Leftover turkey…check.
Saturday afternoon sweats….check.
Eight great games to decide the regional finalists…check.
Pat Coleman and Keith McMillan went over the (Susquehanna) river and Frank Rossi and Mark Robinson went through the (Upstate NY) woods to bring you Muhlenberg-Wesley and St. John Fisher-Curry respectively on the NCAA Sports broadcasts.
The first game will be a match-up between the underrated, but very good Muhlenberg defense and a Wesley offense with great speed on the outside. The second game will be a test whether Curry has anything left after last week’s blowout of Hartwick and whether SJF can be caught watching the scoreboard a little in anticipation of a rematch with you-know-who. And Mark Robinson immediately becomes the all-time leading rusher in D3sports broadcasting history with his debut today.
Interesting games all over the place, though. Let’s hear about them.
UWW-Beaver long touchdown run-48 yds I think.
Wabash over Case: I’d say that winning a road game, in the playoffs, over an undefeated opponent lends some credibility to the argument that Wabash would have been a more appropriate #2 seed.
bethel at 16, first down.
TD UMHB…with the 2nd team offense in.
UMHB 51
NCW 0
bethel scores from the 11 with 2:26 left. 21-12.
jak67—
what the heck is happening in Iowa?…wow….34-0 with almost a qtr to play….some picked Central to win but not like this
mikem17—Beaver is tough, whats it now like 37-21?
Bethel may have just put the game away with a touchdown.
Touchdown,
38-21 UWW
UWW turnover…
UMHB has 427 yards of total offense to 31 yards for the Battling Bishops.
NC seems to be in trouble…how much time left in that game?
LoyalSon—whole qtr I believe
30 secs in the 3rd
Not insurmountable, but they need scores, and quickly. Unlikely.
Central must be exploiting the SJU corners’ weaknesses we saw and talked about in the ATN podcast in our trip to Collegeville.
loyalson,
don’t count them out…they’ve been moving the ball.
NCC moving-near UWW 10 yard line
Wow. Losts of great d3 action today. Looks like St. john Fisher will be Mount Union’s next victim, er, opponent. UMHB is about to end a great ride by NC Wesleyan. Regardless of that outcome, NCW is a great feel good story for the tournament and for USA South. Central 34-0 over St. John’s is a bit of a surprise, Wesley looks strong, and looks like Bethel is pulling away at the end. Have fun everyone on the road to Salem!
NCC touchdown……
Can’t settle for 3, here.
UMHB 57 (TD…missed PAT)
NCW 0
9:01 left in game Rain stopped, still wet conditions.
other than Case–all top seeds look like they will advance…….Wabash winning didn’t surprise anyone I don’t believe
Appears conference champions are dominating…St. John Fishers only non-conferencechampion still alive?
I meant lots of great d3 action.
Yeah, I am not going to say I thought this was going to happen this way, but Central is throwing the ball at will. It sounds like the Central WR are completely dominating the SJU corners. Way more physical and just taking the ball away at times. The defense is giving up some yardage but they stiffen in the redzone and are creating turnovers. Now 37-0 as Central adds a FG late in the game. It really helped that Central went up 14-0 early in the second quarter. I think that kind of shocked SJU and it was over at that point.
I don’t feel very confident about the UWW game right now.
Bethel taking a knee to close the game.
UWW still without a drive today-all big plays. They have first down now, time for a drive to put this thing away.
They need about an 8 minute scoring drive!
UWW held and punted, but recovered fumble. Hmmm.
Instead..they go 3 and out.
Punt….fumble….UWW recover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
missed one guys—Wesley is not a member of an AQ conference
The closest game (Bethel/UWEC) wasn’t within one possession, and unless NC closes the gap (the other two ongoing are complete blowouts) that won’t change…maybe we’ll have some close ones next week?
Why do they keep trying to run Beaver up the middle?
How much time is left in the UWW-NCC game? I see UWW is only up by 10.
UWW touchdown!
UWW touchdown pass-fade into endzone. 45-28 UWW
10:28 remaining in the fourth
Never mind. I see UWW just scored again.
Thanks dallas. didn’t hit refresh fast enough.
SJU gets on the board with 2 minutes to go. 37-7 Central.
UMHB 64
NCW 0
I wonder if UMHB can bring it next week against Wesley.
for those of you in the true mid-America……Central vs. Bethel next week should be one to attend in Iowa
for those in around Delaware—Wesley vs. UMHB–great one
for those in PA or Ohio—MUC vs. SJF…rematch of good game in the past
for those liking really cold weather–WIWW vs. “W”abash–everyone seems to be scoring on WIWW–just not winning
Wow..Beaver just had another long TD run.
37-7 final from Pella, Iowa. Apparantly Central just needed to play outside the IIAC to get the blowouts. Kidding of course but this is amazing. Central will have a tough one next week against Bethal. Go Dutch.
Beaver again from 40 yards – WW 52 NCC 28…240 yards rushing for Beaver…vote for Beaver!!
NCC is the 3rd top 10 rushing defense UWW has played, which probably explains UWW inability to sustain a long drive.
As for everyone scoring on UWW, not so sure about that. I think you have to look at this game a differently. NCC made their push when they went to the spread offense, which is one of the toughest offenses to prepare for since most teams don’t have scout teams that can come close to duplicating in practice. As nervous as UWW made me, they found a defensive answer to stop the momentum of NCC, and for that you have to give them credit.
UWW scores again.
Vote for Beaver and Wally, not for Eddie Haskell.
great coverage guys, thanks—I got my D-III fix today……..games were ‘interesting’….scores were mostly predictable…next week should produce some great games
Ouch, UWW returns interception for touchdown.
UWW just picked off a pass for a touchdown. Ouch.