Poll
Question:
Who takes the 2033 D3 WVB Title
Option 1: Juniata
votes: 1
Option 2: MIT
votes: 0
Option 3: Hope
votes: 1
Option 4: NW-MN
votes: 1
Option 5: Transylvania
votes: 0
Option 6: Trinity-TX
votes: 3
Option 7: NYU
votes: 0
Option 8: Johns Hopkins
votes: 0
2022 AQ's
1. CUNYAC-Hunter
2. GNAC-J&W-RI
3. MASCAC-Westfield State
4. North Atlantic-ME Maritime
5. CCC-Endicott
6. OAC-Otterbein
7. SCAC-Texas Lutheran
8. UAA-Emory
9. MAC-Freedom; Stevens
10. United East-SUNY Morrisville
11. USA South-Southern VA
12. Little East: Keane State
13. Midwest Conference-Cornell-IA
14. NJAC-Rowan
15. Empire 8-St John Fisher
16. Liberty League-Ithaca
17. ASC; UT-Dallas
18. CCS-Covenant
19. MAC-Commonwealth; Eastern-PA
20. Skyline-Manhattanville
21. Atlantic East-Marymount-VA
22. C2C-Mary Washington
23. NCAC-Wittenberg
24. SUNYAC-Cortland St.
25. PAC-Bethany-WV
26. CCIW- North Park
27. MIAA-Calvin
28. ARC: Coe
29. NACC: Aurora
30. WIAC: UW-Whitewater
31. MIAC: GAC
32. SCIAC: CMS
33. Northwest Conference: Puget Sound (hold tie-breaker over Whitworth)
34. UMAC: NW-MN
35. SLIAC: Fontbonne
36. Landmark: Juniata
11 6 later.
CCS has no AQ but Covenant is a mortal lock for the 1 Pool B bid anyway.
Thanks-wasn't too sure about that, but thought I'd put Covenant in anyway. even if it needed to be corrected later.
11-6:
37. NESCAC: Tufts
38. ODAC: Randolph Macon
39. HCAC: Transylvania
40. AMCC: Alfred State
41. Centennial: Johns Hopkins
42. NEWMAC: MIT
43. SAA: Berry
44. NECC: Eastern Nazarene
https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d3/2022
Bracket
The following squads have qualified for the Elite Eight next week.
1. Transylvania
2. NYU
3. Hope
4. Johns Hopkins
5. Juniata
6. MIT
7. NW-MN
8. Trinity-Texas (Ron Boerger cheering. . . )
Trinity just defeated CMS in 5 sets. Amazing volleyball!
Go Tigers!
Regarding the poll, had CMS won, the Athenas would have been the on-paper favorites to run the table. Now, I'm figuring it's wide open. Hope, Trinity-TX, NW-MN all come out of tougher regionals. MIT gets another chance, could make a deeper run than last year if Consecrata Rozario stays healthy and things break right. Juniata and Johns Hopkins aren't to be taken lightly. Transylvania got off to a slow start but has been on a very strong run of late. NYU is good as well. Juniata is probably the closest thing to a favorite, but again, it's not as clear cut. I'll submit my vote later.
Elite Eight bracket (https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d3/2022), times CST:
1 Juniata (31-1) v 8 Hope (24-7), 7:00PM 11/16
4 Johns Hopkins (24-7) v 5 Northwestern St Paul (33-2), 4:30PM 11/16
Winners meet in Semis, 6:30PM 11/17
2 NYU (28-6) v 7 Transylvania (28-5), 2:00PM 11/16
3 Trinity(TX) (28-4) v 6 MIT, (26-5) 11:30 AM 11/16
Winners meet in Semis, 4:00PM 11/17
Semi winners meet in Championship, 6:00PM 11/19
Neither team from the finals last season Calvin or defending champ UW Eau Claire make it out of Regional this year.
Textbook game from Trinity today taking MIT in three sets.
On to the semis!
Go Tigers!
Trinity - Juniata for the title on Saturday. Terrific performances by both teams this evening.
Trinity took the earlier matchup this season - Juniata's only loss.
Couldn't ask for a better final!