Ricky Nelson’s 2019 preseason top 25

For your scrutiny. What did I get wrong?

Last year 10 of my preseason top 20 made a regional final. Then again four of my 2018 preseason top 25 didn’t even make the NCAA tourney. Here’s to hoping I do better this season.

1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 27-4
2. Colorado College 32-3
3. Calvin 33-2
4. Johnson & Wales (R.I.) 33-2
5. Juniata 28-4
6. Emory 30-6
7. Berry 26-4
8. Christopher Newport 26-6
9. Wittenberg 25-3
10. Wisconsin-Whitewater 25-8
11. Mary Hardin-Baylor 28-5
12. Ithaca 21-8
13. Wisconsin-Eau Claire 33-4
14. Chicago 29-5
15. Bowdoin 29-2
16. Carthage 21-11
17. Aurora 26-9 [reassessment after learning OH1 is returning]
18. Wesleyan 20-6
19. Saint Benedict 26-8
20. Hope 25-8
21. Carnegie Mellon 24-11
22. Ohio Northern 22-8
23. Franklin & Marshall 23-8
24. Washington-St. Louis 26-8
25. Johns Hopkins 22-8

The next five: Trinity (Texas) (25-7); Texas Dallas (23-10); Birmingham-Southern (25-7); Babson (26-9); Mary Washington (21-12).

-Ricky Nelson

Predicting Pool A conferences: 2019 edition

It’s that time of year when I break my own world record for longest blog post. Below are my predictions for each of D III’s Pool A conference winners. Why? I don’t have a great reason other than I’ve done this exercise yearly since 2011. Perhaps there is value for the reader in seeing trends of winners and the top teams from across the country.

For my edification only probably, here is how I have done with super-important Pool A conference predictions over the years. I count it as a success if my predicted champion wins the regular season and/or the tournament.
2011: 31 of 42 (74 percent)
2012: 30 of 42 (71 percent)
2013: 36 of 43 (84 percent)
2014: 33 of 44 (75 percent)
2015: 34 of 44 (77 percent)
2016: 29 of 43 (67 percent)
2017: 27 of 43 (63 percent)
2018: 33 of 43 (77 percent)

Links below are to each conference’s women’s volleyball page.

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
2010 regular season champ: Pitt-Bradford
2010 tournament champ: Pitt-Bradford
2011 predicted champion: Penn State Altoona
2011 regular season champ: Penn State Altoona
2011 tournament champ: Penn State Altoona
2012 predicted champion: Medaille
2012 regular season champ: Penn State Behrend
2012 tournament champ: Medaille
2013 predicted champion: Penn State Behrend
2013 regular season champ: Penn State Behrend
2013 tournament champ: Penn State Behrend
2014 predicted champion: Penn State Behrend (4th regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2014 regular season champ: Penn State Altoona
2014 tournament champ: Franciscan
2015 predicted champion: Penn State Altoona
2015 regular season champ: Medaille, Penn State Altoona
2015 tournament champ: Franciscan
2016 predicted champion: Mount Aloysius (9th in regular season, DNP in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Pitt Bradford
2016 tournament champ: Pitt Bradford
2017 predicted champion: Pitt Bradford
2017 regular season champ: Penn State Altoona; Pitt Bradford
2017 tournament champ: Penn State Behrend
2018 predicted champion: Pitt Bradford
2018 regular season champ: Penn State Behrend; Mount Aloysius
2018 tournament champ: Pitt Bradford
2019 predicted champion: Pitt Bradford

American Rivers Conference
2010 regular season champ: Loras
2010 tournament champ: Wartburg
2011 predicted champion: Wartburg (2nd in regular season, 3rd in tourament)
2011 regular season champ: Coe
2011 tournament champ: Cornell
2012 predicted champion: Wartburg
2012 regular season champ: Wartburg
2012 tournament champ: Wartburg
2013 predicted champion: Wartburg
2013 regular season champ: Wartburg
2013 tournament champ: Wartburg
2014 predicted champion: Coe
2014 regular season champ: Coe
2014 tournament champ: Coe
2015 predicted champion: Buena Vista (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2015 regular season champ: Wartburg
2015 tournament champ: Wartburg
2016 predicted champion: Buena Vista (5th in regular season, 5th in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Wartburg
2016 tournament champ: Wartburg
2017 predicted champion: Luther (2nd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Wartburg
2017 tournament champ: Wartburg
2018 predicted champion: Wartburg
2018 regular season champ: Wartburg
2018 tournament champ: Dubuque
2019 predicted champion: Dubuque

American Southwest Conference
2010 regular season champ: Texas Lutheran, Hardin-Simmons (West); Texas Dallas (East)
2010 tournament champ: Hardin-Simmons
2011 predicted champion: Hardin-Simmons (West), Texas-Dallas (East)
2011 regular season champ: McMurry (West), Texas Dallas (East)
2011 tournament champ: Hardin-Simmons
2012 predicted champion: Hardin-Simmons (West), Texas Dallas (East)
2012 regular season champ: Hardin-Simmons (West), Texas Dallas (East)
2012 tournament champ: Hardin-Simmons
2013 predicted champion: Hardin-Simmons
2013 regular season champ: Texas Dallas
2013 tournament champ: Hardin-Simmons
2014 predicted champion: Texas Dallas (3rd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2014 regular season champ: Mary Hardin-Baylor
2014 tournament champ: Mary Hardin-Baylor
2015 predicted champion: Mary Hardin-Baylor
2015 regular season champ: Texas Dallas (East), Mary Hardin-Baylor (West)
2015 tournament champ: Texas Dallas
2016 predicted champion: Texas Dallas (East), Mary Hardin-Baylor (West)
2016 regular season champ: Texas Dallas (East), Mary Hardin-Baylor (West)
2016 tournament champ: Texas Dallas
2017 predicted champion: Texas Dallas (East), Mary Hardin-Baylor (West)
2017 regular season champ: Texas Dallas (East); Mary Hardin-Baylor (West)
2017 tournament champ: Texas Dallas
2018 predicted champion: Texas Dallas (East), Mary Hardin-Baylor (West)
2018 regular season champ: Texas Dallas (East), Mary Hardin-Baylor (West)
2018 tournament champ: Mary Hardin-Baylor
2019 predicted champion: Texas Dallas (East), Mary Hardin-Baylor (West)

