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Division III Rewind


Mar 27, 2009 8:49:19 AM


The NCAA News

Following is a summary of Division III news published March 23-27.

•         Kenyon won its 30th consecutive Division III Men’s Swimming and DivingChampionships team title, and the Kenyon women’s team joined in a championships sweep in Minneapolis by claiming its third straight crown.

•         Colorado College announced it is dropping football, softball and water polo, saying in an open letter to the community that it is “unable to support 20 varsity programs at an appropriate level.”

•         George Fox capped an undefeated season by winning the Division III Women’s Basketball Championship, while Washington-St. Louis repeated as Division III men’s basketball champion.

•         Amherst’s Bill Thurston, who served from 1985 to 2000 as the NCAA Baseball Rules Committee’s secretary-rules editor, collected his 800th coaching victory.

•         Neumann won its first NCAA team title in any sport by winning the Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Championship, while Amherst won its first Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship .


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