D-I Women’s #1 Carleton Syzygy continue their undefeated season with another major tournament victory.
March 23, 2026 by Alex Rubin in Preview, Recap
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D-I Women’s
Syz with the Winz
#1 Carleton Syzygy retained their top spot with a tournament win at Northwest Challenge. A gathering of many of the top teams in the country, Syzygy knocked off #6 Washington Element (in the final 15-11), #5 Tufts EWO (in the semifinal 15-12), and most notably #4 British Columbia Thunderbirds (in the quarterfinal 15-14).
Day one was filled with upsets. #8 North Carolina Pleiades took down #3 Stanford Superfly in pool play, and Washington also upset UBC. Unranked Michigan Flywheel took down #11 Victoria Vikes, and Tufts defeated #7 Colorado Quandary, who were seeded above them. Bridget Mizener was on the ground covering the tournament. You can read her Day One recap of all of these upsets here.
The bracket featured more upsets (Tufts over Stanford!, UNC over Colorado!) and several universe point games. There were too many ranked teams in action also playing (#12 Western Washington Chaos, #14 Oregon Fugue, and #20 Vermont Ruckus) to talk about them all. Stay tuned for Mizener’s full recap coming later this week. In the meantime, you can watch 13 filmed games from the tournament in our Video Library.
Around the Division
- D-III Davenport won Spring Skirmish, defeating Michigan State Moose in both pool play and the final, which Davenport won 11-3.
- West Chester was the highest finishing D-I team at Jersey Devil, which was won by D-III Haverford/Bryn Mawr Sneetches.
- Florida FUEL won Centex, taking down #25 California Pie Queens 12-9 in the final. #15 UCLA BLU survived several close games before losing 8-5 to Florida in what must have been a windy semifinal. #19 Southern California Hellions of Troy were upset by unranked Brown Shiver and Texas Melee in pool play, and fell to UCLA in the quarterfinal round.
- Minnesota B was the highest finishing D-I team at the D-III heavy Summit Showdown, finishing 3rd in the round robin with a 2-2 record. D-III Winona State Bad Monaz went undefeated to win.
Looking Ahead
The last weekend of the regular season is here. #9 Pennsylvania Venus is hosting East Coast Invite, which will also feature #21 Notre Dame Echo, #22 Georgetown Huckin’ Foyas, #23 Wisconsin Bella Donna, and several top D-III teams. Ultiworld will have written and video coverage of the event.
Regional action includes Northeast Classic, Needle in a Ho Stack, Old Capitol Open, Corny Classic College, New England Open, Southerns, Moxie Madness, and Towsontown Throwdown.
D-I Men’s
Around the Division
- Virginia Tech Burn beat SUNY-Binghamton Big Bear 12-8 to win the Atlantic Coast Open. Big Bear previously beat Tech in the crossover matchup, but was burned in the final rematch.
- Charleston Palmetto Bums won Jersey Devil, taking down D-III Haverford 11-7 in the final in their closest game of the weekend.
- Boston College Eagles went undefeated to win New England Open, knocking off D-III Colby CDC in the final.
- D-III Butler Big Dog went undefeated to win Butler Spring Fling. Grand Valley State Lakers were the highest finishing D-I team.
- Northern Iowa AmmUNItion went undefeated through pool play, but lost their last game in a rematch to D-III Truman State JujiTSU to claim second at Rockford Meltdown.
Looking Ahead
The last weekend of the regular season is here. The biggest event of the season, Easterns, takes place this week and will feature #1 Colorado Mamabird, #2 Carleton CUT, #3 Oregon Ego, #4 North Carolina Darkside, #6 Cal Poly SLO SLOCORE, #7 Oregon State Beavers, #8 Western Washington DIRT, #9 Pittsburgh En Sabah Nur, #11 Massachusetts Zoodisc, #12 Vermont Chill, #13 Georgia Tech Tribe, #14 Brown Brownian Motion, #15 Texas TUFF, #16 Penn State Spank, #20 Wisconsin Hodags, and #21 North Carolina-Wilmington Seamen. Ultiworld will have written and video coverage of the event.
