2025 Schedules

[Kuiper]

Rose-Hulman

Travels to Ohio Northern on a return trip in a home-and-away, plays at Greenville after last year's opener was cancelled.

[Kuiper]

Lakeland

Adds Cornell College, Martin Luther, Hamline, and Aurora instead of Wisconsin-Stout, Elmhurst and Beloit

[Kuiper]

Saint John's University

Playing Concordia (MN) both as a conference and a non-conference foe. No Carroll or Wartburg, but they add Nebraska Wesleyan, Crown, UW-Superior, Bethany Lutheran, and North Central (MN)

[Kuiper]

Hanford

Pretty ambitious schedule for Hanford.  They start out with 4 straight games in Louisville, playing Centre and Spalding in the Spalding tourney opening weekend and then Mount Union and Marietta the next weekend in the Transylvania tourney, but they also play Kenyon at home and travel to Bloomington in the middle of conference play to Indiana University

Utica

Travels to PA to play Kings College in the season opener, but drops Cortland State, Skidmore, and Oneonta from the schedule.  Weaker schedule than last year as a result, but it still plays Hamilton in the middle of conference season.

[Kuiper]

Alfred State

First season for Vince Correa after moving over from an AC position at SUNY Brockport. I, for one, am happy that they open the season hosting Alfred University so that no matter what happens, Alfred wins.

There's no good reason for these two schools to not play each other in every sport possible. This could naturally evolve into the one of the best D3 rivalries there is, alongside Calvin/Hope, Williams/Amherst, DePauw/Wabash, Carleton/St. Olaf, and Ithaca/Cortland.

It appears that you have spoken this into existence!

Alfred State and Alfred University Announce the Alfred State Cup Competition

Today, Alfred State College Athletics and Alfred University Athletics introduced 'The Alfred Cup' ahead of the 2025-26 competition season.

The Alfred Cup, sponsored by the Power and Construction Group, Inc. and SERVU Credit Union, will be an annual competition between Alfred State and Alfred University athletic teams. The Alfred Cup will highlight the unique setting of two NCAA Division III members located in the same upstate New York town.

In a Washington Post ranking of the Ultimate College Town, Alfred was ranked number one and reporter Andrew Van Dam called Alfred "the collegiest", a term he coined. In the data analysis by Van Dam, the Alfred community, with a population of 4,026, was shown to be made up of 85% college students. As Van Dam described, "If you go left at the town's only stoplight, you're on one campus. Turn right, you're on the other. Now that's a college town."

The competition, set to begin this fall, uses a point-based system that awards two points for a win, one point for a tie, and zero points for a loss in head-to-head match-ups or predetermined meets amongst varsity intercollegiate varsity programs.

Associate Vice President for Student Experience, Athletics & Recreation, Deb Steward from Alfred University and Director of Athletics, Jason Doviak, from Alfred State College collaborated to create this unique competition.

"As part of The Alfred Cup, besides outstanding competition, supporting our Alfred community will be an important aspect of this initiative," Steward said. "From our football teams' commitment to the National Marrow Donor Program to our other teams supporting families during the holidays and food drives, we are committed to The Alfred Cup making a positive impact on our community. We are also thrilled to partner with the Power and Construction Group to design and build the traveling trophy. The Power and Construction Group installed the infamous lone traffic light in Alfred which is located at the intersection of our two campuses. We are grateful for their shared excitement in The Alfred Cup."

With its roots in Western New York, the Power and Construction Group is a well-established utility services company that was founded in 1970.

"The Alfred Cup represents more than just competition—it's an opportunity to celebrate the uniqueness of our community where two NCAA Division III Institutions sit across the street from one another," Doviak said. "This competition will bring out the best in our student-athletes and create lasting moments for our campuses, community, and fans. We're excited to launch this annual tradition and look forward to the energy, excitement, and camaraderie it will bring to our village."

The sports eligible for The Alfred Cup competition are men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming & diving, baseball, men's and women's lacrosse, softball, and men's and women's track & field. For the football head-to-head match-ups, Alfred State and Alfred University will additionally compete for the 'Traffic Light Trophy', which will be up for grabs each fall moving forward. Beginning in the fall of 2025, Alfred State College will compete as an Empire 8 affiliate member in the sport of football.

The points will be tracked throughout the fall, winter, and springs seasons and after competition concludes, a winner will be determined based upon the total amount of points earned. A trophy, designed to mirror the stoplight that separates both institutions on Main Street, will be presented to the winning institution annually in May.

[Kuiper]

Hiram

First year in the PAC after being in the NCAC for a long time makes a big difference in strength of schedule.  They no longer have to play NCAC powers Denison, Ohio Wesleyan, and Kenyon, and instead schedule more comparable Ohio schools like Oberlin from the NCAC and Heidelberg from the OAC in their non-conference schedule.  The one exception is an away game at Mount Union from the OAC.

University of New England

Has to travel to Bowdoin and Bates this year, while also adding a tough match against UMass Boston at home.

