Despite what the weather outside may suggest, we are starting to creep deeper and deeper into Fall, and thus deeper and deeper into the NCDA season. There are 3 big tournaments happening this weekend, Kent State’s Summer Street Slugfest, CMU’s Dodgetoberfest, and JMU’s Pumpkin Smash. Each tournament will have big implications in their respective regions, and try to provide a clearer image of the overall power structure in each region.
The Pumpkin Smash will be particularly interesting to see this year though. Traditionally, JMU has been seen as the untouchable power atop the East Coast region since their arrival into the league. However, during the Spring Semester of last season, Towson was finally able to top JMU during their home tournament 3-1. At the end of the year, JMU still finished as the highest ranked team in the East Coast, but it begs the question, are we going to see a change in power this season? Perhaps only time will tell, whether it is this weekend or even further into the future. One thing is for certain though, there will be some heavily heated and highly competitive dodgeball across the country this weekend.
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