Capital Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Frostburg
2010 tournament champ: Frostburg
2011 predicted champion: Mary Washington (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2011 regular season champ: Salisbury
2011 tournament champ: Salisbury
2012 predicted champion: Salisbury
2012 regular season champ: Salisbury
2012 tournament champ: Salisbury
2013 predicted champion: Christopher Newport
2013 regular season champ: Christopher Newport
2013 tournament champ: Christopher Newport
2014 predicted champion: Christopher Newport
2014 regular season champ: Christopher Newport
2014 tournament champ: Christopher Newport
2015 predicted champion: Christopher Newport
2015 regular season champ: Christopher Newport
2015 tournament champ: Christopher Newport
2016 predicted champion: Christopher Newport (3rd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Mary Washington, Salisbury
2016 tournament champ: Mary Washington
2017 predicted champion: Mary Washington (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Christopher Newport
2017 tournament champ: Christopher Newport
2018 predicted champion: Christopher Newport
2018 regular season champ: Mary Washington
2018 tournament champ: Christopher Newport
2019 predicted champion: Christopher Newport

Centennial Conference
2010 regular season champ: Haverford
2010 tournament champ: Franklin & Marshall
2011 predicted champion: Johns Hopkins
2011 regular season champ: Johns Hopkins
2011 tournament champ: Johns Hopkins
2012 predicted champion: Franklin & Marshall
2012 regular season champ: Franklin & Marshall, Johns Hopkins
2012 tournament champ: Johns Hopkins
2013 predicted champion: Johns Hopkins
2013 regular season champ: Franklin & Marshall
2013 tournament champ: Johns Hopkins
2014 predicted champion: Franklin & Marshall
2014 regular season champ: Haverford, Swarthmore
2014 tournament champ: Franklin & Marshall
2015 predicted champion: Haverford
2015 regular season champ: Haverford, Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore
2015 tournament champ: McDaniel
2016 predicted champion: Swarthmore (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Johns Hopkins
2016 tournament champ: Johns Hopkins
2017 predicted champion: Johns Hopkins
2017 regular season champ: Johns Hopkins
2017 tournament champ: Johns Hopkins
2018 predicted champion: Johns Hopkins
2018 regular season champ: Franklin & Marshall
2018 tournament champ: Johns Hopkins
2019 predicted champion: Franklin & Marshall

City University of New York Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Hunter
2010 tournament champ: Hunter
2011 predicted champion: Hunter
2011 regular season champ: Hunter
2011 tournament champ: Baruch
2012 predicted champion: Baruch
2012 regular season champ: Baruch
2012 tournament champ: Baruch
2013 predicted champion: Baruch
2013 regular season champ: Baruch
2013 tournament champ: Baruch
2014 predicted champion: Baruch (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2014 regular season champ: Hunter
2014 tournament champ: Hunter
2015 predicted champion: Baruch
2015 regular season champ: Baruch
2015 tournament champ: Hunter
2016 predicted champion: Hunter
2016 regular season champ: Hunter
2016 tournament champ: Hunter
2017 predicted champion: Hunter
2017 regular season champ: Hunter
2017 tournament champ: Hunter
2018 predicted champion: Hunter
2018 regular season champ: Hunter
2018 tournament champ: Hunter
2019 predicted champion: Brooklyn

College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
2010 regular season champ: Millikin
2010 tournament champ: Carthage
2011 predicted champion: Carthage
2011 regular season champ: Carthage
2011 tournament champ: Carthage
2012 predicted champion: Elmhurst
2012 regular season champ: Elmhurst
2012 tournament champ: Elmhurst
2013 predicted champion: Elmhurst
2013 regular season champ: Elmhurst
2013 tournament champ: Elmhurst
2014 predicted champion: Millikin (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2014 regular season champ: Carthage
2014 tournament champ: Carthage
2015 predicted champion: Carthage
2015 regular season champ: Carthage, Illinois Wesleyan, Millikin
2015 tournament champ: Carthage
2016 predicted champion: Elmhurst (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Millikin
2016 tournament champ: Millikin
2017 predicted champion: Illinois Wesleyan (2nd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Millikin
2017 tournament champ: Carthage
2018 predicted champion: Illinois Wesleyan
2018 regular season champ: Illinois Wesleyan
2018 tournament champ: Illinois Wesleyan
2019 predicted champion: Carthage

Colonial States Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Cabrini
2010 tournament champ: Cabrini
2011 predicted champion: Neumann (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2011 regular season champ: Cabrini
2011 tournament champ: Cabrini
2012 predicted champion: Cabrini (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Neumann
2012 tournament champ: Neumann
2013 predicted champion: Cabrini
2013 regular season champ: Cabrini
2013 tournament champ: Cabrini
2014 predicted champion: Cabrini
2014 regular season champ: Cabrini
2014 tournament champ: Cabrini
2015 predicted champion: Cabrini
2015 regular season champ: Cabrini
2015 tournament champ: Cabrini
2016 predicted champion: Cabrini
2016 regular season champ: Cabrini
2016 tournament champ: Cabrini
2017 predicted champion: Cabrini
2017 regular season champ: Cabrini
2017 tournament champ: Cabrini
2018 predicted champion: Keystone (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2018 regular season champ: Notre Dame
2018 tournament champ: Notre Dame
2019 predicted champion: Notre Dame

Commonwealth Coast Conference
2010 regular season champ: Roger Williams
2010 tournament champ: Roger Williams
2011 predicted champion: Roger Williams
2011 regular season champ: Roger Williams
2011 tournament champ: Roger Williams
2012 predicted champion: Roger Williams
2012 regular season champ: Roger Williams
2012 tournament champ: Roger Williams
2013 predicted champion: Roger Williams
2013 regular season champ: Roger Williams, Salve Regina
2013 tournament champ: Roger Williams
2014 predicted champion: Salve Regina (3rd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2014 regular season champ: Roger Williams
2014 tournament champ: Roger Williams
2015 predicted champion: Roger Williams
2015 regular season champ: Roger Williams
2015 tournament champ: Roger Williams
2016 predicted champion: Roger Williams (2nd in regular season, 5th in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Endicott
2016 tournament champ: Endicott
2017 predicted champion: Endicott
2017 regular season champ: Roger Williams
2017 tournament champ: Endicott
2018 predicted champion: Roger Williams (3rd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2018 regular season champ: Endicott; Wentworth
2018 tournament champ: Wentworth
2019 predicted champion: Endicott

Commonwealth Conference
2010 regular season champ: Elizabethtown
2010 tournament champ: Lebanon Valley
2011 predicted champion: Elizabethtown (5th in regular season, DNP in tournament)
2011 regular season champ: Messiah
2011 tournament champ: Lebanon Valley
2012 predicted champion: Messiah (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Stevenson
2012 tournament champ: Stevenson
2013 predicted champion: Stevenson
2013 regular season champ: Stevenson
2013 tournament champ: Stevenson
2014 predicted champion: Stevenson
2014 regular season champ: Stevenson
2014 tournament champ: Stevenson
2015 predicted champion: Messiah (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2015 regular season champ: Stevenson
2015 tournament champ: Stevenson
2016 predicted champion: Messiah (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Stevenson
2016 tournament champ: Stevenson
2017 predicted champion: Stevenson
2017 regular season champ: Stevenson
2017 tournament champ: Stevenson
2018 predicted champion: Arcadia (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2018 regular season champ: Stevenson
2018 tournament champ: Stevenson
2019 predicted champion: Stevenson