[Kuiper]

Wittenberg

It must be rough for a team that only won 4 games last season to see one of their wins (Hiram)
leave the conference and John Carroll take its place. They do start with three teams - Heidelberg, Mount St. Joseph and Michigan Dearborn (NAIA) that struggled to find wins last season, but they follow that with Franciscan, Otterbein, and Capital, which likely won't be easy games.

[Gregory Sager]

Alfred State

First season for Vince Correa after moving over from an AC position at SUNY Brockport. I, for one, am happy that they open the season hosting Alfred University so that no matter what happens, Alfred wins.

There's no good reason for these two schools to not play each other in every sport possible. This could naturally evolve into the one of the best D3 rivalries there is, alongside Calvin/Hope, Williams/Amherst, DePauw/Wabash, Carleton/St. Olaf, and Ithaca/Cortland.

It appears that you have spoken this into existence!

Alfred State and Alfred University Announce the Alfred State Cup Competition

Today, Alfred State College Athletics and Alfred University Athletics introduced 'The Alfred Cup' ahead of the 2025-26 competition season.

The Alfred Cup, sponsored by the Power and Construction Group, Inc. and SERVU Credit Union, will be an annual competition between Alfred State and Alfred University athletic teams. The Alfred Cup will highlight the unique setting of two NCAA Division III members located in the same upstate New York town.

In a Washington Post ranking of the Ultimate College Town, Alfred was ranked number one and reporter Andrew Van Dam called Alfred "the collegiest", a term he coined. In the data analysis by Van Dam, the Alfred community, with a population of 4,026, was shown to be made up of 85% college students. As Van Dam described, "If you go left at the town's only stoplight, you're on one campus. Turn right, you're on the other. Now that's a college town."

The competition, set to begin this fall, uses a point-based system that awards two points for a win, one point for a tie, and zero points for a loss in head-to-head match-ups or predetermined meets amongst varsity intercollegiate varsity programs.

Associate Vice President for Student Experience, Athletics & Recreation, Deb Steward from Alfred University and Director of Athletics, Jason Doviak, from Alfred State College collaborated to create this unique competition.

"As part of The Alfred Cup, besides outstanding competition, supporting our Alfred community will be an important aspect of this initiative," Steward said. "From our football teams' commitment to the National Marrow Donor Program to our other teams supporting families during the holidays and food drives, we are committed to The Alfred Cup making a positive impact on our community. We are also thrilled to partner with the Power and Construction Group to design and build the traveling trophy. The Power and Construction Group installed the infamous lone traffic light in Alfred which is located at the intersection of our two campuses. We are grateful for their shared excitement in The Alfred Cup."

With its roots in Western New York, the Power and Construction Group is a well-established utility services company that was founded in 1970.

"The Alfred Cup represents more than just competition—it's an opportunity to celebrate the uniqueness of our community where two NCAA Division III Institutions sit across the street from one another," Doviak said. "This competition will bring out the best in our student-athletes and create lasting moments for our campuses, community, and fans. We're excited to launch this annual tradition and look forward to the energy, excitement, and camaraderie it will bring to our village."

The sports eligible for The Alfred Cup competition are men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming & diving, baseball, men's and women's lacrosse, softball, and men's and women's track & field. For the football head-to-head match-ups, Alfred State and Alfred University will additionally compete for the 'Traffic Light Trophy', which will be up for grabs each fall moving forward. Beginning in the fall of 2025, Alfred State College will compete as an Empire 8 affiliate member in the sport of football.

The points will be tracked throughout the fall, winter, and springs seasons and after competition concludes, a winner will be determined based upon the total amount of points earned. A trophy, designed to mirror the stoplight that separates both institutions on Main Street, will be presented to the winning institution annually in May.

I love it when I shout into the void, and the universe nods back in response.

Needs to happen more often.

[Gregory Sager]

I'm also interested in seeing what a traveling trophy based upon the design of a traffic light looks like.

[Kuiper]

Clarkson

They drop Vermont State Castleton and Alfred State and pick up Oswego State in Carter Lincoln's return to Clarkson after spending two seasons as an assistant at Syracuse

[EnmoreCat]

Amherst announced theirs and I will say that I was unfamiliar with a few on the schedule, but will quickly catch up.  It will be quite different without EnmoreKitten taking the field, but at least it means no more 2/3am wake ups to watch on a Sunday morning. 

[Kuiper]

Amherst announced theirs and I will say that I was unfamiliar with a few on the schedule, but will quickly catch up.  It will be quite different without EnmoreKitten taking the field, but at least it means no more 2/3am wake ups to watch on a Sunday morning. 

For those who missed the Amherst schedule posted several weeks ago.

Amherst

Opening with Suffolk and Conn College again, but this year on the road.  Plays Albertus Magnus, Anna Maria, and Penn State Harrisburg instead of WPI, Manhattanville, and Emerson, but keeps Babson (at home this year).