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TOP STORY
1. Sea Gulls Headline Lax Bracket

The 38-team NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse bracket was released Sunday night and top-ranked Salisbury (19-0) heads the field.

» 🏆️ Champions. Cabrini (AEC), Endicott (CCC), Illinois Wesleyan (CCIW), Dickinson (Centennial), Salisbury (CLC), St. John Fisher (E8), Saint Joseph CT (GNAC), Scranton (Landmark), Plymouth State (LEC), RPI (Liberty), Stevenson (MACC), Stevens (MACF), Lake Forest (MLC), SUNY Poly (NAC), Aurora (NACC), Denison (NCAC), Wesleyan (NESCAC), Babson (NEWMAC), John Carroll (OAC), Lynchburg (ODAC), Grove City (PAC), Farmingdale State (Skyline), Geneseo (SUNYAC), St. Mary’s MD (UEC), Pfeiffer (USA South).

» First-Round Games. SUNY Poly (10-6) at Saint Joseph CT (16-3); Pfeiffer (11-6) at Centre (14-3); Transylvania (11-6) at Lake Forest (15-2); Aurora (14-5) at Illinois Wesleyan (13-3); Farmingdale State (16-3) at St. Mary’s MD (13-6); John Carroll (11-4) at Scranton (13-7).

» Bracket

NCAA
2. Selection Shows

It’s a busy day for Turner and the NCAA on Monday with the announcement of four more DIII championship fields.

• 🥍 Lacrosse (W). Watch at 10:30 AM ET

• 🎾 Tennis (W). Watch at 12:00 PM ET

• 🎾 Tennis (M). Watch at 12:30 PM ET

• 🏌️‍♂️ Golf (M). press release

LACROSSE (W)
3. Waiting For The Call

The 46-team NCAA championship field will be announced at 10:30 a.m. this morning. Middlebury should be the overall top seed, after the top-ranked Panthers extended their win streak to 46 with an 11-5 win against #3 Wesleyan.

Thirty-one teams qualified for the field by winning their conference title, while another slot is earmarked for an independent or team from a non-AQ conference. The final 14 spots will be determined by the committee on an at-large basis.

» 🏆️ Conference Champions. Cabrini (AEC), Wells (AMCC), Salisbury (C2C), Endicott (CCC), Chicago (CCIW), Franklin & Marshall (Centennial), St. John Fisher (E8), Johnson & Wales (GNAC), Transylvania (HCAC), Scranton (Landmark), Plymouth State (LEC), Ithaca (Liberty), York (MACC), Stevens (MACF), Westfield State (MASCAC), Hope (MIAA), Lake Forest (MLC), SUNY Canton (NAC), Aurora (NACC), Denison (NCAC), Middlebury (NESCAC), Babson (NEWMAC), TCNJ (NJAC), George Fox (NWC), Capital (OAC), Washington and Lee (ODAC), Grove City (PAC), Pomona-Pitzer (SCIAC), Farmingdale State (Skyline), Cortland (SUNYAC), St. Mary’s MD (UEC), Meredith (USA South), Colorado College (WIAC)

» Pre-Championship Manual

TENNIS
4. Net Generation

The fields for the 2024 DIII men’s and women’s tennis championships will be announced today at noon.

The 44-team men’s bracket will be comprised of 33 conference champions, three independent or non-AQ representatives, and eight at-large selections. The women’s field is comprised of 49 teams - 38 conference champions, two Pool B, and nine Pool C picks.

