NCDA Newsletter
Winter Interlude
Greetings good people! Now that we’re all more or less on break, let me brief you on some of the happenings up until now.
The List, Average Joes’, Recruitment, Rating Percentage Indices, Standings & Records, Upcoming Events, Accolades Continue reading “NCDA Newsletter 2012-12-01”
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing with Billy Cameron, Kent #3.14 and November’s Baller of the Month for the NCDA. His blocking abilities and dedication has helped Kent State stay an ever incredible force. Check it out after the Jump. Continue reading “BOTM: 2012 November”
EAST LANSING – IM West: MSU goes 4-0, Kent 3-1, CMU 1-2, BGSU 1-3, DePaul 3-0 in the 2012 MSU Invite. Continue reading “2012 MSU Invite”
SAGINAW – Ryder: SVSU def GVSU 2-1 in the Battle of the Valleys. Continue reading “2012 Battle of the Valleys”
BOWLING GREEN – Preston: UK def WKU 4-2
UK-JV def WKU-JV 3-1 in a JV Match.
Continue reading “Match: UK v WKU”
CHICAGO-Solheim: MBI def DePaul 3-2 in the Battle of the Brown Line IV.
A Moody announcer comments:
The DePaul players have quite the dance moves. Moody, on the other hand, not allowed to dance, per school regulations.
Captain of Michigan State University Dodgeball and manager of the team’s website, Sam Hiller also handles a great deal of content on the NCDA website. His range of contributions include previews, interviews, and general articles all about college dodgeball. On top of that, he’s a co-host of the NCDA Podcast: Average Joes‘. Check out an interview:
COLLEGE PARK – Reckord Armory: Kent goes 4-0, JMU 3-0-1OTL, UK 2-1, UMD 2-2, VCU 0-4 in the UMD Round Robin Continue reading “UMD Round Robin”
NCDA Newsletter
State of the Association
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Season of 2011-2012 was fantastic for the National Collegiate Dodgeball Association. Continue reading “NCDA Newsletter: State of the Association”
The NCDA Rulebook has been updated for the season. Please check it out the PDF here or by clicking the handy link on the navigation menu above. If anyone finds anything wrong or contradictory to what’s been changed, please let it be known!
Thanks,
Zigmas Maloni – NCDA General Coordinator
Check out the revisions after the jump… Continue reading “2013 Rulebook Changes”
TOWSON: JMU goes 2-0, UMD 1-1, TU 0-2 in the Towson Throwdown
UMD def TU 6-0
JMU def UMD 5-2
JMU def TU 5-2
KENT-Rec: Kent def OSU 2-1 in the Multi-purpose Room at the Rec Center
Kent State University and The Ohio State University met for their respective opening matches on Saturday September 15th at Kent State’s recreation center. Both teams were able to field a majority of veterans with Kent bringing two new players and Ohio State five. Ohio State got a quick win in the first match followed by back to back wins by Kent State. The last game came down to the wire, as Ohio State attempted to eliminate the few remaining Kent players left in play in order to gain a tie. The match ended with Kent State winning 2-1. There were approximately fifty fans in attendance.
– Dan Shackelford [Kent-33-C]
LEXINGTON-Alumni: UK def WKU 4-0 in the Alumni Gym
The University of Kentucky and Western Kentucky University squared off on their opening matches on Saturday September 15th. Between UK and WKU both teams fielded a combined 30 veterans to start the opening match. Both team started to shake of the rust from the summer and began a slow paced first half. UK led going into the break 1-0 lead. Both teams came out in the second half with something to prove and exhibited a much faster pace and ended the match with UK winning 4-0. On two separate points WKU forced UK down to a 10 second shot-clock only to be denied the point.
The several hundred people in attendance were given a scare just minutes into the game as UK’s Jeffery DeWitt (#22) suffered a severe concussion while failing to properly land from a dodge in midair. The injury required multiple stitches and an overnight stay at the hospital. We are glad to report that Jeffrey DeWitt is looking to make a good recovery in the upcoming months.
– Zac Brown [UK-13-C]
CHICAGO-Solheim: DePaul def MBI 3-1 in the Battle of the Brown Line in the first match of the season.
For the start of the season, the two Chicago NCDA Member Teams clashed in the Battle of the Brown Line today. Named after the mass transit train line that connects the two urban campuses, the match was held at Moody Bible Institute’s classic Solheim Center. Moody had an enthusiastic home court crowd of about 100 people, the norm whether the team plays at DePaul or at home. DePaul brought along about 5 fans, but they’ve always been able to entertain themselves.
The play of the match presented two largely even teams. There was not many violations of any kind, with only a few shot clock violations spread across either team for the duration of the match. While the first point lasted nine minutes and dwindled to a 1 on 1 contest, with DePaul Vice President Brian Van Meter performing a drop and catch to win the point. It was an exciting, constant show of what large scale college dodgeball is meant to be. At the end of the second half, DePaul led 2-0 despite a strong, aggressive Moody contesting for both points.
Returning to the court after halftime and a happy birthday song for AJ Khah [DePaul 7-F] and Jeremy Schambach [MBI 6-A], Moody played with greater intelligence and managed to force a win within ten minutes. For the duration of the entire match, many throws by Moody landed in DePaul bread baskets which made for easy catches. The key to this point for MBI was ball control, smart throws, and a some crucial team catches. DePaul’s strong offensive throws, clutch catches, and constant gameplay led to their eventual victory.
The remaining second half was the most even contest. Moody fought hard, trying to even up the score and almost brought the game into an overtime under the new 6 on 6 rules. DePaul had a few aggressive plays, with sophomore Matthew “Howitzer” Schroeder using his arm to make some key outs. Even though Moody had the number and ball advantage for a good part of third point, the rest of the DePaul remainder made catches and the advantage turned. The final point lasted for the last ten minutes of the match, ending with a DePaul win in the last fifty seconds.
A comment by sophomore Sam Murphy noted simply:
“DePaul Dodgeball remains Undefeated.”
Wasn’t much further conversation today, lets throw the options out there and let everyone determine. We can still keep this discussion open until the end of the voting period (voting lasts one week, from Aug 21 2012, 23:00 to Aug 28 23:00 CST).
This is actually a really complicated vote because the proposed change has a number of different options… So, it is my belief that we present it thus (and sort out the counts later). If you have any questions, please let them be known.
Concerning Rule 3.1.4.3 Overtime
Vote Options:
Step 1: First, please select either to change or not to change:
A: No Change – 15 on 15, 10 minute Clock, first team to score a point wins the Match. Rule 3.1.4.3 remains unchanged.
B: Alternative with internal options. The only option that was unopposed was a permanent 10 second shot clock for both teams.
If your team chooses option A, you are done. Submit your vote via the ncdadodgeball@gmail.com email.
If your team chooses option B, please proceed to step 2.
Step 2: Choose Amount of Players: 6 on 6, chosen from any player on the maximum 20 player roster
C: Maximum of 6 on 6, no more than 6 players may be on a side for the point.
D: 6 on 6 to start Overtime, but the remaining 9 players may line up in the Jail and enter play via a Catch.
Step 3: Choose the amount and layout of dodgeballs
E: 7 dodgeballs arranged for an Opening Rush formation of 02320 with balls live on the whistle
F: 7 dodgeballs arranged for an Opening Rush formation of 03130 with balls live on the whistle
Step 4: Choose how to handle the Clock
G: No set time limit, first team to eliminate the other team wins.
H: 10 minute time limit, Rule 3.1.4.3.2 remains as is to decide a victor by count of remaining players.
