I always enjoyed the conference tournament central that was on d3soccer.com, so I created my own version. All the information on the AQ comes directly from the D3 Soccer Pre-Championships Manual.The first sheet has each conference, their region, how the AQ is determined, then eventually which team earned it. The second sheet has each conference tournament game with the seeds, dates, and teams and will be updated after each round.
Couple questions: The manual stated the AQ for the C2C is the regular season champion but that feels wrong. Also, the HCAC also states regular season champion, but I believe last year was determined by the tournament champion and I could not find a conference handbook anywhere.
Let me know if there are any issues! Doing everything by hand with no automation so there is definitely room for error.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q01GY7C3lBdBc8goCop1YYM-cgdO1gZNFFN0VeGmLQQ/edit?usp=sharing
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/soccer/d3/common/2024-25D3XSO_PreChampionshipManual.pdf
Thank you for doing this! This was an amazing feature on the d3soccer website and I'm glad to have a central place to follow along with the conference tournaments.
Hey OACAlum -
Love this. Any chance if I posted this on D3Soccer.Fans? Will give you full attribution of course. No way i would have the time to do this. Let me know.
SC.
Go ahead!
Thanks so much for doing this!
While I am not a C2C expert, I would find it absolutely bonkers if that league's AQ was the "regular season" when traditionally the California and Wisconsin teams don't play the east coast teams until the actual end of year tournament.
The Wisconsin teams are no longer in C2C. UMW, Salisbury, UCSC and CNU are the four teams this year in the conference tournament. There is another team in North Carolina (Warren Wilson) that had their season cancelled due to the flooding
Right, I get that, but my point is that traditionally most of these teams don't meet up until the tournament.
For the HCAC, I can tell you that in 2021, Rose-Hulman won the regular season and Hanover won the tournament and only Hanover made the dance.
The 2023 Pre-Championships Manual had both the HCAC and C2C AQ as the Regular Season Champion. Manchester won the HCAC regular season last year and did not make the NCAA tourney so I think it's just incorrectly labeled somehow. The C2C obviously doesn't make sense having the AQ as the Regular Season Champion as all of the teams wouldn't have played each other before the conference tournament.
Quote from: eaglesoccerdad on October 29, 2024, 10:57:12 AMThe Wisconsin teams are no longer in C2C. UMW, Salisbury, UCSC and CNU are the four teams this year in the conference tournament. There is another team in North Carolina (Warren Wilson) that had their season cancelled due to the flooding
I heard a few years ago that Salisbury was close to joining the NJAC. Football is already in the NJAC and now that New Paltz in joining next year, maybe it won't be long before Salisbury joins as well.
Quote from: Ejay on October 29, 2024, 12:30:40 PMQuote from: eaglesoccerdad on October 29, 2024, 10:57:12 AMThe Wisconsin teams are no longer in C2C. UMW, Salisbury, UCSC and CNU are the four teams this year in the conference tournament. There is another team in North Carolina (Warren Wilson) that had their season cancelled due to the flooding
I heard a few years ago that Salisbury was close to joining the NJAC. Football is already in the NJAC and now that New Paltz in joining next year, maybe it won't be long before Salisbury joins as well.
It's possible. But I suspect unless Salisbury finds another home for football and threatens to pull out of the one sport the NJAC really needs them for, the NJAC doesn't have much interest. New Paltz whole reason for joining was shorter travel, and there is nothing short about a trip to Salisbury for any of the NJAC schools. It's a marriage of convenience for football, same with CNU. But the NJAC schools aren't going to want to make that trip any more than is strictly necessary.
My daughter played for Hanover many years ago and I still follow the women's team closely. The HCAC's AQ always seemed to be a question as Chris Shirk and I put together the Conference Championship page on D3soccer.com. The AQ goes the tournament champion.
Quote from: oacalum on October 29, 2024, 12:03:42 PMThe 2023 Pre-Championships Manual had both the HCAC and C2C AQ as the Regular Season Champion. Manchester won the HCAC regular season last year and did not make the NCAA tourney so I think it's just incorrectly labeled somehow. The C2C obviously doesn't make sense having the AQ as the Regular Season Champion as all of the teams wouldn't have played each other before the conference tournament.
The C2C uses NPI for the conference tournament seeding. I guess it is possible that they made the change to "reg season" after the loss of the Wisconsin teams which would just be the highest ranked team. But if they did then there would be no real incentive for UCSC to make the trip other than a chance to get the bump in NPI if they can win both games.
Quote from: eaglesoccerdad on October 29, 2024, 02:32:37 PMQuote from: oacalum on October 29, 2024, 12:03:42 PMThe 2023 Pre-Championships Manual had both the HCAC and C2C AQ as the Regular Season Champion. Manchester won the HCAC regular season last year and did not make the NCAA tourney so I think it's just incorrectly labeled somehow. The C2C obviously doesn't make sense having the AQ as the Regular Season Champion as all of the teams wouldn't have played each other before the conference tournament.
