RMC coach Josh Merkle 8nterview on the Notevend2 podcast abou5 six weeks ago: https://youtu.be/bOU6ebNoedw?si=MhenqBg3xd5vuDc1

I imagine Campbell probably talked to the coaching staff and knows what his role is and what he needs to do. I don't think he would just randomly pick NPU before doing his homework. If he didn't, that's not real smart.

Quote from: Kuiper on Yesterday at 07:04:40 PMStevenson is one of those programs where the team seemed like it could compete with anyone on their day, but those "on" days weren't consistent enough.  They finished 3-10-6, but only lost to Dickinson 1-0 (ranked #6 when they played) and Mary Washington 1-0 (ranked #1 when they played).  This year, they drop Allegheny, Salisbury, Neumann, Shenandoah, Kings, and Mary Washington and add Moravian, Roanoke, Goucher, Gallaudet, and Delaware Valley.

Bit of a reach. Stevenson was not very good. MWU outshot them 33-4 (10-0 on corner kicks). In fact, Stevenson was outshot in 15 of 19 games, and only 1 of their 3 wins was against a team above .500 (Kings was 3-2-2 at the time and finished 7-6-4).

Shame too, because the Stevenson field is like a putting green - absolutely top class.

Sacred heart CT forward Aidan Carpenter transfers to Albertus Magnus.  Also center Isaiah Earl from Mohawk (NY) Community zCollege who helped lead his club to the NJACAA National Championship. They are both natives of Hamden, Conn.

Loras

Drops Wheaton (IL), NC Wesleyan, Gustavus Adolphus, and Wisconsin-Stevens Point and adds College of St. Scholastica, Kalamazoo, and Carthage.  In my mind (and I don't know if this would be shared by people at Loras), the big game will be at  Luther on Wed. 10/8, which will be the last time the two foes will play each other in an American Rivers Conference game as Luther departs next year for the Midwest Conference.

Stevenson

Stevenson is one of those programs where the team seemed like it could compete with anyone on their day, but those "on" days weren't consistent enough.  They finished 3-10-6, but only lost to Dickinson 1-0 (ranked #6 when they played) and Mary Washington 1-0 (ranked #1 when they played).  This year, they drop Allegheny, Salisbury, Neumann, Shenandoah, Kings, and Mary Washington and add Moravian, Roanoke, Goucher, Gallaudet, and Delaware Valley.

Hope the Johnnies can make it to the playoffs and actually go somewhere this year.  The last year's defense looked, it's probably a vain hope.   Missing the Tommies in the league.  Missing those road trips to Abilene, TX, McMinnville, OR, San Antonio, TX.  Even a trip to Pella, IA and Jaarsma..........? 

Kolden Vanlandingham, a 2024 D3hoops.com All-Region guard who has scored over 1,200 points thus far in his career, has left the transfer portal after a one-year hiatus and will return to North Park in 2025-26 to finish up his degree and his college basketball career.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on July 11, 2025, 09:30:38 PMUnfortunately, it was confirmed today that Kellyanne Lytal did not survive last week's flooding. 

Here's an ESPN story about this tragedy

QuoteKellyanne was one of the girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp in Hunt, Texas. Officials have said 27 campers and counselors died in the floodwaters that rapidly swamped the campground.

"Our entire community grieves with the Lytal family, to whom we extend our deepest sympathies and unwavering support," Trinity University said on social media. "We know this loss will be felt across our campus and beyond."

Trinity is a Division III program in San Antonio, Texas. For many Texans, summer camps in the Hill Country are a rite of passage, and Wade Lytal, a 2009 graduate of Trinity who played offensive line for the Tigers, posted last Sunday that Kellyanne was missing from the camp, located about 85 miles away from their San Antonio home, after the storm. He included a video of her singing in her Christmas pageant.

KSAT-TV in San Antonio reported that Trinity head coach Jerheme Urban, along with several players, had been among the searchers in the flood-ravaged areas.