9/2/25 Week 1 Top 25 AVCA Poll is now up:

https://www.avca.org/polls-awards/polls/?_season=2025&_divisions=division-iii-women&_weeks=week-1

United Soccer Coaches Pre-Season Women's Top 25 Poll is up:

https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/

Top 25-How They Fared-through matches of 8/31/25:

  1. Juniata          (3-0):  W-Swarthmore, Cortland St, UMass-Boston   
  2. Whitewater      (3-0):  W-#21 CNU, Coast Guard, Catholic
  3. Hope            (2-0):  W-ONU, Concordia-WI   
  4. Johns Hopkins    (3-0):  W-Rowan, Capital, RV Babson 
  5. Emory            (3-0):  W-LeTourneau, St Catherine's-MN, MUW
  6. Oshkosh        (3-0):  W-Thiel, PSU-Altoona, RV Salisbury 
  7. La Verne        (3-0):  W-St. Olaf, Buffalo St, RV CWRU
  8. MIT              (3-0):  W-Regis-MA, Wentworth, Roger Williams
  9. W & L            (4-0):  W-Wilmington-OH, Asbury, Hanover, RV Centre
10. Trinity-TX      (2-1):  W-#12 Millikin, #23 NYU; L-#13 Platteville
11. Wash-MO          (4-0):  W-Willamette, Loras, Bluffton, Carthage
12. Millikin          (1-2):  W-#13 Platteville; L-#10 Trinity-TX, #23 NYU       
13. Platteville      (2-1):  W-#23 NYU, #10 Trinity-TX; L-#12 Millikin
14. ETBU              (4-0):  W-Edgewood, #22 Eau Claire, RV Colorado College, RV Stevens Point
15. CMS                (3-0):  W-RV CWRU, St. Olaf, Lake Forest
16. Marietta          (3-0):  W-Clarkson, DePauw, Alfred
17. Colby              (0-0):  No matches for above period.
18. Ithaca            (3-0):  W-St. John Fisher, John Carroll, Rocester
19. IL Wesleyan        (3-0):  W-Earlham, Greenville, #20 Chicago
20. Chicago            (2-1):  W-Greenville, Earlham; L-#19 IL Wesleyan
21. CNU                (2-1):  W-Catholic, Coast Guard; L-#2 Whitewater
22. Eau Claire          (3-1):  W-RV Colorado College, MSOE, Edgewood; L-#14 ETBU
23. NYU                (1-2):  w-#12 Millikin; L-#13 Platteville, #10 Trinity-TX
24. Middlebury          (0-0):  No matches for above period.
25. CWRU                (0-4): L-Whittier, #15 CMS, Chapman, #7 La Verne

RV:
Smith            (2-2):  W-Trine, Wm Paterson; L-Montclair St, St. Aloysius
Stevens Point    (1-3):  W-MSOE; L-Edgewood, #14 ETBU, RV Colorado College
CMU              (2-1):  W-RV Gettysburg, Messiah: L-RV Otterbein
Whitworth        (2-1):  W-TX Lutheran, Carleton; L-Northwest-WA
Calvin            (2-1):  W-Central-IA, Buena Vista; L-Dubuque
NW-MN            (2-1):  W-Grinnell, River Falls; L-RV Coe
Transylvania      (2-2):  W-Wittenberg, Olivet; L-Wartburg, RV Berry
Gettysburg        (2-2):  W-Neumann, Shenandoah; L-RV CMU, RV Otterbein
VA Wesleyan      (4-0)  W-Marymount-VA, Plymouth St, Widener, Westminster-MO
Berry              (3-0:  W-Wittenberg, RV Transylvania, Wartburg
Southwestern-TX    (2-1):  W-RV Puget Sound, RV GAC; L-PLU
GAC                (2-1):  W-RV Puget Sound, PLU; L-RV Southwestern-tX 
Salisbury          (2-1):  W-PSU-Altoona, Thiel; L-#6 Oshkosh
Wesleyan-CT        (0-0):  No matches for above period.       
Centre                (2-10:  W-Asbury, Wilmington-OH: L-#11 W&L
Puget Sound        (1-2):  W-PLU; L-RV GAC, RV Southwestern-TX
F&M                  (3-0):  W-Lancaster Bible, Susquehanna, Randolph-Macon
Colorado College    (2-2):  W-MSOE, RV Stevens Point; L-#22 Eau Claire, #14 ETBU
Babson              (2-1):  W-Capital, Rowan; L-#4 Johns Hopkins
Otterbein            (4-0):  W-Bridgewater, Messiah, RV CMU, RV Gettysburg
Stevens            (2-1):  W-Union-NY, Stockton; L-Haverford   
NE Wesleyan        (3-1):  W-Crown, Concordia-MN, MN-Morris; L-St.Benedict 
Coe              (3-0):  W-River Falls, RV NW-MN, Bethel-MN
UC-Santa Cruz      (3-1):  W-Lewis & Clark (twice), Oxy; L-Redlands
Springfield         (3-0):  W-Westfield St, Skidmore, Rivier

