The NCAA has released their second of three regional rankings that begin to form the basis for at-large invitations to the postseason. As conference tourneys appear on the horizon, the NCAA regional rankings list will be the guide for those early eliminations.

The post-season selection announcement will be webstreamed live on NCAA.com Monday, November 8 at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

Central
Region Record Overall Record
1. Washington U. 10-1-2 11-1-3
2. Dominican 15-1-1 15-1-1
3. Calvin 10-2-3 11-2-3
4. North Park 9-3-1 9-4-1
5. Wheaton (Ill.) 6-5-3 8-6-3
6. Illinois Wesleyan 6-3-2 6-6-2
7. Hope 8-5-2 9-5-2

East
Region Record Overall Record
1. Stevens 9-1-3 10-1-3
2. New York University 9-2-3 9-2-3
3. Rochester 6-1-5 8-1-5
4. St. Lawrence 10-2-2 13-2-2
5. Hamilton 9-2-2 9-2-2
6. Plattsburgh State 11-4-1 12-4-1
7. Oneonta State 11-3-3 11-3-3
8. Brockport State 11-2-2 11-2-2
9. RPI 8-3-3 8-4-3

Great Lakes
Region Record Overall Record
1. Ohio Wesleyan 9-0-2 12-1-2
2. Carnegie Mellon 8-2-1 10-2-1
3. Kenyon 12-1-0 13-1-1
4. Ohio Northern 14-3-1 14-3-1
5. Case Western Reserve 10-4-3 10-4-3
6. DePauw 13-1-2 13-1-2
7. Heidelberg 11-3-2 11-3-2
8. Capital 11-4-0 12-4-0

Mid-Atlantic
Region Record Overall Record
1. Messiah 11-1-0 12-1-0
2. Drew 11-1-3 12-1-3
3. Swarthmore 12-1-2 12-1-2
4. Muhlenberg 9-0-6 9-0-6
5. Johns Hopkins 9-3-3 10-3-3
6. Merchant Marine 9-2-4 9-2-4
7. Franklin & Marshall 7-3-3 7-3-3
8. Dickinson 7-3-2 9-3-3

New England
Region Record Overall Record
1. Williams 10-1-2 10-1-2
2. Middlebury 11-2-0 11-2-0
3. Bowdoin 10-1-2 10-1-2
4. Amherst 9-1-3 9-1-3
5. Eastern Connecticut 11-3-2 11-3-2
6. Babson 11-3-2 11-3-2
7. MIT 10-2-1 10-2-1
8. Bridgewater State 10-4-0 10-4-0
9. Brandeis 8-4-1 8-4-1
10. Westfield State 12-3-0 12-3-0
11. Wheaton (Mass.) 9-5-2 10-5-2
12. Keene State 11-4-2 11-4-2

North
Region Record Overall Record
1. UW-Oshkosh 14-0-2 16-0-2
2. UW-Whitewater 11-1-1 12-1-2
3. Augsburg 10-4-1 11-4-1
4. Macalester 12-3-1 12-3-1
5. Concordia-Moorhead 11-3-1 12-3-1
6. St. Scholastica 14-3-1 14-3-1
7. Loras 11-6-0 12-6-0

South Atlantic
Region Record Overall Record
1. Emory 10-1-2 12-1-2
2. York (Pa.) 14-4-0 14-4-0
3. William Paterson 12-3-2 12-3-2
4. North Carolina Wesleyan 10-2-2 11-3-2
5. Salisbury 11-2-3 12-2-3
6. Christopher Newport 11-1-1 15-1-1
7. Lynchburg 11-3-1 12-3-1
8. Richard Stockton 12-4-2 12-4-2

West
Region Record Overall Record
1. Trinity (Texas) 13-1-0 14-2-0
2. Texas-Tyler 9-2-1 9-2-1
3. Mary Hardin-Baylor 11-3-0 11-3-0
4. UC Santa Cruz 6-2-2 9-3-3
5. Pacific 8-2-3 11-2-3
6. Hardin-Simmons 8-5-0 9-5-0

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Including records through October 24.

The NCAA has released their second of three regional rankings that begin to form the basis for at-large invitations to the post-season. As conference tourneys appear on the horizon, the NCAA regional rankings list will be the guide for those early eliminations.

