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Post by TheReignman on Apr 25, 2022 10:45:32 GMT -5
Good point. Even mid to late 2000s. Nally, Ocasio, Fritz, etc. I like this game... Best D3 Setter Ever Matt Werle - Juniata - 3x first team All-American (2nd team as a freshman), 3x national champ, and how good was he? In the NCAA All-Divisions record book, they have 3 sections for hitting percentage by scoring era, 25 names each (75 total) and only 2 of them played D3 - Matt Werle's two MHs in 2009 when they were still in the EIVA. -Honorable Mention to Tucker Short of Springfield Best D3 MH ever I was going to say 4x All-American Greg Falcone but I remember watching when Springfield went to the World University Games and the Russians made him look like a little boy, so instead I'll go with 4x All-First-Team American Cal Palumbo of Springfield. Both were monsters. Best D3 OH Ever There are 2 4x first-team All Americans and if I was picking a team I'd start with volleyball Jesus, Justin Brubaker of Philly Bible, but Tim Ferriter was also a 4x All-American, did it at two different schools, and won a ring for Dorywalski, so on overall resume I think he has to get the title. -Honorable Mention - I never saw him play but if we start this conversation with a guy who took 5 years to get 1000 kills, I'll finish with a guy who was a match or two away from 2000 kills in mostly EIVA competition, NYU's Mitch Kallick (1999-2000). Best D3 Libero Ever N/A Seriously? In D3 men's volleyball most digs are an accident. I'll take this question but in the NCAA Championship Era (2012 - Present) SetterChristian Smith - (New Paltz '13-'16): 2 Final Four Appearances and National Championship; the fact that he could have been setting or hitting on either pin throughout his career says a lot. If you don't believe me, go watch - Runner-Up - Mike Vellutato (Elmira '11-'14) Midde BlockerMatt Knigge - (Vassar '15-'18): To shoe horn this young man as a middle might be unfair, but he was an incredibly special athlete and an absolute monster in every way imaginable. If he was responsible to only do things that a middle did, he may have hit .600+ Runner-Up - Joe Bortak ('12-'15) Outside HitterTim Ferriter - (New Paltz '13 & '14 Stevens '15 & '16): Four Time First team All American with 2 Final Four Appearance and National Championship this dude was an absolute terror in every sense of the word. Runner-Up - Ricky Vega (Springfield '13 - '17) OppositeNate Miller - (Lancaster Bible '18-'20): He doesn't have some of the career accolades of the others, but averaging 5.15 Kills/Set for your career is pretty damn impressive and anyone who watched him knows the level he played at Runner-Up - This has been toughest spot for me. Some names that crossed my mind David Lehman (Stevens) Quinn Peterson (Juniata) Griffin Shields (Carthage) TJ Wiechecki (Marymount); Honorable mention for one season of Joe Norman (New Paltz '16) LiberoKyle Cohan - (Carthage '19-'22): Don't care if this is recency bias, I just watched this libero dominate a National Championship for the 2nd consecutive year Runner-Up - Brendan Chang (MIT '13-'16)
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Post by pavb on Apr 25, 2022 12:13:31 GMT -5
I like this game... Best D3 Setter Ever Matt Werle - Juniata - 3x first team All-American (2nd team as a freshman), 3x national champ, and how good was he? In the NCAA All-Divisions record book, they have 3 sections for hitting percentage by scoring era, 25 names each (75 total) and only 2 of them played D3 - Matt Werle's two MHs in 2009 when they were still in the EIVA. -Honorable Mention to Tucker Short of Springfield Best D3 MH ever I was going to say 4x All-American Greg Falcone but I remember watching when Springfield went to the World University Games and the Russians made him look like a little boy, so instead