» 🏆️ Conference Champions (M). Marymount (AEC), Penn State Behrend (AMCC), Luther (A-R-C), Concordia TX (ASC), Mary Washington (C2C), Nichols (CCC), North Central IL (CCIW), Swarthmore (Centennial), Baruch (CUNYAC), Houghton (E8), Rose-Hulman (HCAC), Goucher (Landmark), Bridgewater State (LEC), Vassar/RPI (Liberty), Messiah (MACC), Stevens (MACF), Kalamazoo (MIAA), Gustavus Adolphus (MIAC), Thomas (NAC), Illinois Tech (NACC), Bowdoin (NESCAC), UW-Whitewater (NJAC), Ohio Northern (OAC), Washington and Lee (ODAC), Farmingdale State (Skyline), Claremont-M-S (SCIAC), Principia (SLIAC), Penn State Harrisburg (UEC), Principia (UMAC)

» 🏆️ Conference Champions (W). Marymount (AEC), Christopher Newport (C2C), Johns Hopkins (Centennial), Drew (Landmark), Transylvania (HCAC), Skidmore (Liberty), Albright (MACC), Stevens (MACF), Hope (MIAA), Carleton (MIAC), Grinnell (MWC), Concordia WI (NACC), Kenyon (NCAC), Wesleyan (NESCAC), MIT (NEWMAC), Ohio Northern (OAC), Washington and Lee (ODAC), Pomona-Pitzer (SCIAC), Penn State Harrisburg (UEC), Principia (UMAC)

» Pre-Championship Manual

TRACK AND FIELD
5. Bringing Home the Hardware

Complete teams competed for the final time as conference champions were determined last weekend. Final qualifier meets can take place between May 13-16, while the final list of participants is set for Friday, May 17, at 8 p.m. ET.

» 🏆️ Conference Champions (M). Marywood (AEC), Christopher Newport (C2C), North Central IL (CCIW), Ursinus (Centennial), Medgar Evers (CUNYAC), Utica (E8), Susquehanna (Landmark), RPI (Liberty), Lebanon Valley (MAC), Trine (MIAA), St. Norbert (NACC), Wabash (NCAC), Rowan (NJAC), Mount Union (OAC), Geneseo (SUNYAC), Penn State Behrend (UEC), UW-Superior (UMAC), UW-La Crosse (WIAC)

» 🏆️ Conference Champions (W). Marymount (AEC), Christopher Newport (C2C), North Central IL (CCIW), Johns Hopkins (Centennial), Hunter (CUNYAC), Nazareth (E8), Catholic (Landmark), Rochester (Liberty), Widener (MAC), Hope (MIAA), St. Norbert (NACC), Wittenberg (NCAC), TCNJ (NJAC), Ohio Northern (OAC), Geneseo (SUNYAC), Penn State Behrend (UEC), UW-Superior (UMAC), UW-La Crosse (WIAC)

» Pre-Championship Manual

NEWS
6. Lightning Round

» 🗞️ News. “Keystone College, in Pennsylvania, has until Aug. 1 to prove compliance with accreditation standards — or risk losing access to federal student aid and potentially closing.”

» 🤽 Water Polo. Pomona-Pitzer won its third straight DIII championship with a 15-10 triumph over Claremont-M-S. Kaylee Stigar was named the tournament MVP after scoring three times with three assists.

» ⛳️ Golf. Tickets were punched for the DIII golf championships last weekend. (W) Rose-Hulman (HCAC), Alvernia (MAC), Williams (NESCAC), Ohio Northern (OAC). (M) Illinois Wesleyan (CCIW), Rose-Hulman (HCAC).

TRANSACTIONS
7. Comings and Goings

• CATHOLIC - Heather Stout resigned as head women’s volleyball coach

• COLBY-SAWYER - Laura A. Sykes named interim president

• CROWN - Alex Hosler named head men’s soccer coach

• DEAN - Kenneth Elmore stepped down as president

• GOUCHER - Megan Fultz named associate athletic director

• ILLINOIS WESLEYAN - Grainne Kelly resigned as head women’s lacrosse coach

• MIDDLEBURY - Laurie Patton will leave her post as president in January

• NORTH PARK - Brittany Welch named head men’s volleyball coach

• PRATT - Carlos Acevedo named head women’s basketball coach

• WHEATON (Mass.) - Kanika Cummings named head women’s basketball coach

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