Regional action includes: East Coast Invite, Northeast Classic, Needle in a Ho Stack, Huck Finn, Old Capitol Open, Corny Classic College, Southerns, Swing by Swing, Ocean State Invite, and Huckfest.
D-III Women’s
Around the Division
- #3 Haverford/Bryn Mawr Sneetches won Jersey Devil with an undefeated weekend. The Sneetches beat #17 Williams Nova 12-5 in the final.
- #6 Davenport Panthers won Spring Skirmish, taking down D-I Michigan State Moose 11-3 in a dominant final after an undefeated pool play. The Panthers only allowed six goals on the weekend.
- #19 Rice Torque upset #12 Colorado College Zenith 15-6 in the ninth place semifinal of Centex, before losing to D-I Colorado State in the ninals final. #25 Trinity Altitude lost to Rice 11-5 in the ninth place quarterfinals before finishing 16th.
- #15 Winona State Bad Monaz went undefeated to win Summit Showdown. Across four games, they only gave up eight points! St. Thomas Lavender Haze were second, losing only to Winona State.
Looking Ahead
The last weekend of the regular season is here. #1 Wesleyan Vicious Circles, #2 Middlebury Pranksters, #3 Haverford/Bryn Mawr Sneetches, #4 Carleton Eclipse, #10 Kenyon Blu-Ray, #11 Mount Holyoke Daisy Chain, #14 Wellesley Whiptails, and #18 Williams Nova will all be competing in a stacked East Coast Invite.
Farther north, #8 Rochester EZ Women and #21 Amherst Sparkle Motion are the ranked teams at Northeast Classic. Regional events include Needle in a Ho-Stack (Cedarville Queen Bee, St. Olaf Vortex, Oberlin Preying Manti), Old Capitol Open (Macalester), Corny Classic College, and Moxie Madness (Union Jillz).
D-III Men’s
Around the Division
- #5 Carleton CHOP lost to Virginia Tech in the semifinal of the Atlantic Coast Open, but recovered to finish third at the D-I event. CHOP’s only other loss came by one #13 Richmond Spidermonkeys in pool play. Richmond couldn’t ride the upset too far, as tie breakers had them finishing last in their pool. But the Spidermonkeys ran through the consolation bracket to finish ninth, beating Davidson DUFF along the way.
- Colby CDC made the final of New England Open, but lost to D-I Boston College 11-4 to finish second. Stonehill also lost to BC, this time in semis, to finish tied for third.
- Haverford Big Donkey made the final at Jersey Devil, but lost to Charleston once there. Swarthmore Earthworms lost in the quarterfinals but bounced back in consolation to finish fifth.
- Butler Big Dog went undefeated to win Butler Spring Fling.
- Truman State JujiTSU recovered from a loss to D-I Northern Iowa during pool play to beat them in a rematch and claim a tournament win at Rockford Meltdown. Winona State Experience (3-3), St. Thomas Purple Reign (3-2), and North Park Vikings (0-4) finished lower in the table.
Looking Ahead
The last weekend of the regular season is here. Easterns is shaping up to be a marquee event at the close of the season. #1 Middlebury Pranksters, #2 Elon Big Fat Bomb, #13 Richmond Spidermonkeys, #14 North Carolina-Asheville Mudpuppy, #15 Williams WUFO, #16 Claremont Braineaters, #18 Berry Bucks, #20 Wesleyan Nietzsch Factor, #23 Brandeis TRON, and #25 Oberlin Flying Horsecows will all be in attendance.
#6 St. Olaf Berzerkers and #9 Macalester Flat Earth are playing in Huck Finn. Regional events include Northeast Classic, Old Capitol Open, Needle in a Ho-Stack, Corny Classic College, Southerns, .