Central Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Wheaton (Ill.) 13-2-0 15-2-0
2. Illinois Wesleyan 15-0-1 15-0-1
3. Augustana 12-1-3 12-1-3
4. Washington U. in St. Louis 9-4-2 9-5-2
5. Calvin 9-2-2 12-2-2
6. Chicago 7-4-2 9-4-2

East Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Rochester 9-2-2 10-3-2
2. William Smith 9-1-2 12-2-2
3. Oneonta State 11-4-2 12-4-2
4. Ithaca 10-1-1 11-2-1
5. Plattsburgh State 13-2-1 13-2-1
6. Hamilton 8-2-3 8-2-3
7. Stevens Institute of Technology 14-2-1 14-2-1

Great Lakes Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Wittenberg 12-2-1 13-3-1
2. Allegheny 10-1-3 12-1-3
3. Centre 11-2-0 14-2-0
4. Denison 9-3-2 10-5-2
5. Otterbein 12-0-1 14-0-1
6. Earlham 11-3-1 11-4-1
7. Transylvania 10-3-1 12-3-1
8. Wooster 10-4-1 10-6-1

Mid-Atlantic Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Messiah 11-0-0 15-0-0
2. Johns Hopkins 10-3-0 13-3-0
3. Dickinson 12-2-1 12-2-1
4. Scranton 12-4-1 12-4-1
5. Eastern 12-3-1 12-3-1
6. Haverford 10-5-0 10-5-0
7. Arcadia 13-3-1 13-3-1
8. Widener 11-3-2 11-3-2

New England Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Eastern Connecticut State 13-0-3 13-0-3
2. Williams 8-2-1 8-3-1
3. Brandeis 11-3-1 11-3-1
4. Wheaton (Massachusetts) 13-3-2 13-3-2
5. Tufts 7-2-3 7-2-3
6. Middlebury 7-3-3 7-3-3
7. Roger Williams 13-3-0 13-3-0
8. Springfield 12-4-0 12-4-0
9. Western Connecticut State 12-3-1 12-4-1
10. Keene State 11-4-1 11-5-2
11. Amherst 6-5-2 6-5-2
12. Bowdoin 6-5-2 6-5-2

North Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Loras 15-1-0 16-1-0
2. Concordia-Moorhead 10-3-3 10-3-3
3. Carleton 11-2-1 11-2-1
4. Macalester 10-5-1 10-5-1
5. Wisconsin-Eau Claire 11-4-1 11-5-1
6. St. Olaf 12-4-0 12-4-0
7. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 12-1-1 14-1-1

South Atlantic Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Emory 10-1-2 12-1-2
2. William Paterson 11-1-4 11-2-4
3. The College of New Jersey 12-2-1 13-2-1
4. Rowan 14-1-1 14-1-1
5. Lynchburg 14-1-1 14-2-1
6. Roanoke 12-3-2 12-3-3
7. Christopher Newport 12-2-1 12-4-1
8. Meredith 10-4-0 12-4-0

West Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Hardin-Simmons 14-0-0 15-0-0
2. Trinity (Texas) 13-1-0 13-1-0
3. Cal Lutheran 14-1-1 16-1-1
4. Puget Sound 13-1-2 13-1-2
5. Occidental 9-1-2 10-2-2
6. Texas-Dallas 10-5-1 11-5-1

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NCAA Division III Men’s Regional Rankings

Released on October 20, 2010

Including records through October 17.

Now starts the most important time of the season, at least from a rankings point of view. The NCAA has released their first of three regional rankings that begin to form the basis for at-large invitations to the post-season. As conference tourneys appear on the horizon, the NCAA regional rankings list will be a constant companion!

Central
Region Record Overall Record
1. Washington U. 9-1-2 10-1-3
2. Calvin 9-1-3 10-1-3
3. Illinois Wesleyan 6-2-2 6-5-2
4. North Park 7-3-1 7-4-1
5. Kalamazoo 7-3-0 8-4-0
6. Chicago 6-5-1 7-5-1
7. Aurora 9-5-1 9-6-1

East
Region Record Overall Record
1. Stevens 8-0-3 9-0-3
2. New York University 8-2-3 8-2-3
3. Hamilton 8-1-2 8-1-2
4. Rochester (New York) 6-1-5 7-1-5
5. Brockport State 10-1-2 10-1-2
6. Plattsburgh State 10-3-1 11-3-1
7. St. Lawrence 8-2-2 10-2-2
8. Oneonta State 9-3-3 9-3-3
9. RPI 7-3-2 7-3-2

