Nov 25, 2022
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| Delaware Valley had a lot of success in the first round, but the panel is mixed on the Aggies' chances against Randolph-Macon. Delaware Valley athletics photo by Jack Verdeur |
Playoff Quick Hits is back for Round 2 and just like last week, our panel of experts predict scores and winners for each game this weekend. Who do we think will advance to the national quarterfinals? Where do we think the closest games will be this weekend? Our crew goes game by game below!
Bringing the Quick Hits all throughout this 2022 posteason is Greg Thomas, Pat Coleman, Ryan Tipps, Frank Rossi, Logan Hansen, Riley Zayas, and Around The Nation originator and longtime Division III guru Keith McMillan.
— Greg Thomas
| St. John's bracket | |
| Keith’s take: St. John's 24, Wartburg 17 Ryan’s take: St. John's 31, Wartburg 17 Pat’s take: Wartburg 24, St. John's 22 Frank's take: St. John's 31, Wartburg 20 |
Logan's take: Wartburg 20, St. John's 17 Riley's take: St. John's 33, Wartburg 20 Greg’s take: Wartburg 23, St. John's 22 |
| Consensus: The panel sees the Johnnies being able to score on Wartburg's defense, and home team is favored in a 4-3 decision. | |
| Keith’s take: Aurora 31, Alma 30 Ryan’s take: Aurora 38, Alma 24 Pat’s take: Aurora 45, Alma 31 Frank's take: Aurora 35, Alma 24 |
Logan's take: Aurora 45, Alma 28 Riley's take: Aurora 27, Alma 21 Greg’s take: Aurora 41, Alma 30 |
| Consensus: The panel unanimously picks Aurora to move on to its first-ever quarterfinal. | |
| Mount Union bracket | |
| Keith’s take: Mount Union 41, Utica 17 Ryan’s take: Mount Union 45, Utica 14 Pat’s take: Mount Union 45, Utica 17 Frank's take: Mount Union 45, Utica 21 |
Logan's take: Mount Union 49, Utica 20 Riley's take: Mount Union 35, Utica 14 Greg’s take: Mount Union 49, Utica 12 |
| Consensus: The Purple Raiders should advance comfortably over the visiting Pioneers. | |
| Keith’s take: Randolph-Macon 21, Delaware Valley 20 Ryan’s take: Randolph-Macon 26, Delaware Valley 24 Pat’s take: Delaware Valley 20, Randolph-Macon 16 Frank's take: Delaware Valley 37, Randolph-Macon 20 |
Logan's take: Randolph-Macon 21, Delaware Valley 20 Riley's take: Randolph-Macon 24, Delaware Valley 16 Greg’s take: Randolph-Macon 24, Delaware Valley 18 |
| Consensus: Five out of seven Quick Hits panelits agree- Randolph-Macon advances with a close victory on the road. | |
| North Central bracket | |
| Keith’s take: North Central 42, Carnegie Mellon 7 Ryan’s take: North Central 48, Carnegie Mellon 14 Pat’s take: North Central 48, Carnegie Mellon 13 Frank's take: North Central 30, Carnegie Mellon 14 |
Logan's take: North Central 49, Carnegie Mellon 7 Riley's take: North Central 37, Carnegie Mellon 13 Greg’s take: North Central 56, Carnegie Mellon 7 |
| Consensus: The Cardinals fly through to the round of 8. | |
| Keith’s take: Ithaca 16, Springfield 13 Ryan’s take: Ithaca 28, Springfield 17 Pat’s take: Ithaca 35, Springfield 10 Frank's take: Ithaca 27, Springfield 17 |
Logan's take: Ithaca 42, Springfield 10 Riley's take: Ithaca 21, Springfield 10 Greg’s take: Ithaca 27, Springfield 20 |
| Consensus: A unanimous pick for Ithaca, generally by multiple scores. | |
| Trinity bracket | |
| Keith’s take: UMHB 27, Trinity 20 Ryan’s take: UMHB 31, Trinity 20 Pat’s take: UMHB 21, Trinity 16 Frank's take: Trinity 10, UMHB 7 |
Logan's take: UMHB 27, Trinity 10 Riley's take: UMHB 27, Trinity 23 Greg’s take: UMHB 31, Trinity 21 |
| Consensus: Our panel sees UMHB as champions of the Texas sub-bracket, but it is not unanimous. | |
| Keith’s take: Linfield 30, Bethel 28 Ryan’s take: Bethel 42, Linfield 41 Pat’s take: Linfield 27, Bethel 24 Frank's take: Linfield 31, Bethel 27 |
Logan's take: Linfield 28, Bethel 27 Riley's take: Bethel 33, Linfield 28 Greg’s take: Bethel 30, Linfield 28 |
| Consensus: Linfield takes a 4-3 decision in a high-scoring game settled by less than one score. | |
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