Bit of NESCAC-adjacent coaching news while still waiting for the Colby process to shake out - Amherst alum Kevin Hopkins is no longer the Muhlenberg head coach ...

There are more D3 teams being added, I believe they need to get to a certain number of teams (50s-60s) to be eligible for a separate post-season.  Men's volleyball faced a similar situation in the past.

UW-Whitewater's men's basketball assistant, Ben Davis, has been named the head coach at Saint Scholastica.  He did a great job here, best of luck Ben!

One more! Matthew Cadogan has added NYU hoops to his X bio. Seems to me that is a sign. No official commitment/statement though.

Another update. Octavio Alexander is heading to Jarvis Christian University, an NAIA program.

Quote from: CNU85 on April 29, 2026, 10:08:13 AMI found a way to see the rosters. 18 on the mens team and 13 on womens team. That's just not enough to be competitive. Player safety would be my first concern.

I do not know anything about lacrosse, but that makes more sense.

My first reaction was of surprise that a school would cut a program with 18 players.

I am far less surprised by Lakeland cutting tennis with significantly fewer tuition-paying players.

Quote from: MRMIKESMITH on April 28, 2026, 11:22:08 AMSalisbury schedule is finally complete with times and places. Non-Con remains the same, not sure this prepares us for a surging Rowan program that appears to be getting better and better. We finish the season against our new Route 13 Rival in CNU. The time of the CNU game is TBA, could be de facto championship game. This year is somewhat an unknown, but as always Salisbury will compete, but will we have the changing playmakers that allows us to get to the Elite 8, only time will tell. Salisbury typically does better when they are somewhat of a dark horse. As I mentioned, I think CNU and Rowan are my preseason favorites. Although Salisbury may have the better QB returning, I think CNU and Salisbury may have to replace some key positions due to graduation and transfer portal.

That's probably a good preseason summary. Even with recruiting and players tranfering in, how do we really know how they fit in and add value? Freshmen may take years. For me, CNU has some key questions to answer. Losing an All-american QB to Penn State was absolutely unexpected. So, we need an answer at that position. Losing a WR like Hart also raises the question of who will step up. It's kinda fun to watch and see what the coaches do and to watch other players step up. It's only April and I'm ready for the season to start!

Schedules:
https://sabreathletics.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/schedule (0-13, 0-11)
https://sabreathletics.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/schedule (3-13, 2-7)

Quote from: WUPHF on April 28, 2026, 06:42:45 PMMarian (WI) is cutting lacrosse. Interesting...

https://sabreathletics.com/news/2026/4/28/general-marian-university-announces-strategic-realignment-of-athletic-programs-to-strengthen-student-athlete-success.aspx

Wow...I went to their athletic website to see the rosters to determine how many players this impacted and they no longer have the links listed under "Sports". They've already removed the pages. That seems a bit harsh. Just my opinion.

I found a way to see the rosters. 18 on the mens team and 13 on womens team. That's just not enough to be competitive. Player safety would be my first concern.

Cross-posted from the 2026 Schedules thread

La Verne

Just like Oxy, La Verne has a schedule that is both random and ambitious.  They open the season at DII Westmont and then host George Fox (NWC) and Russell Sage (NY), which like Gordon (MA) is heading across the country to play SCIAC teams in what could be an attempt to recruit some California kids.  La Verne then travels to Texas to play Trinity and Southwestern before opening conference play at Occidental.  The team made it to the second round of the SCIAC tournament last season before falling to Oxy 4-1, so I'm sure they'll be looking for payback.

On a side note, Trinity certainly is filling its schedule with SCIAC teams this season with games already listed against Oxy, CMS (probably), and now La Verne.  Since the SAA has fewer teams than the SCAC and some of the weaker SCAC/ASC teams don't provide much competition, Trinity might have needed to travel more to get a decent strength-of-schedule.