D3 in 2021

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I was actually pointing more to the fact that they were travelling around the Boston area at a variety of schools and multiple schools on the same day.

Endicott played Wesleyan on Thursday prior to the Trinity match on Friday.
Babson watched the Trinity match prior to playing them.
Trinity was MITs only match of the weekend.
Tufts played Coast Guard on Friday and Trinity (CT) at 1 prior to Trinity (TX) at 4:30.

Four match weekends used to be the norm for d3 and are fairly rare at this point. It's tough for a single site to host an event like that and we've all become used to webcasting, live stats, ball shaggers and amenities which make matches run smoothly.

[noreaster]

With the new regions, here's a guess at some of the teams we might be looking at being ranked at this point... I may have missed some so other suggestions are certainly welcome

Region I
GNAC - Is J&W there yet?
Little East - Plymouth is 17-0 but not a lot of weight on there.
NESCAC - The whole top half will probably be there.
NAC - ??

Region II
Commonwealth Coast - Endicott
MASCAC - n/a
NECC - New England
NEWMAC - MIT, Babson, Coast Guard, Smith and maybe more

Region III
Empire 8 - St. John Fisher
Liberty League - RIT, Ithaca, Clarkson
Skyline - Merchant Marine?
SUNYAC - Brockport, Cortland

Region IV
NYU
CUNYAC - ?
MAC Freedom - Stevens, Desales, maybe Kings?
NJAC - Rowan, Montclair, Camden?
United East - ?

Region V
Atlantic East - ??
Centennial - Hopkins, Haverford, F&M, Dickinson
CSAC - ??
Landmark - Juniata, Scranton, Susquehanna,
MAC Commonwealth - Eastern, Stevenson, York

Region VI
Emory
C2C - Santa Cruz, Christopher Newport
ODAC - Va Wesleyan, W&L, Randolph Macon
Southern - Berry, BSU
USA South - Southern Virginia

Region VII
AMCC -
MIAA - Calvin, Hope, Albion
North Coast - Denison, Wittenberg
OAC - ONU, Otterbein,
Presidents - Westminster

Region VIII
Chicago and WashU
CCIW - Milikin and maybe more?
Heartland - ??
NACC - Concordia Wisconsin
SLIAC - ??
WIAC - Whitewater, Eau Claire, Stevens Point, Lacrosse


Region IX
American Rivers - Coe and Wartburg, maybe Loras
MIAC - Gustavus, Hamline, Bethel
Midwest - Cornell?
UMAC - Northwestern

Region X
American Southwest - MHB
Northwest - Whitworth
SCIAC - CMS
SCAC - Trinity, Colorado, Southwestern

[ned3vball]

Match of the Day Oct 12
#13 Emory  at  #15 Berry 7:00pm  ET  video   (match not yet listed(8am) on this page??)

Honorable mention
#19 Chicago  at  (rv)Carthage  7:00  CT video  
(rv)Bowdoin  at  (rv)Tufts  6:00pm  ET  video   

And many more near you!

Update
Emory 3  Berry 2
Chicago 0  Carthage 3
Bowdoin 0  Tufts 3

[ned3vball]

I am tracking Quality Wins(QWI) against top 100 teams and using that data to create rankings by region.
The C bids are assigned by quality wins, NOT the NCAA criteria. The teams with quality wins should be getting the bids.
The top QWI scoring team for each conference is assigned the pool A bid for these purposes.
So you will not see Mary Hardin-Baylor on this list since their QWI is low due to their weak schedule
(they are still first in the AMSW and looking at the A bid).

The 3 not ranked schools who qualify for a pool C bid based on QWI are all in the region of death, region XIII. they are Aurora(11.84),
Wisc-La Crosse(11.23), and Earlham(10.45).

