@D3SoccerWorld reports on Xitter that Trinity-St Thomas has been cancelled and there will be no result.  The video replay shows the camera/announcing crew tearing down after multiple delays and if they got the kind of rain we did on the north side - 3-4" - the field would have been a quagmire after the first few minutes of play had they resumed.

Quote from: Kuiper on August 31, 2025, 08:28:27 PM

Quote from: Ron Boerger on August 31, 2025, 07:50:07 PMTrinity 2 StThomas 0 24' (on 2 SOG) but in a rain delay for over half an hour now.

Am I reading the LiveStats correctly that one of the St. Thomas players get a red card in the 5th minute?  That was quick, even by St. Thomas-Trinity game standards.

Yes, straight red to the keeper who was outside the area trying to stop a two on (n)one and took down a Trinity player. 

All the NCAA has to do is say "we get 3.18% from D1 to fund D3.  You want D4, go ahead and pay for it" and the idea will dissipate like a fart in the wind.

Trinity 2 StThomas 0 24' (on 2 SOG) but in a rain delay for over half an hour now.

Trinity(TX) up 2-0 on St Thomas(TX) after 24' but with storms moving in and the game already in a weather delay this may go quite late or get cancelled.

Narrator:  It was.

Quote from: SierraFD3soccer on August 30, 2025, 11:58:19 PMWhen was the last time Hop lost 4-0? At least it is early.  However, would not want to be on that 11 hour bus ride. Would have been a lot better if they lost first and won the second. Lots, lots of play left.

The last time Hopkins lost 0-4 was nearly two years ago, 9/3/2023, but to a much better team (then #4 Mary Washington).  They did lose 13 players from last year's roster - six graduate students, four seniors, a junior and two sophomores, including five of their top six scorers (cumulatively 24 of 35 goals scored, 20 of 37 assists) and one of the two keepers that saw significant time.

It looks like Trinity will go with Hondo Franklin at QB, given that he was this evening named one of four co-captains for the season.

I haven't heard anything (and was not able to be at the match).

If you're a Trinity fan, it's not terribly encouraging that your keeper only faced one shot on goal and couldn't preserve the clean sheet.  And it was the kid that played 13 games combined at B-SC and Spring Hill in goal.

It is encouraging that the defense held a quality team to one SOG despite the losses to graduation.

It's simple.

Attractive colleges and those with substantial resources get more applicants and commits.  The former is especially true because it is so easy to submit an application to multiple colleges these days.

Others don't.

And there are more unattractive/under resourced schools than not among the majority of small private schools that make up D3.

The SAA coaches' poll selects Trinity(TX) as the preseason favorite, despite the very real losses pointed out in Kuiper's excellent look above at the 2025 edition.

Second ranked Oglethorpe has won 8 of the previous 9 SAA championships, with the 2022 season being the sole exception.  Trinity holds an 18-1 advantage since the teams first played in 1993, but this year's meeting will be the first since 2010.

1 Trinity – 56 (7)
2 Oglethorpe – 48 (1)
3 Rhodes – 45
4 Southwestern – 35
5 Centre – 30
6 Sewanee – 29
7 Berry – 23
8 Millsaps – 14

Quote from: WUPHF on August 27, 2025, 08:48:33 AMAs did the WIAC.

I am not sure that I see it as a blow in favor of free live streams as it really is the CCIW keeping the status quo with minor changes, though it is good news.

IMO they are deliberately saying "hell no, we won't Flo" after so many conferences have bent the knee and setting the stage for other conferences that care about their students, families, and supporters to do the same. 

Regent now needs to focus equally on their retention (66% return after year one) and graduation (42% in eight years) rates.

Hopefully L&C got a nice check for showing up for target practice.

Quote from: tigerguy on August 24, 2025, 09:21:37 PMWoah - I just saw that BJ Stewart transferred from Trinity to UMHB in offseason. Anybody have some insight into what happened there? Disciplinary issues?

Can't remember the last time someone from Trinity transferred to UMHB, although maybe there are some less notable examples.

He went in the portal either late last year or early this.  No insight as to why but it's a big loss to lose your leading receiver.  I can't find his Xitter profile for some reason but when I checked it a few weeks ago he hadn't announced a new home.

Trinity got a couple of transfers from UMHB which is also unusual.