The 14th-ranked Johns Hopkins women’s soccer team took down 11th-ranked Dickinson, 3-0, to win its sixth straight Centennial Conference Championship and secure the automatic conference bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Jays have now defeated Dickinson the past three seasons in the conference title game and improve to 16-3-1 with the win, while the Red Devils drop to 15-3-1.
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HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY SEA WARRIORS
Location: Honolulu, HI
Division: NCAA Division 2
Conference Affiliation: Pacific West Conference
Major sports: basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.goseawarriors.com/
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TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY PIONEERS
Location: Transylvania, KY
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Major sports: basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.transy.edu/athletics/index.htm
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There’s only one game tonight in the divisions Balladeer’s Blog covers, and it’s in NCAA Division2. Both teams are ranked and they both play in the Gulf South Conference, often called the SEC of D2. The road team is coached by THE Terry Bowden, the only member of the Bowden coaching family that is still a head coach.
#20 NORTH ALABAMA LIONS @ #15 DELTA STATE STATESMEN (On ComCast SportsNet)
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ALVERNO INFERNO
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: Northern Athletics Conference
Major sports: basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball
Site: http://athletics.alverno.edu/
Comment: There is absolutely no truth to the stories that Alverno’s teams used to be called The Disco Inferno and had a character in a Saturday Night Fever outfit as a mascot. Seriously, though, this Continue reading
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SAINT MARY”S COLLEGE BELLES
Location: Notre Dame, IN
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Major sports: basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball
Site: http://www3.saintmarys.edu/athletics
Comment: Get it? The Bells Of Saint Mary’s becomes “The Belles Of Saint Mary’s” for this female institution’s sports teams, just as it became The Bells Of Saint Berwyn in a memorable Son Of Svengoolie comedy sketch. This school should Continue reading
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WHITTIER COLLEGE POETS
Location: Whittier, CA
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Major sports: football, basketball, baseball, soccer
Site: http://www.wcpoets.com/landing/index
Comment: Remember this exchange in Aristophanes‘ comedy The Frogs – Question: What do you expect a poet to do? Answer: Why, save the nation, of course! We won’t be putting that much pressure on the Whittier teams, thankfully. It would be easy to go the cheap joke route and say something like “What’s the matter? Was the nickname The Ballet Dancers already taken?” But I actually think poets are pretty cool – just ask Francois Villon!
For more of NCAA Division 3′s Coolest-Named Teams click here: https://glitternight.com/d3-20-coolest/
For the NAIA edition of The 20 Coolest College Sports Teams You May Never Have Heard Of click here: https://glitternight.com/2010/06/21/the-20-coolest-named-college-sports-teams-you-may-have-never-heard-of-naia-edition/
And for The 20 Coolest College Sports Logos click here: https://glitternight.com/2010/07/20/the-20-coolest-college-sports-logos/
Balladeer’s Blog is not affiliated with or operated by the NAIA or the NCAA or any of their member institutions.
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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE VIXENS
Location: Sweet Briar, VA
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Major sports: soccer, softball, volleyball, swimming, tennis, lacrosse, field hockey, horseback riding
Site: www.vixenathletics.com
Comment: As the nickname Vixens would imply this is an all-female institution. (For those who don’t know a vixen is a female fox). Really cool name for sports teams and their colors are pink and green so that’s pretty cool, too!
For more of NCAA Division 3′s Coolest-Named Teams click here: https://glitternight.com/d3-20-coolest/
For the NAIA edition of The 20 Coolest College Sports Teams You May Never Have Heard Of click here: https://glitternight.com/2010/06/21/the-20-coolest-named-college-sports-teams-you-may-have-never-heard-of-naia-edition/
And for The 20 Coolest College Sports Logos click here: https://glitternight.com/2010/07/20/the-20-coolest-college-sports-logos/
Balladeer’s Blog is not affiliated with or operated by the NAIA or the NCAA or any of their member institutions.
© Edward Wozniak and Balladeer’s Blog, 2010. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Edward Wozniak and Balladeer’s Blog with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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