Feb. 21, 2023 — NCAA Division III preview

The Fearless 5ive:

COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL
MIDDLEBURY
SALISBURY
TUFTS

Middlebury has gained half the NCAA Division III champions on supply since 2016 regardless of lacking two entire seasons due to COVID-19. There’s no cause why the Panthers can not a second straight title this spring due to the return of IWLCA Nationwide Participant of the Yr Jane Earley. Including to Middlebury’s firepower are All-People Erica Barr and Hope Shue.

Shut behind the Panthers will likely be NESCAC rival Tufts. Maggie Carden, who scored 69 objectives final yr, will return for the Jumbos in addition to Caroline Walter (37) and Caroline Conaghan (34). With Molly Laliberty having transferred to Northwestern, this leaves returnees Pascale de Buren and Courtney Kaufman — with lower than 160 minutes of varsity expertise — to vie for the beginning goaltender place.

The Salisbury Sea Gulls can have a sixth-year participant on the roster, graduate scholar Emma Skoglund. She was an NCAA All-Match Crew member her freshman yr. Junior midfielder Leah Vilov goes to be key within the draw circle, and Madeline Davis is a pressure on the again line.

The 2023 season noticed a welcome return to the Closing 4 for The School of New Jersey. Although the Lions aren’t as dominant as they have been throughout the twentieth Century, they’re a related and powerful facet. Ally Tobler, who led TCNJ with 86 objectives, returns together with Anna Wright (55 objectives) and Anna Devlin (45 objectives). Julia Charest and Hailey Wexler will share time in purpose.

A yr in the past, Franklin & Marshall have been stored from the Closing 4 by Tufts. The Diplomats have an awesome likelihood to unseat Gettysburg within the Centennial. Lydia Cassilly (48 objectives, 30 assists) was one of many staff leaders as a first-year participant, Madison Bray led the staff in draw controls, and Mary Pat McKenna goes to be a pacesetter at shut protection.