I'll go with 4x All-First-Team American Cal Palumbo of Springfield. Both were monsters. Best D3 OH Ever There are 2 4x first-team All Americans and if I was picking a team I'd start with volleyball Jesus, Justin Brubaker of Philly Bible, but Tim Ferriter was also a 4x All-American, did it at two different schools, and won a ring for Dorywalski, so on overall resume I think he has to get the title. -Honorable Mention - I never saw him play but if we start this conversation with a guy who took 5 years to get 1000 kills, I'll finish with a guy who was a match or two away from 2000 kills in mostly EIVA competition, NYU's Mitch Kallick (1999-2000). Best D3 Libero Ever N/A Seriously? In D3 men's volleyball most digs are an accident. I'll take this question but in the NCAA Championship Era (2012 - Present) SetterChristian Smith - (New Paltz '13-'16): 2 Final Four Appearances and National Championship; the fact that he could have been setting or hitting on either pin throughout his career says a lot. If you don't believe me, go watch - Runner-Up - Mike Vellutato (Elmira '11-'14) Midde BlockerMatt Knigge - (Vassar '15-'18): To shoe horn this young man as a middle might be unfair, but he was an incredibly special athlete and an absolute monster in every way imaginable. If he was responsible to only do things that a middle did, he may have hit .600+ Runner-Up - Joe Bortak ('12-'15) Outside HitterTim Ferriter - (New Paltz '13 & '14 Stevens '15 & '16): Four Time First team All American with 2 Final Four Appearance and National Championship this dude was an absolute terror in every sense of the word. Runner-Up - Ricky Vega (Springfield '13 - '17) OppositeNate Miller - (Lancaster Bible '18-'20): He doesn't have some of the career accolades of the others, but averaging 5.15 Kills/Set for your career is pretty damn impressive and anyone who watched him knows the level he played at Runner-Up - This has been toughest spot for me. Some names that crossed my mind David Lehman (Stevens) Quinn Peterson (Juniata) Griffin Shields (Carthage) TJ Wiechecki (Marymount); Honorable mention for one season of Joe Norman (New Paltz '16) LiberoKyle Cohan - (Carthage '19-'22): Don't care if this is recency bias, I just watched this libero dominate a National Championship for the 2nd consecutive year Runner-Up - Brendan Chang (MIT '13-'16) Does a player have to have played only in the NCAA Championship era to be considered? If not, there are some players who we’re only freshmen or sophomores the last year of the Molten Era who should be considered. Didn’t name anyone who was a senior in 2012. To name a few: Rob Kraft - MB (Naz) Falcone / O’Leary - MB (Springfield) Klepac - MB (UC Santa Cruz) Wexter - S (Carthage) Ferry - L (Springfield) McColgin - RS (Juniata) Any of those middles I’d take above Bortak and I’d put O’Leary above Knigge due to individual and team accolades. I’ll do this too, but with a starting line up and those who played at least 3+ years in the NCAA era: OH1- Ferriter (Stevens/New Paltz) OH2- Slavinski (Carthage) MB1- O’Leary (Springfield) MB2- Woessner (New Paltz) RS- Lehman (Stevens) S- Pieper (Springfield) L- Chang (MIT) Runners up: Vega, Bortak, Greg Woods, Christian Smith, Cohan This list easily could’ve been made up of only Springfield and New Paltz players. Usually the best players come from the best teams so I tried to avoid that but as you can see, failed a bit but stand by it because a part of what makes the players listed special are the ability to perform when it mattered the most. It’d be easy to forget about those early NCAA-era teams and just look at the last 5 seasons only as well. Carthage is still on their run (although the 2021 championship was a bubble year) so this list could look differently in a year or two. The hardest for me to decide was Vega vs Slavinski for OH2 and Smith vs Pieper.
