewater >> Games We're Watching No. 5 Saint John's (9-0) vs. No. 14 Bethel (8-1) No. 14 Cortland (9-0) vs. No. 18 Ithaca (8-1) No. 21 RPI (8-1, 4-1) vs. No. 23 Union (8-1, 4-1) Catholic (6-3, 4-1) vs. Springfield (6-3, 5-0) Chicago (8-1, 7-1) vs. Lake Forest (9-0, 8-0) Greenville (7-2, 5-0) vs. Minnesota Morris (5-4, 4-1) Mount St. Joseph (6-3, 5-1) vs. Rose-Hulman (7-2, 6-0) ICYMI 6.  Top Plays Do you have outstanding plays to share with our community? Send the link to us at D3Playbook and use the hashtag #D3Plays TRANSACTIONS 7.  Comings and Goings   CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT - Art Link will not be retained as head football coach at the conclusion of the season. Paul Crowley will serve as interim head coach GETTYSBURG - Ashley Mowery stepped down as assistant field hockey coach HAVERFORD - Justin Heidig named assistant men's basketball coach   Thanks for starting your day with us. 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