GRAND RAPIDS - The Calvin women's basketball team battled top-ranked Hope College to the end, but fell 62-56 in the MIAA-opener on Wednesday night at Van Noord Arena.
For the first time ever, the Top 25 is a Slugfest. UC Santa Cruz makes its debut in our rankings while Calvin and Rochester also surge into the poll, thanks to their great starts.
Calvin started its bruising three-game stretch with a win at No. 4 UW-Whitewater while No. 5 Trinity (Texas) completed a rare home-and-home sweep of No. 18 Hardin-Simmons and Ohio Northern topped. No. 8 Trine. On the men’s side, No. 3 UW-Oshkosh easily won the clash of the Titans. Get the recap here.
D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
RICHARDSON, Tx. – The Calvin women's basketball team picked a huge road win over No. 8 Wisconsin-Eau Claire on the campus of University of Texas-Dallas with a score of 61-49 on Wednesday afternoon.
At a time when most headlines describe what has been lost, we could all use something to celebrate. Here's our second ever All-Decade team honoring the greatest Division III women's basketball players over the past 10 years. Men will follow later in the year.
After coaching the Waynesburg men for seven seasons, Mark Christner is returning to his alma mater to become the Knights' new head women's basketball coach.
Of the thousands of players in Division III women's basketball, these are the 25 we picked as the best in the country. Thomas More's Madison Temple was selected Player of the Year and Gabby Timmer of Calvin Rookie of the Year.
Here's hoping Thomas More's Madison Temple has a big trophy case because she's going to take home a lot of them. She's our Great Lakes Player of the Year, her coach Jeff Hans is Coach of the Year and Gabby Timmer of Calvin is Rookie of the Year.
Chuck Winkelman, who has coached the Calvin women's basketball team since the fall of 2016, is out with nine games to on the conference slate as the school mentions the lack of fit with the program.
Championship weekend got off to a stellar start as Ramapo beat New Jersey City University in the NJAC title game with a half-court buzzer beater. In other early finals the Staten Island women won the CUNYAC and Calvin bounced Hope from the MIAA tournament.
What used to be teams off to good starts are now teams having good seasons as conference races take shape. On Thursday's show, Dave chatted with several coaches whose teams are at the top of their conferences, plus win 787 for Wooster's Steve Moore. Dave even hits the road. You can watch or listen to Hoopsville On Demand.
Calvin selected Millsaps head coach Chuck Winkelman to fill the head coaching vacancy created when John Ross stepped down. Winkelman has a .698 winning percentage after 15 seasons at Hendrix and Millsaps.
Calvin denied Hope an undefeated regular season while UW-River Falls beat Oshkosh in the WIAC's de facto title game. Meanwhile the NJAC playoffs started with a thriller and Marymount finished the wild CAC season on top. That and more in the women's wrap.
ADRIAN, Mich. - The 24th-ranked Calvin women's basketball team used a torrid three-point shooting attack in the first half to propel itself to an 89-67 win at Adrian Saturday afternoon.
OLIVET, Mich. - A pair of free throws with six-tenths of a second remaining in overtime by sophomore Bre Luurtsema lifted the nationally-ranked Calvin women's basketball team to a 79-77 overtime victory at Olivet Saturday afternoon.
BEXLEY, Oh. - Calvin came up short in the championship game of the Mariott/Columbus Airport Holiday Tournament Saturday afternoon, falling to host Capital 79-70 in overtime.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A blistering three-point attack propelled the nationally-ranked Calvin women's basketball team to a 95-71 conference victory over Albion Saturday afternoon at Van Noord Arena.
The Calvin women's basketball team improved to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the MIAA with a 91-45 victory over visiting Saint Mary's College on Saturday afternoon at Van Noord Arena.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Calvin women's basketball team improved to 5-1 on the year and opened its MIAA campaign on a successful note with an 81-65 victory at Kalamazoo Wednesday night.
Clark and Worcester State got the new season off to a raucous start just after midnight on Thursday. Get the recap of the top stories from opening day...and night and very early morning.
The four undefeated teams advanced in different fashions, including George Fox beating Texas-Dallas in a nail biter, St. Thomas overcoming Hope and Thomas More exploding for 103 points against Wash U. All that and more from the women's sectional semifinals.
Hope Holds of Calvin Women's Basketball In Rivalry Matchup
November 30, 2022GRAND RAPIDS - The Calvin women's basketball team battled top-ranked Hope College to the end, but fell 62-56 in the MIAA-opener on Wednesday night at Van Noord Arena.
