A weekly look at what’s going on in the Centennial Conference:
Volleyball
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The wackiness of CC volleyball was on display over the weekend, when
Franklin & Marshall and Haverford both competed in the Elizabethtown
Halloween Classic. F&M, the odd team out of the CC playoffs, won the
tournament, while Haverford, which tied for first place, went 0-3.
Muhlenberg will host the CC Tournament on Saturday. The Mules will face
Johns Hopkins at 1:00, Haverford and Gettysburg square off at 3:00, and
the championship is scheduled for 7:00.
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MUHLENBERG
Gettysburg
Haverford
Johns Hopkins
F & M
Western Md.
Dickinson
Swarthmore
Ursinus
Washington
Bryn Mawr
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8-2
8-2
8-2
7-3
7-3
6-4
4-6
4-6
2-8
1-9
0-10
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19-10
19-7
21-11
16-13
22-10
15-16
15-12
13-11
8-23
1-30
3-23
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Men’s Soccer
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The playoff picture was finalized when Johns Hopkins defeated Franklin &
Marshall, 3-2, on Saturday night. The Blue Jays will host the CC
Tournament and play Gettysburg in the first round. Muhlenberg faces
Western Maryland in the other semifinal. F&M, 6-0 at one point, dropped
its final three games
to drop out of the playoffs.
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Johns Hopkins
Western Md.
MUHLENBERG
Gettysburg
F & M
Haverford
Ursinus
Dickinson
Swarthmore
Washington
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9-0
6-3
6-3
6-3
6-3
5-4
3-6
2-7
1-8
1-8
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15-2
13-4
12-5
14-4
10-4
8-8
7-10
5-13-1
7-12
3-13-1
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Football
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Western Maryland clinched the CC’s automatic bid to the NCAA
Tournament while not playing on Saturday. Dickinson’s 17-14 overtime
win against Johns Hopkins removed the Blue Jays from contention for the CC
championship. Muhlenberg could still tie Western Maryland for the title,
but the Green Terror would get the bid because of its head-to-head win.
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Western Md.
MUHLENBERG
Johns Hopkins
Dickinson
Ursinus
Gettysburg
F & M
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5-0
5-1
2-2
2-2
2-3
0-4
0-4
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7-1
6-2
4-3
4-4
4-4
3-5
1-7
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Field Hockey
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Gettysburg won the CC championship with a controversial 2-1 win against
Johns Hopkins in the title game. The Blue Jays appeared to have tied the
game as time ran out, but the goal was disallowed. The Bullets (10-10)
advanced to the final with a 4-3 overtime win against top-seeded host
Washington and will host Notre Dame (Md.) in an NCAA first-round game on
Wednesday. The winner plays at Messiah.
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MUHLENBERG TO HOST NCAA SOCCER REGIONAL
Muhlenberg College has been selected to host the Mid-Atlantic Regional of
the NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Tournament. The games will be
held this weekend at Varsity Field.
The schedule is as follows:
Saturday, November 3
11:00 Muhlenberg vs. Notre Dame (Md.) or Elizabethtown
1:30 New Jersey vs. Western New England
Sunday, November 4
1:00 championship
The winner of Sunday’s game will advance to face the winner of the
Great Lakes Regional, which will be held at Ohio Wesleyan, for the right
to play in the national semifinals.
The Mules (18-2) earned their second straight NCAA bid by winning the
Centennial Conference championship. Notre Dame (12-8), the champion of the
Atlantic Women’s Colleges Conference, is making its first NCAA
appearance. Elizabethtown
(14-4), an at-large selection from the Commonwealth Conference, has been
in the NCAA Tournament three times previously, reaching the semifinals in
1997.
The College of New Jersey (17-0), in the NCAAs for the 10th straight
season, is the defending national champion and the top-ranked team in
Division III. The Lions have a 32-game winning streak and have not allowed
a goal all season. Last year, TCNJ defeated Muhlenberg in the
second round en route to their second national title. Western New England
(14-7-1) is the champion of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.
Ticket prices for the tournament games are $4 for public general admission
and $2 for student general admission with identification from one of the
participating institutions and senior citizens.
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