Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on March 15, 2025, 12:04:49 PMAfter needing the night to gather my thoughts I have to say this:


As you all know I am a WLC alum who saw many years where the Warriors struggled to compete (back to back 5 win years my third and fourth year there) and the slow rebuild back to relevance in the NACC. Going 4 straight years as regular season NACC champs the last few years was a sign of the rebuild was complete and the foundation was set for years to come. This season cemented that in many ways.

For WLC, this was a historic season. Broke the record for most wins (27), 29 straight home wins, Best winning % (.874), beating the highest ranked opponent in history (#2) and many more. It sucks that it had to end yesterday especially in a game that was for the taking until the very end. These Warriors never gave up when they got down big throughout the season. This senior/graduate class set many records personally and will live forever in WLC MBB lore. Next year will be a definite step back but with all the players that saw time throughout the year, the experience will hopefully drive them to continue the run of success in the NACC.

Well said!

Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on March 08, 2025, 10:24:58 PMFirst time since 2016 that an NACC team is in the Sweet 16. I am ecstatic.

If memory serves correctly, 2016 was the year that Benedictine IL got all the way to the final before losing big to St. Thomas-MN.

NACC Tourney Championship Final:

WLC 57, St. Norbert 54 (Warriors' great FT shooting in the final minute enabled them to get the win here.)

NACC Opening Round Finals:

#1 St. Norbert 58, #8 Lakeland 52 (An 11-3 late scoring run allowed the Green Knights to get the win here).

#5 Benedictine 82, #4 Aurora 72 OT  (Eagles outscored Auora 21-11 in the extra session)

#6 MSOE 78, #3 CUW 73 (Raider clutch FT shooting late sealed this upset win here).

#2 WLC 65, #7 Edgewood 59 (Huge 4th quarter scoring advantage, a late 8-0 scoring run, and 2 key FTs enable the Warriors to avoid getting knocked off.)

 

NACC Opening Round Matchups:

#1 St. Norbert/#8 Lakeland
#2 WLC/#7 Edgewood
#3 CUW/#6 MSOE
#4 Aurora/#5 Benedictine-IL

Pre-season NFCA D3 Top 25 Poll is now up:

https://nfca.org/divnews/ncaa3/national-champ-east-texas-baptist-opens-no-1-in-nfa-gorout-division-iii-top-25-preseason-coaches-poll

UW=Whitewater's reverse sweep bid falls short--Juniata prevails yet again--

The year Whitewater won the final was 2005-Kim Fruit was on that squad and per Warhawk all time records site through the completion of the 2023 season, she still holds the indviidual record for highest career hitting percentage (.363).

Now THAT'S loading up!

Belated kudos to St. Norbert on the bowl game win over Monmouth!

Tough draws but the WIAC squads are used to such things, no doubt.

Other than Hope over Greenville, the other 3 could go either way. Dubuque hasn't been this far in a while, but Stevens Point didn't finish quite as strong this year as they did last year.

More AQ's

Centennial:  Johns Hopkins
UAA:         Emory   
NEWMAC:      Smith
HCAC:        Transylvania-KY
PAC:         Allegheny
Empire 8:    St. John Fisher
SAA:         Berry
AMCC:        PSU-Altoona

 

Teams in:

CUNYAC:  John Jay
NACC:    Edgewood
North Atlantic:  ME-Maritime
NCAC:  OWU
Midwest:  Cornell-IA
MIAA:  Hope
OAC:  Otterbein
ODAC:  W&L
UMAC:  NW-MN
MIAC:  St. Benedict
WIAC:  UW-Whitewater
CCIW:  IL Wesleyan
American Rivers:  U of Dubuque
SLIAC: Greenville
Atlantic East:  Marymount-VA
NJAC:  Wm Paterson
Landmark:  Juniata
Conference of NE:  Endicott
United East:  Gallaudet
SUNYAC:  Cortland State
NESCAC:  Middlebury
American Southwest:  ETBU
SCAC:  Trinity-TX
SCIAC:  La Verne
Northwest Conference:  Whitworth
MAC-Commonwealth:  Messiah
MAC-Freedom:  Stevens
GNAC:  Lasell
Liberty League:  Ithaca
Little East:  UMass-Dartmouth
MASCAC:  Bridgewater State
Collegiate Conference of the South:  Covenant
USA South:  Southern Virginia
C2C:  Christopher Newport
 
 

11/16 Late Final #2 Lakeland 35, Rockford 28 (Regents' late rally falls short when they fail to recover an on-side kick with just over 1 minute left to play, allowing Muskies to run out the clock and get a win at home.)