Region	school	league	ABC	QWI	QWI rank	SOS	D3 W	D3 L	ranked W	ranked L
1	formerly NE
1	Wesleyan University (CT)	NESCAC	A	8.56	41	0.661	10	2	5	2
2	Tufts	NESCAC		8.13	43	0.595	12	4	4	4
3	Bowdoin	NESCAC		5.82	60	0.592	12	3	4	3
4	Middlebury	NESCAC		5.36	62	0.543	14	1	3	1
5	Amherst	NESCAC		4.13	73	0.539	10	1	2	1
6	Williams	NESCAC		2.07	90	0.523	11	1	2	1
7	Plymouth State	LEAST	A	0.00	111	0.498	15	0	0	0
8	Hamilton	NESCAC		-1.00	130	0.543	6	6	0	5
9	Simmons	GRNORE	A	-2.00	154	0.494	10	4	0	2
2	formerly NE
1	Endicott	COMCST	A	6.00	59	0.618	12	7	3	6
2	MIT	NEWMAC	A	3.89	75	0.603	17	1	6	1
3	Springfield	NEWMAC		3.15	78	0.550	14	4	3	3
4	Babson	NEWMAC		1.17	95	0.558	14	3	4	3
5	Coast Guard Academy	NEWMAC		0.67	105	0.607	12	5	1	5
6	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	NEWMAC		-0.17	113	0.571	13	4	1	3
7	Brandeis	UAA		-1.20	136	0.595	5	14	1	10
Region	school	league	ABC	QWI	QWI rank	SOS	D3 wins	D3 losses	ranked wins	ranked losses
3	formerly NY
1	Clarkson	LIBRTY	A	6.70	51	0.594	12	7	4	7
2	Ithaca	LIBRTY		4.62	70	0.656	11	8	6	8
3	Brockport	SUNYAC	A	3.37	76	0.575	11	6	3	5
4	St. John Fisher	EMP8	A	3.13	79	0.540	15	3	3	3
5	RIT	LIBRTY		1.20	94	0.539	16	2	1	2
6	Cortland	SUNYAC		1.00	96	0.527	16	2	3	2
7	Geneseo	SUNYAC		0.00	112	0.611	9	8	1	7
8	Manhattanville	SKYLIN	A	-1.00	127	0.573	10	4	0	3
4	formerly NY
1	New York University	UAA	C	13.48	25	0.585	16	0	7	0
2	Stevens Institute of Technology	MAFREE	A	2.03	91	0.556	16	3	4	3
3	DeSales	MAFREE		-0.80	120	0.573	11	6	3	4
4	Arcadia	MAFREE		-1.60	142	0.624	10	11	0	10
5	York College (NY)	CUNYAC	A	-2.00	147	0.157	0	2	0	0
6	Rowan	NEWJER	A	-2.00	149	0.544	15	3	0	1
7	Kings College	MAFREE		-2.00	152	0.433	14	3	0	2
Region	school	league	ABC	QWI	QWI rank	SOS	D3 wins	D3 losses	ranked wins	ranked losses
5	formerly MA
1	Johns Hopkins	CENTN	A	32.46	7	0.656	19	0	13	0
2	Juniata	LANDM	A	21.76	13	0.636	17	1	11	1
3	Scranton	LANDM	C	9.31	38	0.600	19	3	8	3
4	Susquehanna	LANDM		8.79	40	0.587	14	5	4	5
5	Stevenson	MACOMM	A	6.68	52	0.624	16	4	7	4
6	Haverford	CENTN		6.45	55	0.623	15	3	6	3
7	Eastern	MACOMM		4.48	71	0.564	18	1	5	1
8	York College (PA)	MACOMM		-0.32	116	0.570	11	6	1	4
9	Dickinson	CENTN		-1.00	128	0.589	10	5	0	5
6	formerly SO
1	UC Santa Cruz	C2C	A	12.88	28	0.511	13	1	3	1
2	Berry	SOATHL	A	9.66	36	0.571	14	1	3	1
3	Christopher Newport	C2C	C	9.39	37	0.571	15	3	4	3
4	Birmingham-Southern	SOATHL		7.86	45	0.599	13	5	3	3
5	Emory	UAA		5.20	63	0.558	12	3	1	3
6	Virginia Wesleyan	OLDDOM	A	5.08	65	0.535	17	4	2	4
7	Randolph-Macon	OLDDOM		4.71	68	0.594	11	4	3	4
8	Mary Washington	C2C		4.28	72	0.604	12	9	4	6
9	Centre	SOATHL		2.80	84	0.523	13	4	0	2
10	Southern Virginia	USASO	A	0.28	110	0.506	15	3	1	1
Region	school	league	ABC	QWI	QWI rank	SOS	D3 wins	D3 losses	ranked wins	ranked losses
7	formerly GL
1	Hope	MICH	A	39.41	2	0.579	17	2	7	2
2	Calvin	MICH	C	36.42	5	0.575	18	2	8	2
3	Wittenberg	NOCST	A	23.26	12	0.640	14	6	4	6
4	Ohio Northern	OHIO	A	21.12	14	0.552	15	1	4	1
5	Muskingum	OHIO	C	20.48	15	0.654	11	8	4	7
6	Otterbein	OHIO	C	19.72	17	0.563	16	2	3	2
7	Denison	NOCST	C	13.29	26	0.602	13	5	3	4
8	Mount Union	OHIO		8.04	44	0.539	15	4	2	3
9	Albion	MICH		7.69	46	0.539	12	5	1	3
10	Carnegie Mellon	UAA		6.11	57	0.613	8	9	1	6
8	formerly MW
1	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WISC	A	43.83	1	0.612	19	3	8	2
2	Wisconsin-Whitewater	WISC	C	37.60	3	0.594	18	1	5	1
3	Chicago	UAA	A	25.19	9	0.646	11	6	6	6
4	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WISC	C	24.38	11	0.575	19	4	6	4
5	Illinois Wesleyan	ILLWIS	A	20.13	16	0.625	11	10	4	7
6	Mount St. Joseph	HEART	A	14.49	21	0.570	11	6	3	4
7	Millikin	ILLWIS	C	13.71	23	0.566	13	6	0	6
8	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	WISC	C	13.56	24	0.570	12	9	3	6
9	Wheaton College (IL)	ILLWIS	C	13.16	27	0.584	12	8	4	5
10	Concordia University (WI)	NORTHN	A	12.57	29	0.509	13	3	1	2
Region	school	league	ABC	QWI	QWI rank	SOS	D3 wins	D3 losses	ranked wins	ranked losses
9	formerly CE
1	Wartburg	AMRIV	A	36.25	6	0.557	20	0	8	0
2	Gustavus Adolphus	MINN	A	24.88	10	0.596	17	5	6	5
3	Northwestern-MN	UPMW	A	18.81	18	0.539	17	3	3	3
4	Augsburg	MINN	C	15.18	20	0.605	11	8	3	7
5	Bethel University	MINN	C	13.74	22	0.559	15	4	2	4
6	Coe	AMRIV	C	10.10	34	0.491	18	5	2	3
7	Hamline	MINN		8.51	42	0.530	14	5	3	3
8	St. Olaf	MINN		7.25	48	0.621	9	10	1	8
10	formerly WE
1	Trinity University (TX)	SOCOLL	A	36.92	4	0.617	18	2	7	2
2	CMS	SOCAL	A	29.42	8	0.561	15	0	5	0
3	Southwestern	SOCOLL	C	18.11	19	0.502	16	1	1	1
4	Colorado College	SOCOLL	C	12.47	30	0.547	18	3	4	2
5	Whitworth	NOWEST	A	9.93	35	0.525	13	2	0	2
6	Pomona-Pitzer Colleges	SOCAL		8.93	39	0.533	10	7	1	4
7	Chapman	SOCAL		6.80	50	0.608	8	8	1	6
		A Count	33	of 44
		B count	0	of 0
		C count	17	of 20

