Upset birds flocked together on Wednesday night as the Elizabethtown Blue Jays and North Central (Ill.) Cardinals knocked off ranked foes. Elsewhere, UW-Stout dominated its Top 25 showdown, Smith bounced back in a big way, and Occidental continued its post-Christmas surge.
D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position with the performances we loved for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
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The Elizabethtown Blue Jays enter our rankings for the first time since 2001, and the Millikin Big Blue returns to the rankings by dominating the CCIW. Plus, Hope floats up two spots and Hardin-Simmons strides into the Top 10.
Messiah's Leah Springer joins a short list of players to be named Regional Player of the Year three times. She headlines the team along with Rookie of the Year Chandler Eddleton of Marymount and Coach of the Year Veronica Nolt of Elizabethtown.
The Elizabethtown College women's basketball team shot a season-best from the floor on Saturday at Susquehanna as they beat the River Hawks 79-71 to earn their 20th win of the season. It is the most wins for the program since the 2013-14 season and their 12th Landmark win marks a program best since joining the league. Veronica Christ led all scorers with 21 points in the game while Summer McNulty had 17 and DaniRae Renno added 12.
If there was a rebound to be gotten in Wednesday night's 65-57 win for the Elizabethtown College women's basketball team over No. 18 Catholic, it more likely than not found the hands of either DaniRae Renno or Jessica King. The pair each had monster double doubles for the Blue Jays to help their team clinch the No. 2 seed in the Landmark. Renno finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds while King recorded 13 points and 15 rebounds for Etown.
No. 19 Loras went on the road and defeated No. 5 Wartburg on Saturday afternoon while No. 21 Trinity and No. 23 Bethel beat other ranked teams to take over first place in their conferences. Plus E'town stumbled No. 6 Scranton and UAA play began with wins for No. 16 Chicago and New York U.
After falling behind by 16, the Polar Bears roared past Amherst to stay unbeaten in conference and overall. Meanwhile Elizabethtown stunned Scranton, Trine swept Hope, and Thomas More returned to the court with a predictable result.
If you were tasked with handing out the 21 at-large bids to the 2019 NCAA Tournament, would you give more weight to teams with a higher winning percentage or those with a higher strength of schedule? We puzzled through that question and others in our annual bracket projection process.
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On a day she will be remembered for becoming the 26th Elizabethtown College women's basketball player to score 1,000 career points, senior Emily Martin made big play after big play on defense in leading the Blue Jays to a 61-55 upset of No. 8/7 Scranton, Saturday, at the John Long Center.
D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll returns for its 20th season honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
Hoopsville has one more show before the Christmas break - the Semester Finale. What teams are off to good starts and what does the pulse of Division III feel like right now. Guests from Elizabethtown, Ithaca, and NJCU along with a regional report from the Northeast all On Demand right now!
Emily Martin worked hard for her sixth double-double of the season and Elizabethtown's defense stepped up late in the fourth quarter to help the visiting Blue Jays hold off Eastern, 52-49, Saturday in a matchup of 5-1 teams.
Hope is headed into holiday break on a high note after beating UW-Stevens Point. So are Elizabethtown and SUNYIT, which continued their impressive starts. Plus Trinity (Texas) posted a statement win over No. 18 Puget Sound.
Freshman Lydia Lawson scored seven-fourth quarter points, fueling Elizabethtown's 14-2 game-ending run as the Blue Jays defeated Lycoming 61-50, Sunday, for their fifth Terry Greene Memorial Tournament championship.
Elizabethtown built a six-point halftime lead in Wednesday evening's Landmark Conference semifinal at Catholic, but the Blue Jays were held to 19 points in the final 20 minutes as their season came to an end with a 52-47 loss.
Coming off its first losing streak since the 2012-13 season, the Elizabethtown College women's basketball team got back on the winning track Thursday evening in a 71-58 victory over Landmark opponent Juniata. It was the second meeting of the season between the two schools, with E-town earning the sweep after a win on the road in Huntingdon back in early December. Krissy Pennell set a new career-high with 15 points for the Jays.
The Elizabethtown College women's basketball team returned to Puerto Rico for the first time since the 2011-12 season and won its opening contest, 63-40, over Sacred Heart (P.R.). The Blue Jays used a big first half to get out in front and didn't look back in staying unbeaten on the season. Rachel Forjan had a game-high 12 points.
A double-digit lead for Elizabethtown nearly evaporated in the final 16 minutes of Sunday night's Terry Greene Memorial Tournament championship game. Hood's Taylor McGaughey missed a game-tying 3-pointer in the final seconds, allowing the Blue Jays to come away with a 50-47 win and the tournament title for a second straight season.
There was no answer for Taylor Alwine Saturday evening in the Elizabethtown College women's basketball team's season-opening victory over Marywood. The Pacers could not stop the senior forward as Alwine recorded a game-high 30 points to lead the Jays into the championship game of the Terry Greene Memorial Tournament hosted by Franklin & Marshall.
It was the second season in a row that the Elizabethtown College women's basketball team faced off against Messiah with a spot in the Commonwealth Conference Championship game on the line. Only this season, it was the Jays that had the home court advantage, but it did not phase the Falcons as they controlled most of the CC Semifinal game and jettisoned E-town from the conference playoffs with a 64-51 victory.
Until now, the 1,000-win plateau in women's college basketball was solely inhabited by Division I's elite: Tennessee and Louisiana Tech. Now Etown has joined them as well.
Elizabethtown College became the first women's basketball program in NCAA Division III history and third in all divisions to win 1,000 games Tuesday night, 72-66, at Stevenson.
The Elizabethtown College women's basketball team honored its seniors Saturday at Thompson Gymnasium and sent them out on a good note in their final regular season game, a 74-55 victory over Hood in Commonwealth Conference action. Senior captains Taylor Kreider and Kendra Beittel both finished in double figures for the Jays, winners for the 999th time in program history. Elizabethtown has a chance to become just the third women's college basketball program to win 1,000 games –and first in Division III– Tuesday night at Stevenson.
For the first time since the 2006-07 season, the Elizabethtown College women's basketball team won both its regular season matchups with Widener. The Blue Jays led the entire way in a 60-53 road victory at the Schwartz Center Wednesday evening in Commonwealth Conference action. With the win, E-town clinched a spot in the CC playoffs.
48 hours after falling on a buzzer-beating layup, the Elizabethtown College women's basketball team came out focused and energized Monday evening in its Commonwealth Conference game with Arcadia. The Blue Jays routed the Knights, 80-31, for E-town's largest margin of victory on the season. Taylor Kreider also hit the 1,000-point milestone in an E-town uniform and finished with another double-double.
One week ago, the Elizabethtown College women's basketball team celebrated a victory after a last-second field goal over Lebanon Valley. In Saturday afternoon's Commonwealth Conference contest with visiting Alvernia, the Crusaders put the Blue Jays on the opposite end, hitting a buzzer-beating layup to deny E-town's comeback bid, 58-56.
Taylor Alwine was 2-for-8 from the floor in the game, but nailed the shot that mattered most, connecting on a game-winning jumper with 3.8 seconds remaining to lift the Elizabethtown College women's basketball team over Lebanon Valley, 48-46, Saturday afternoon in a pivotal Commonwealth Conference matchup. The Blue Jays hadn't beaten LVC since 2006, and Saturday's victory came almost eight years to the day since that win.