Saw a Point game recently. Not good.

With Nate Tucker now entering the portal, here is an update for Trine (yikes!):
   
Team     Minutes    Points    Rebounds      Assists    Steals    
Trine     0.21   0.179   0.197    0.158   0.185   


Trine MBB in 2025-26 will basically be starting from scratch.  The only player with any significant playing time returning is Jayce Cusack.  3 others saw some time with the second string on occasion: Logan McKenzie, Logan Gard and Cade Brenner.  Last year's squad was mostly all upperclassmen.  So it stands to reason this next season was going to have a lot of new faces.  The Tucker portal announcement was awful news, but maybe he saw the writing on the wall and wanted to go to a stronger program or maybe up a level.  Who knows.  We'll just play with what we got.  I do know we've had strong JV squads the last 2 years so this may be a chance for some to earn time on the Varsity.  I'm hoping Coach Miller can pull in a few upperclass transfers.  If not we will easily be the most inexperienced team in the MIAA next year.

Cortland survives shaky start and again uses long ball to get past Oneonta 5-3 in Monday makeup at C-land Wallace grounds. Corts overtake Oneonta three-run, four-hit first inning. Score game's decisive final three runs on homers. Have eight roundtrippers in series sweep. A. Mieczkowski socks solo full-count blast to left posting 3-3 tie in the fourth inning. Z. Kringdon cracks two-run homer to left in the seventh. Kringdon homers in each of series three games. Meanwhile, B. Mazzeo tenders 4.2inn of strong relief (WP 1h, 1bb, 4k, 53p) after N. Jessen goes first 4.1inn (6h, 3r, 3er, 2bb, 2k, 61p). T. Elkins 3x4, 4, 2bh; Kringdon 2x3, r, 2bi; M. Stockhausen 2bi, 2bh; Mieczkowski 2x4, r, bi for Cortland. Reliever T. Roefaro LP (2inn, 2h, 2r, 2er, 3bb, 2k, hbp, 43p). J. Dwyer 2x4, r, 2bi, sb; L. Hutter 2x3, bi, bb for OSt. Cortland 5-10-0, Oneonta 3-7-1
    Cortland 8-3, 17-10 and Tuesday host to 11-10 John Jay Bloodhounds. Oneonta 6-3, 16-9-1 and Tuesday at Union

WILD MONDAY IN CANTON where host Kangaroos rally in ninth inning of DH second game for 15-14 beating of Plattsburgh whose Cards rough up Canton 16-4 in initial scrap.
    First Game: Merciful seven innings. Cards slim 4-2 lead grows with five-run fourth and fifth innings. Put up 15 hits featuring J. Foglia 4x5, 2r, bi, 2 2bh show. J. Castillo WP (1-1, 5inn, 7h, 4r, 3er, 2bb, 5k, hbp, 80). S. Diaz 2x4, 2bi, hr for Canton. Pburgh 16-15-1, Canton 4-7-3.
    Second Game: A doozy that has Canton's AJ Campi with walkoff two-out 2bh scoring final three runs of five-run bottom of the ninth. Follows Pburgh four-run top of the ninth for 14-10 lead, and steals thunderous C. Ross 3-home run, 5 rbi Plattsburgh performance!! A 9-9 game through five innings. Six Pburgh home runs with K. Cremin (3x5), TJ. Beninati, J. Beale joining Ross. Canton with 11 hits -- D. Maldonado 2x4, 2r, 2bi, hr, hbp, and 13 walks from seven Cardinal pitchers who make 231 deliveries. Roos hero Campi 2x4, r, 4bi, 2 2bh, 2bb, sb. Canton 15-11-3, Pburgh 14-14-0.
    Canton 3-8, 6-16. Plattsburgh 1-7, 7-14. Meet again Thursday

Oswego suffers 6-5, 8-4 home losses Monday to Clarkson.
    First Game: Laker setback spoils T. Featherstone 5x5, bi, 2bh gem. Eighth inning unearned run does in OSt who jumps out to 3-0 lead. Yields to four-run GKnights third inning but battles back to 5-5 tie on T. McGowan seventh inning rbi single. G. Biderman, third Laker hurler, LP, 2inn. Clarkson 6-9-0, Oswego 5-12-3
     Second Game: Scoreless till seven-run Clarkson third inning. T. McGowan 3x4, 2bi, bb for Lakers. Top of the order A. Kuefner, B. Vardian 3h, 2bi apiece for victors. Clarkson 8-10-1, Oswego 4-9-2
    Oswego 15-11, Clarkson 11-10

Washington & Lee

Strong non-conference schedule, opening with games at Emory and Oglethorpe and then home to Covenant (who beat them 3-0 away last season) and away to Mary Washington.  No Johns Hopkins this year, but if anything the schedule is harder.