[coachk2]

Thank you for all the D3 info you provide. 👏 It is very useful.  How will the regional playoff sites be determined with the 10 region system?  😳  With Wash U hosting the D3 championship Nov 18-20, does that mean they will also host a regional? 🤔

[bigfan]

Oct 12, 2021 8:11:58 GMT -5 ned3vball said:

I am tracking Quality Wins(QWI) against top 100 teams and using that data to create rankings by region.

Exceptional work here.

Why is UC Santa Cruz not placed in the same region as the SCIAC schools?

[ned3vball]

Oct 12, 2021 9:14:34 GMT -5 bigfan said:

Oct 12, 2021 8:11:58 GMT -5 ned3vball said:

I am tracking Quality Wins(QWI) against top 100 teams and using that data to create rankings by region.

Exceptional work here.

Why is UC Santa Cruz not placed in the same region as the SCIAC schools?

Santa Cruz is playing in a faux conference, the Coast to Coast conference(C2C), that was created out of the embers of the Capital conference. I consider it a faux conference since they do not play a conference schedule.

It was driven by Christopher Newport, Salisbury, and Mary Washington to save their pool A bid. Those 3 schools just asked anybody who was free to join them. They have not received the same exemption that the UAA has to be ranked in multiple regions. I have no idea, but guessing the NCAA wants to see how they operate for a few years before giving them that status. Actually, region 6 makes sense, as the competitive teams, at least volleyball wise, are all there, with the exception of Santa Cruz.

Is this a bad thing for region X(west region)? It did cost them a ranking spot. They are ranking 7, 1 team short of a count to get 8. But at least Santa Cruz will be ranked in region VI, so the west region schools that played them do get a ranked match out of it. And if they were in region X, it would be them anyway so the 7 works in that sense, at least this year.

[ned3vball]

Oct 12, 2021 8:59:35 GMT -5 coachk2 said:

Thank you for all the D3 info you provide. 👏 It is very useful.  How will the regional playoff sites be determined with the 10 region system?  😳  With Wash U hosting the D3 championship Nov 18-20, does that mean they will also host a regional? 🤔

Without checking, I will assume the Elite 8 host will not be selected to host a regional. WashU has a ways to go to even get in the tournament. At 11-7, 2-3 with an 0-7 record against teams on the above list, They are not looking good for a pool C bid.

I am guessing the regional site selection process will be the same as always. They will pick 64 teams and then see where they are(not considering geography during the process - wink wink nod nod).
They will start with their 6 airplane trips and how they need to use them. Will it be less trips this year due to budget? If they can build a West regional in TX with 5 flights(NW AQ, SCIAC AQ, Colorado College, Santa Cruz, TBD) to Texas(MHB, Trinity(TX), Southwestern) they will start with that probably. How Santa Cruz and Southwestern finish up will be key.  