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Post by psuvbfan10 on Apr 25, 2022 12:34:35 GMT -5
I'll take this question but in the NCAA Championship Era (2012 - Present) SetterChristian Smith - (New Paltz '13-'16): 2 Final Four Appearances and National Championship; the fact that he could have been setting or hitting on either pin throughout his career says a lot. If you don't believe me, go watch - Runner-Up - Mike Vellutato (Elmira '11-'14) Midde BlockerMatt Knigge - (Vassar '15-'18): To shoe horn this young man as a middle might be unfair, but he was an incredibly special athlete and an absolute monster in every way imaginable. If he was responsible to only do things that a middle did, he may have hit .600+ Runner-Up - Joe Bortak ('12-'15) Outside HitterTim Ferriter - (New Paltz '13 & '14 Stevens '15 & '16): Four Time First team All American with 2 Final Four Appearance and National Championship this dude was an absolute terror in every sense of the word. Runner-Up - Ricky Vega (Springfield '13 - '17) OppositeNate Miller - (Lancaster Bible '18-'20): He doesn't have some of the career accolades of the others, but averaging 5.15 Kills/Set for your career is pretty damn impressive and anyone who watched him knows the level he played at Runner-Up - This has been toughest spot for me. Some names that crossed my mind David Lehman (Stevens) Quinn Peterson (Juniata) Griffin Shields (Carthage) TJ Wiechecki (Marymount); Honorable mention for one season of Joe Norman (New Paltz '16) LiberoKyle Cohan - (Carthage '19-'22): Don't care if this is recency bias, I just watched this libero dominate a National Championship for the 2nd consecutive year Runner-Up - Brendan Chang (MIT '13-'16) Does a player have to have played only in the NCAA Championship era to be considered? If not, there are some players who we’re only freshmen or sophomores the last year of the Molten Era who should be considered. Didn’t name anyone who was a senior in 2012. To name a few: Rob Kraft - MB (Naz) Falcone / O’Leary - MB (Springfield) Klepac - MB (UC Santa Cruz) Wexter - S (Carthage) Ferry - L (Springfield) McColgin - RS (Juniata) Any of those middles I’d take above Bortak and I’d put O’Leary above Knigge due to individual and team accolades. I’ll do this too, but with a starting line up and those who played at least 3+ years in the NCAA era: OH1- Ferriter (Stevens/New Paltz) OH2- Slavinski (Carthage) MB1- O’Leary (Springfield) MB2- Woessner (New Paltz) RS- Lehman (Stevens) S- Pieper (Springfield) L- Chang (MIT) Runners up: Vega, Bortak, Greg Woods, Christian Smith, Cohan This list easily could’ve been made up of only Springfield and New Paltz players. Usually the best players come from the best teams so I tried to avoid that but as you can see, failed a bit but stand by it because a part of what makes the players listed special are the ability to perform when it mattered the most. It’d be easy to forget about those early NCAA-era teams and just look at the last 5 seasons only as well. Carthage is still on their run (although the 2021 championship was a bubble year) so this list could look differently in a year or two. The hardest for me to decide was Vega vs Slavinski for OH2 and Smith vs Pieper. I will go way back but Fazio at Juniata was a middle who could hang with anybody including the Div 1 middles.
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Post by ned3head on Apr 25, 2022 14:28:35 GMT -5
To keep on the Juniata wagon... Matt Werle was a special setter.
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Post by uvcalumn on Apr 25, 2022 15:09:00 GMT -5
I'll take this question but in the NCAA Championship Era (2012 - Present) SetterChristian Smith - (New Paltz '13-'16): 2 Final Four Appearances and National Championship; the fact that he could have been setting or hitting on either pin throughout his career says a lot. If you don't believe me, go watch - Runner-Up - Mike Vellutato (Elmira '11-'14) Midde BlockerMatt Knigge - (Vassar '15-'18): To shoe horn this young man as a middle might be unfair, but he was an incredibly special athlete and an absolute monster in every way imaginable. If he was responsible to only do things that a middle did, he may have hit .600+ Runner-Up - Joe Bortak ('12-'15) Outside HitterTim Ferriter - (New Paltz '13 & '14 Stevens '15 & '16): Four Time First team All American with 2 Final Four Appearance and National Championship this dude was an absolute terror in every sense of the word. Runner-Up - Ricky Vega (Springfield '13 - '17) OppositeNate Miller - (Lancaster Bible '18-'20): He doesn't have some of the career accolades of the others, but averaging 5.15 Kills/Set for your career is pretty damn impressive and anyone who watched him knows the level he played at Runner-Up - This has been toughest spot for me. Some names that crossed my mind David Lehman (Stevens) Quinn Peterson (Juniata) Griffin Shields (Carthage) TJ Wiechecki (Marymount); Honorable mention for one season of Joe Norman (New Paltz '16) LiberoKyle Cohan - (Carthage '19-'22): Don't care if this is recency bias, I just watched this libero dominate a National Championship for the 2nd consecutive year Runner-Up - Brendan Chang (MIT '13-'16) Does a player have to have played only in the NCAA Championship era to be considered? If not, there are some players who we’re only freshmen or sophomores the last year of the Molten Era who should be considered. Didn’t name anyone who was a senior in 2012. To name a few: Rob Kraft - MB (Naz) Falcone / O’Leary - MB (Springfield) Klepac - MB (UC Santa Cruz) Wexter - S (Carthage) Ferry - L (Springfield) McColgin - RS (Juniata) Any of those middles I’d take above Bortak and I’d put O’Leary above Knigge due to individual and team accolades. I’ll do this too, but with a starting line up and those who played at least 3+ years in the NCAA era: OH1- Ferriter (Stevens/New Paltz) OH2- Slavinski (Carthage) MB1- O’Leary (Springfield) MB2- Woessner (New Paltz) RS- Lehman (Stevens) S- Pieper (Springfield) L- Chang (MIT) Runners up: Vega, Bortak, Greg Woods, Christian Smith, Cohan This list easily could’ve been made up of only Springfield and New Paltz players. Usually the best players come from the best teams so I tried to avoid that but as you can see, failed a bit but stand by it because a part of what makes the players listed special are the ability to perform when it mattered the most. It’d be easy to forget about those early NCAA-era teams and just look at the last 5 seasons only as well. Carthage is still on their run (although the 2021 championship was a bubble year) so this list could look differently in a year or two. The hardest for me to decide was Vega vs Slavinski for OH2 and Smith vs Pieper. I watched/followed D3 in 07-09, played 10-13, watched a lot from 14-16 and have loosely followed since then. My D3 goat is Brubaker. No top player has played with less talented teammates. His best teammate was Dueck, right? noah pricket? and he beat Riv when Riv had 3 AAs (M, OH, S) with 37kills on 52 swings with 11 digs and 5 aces in a 5 set match at the 2010 NECVA semis. The guy was the MVP of PVL (the semi pro league at mens nationals) the year he graduated and was the MVP of the Swedish league in his first season. I would consider AJ Nally the 2nd best OH. Oliveira from Baruch might be up there. Dave Evans had to be the shortest PoY ever, making him best inch-for-inch player. Ferriter was an offensive machine but all of the guys i mentioned above him were better in SR and defensively. Werle is the best setter in D3 history, but Christian Smith might be the best all around player because he was AA level at OH, RS, and S for like 3 seasons. Wexter was excellent, EJ from naz (they tanked when he graduated despite having multiple AA pins), Mortland from NYU (was upset in the 1st round of UVC by PSUBehrend as the 1 seed bc he didnt play), and I loved how Mike Vellutato from Elmira ran his court. Best D3 Middles: Falcone is my #1. As a freshman, when Springfield played a D1 schedule with the minimum D3 matches to qualify for Moltens, he lead D1 in total blocks and blocks/set. Best blocker I've ever played against. He owned Kraft head-to-head (though I would maybe give Kraft the offensive edge) and has all the leadership intangibles you could ask for. Knigge and Cal Palumbo were both forces of nature offensively, but i kind of want to give knigge the edge. Woessner was really really good but not as physically dominant imo. RS: a lot of guys had really good 1 or 2 seasons but none jump to mind as full career wrecking balls. probably someone after my time idk. L: Nate Ferry. absolute monster. other people may have been as skilled as him but nobody had his defensive range.
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Post by noreaster on Apr 25, 2022 15:45:43 GMT -5
Final Coach's Poll for 2022 2. Springfield (-1) - A worthy runner-up and excellent return to the national stage for the Pride; Hope this group can translate their experiences this year into a return back next year. Do we really hope that? I mean as long as Lilly has been around, Robles has been around longer! 6 years! And for teams that play them regularly, Brandow's departure seems overdue as well. If they really send off 8 players, that would be a welcomed change. I know they'll still be good, and I will not be surprised at all if Charlie waves his wand and gets them back in the final four next year, but I'm going to hope for some new faces next year. I hope for NYU to finally put together a championship caliber season. I hope one of the St Louis schools can make a final four. I hope some Stevenson alum gets to coach in a final four at his alma mater! Any of those would make me happier than Springfield showing up yet again.
