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TOP STORY
1. Statesmen Make a Statement

For the second consecutive year, the Hobart men sit atop the Division III ice hockey world. The Statesmen defended their 2023 national title with a 2-0 victory against #3 Trinity (Conn.) in the Bantams’ backyard in Hartford, Conn.

Sophomore GK Damon Beaver stopped all 25 shots he faced in posting his seventh shutout of the year, equaling his own school record. Luke Aquaro scored in the final minute of the second period and Matthew Iasenza added an empty-net tally for Hobart.

Trinity netminder Devon Bobak made 32 saves in a losing cause for the Bantams (25-4-1).

» The Big Picture. Hobart is the first team to win back-to-back national titles since St. Norbert in 2011 and 2012.

» Man-Down. The Statesmen killed off all four Trinity power plays to raise their total to 92 of 95 power-plays on the season - a NCAA record 96.8 percent.

» MOP. Senior D Austin Mourar was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

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SWIMMING
2. Eagle Men Three-Peat; Owl Women Win 25th Title

The 2024 DIII Men’s and Women’s Swimming Championship are in the books and familiar programs took home the hardware.

The Emory men won their third consecutive DIII national title and fourth in six seasons with a 43-point victory over runner-up Kenyon.

The Owl women turned the table on defending national titlist and NCAC rival Denison, edging the Big Red by 18 points for the programs’s 25th NCAA crown.

» 200 Fly (M). Justin Finkel, Connecticut College, 1:43.21 (NCAA record). (W) Caitlin Marshall, NYU, 1:58.50.

» 100 Back (M). Djordje Dragojlovic, Kenyon, 46.90. (W) Kate Augustyn, MIT, 53.41 (NCAA record).

» 100 Breast (M). Derek Maas, NYU, 51.83. (W) Jennah Fadely, Kenyon, 59.80.

» 1-Meter Diving (M). Israel Zavaleta, Kenyon, 581.15.

» 800 Free Relay (M). Williams (Atherton, Nunez, Anderson, Schalet), 6:29.05. (W) NYU (Ranile, Wala, Marshall, McIntyre), 7:16.20.

» 1650 Free (M). Lucas Lang, Claremont-M-S, 15:17.48. (W) Bengisu Caymaz, Kenyon, 16:34.67.

» 100 Free (M). Dragojlovic, Kenyon, 43.26. (W) Kaley McIntyre, NYU, 48.79 (NCAA record).

» 200 Back (M). Alex McCormick, Washington U., 1:43.40. (W) Augustyn, MIT, 1:55.98.

» 200 Breast (M). Maas, NYU, 1:54.26. (W) Gabriella Wei, Kenyon, 2:11.70.

» 3-Meter Diving (W). Kailee Payne, Ithaca, 509.50.

» 400 Free Relay (M). Kenyon (Dragojlovic, Krtinic, Brooks, Dobric), 2:54.52. (W) Pomona-Pitzer (Wang, Turvey, Gould, Mello), 3:20.59.

» Team Scoring (M). 1-Emory 434, 2-Kenyon 391, 3-Chicago 309, 4-NYU 282, 5-Williams 269.5, 6-Denison 200, 7-Calvin 188, 8-Carnegie Mellon 161.

» Team Scoring (W). 1-Kenyon 448, 2-Denison 430, 3-NYU 374, 4-Williams 360, 5-MIT 344.5, 6-Emory 308, 7-Pomona-Pitzer 257.5, 8-Chicago 179.

» Complete Results

GYMNASTICS
3. Three-Peat For Titans

“With a Division III record score of 194.975 points and four more program records, the UW-Oshkosh women's gymnastics team won the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championship for the third year in a row.

The Titans, who finished the season with an unblemished record against Division III opponents, totaled their record score with a 48.375 on the uneven bars, a 48.750 on the balance beam and program records of 49.200 on the floor exercise and 48.650 on the vault.”

» Vault. Maren Eramo, Brockport and Mia Lucero, UW-Oshkosh, 9.825.

» Uneven Parallel Bars. Emily Buffington, UW-Oshkosh and Hayden Gough, UW-Whitewater, 9.850.

» Balance Beam. Bryce Stoltz, Winona State, 9.850.

» Floor Exercise. Lucero, UW-Oshkosh, 9.90.

» All-Around. Buffington, UW-Oshkosh, 39.175.

» Team Scoring. 1-UW-Oshk0sh 194.975, 2-UW-Whitewater 193.575, 3-UW-La Crosse, 193.175, 4-Brockport 193.075, 5-UW-Stout 191.625, 6-Cortland 190.925.

» Complete Results

NEWS
4. Lightning Round

» 🧑‍🎓 Elite 90. Congrats to Colby’s Eleanor McGrath and WashU’s Alex McCormick on winning the NCAA Elite 90 swimming awards.

» ⚾️ Baseball. Dubuque RHP Johnny Blake posted the third no-hitter in program history and first in 40 years as the Spartans defeated Luther, 7-0. Blake allowed just one walk in the fourth, striking out 10 in his gem. UMass Dartmouth LHP Adam Maher twirled the second no-no of his career with a three-walk, 14-strikeout performance in a 5-0 triumph against Southern Maine.

» 🥎 Softball. Texas Lutheran RHP Ashlyn Strother tossed a pair of five-inning no-hitters in romps over U. of Dallas. She fanned 13 of the 15 hitters faced on Friday and 12 of 16 on Saturday.

» 🤺 Fencing. Brandeis’ Maggie Shealy became just the second woman from a DIII institution to win a championship at the NCAA Fencing Championships, winning the 2024 women's sabre event.

TRANSACTIONS
5. Comings and Goings

• KEAN - Peter-John Falloon resigned as head men’s soccer coach

• MARYVILLE - Announced addition of STUNT as a varsity sport beginning in 2025-26

• McDANIEL - Sandy Lagana Bly named associate athletic director. She stepped down as head women’s soccer coach

• WILLAMETTE - Matt Corti-Young named head men’s soccer coach 

• WILLIAM PEACE - Brian Ralph will step down as president at end of academic year. Lynn Morton named president.

HIGHLIGHTS
6. Plays of the Weekend

• Chicago’s Ssengonzi Flies to a Record

• ETBU’s Cummings’ Blast

• 2-Goal Day for Dickinson Goalkeeper

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