2018 NCAA Winter Championships

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For the first time in program history, Nebraska Wesleyan has claimed the D3 men's basketball national championship. They defeated Wisconsin-OshKosh 78-72 in the title game on Saturday. Their tournament run included:

vs. Maryville - W 94-70
vs. Aurora - W 82-61
vs. Wisconsin Platteville - W 79-78
vs. Whitman - W 130-97
vs. Springfield - W 90-78
vs. Wisconsin Oshkosh - W 78-72

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For the second consecutive season in D3 women's basketball, Amherst won the national title, not only that, but for the second straight year, they did it by completing an undefeated season. They did it by defeating Bowdoin 65-45. Overall for Amherst, this was their third national title. Their title run included:

vs. Becker - W 61-12
vs. St. Joseph - W 53-47
vs. Montclair State - W 51-40
vs. Rochester - W 62-38
vs. Thomas Moore - W 66-48
vs. Bowdoin - W 65-45

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In D1 women's ice hockey, Clarkson has claimed their second consecutive national title. They did it this year in OT on a game winner against #3 Colgate. This was the third overall title in program history for Clarkson. Their tournament run was:

vs. Mercyhurst - W 2-1
vs. Ohio State - W 1-0
vs. Colgate - W 2-1

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Norwich has claimed their second national title in program history in D3 women's ice hockey, their first since 2011. They defeated Elmira 2-1 in the title match. Their run through the tournament was as follows:

vs. Morrisville State - W 8-2
vs. Hamline - W 5-1
vs. Elmira - W 2-1

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Queens has claimed their 4th consecutive national title in D2 men's swimming and diving by dismantling the rest of the field, scoring 558 team points, which was 251 points ahead of runner-up California Baptist who earned 307 points. All four of their national titles have come in the last four years for Queens, with none of the competitions being remotely close.

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Stanford has repeated as back-to-back national champions in D1 women's swimming and diving. Not only was this their second in a row, but their 10th overall, as they followed the lead of multi-time Olympic gold medalist, Katie Ledecky. They burned through the rest of the field, as they claimed the title with 593 team points, followed by California with 373 points.

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Just like their men's team, the women's team from Queens also claimed their fourth consecutive national title in D2 women's swimming and diving. Also just like the men's team, all four of the women's national titles have come in the last four years. They ran away with the competition scoring 574.5 points, followed by Drury who scored 401 points.

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In D1 wrestling, there was essentially nobody else in the competition except Ohio State and Penn State. Well, that may not be completely true, those are the two teams it came down to, like it has nearly every year. The Buckeyes had a 6 point lead heading into Saturday final. OSU had 2 in the finals and Penn State had 5. And ironically enough, it came down to a championship match at 197 pounds that put Penn State in the lead for good, as Bo Nickal pinned Ohio State's Myles Martin to claim the win. Penn State scored 141.5 and Ohio State scored 134.5.

For the Nittany Lions, it was their 7th title in the last 8 years. The only team to claim a national title in between that time? Ohio State in 2015. This was the 8th title in program history for Penn State.

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Ferris State has claimed the programs first ever D2 national title in men's basketball. They did so by holding on to defeat Northern State 71-69 in the championship game on Saturday.

Their run to the title included:

vs. Ohio Dominican - W 75-57
vs. Lake Superior State - W 94-71
vs. Findlay - W 80-65
vs. Barry - W 87-84
vs. West Texas A&M - W 85-79
vs. Northern State - W 71-69

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A historic 73-game win streak ended on Saturday in the D2 women's basketball national championship game, as Central Missouri won their first title in program history, defeating Ashland 66-52. For Ashland, this prevented them from winning another national championship and going undefeated yet again.

Central Missouri's path to the title wasn't easy as they faced some national powers:

vs. Minnesota State Morehead - W 66-49
vs. Fort Hayes State - W 66-59
vs. Augustana - W 81-42
vs. Lubbock Christian - W 72-62
vs. Union - W 70-57
vs. Ashland - W 66-52

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It was a crazy D3 title game in men's ice hockey, as St. Norbert claimed the national title, defeating Salve Regina in double overtime, 3-2. It was the fifth title in program history for St. Norbert and their first since 2014.

