2018 NCAA Spring Championships

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DII baseball brackets have been revealed. There will be 8 regional sites (two will host six teams; four will host seven teams; two will host eight teams). Regionals are double elimination and will be May 17-21. Regional champions will advance to the double elimination championship tournament, May 26 - June 2 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, NC and will be hosted by the University of Mount Olive. 56 total teams qualified for the championships.

West Chester claimed last year's national title and received the top seed in the Atlantic Regional this year. Ohio Dominican and Ashland both qualified in the Midwest Regional.

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Top seeded USC has defeated second seeded Stanford in the national championship of women's water polo, 5-4. This was the fifth title in program history and their first since 2016. Their path to the title included:

vs. Wagner - W 12-5
vs. UCLA - W 10-6
vs. Stanford - W 5-4

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The brackets for DIII baseball have been released. 58 teams have made it to the tournament, six teams will play at three regionals, and eight teams will compete at 5 other regional sites. Winners of each of the 8 regionals will qualify for double elimination play at the national championships at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wisconsin. The regionals will be May 17-21 and the championship will be May 25-30.

Last year's champion Cal Lutheran did not make the field. Several teams from Ohio made the field at the Adrian, Michigan regional: Wooster (#1 seed); Otterbein (#2 seed); Marietta (#4 seed).

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The qualifiers in DII rowing have been announced. The championship will be held May 25-27 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, with the University of Central Florida serving as hosts. The team championship is comprised of four teams, and each team is required to field one boat of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers. The teams selected were: Central Oklahoma, Florida Tech, Mercyhurst and Western Washington.

In addition to those teams, two at-large Eights, from institutions not represented in the team competition were selected, those included: Barry and UC San Diego. Last year's champion, Western Washington, was one of the team's selected to compete in the full team competition.

Full release: https://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/articl ... -announced

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DIII rowing qualifiers were also announced today. The championship will be May 25-26 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida with Central Florida serving as the host. The championship is comprised of eight different teams, with each team required to field two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain. The qualifying teams include: Ithaca, Washington College, Bates, Wellesley, Pacific Lutheran, Wesleyan, Williams and WPI.

Last year's champion, Bates, qualified again this year as a conference champion.

Full release: https://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/articl ... unced-2018

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The field for the DI rowing national championships has been announced. The championships will be May 25-27 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, with Central Florida serving as hosts. The field is comprised of 22 teams, 11 of which are auto bids from conference champions, and the other 11 at-large. Last year's champion, Washington, qualified as the PAC-12 champ, and have the #1 seed in all 3 boat classifications.

Ohio State made the field as Big Ten Champ, for a 6th consecutive season, they are #5 in I Eights, #4 in II Eights and #3 in Fours.

Full release: https://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/articl ... -announced

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The qualifiers in DII outdoor track & field have been announced. A total of 754 participants, 377 men and 377 women have made the field. The championships will be held May 24-26 in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Irwin Belk Complex, where Johnson C. Smith University will serve as hosts. On the men's side, four-time defending national champions St. Augustine's enters the championships as the #8 ranked team. On the women's side, defending champion Pittsburg State enters the championship ranked #2.

Top ten teams from Ohio on the men's side entering the championships include: Tiffin (#2).

Men's Qualifiers: http://www.leonetiming.com/2018/Outdoor ... lected.pdf
Women's Qualifiers: http://www.leonetiming.com/2018/Outdoor ... lected.pdf

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Regional play in DI men's golf has concluded, which brings out the list of teams that qualified for the championship finals in Stillwater, Oklahoma, May 25-30. The top five teams and the top individual not on a qualifying team from each regional make up the championship field. Defending national champion, Oklahoma, qualified for the championship as the regional winner out of their own regional (Norman).

Kent State has seen some success in the regionals as they finished in 5th place in the Kissimmee, Florida regional, therefore, qualifying for the championships.

Full release: https://www.ncaa.com/news/golf-men/arti ... rticipants

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The qualifiers for the preliminary rounds of the NCAA Championships in track and field have been announced. The top 48 in every event from the west & east regions compete in regional competition. The East is competing at the University of South Florida; The West is competing at Cal State Sacramento, May 24-26. The top 12 in each event at each of the regional competitions will advance to the national championship finals, where each event will have 24 contestants at Oregon, June 6-9.