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Post by TheReignman on Apr 25, 2022 16:02:29 GMT -5
I'll take this question but in the NCAA Championship Era (2012 - Present) SetterChristian Smith - (New Paltz '13-'16): 2 Final Four Appearances and National Championship; the fact that he could have been setting or hitting on either pin throughout his career says a lot. If you don't believe me, go watch - Runner-Up - Mike Vellutato (Elmira '11-'14) Midde BlockerMatt Knigge - (Vassar '15-'18): To shoe horn this young man as a middle might be unfair, but he was an incredibly special athlete and an absolute monster in every way imaginable. If he was responsible to only do things that a middle did, he may have hit .600+ Runner-Up - Joe Bortak ('12-'15) Outside HitterTim Ferriter - (New Paltz '13 & '14 Stevens '15 & '16): Four Time First team All American with 2 Final Four Appearance and National Championship this dude was an absolute terror in every sense of the word. Runner-Up - Ricky Vega (Springfield '13 - '17) OppositeNate Miller - (Lancaster Bible '18-'20): He doesn't have some of the career accolades of the others, but averaging 5.15 Kills/Set for your career is pretty damn impressive and anyone who watched him knows the level he played at Runner-Up - This has been toughest spot for me. Some names that crossed my mind David Lehman (Stevens) Quinn Peterson (Juniata) Griffin Shields (Carthage) TJ Wiechecki (Marymount); Honorable mention for one season of Joe Norman (New Paltz '16) LiberoKyle Cohan - (Carthage '19-'22): Don't care if this is recency bias, I just watched this libero dominate a National Championship for the 2nd consecutive year Runner-Up - Brendan Chang (MIT '13-'16) Does a player have to have played only in the NCAA Championship era to be considered? If not, there are some players who we’re only freshmen or sophomores the last year of the Molten Era who should be considered. Didn’t name anyone who was a senior in 2012. To name a few: Rob Kraft - MB (Naz) Falcone / O’Leary - MB (Springfield) Klepac - MB (UC Santa Cruz) Wexter - S (Carthage) Ferry - L (Springfield) McColgin - RS (Juniata) Any of those middles I’d take above Bortak and I’d put O’Leary above Knigge due to individual and team accolades. I’ll do this too, but with a starting line up and those who played at least 3+ years in the NCAA era: OH1- Ferriter (Stevens/New Paltz) OH2- Slavinski (Carthage) MB1- O’Leary (Springfield) MB2- Woessner (New Paltz) RS- Lehman (Stevens) S- Pieper (Springfield) L- Chang (MIT) Runners up: Vega, Bortak, Greg Woods, Christian Smith, Cohan This list easily could’ve been made up of only Springfield and New Paltz players. Usually the best players come from the best teams so I tried to avoid that but as you can see, failed a bit but stand by it because a part of what makes the players listed special are the ability to perform when it mattered the most. It’d be easy to forget about those early NCAA-era teams and just look at the last 5 seasons only as well. Carthage is still on their run (although the 2021 championship was a bubble year) so this list could look differently in a year or two. The hardest for me to decide was Vega vs Slavinski for OH2 and Smith vs Pieper. Championship Era was just the metric I used because that's when I've been paying attention (player and coach). I'm heavily biased towards the 13-16 era but it was golden age IMO. Greg Woods would be my RS pick in one match measurement but he only had court time for two years with no accolades (a travesty IMO). McColgin is another monster. The top 10 list of outsides would be wild, but certainly Slivinski is in top 5 IMO
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Post by TheReignman on Apr 25, 2022 16:03:37 GMT -5
Final Coach's Poll for 2022 2. Springfield (-1) - A worthy runner-up and excellent return to the national stage for the Pride; Hope this group can translate their experiences this year into a return back next year. Do we really hope that? I mean as long as Lilly has been around, Robles has been around longer! 6 years! And for teams that play them regularly, Brandow's departure seems overdue as well. If they really send off 8 players, that would be a welcomed change. I know they'll still be good, and I will not be surprised at all if Charlie waves his wand and gets them back in the final four next year, but I'm going to hope for some new faces next year. I hope for NYU to finally put together a championship caliber season. I hope one of the St Louis schools can make a final four. I hope some Stevenson alum gets to coach in a final four at his alma mater! Any of those would make me happier than Springfield showing up yet again. I was more saying that an athlete of Jarret Anderson caliber and ability belongs on the national stage. I had my first chance to watch him last weekend, and god is he special.
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Post by rossmaddensbeard on Apr 25, 2022 17:25:41 GMT -5
Why aren’t we considering Ross Madden and Joe Norman on the “best d3vb players that only some people remember”? My owners beard deserves better treatment than this!
