HAVERFORD COLLEGE FORDS
Location: Haverford, PA
Conference Affiliation: Centennial Conference
Comment: Have you watched the Haverford Fords … lately? The alternate nickname for the Fords is the equally cool Black Squirrels. Teams with boring names like Continue reading
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COLBY COLLEGE WHITE MULES
Location: Waterville, ME
Conference Affiliation: NESCAC (New England Small College Athletic Conference)
Comment: Now that’s a cool nickname that really packs a kick! Colby College is known as one of the Continue reading
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WASHINGTON COLLEGE SHOREMEN
Location: Chestertown, MD
Conference Affiliation: Centennial Conference
Comment: “So long, Shoremen” would be a great punchline for an incredibly lame joke, wouldn’t it? George Washington College in historic Chestertown, MD may very well have the coolest sports team nickname out of the many schools that use the name of our first president. No matter what the Continue reading
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NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY BEACONS
Location: Eugene, OR
Division: NAIA
Conference Affiliation: Cascade Collegiate Conference
Comment: How cool is the nickname Beacons? From the Pacific northwest comes this excellent institution of higher learning founded in 1895 by Eugene C Sanderson. As usual with NAIA schools NCU has Continue reading
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TOP 25 UPSETS – NAIA DIVISION ONE – The LOYOLA WOLFPACK hosted the number 9 FAULKNER EAGLES and handled them pretty impressively. They sent the Eagles home with a 61-43 loss. The Wolfpack improved to 15-11 with two more games left in their regular season. Faulkner is now 23-5, likewise with two regular season games left. ### The UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA DROVERS toppled the visiting 23rd ranked MIDAMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY EVANGELS in a 74-69 Instant Classic ### … And the EVANGEL UNIVERSITY CRUSADERS went into overtime with the (T23) CULVER- STOCKTON WILDCATS before eking out a 79-78 home victory.
TOP 25 UPSETS – NAIA DIVISION TWO – The 14th ranked AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY GYRENES fell on the road to the number 16 EMBRY- RIDDLE EAGLES by a score of 71-58. With the win ERAU moves to 22-7 on the season with the Gyrenes falling to 21-7. ### In another clash of ranked teams the (23) BELLEVUE BRUINS toppled the visiting 15th ranked YORK PANTHERS 80-67 ### … And the GRACE COLLEGE LANCERS handed the number 25 TAYLOR TROJANS a road loss in a Continue reading
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NEWBURY COLLEGE NIGHTHAWKS
Location: Brookline, MA
Conference Affiliation: New England Collegiate Conference
Comment: It’s good to see Kyle Richmond put his fortune to good use with this institution. Fans of the superhero called Nighthawk will get it. On the serious side Newbury College is Continue reading
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RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE ANCHORMEN
Location: Providence, RI
Division: NCAA Division 3
Comment: No, their mascot isn’t Ron Burgundy! You’re thinking of the wrong kind of Anchormen! Rhode Island College has Continue reading
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND NOR’EASTERS
Location: Biddeford, ME
Conference Affiliation: Commonwealth Coast Conference
Comment: Nor’easters can be potent storms or in this case the potent sports teams from the University of New England. Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog are familiar with their Continue reading
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GREAT BAY COLLEGE HERONS
Location: Portsmouth, NH
Division: USCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association)
Conference Affiliation: Yankee Small College Conference
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The Frontierado holiday is fast approaching! Friday, August 3rd is the big day so Balladeer’s Blog is right here with another seasonal post.
This one will honor the Top 5 western-themed college sports teams from the divisions covered here. The award is named after the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Drovers, the official college sports team of Frontierado every year.
You can soak in the grandeur of the USAO logo at left, then revel in this year’s standings for “The Drovey Award”.
5. YAVAPAI COLLEGE ROUGHRIDERS – Not just Teddy Roosevelt’s unit from the Spanish-American War but various outfits of Wild West outlaws and bounty hunters also went Continue reading
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