Great Lakes
Region Record Overall Record
1. Ohio Wesleyan 7-0-2 10-1-2
2. Carnegie Mellon 7-2-1 9-2-1
3. Kenyon 10-1-0 11-1-1
4. DePauw 13-1-1 13-1-1
5. Ohio Northern 12-3-1 12-3-1
6. Case Western Reserve 7-4-3 7-4-3
7. Heidelberg 10-3-1 10-3-1
8. Grove City 9-3-2 10-3-2

Mid-Atlantic
Region Record Overall Record
1. Messiah 11-1-0 12-1-0
2. Johns Hopkins 9-2-3 10-2-3
3. Muhlenberg 8-0-5 8-0-5
4. Drew 10-1-2 11-1-2
5. Merchant Marine 8-1-4 8-1-4
6. Manhattanville 7-4-1 7-4-1
7. Dickinson 7-3-1 9-3-2
8. Franklin and Marshall 6-3-3 6-3-3

New England
Region Record Overall Record
1. Middlebury 10-1-0 10-1-0
2. Bowdoin 7-1-2 7-1-2
3. Williams 8-1-2 8-1-2
4. Amherst 6-1-3 7-1-3
5. Eastern Connecticut State 9-3-2 9-3-2
6. Babson 9-3-2 9-3-2
7. MIT 9-2-1 9-2-1
8. Westfield State 10-3-0 10-3-0
9. Wheaton (Mass.) 8-3-2 9-3-2
10. Keene State 9-4-2 9-4-2
11. Bridgewater State 9-3-0 9-3-0
12. Brandeis 7-4-1 7-4-1

North
Region Record Overall Record
1. Wisconsin-Whitewater 9-0-1 10-0-2
2. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 12-0-2 14-0-2
3. Augsburg 9-4-1 10-4-1
4. Macalester 11-3-1 11-3-1
5. Concordia-Moorhead 10-3-1 11-3-1
6. St. Scholastica 12-3-1 12-3-1
7. Carleton 8-4-1 8-4-1

South Atlantic
Region Record Overall Record
1. Emory 9-1-2 11-1-2
2. York (Pa.) 12-4-0 12-4-0
3. Salisbury 11-1-3 12-1-3
4. Christopher Newport 9-1-1 13-1-1
5. Montclair State 10-2-2 11-2-2
6. North Carolina Wesleyan 9-2-1 10-3-1
7. Lynchburg 9-3-1 10-3-1
8. William Paterson 9-3-2 9-3-2

West
Region Record Overall Record
1. Trinity (Texas) 11-1-0 12-2-0
2. Texas-Tyler 8-2-1 8-2-1
3. Pacific 8-1-2 11-1-2
4. Southwestern 8-3-0 9-4-0
4. UC Santa Cruz 5-1-2 8-2-3
6. Texas-Dallas 8-4-2 9-4-2

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NCAA Division III Women’s Regional Rankings

Released on October 20, 2010

Including records through October 17.

Now starts the most important time of the season, at least from a rankings point of view. The NCAA has released their first of three regional rankings that begin to form the basis for at-large invitations to the post-season. As conference tourneys appear on the horizon, the NCAA regional rankings list will be a constant companion!

Central Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Illinois Wesleyan 15-0-0 15-0-0
2. Wheaton (Illinois) 11-2-0 13-2-0
3. Augustana (Illinois) 12-0-2 12-0-2
4. Washington U. in St. Louis 7-4-2 7-5-2
5. Calvin 7-2-2 10-2-2
6. Chicago 6-4-1 8-4-1

East Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. William Smith 7-1-2 10-2-2
2. Rochester (New York) 8-2-2 9-3-2
3. Hamilton 7-1-2 7-1-2
4. Oneonta State 9-4-1 10-4-1
5. Ithaca 9-1-0 10-2-0
6. Plattsburgh State 11-2-1 11-2-1
7. Stevens Institute of Technology 12-2-1 12-2-1

Great Lakes Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Otterbein 10-0-1 12-0-1
2. Allegheny 10-0-2 12-0-2
3. Centre 11-1-0 14-1-0
4. Denison 7-3-2 8-5-2
5. Wittenberg 10-2-1 11-3-1
6. Earlham 9-3-1 9-4-1
7. Wooster 10-3-0 10-5-0
8. Penn State-Altoona 12-1-3 12-1-3

