Championship History – Mid-Atlantic Region

This is the third of eight articles where I will look into each DIII volleyball conference. Here is the preamble of what I wrote in the first one in case you missed it or just want to skip it. Oh, the first one was on the Central Region and the second was the Great Lakes……

Championship History – Great Lakes Region

This is the second of eight articles where I will look into each DIII volleyball conference. Here is the preamble of what I wrote in the first one in case you missed it or just want to skip it. This blog has primarily catered to the West Region but I’ve tried to open it up……

Championship History – Central Region

This blog has primarily catered to the West Region but I’ve tried to open it up at times to mixed results. One problem I have when I do this is just the amount of data/stats/stuff that is out there. I get bogged down and who wants a bogged blog? My latest project was suffering the……

ASC Releases Schedule

The ASC has just released their 2020-21 volleyball schedule. As what should be the common approach with other conferences, the ASC is going with a conference only schedule. What may make the ASC unique, however, is that it is restricting play by divisions. The ASC is split into an East and West Division and this……

Roster Roundup

Back to some actual volleyball content today. In the past, I like to go through the rosters and figure out who unexpectedly has left the program. We’ve called this “early retirement” but it basically means what non-senior is no longer with the team. This exercise was made difficult by the fact that a number of……

Rick Swan (Colorado College) to Retire

Coach Swan, head coach of the Colorado College volleyball team, has announced his retirement effective after the 2020-21 academic year. Coach Swan has guided Colorado College for the last 22 years reaching the NCAA Tournament in EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. That’s it. Nothing more to write after that, right? Now, I could say something snide about……

Thursday Musings

Three weeks! It’s been three weeks since a post when this is typically one of the busier times for this blog. I don’t miss the arguments with the wife about why our Labor Day plans involve a volleyball gym. It probably would have been Puget Sound this year as I would have liked to have……

Division III Cancels Fall – Official

Citing the health and safety of the DIII student-athlete, coaches, administrators and the communities as their priority, Division III Presidents’ Council has cancelled the fall championships. Not much more to say here as everything has led up to this. I assume schools can still go their own way if they can find opponents but I……

NCAA’s Non-Decision

The Board of Directors have descended from the mountain top with their 3…whoops…2 tablets and have decreed that rope shall be giveth to each Division for them to decide how to hang themselves. I mean there was a lot more to it, but that’s basically it. Politically, I think they actually did the right thing……

Is Today (scratch that) Tomorrow the Day?

Update (8:30 pm) – Looks like the NCAA is still discussing things. They say wait for tomorrow. Rumors on Twitter seem to indicate that the NCAA will punt their decision down to the individual divisions. This allows them to cancel DII and DIII but keep the dream alive for DI. However they decide to do……