Let the "shell game" begin--LOL!

2025 Pre-Season D3 Women's Volleyball Top 25 Poll is up:

https://www.avca.org/polls-awards/polls/?_season=2025&_divisions=division-iii-women

Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on March 15, 2025, 12:04:49 PMAfter needing the night to gather my thoughts I have to say this:


As you all know I am a WLC alum who saw many years where the Warriors struggled to compete (back to back 5 win years my third and fourth year there) and the slow rebuild back to relevance in the NACC. Going 4 straight years as regular season NACC champs the last few years was a sign of the rebuild was complete and the foundation was set for years to come. This season cemented that in many ways.

For WLC, this was a historic season. Broke the record for most wins (27), 29 straight home wins, Best winning % (.874), beating the highest ranked opponent in history (#2) and many more. It sucks that it had to end yesterday especially in a game that was for the taking until the very end. These Warriors never gave up when they got down big throughout the season. This senior/graduate class set many records personally and will live forever in WLC MBB lore. Next year will be a definite step back but with all the players that saw time throughout the year, the experience will hopefully drive them to continue the run of success in the NACC.

Well said!

Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on March 08, 2025, 10:24:58 PMFirst time since 2016 that an NACC team is in the Sweet 16. I am ecstatic.

If memory serves correctly, 2016 was the year that Benedictine IL got all the way to the final before losing big to St. Thomas-MN.

NACC Tourney Championship Final:

WLC 57, St. Norbert 54 (Warriors' great FT shooting in the final minute enabled them to get the win here.)

NACC Opening Round Finals:

#1 St. Norbert 58, #8 Lakeland 52 (An 11-3 late scoring run allowed the Green Knights to get the win here).

#5 Benedictine 82, #4 Aurora 72 OT  (Eagles outscored Auora 21-11 in the extra session)

#6 MSOE 78, #3 CUW 73 (Raider clutch FT shooting late sealed this upset win here).

#2 WLC 65, #7 Edgewood 59 (Huge 4th quarter scoring advantage, a late 8-0 scoring run, and 2 key FTs enable the Warriors to avoid getting knocked off.)

 

NACC Opening Round Matchups:

#1 St. Norbert/#8 Lakeland
#2 WLC/#7 Edgewood
#3 CUW/#6 MSOE
#4 Aurora/#5 Benedictine-IL

Pre-season NFCA D3 Top 25 Poll is now up:

https://nfca.org/divnews/ncaa3/national-champ-east-texas-baptist-opens-no-1-in-nfa-gorout-division-iii-top-25-preseason-coaches-poll

UW=Whitewater's reverse sweep bid falls short--Juniata prevails yet again--

The year Whitewater won the final was 2005-Kim Fruit was on that squad and per Warhawk all time records site through the completion of the 2023 season, she still holds the indviidual record for highest career hitting percentage (.363).

Now THAT'S loading up!

Belated kudos to St. Norbert on the bowl game win over Monmouth!