COLUMBUS – RPAC: In The Buckeye Invitational:
BW def Ohio 3-0
Kent def WKU 3-0
Kent def BW 4-2
OSU def WKU 3-0
BW def WKU 3-2 OT
OSU def Kent 2-1
OSU def Ohio 4-0
Kent def Ohio 3-0
Standings as of 2015-11-16
Including matches played at UMD and MSU this weekend… check out where teams have moved. As always, if you have any questions be sure to drop me a line. Continue reading “Standings as of 2015-11-16”
2015 Spartan Invite
Spartan Invite Preview #3
Michigan State hosts its annual Spartan Invite this Sunday in East Lansing, MI. Joining the Spartans are in-state rivals GVSU and CMU as well as BGSU, DePaul, and Kent State. Six rounds of games throughout the day will surely consist of some very competitive games of dodgeball. The games in the main gym will be filmed and commentated on by a journalism class at MSU. They hope to turn the film into an ESPN quality production. I know there will be plenty of quality dodgeball for them to record.
Kevin tackled a game by game preview in his article, while Jacob wrote on a team by team basis. So in this preview I’m going to take a closer look at some individual players for each team.
Spartan Invite Preview #2
For all of you reading this, especially for those of you from Michigan State or Grand Valley I will do my best to be as unbiased as I possibly can, unlike my fellow content writers Colin O’Brien and Kevin Bailey. I don’t think anyone was in the least bit surprised when Kevin chose Grand Valley to beat MSU 2-0 at home or that “it won’t require OT” for GVSU to take down CMU. I don’t expect Colin to be as biased but I still plan on him selecting MSU to go 4-0. While I have just as much faith in CMU to go 4-0, I plan to shake things up. Am I really willing to predict that CMU is going to lose a close one this Sunday after their OT victory over MSU and absolute demolition of SVSU? I mean is anyone really surprised Saginaw is on an entire tier below the other three Michigan teams this year? Well I’m not. But before I let myself get carried away, lets get to my preview. Continue reading “Spartan Invite Preview #2”
2015 Spartan Invite – Gonzalez Exchanges
Check out the potential exchanges according to the Gonzalez Ranking System. Continue reading “2015 Spartan Invite – Gonzalez Exchanges”
Spartan Invite Preview
*This is the first of three previews for the Spartan Invite. Previews from Colin O’Brien and Jacob Leski will be published in the near future.
This Sunday, Michigan State University is set to host the annual Spartan Invite at IM West. Michigan State along with Grand Valley State, Central Michigan, DePaul, Bowling Green State, and Kent State will take part in a big-time tournament.
As we close in on the end of the fall semester, this tournament will likely determine who the top dog in the NCDA is at the halfway point in the season. All eyes will be on the matches that take place between MSU, GVSU, and CMU. Each of these teams has beaten the others at least once so far this fall. The circle of parity at the top of the league is more severe than in years past, but there is still over half a season left. If any of these schools has plans of distancing themselves to become the #1 team in the league, this tournament will certainly be a strong stepping stone in that effort.
Bragging rights will be on the line Sunday when MSU, GVSU, CMU, BGSU, DePaul, and Kent face off in the annual Spartan Invite. Here are my predictions for this weekend’s matches:
2015 Death Valley
SAGINAW – Ryder Center: in the Death Valley Invitational,
SVSU def BGSU 5-0
CMU def Ohio 8-0
MSU def SVSU 4-0
BGSU def Ohio 4-1
SVSU def Ohio 5-0
CMU def MSU 2-1 OT
CMU def SVSU 6-1
MSU def BGSU 1-0
Death Valley Invitational Preview
This Sunday, Saginaw Valley State University will host their first home tournament of the 2015 season when Central Michigan, Michigan State, Bowling Green State, and Ohio make the trip to SVSU’s campus for the Death Valley Invitational (props to whoever chose the name for this event).
The schedule for this tournament is listed below, with a few comments and predictions included by yours truly.
University of Akron’s “Pink Out”
Written by: Adam Pfeifer [Akron]
The University of Akron hosted the first annual Pink Out tournament over the weekend which had 3 teams attend. 3 of the 4 teams had roughly the same skill level, that being Akron OU and BW, and Kent State being the outlier. Baldwin Wallace came into the tournament ranked 14th, Akron ranked 15th, Ohio university ranked 16th and Kent state ranked 6th Continue reading “University of Akron’s “Pink Out””
Standings as of 2015-10-26
Below: As of 2015-10-26 Continue reading “Standings as of 2015-10-26”
Grand Valley Gauntlet Part 3
ALLENDALE – GVSU Fieldhouse, Grand Valley Gauntlet
UK def BGSU 2-1
GVSU def CMU 2-1 OT
CMU def SVSU 2-1
GVSU def MSU 1-0
UK def GV-JV 2-0
MSU def SVSU 2-1 OT
CMU def BGSU 4-1
MSU def BGSU 2-0
GVSU def UK 4-1
SVSU def UK 3-0
BGSU played GV-JV
Pink Out I
AKRON – Rec Center: finals out of the Pink Out and #CampusForTheCure:
Kent def Akron 3-0
BW def Ohio 6-0
Akron def BW 4-1
Kent def Ohio 7-0
Akron def Ohio 4-1
Kent def BW 4-0
Akron def Kent 1-0
BW def Ohio 1-0 Continue reading “Pink Out I”
Grievance Report from Pumpkinfest II
This document acts as a report from the Office of the President that was filed following several complaints from Members regarding a recent NCDA-Sanctioned Event. Continue reading “Grievance Report from Pumpkinfest II”