Give Me Liberty in the MLX Final

 

written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III >> Good Monday morning. Shame on the NY Times and its Sunday Crossword Puzzle. Be better. >> Today's Word Count: 943. Just about four minutes to start your day. >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Looking for some help compiling statistical records? Perhaps some conference scheduling? Email us.   Sign me up for D3Playbook TOP STORY 1. Give Me Liberty in MLX Final It will be an All-Liberty League final when RIT squares off against Union for the NCAA Division III men's lacrosse championship on Sunday in Connecticut. The Tigers (21-1) scored 16 goals in the first half alone on their way to a 26-15 victory over Tufts (19-3) in one semifinal. Luke Pilcher scored seven goals and assisted on two others, while Clifford Gaston also tallied seven goals for the victors. Union (18-2) jumped out to a 6-0 lead and made it stand up in an 11-8 triumph against York, Pa. (20-3) in the other semi. Dan Donahue made 16 saves in the cage for the Flying Dutchmen who will make their first-ever NCAA final appearance. RIT defeated Union, 14-13, at home back on April 9. The Tigers have defeated the Flying Dutchmen 20 straight times dating to 2008. >> Weekend Recaps LACROSSE (W) 2.  Set for Salem It was a great day for the home teams as the four hosts for the regional finals came away victorious to advance to the national semifinals. Middlebury d. Colby, 12-2 In an all-NESCAC quarterfinal, the Panthers (20-1) got four goals from Hope Shue while holding the Mules (16-4) to just 18 shots. Gettysburg d. Washington and Lee, 8-4 Jordan Basso had a hat trick as the Bullets (19-3) scored eight of the final 10 goals to down the Generals (19-3). TCNJ d. Salisbury, 14-11 The Lions (17-3) outscored the defending national champion Sea Gulls (18-2), 6-1, in the decisive third period. Anna Devlin, Jennifer LaRocca and Anna Wright each had hat tricks. Tufts vs. Franklin & Marshall, 14-9 Anna Clark scored four times and assisted on two more as the Jumbos (18-3) defeated the Diplomats (18-4). Margie Carden and Caroline Conaghan added hat tricks. It will be Middlebury vs. Gettysburg and TCNJ vs. Tufts in the national semifinals on Saturday in Salem, Va. >> Weekend Recaps When you sponsor an email newsletter, you are putting your brand in front of your target audience from the trusted voice of the writer. Your sponsorship feels like an endorsement, and creates trust (and clicks!).   Swapstack enables advertisers to run direct sponsorships across hundreds of independent newsletter publishers. There are 700+ independent publishers on Swapstack across all verticals who speak to 30M readers each week. Set Up a Demo Today! SOFTBALL 3. Virginia is for Softball The eight teams for the NCAA Division III softball championship finals are set after the completion on Sunday action. 2-0 Sweeps No. 1 Christopher Newport d. No. 9 Virginia Wesleyan, 3-2, 5-2 (9) No. 2 Texas Lutheran d. No. 5 Belhaven, 2-1 (8), 6-2 No. 3 Eastern Connecticut d. No. 16 Randolph-Macon, 1-0 (8), 4-0 No. 4 Salisbury d. Mount St. Joseph, 1-0, 7-0 No. 10 Berry d. No. 12 Bethel, 2-0, 3-1 No. 20 Trine d. No. 25 Case Western Reserve, 1-0, 6-2 Millikin d. No. 25 Wartburg, 9-5, 10-6 2-of-3 WPI d. Tufts, 0-9, 5-1, 6-1 Finals Upper Bracket  No. 1 Christopher Newport vs. WPI No. 2 Texas Lutheran vs. No. 10 Berry Lower Bracket No. 4 Salisbury vs. Millikin No. 3 Eastern Connecticut vs. No. 20 Trine >> Complete Bracket BASEBALL 4. On to the Super Regionals Sixteen spots have been earned into the super-regional round of the NCAA Division III baseball championship tournament. La Grange, a sentimental favorite after the tragic loss of two players in an accident last weekend, advanced with a three-game sweep of Centenary (La.).  Other regional winners include Rochester, NY: No. 1 Eastern Connecticut Marietta, OH: No. 2 Marietta Lynchburg, VA: No. 3 Birmingham-Southern La Grange, GA: No. 4  La Grange Whitewater, WI: No. 9 UW-Whitewater Annville, PA: No. 10 Rowan Stevens Point, WI: No. 12 UW-Stevens Point Richardson, TX: No. 15 Trinity, Texas Orange, CA: No. 17 Chapman Cortland, NY: No. 19 Endicott Brockport, NY: No. 21 Baldwin Wallace Winchester, VA: Catholic Still to be determined Glenside, PA: No. 16 Oswego State vs. No. 6 Arcadia, 11:00 ET resumption (4-1, T5) Granville, OH: No. 7 Salisbury vs. No. 13 Denison, 11:00 ET Immaculata, PA: Keystone vs. Ithaca, 11:00 ET St. Louis, MO: Bethel vs. Wooster, 10:30 CT TENNIS 5. The Net Elite The elite eight are set to begin today in the 2022 NCAA Division III women's and men's tennis championships at the USTA National Center in Orlando, Fla. Quarterfinals (W) No. 3 Wesleyan (22-0) vs. No. 8 Emory (10-9), 3:00 No. 4 Claremont-M-S (24-3) vs. No. 7 MIT (20-1), 3:00 No. 1 Chicago (20-1) vs. No. 9 Amherst (13-8), 6:00 No. 2 Pomona-Pitzer (21-2) vs. No. 5 Middlebury (17-5), 6:00 >> Printable Bracket Quarterfinals No. 2 Case Western Reserve (23-4) vs. No. 6 Williams (15-3), 9:00 No. 4 Middlebury (20-2) vs. No. 7 Washington, Mo. (16-9), 9:00 No. 1 Chicago (19-1) vs. No. 13 Emory (10-10), 12:00 No. 3 Tufts (19-2) vs. No. 5 Claremont-M-S (27-6), 12:00 >> Printable Bracket all times EDT TRACK AND FIELD 6.  Championship Field Announced The NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced today the participants in the 2022 NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships. For each men’s individual event contested, including the decathlon, the top 20 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each women’s individual event contested, including the heptathlon, the top 22 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each relay event contested, the top 16 declared relay teams, one per institution, were accepted into the competition. The championships will be held May 26-28 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. >> Men's Entries >> Women's Entries >> Website   TRANSACTIONS 7.  Comings and Goings   ALBERTUS MAGNUS - Ed Emielita resigned as head softball coach ALMA - Meghan Gorsuch stepped down as head women's soccer coach CROWN - Jon Forsythe named head men's soccer coach GORDON - Tad Skelley named head baseball coach MARIAN - Zach Gaynor stepped down as head men's ice hockey coach PACIFIC LUTHERAN - Andy Foltz stepped down as head rowing coach WABASH - Tori Swift named assistant athletic director WILMINGTON - Micah Mills named head men's basketball coach   Thanks for starting your day with us. What did you think of today's newsletter?  Please invite your friends to sign up for D3Playbook   Sign Up for Free: D3Playbook

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