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Post by downballer on Apr 25, 2022 18:12:37 GMT -5
Final Coach's Poll for 2022 1. Carthage (+1) - Unassailable number one team. 2nd consecutive National title and winners of 24 straight. Well deserved for JW and his men. 2. Springfield (-1) - A worthy runner-up and excellent return to the national stage for the Pride; Hope this group can translate their experiences this year into a return back next year. 3. Wentworth (+3) - Winning arguably the toughest regional, this group showed they were more than the Laboo show before running into the Carthage buzz saw 4. Stevens (+1) - All year long the Ducks found ways to win matches- it wasn't always pretty but more often than not they got the job done. Coach Buehring's impact on this program in only his 2nd year was very impressive 5. Dominican (-2) - A huge congratulations to Doug Burchett (who received my vote for National Coach of the Year) for leading this veteran squad to the Quarterfinals and a tough matchup in Kenosha Regional 6. Rutgers-Newark (-2) - Coach Wilson's squad was a well oiled machine all year, but ran into a red-hot Wentworth team that was just a bad match-up for them; Returning talent will make this squad one to keep your eye on 7. New Paltz (+2) - A team who out performed my expectations all year long- they got some huge wins but were just out manned in the Springfield Regional 8. NCC (-1) - Our first "Sweet 16" team to be ranked; This NCC squad was only defeated by #1 team (x3) #5 team (x1) and Loras; Lots of returning talent for this squad 9. St. Joe's (NR) - HUGE win for Bill Kropp and this St. Joe's squad over SVU; A win well earned by this team 10. St. John Fisher (+2) - Another team with a tremendous finish to their season, although swept by Wentworth the match was incredibly competitive and a few points changed may have placed this team in the Final 4 11. Southern Virginia (-3)- A disappointing finish for this Southern Virginia squad, doesn't take away from some nice wins they had during the season 12. Juniata (-1) - Coach DeHaven and his squad had to work around injuries all year long, but if Kevin Duffy is returning this team will be dangerous next season 13. Messiah (-3) - An unfortunate start to the year for Coach Beachy and bad luck finish losing Matt Knab to injury - with every other starter returning, I wouldn't be shocked to see them in MAC contention again 14. Vassar (0) - 5 of the 6 Brewer losses came to teams in the NCAA field, but some excellent wins during the year as well; Coach Gary returns a ton of talent as they prepare to return to NCAA Tournament 15. Marymount (0) - A first ever NCAA tournament appearance for Coach Liberto's veteran squad, their hot start may seem a long time ago but definitely helped them earn their at-large bid Also Considered: Stevenson, Loras, Endicott If there were to be a consolation match for 3rd and 4th place, who do you think takes it? Both teams had a great run (Wentworth especially, they were red hot the whole tournament), but both ran into a brick wall in the Final Four. I personally would like Wentworth but would love to hear other opinions.
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Post by d3vballer on Apr 26, 2022 7:39:35 GMT -5
Final Coach's Poll for 2022 1. Carthage (+1) - Unassailable number one team. 2nd consecutive National title and winners of 24 straight. Well deserved for JW and his men. 2. Springfield (-1) - A worthy runner-up and excellent return to the national stage for the Pride; Hope this group can translate their experiences this year into a return back next year. 3. Wentworth (+3) - Winning arguably the toughest regional, this group showed they were more than the Laboo show before running into the Carthage buzz saw 4. Stevens (+1) - All year long the Ducks found ways to win matches- it wasn't always pretty but more often than not they got the job done. Coach Buehring's impact on this program in only his 2nd year was very impressive 5. Dominican (-2) - A huge congratulations to Doug Burchett (who received my vote for National Coach of the Year) for leading this veteran squad to the Quarterfinals and a tough matchup in Kenosha Regional 6. Rutgers-Newark (-2) - Coach Wilson's squad was a well oiled machine all year, but ran into a red-hot Wentworth team that was just a bad match-up for them; Returning talent will make this squad one to keep your eye on 7. New Paltz (+2) - A team who out performed my expectations all year long- they got some huge wins but were just out manned in the Springfield Regional 8. NCC (-1) - Our first "Sweet 16" team to be ranked; This