[noreaster]

Oct 12, 2021 8:59:35 GMT -5 coachk2 said:

Thank you for all the D3 info you provide. 👏 It is very useful.  How will the regional playoff sites be determined with the 10 region system?  😳  With Wash U hosting the D3 championship Nov 18-20, does that mean they will also host a regional? 🤔

Hosts should be decided the same way, but before there was an effort to let as many 1 seeds as possible host, and in the case where Emory was a 1 seed but nowhere near anybody, they flew them up to Rochester to be the 1 seed up there because they had a bunch of schools but no 1 seed. The ten regions just means that 1-2 regions will have multiple number 1's, though in year one I have to think that they will bend over backwards not to put three 1's in the same region, but we'll see.

As for Wash U, a lot of schools hosting the finals don't want to host the regionals. You lose your facility for about 5-6 days to host the finals, to lose it for 4 more days right before that and burn-out your staff before the finals even start, well that can burn bridges on campus right before you need them most.

[ned3vball]

Match of the Day 10/13
Wisc-Oshkosh  at  (rv)Concordia(WI)  7:00pm CT  video  

Honorable Mention
Texas Lutheran  at  Mary Hardin-Baylor  6:00pm CT  video 
Mount Union  at  Muskingum  7:00pm ET  video 

Update
Wisc-Oshkosh 2  Concordia(WI) 3
Texas Lutheran 2  Mary Hardin-Baylor 3
Mount Union 3  Muskingum 1 

[noreaster]

Ithaca at RIT should be fun tonight!

The winner should host the Liberty League tournament.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Heidelberg was upset by Baldwin Wallace. 

[ned3vball]

Match of the Day 10/15
#20 UC Santa Cruz  at  #7 Colorado College  6:00pm CT  video  

Honorable Mention
(rv)Amherst  at  #24 Tufts  7:00pm ET  video  
(rv)Susquehanna  at  (rv)Babson  6:30pm  ET  video  
St. Olaf  at  #23 Bethel  7:00pm CT   video   
(rv)Christopher Newport  at  #11 Juniata  7:00pm ET  video  
Cornell College  vs  #20 UC Santa Cruz  1:00pm CT  video  

And many more near you!

Update
UC Santa Cruz 2  Colorado College 3
Amherst 0  Tufts 3
Susquehanna 3  Babson 2  (reverse sweep)
Christopher Newport 0  Juniata 3
Cornell college 0  UC Santa Cruz 3

[tmb]

Oct 15, 2021 1:28:04 GMT -5 ned3vball said:

Match of the Day 10/15
#20 UC Santa Cruz  at  #7 Colorado College  6:00pm CT  video  

Honorable Mention
(rv)Amherst  at  #24 Tufts  7:00pm ET  video  
(rv)Susquehanna  at  (rv)Babson  6:30pm  ET  video  
St. Olaf  at  #23 Bethel  7:00pm CT   video   
(rv)Christopher Newport  at  #11 Juniata  7:00pm ET  video  
Cornell College  vs  #20 UC Santa Cruz  1:00pm CT  video  

And many more near you!

The whole NESCAC log jam at the top will be interesting! Middlebury at Bowdoin is a hike!

Amherst, Middlebury, Bowdoin & Williams at 5-1
Tufts & Wesleyan with two losses

smh

[coachk2]

Oct 12, 2021 10:01:36 GMT -5 ned3vball said:

Oct 12, 2021 8:59:35 GMT -5 coachk2 said:

Thank you for all the D3 info you provide. 👏 It is very useful.  How will the regional playoff sites be determined with the 10 region system?  😳  With Wash U hosting the D3 championship Nov 18-20, does that mean they will also host a regional? 🤔

Without checking, I will assume the Elite 8 host will not be selected to host a regional. WashU has a ways to go to even get in the tournament. At 11-7, 2-3 with an 0-7 record against teams on the above list, They are not looking good for a pool C bid.

I am guessing the regional site selection process will be the same as always. They will pick 64 teams and then see where they are(not considering geography during the process - wink wink nod nod).
They will start with their 6 airplane trips and how they need to use them. Will it be less trips this year due to budget? If they can build a West regional in TX with 5 flights(NW AQ, SCIAC AQ, Colorado College, Santa Cruz, TBD) to Texas(MHB, Trinity(TX), Southwestern) they will start with that probably. How Santa Cruz and Southwestern finish up will be key.  

Are the NCAA’s Regional Rankings not available yet? 😬 If not, when are they issued? 🤔 Seems like it would be soon? Thanks. 😃 PS  It would be ironic if Wash U doesn’t make the tournament in the year they host. ☹️ Didn’t happen in 2010 or 2011. 🙄 Guess they need to win the UAA bid 😳