Mary Baldwin guard Demet Saygili hit her second-game winning shot of the weekend to lift the Fighitng Squirrels to a 72-71 non-conference victory Sunday afternoon over Washington and Lee.
Opening night of the Division III basketball season brought a record-setting performance in Massachusetts, a program milestone in Washington and successful coaching debuts across the country. Get the opening night recap here and welcome back!
Mary Baldwin University announced it will add men's basketball with the hopes of launching a varsity program and playing in the USA South Athletic Conference in 2021-22.
Jayla Harris,one of the elite scorers in Division III, is our South Region Player of the Year. Ross James takes home Coach of the Year for resuscitating the Mary Baldwin program and Lindsay Gauldin of Guilford is Rookie of the Year.
The Fighting Squirrels of Mary Baldwin snapped an 106-game losing streak by beating Wesleyan (Ga.) 43-42 on Saturday. It was their first win since February 11, 2012.
The USA South Athletic Conference is one of the largest in Division III and soon we can strike “one of.” Eighteen months from now it will have 14 men's basketball teams and 19 women's teams. We spoke with Conference Commissioner Rita Wiggs about how the conference evaluates new members and how it balances the interests of existing members.