The C2C uses NPI for the conference tournament seeding. I guess it is possible that they made the change to "reg season" after the loss of the Wisconsin teams which would just be the highest ranked team. But if they did then there would be no real incentive for UCSC to make the trip other than a chance to get the bump in NPI if they can win both games.
In a conference in which the teams do not play each other in games before the conference tournament that count as "conference games," isn't the conference tournament their version of the regular season? After all, a conference could choose to run its regular season like a tournament, with winners brackets and losers brackets etc so everyone gets the same number of games.
Per the C2C Championship Guidebook, the conference tournament champion is the AQ for the C2C
7. Single-Elimination Postseason Tournament
a. Host Rotation: 2024 - UMW; 2025 – CNU
b. All teams are invited to the C2C postseason tournament
c. The C2C Champion gains an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament
https://www.c2csports.com/information/handbook/Section_V_-_Championship_Sports_2024-25.pdf
first bid is clinched - Emory from UAA
Pacific Lutheran clinches the automatic bid for the Northwest Conference (which does not have a post-season tournament) with its 4-0 victory over George Fox today.
HCAC final is set.
1) Rose-Hulman
4) Anderson | Anderson 2-1
| Anderson 2-0 | |
5) Berea | |
| Saturday 1pm
3) Transylvania |
| Transylvania 5-1 |
6) Bluffton | | Hanover 3-2 |
2) Hanover |
4th seeded Anderson (8-7-4) will head to 2nd seeded Hanover (9-5-4) at 1pm on Saturday.
Anderson making their first HCAC final since 2012 and seeking their first title since 2002 while Hanover last won it in 2021.
Lots of late action in both semifinals.
Anderson scored with 6 minutes left to topple the 2-time defending tournament champs 2-1.
If one goal in the final minutes wasn't exciting enough, there was the other semifinal. Hanover took a 2-1 lead with 7 minutes left, Transy tied it up in the final minute, then Hanover got the winner with just seconds left.
No bubbles to burst here. It's 243 vs 165 in the NPI with Rose-Hulman the highest ranked at 150.
AMCC (https://behrend.prestosports.com/sports/msoc/2024-25/releases/20241109quoio3) - Penn St-Behrend (10-6-4)
ARC (https://rollrivers.com/news/2024/11/10/american-rivers-conference-a-r-c-mens-soccer-tournament-title-goes-to-wartburg-college.aspx) - Wartburg (11-4-4)
ASC - LeTourneau @ Hardin-Simmons Sunday
AEC (https://www.neumannathletics.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-mens-soccer-goes-back-to-back-2024-atlantic-east-champions.aspx) - Neumann (10-6-4)
C2C - Chris Newport @ Mary Washington Sunday
CCIW (https://cciw.org/news/2024/11/10/mens-soccer-cardinals-ride-second-half-surge-to-cciw-tournament-crown.aspx) - North Central (10-5-5)
CCS (https://blazers.belhaven.edu/news/2024/11/9/belhaven-wins-ccs-mens-soccer-championship.aspx) - Belhaven (12-3-4)
CC - Muhlenberg @ Johns Hopkins Sunday
CNE (https://gosuffolkrams.com/sports/msoc/2024-25/releases/20241109q4a1a8) - Suffolk (10-6-5)
CUNYAC (https://www.huntercollegeathletics.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-hunter-captures-first-cunyac-title-since-2010.aspx) - Hunter (6-11-2)
E8 (https://empire8.com/news/2024/11/10/st-john-fisher-claims-2024-empire-8-mens-soccer-championship-with-2-0-victory-over-elmira.aspx) - St John Fisher (11-4-5)
GNAC (https://www.thegnac.com/sports/msoc/2024-25/releases/2024MSOCFinals) - St Joseph (14-4-3)
HCAC (https://heartlandconf.org/news/2024/11/9/anderson-university-wins-2024-hcac-mens-soccer-championship-title.aspx) - Anderson (8-7-5)
Land (https://catholicathletics.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-back-to-back-magros-late-winner-punches-cardinals-ticket-to-ncaa-tournament.aspx) - Catholic (10-5-5)
LL - St Lawrence @ Vassar Sunday
LEC (https://littleeast.com/news/2024/11/10/no-1-westconn-claims-2024-lec-mens-soccer-title-on-pks-over-no-3-ric-to-repeat-as-lec-champion.aspx) - Western Connecticut (15-4-3)
MACC (https://gomessiah.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-lees-late-goal-propels-mens-soccer-to-sixth-straight-mac-commonwealth-championship.aspx) - Messiah (14-5-1)
MACF (https://stevensducks.com/news/2024/11/9/1-2-3-4-mens-soccer-claims-fourth-straight-mac-freedom-tournament-crown-with-2-1-win-over-desales.aspx) - Stevens (11-3-4)
