NWC conference tourney occurs on May 8-10, double elimination for the top 4 teams. 


Team            Conf    Pct.    Last 10 Streak
Linfield    10-2    0.833    6-4    Won 3  At Whitworth Whitman GFU (1)  At UPS  L&C
Whitworth    11-3    0.786    8-2    Lost 2  Linf At PLU Whitman  (L&C postponed)
Lewis and Clark    7-4    0.636    7-3    Lost 1  GFU at Pac W'lam at Linf  (Whitworth postponed)
Puget Sound    6-6    0.500    6-4    Lost 1  Pac  at W'lam  Linf  at PLU

Pac Lutheran    7-8    0.467    5-5    Lost 4  Whitworth  at Whitman  UPS
Pacific            6-9    0.400    4-6    Won 3  at UPS  L&C  at GFU
George Fox    6-9    0.400    3-7    Won 1  at L&C  Pac  at W'lam
Willamette    4-8    0.333    3-7    Won 2  at Whitman UPS  at  L&C  GFU
Whitman          2-10    0.167    1-8-1    Lost 3  at Linf  PLU  at Whitworth

ASC postseason tourney is scheduled for April 30 - May 2nd at the #1 seed.
Conference regular season play begins next week.

The SCIAC's post-season tourney is May 6-10 with #5 vs #4 play-in with the winner advancing to double elimination.

Pomona-Pitzer    9-3    0.750    7-3    Lost 1  CMS  Cal Tech  Cal Lu  Oxy
Cal Lutheran    8-4    0.667    5-5    Lost 1  ULV  Whit  PP   CMS
Claremont-M-S    9-6    0.600    6-4    Lost 2   PP Cal Tech  Cal Lu Tie-breaker over Redlands
Redlands    9-6    0.600    7-3    Won 1   Oxy  Chap  ULV
La Verne    7-5    0.583    5-4-1    Won 3    Cal Lu Oxy  Chap Red

Chapman    8-7    0.533    8-2    Won 1      Red  ULV  Cal Tech
Occidental    6-6    0.500    5-5    Lost 1   Red  ULV   Whit  PP
Whittier    4-11    0.267    5-5    Won 2    CIT  Cal Lu  Oxy
Caltech    0-12    0.000    0-10    Lost 12   Whit  PP CMS  Chap

The SCIAC conference schedule is a 3-game set with Friday on one campus and the DH on Saturday played on the other campus.

1) Texas Lutheran    15-6    0.714        4-6    Won 1
2) Hendrix    13-8    0.619        5-5    Won 3
3) Concordia (Texas)    12-9    0.571        5-5    Lost 2 (Has tie-breaker over Schreiner)
4) Schreiner    12-9    0.571        6-4    Won 3
5 LeTourneau    11-10    0.524        2-8    Lost 1
6) Austin    11-11    0.500        6-4    Won 1 (2 cancelations) Has tie-breaker over McMurry

7) McMurry    11-11    0.500        Lost 1 (2 cancelations)
8) Centenary (La.)    10-11    0.476    6-4    Lost 1
9) St. Thomas (Texas)    11-13    0.458        4-6    Won 1
10) University of Dallas    7-14    0.333        2-8    Lost 5
11) University of the Ozarks    5-16    0.238        3-7    Lost 5

TLU has almost mathematically clinched.

CTX is at TLU, at St Thomas

Hendrix hosts TLU, at LeTU and hosts AC

LeTU hosts HX and is at Schreiner.

McMurry hosts Centenary, and hosts Schreiner.

Schreiner hosts AC, at McM and hosts LeTU

Austin Coll (AC) hosts Schreiner and at HX

Centenary LA at McMurry, host St Thomas and hosts  UOz

St Thomas is at Centenary and host CTX.

UDallas is at LeTU, at UOz, and host TLU.

St Thomas made the 2025 SCAC Tourney with 17-13 and the tie-breaker over TLU (also 17-13).

Texas Lutheran    15-6    0.714        4-6    Won 1
Hendrix    13-8    0.619        5-5    Won 3
Concordia (Texas)    12-9    0.571        5-5    Lost 2
Schreiner    12-9    0.571        6-4    Won 3
LeTourneau    11-10    0.524        2-8    Lost 1
Austin    11-11    0.500        6-4    Won 1 (2 cancelations)
McMurry    11-11    0.500        Lost 1 (2 cancelations)
Centenary (La.)    10-11    0.476    6-4    Lost 1
St. Thomas (Texas)    11-13    0.458        4-6    Won 1
University of Dallas    7-14    0.333        2-8    Lost 5
University of the Ozarks    5-16    0.238        3-7    Lost 5

Quote from: IC798891 on Yesterday at 09:02:59 AM

Quote from: Gray Fox on April 03, 2026, 07:16:29 PMNot just D3:
Syracuse University is closing or halting enrollment in about 20% of its academic programs, in a move that the school's provost said was designed to create a university that would be "more focused, more distinctive and more aligned with student demand." The humanities and the fine arts represented the largest share of programs that will be closed or paused.