Lake Forest

They play Calvin and Wisconsin-Whitewater again in the second game of home-and-away series, but otherwise the schedule is pretty similar except for the absence of Hope, who they played while in Michigan to play Calvin.

Hendrix

Kind of an odd schedule in their first year in the SCAC.  They do play at Rhodes and against Westminster as part of the Rhodes tournament, but it seems like they had to push to fill in slots, playing Northwest Mississippi Community College and DII Ouachita Baptist as regular season games and having a game against Dakota Wesleyan (an NAIA team from South Dakota?!) on the schedule for late September that has already been cancelled.  They do host Emory and get an immediate introduction to the rigors of SCAC travel with a trip to Colorado College.

Wisconsin-Stout

Lakeland and Northland (RIP) are gone from the schedule, with Beloit and Crown replacing them in the second year of the men's soccer program.

Wow, thanks.  Whoever is reponsible for publishing that handbook in its current condition needs to find a new job.

I know the handbook still talks about Pool B, but you'll see there is no number of bids for B or C. It's just 23 at-large teams.

To the NESCAC Football community,

Unfortunately the Middlebury football and school community as a whole took a blow this past weekend, as beloved senior #31 Chet Johnston had a freak accident on campus which has left him with severe injuries to his spinal cord. Chet, an active athlete/skier, has an extremely long and arduous journey ahead of him just to be able to walk again.

The harsh reality with situations like this is that on top of the emotional toll on his family, the financial stress of the surgeries and rehabilitation will be massive. There has been a Go-fund-me started by family members to try and help out with these costs which I will attach right here.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/coming-together-to-help-chet

Rivalries and trash talk aside, this would be the perfect time for the NESCAC alumni community to come together and rally behind this young man who is at the start of his long road to recovery. His friends and family massively appreciate any effort to spread this link or help out. Thank you

Quote from: Bmo on April 13, 2025, 11:28:57 AMAgreed, but last year's selection process was completely different, and the committee had the option for two-team regionals. This year, they will have to fly a team out and then fly another team in to spread SCIAC teams across regions. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

That's a great point. Definitely creates more travel for more teams. It would be nice if they can be spread out again, but that's a big ask. The crazy thing, as seen this past weekend, any SCIAC team can beat the others.

2025 Kentucky Tip-Off Classic
* Co-hosted by Transylvania University and Asbury University.

This exciting early-season event will be held in Central Kentucky, with games played at Transylvania (Lexington, KY)
and Asbury (Wilmore, KY)—just 30 minutes apart.
Teams can enjoy the convenience of staying in a centrally located hotel with easy access to both venues.

Dates: November 14–15, 2025

One game vs. Transylvania and Asbury

Guarantee: $500
Post-game meals provided
Live video coverage of all games
Coaches' gift bags
Discounted hotel options are available

Please reach out to John Hamilton at jhamilton@transy.edu or Mike Stone at mstone@transy.edu

DON LANE CLASSIC (TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY | LEXINGTON, KY)
Dates: December 19–20, 2025
Games vs. HCAC members Transylvania University and Hanover College

What's Included:
$1,000 guarantee for participating teams
Post-game meals provided
Live video coverage of all games
Coaches' hospitality room & welcome gift
Discounted hotel rates are available

Transylvania's Clive M. Beck Center is located in downtown Lexington, KY just four blocks from the University of Kentucky's historic Rupp Arena

Past events have drawn strong programs from across the country including Albion, DePauw, Marietta, Wabash, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Baldwin Wallace, Berea, Huntington, Ohio Northern, and Lynchburg.

Contact John Hamilton at jhamilton@transy.edu or Mike Stone at mstone@transy.edu