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Post by The Bofa on the Sofa on Sept 25, 2011 9:41:22 GMT -5
Maybe this week people will stop voting for MIT in the rankings?
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Post by Momof2D3 on Sept 26, 2011 11:43:51 GMT -5
www.spfldcol.edu/homepage/athletics.nsf/Headline/7C7FC6E4EFB7C49D8525791700522DEFSecaucus, N.J. - September 26, 2011 - After leading Springfield to five wins last week, including capturing the MIT Invitational crown, senior Lauren Torvi was named the D3VB National Player of the Week. Torvi continued to shine for Springfield as she powered the Pride to its first MIT Invitational Championship since 1995. In four wins at the MIT Invitational and a mid-week victory over Clark, Torvi combined to hit .459, connecting on 69 kills to go along with 24 blocks. She started the week off with 16 kills at an .842 clip against Clark, before tallying 13 kills while hitting .722 in the opening match of the Invitational versus Regis. She followed that up with 10 kills and seven blocks against Williams before tallying 13 kills and eight blocks against Tufts. In the championship match, Torvi posted 17 kills to lead Springfield past Connecticut College. Springfield, which was ranked 25th in the country last week, now stands at 15-0 and is off to the best start in program history.
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Post by tmb on Sept 27, 2011 15:18:44 GMT -5
AVCA Division III Coaches Top 25 Poll 2011 Week #4: September 27, 2011 Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points 2011 Record Last Week 1 Calvin (22) 598 14-0 1 2 Washington-St. Louis (2) 578 14-0 2 3 Wittenberg 551 12-1 3 4 Emory 529 17-1 4 5 Eastern 496 15-1 5 6 Christopher Newport 480 14-2 6 7 Carthage 457 13-2 7 8 Heidelberg 421 13-2 8 9 Southwestern (Texas) 403 12-2 9 10 Juniata 366 10-4 11 11 St. Thomas (Minn.) 360 12-2 12 12 Concorida (Minn.) 338 12-3 10 13 Hope 303 12-2 13 14 Colorado College 288 13-4 14 15 Cal Lutheran 266 10-4 15 16 Chicago 239 15-1 17 17 Puget Sound 211 11-1 16 18 UMass-Boston 184 8-2 18 19 SUNY Cortland 154 17-0 20 20 Pacific Lutheran 131 10-2 19 21 Springfield 106 15-0 25 22 Wisconsin-Whitewater 73 10-4 21 23 Wisconsin-Platteville 52 10-5 23 24 Elmhurst 44 13-3 NR 25 Occidental 36 9-4 22 Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Bethel (Minn.) 27; McMurry 15; Wartburg 13; Wisconsin-Oshkosh 13; Washington & Lee 12; Whitworth 10; Tufts 8; Bethany (WV) 6; Millikin 5; Coe 4; Alma 2
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Post by tmb on Sept 27, 2011 15:19:39 GMT -5
Bofa will be happy...no MIT mention...
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Post by havervb on Sept 27, 2011 23:21:23 GMT -5
In New England action: Springfield defeated MIT 3-0 (25-18, 28-26, 25-23)
UMass Boston defeated Tufts 3-2 (16-25, 25-15, 20-25, 25-14, 15-12)
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Post by havervb on Sept 27, 2011 23:38:54 GMT -5
So Southern Vermont beat St. Lawrence, but maybe they had a bad day. They whipped Ithaca, but maybe thery aren't as good as Ithaca teams in the past. Now they beat Williams, but it's Williams 4th loss in a row. Unfortunately, Southern Vermont's schedule doesn't have any more big names, but they are 15-2, and look for all the world like they should go 29-2 and walk into the NCAA tournament. Are those 3 wins enough to get them ranked in their region? Can they get a higher seed in the NE region or are they going to have to take on a UMass Boston or Tufts right off the bat? If you check Southern Vermont's roster, it seems to be almost entirely composed of transfers from CA community colleges. Based on the Williams win (and the fact that they have beaten most of those teams already) they should roll through their remaining schedule. Next match against Simmons is probably one of their tougher ones left. Then they just have to get past Lesley and Daniel Webster in their conference (past two conference champions). The NECC uses a 6-team championship format, so SVC can get two more wins there (assuming they are the undefeated 1-seed). They could be 31-2 heading into the NCAAs with their only losses being on the road at Hamilton and Potsdam St (both in 5 sets). Unfortunately, according to D3VB, they have a strength of schedule of .422 (11th worst in NE). It will be interesting to see where they get seeded, especially compared to the NAC AQ (Maine Maritime or maybe Colby-Sawyer). How would they compare to the GNAC or MASCAC AQs?