Empire 8
2010 regular season champ: Ithaca
2010 tournament champ: Ithaca
2011 predicted champion: Ithaca (5th in regular season, DNP in tournament)
2011 regular season champ: Elmira
2011 tournament champ: Nazareth
2012 predicted champion: Elmira
2012 regular season champ: Elmira, Stevens
2012 tournament champ: Nazareth
2013 predicted champion: Stevens
2013 regular season champ: Stevens
2013 tournament champ: Nazareth
2014 predicted champion: Nazareth (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2014 regular season champ: Stevens
2014 tournament champ: Stevens
2015 predicted champion: Stevens
2015 regular season champ: Stevens
2015 tournament champ: Ithaca
2016 predicted champion: Ithaca
2016 regular season champ: Stevens
2016 tournament champ: Ithaca
2017 predicted champion: Stevens
2017 regular season champ: Stevens
2017 tournament champ: Stevens
2018 predicted champion: Stevens
2018 regular season champ: Stevens
2018 tournament champ: Nazareth
2019 predicted champion: St. John Fisher

Freedom Conference
2010 regular season champ: Eastern
2010 tournament champ: Eastern
2011 predicted champion: Eastern
2011 regular season champ: Eastern
2011 tournament champ: Eastern
2012 predicted champion: Eastern
2012 regular season champ: Eastern
2012 tournament champ: Eastern
2013 predicted champion: Eastern
2013 regular season champ: Eastern
2013 tournament champ: Eastern
2014 predicted champion: Eastern
2014 regular season champ: Eastern
2014 tournament champ: Eastern
2015 predicted champion: Eastern
2015 regular season champ: Eastern
2015 tournament champ: Eastern
2016 predicted champion: Eastern
2016 regular season champ: Eastern
2016 tournament champ: Eastern
2017 predicted champion: Eastern
2017 regular season champ: DeSales
2017 tournament champ: Eastern
2018 predicted champion: Eastern
2018 regular season champ: DeSales
2018 tournament champ: Eastern
2019 predicted champion: Stevens

Great Northeast Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Johnson & Wales
2010 tournament champ: Johnson & Wales
2011 predicted champion: Rivier
2011 regular season champ: Emerson
2011 tournament champ: Rivier
2012 predicted champion: Rivier
2012 regular season champ: Rivier
2012 tournament champ: Emerson
2013 predicted champion: Rivier
2013 regular season champ: Rivier
2013 tournament champ: Rivier
2014 predicted champion: Rivier
2014 regular season champ: Emmanuel, Rivier
2014 tournament champ: Rivier
2015 predicted champion: Rivier
2015 regular season champ: Rivier
2015 tournament champ: Johnson & Wales
2016 predicted champion: Rivier (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Johnson & Wales
2016 tournament champ: Johnson & Wales
2017 predicted champion: Johnson & Wales
2017 regular season champ: Johnson & Wales
2017 tournament champ: Johnson & Wales
2018 predicted champion: Johnson & Wales (R.I.)
2018 regular season champ: Johnson & Wales (R.I.)
2018 tournament champ: Johnson & Wales (R.I.)
2019 predicted champion: Johnson & Wales (R.I.)

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Transylvania
2010 tournament champ: Mount St. Joseph
2011 predicted champion: Transylvania
2011 regular season champ: Rose-Hulman, Bluffton, Hanover, Transylvania, Mount St. Joseph
2011 tournament champ: Rose-Hulman
2012 predicted champion: Hanover (5th in regular season, 5th in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Mount St. Joseph, Transylvania
2012 tournament champ: Mount St. Joseph
2013 predicted champion: Transylvania (2nd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2013 regular season champ: Defiance
2013 tournament champ: Bluffton
2014 predicted champion: Bluffton
2014 regular season champ: Defiance
2014 tournament champ: Bluffton
2015 predicted champion: Bluffton
2015 regular season champ: Hanover
2015 tournament champ: Bluffton
2016 predicted champion: Hanover
2016 regular season champ: Hanover
2016 tournament champ: Bluffton
2017 predicted champion: Hanover
2017 regular season champ: Hanover
2017 tournament champ: Hanover
2018 predicted champion: Transylvania
2018 regular season champ: Transylvania
2018 tournament champ: Rose-Hulman
2019 predicted champion: Transylvania

Landmark Conference
2010 regular season champ: Juniata
2010 tournament champ: Juniata
2011 predicted champion: Juniata
2011 regular season champ: Juniata
2011 tournament champ: Juniata
2012 predicted champion: Juniata
2012 regular season champ: Juniata
2012 tournament champ: Juniata
2013 predicted champion: Juniata
2013 regular season champ: Juniata
2013 tournament champ: Juniata
2014 predicted champion: Juniata
2014 regular season champ: Juniata
2014 tournament champ: Juniata
2015 predicted champion: Juniata
2015 regular season champ: Juniata
2015 tournament champ: Juniata
2016 predicted champion: Juniata
2016 regular season champ: Juniata
2016 tournament champ: Juniata
2017 predicted champion: Juniata
2017 regular season champ: Juniata; Scranton; Susquehanna
2017 tournament champ: Juniata
2018 predicted champion: Juniata
2018 regular season champ: Juniata
2018 tournament champ: Juniata
2019 predicted champion: Juniata

Liberty League
2012 regular season champ: Skidmore
2012 tourney champ: Clarkson
2013 predicted champ: Clarkson
2013 regular season champ: Clarkson
2013 tournament champ: Clarkson
2014 predicted champion: Clarkson
2014 regular season champ: Clarkson
2014 tournament champ: Clarkson
2015 predicted champion: Clarkson
2015 regular season champ: Clarkson
2015 tournament champ: Clarkson
2016 predicted champion: Clarkson
2016 regular season champ: Clarkson, Vassar
2016 tournament champ: Clarkson
2017 predicted champion: Ithaca
2017 regular season champ: Clarkson; Ithaca
2017 tournament champ: Clarkson
2018 predicted champion: Ithaca
2018 regular season champ: Ithaca
2018 tournament champ: Rochester Tech
2019 predicted champion: Ithaca

