The Women's Belt

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We have our second change of shares on the weekend as Bowdoin captures a share of the Women's Belt^TM by defeating #1 in the nation Tufts today, 70-60.

Bowdoin will carry the share initially held by Amherst into the NCAAs as NESCAC Champion.

Bowdoin will have their first defense in the NCAA First Round on Friday.

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All 3 shares of the Women's Belt^TM change hands this weekend as Eastern Connecticut recaptured the third share by defeating RI College in the Little East title game, 49-44.

Eastern Connecticut joins Bowdoin and George Fox in carrying their shares into the NCAA Tournament.  All three shares will be up for grabs in the first round of the NCAAs on Friday.

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The unification tournament for the Women's Belt^TM starts tomorrow at 5 PM Eastern.

All 3 shares of the Women's Belt^TM are on the line.

Defenses in the First Round of the Unification Tournament:

Shareholders in bold:

1.). Eastern Connecticut vs St. John Fisher at Messiah-- 5 PM ET.

2.)  George Fox vs Montclair St. at Marymount --5 PM ET.

3.). Bowdoin vs Brooklyn-- 7 PM ET.

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The unification tournament for the Women's Belt^TM starts tomorrow at 5 PM Eastern.

All 3 shares of the Women's Belt^TM are on the line.

Defenses in the First Round of the Unification Tournament:

Shareholders in bold:

1.). Eastern Connecticut vs St. John Fisher at Messiah-- 5 PM ET.

2.)  George Fox vs Montclair St. at Marymount --5 PM ET.

3.). Bowdoin vs Brooklyn-- 7 PM ET.

Successful defenses for all 3 shares.

George Fox eliminated Montclair St., 74-49.

Eastern Connecticut eliminated St. John Fisher, 60-43.

Bowdoin eliminated Brooklyn, 90-51.

Round 2 tomorrow.

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Unification Tournament-- Round 2-- Saturday, March 7, 2020

All 3 shares of the Women's Belt^TM are on the line.

Home team.listed first; Shareholders in bold.

1.). Messiah vs Eastern Connecticut-- 6 PM Eastern.

2.)  Marymount vs George Fox-- 7 PM Eastern

3.). Bowdoin vs NYU-- 7 PM Eastern

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Unification Tournament-- Round 2-- Saturday, March 7, 2020

All 3 shares of the Women's Belt^TM are on the line.

Home team.listed first; Shareholders in bold.

1.). Messiah vs Eastern Connecticut-- 6 PM Eastern.

2.)  Marymount vs George Fox-- 7 PM Eastern

3.). Bowdoin vs NYU-- 7 PM Eastern

1.) Messiah captures one of the three shares up for grabs this evening by knocking out Eastern Connecticut, 60-50.

2.) George Fox successfully defended its share of the Women's Belt^TM by eliminating Marymount (VA), 57-48.

3.). Bowdoin also successfully defended a share by eliminating NYU, 86-67.

Next defenses:  Friday, March 13-- Sectional semifinals

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Unification Tournament-- Sectional Semifinals (a/k/a "Sweet 16" or Round 3)

Friday, March 13, 2020

All 3 shares of the Women's Belt^TM are on the line.

Shareholders in bold

1.)  Messiah vs Smith.

2.)  George Fox vs Amherst.

3.)  Bowdoin vs Trine.

Update-- All matches for the remainder of the tournament are "empty gym" matches.

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Update from the D3 Alliance and its commissioners--

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Unification Tournament is hereby cancelled

Messiah, Bowdoin, and George Fox will take their shares of the D3 Women's Belt^TM into next season, if and when this pandemic subsides.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Update from the D3 Alliance and its commissioners--

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Unification Tournament is hereby cancelledb

Messiah, Bowdoin, and George Fox will take their shares of the D3 Women's Belt^TM into next season, if and when this pandemic subsides.

From the Department of Desperately Seeking a Silver Lining: at least two of the three would have ended their season with a loss - this way all three finished with a win!

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

1st defense of the season for one of the pieces of the D3 Women's Belt^TM.
Messiah beats Lebanon Valley 73-38
Looks like Bowdoin and George Fox will keep their pieces until next season but the third will be up for grabs in the MACC.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

2nd defense in as many nights for Messiah as they head to Lebanon Valley and beat them again 68-47
Next up Messiah heads to Stevenson on Thursday.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Messiah holds on in their first game against Stevenson 49-45. Up 12 headed into the 4th quarter, Stevenson went on a 16-4 run to tie it up but couldn't finish off the comeback.
In the return meeting Messiah wouldn't give Stevenson a chance to even think about holding a share of The D3 Women's Belt^TM jumping out to a 20-4 1st quarter lead and winning 78-48

Next up for Messiah is Alvernia

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Messiah again takes both matchups 78-52 and 65-47.
Next up is Widener who is also 6-0 for the year. Should be a great couple games with The Piece^TM on the line.

George Fox will at least have their Piece of the D3 Women's Belt^TM on display for the first time this weekend as they have 2 matchups with NAIA school Northwest (WA). These are currently the only scheduled games for George Fox.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Messiah will continue to defend their Piece^TM after beating Widener 65-49 and 65-42.
Final regular season games against winless Eastern Thu/Fri

But fear not... there will be more games with a Piece of The D3 Women's Belt^TM on the line. George Fox will begin NWC play on Saturday with 9 games currently scheduled.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Messiah is a very good team and will continue to be so.  This could be a long reign with The Belt!