Clarkson is finally upgrading their turf.  Long overdue.

LL championship will be RPI, RIT, Hobart and SLU. I believe RPI will be hosting due to the better league record.

Not only does SLU make the playoffs for the first time since 2013, their best of 3 sweep at Union gives them their first playoff wins since 2011.

Shay John To Buffalo

SLU having a guaranteed winning record while making the playoffs for the first time since 2013 is more evidence of the remarkable coaching job Kenny Collins pulled off this year.  He was not left with much when he took over, and given SLU's mediocre at best history in baseball what he managed this year with his first full recruiting class deserves major props.

About that time of year for a preliminary list of committed players for next year.  I'll sort it according to this year's standings. As always, this list is fluid and incomplete. If there's anyone I haven't included that you know about please feel free to add.

RPI

Rotimi Esiso, 6'5" F, Clarkstown North HS NY

Union

Lino Sanchez, 6'1" G, Beaver Country Day School MA
Adrian Shepard Jr, 6'3" G, Tabor Academy MA (dual sport athlete: football)
Ryan Mutschler, 6'5" F, Hanover HS MA

Vassar

Chris Ferrare, 6'1" G, Montville HS NJ
Eshan Kulkarni, 5'11 PG, Hun School of Princeton NJ
Arthur Shevick, 6'2" G, Fox Lane HS NY

SLU

Reid Danforth, 6' G, Skaneateles HS NY
Sean Acunto, 6'1" G, Canterbury School CT/Nyack HS NY
Patrick Ricca, 6'1" G, St. Paul's School NH
Ty Wallace, 6'2"G, Asheville School NC
Finn O'Neill, 6'5" G/F, Proctor Academy MA
Mitchell Masiello, 6'5" G/F, Nichols School NY

Interesting note: Sean Acunto is the son of Greg Acunto '98, a member of SLU basketball's Mount Rushmore (in my view, and many others).

Ithaca

Leonidas Vlogianitis, 6'2" G, transfer from Pace University
Sam Cano, 6'4" G/F, North Broward Prep FL
Callen Murphy, 6' G, Blair Academy NJ

Skidmore

Garrett Hall, 6'6" F, Alvirne HS NH
Luc Brongniart, 6'8" F, Masters School NY

Hobart

Tre Paulfrey, 6' PG, Nichols HS NY
Tucker Burnett, 6'1" G, Marcellus HS NY

Clarkson

Tyler Witazek, 6'1" G, Guilderland HS NY

RIT

Brendan McDonald, 6' G, Pomfret School CT
CJ Azor, 6'1" G, Northfield Mount Hermon MA
Jadon Green, 5'11" G, Apex Friendship HS NC

Bard

Charlie Juliana, 5'11" G, Hun School of Princeton NJ
Milo Shirakawa, 5'11" G, Rye HS NY

Quote from: D3BBALL on April 23, 2026, 04:02:00 PMArticle on ESPN that pretty much sounds like the NCAA is going to give 5 years of eligibility and it going to happen by June. But the coach's association wants a say on how it is going to happen.

Not sure I would want either group making this decision.

D3 needs to opt out.  The extra covid year resulted in a lot of nonsense in d3.  Can't have that dynamic be permanent.

The new NCAA eligibility proposal seems like it would have a very large effect on college soccer. The proposal is 5 years to play 5 and would limit your final year of eligibility to being the season you turn 24. That would dramatically shift the current division 1 landscape since a lot of teams in division 1 have many 20+ year old freshmen from overseas.

So I'm assuming schools can allow transfer application deadline waivers on a case by case basis as it relates to portal players?  Because most private schools had their transfer application deadline the middle of March, and a lot of these schools are pursuing and getting transfers.

Gilbride would make sense. I think he's gone as far as he can with RPI. Always good teams but feels like he's hit the ceiling after a good extended run. Two straight 21 win seasons with no NCAA tournament appearance as a result has to be frustrating. Sweeney made the move as a result of this dynamic but hasn't done anything at Conn, however. Gilbride can definitely elevate any NESCAC team.

I can't think of any other coach in LL that would be a potential candidate. Downs at SLU interviewed at Bates in the late 2000s but he's definitely a SLU lifer now. Burke at Skidmore is the only other one that could be considered a mystery candidate. Skidmore's AD is retiring so that could be a factor.  Mee at Vassar? Would seem unlikely given that he took himself out of consideration from Carnegie Mellon a year ago. Chris Murphy at Union? Also seems unlikely given that he's been at Union since he was a player.