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Post by d3follower on Sept 28, 2011 5:26:16 GMT -5
So Southern Vermont beat St. Lawrence, but maybe they had a bad day. They whipped Ithaca, but maybe thery aren't as good as Ithaca teams in the past. Now they beat Williams, but it's Williams 4th loss in a row. Unfortunately, Southern Vermont's schedule doesn't have any more big names, but they are 15-2, and look for all the world like they should go 29-2 and walk into the NCAA tournament. Are those 3 wins enough to get them ranked in their region? Can they get a higher seed in the NE region or are they going to have to take on a UMass Boston or Tufts right off the bat? If you check Southern Vermont's roster, it seems to be almost entirely composed of transfers from CA community colleges. Based on the Williams win (and the fact that they have beaten most of those teams already) they should roll through their remaining schedule. Next match against Simmons is probably one of their tougher ones left. Then they just have to get past Lesley and Daniel Webster in their conference (past two conference champions). The NECC uses a 6-team championship format, so SVC can get two more wins there (assuming they are the undefeated 1-seed). They could be 31-2 heading into the NCAAs with their only losses being on the road at Hamilton and Potsdam St (both in 5 sets). Unfortunately, according to D3VB, they have a strength of schedule of .422 (11th worst in NE). It will be interesting to see where they get seeded, especially compared to the NAC AQ (Maine Maritime or maybe Colby-Sawyer). How would they compare to the GNAC or MASCAC AQs? Those numbers were way, way off last season. I'd be surprised if they got all of the in-region matches correct this year (or if they even know how SOS is calculated). I'm sure the SOS isn't great, but I wouldn't put much stock in the numbers from that site.
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Post by havervb on Sept 29, 2011 7:41:11 GMT -5
I think the d3vb site is doing a better job this year. They are getting results directly from presto. They use the NCAA's formula for "in-region" strength of schedule. So, any conference opponent, any opponent in the geographic region, as well as any opponent within a 250 mile radius of campus.
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Post by d3follower on Sept 29, 2011 19:02:53 GMT -5
I think the d3vb site is doing a better job this year. They are getting results directly from presto. They use the NCAA's formula for "in-region" strength of schedule. So, any conference opponent, any opponent in the geographic region, as well as any opponent within a 250 mile radius of campus. That's great, but not all schools and conferences use Presto. Also, your stated definition of in-region is incomplete and, in part, inaccurate. It took me about 35 hours to comb through the initial D-III Presto in-region designations for a sport-specific website last year, and I found about 300 that were entered incorrectly. Some of the designations are tricky, especially since the Handbook has not been released. One incorrect designation can affect the numbers for every D-III team. It can happen inadvertently when keying in results, after the designations were correct in the first place. Anyway, I know that I can find at least one incorrect in-region designation on their Presto pages. It happens, and I have first-hand knowledge that it's a nearly impossible undertaking to get the numbers right – and then keep them right. Heck, the NCAA oftentimes has incorrect in-region data that needs to be updated. I'm sure the people at that volleyball site think they have it right, but unless there is an editor on the case, checking the info regularly, then the info is probably incorrect. Like I stated before, the site's numbers were not even close last season. And that's understandable because I'm assuming they don't have a nerd like me doing nerdy things in the background every day.
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Post by Momof2D3 on Oct 1, 2011 6:01:23 GMT -5
BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's volleyball team rallied from a huge second-set deficit en route to a decisive 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-21) win over Tufts University in New England Small College Athletic Conference action at Morrell Gymnasium Friday evening.
Bowdoin sets a new school record with their 11th consecutive win and improves to 12-1 (3-0 NESCAC). The Jumbos fall to 9-3 (2-1 NESCAC). The Polar Bears entered Friday's contest ranked fifth in the latest New England poll while Tufts stood fourth.
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Post by tmb on Oct 2, 2011 5:06:39 GMT -5
Congrats to Bowdoin on taking over first. That conf is tough and they typically all beat each other up a little by the end.
Another good one yesterday was Roger Williams over Coast Guard 3-1. The RWU coach was at CGA last year and defeated RWU in the first round of the ncaa's.
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Post by Momof2D3 on Oct 2, 2011 6:30:31 GMT -5
Plymouth State beat MIT this weekend in four. "The Panthers dropped the first set against MIT, 25-15, but rebounded to sweep the next three sets, 25-22, 29-27, and 25-17."
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Post by havervb on Oct 3, 2011 11:02:39 GMT -5
Three teams in New England have a shot at reaching the 20-win mark by the end of the week.
Springfield is 16-0 and plays Smith, Plymouth St, SUNY New Paltz, Westfield St, and Stevens Tech
Southern Vermont is 17-2 and plays Becker, SUNY Cobleskill, and Newbury
Roger Williams is 18-3 and plays Curry, Rhode Island College, and either Salve Regina or Johnson & Wales (RI).
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Post by havervb on Oct 7, 2011 8:03:03 GMT -5
Does anyone know when the NCAA releases their first regional rankings?
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Post by tmb on Oct 7, 2011 8:29:17 GMT -5
Does anyone know when the NCAA releases their first regional rankings? I think there are only 3 published rankings in all sports now and they are the three weeks going in to the selection process. My guess is their first will come out around Oct 19ish?
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