Wednesday, August 07, 2013
And in other NCAA news...
Sure we all know who won the NCAA basketball and football championships, but what about all of those other sports? Let's check out a few:
Women's Bowling: Your 2013 National champion was the University of Nebraska! They ended the two-year reign of Maryland-Eastern Shore, which had inexplicably dominated the sport.
Field Hockey: This is a fall sport, so we have to go back to 2012 to find our defending Div. 1 champion, which is... Princeton! Pretty good for a school with no athletic scholarships. They ended the two-year reign of the University of Maryland, which is probably some satellite campus of Maryland-Eastern Shore.
Fencing: The 2013 champion was Princeton, finishing just ahead of Notre Dame. Why haven't I heard of this school before? They appear to be really good at sports!
Squash: The Harvard women won a squeaker over Trinity, but in the Men's division it was all Trinity! I think there are 9 or 10 Trinity Colleges in the US, but I'm pretty sure it is the one in Connecticut that is pretty good at squash.
Men's Golf: Alabama! Bet you didn't see that coming.
Rifle: West Virginia over Kentucky. Which kind of makes sense, right?
Skiing: Colorado won, and the championships were held at Middlebury, which has the cutest little ski area ever!
Women's Rowing (Heavyweight 8): Yeah, there really is a sport where women are called "heavyweight." Anyways, UVA is the defending champion, though Brown usually seems to win.
Men's Volleyball: UC Irvine is your defending champ. Go Anteaters!