Mid-Atlantic Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Messiah 9-0-0 13-0-0
2. Johns Hopkins 8-3-0 11-3-0
3. Arcadia 11-3-1 11-3-1
4. Scranton 10-4-1 10-4-1
5. Eastern 10-3-1 10-3-1
6. Swarthmore 7-4-2 7-4-2
7. Dickinson 10-2-1 10-2-1
8. Haverford 9-4-0 9-4-0

New England Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Eastern Connecticut State 13-0-1 13-0-1
2. Williams 8-2-1 8-3-1
3. Brandeis 10-3-1 10-3-1
4. Wheaton (Massachusetts) 11-3-2 11-3-2
5. Tufts 6-2-2 6-2-2
6. Middlebury 6-2-2 6-2-2
7. Roger Williams 11-3-0 11-3-0
8. Springfield 10-4-0 10-4-0
9. Keene State 10-3-1 10-4-2
10. Amherst 5-4-2 5-4-2
11. Western Connecticut State 9-3-1 9-4-1
12. Trinity (Connecticut) 5-2-3 5-2-3

North Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Loras 13-1-0 14-1-0
2. Carleton 10-2-1 10-2-1
2. Wisconsin-Eau Claire 11-2-1 11-3-1
4. Concordia-Moorhead 9-2-3 9-2-3
5. Macalester 9-5-0 9-5-0
6. St. Olaf 10-4-0 10-4-0
7. Wartburg 9-4-1 9-4-1

South Atlantic Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Emory 10-1-2 11-1-2
2. William Patterson 9-1-4 9-2-4
3. The College of New Jersey 11-1-1 12-1-1
4. Rowan 12-1-1 12-1-1
5. Lynchburg 12-1-1 12-2-1
6. Roanoke 10-3-2 10-3-3
7. Virginia Wesleyan 9-1-3 9-3-3
8. Christopher Newport 10-2-1 10-4-1

West Region
Region Record Overall Record
1. Hardin-Simmons 12-0-0 13-0-0
2. Trinity (Texas) 12-1-0 12-1-0
3. Cal Lutheran 11-1-1 13-1-1
4. Puget Sound 12-1-1 12-1-1
5. Texas-Tyler 9-3-0 10-3-0
6. Austin 9-3-0 10-3-0

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Back on Saturday, September 11, there was a match between the Washington University women and Alma College.  No big rivalry here as Wash U plays in the UAA, and Alma in the MIAA.  But certainly Alma wanted to come in and grab a win against a ranked opponent.  The Scots were visiting as part of the Washington University Classic in St. Louis.

After 80 minutes of  scoreless play, sophomore goalkeeper Clara Jaques lined up a free kick from midfield (that’s 50 yards or more to the opposing goal) in 81st minute.  Maybe she was tired and wanted somebody to step up and win this thing, or maybe she figured that since she had four nice saves, she might as well score the winning goal.  Whatever the motivation, her “shot” landed in the box and then bounced over the surprised Alma goalkeeper.  So in the 81st minute, Jaques put up the potential game winner and just needed to do her part and keep the hungry Scots out of the net.  She did, and gave herself the game winner.

With that win, Jaques recorded her third-consecutive home shutout.  Said the surprised (that’s two surprised goalkeepers in one match) Jaques “I have never scored from the goalie position, and really did not know how to react.  All I was trying to do is make it difficult for the goalie. I was shocked when it actually went in.”

Jaques has a 0.25 goals against average in the 360 minutes she has played, and she has three shutouts on the young season.

The Alma goalkeeper Monica Witt  didn’t do too poorly as she made 11 saves on the 25 shots aimed in her direction.  She just didn’t expect the 26th to come from the other end of the field.

And now for the pitcher who just hit the three run homer to win the game…

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Hey soccer fans – I know its hard to believe, but the season is just around the corner! I’m sure you all enjoyed the World Cup this year and thus are all the more ready to see your own program make it to the Final Four, or least collect another winning season. Its almost too obvious to say, but any of the Spain matches would qualify as an object lesson in ball control and the fine art of passing. I’d love to see more focus on this on the part of every program; it is so fundamental, and now, so clearly part of a world champion’s strategy.