Little East Conference
2010 regular season champ: UMass Boston
2010 tournament champ: UMass Boston
2011 predicted champion: UMass Boston
2011 regular season champ: Plymouth State, UMass Boston
2011 tournament champ: UMass Boston
2012 predicted champion: UMass Boston
2012 regular season champ: UMass Boston, Western Connecticut State
2012 tournament champ: UMass Boston
2013 predicted champion: Western Connecticut State (4th in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2013 regular season champ: UMass Boston
2013 tournament champ: UMass Boston
2014 predicted champion: UMass Boston
2014 regular season champ: UMass Boston
2014 tournament champ: Western Connecticut State
2015 predicted champion: UMass Boston
2015 regular season champ: Keene State, UMass Boston
2015 tournament champ: UMass Boston
2016 predicted champion: UMass Boston
2016 regular season champ: UMass Boston
2016 tournament champ: UMass Boston
2017 predicted champion: Plymouth State (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Keene State; UMass Boston
2017 tournament champ: UMass Boston
2018 predicted champion: UMass Boston
2018 regular season champ: UMass Boston; Eastern Connecticut
2018 tournament champ: Eastern Connecticut
2019 predicted champion: Eastern Connecticut

Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Westfield State
2010 tournament champ: Westfield State
2011 predicted champion: Westfield State
2011 regular season champ: Westfield State
2011 tournament champ: Westfield State
2012 predicted champion: Framingham State
2012 regular season champ: Framingham State
2012 tournament champ: Framingham State
2013 predicted champion: Framingham State (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2013 regular season champ: Westfield State
2013 tournament champ: Westfield State
2014 predicted champion: Framingham State
2014 regular season champ: Framingham State
2014 tournament champ: Framingham State
2015 predicted champion: Framingham State
2015 regular season champ: Framingham State, MCLA
2015 tournament champ: Framingham State
2016 predicted champion: Framingham State
2016 regular season champ: Framingham State
2016 tournament champ: Framingham State
2017 predicted champion: Framingham State (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Worcester State
2017 tournament champ: Worcester State
2018 predicted champion: Worcester State
2018 regular season champ: Worcester State
2018 tournament champ: Worcester State
2019 predicted champion: Worcester State

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
2010 regular season champ: Hope
2010 tournament champ: Hope
2011 predicted champion: Calvin
2011 regular season champ: Calvin
2011 tournament champ: Calvin
2012 predicted champion: Hope (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Calvin
2012 tournament champ: Calvin
2013 predicted champion: Calvin
2013 regular season champ: Calvin, Hope
2013 tournament champ: Calvin
2014 predicted champion: Hope
2014 regular season champ: Calvin, Hope
2014 tournament champ: Calvin
2015 predicted champion: Calvin
2015 regular season champ: Calvin
2015 tournament champ: Calvin
2016 predicted champion: Calvin
2016 regular season champ: Calvin
2016 tournament champ: Hope
2017 predicted champion: Calvin
2017 regular season champ: Calvin
2017 tournament champ: Calvin
2018 predicted champion: Calvin
2018 regular season champ: Calvin
2018 tournament champ: Calvin
2019 predicted champion: Calvin

Midwest Conference
2010 regular season champ: Monmouth
2010 tournament champ: Beloit
2011 predicted champion: St. Norbert
2011 regular season champ: St. Norbert
2011 tournament champ: St. Norbert
2012 predicted champion: St. Norbert (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Cornell
2012 tournament champ: Cornell
2013 predicted champion: Cornell
2013 regular season champ: Cornell
2013 tournament champ: Cornell
2014 predicted champion: Cornell
2014 regular season champ: Cornell
2014 tournament champ: Cornell
2015 predicted champion: Cornell
2015 regular season champ: Cornell, Ripon
2015 tournament champ: Cornell
2016 predicted champion: Cornell
2016 regular season champ: Cornell
2016 tournament champ: St. Norbert
2017 predicted champion: St. Norbert (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Cornell
2017 tournament champ: Cornell
2018 predicted champion: Cornell
2018 regular season champ: Cornell
2018 tournament champ: Cornell
2019 predicted champion: St. Norbert

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: St. Olaf
2010 tournament champ: St. Olaf
2011 predicted champion: Concordia-Moorhead
2011 regular season champ: Concordia-Moorhead, St. Thomas
2011 tournament champ: Concordia-Moorhead
2012 predicted champion: St. Thomas
2012 regular season champ: St. Thomas
2012 tournament champ: St. Thomas
2013 predicted champion: St. Thomas
2013 regular season champ: St. Thomas, Augsburg
2013 tournament champ: St. Thomas
2014 predicted champion: St. Thomas
2014 regular season champ: Augsburg, St. Thomas
2014 tournament champ: St. Thomas
2015 predicted champion: Augsburg (6th in regular season, DNP in tournament)
2015 regular season champ: Gustavus Adolphus
2015 tournament champ: Gustavus Adolphus
2016 predicted champion: Bethel (5th in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Augsburg
2016 tournament champ: Gustavus Adolphus
2017 predicted champion: Gustavus Adolphus (3rd in regular season, 5th in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: St. Thomas
2017 tournament champ: Saint Benedict
2018 predicted champion: Gustavus Adolphus
2018 regular season champ: Gustavus Adolphus
2018 tournament champ: Gustavus Adolphus
2019 predicted champion: Saint Benedict

New England Collegiate Conference
2010 regular season champ: Daniel Webster
2010 tournament champ: Lesley
2011 predicted champion: Daniel Webster (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2011 regular season champ: Southern Vermont
2011 tournament champ: Southern Vermont
2012 predicted champion: Southern Vermont
2012 regular season champ: Southern Vermont
2012 tournament champ: Southern Vermont
2013 predicted champion: Southern Vermont
2013 regular season champ: Southern Vermont
2013 tournament champ: Southern Vermont
2014 predicted champion: Newbury (3rd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2014 regular season champ: Regis
2014 tournament champ: Regis
2015 predicted champion: Regis
2015 regular season champ: Regis
2015 tournament champ: Regis
2016 predicted champion: Regis
2016 regular season champ: Daniel Webster, Newbury, Regis
2016 tournament champ: Regis
2017 predicted champion: Regis (Played in GNAC)
2017 regular season champ: Elms
2017 tournament champ: Elms
2018 predicted champion: Elms
2018 regular season champ: Elms; Eastern Nazarene
2018 tournament champ: Southern Vermont
2019 predicted champion: Eastern Nazarene

