Triple Take: We predict the scores

We go into everything with expectations. That’s part of human nature, and the approach to the Division III postseason is no different.

Undoing an element of those expectations is the fact that there are no seeds attached to any of the games listed below. Consider this, then, to be a blank slate of sorts. Pat Coleman, Keith McMillan and I give you our individual predictions for Saturday. We didn’t collaborate in any way on these (no discussions, no sneak peeks, etc.) and it appears we have picked a consensus winner in all but a handful of games.

The postseason Triple Take predictions are not intended to be lines on the games, but rather a broad test of outcome vs. expectations.

— Ryan Tipps

Pat: Mount Union 53, Washington and Jefferson 10
Ryan: Mount Union 42, Washington and Jefferson 10
Keith: Mount Union 35, Washington and Jefferson 16

Pat: Montclair State 24, Maine Maritime 19
Ryan: Montclair State 20, Maine Maritime 17
Keith: Montclair State 19, Maine Maritime 7

Pat: Alfred 31, Albright 27
Ryan: Alfred 24, Albright 20
Keith: Alfred 28, Albright 27

Pat: Delaware Valley 37, Susquehanna 14
Ryan: Delaware Valley 31, Susquehanna 13
Keith: Delaware Valley 28, Susquehanna 10

Pat: Wesley 41, North Carolina Wesleyan 17
Ryan: Wesley 34, North Carolina Wesleyan 14
Keith: Wesley 31, North Carolina Wesleyan 3

Pat: Huntingdon 38, Mississippi College 35
Ryan: Mississippi College 24, Huntingdon 7
Keith: Mississippi College 28, Huntingdon 17

Pat: Hampden-Sydney 38, Johns Hopkins 20
Ryan: Hampden-Sydney 28, Johns Hopkins 14
Keith: Hampden-Sydney 35, Johns Hopkins 14

Pat: Thomas More 20, DePauw 17
Ryan: DePauw 20, Thomas More 17
Keith: Thomas More 20, DePauw 9

Pat: UW-Whitewater 58, Lakeland 7
Ryan: UW-Whitewater 52, Lakeland 6
Keith: UW-Whitewater 44, Lakeland 0

Pat: Illinois Wesleyan 24, Wabash 20
Ryan: Illinois Weseylan 28, Wabash 21
Keith: Illinois Wesleyan 14, Wabash 13

Pat: Trine 35, Case Western Reserve 31
Ryan: Case Western Reserve 41, Trine 31
Keith: Case Western Reserve 31, Trine 21

Pat: Wittenberg 20, Mount St. Joseph 6
Ryan: Wittenberg 17, Mount St. Joseph 9
Keith: Wittenberg 21, Mount St. Joseph 3

Pat: Coe 10, St. John’s 7
Ryan: St. John’s 28, Coe 7
Keith: St. John’s 14, Coe 12

Pat: St. Thomas 31, Monmouth 24
Ryan: Monmouth 34, St. Thomas 31
Keith: Monmouth 31, St. Thomas 28

Pat: Mary Hardin-Baylor 28, Central 17
Ryan: Central 21, Mary Hardin-Baylor 17
Keith: Mary Hardin-Baylor 27, Central 24, 2OT

Pat: Linfield 31, Cal Lutheran 14
Ryan: Linfield 38, Cal Lutheran 20
Keith: Linfield 28, Cal Lutheran 21