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3⃣ D3Playbook’s 3 Things. Redlands One Win From Softball Crown. Denison, Endicott Begin Baseball Championship Series. Kantrovitz Headlines Academic All-America Women’s Tennis Team.

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Redlands spotted defending national champion Trine three runs out of the gate and then slammed the door on its way to an 11-3 run-rule victory over the Thunder in the opening game of the Division III softball championship series.

A pair of home runs by Karley Trine and Tyra Marcum gave Trine a 3-0 advantage after just one-half inning. The Bulldogs struck for six runs in the bottom of the third with Maya Holshoe’s bases-clearing triple coming as the big blow. Holeshoe added RBI singles in the fourth and sixth as Redlands moved to within one win of becoming the first SCIAC team since Chapman in 1995 to win the title.

The Thunder needs to defeat Redlands twice today for its third national title in four years. First pitch is at 11 AM at the Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Va.

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Emory University’s Emily Kantrovitz highlights the 2025-26 Academic All-America women’s tennis team selected by the College Sports Communicators and was selected as the Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for Division III.

A senior from St. Louis, Missouri, Kantrovitz has 3.98 GPA, majoring in sociology. She recently completed a stellar career at Emory, finishing tied for fifth all-time with 87 singles wins, and was named by the ITA as the Atlantic South Regional Senior Player of the Year. Kantrovitz guided the Eagles to an NCAA Regional Berth and earned a spot in the NCAA Individual Championships. She earned a University Athletic Association (UAA) First Team nod and was ranked No. 8 in singles, posting a 17-8 spring record.

Six of the 17 members of the Academic All-America® Division III women’s tennis teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The eight members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.88.

Including Kantrovitz there are four repeat selections on the Academic All-America® Division III women’s tennis team - Emory’s Iris Berman, Gustavus Adolphus’ Kaya De Bruijn, and MIT’s Artemis Pados.

First Team
Izzy Antanavicius, Emory, Sr., 3.91, Public Health
Iris Berman, Emory, Sr., 4.00, Psychology and Sociology
Sarena Biria, Chicago, Jr., 3.51, Biological Sciences
Leila Epstein, Wesleyan, Sr., 4.00, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Eliana Hanna, Washington U., Sr., 3.88, Finance
Emily Kantrovitz, Emory, Sr., 3.98, Sociology
Artemis Pados, MIT, Sr., 4.00, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Katalina Wang, Case Western Reserve, Sr., 3.76, Cognitive Science

» Complete Team

There will be a first-time Division III baseball champion when the best 2-of-3 series begins today in Eastlake, Ohio.

Denison, ranked No. 1 since early March, and Endicott, a preseason top-five pick, will meet for the title beginning today at 12 PM.

The Big Red is the first NCAC team to reach the final round since Wooster finished second in 2009, while Endicott becomes the first Conference of New England team to play for the championship.

» D3baseball Championship Series Program

“The NCAA, RQ+ and the Professional Association of Volleyball Officials are pleased to launch the Volleyball Line Judge Initiative, a strategic effort developed in response to concerns raised by conference commissioners regarding the availability of registered and trained volleyball line judges.

Through this initiative, the NCAA national coordinator of officials, the NCAA secretary-rules editor and the Professional Association of Volleyball Officials will provide targeted training and educational resources for students who are also working as women's and men's volleyball line judges on campus during the season.”

» Court Awareness. “A crucial component of this initiative is the elimination of registration costs for student line judges meeting five key criteria, removing a significant financial barrier to ensure these student officials can receive necessary training.”

» Why It Matters. “Officials who meet the criteria above will not be charged PAVO or NCAA Volleyball Central Hub registration fees. Upon completion of registration, these student line judges will be added to the NCAA Volleyball Central Hub, where they will have access to line judge and referee training and will count toward their conference's percentage of registered officials.”

» Track and Field. Salisbury’s Kai Smith, Central’s Kale Hobart, Calvin’s Sydney Radigan, and Augustana’s Charlotte Frere were selected as the USTFCCCA Division III Athletes of the Year.

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