New England Small College Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Amherst
2010 tournament champ: Middlebury
2011 predicted champion: Amherst (4th in regular season, 5th in tournament)
2011 regular season champ: Bowdoin
2011 tournament champ: Bowdoin
2012 predicted champion: Tufts (6th in regular season, 5th in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Connecticut College, Middlebury, Bowdoin
2012 tournament champ: Middlebury
2013 predicted champion: Bowdoin (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2013 regular season champ: Williams
2013 tournament champ: Williams
2014 predicted champion: Williams
2014 regular season champ: Tufts
2014 tournament champ: Williams
2015 predicted champion: Williams (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2015 regular season champ: Bowdoin
2015 tournament champ: Bowdoin
2016 predicted champion: Middlebury
2016 regular season champ: Tufts
2016 tournament champ: Middlebury
2017 predicted champion: Tufts
2017 regular season champ: Tufts
2017 tournament champ: Wesleyan
2018 predicted champion: Tufts (5th in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2018 regular season champ: Bowdoin
2018 tournament champ: Bowdoin
2019 predicted champion: Bowdoin

New England Women’s and Men’s Athletics Conference
2010 regular season champ: Springfield
2010 tournament champ: Coast Guard
2011 predicted champion: Coast Guard
2011 regular season champ: Springfield, Coast Guard
2011 tournament champ: Springfield
2012 predicted champion: Coast Guard (4th in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Wellesley
2012 tournament champ: MIT
2013 predicted champion: Wellesley
2013 regular season champ: Springfield, Wellesley
2013 tournament champ: Springfield
2014 predicted champion: Springfield (3rd in regular season, 5th in tournament)
2014 regular season champ: Babson, MIT
2014 tournament champ: Babson
2015 predicted champion: Babson
2015 regular season champ: MIT, Springfield
2015 tournament champ: Babson
2016 predicted champion: MIT
2016 regular season champ: MIT
2016 tournament champ: MIT
2017 predicted champion: Clark (5th in regular season, 5th in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: MIT
2017 tournament champ: MIT
2018 predicted champion: MIT
2018 regular season champ: MIT; Springfield
2018 tournament champ: Babson
2019 predicted champion: Babson

New Jersey Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Richard Stockton
2010 tournament champ: Richard Stockton
2011 predicted champion: Richard Stockton
2011 regular season champ: Richard Stockton
2011 tournament champ: Richard Stockton
2012 predicted champion: Richard Stockton
2012 regular season champ: Richard Stockton
2012 tournament champ: Richard Stockton
2013 predicted champion: Richard Stockton
2013 regular season champ: Richard Stockton
2013 tournament champ: Richard Stockton
2014 predicted champion: Richard Stockton
2014 regular season champ: Richard Stockton
2014 tournament champ: Richard Stockton
2015 predicted champion: Stockton
2015 regular season champ: Stockton
2015 tournament champ: Stockton
2016 predicted champion: Stockton (2nd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Ramapo
2016 tournament champ: Montclair State
2017 predicted champion: Montclair State (4th in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Kean
2017 tournament champ: Kean
2018 predicted champion: Kean
2018 regular season champ: Stockton
2018 tournament champ: Kean
2019 predicted champion: Stockton

North Atlantic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Maine Maritime
2010 tournament champ: Maine Maritime
2011 predicted champion: Maine Maritime (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2011 regular season champ: Colby-Sawyer
2011 tournament champ: Colby-Sawyer
2012 predicted champion: Maine Maritime (3rd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Colby-Sawyer
2012 tournament champ: Colby-Sawyer
2013 predicted champion: Colby-Sawyer
2013 regular season champ: Colby-Sawyer
2013 tournament champ: Colby-Sawyer
2014 predicted champion: Colby-Sawyer
2014 regular season champ: Colby-Sawyer
2014 tournament champ: Colby-Sawyer
2015 predicted champion: Colby-Sawyer
2015 regular season champ: Colby-Sawyer
2015 tournament champ: Colby-Sawyer
2016 predicted champion: Maine Maritime
2016 regular season champ: Maine Maritime
2016 tournament champ: Maine Maritime
2017 predicted champion: Maine Maritime
2017 regular season champ: Maine Maritime
2017 tournament champ: Maine Maritime
2018 predicted champion: Maine Maritime
2018 regular season champ: Maine Maritime
2018 tournament champ: Maine Maritime
2019 predicted champion: Maine Maritime

North Coast Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Wittenberg
2010 tournament champ: Wittenberg
2011 predicted champion: Wittenberg
2011 regular season champ: Wittenberg
2011 tournament champ: Wittenberg
2012 predicted champion: Wittenberg
2012 regular season champ: Wittenberg
2012 tournament champ: Wittenberg
2013 predicted champion: Wittenberg
2013 regular season champ: Wittenberg
2013 tournament champ: Wittenberg
2014 predicted champion: Wittenberg
2014 regular season champ: Wittenberg
2014 tournament champ: Wittenberg
2015 predicted champion: Wittenberg
2015 regular season champ: Wittenberg
2015 tournament champ: Wittenberg
2016 predicted champion: Wittenberg
2016 regular season champ: Wittenberg
2016 tournament champ: Wittenberg
2017 predicted champion: Wittenberg
2017 regular season champ: Wittenberg
2017 tournament champ: Wittenberg
2018 predicted champion: Wittenberg
2018 regular season champ: Wittenberg
2018 tournament champ: Wittenberg
2019 predicted champion: Wittenberg

North Eastern Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Keuka (North), Gallaudet (South)
2010 tournament champ: Gallaudet
2011 predicted champion: Gallaudet
2011 regular season champ: Penn State Berks
2011 tournament champ: Gallaudet
2012 predicted champion: Gallaudet
2012 regular season champ: Gallaudet
2012 tournament champ: Gallaudet
2013 predicted champion: Gallaudet
2013 regular season champ: Gallaudet, SUNYIT, Keuka
2013 tournament champ: Gallaudet
2014 predicted champion: Gallaudet
2014 regular season champ: Gallaudet
2014 tournament champ: Gallaudet
2015 predicted champion: Gallaudet
2015 regular season champ: SUNY Poly, Wells
2015 tournament champ: Gallaudet
2016 predicted champion: SUNY Poly
2016 regular season champ: SUNY Poly
2016 tournament champ: Gallaudet
2017 predicted champion: Gallaudet (2nd in South regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Wells (North); Penn State Berks (South)
2017 tournament champ: Morrisville State
2018 predicted champion: Morrisville State (North); Penn State Berks (South)
2018 regular season champ: Morrisville State
2018 tournament champ: Morrisville State
2019 predicted champion: Morrisville State

Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
2010 regular season champ: Concordia (Wis.)
2010 tournament champ: Dominican
2011 predicted champion: Edgewood
2011 regular season champ: Dominican
2011 tournament champ: Edgewood
2012 predicted champion: Dominican (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Edgewood, Benedictine
2012 tournament champ: Benedictine
2013 predicted champion: Benedictine (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2013 regular season champ: Edgewood
2013 tournament champ: Dominican
2014 predicted champion: Dominican
2014 regular season champ: Dominican
2014 tournament champ: Dominican
2015 predicted champion: Dominican
2015 regular season champ: Edgewood
2015 tournament champ: Dominican
2016 predicted champion: Concordia Wisconsin
2016 regular season champ: Concordia Wisconsin
2016 tournament champ: Concordia Wisconsin
2017 predicted champion: Concordia Wisconsin
2017 regular season champ: Concordia Wisconsin
2017 tournament champ: Concordia Wisconsin
2018 predicted champion: Aurora
2018 regular season champ: Aurora
2018 tournament champ: Aurora
2019 predicted champion: Dominican Aurora [updated 7/19/19]

Northwest Conference (no tourney)
2010 regular season champ: Whitworth
2011 predicted champion: Whitworth
2011 regular season champ: Whitworth
2012 predicted champion: Pacific Lutheran
2012 regular season champ: Pacific Lutheran
2013 predicted champion: Puget Sound (2nd in regular season)
2013 regular season champ: Pacific Lutheran
2014 predicted champion: Pacific Lutheran
2014 regular season champ: Pacific Lutheran, Whitworth
2015 predicted champion: Whitworth
2015 regular season champ: Whitworth
2016 predicted champion: Whitworth
2016 regular season champ: Whitworth
2017 predicted champion: Whitworth (2nd in regular season)
2017 regular season champ: Pacific Lutheran
2018 predicted champion: Pacific (3rd in regular season)
2018 regular season champ: Pacific Lutheran
2019 predicted champion: Pacific

Ohio Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Heidelberg
2010 tournament champ: Heidelberg
2011 predicted champion: Heidelberg
2011 regular season champ: Heidelberg
2011 tournament champ: Mount Union
2012 predicted champion: Heidelberg (4th in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Mount Union
2012 tournament champ: Otterbein
2013 predicted champion: Mount Union
2013 regular season champ: Mount Union, Heidelberg
2013 tournament champ: Mount Union
2014 predicted champion: Mount Union
2014 regular season champ: Mount Union
2014 tournament champ: Mount Union
2015 predicted champion: John Carroll (5th in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2015 regular season champ: Heidelberg
2015 tournament champ: Heidelberg
2016 predicted champion: Heidelberg (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Ohio Northern
2016 tournament champ: Ohio Northern
2017 predicted champion: Ohio Northern
2017 regular season champ: Ohio Northern; Otterbein
2017 tournament champ: Otterbein
2018 predicted champion: Otterbein
2018 regular season champ: Otterbein; Ohio Northern
2018 tournament champ: Ohio Northern
2019 predicted champion: Ohio Northern

Old Dominion Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Washington and Lee
2010 tournament champ: Randolph-Macon
2011 predicted champion: Washington and Lee
2011 regular season champ: Washington and Lee
2011 tournament champ: Randolph-Macon
2012 predicted champion: Randolph-Macon
2012 regular season champ: Randolph-Macon
2012 tournament champ: Washington and Lee
2013 predicted champion: Washington and Lee
2013 regular season champ: Washington and Lee, Randolph-Macon
2013 tournament champ: Washington and Lee
2014 predicted champion: Randolph-Macon
2014 regular season champ: Randolph-Macon
2014 tournament champ: Washington and Lee
2015 predicted champion: Randolph-Macon
2015 regular season champ: Randolph-Macon
2015 tournament champ: Randolph-Macon
2016 predicted champion: Washington and Lee (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Randolph-Macon
2016 tournament champ: Randolph-Macon
2017 predicted champion: Randolph-Macon
2017 regular season champ: Randolph-Macon
2017 tournament champ: Randolph-Macon
2018 predicted champion: Washington and Lee
2018 regular season champ: Washington and Lee; Randolph-Macon
2018 tournament champ: Washington and Lee
2019 predicted champion: Washington and Lee

Presidents’ Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Thomas More
2010 tournament champ: Thomas More
2011 predicted champion: Thomas More (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2011 regular season champ: Geneva
2011 tournament champ: Geneva
2012 predicted champion: Geneva (4th in regular season, 5th in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Thomas More
2012 tournament champ: Thomas More
2013 predicted champion: Thomas More
2013 regular season champ: Bethany
2013 tournament champ: Thomas More
2014 predicted champion: Bethany
2014 regular season champ: Bethany, Thomas More
2014 tournament champ: Thomas More
2015 predicted champion: Bethany (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2015 regular season champ: Thomas More
2015 tournament champ: Thomas More
2016 predicted champion: Thomas More
2016 regular season champ: Bethany, Thomas More
2016 tournament champ: Bethany
2017 predicted champion: Thomas More
2017 regular season champ: Thomas More
2017 tournament champ: Thomas More
2018 predicted champion: Washington & Jefferson (2nd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2018 regular season champ: Westminster (Pa.)
2018 tournament champ: Bethany
2019 predicted champion: Westminster (Pa.)

Skyline Conference
2010 regular season champ: Mount Saint Mary
2010 tournament champ: NYU-Poly
2011 predicted champion: Mount Saint Mary
2011 regular season champ: Mount Saint Mary
2011 tournament champ: NYU-Poly
2012 predicted champion: Mount Saint Mary
2012 regular season champ: Mount Saint Mary
2012 tournament champ: Mount Saint Mary
2013 predicted champion: Sage
2013 regular season champ: Sage
2013 tournament champ: St. Joseph’s (Long Island)
2014 predicted champion: Sage
2014 regular season champ: Sage
2014 tournament champ: Sage
2015 predicted champion: St. Joseph’s (Long Island) (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2015 regular season champ: Mount Saint Vincent, Sage
2015 tournament champ: Mount Saint Vincent
2016 predicted champion: Sage (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Farmingdale State, Merchant Marine
2016 tournament champ: Farmingdale State
2017 predicted champion: Farmingdale State
2017 regular season champ: Farmingdale State
2017 tournament champ: Merchant Marine
2018 predicted champion: Farmingdale State (4th in regular season, 5th in tournament)
2018 regular season champ: Merchant Marine
2018 tournament champ: Mount Saint Vincent
2019 predicted champion: Merchant Marine

Southern Athletic Association
2013 regular season champion: Berry
2013 tournament champion: Berry
2014 predicted champion: Berry (4th in regular season, 5th in tournament)
2014 regular season champ: Hendrix
2014 tournament champ: Hendrix
2015 predicted champion: Hendrix
2015 regular season champ: Hendrix
2015 tournament champ: Hendrix
2016 predicted champion: Hendrix
2016 regular season champ: Hendrix
2016 tournament champ: Hendrix
2017 predicted champion: Hendrix (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Berry
2017 tournament champ: Berry
2018 predicted champion: Berry
2018 regular season champ: Berry
2018 tournament champ: Berry
2019 predicted champion: Berry