D3soccer.com will be rolling our Top 25 weekly poll again this season, with coaches, SIDs, and media members from across the nation casting their votes for the best performers of the week. And, as always, the Top 25 poll is a true nationwide vote, with no regional bias. The first poll of 2010 will be out later this month.

Stay Tuned!

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Boiling down Division III into a few bullet points isn’t easy, and it hasn’t gotten easier as the division has grown. But Division III has been attempting to define itself in a way that can be easily communicated to those on the outside. After a Division II identity statement process ended up with the fairly meaningless “I chose Division II” mantra and D-II wrapped itself in a lot of the things Division III holds dear, it became important to take control of the message.

To us here at D3sports.com, Division III is the highest form of purely amateur athletics in the U.S. It’s where students — note, not “student-athletes” — play for love of the game. Division III competitors get no special treatment, no scholarships, no special privileges, no separate dining halls, no dorms to themselves. They don’t get preferred treatment from their professors; in fact, it’s far more likely they get treated more harshly from teachers who believe they don’t belong in the school.

But distilling that opinion, plus the opinions of hundreds of other Division III true believers, down into a form that can be easily shared and understood, isn’t easy. Here’s how Division III is positioning itself:

“Follow your passions and discover your potential.

“The college experience is a time of learning and growth – a chance to follow passions and develop potential. For student-athletes in Division III, all of this happens most importantly in the classroom and through earning an academic degree. The Division III experience provides for passionate participation in a competitive athletic environment, where student-athletes push themselves to excellence and build upon their academic success with new challenges and life skills. And student-athletes are encouraged to pursue the full spectrum of opportunities available during their time in college. In this way, Division III provides an integrated environment for student-athletes to take responsibility for their own paths, follow their passions and find their potential through a comprehensive learning experience.”

What’s your take?

For more, here’s the NCAA News article on the unveiling.

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It’s the morning after. Or, if you’re working on my schedule right now it’s the overnight after. 5am and I’m sitting in the terminal in San Antonio awaiting my return to Minneapolis and the (slightly more so) frigid temperatures that await me there.

About 15 minutes ago a Messiah duffel bag went past me. Not soccer, though, but track and field. But a reminder of how small the Division III world is in reality. I wouldn’t be surprised to see more signs of Division III schools in the terminal over the course of the next hour. And that doesn’t include the photos and video that I have been processing on my computer for the last three days for our websites. In fact, I think I just saw a member of the men’s committee walk by.

Did you know that we have the press conferences from 11 of the 12 game and team combinations online? They are over on our YouTube channel d3sportsdotcom. And we have photos from each of the games over on Pictureprints.net. Photos from the four semifinal games are available for sale if you want to take home a momento from the Final Four – but act quickly as the NCAA only gives us a limited time to sell these photos before they are vaulted for good. You must make your purchase before January 3, 2010, if you wish to receive a print or digital copy.

What did you like about the games this weekend, what did you not like? Personally I was unhappy that we weren’t able to enjoy the best of the climate that Texas has to offer. I packed a couple pairs of shorts and ended up in a sweatshirt and jeans the entire weekend.

A special thanks to San Antonio Sports and Trinity University, Justin Parker and everyone else involved for making it a successful championship weekend! And to Wash U’s Chris Mitchell and Coach Conlin for their generous hospitality both Thursday afternoon and tonight after the championships.

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We’re live in San Antonio, two games are in the books in exciting fashion and we’ve begun the first of the men’s semifinals. Are you watching the game at home? Listening on the internet or the radio? Following just the live stats? Let us know! We’ll post the links up as soon as the photo galleries are available and other things (including video from the press conferences).

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Congrats to all of the Final Four participants, but a real strong thumbs up to the three newcomers, Dominican, Calvin, and Lynchburg.

Dominican has been to the Elite Eight twice before and is riding an eight year post-season streak streak, while Calvin has been to the post-season nine times. This is Calvin’s first year in the Elite Eight and the Final Four. They started their NCAA tournament experience way back in 1980. And the Lynchburg women have been to three Elite Eight levels, and are running a three year Sweet Sixteen streak.

Dominican is from the Chicago area and won the NathCon Tourney to grab the conference AQ. Calvin, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was the MIAA winner, and Lynchburg, an ODAC member from Lynchburg, Virginia was an at-large team after losing to Washington & Lee in the conference semi-finals.

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