Quote from: jdex on April 03, 2026, 05:12:05 PMCortland tops Canton 11-1 to start three-game series at C'land Wallace Field. Twinbill Saturday. Five run sixth inning allows RDragons to pull away. All that scoring comes with two outs via L. Granger and N. Smith two-bi singles. Contest called in the eighth. A. Carlo sac fly provides Cortland 10-run 'mercy' finish. W. Miller WP (5inn, 1h, 2bb, 4k, 78p) before Z. Zarrillo (2inn) and A. Sampo (1inn) complete three-hitter.
  Nine Dragons hit safely in 13-hit attack. Carlo 2x3, 2r, bi, sb, sf; Smith 2x3, r, 3bi, hbp, sf; T. McGowan 2h, 2r; Granger 2h, 2bi; J. McFarren hr. Roos pitch five. A. Cook LP (2inn, 3h, 1r, 1er, 1k, 33p).
    Canton    1-3-2
    Cortland  11-13-0
Cortland 7-0, 15-7-1. Canton 0-4, 8-11

Oswego bats mostly silent till late and pull out 5-2 10-inning win over Plattsburgh on neutral Oneonta grounds.

Oneonta 5-2 over Fredonia on latter's diamond.

New Paltz splits with Manhattanville, losing 4-0, winning 12-2

I appreciate these writeups jdex.  Nice to have all these results curated like this.

Quote from: Kuiper on April 01, 2026, 03:24:28 PMIt wasn't explicitly stated that this means he will step down as head coach of men's soccer, but either way I thought this was worth posting here

Joe Bergin Named Athletic Director at Marietta

QuoteOn Wednesday, Marietta College President Kathleen Poorman Dougherty announced the appointment of Joe Bergin '86 as the Pioneers' next Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Bergin will take over for Larry Hiser who is retiring in May after 18 years leading the Pioneers' athletic department.

"Joe has proven to be a strong leader and effective mentor for both coaches and students," Dr. Dougherty said. "He has multiple talents and background experiences, not only in athletics, but as a leader, as a relationship builder and as an astute decision-maker — these are excellent qualifications for this position. He is committed to bringing a data-driven and student-centered approach to our athletics programs."

Bergin returned to his alma mater in 2013 as head men's soccer coach for the Pioneers. During his time leading the Marietta men's team, Bergin has become the program's winningest coach.

"Our team is very excited that Coach Bergin will take his leadership skills to the next level and lead Marietta's athletics program, but we are also happy that he will continue to coach the team," said Dillon Meagle '27, a Management major/Finance minor who plays the wing position.

Bergin becomes only the seventh athletic director at Marietta College in nearly 100 years, following in the footsteps of Don Drumm (1929-60), William O. Whetsel (1960-69), Joe McDaniel (1970-79), J. Phillip Roach (1980-89), Debbie Lazorik (1989-2007), and Larry Hiser (2008-26). Bergin brings a wealth of athletic experience to the position, both as a player and a coach, and he also is an adjunct professor in the Department of Business and Economics.

Bergin has said he wants to coach his son who is a HS junior or senior so he has a good bit of time left in that role.  But in that write up it says "Our team is very excited that Coach Bergin will take his leadership skills to the next level and lead Marietta's athletics program, but we are also happy that he will continue to coach the team," said Dillon Meagle '27, a Management major/Finance minor who plays the wing position."

All this talk about Dartmouth not being a good job and not being right for Linton sounds like "cope" as the youth say today. I get nobody wants to see their coach leave, but this isn't some low major backwater.  Pretty much every coach would leap at the opportunity if they were in Linton's stage of their career to coach an Ivy League team. Their AD is pretty committed to athletics and all it takes is the right coach to start winning which Linton is more than capable of doing.  I find the arguments about recruiting quite unpersuasive.

The issue is that d3 schools adhere to their schools' transfer application deadlines.  That leaves most schools out if you're trying to upgrade as far as going d3 to d3, as most of the stronger academic schools have deadlines in early to mid March. That basically leaves any player that enters the portal a this stage with options limited to state schools and a few private university options. Many of the d3 to d3 transfers technically entered the portal but did so with do not contact designations as they already had everything set in place in order to get all of the paperwork finished by the application deadlines. I'm sure most of these players already received back channel d1/d2 interest, but if you're throwing you're name in at this point to test waters without having talked to anyone yet you're more than likely heading back to your original team if no one picks you up.  I'm sure that's the goal/plan for most who enter on a whim.

I want division 3 to have these kinds of players, but several of them probably should have been on division 1 rosters from the beginning if we're being honest.

The NCAA has said they aren't going to go down the 5 year eligibility road. All that talk was pushed by NIL agents trying to will it into existence.