NCC squad was only defeated by #1 team (x3) #5 team (x1) and Loras; Lots of returning talent for this squad 9. St. Joe's (NR) - HUGE win for Bill Kropp and this St. Joe's squad over SVU; A win well earned by this team 10. St. John Fisher (+2) - Another team with a tremendous finish to their season, although swept by Wentworth the match was incredibly competitive and a few points changed may have placed this team in the Final 4 11. Southern Virginia (-3)- A disappointing finish for this Southern Virginia squad, doesn't take away from some nice wins they had during the season 12. Juniata (-1) - Coach DeHaven and his squad had to work around injuries all year long, but if Kevin Duffy is returning this team will be dangerous next season 13. Messiah (-3) - An unfortunate start to the year for Coach Beachy and bad luck finish losing Matt Knab to injury - with every other starter returning, I wouldn't be shocked to see them in MAC contention again 14. Vassar (0) - 5 of the 6 Brewer losses came to teams in the NCAA field, but some excellent wins during the year as well; Coach Gary returns a ton of talent as they prepare to return to NCAA Tournament 15. Marymount (0) - A first ever NCAA tournament appearance for Coach Liberto's veteran squad, their hot start may seem a long time ago but definitely helped them earn their at-large bid Also Considered: Stevenson, Loras, Endicott If there were to be a consolation match for 3rd and 4th place, who do you think takes it? Both teams had a great run (Wentworth especially, they were red hot the whole tournament), but both ran into a brick wall in the Final Four. I personally would like Wentworth but would love to hear other opinions. Wentworth would win that. Wentworth got rolled but Stevens got embarrassed. Best pin player didn't perform in the bright lights. Served too weak. Competitive nature wasn't there.
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Post by BigBics on Apr 27, 2022 2:54:01 GMT -5
What a final and season... Just a few words from big bics, aka big setter schlong aka hitters are quitters, aka the A ball asshat. Carthage proved Kenosha ain't just a hick city on the beach. They got heart. I saw a homeless man snorting ketamine on the beach and passed a strip joint next to a long John silvers/Taco Bell combo but nonetheless what a time. Tarble was so packed you would have thought Mike Pence was handing out free desert eagles to the first 50 fans. Carthage followed the wise words of daddy and ran that bic down any team's throat. Honestly, Jarrett "whitest name ever"andersen, small bic brannow, and sir York ruler of springshire didn't know what hit them. Honestly, didn't watch the game but great season to all D3 teams and thanks to the media for the coverage, even you Johnny sins... I mean ramius. Big Bics out
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Post by offthetape on Apr 27, 2022 18:00:18 GMT -5
I played DIII in the late 90s, a lot of really excellent players in DIII back then. I played at ULV, so obviously I am a little biased, but it is fun to think back and give some shout outs. Plenty of high level talent, lots of people playing pro overseas after graduation.
Rob Schneider, Alex Lienert, Chris Peterson, Nate Michael (University of La Verne) Donald Chen and Zack Hite (UC San Diego) Tim Shawaryn and Rod Kirby (Juniata) Mitch Kallick and Dom Griffin (NYU) Lots of talent at Springfield College and UC Santa Cruz too, but can't think of names 25 years later!
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Post by ucscfan12 on Apr 28, 2022 0:47:36 GMT -5
I played DIII in the late 90s, a lot of really excellent players in DIII back then. I played at ULV, so obviously I am a little biased, but it is fun to think back and give some shout outs. Plenty of high level talent, lots of people playing pro overseas after graduation. Rob Schneider, Alex Lienert, Chris Peterson, Nate Michael (University of La Verne) Donald Chen and Zack Hite (UC San Diego) Tim Shawaryn and Rod Kirby (Juniata) Mitch Kallick and Dom Griffin (NYU) Lots of talent at Springfield College and UC Santa Cruz too, but can't think of names 25 years later! UC Santa Cruz always has lots of talent!
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Post by d3vballer on May 8, 2022 11:39:38 GMT -5
With Hawaii Winning the D1 championship and Carthage winning the D3 championship, I’m curious what thoughts are on what would happen if Carthage Faced off against Hawaii. Yes I know Hawaii would win but curious how people think that game would go. Carthage wouldn't get past 15 points
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