Includes Classics, Ceramics, and Italian.

I'm not being critical of you specifically, but having dealt with this kind of ...incomplete...framing first-hand, it has always been a pet peeve of mine.

In 55 of the 93 programs that are closing, there are zero students enrolled. Literally, zero.

In total, just 1.2% of Syracuse students are enrolled in one of these programs. This is basically a nothing-burger. You don't need to offer every single thing under the sun, just in case one kid might want to pay like, $55,000 a year --taking into account the discount rate -- to major in French, or Jewelry/ Metalsmithing (two of the programs being cut).

Syracuse is doing fine financially, and these cuts aren't budget related.

Thanks for the additional information.

Southwestern had a Navy V12 Officer Training Program, including some very good athletes, e.g. the US Military Academy's National Championships in 1944 and 1945.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on April 03, 2026, 11:41:10 AM

Quote from: Kuiper on April 03, 2026, 11:00:17 AMSince a lot of people in this thread wonder about the financial health and stability of DIII institutions, I thought there might be interest in the following tool from a political science professor at Colorado State.  It considers AI exposure as well, which I don't think its really a great metric and is particularly problematic for liberal arts institutions that are more focused on well-rounded educations that major-specific outcomes, so take it for what it's worth.

https://kylesaunders.com/university-map/

It's an interesting take (though I agree with you about the AI metric, which factors into the Y-axis).  It would be helpful if the author would add athletic affiliation and conference.  Maybe I should ask some AI tool to do that ...

EDIT:  I asked Grok, it said it could do it, but then said I'd have to wait two hours to ask again.

We appreciate your diligence and dedication to this community of followers. 

Thx jekelish.
I searched the SCAC website and found no information on this year's tourney. In 2025 Cent LA was 6th at 12-18. SW was 7th at 11-19 & AC 8th at 10-20.

Wide open!

Quote from: Hawks88 on April 02, 2026, 03:30:09 PMHuntingdon released their 2026 schedule today. Same as last season with the home and aways reversed. First time that's happened here.
https://www.d3football.com/teams/Huntingdon/2026/index

Good schedule.

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 30, 2026, 12:01:44 PM

Quote from: ziggy on March 30, 2026, 11:48:01 AMThis leaves the AEC with just four schools for 27-28?

If we are to believe the UEC-AEC "it's not a merger" announcement, seems to me we will see some UEC schools move over to balance membership numbers to retain two AQs between the partner (is that what we call it?) conferences.

Are we hearing rumbles of financial troubles amongst the "13 plus 4" schools

I suspect this is a "can we get to 27-28 with 14 total schools so we can keep two AQs in everything" situation.

Or the current UEC-13 plus Gwynedd Mercy, Immaculata, Marymount and Centenary NJ to split into 2 conferences for the core number of sports?

Or are we hearing rumbles of any of the 13 + 4 schools having financial troubles?

With four weekends left, the SCAC is a real mess. The post-season tourney takes 4 teams and 10 of 11 teams are still in contention.


Texas Lutheran            14-4    19-7
Concordia (Texas) (CTX)    12-9    16-10
Hendrix  (HX)              10-8    15-10
LeTourneau            10-8    13-15
McMurry                  11-10    13-14
Schreiner            9-9    11-16
Austin                    10-11    12-14
Centenary (La.)            8-10    13-15
St. Thomas (Texas)    9-12    10-18
University of Dallas    7-11    9-18
University of Ozarks    5-13    11-17

TLU has almost mathematically clinched.

CTX is 12-9 and hosts UOz, at TLU, at St Thomas

Hendrix is 10-8 and is at UD, hosts TLU, at LeTU and hosts AC
LeTU is 10-8 and is at St Thomas, hosts UD, hosts HX and is at Schreiner.

McMurry is 11-10 and then is at AC, hosts Centenary, and hosts Schreiner.

Schreiner is 9-9 and is at UOz, hosts AC, at McM and hosts LeTU

Austin Coll (AC) is 10-11. They host McM, host Schreiner and at HX

Centenary LA is 8-10. at TLU, at McMurry, host St Thomas and hosts  UOz

St Thomas is 9-12.  They host LeTU, at Centenary and host CTX.

UDallas is 7-11. They host Hx, at LeTU, at UOz, and host TLU.

St Thomas made the 2025 SCAC Tourney with 17-13 and the tie-breaker over TLU (also 17-13).

Thanks Pat.

McMurry's schedule is up. 9 games. Open dates are week #4 and #6.

At Southwestern, at Trinity TX, hosting Huntingdon and at Dubuque (IA). ASC games are in weeks 7-11.

Apparently, there were no open dates or "opportunity" to play a 10th game versus an SCAC team.

(Nice game to play Dubuque.) I cannot recall McMurry ever playing a team from Iowa.

Quote from: BobcatQB on March 23, 2026, 01:52:12 PMLike 2021 when OAC had DH every Sat and Sun...that was rough.

The team with the deepest pitching staff survives.