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran
2010 tournament champ: Cal Lutheran
2011 predicted champion: Occidental
2011 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran
2011 tournament champ: Occidental
2012 predicted champion: Cal Lutheran
2012 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran
2012 tournament champ: Cal Lutheran
2013 predicted champion: Cal Lutheran
2013 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran
2013 tournament champ: Cal Lutheran
2014 predicted champion: Pomona-Pitzer (4th in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2014 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran
2014 tournament champ: Cal Lutheran
2015 predicted champion: Cal Lutheran
2015 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2015 tournament champ: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2016 predicted champion: Cal Lutheran
2016 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2016 tournament champ: Cal Lutheran
2017 predicted champion: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2017 regular season champ: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2017 tournament champ: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2018 predicted champion: Whittier (6th in regular season, DNP in tournament)
2018 regular season champ: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2018 tournament champ: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2019 predicted champion: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Colorado College
2010 tournament champ: Colorado College
2011 predicted champion: Southwestern
2011 regular season champ: Southwestern
2011 tournament champ: Colorado College
2012 predicted champion: Colorado College
2012 regular season champ: Colorado College, Trinity (Texas)
2012 tournament champ: Colorado College
2013 predicted champion: Trinity (Texas)
2013 regular season champ: Trinity (Texas)
2013 tournament champ: Trinity (Texas)
2014 predicted champion: Trinity (Texas)
2014 regular season champ: Trinity (Texas)
2014 tournament champ: Trinity (Texas)
2015 predicted champion: Colorado College
2015 regular season champ: Colorado College
2015 tournament champ: Southwestern
2016 predicted champion: Colorado College (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2016 regular season champ: Trinity (Texas)
2016 tournament champ: Trinity (Texas)
2017 predicted champion: Trinity (Texas) (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Colorado College
2017 tournament champ: Colorado College
2018 predicted champion: Colorado College
2018 regular season champ: Colorado College; Trinity (Texas)
2018 tournament champ: Colorado College
2019 predicted champion: Colorado College

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Greenville
2010 tournament champ: Greenville
2011 predicted champion: Greenville
2011 regular season champ: Webster, Greenville
2011 tournament champ: Webster
2012 predicted champion: Greenville
2012 regular season champ: Greenville, Webster
2012 tournament champ: Webster
2013 predicted champion: Webster
2013 regular season champ: Greenville
2013 tournament champ: Webster
2014 predicted champion: Webster
2014 regular season champ: Greenville
2014 tournament champ: Webster
2015 predicted champion: Westminster (Mo.) (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2015 regular season champ: Greenville
2015 tournament champ: Greenville
2016 predicted champion: Greenville
2016 regular season champ: Greenville
2016 tournament champ: Greenville
2017 predicted champion: Greenville
2017 regular season champ: Westminster (Mo.)
2017 tournament champ: Greenville
2018 predicted champion: Westminster (Mo.) (4th in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2018 regular season champ: Greenville; Webster
2018 tournament champ: Greenville
2019 predicted champion: Greenville

State University of New York Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West)
2010 tournament champ: Cortland
2011 predicted champion: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West)
2011 regular season champ: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West)
2011 tournament champ: Cortland
2012 predicted champion: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West)
2012 regular season champ: Cortland (East), Buffalo State (West)
2012 tournament champ: Cortland
2013 predicted champions: New Paltz State2013 regular season champ: New Paltz State
2013 tournament champ: Buffalo State
2014 predicted champion: New Paltz State
2014 regular season champ: New Paltz State
2014 tournament champ: New Paltz State
2015 predicted champion: SUNY New Paltz (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2015 regular season champ: Brockport
2015 tournament champ: Brockport
2016 predicted champion: Brockport
2016 regular season champ: Brockport
2016 tournament champ: Brockport
2017 predicted champion: Brockport
2017 regular season champ: Brockport
2017 tournament champ: Brockport
2018 predicted champion: Geneseo
2018 regular season champ: Geneseo
2018 tournament champ: New Paltz
2019 predicted champion: Geneseo

University Athletic Association
2010 regular season champ: Emory
2010 tournament champ: Emory
2011 predicted champion: Emory
2011 regular season champ: Emory
2011 tournament champ: Washington-St. Louis
2012 predicted champion: Washington-St. Louis
2012 regular season champ: Emory, Chicago, Washington-St. Louis
2012 tournament champ: Emory
2013 predicted champion: Washington-St. Louis
2013 regular season champ: Chicago, Washington-St. Louis
2013 tournament champ: Chicago
2014 predicted champion: Emory
2014 regular season champ: Emory, Washington-St. Louis
2014 tournament champ: Emory
2015 predicted champion: Emory
2015 regular season champ: Emory
2015 tournament champ: Washington-St. Louis
2016 predicted champion: Emory
2016 regular season champ: Chicago
2016 tournament champ: Emory
2017 predicted champion: Emory (4th in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Carnegie Mellon; Washington-St. Louis
2017 tournament champ: Washington-St. Louis
2018 predicted champion: Emory
2018 regular season champ: Emory; Chicago
2018 tournament champ: Emory
2019 predicted champion: Emory

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: St. Scholastica
2010 tournament champ: Northwestern
2011 predicted champion: St. Scholastica
2011 regular season champ: St. Scholastica, Northwestern
2011 tournament champ: St. Scholastica
2012 predicted champion: St. Scholastica (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2012 regular season champ: Northwestern
2012 tournament champ: Northwestern
2013 predicted champion: Northwestern
2013 regular season champ: Northwestern, Minnesota Morris
2013 tournament champ: Northwestern
2014 predicted champion: Northwestern
2014 regular season champ: Northwestern
2014 tournament champ: Northwestern
2015 predicted champion: Northwestern
2015 regular season champ: Northwestern
2015 tournament champ: Northwestern
2016 predicted champion: Northwestern
2016 regular season champ: Northwestern
2016 tournament champ: Northwestern
2017 predicted champion: Northwestern
2017 regular season champ: Northwestern
2017 tournament champ: Northwestern
2018 predicted champion: Northwestern
2018 regular season champ: Northwestern
2018 tournament champ: Minnesota Morris
2019 predicted champion: Northwestern

