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A. Things are slow in the off-season, B Between playing engagements and other things (since rbrochelle is doing it for the D3 West Region), I’m going to see how far I get with some of the other ones. First conference I’ll try is American Rivers Conference (NE and IA) Disclaimer 1: This is not toContinue reading “Women’s Division III Volleyball-Statistics Loss-I Region IX(outside of West Region squads)”

Been a while since my last post. As far as my clarinet playing, I did a 2-set gig with Milwaukee Letter Carriers’ Band last January for the WI Broadcast Engineers’ Organization (the head of which retired, then passed away as the result of a heart attack.) 3 years earlier he had asked a small partContinue reading “Long Overdue Update”

My first underdog squad for ’22 is going to be D1 Cincinnati (yes, I know the Bearcats got knocked out, but had they managed to upset Alabama, they’d still be alive for the championship). I rarely post on D1 squads, because I feel, for the most part, the best conferences are over-hyped. I remember theContinue reading “1st Underdog for New Year”

NCAA’s d3 Women’s Volleyball Tournament concluded last week. WI-Eau Claire took the title. I thought this year’s Elite 8 field was more balanced than in previous years. What made things more interesting was with unbeaten Wartburg (IA) and Johns Hopkins both being knocked out in their Regional Final Matches, there was no real clear-cut dominatingContinue reading “Season’s End Thoughts”

Pulling for either CMS or UW-Eau Claire in the D3 WVB Finals later this week. Kinda bummed about MIT. Good chance the Engineer squad won’t be at full strength. One of their top middle hitters had to leave the last match in the 3rd set after a non-contact injury. It stinks to have this kindContinue reading “Elite 8 D3 WVB Takes”

Calvin (MI), Berry (GA) and UW-Eau Claire (WI) squads have already advanced to the Elite 8 in St, Louis. I’m pulling for Wartburg (IA) and Johns Hopkins (MD)–they’re the only 2 undefeated teams left in NCAA D3 yet. Susquehanna, Tufts and Wesleyan- CT made the finals in their respective regions, so they could shake thingsContinue reading “Final Day of Regionals”

D3 Regionals Day 1: Active team that seems to have had the most up-and-down season to this point IMHO is Transylvania. That squad played a very tough non-conference schedule, but got hot at the right time in the HCAC Conference Tournament. Got a tough opening round draw in Berry (Georgia), however. Several years back, IContinue reading

11:30 am Central Time I find out who gets in the D3 Tournament and who does not. I do know one thing. I’m going to have to find a different underdog squad to follow, seeing as the ones I was pulling for all have been eliminated. As far as Pool C’s (teams that didn’t winContinue reading “D3 WVB Selection Day”

1st day (yesterday) all higher seeds in the North Atlantic Conference Tournament advanced. Today, however, such was not the case as a #2 seed (SUNY-Cobleskill) upset a #1 seed (SUNY-Delhi)–and on the Broncos’ home floor yet. Now Cobleskill’s next match is the conference tournament final, against the top seed in the NAC’s other division (MaineContinue reading “Post-Season WVB Tournaments-Day 2”

Volleyball Tournament Time! D3 Conference Tournaments begin today. As the regular season wound down, there were 2 conference races that had interesting endings. The top 6 teams from the Skyline Conference (New York City area) qualify. The top 3 got in with 11-1 records, and if the last match had gone opposite the way itContinue reading “Volleyball Tournament Time”