East Men: http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor18/e ... lected.htm
East Women: http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor18/e ... lected.htm

West Men: http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor18/w ... lected.htm
West Women: http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor18/w ... lected.htm

In the decathlon (men) and heptathlon (women), they will not compete in regionals, instead, the top 24 scores from the year will advance directly to the national championships.

Decathlon: http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor18/dec_selected.htm
Heptathlon: http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor18/hep_selected.htm

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Methodist has claimed their 12th national title in program history yesterday, by defeating Washington and Lee by 11 strokes. Although, Washington and Lee's Brian Peccie earned individual medalist and national championship honors for his great performance over the span of the week.

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The qualifiers in DIII men's and women's track & field have been announced. The top 20 in the nation in each of the men's events, and the top 22 in the nation in each of the women's events were named qualifiers. In addition, the top 16 teams in each of the relays were included. The championships will be May 24-26 at the Veteran's Memorial Field Sports Complex in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

On the men's side, 3-time defending champions, Wisconsin La Crosse, are ranked #2 entering the event, trailing #1 North Central (Ill). On the women's side, defending champs, Washington-St. Louis, enters the championship ranked #6. Wisconsin Eau-Claire is the top ranked team.

Men's Qualifiers: http://tfresultsdata.deltatiming.com/20 ... ntries.htm
Women's Qualifiers: http://tfresultsdata.deltatiming.com/20 ... ntries.htm

Nate Newman from Ohio Wesleyan is the top ranked athlete in the decathlon going into the championships. Emily Richards from Ohio Northern is ranked #1 in the 800m and the 1500m. Lilah Drafts-Johnson from Oberlin is ranked #1 in the 400m Hurdles.

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Indianapolis has claimed their second title in the last four years in DII women's golf. They absolutely dominated the field, winning the tournament by 38 strokes. Katahrine Kellich from Indianapolis was the only player to finish under par and won the individual title.

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In a high scoring affair, Le Moyne claimed their first national championship in DII women's lacrosse, defeating Florida Southern 16-11. This was the first national title in program history for Le Moyne. Their path to the title included:

vs. Adelphi - W 14-11
vs. Regis - W 18-1
vs. Florida Southern - W 16-11

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DI women's golf national championship is 3 rounds into play, and Alabama leads the field of play by eight strokes. Only the top 15 overall teams advance to the fourth round, and the top nine individuals not on one of those teams advances to the fourth round.

Those teams include (in order of their place): Alabama, UCLA, Arizona, Northwestern, USC, Duke, Stanford, Kent State, Florida State, Baylor, Arkansas, Furman, Texas, Washington and Louisville.

The advancing individuals are:

Jennifer Kupcho - Wake Forest
Jaclyn Lee - Ohio State
Maddie Szeryk - Texas A&M
Emma Broze - Oklahoma State
Rose Huang - BYU
Julienne Soo - Oklahoma
Michaela Williams - Tennessee
Robyn Choi - Colorado
Jillian Hollis - Georgia

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The final four in DI men's lacrosse will be:

#1 Maryland vs. #4 Duke
#2 Albany vs. #3 Yale

The final four will be Saturday, and the championship next Monday.

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The DII men's lacrosse national championship game is set:

Merrimack vs. Saint Leo

The game will be Sunday.

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The DIII women's lacrosse national championship game is set:

Wesleyan vs. Salisbury

The game will be on Sunday.

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The final four in DI women's lacrosse is set:

#1 Maryland vs. #4 Boston College
#2 North Carolina vs. #3 James Madison

The final four will be Friday and the championship will be Sunday.

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The final four in DIII women's lacrosse has been finalized:

Salisbury vs. Gettysburg
TCNJ vs. Middlebury

The final four will be on Saturday and the championship will be on Sunday.

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The super regional for DI softball has been set after the regional has been completed this weekend. The super regional will be conducted this Thursday through Sunday. The matchups are a best of 3 and are as follows:

#1 Oregon vs. #16 Kentucky
#2 Florida vs. #15 Texas A&M
#3 UCLA vs. #14 Arizona
#4 Oklahoma vs. #13 Arkansas
#5 Washington vs. #12 Alabama
#6 Florida State vs. #11 LSU
#7 Georgia vs. #10 Tennessee
#8 Arizona State vs. #9 South Carolina