MASCAC - Salem St @ Westfield St Sunday
MIAA (https://calvinknights.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-calvin-mens-soccer-captures-miaa-tournament-title-with-2-1-win-at-trine.aspx) - Calvin (14-5-2)
MIAC (https://athletics.stolaf.edu/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-mens-soccer-knocks-off-gustavus-for-historic-miac-playoff-three-peat.aspx) - St Olaf (14-4-3)
MWC (https://goforesters.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-foresters-defeat-illinois-college-to-win-mwc-tournament-for-third-consecutive-year.aspx) - Lake Foerst (10-7-3)
NAC (https://nacathletics.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-thomas-defeats-suny-delhi-in-nac-championship-2-0.aspx) - Thomas (14-1-3)
NACC (https://msoeraiders.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-crowned-nacc-champions.aspx) - MSOE (12-3-6)
NCAC - DePauw @ Denison Sunday
NESCAC - Conn College @ Middlebury Sunday
NEWMAC (https://newmacsports.com/news/2024/11/9/general-no-1-babson-takes-newmac-mens-soccer-title-with-2-0-win-over-salve-regina.aspx) - Babson (14-1-6)
NJAC (https://njacsports.com/news/2024/11/9/late-3-goal-blitz-propels-rowan-to-njac-mens-soccer-title.aspx) - Rowan (12-4-5)
NWC (https://golutes.com/news/2024/11/3/mens-soccer-clinches-nwc-title-with-4-0-victory-on-senior-day.aspx) - Pacific Lutheran (13-1-5)
OAC (https://otterbeincardinals.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-at-mount-union-in-oac-tournament-championship-game.aspx) - Otternbein (12-6-3)
ODAC (https://generalssports.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-furmans-goal-gives-w-l-eighth-odac-tournament-championship.aspx) - Washington & Lee (13-3-4)
PAC (https://pacathletics.org/news/2024/11/10/franciscan-claims-2024-pac-mens-soccer-title.aspx) - Franciscan (13-1-4)
SAA - Oglethorpe @ Rhodes Sunday
SCAC - St Thomas @ Trinity Sunday
SCIAC (https://cmsathletics.org/news/2024/11/9/cms-mens-soccer-wins-sciac-title-with-dominant-5-1-win-over-chapman.aspx) - Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (14-3-3)
Sky (https://skylineconference.org/news/2024/11/9/back-to-back-valiants-repeat-in-mens-soccer.aspx) - Manhattanville (13-7-1)
SLIAC (https://sliac.org/news/2024/11/10/mens-soccer-spalding-reachesnew-heights-2024-champions.aspx) - Spalding (11-7-2)
SUNYAC (https://www.sunyacsports.com/sports/msoc/2024-25/releases/20241109q0wfnu) - Cortland (15-3-5)
UAA - Emory (8-6-2)
UEC (https://gounitedeast.com/news/2024/11/9/-team-crowned-2024-united-east-mens-soccer-champions.aspx) - St Mary's (11-6-3)
UMAC (https://umacathletics.com/news/2024/11/9/uw-superior-wins-2024-umac-mens-soccer-tournament-championship.aspx) - UW-Superior (17-3-2)
USAC (https://usasouth.net/news/2024/9/12/mens-soccer-wins-usa-south-mens-soccer-title.aspx) - William Peace (9-6-3)
WIAC - UW-Platteville @ UW-Eau Claire Sunday
Calvin claims the AQ for MIAA. 2 - 1 victory over Trine.
MIAA might claim 2 spots as Hope is right on the bubble.
I would point out that while Trinity is the higher seed, the SCAC championship match will actually be held on St. Thomas' (deteriorating) home turf. The SCAC pre-determines championship sites at the beginning of each season rather than award them to the top seed.
Hardin-Simmons claims the AQ from the ASC after beating Letourneau 2-0.
Trinity wins the SCAC AQ by beating St. Thomas 4-2
The AQ sheet is updated and completed.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q01GY7C3lBdBc8goCop1YYM-cgdO1gZNFFN0VeGmLQQ/edit?usp=sharing
I think Hunter from the CUNYAC will take the honors of being the lowest seed in the tournament. The NPI rankings may change a little after today, but they are #339 as of now, with a 6-11-2 record 1(adjusted as 7-11).
Quote from: Kuiper on November 10, 2024, 06:06:08 PMI think Hunter from the CUNYAC will take the honors of being the lowest seed in the tournament. The NPI rankings may change a little after today, but they are #339 as of now, with a 6-11-2 record 1(adjusted as 7-11).
Have a wonderful time playing a NESCAC or Mary Washington! But that is quite an achievement!
That's what D3 is all about - win your conference and you make it to the playoffs no matter who you played or anything else. Sure, it'll be a short journey but you make memories for a lifetime.