Their path to the title included:

vs. Augsburg - W 3-2
vs. Colby - W 4-3
vs. Salve Regina - W 3-2

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Texas men's swimming and diving has proved yet again, why they are so dominant, as they claimed their 4th straight national title in D1 today. They finished with 449 points, followed by California with 437.5. Not only was it their 4th consecutive, it was their 14th overall title.

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Denison wins the 2018 title in D3 men's swimming. This was the 4th title in program history, and one of only eight times that Kenyon has not won the national title. Denison dominated the field, scoring 596.5 points, followed by Emory with 369.5.

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In D3 women's swimming and diving, it was just another ho-hum national title for Emory, as they won their 9th consecutive title. They scored 603 points to finish ahead of runner-up Kenyon with 500 points. Not only was this their 9th consecutive, but it was their 11th overall.

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For the 6th time in program history, Notre Dame has claimed the fencing national championship, and their second in a row. The Fighting Irish scored 185 points, followed by Columbia with 170 points and third was Ohio State with 147 points. Individual champs were as follows:

Men's Saber: Eli Dershwitz (Harvard)
Men's Foil: Nick Itkin (Notre Dame)
Men's Epee: Marc-Antoine Blais (Ohio State)
Women's Saber: Maia Chamberlain (Princeton)
Women's Foil: Iman Blow (Columbia)
Women's Epee: Catherine Nixon (Princeton)

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The Final Four in D1 Men's Basketball:

#11 Loyola-Chicago vs. #3 Michigan
#1 Kansas vs. #1 Villanova

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The qualifiers for the women's gymnastics regionals have been announced. Two individual event qualifiers (not on a qualifying team), four all-around competitors (not on a qualifying team) and six teams advance to regional competition at one of six regional sites. The top two overall teams and top two all-around competitors from each regional will receive an auto bid to the NCAA Championships. The winner of each individual event will also advance to the NCAA Championships.

Regionals will be on Saturday, April 7. The Championship will be April 20-21 in St. Louis, hosted by the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Teams and individuals from Ohio teams are as follows (regional site in parenthesis).

Ohio State (Columbus)
Kent State (Columbus)

Jovannah East - Bowling Green - All-Around (Columbus)
Lauren DeMeno - Bowling Green - Vault (Columbus)
Laura Mitchell - Bowling Green - Balance Beam (Columbus)
India McPeak - Bowling Green - Balance Beam (Columbus)

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The women's Final Four is set, all four of the teams were #1 seeds in their region:

#1 Mississippi State vs. #1 Louisville
#1 Connecticut vs. #1 Notre Dame

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The field has been set for the bowling national championships. In the NCAA, they only compete for a national championship in women's bowling. Many programs do have men's bowling, but they do not compete in the NCAA, rather in the USBC. Nebraska has received the #1 overall seed for the championships. Seeds are as follows:

1. Nebraska
2. McKendree
3. Arkansas State
4. Vanderbilt
5. Sam Houston State
6. North Carolina A&T
7. St. Francis (PA)
8. Lincoln Memorial
9. Bowie State
10. Texas Southern

Opening round matches will be hosted by the higher seed, of the four bottom seeds on April 6. Then, championship matches will be April 12-14 at Tropicana Lanes in St. Louis. The championships will air on ESPNU on April 14 and ESPN2 on April 15.

Bracket: https://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default ... racket.pdf

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Notre Dame claims the D1 women's basketball national championship on a buzzer beater. For the second straight game, they won on a buzzer beater. They defeated Mississippi State in the title game, 61-58. This was just their second national championship all-time, and their first since 2001. Their path to the title included:

vs. Cal State Northridge - W 99-81
vs. Villanova - W 98-72
vs. Texas A&M - W 90-84
vs. Oregon - W 84-74
vs. UConn - W 91-89
vs. Mississippi State - W 61-58