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#1
I have watched some of the 3 UHartford women's soccer road games played so far this season-- especially UHartford's wins at nationally ranked Montclair State and at nationally ranked Emory.

Fortunately for both Montclair State and Emory, as UHartford is reclassifying from DI to DIII and is playing a DIII schedule for the first time this season, results vs UHartford do not count in the primary criteria for selection to the NCAA DIII tournament this season.

Moreover, UHartford is not eliglible for either the Commonwealth Coast Conference title or a bid to the NCAA DIII tournament as it is the Hawks's first year playing a DIII schedule and UHartford will not become a full DIII member until the 2025-26 season.

UHartford is a Commonwealth Coast Conference member this season and will play against all of the current full member CCC opponents, however the Commonwealth Coast Conference has determined that games between other CCC teams and UHartford will only be considered as non-conference games this year and will not count in the CCC standings for purposes of conference tournament seeding.

As part of the reclassification process from DI, returning juniors, seniors, and grad students on the UHartford roster this year can play this season under an athletic scholarship (unless they joined the team in the 2022-23 season without an athletic scholarship as an incoming student), but freshmen, sophomores, and incoming transfer students playing for UHartford cannot play on an athletic scholarship.    Beginning in 2024-25, no player on UHartford can compete for the Hawks on an athletic scholarship-- their packages will have to be re-tailored to academic and need-based financial aid if they wish to still compete for UHartford.

So, it will be interesting to see if the UHartford women's soccer team could get an undefeated regular season vs the CCC opponents, but the real test will be two years from now, as there is no postseason this year for UHartford.   I am writing this post because the student commentators for Montclair State and Emory were confused by the #1 Massey rating for UHartford on the current DIII Massey ratings and thought that UHartford may be eligible for the DIII tournament this season-- the answer to that question is no-- UHartford cannot compete for the national DIII championship in any sport until the 2025-26 academic year.

BTW, the coaches picked Western New England as the favorite to repeat as CCC women's soccer champions going into league play.
#2
Women's soccer / UAA Women's Soccer 2021
October 29, 2021, 11:57:07 AM


Given that all 8 UAA Women's Soccer teams have been regionally ranked for the past 2 weeks, it did seem overdue to start a page to discuss the UAA on the women's side.

Starting Matchday #5 with Rochester vs NYU, and we are at halftime with NYU leading 1-0.  The rest of the women's matches have a 5 PM Eastern start.

UAA right now seems poised to get at least 4 at-large Pool C bids into the field.  Wash U at 12 points has a 5 point lead over Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, and CWRU, and a 6 point lead over Emory.

Rochester, Brandeis, and NYU (at 3 points, 3 points, and 0 points respectively going into today) are out of the running for the AQ and are trying to win some games to be considered for a Pool C at-large bid.

So far, Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, CWRU, and Emory are very strong candidates for a Pool C bid.  Wash U will get a Pool C if they do not win the AQ.  NYU needs to win all 3 of their home contests to have a chance at an at-large bid, as does Rochester.  Brandeis may get a Pool C with 2 wins in their final 3 matches.
#3
The NCAA ranks teams in DIII by strongest to weakest Opponents Winning Percentage.

Here is how to get the rankings for Toughest Schedule by OWP in DIII Men's Soccer.

Go to:http://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/change_sport_year_div

When you get there, first click "Men's Soccer" under Select Sport, and then click "III" under Select Division.

Then, click Misc. Reports, and then click Toughest Schedule.

You will then get a list of all of the DIII teams ranked for toughest schedule from the highest to the lowest OWP. 

By the way, Amherst men's soccer has the highest OWP this week.

#4
As a service, I am giving the 2017-18 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournament its own topic, just in case there is some interest from fans of the participating teams.

To start, the ECAC is a field of 15, selected from declared ECAC members who finish .500 or better and do not make the NCAA tournament.  1 team gets the overall #1 seed and will host the final 8 teams Friday March 2 to Sunday March 4.

The reigning champion, Stockton, decided not to go for a repeat title this year.

First round games are Wednesday, Feb. 28.

List of declared ECAC teams, by state:

Maine--(1 team)-- Husson
Massachusetts--(1 team) Springfield
New York  State-- (10 teams)-- Baruch, Hunter, NYU, Alfred State, Alfred, RPI, Medaille, Mt St Mary, US Merchant Marine Academy, New Rochelle

New Jersey (4 teams)-- William Paterson, Rutgers-Newark, Drew, NJCU
Pennsylvania (15 teams)-- Juniata, Penn State Altoona, Penn State-Behrend, Wilkes, Misericordia, DeSales, Swarthmore, Wilson, Westminster, Arcadia, Albright, Widener, Alvernia, Neumann, Grove City

West Virginia (1 team)-- Bethany
North Carolina (1 team)-- Pfeiffer

Records under .500, not eligible for ECAC consideration:  Rutgers-Newark, Hunter, NYU, Alvernia, US Merchant Marine Academy

Eligible for ECAC consideration with a .500 record:  Mt St Mary (13-13)

NCAA AQs, automatically withdrawn from ECAC consideration:  Misericordia (MAC-Freedom AQ)

Selected as Pool C teams by NCAA, automatically withdrawn from ECAC consideration: Swarthmore, NJCU, Albright, Springfield

23 ECAC candidates vying for 15 spots

Update-- Juniata is overall #1 seed.

However, Wilkes University is hosting the ECAC quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship game.
#5
I am starting this new topic to partially discuss U. New England's accomplishments this season in the TCCC.  Feel free to talk about other teams who have done well in the TCCC, such as Endicott and others.

First thing first

Congratulations to Coach Anthony Ewing on being named the TCCC Coach of the Year this season for his accomplishments in leading the U. New England to the #1 seed in the TCCC and for his big non-conference wins this season.   Coach Ewing was Brandeis's former Associate Head Coach with Carol Simon before he took the job at the University of New England, and he has done a great job leading his team to being 2 wins away from qualifying for the NCAAs.

I hope that he finishes the job this week and wins the TCCC tournament.  He has Salve Regina on Thursday, and then should he win that game,   U New England will more likely have a home rematch with Endicott in Saturday's title game.   Endicott is favored to beat Regis (MA) in the other semifinal on Thursday, and the Gulls are the top threat to U New England's ultimate goal on winning the TCCC automatic bid.

U New England is not currently regionally ranked in the Northeast, and I don't anticipate U. New England breaking into the top 6 in the Northeast in today's regional rankings so they will have to win the TCCC tournament this week to get in, but here is their tournament resume.

In-region record as of 2/24:  20-5  .800 regional percentage

OWP as of 2/21 is .566  (#52 in DIII according to D3Hoops.com calculations)

OOWP as of 2/21 is .524

SOS is .552

Record vs regionally ranked opponents as of the 2/24 regional rankings is 1-2

Win vs S. Maine (#9 Northeast as of 2/24 rankings)

Losses to Bowdoin and Colby

Out of conference loss to non-regionally ranked Keene State

Brandeis and Bates are not regionally ranked as of the 2/14 regional rankings.

TCCC is traditionally not a power conference in DIII women's hoop, so traditionally only 1 team from the TCCC gets into the NCAAs.

Note:  Updated to reflect this week's regional ranking results.