Schedule Analysis Part 2

This is my second installment dealing with the schedules from the West Region. You can find my first installment here. A lot of schools have published their schedules since the first installment and my Latvian spies have been hard at work uncovering a few others. (In the first installment I mentioned that two of my……

Schedule Analysis Part 1 or “Why I Love the Northwest Conference”

Last year I did a number of schedule analyses for individual programs. Towards the end of those articles, a lot of what I had to write was duplicated because the West Region schools share a lot of the same constraints. Those constraints meant that a lot of the schedules ended up being very similar. This……

La Verne Coaching Change

The first line of La Verne’s Head Coach Jenna Panatier bio says, “[She] wears many hats for the Leopards.” Today, a source close to the school has informed me that one of those hats can be hung up as the school has asked Coach Penatier to take on more of an administrative roll with the……

Prediction Report Card (2018)

I really need to stop doing conference and region prediction posts. Either that or stop doing end-of-the-year report cards. Here is a look back at my predictions and the conference polls of each conference as well as my prediction for the West Region as a whole. In the ASC, my predictions and the coaches poll……

Players of the Week (10/31/18)

The following players have earned POW honors for week nine of the season. Links are attached to the conference name when available. I will also include the AVCA Player of the Week, which is awarded to one player nationally each week. (I will do this award regardless of whether it’s awarded to a West Region……

2018 Awards

The SCIAC has released their All-Conference Honors, which means the 2018 Awards Page is now up on the left side menu. This will contain all of the 2018 winners and will be updated as they get announced. I tend to refrain from commentary on the awards as I think they speak for themselves. I am……

SCIAC Mid-Conference Review

Here is the SCIAC Mid-Conference Review. This conference does play a conference tournament but only the top 4 teams qualify. The matches are played at the higher seeds gym. Note – CMS and Pomona-Pitzer have not played to the half-way point, yet. SCIAC Standings (Conference Record, Coaches Preseason Prediction, D3VbWest Prediction): Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (7-0, 1, 1)……