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NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament field announced Monday

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The NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament field was released on Monday.  Six teams from Wisconsin made the tournament field.  Ripon College, Oshkosh and Concordia (Wis) all secured automatic bids by winning their respective tournament championships.

Platteville, Eau Claire and St. Norbert College all received at-large bids, based on their work during the season and conference tournaments.

Opening round games will be held Friday, with the winners advancing to second round action on Saturday.

Opening Round Pairings – Friday

at St. John’s Minnesota

Ripon College (20-7) vs. St. John’s (MN) (25-2)
Whitman (20-7) vs. Eau Claire (19-9) [Read more…]

NCAA D-3 Tournament pairings announced

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The NCAA Division 3 men’s and women’s basketball pairings were unveiled today.

On the men’s side, WIAC Tournament Champion UW-Platteville (18-10) earned the league’s automatic bid, making their 12th NCAA appearance.  The Pioneers will meet Capital University (Ohio) (20-7) in Rock Island, Illinois.  The Pioneers have won four National Championships in 1991, 1995, 1998 and 1999.

WIAC teams UW-Oshkosh and UW-La Crosse both received at-large bids.  Oshkosh (23-3) is the defending national runner-up but missed a chance to host when the Titans were upset in the WIAC Tournament by UW-Stevens Point.  The Titans will meet Midwest Conference champion Lake Forest College (Ill.) (18-9) in a first round game in Collegeville, Minnesota.  The Titans are making their program-record fourth consecutive NCAA appearance and ninth overall.

UW-La Crosse (17-9) will make its second NCAA appearance will face the University of St. Thomas (Minn.) (22-4) in a first round contest in Lincoln, Nebraska.  The other match-up will feature defending national champion Nebraska Wesleyan University (26-1) and Eureka College (Ill.) (13-14).

In the women’s field, WIAC Champion UW-Oshkosh received an automatic berth into the 64-team field.  The Titans (24-3) will make their fifth NCAA appearance in the last six seasons and 15th overall.  The Titans, won the National Title in 1996 and will host first and second round games.  Oshkosh will meet Pomona-Pitzer College of California (22-5) in its opening game. [Read more…]

Ripon forges into first place with home victory over St. Norbert

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The Ripon College Redhawks ran their win streak to eight games by knocking off St. Norbert College 76-61 at Ripon on Tuesday night.

Tyler Semenas poured in 27 points and Isaac Masters added 20 for the Redhawks (13-5, 10-3 MWC) who built an early lead and never surrendered.  Ripon College shot 48% from the field, hit 7 of 17 three’s (41.2%) and 21 of 28 free throws (75%).

Mitchell Reinthaler scored 14 points to lead the Green Knights (15-5, 10-3 MWC), who made just 1 of 17 (5.9%) from three-point range and made just 8 of 15 (53%) at the free throw line.

The win gave the Redhawks a sweep of the two-game season series.

Ripon’s victory now leaves four teams (Ripon, St. Norbert, Monmouth and Lake Forest) tied for the lead atop the Midwest Conference regular season standings with 10-3 records.  There’s just five games remaining in the regular season.

Tuesday’s MWC Scoreboard

Ripon 76, St. Norbert 61
Monmouth 107, Grinnell 92
Lake Forest 71, Beloit 47
Knox 66, Illinois College 65
Cornell 69, Lawrence 62

 

Sabin signs to play in Denmark Professional League

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Ty Sabin – Photo Courtesy of Ripon College Athletics

Ripon’s all-time leading scorer Ty Sabin has signed a contract to play for the Horsholm 79ers in Horsholm, Denmark over the weekend.

The New Berlin, Wisconsin native was named NABC Central District and D3hoops.com Central Region Player of the Year in 2017, leading all of Division 3 in scoring with 30.7 points per game.  Sabin also ranked seventh in D-III in 3-point shooting (.478), while ranking 21st in 3-pointers per game (3.31).  Sabin’s 86 total 3-pointers in the 2017 season ranked 18th in D-III and is just five shy of Ripon’s single season record.

Sabin, who is a First Team All-American and three-time Midwest Conference Player of the Year, started all 98 games during his career with the Red Hawks, scoring in double figures each time, and finishing his career leading the NCAA, across all divisions, in career scoring average among active players (26.1 ppg).  He’s one of only two players in MWC history to score more than 2,500 points.

Sabin joins a Horsholm 79ers team that finished 17-16 last year and in third place in the Basketligaen, which is the highest-ranked professional league in Denmark.

St. Norbert’s NCAA record win streak is over

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Coach Ryan Kane talks strategy during a timeout with his team. (Photo: Courtesy of Ripon College Athletics)

NCAA scoring leader Ty Sabin poured in 33 points on Wednesday night, leading the Ripon Red Hawks to a 81-55 throttling of 7th-ranked St. Norbert College in Ripon.

The Green Knights saw their NCAA Division III record for longest winning streak against conference opponents snapped at 72.  It also dropped St. Norbert College (11-3, 8-1 MWC) into a first place tie with Ripon (12-2, 8-1 MWC) atop the Midwest Conference standings.