USA South Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Christopher Newport
2010 tournament champ: Christopher Newport
2011 predicted champion: Christopher Newport
2011 regular season champ: Christopher Newport
2011 tournament champ: Christopher Newport
2012 predicted champion: Christopher Newport
2012 regular season champ: Christopher Newport
2012 tournament champ: Christopher Newport
2013 predicted champions: Averett (North); Maryville (South)
2013 regular season champ: Averett (North); Maryville (South)
2013 tournament champ: Maryville
2014 predicted champion: Averett (North); Maryville (South)
2014 regular season champ: Meredith (North); Maryville (South)
2014 tournament champ: Maryville
2015 predicted champion: Averett (North); Maryville (South)
2015 regular season champ: Averett (North); Covenant (South)
2015 tournament champ: Covenant
2016 predicted champion: Averett (East), Covenant (West)
2016 regular season champ: Averett (East), Covenant (West)
2016 tournament champ: Meredith
2017 predicted champion: Averett (East), Covenant (West)
2017 regular season champ: Averett (East), Covenant (West)
2017 tournament champ: Covenant
2018 predicted champion: Averett (East) (3rd in regular season, 5th in tournament); Piedmont (West) (4th in regular season, 3rd in tournament)
2018 regular season champ: Meredith, William Peace (East); Covenant (West)
2018 tournament champ: Meredith
2019 predicted champion: William Peace (East); Maryville (West)

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
2010 regular season champ: Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2010 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Platteville
2011 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Platteville (4th in regular season, 4th in tournament)
2011 regular season champ: UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater, UW-Eau Claire
2011 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Whitewater
2012 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2012 regular season champ: Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2012 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2013 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Whitewater (3rd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2013 regular season champ: Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2013 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2014 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Whitewater
2014 regular season champ: Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin-Whitewater
2014 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2015 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Stevens Point (4th in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2015 regular season champ: Wisconsin-La Crosse, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
2015 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Whitewater
2016 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Whitewater
2016 regular season champ: Wisconsin-La Crosse, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Whitewater
2016 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Whitewater
2017 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Whitewater (3rd in regular season, 2nd in tournament)
2017 regular season champ: Wisconsin-La Crosse
2017 tournament champ: Wisconsin-La Crosse
2018 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2018 regular season champ: Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2018 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2019 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Whitewater

-Ricky Nelson

Looking ahead to 2019

In the weeks ahead I will post predicted conference winners and a preseason top 25. I’ve had this draft sitting around for more than a month, but I pulled a couple of nuggets from the 2019 Annual Meeting Report that caught my eye.

The 2019 projected bid allocation is 43 Pool A, 2 Pool B, 19 Pool C (same as last year).

Ranking and selection process. The committee discussed the “results versus ranked Division III teams” selection criterion and confirmed that the committee should consider the quality and quantity of ranked opponents (in addition to the winning percentage) for that column. The committee also discussed that the Division III nonconference strength of schedule criterion in the secondary criteria is considered separately from the Division III strength of schedule criterion in the primary criteria.

The primary criteria

● Won-lost percentage against Division III opponents.
● Division III head-to-head competition.
● Results versus common Division III opponents.
● Results versus ranked Division III teams.
● Division III strength of schedule.

Schedule of events. At regionals, the host team shall continue to play the last match on the first day. At the finals site, the committee will schedule the match anticipated to have the best attendance draw as the latest match (8 p.m. local time) on Wednesday. The highest seed (No. 1 or No. 2) on each half of the bracket will play the corresponding early/late match (i.e., if the No. 1 seed plays in the later game on the lower half of the bracket, then the No. 2 seed will play in the later game on the upper half of the bracket).

“… confirmed that the committee should consider the quality and quantity of ranked opponents (in addition to the winning percentage) for that column.”

In other words consider “Results” like the criterion states, no? But can we quit it with the references to winning percentage in the Results versus ranked Division III teams criterion? Yes, it is an ancillary or implied factor within the word “Results,” but if the wording to be considered was supposed to be winning percentage, the wording would include winning percentage. The criteria authors, whose words have meanings that were agreed upon for good reason, use the term won-lost percentage in the first criterion and wrote slightly different, but importantly and expressly different, words elsewhere. The authors of the criteria knew the difference between comparing results versus comparing won-lost percentages. Those two criteria require different comparative processes. One is vague for a reason, leaving it open to the debate demanded of the committee.

Next on the agenda should be confirmation that a 3-2 advantage, or even in rare cases a 4-1 advantage, in criteria between two teams does not automatically mean the team with the larger number of favorable criteria wins the direct comparison. There quite literally would not need to be committees if the goal was to merely copy computer outputs. We do not need a committee to tally up columns. That’s the information a computer provides the committee, thus where the work starts. What do the pretallied columns of data mean? We have committees to debate what they mean. Is a 3-0 head-to-head advantage and better results versus ranked teams enough to trump marginal deficits in the other three criteria? You know, the sort of interesting stuff that the committee is tasked to decide. If that obvious debate and countless others are not undertaken, the whole process is worthless because that is clearly what the criteria demand though their language.

I also like that the committee is adding the task of projecting attendance figures at the finals site. Here’s to a fun 2019. Good luck out there.

-Ricky Nelson

Popovic named head coach at IA Wesleyan

Aleksandra Popovic will head into the season as head coach at Iowa Wesleyan after the university shed the interim designation from her position title.

I think IWU’s announcement leaves Finlandia’s head job as the last in the Central and Midwest regions yet to be settled before the 2019 season. Former Lions coach Cindy Cavanagh is now the head coach at Kalamazoo.

-Ricky Nelson

Crown elevates Strange to head coach

Brittany Strange was named head coach at Crown. She was most recently an assistant at Crown under Danielle Hall, who resigned in May.

-Ricky Nelson

MIAC fires St. Thomas

The talk was not bluster. The MIAC went and did the thing; St. Thomas has been kicked out of the conference it helped found nearly 100 years ago.

The Tommies, who were tersely and writerly “involuntarily removed” from the MIAC, have until the end of Spring 2021 to transition away from the league.

The MIAC release regarding today’s ouster comprises a fewer number of words than the number of years St. Thomas was in the conference. The entirety of the release:

After extensive membership discussions, the University of St. Thomas will be involuntarily removed from membership in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). The MIAC Presidents’ Council cites athletic competitive parity in the conference as a primary concern. St. Thomas will begin a multi-year transition immediately and meanwhile is eligible to compete as a full member of the MIAC through the end of spring 2021.

St. Thomas is one of seven founding members of the MIAC and will leave the conference in good standing with a long and appreciated history of academic and athletic success.

Woah. Pick your favorite website for the latest on this long-discussed possibility that today became a reality. The takes are coming in at a brisk pace across the spectrum of opinions regarding this development, which is a thing that actually happened.

-Ricky Nelson

North Park appears to shed Sopocy’s interim tag

Michael Sopocy, who had been listed as North Park’s interim coach since Natalie Dietz stepped down in January, no longer has a qualifying label preceding his head coach position on the Vikings website.

I did not see a release, but I take the website edits as an announcement. Sopocy is also NPU’s head men’s volleyball coach.

-Ricky Nelson