Ben Bobinski had 14 points to lead the Green Knights in defeat.

The Green Knights struggled offensively on the road, hitting just 35% from the field, while the Red Hawks were red hot, hitting 55% from the field.

Ripon also converted on 8 of 19 three-pointers (42%), while the Green Knights made just 3 of 22 from distance (13%).  Ripon also had the rebound advantage 39-29.

The two teams will meet again, on January 31st, at the Kress Center in Green Bay.

Sabin named MWC Performer of the Week

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Ty Sabin - Photo: Courtesy of WLUK Fox 11

Ty Sabin – Photo: Courtesy of WLUK Fox 11

For the third time this season and fifth time in his career, Ripon College men’s basketball guard Ty Sabin has been named Midwest Conference Men’s Basketball Performer of the Week.

Sabin led Ripon to a pair of wins last week, averaging 36 points, 4.5 rebounds, two assists and one steal per game, while shooting 50-percent (26-of-52) from the field and 59-percent (13-of-22) from three-point range.  In Saturday’s 78-77 overtime win over Cornell, Sabin posted a single game school record of 51 points and hitting 11 three-pointers, including the game-winner at the buzzer.

Sabin has now scored over 500 points for the season, making him just the fourth player in school history to accomplish that feat.

Sabin has scored in double figures in all 68 games of his collegiate career and ranks second, across all NCAA Divisions, in career scoring average at 24.5 points a game.

St. Norbert extends conference win streak to 46 games (Video)

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Gary Grzesk

Gary Grzesk

The St. Norbert College Green Knights extended their regular season conference win streak to 46 games, knocking off Ripon College 59-57 on Wednesday night in De Pere.

St. Norbert trailed Ripon 49-43 with 8:13 left before going on a 12-0 run to take a 55-49 lead with 3:00 left.

Ripon chipped into that lead and had a last shot to win, but Koy Brecklin’s three pointer at the buzzer was off the mark, sending The Red hawks to their second loss (2-2, 1-1 MWC) of the season. [Read more…]

UW-La Crosse reaches first ever NCAA D3 World Series

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It took a pair of wins Sunday in La Crosse, but the UW-La Crosse Eagles earned their first ever trip to the NCAA Division 3 College Baseball World Series.

The Eagles won Game 1, 5-4, on Ben Morgan’s RBI single in the top of the ninth against Coe College (Iowa).

Needing yet another victory against the Kohawks, UW-L found themselves down 4-2 early after surrendering a couple of home runs. Then the Eagles (33-13) got hot, scoring seven runs in the sixth inning en route to a 15-4 Midwest Region-clinching victory.

The No. 20 Eagles will open the D3 World Series Friday against No. 5 Salisbury (Md.) at 6:45pm at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton.

[Read more…]

NCAA Division 3 baseball regional update

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NCAA Baseball Championship logoIn the NCAA D-3 Central Regional in Waverly, Iowa, top-seeded UW-Stevens Point fell to Wartburg 4-2 on Friday and will face fourth-seeded Anderson in an elimination game at noon Saturday.

Fifth-seeded Carthage bounced back from a first-round loss to eliminate Greenville 10-2.  Carthage (29-14) will face Wartburg in an elimination game at 3:30 Saturday.

In the Midwest Regional in La Crosse, UW-Whitewater earned a 3-0 win over Washington University in an elimination game.  The Warhawks (35-10) play at noon Saturday against sixth-seeded Concordia-Chicago (32-14).  Concordia-Chicago knocked off Ripon College 6-5 to eliminate Ripon.

Second-seeded UW-La Crosse rallied on Friday for an 8-6 win over Washington University in 13 innings.  The Eagles (30-13) then fell to fifth-seeded Coe 11-5.  The Eagles play at 3:30 p.m. Saturday against the winner of the Whitewater and Concordia-Chicago game.

Ripon pulls off major upset in NCAA D-3 baseball regionals

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NCAA Baseball Championship logoRipon College started the NCAA Division 3 baseball Midwest regional with a major upset, knocking off top-seed and defending NCAA Champion Whitewater 15-7 in La Crosse on Wednesday.

The 8th-seeded Red Hawks (24-14) pounded out 13 hits and moved into the winners bracket with a matchup against fifth seeded Coe (32-12) at 4:30 p.m. today.

The Warhawks (33-10) now face fourth-seeded St. John’s (26-15) at 10 a.m. today in an elimination game.

The host team, second-seeded UW-La Crosse (29-12), scored six runs in the eighth to pull out a 10-3 win over seventh-seeded St. Scholastica.  The Eagles will take on third-seeded Washington University (34-14) at 7:45 p.m. tonight.

Central Regional

In Waverly, Iowa, top seeded UW-Stevens Point beat sixth-seeded Greenville 7-4.  The Pointers (32-12) will face Wartburg (32-13) at 3:30 p.m. today.

Fifth-seeded Carthage College fell to second-seeded Webster 4-3.  Carthage (28-14) will play Greenville at noon today in an elimination game.