College Update 2026: First Bids to Nationals Decided

Conferences kicked off this past weekend, with a bevvy of D-III regions crowning their Nationals representatives

April 13, 2026 by Theo Wan in Preview, Recap

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D-I Women’s

Atlantic Coast

• #5 North Carolina Pleiades captured the Carolina Conference Championship with a 15-6 win in the final over South Carolina Scorch Ultimate. Semifinalists UNC Wilmington and Clemson will be joined at Regionals by NC State, Appalachian State, and Charleston, who all finished 2-0 in the fifth-ninth place pool on Sunday.
• Virginia Hydra doubled up William & Mary Cypress 12-6 in the final of the Virginia Conference championship. Liberty Flames and Virginia Tech Burnettes finished third and fourth to qualify for Regionals along with the James Madison Bitchmonkeys, who earned the final bid in the Conference with a 14-4 victory over George Mason Extinction in the game-to-go.

Great Lakes

• #23 Notre Dame Echo came out victorious 13-10 over #20 Michigan Flywheel in the final to win the Eastern Great Lakes Conference for the second straight year. Michigan State Moose, Purdue Xpress, Indiana Calamity Jane, Michigan B, and Grand Valley Lakers all advanced to Regionals, with the Lakers securing a spot with a 15-4 victory over Notre Dame B Thunder in the game-to-go.
• Illinois Menace bested Northwestern Claw 8-5 in the championship game to win the Illinois Conference. Chicago Supernova, Loyola-Chicago Sirens, and Illinois B Mamba also secured Regionals spots by topping the crossover pool on Sunday. Mamba beat Northwestern B Blaw 12-5 to take the last spot.

Metro East

• NYU Purple Reign captured the Eastern Metro East Conference title with an 11-7 victory over Columbia Chimera in the championship game. Also advancing were Connecticut, Rutgers Nightshade, Yale Ramona, SUNY-Stony Brook Smash and Columbia B Baewatch, who bageled Rowan RUF Rosies 14-0 in the game-to-go.
• In an all-Canadian final, Toronto Torontula, the no. 7 seed in the tournament, defeated the Ottawa Gee-Gees 15-7 to capture the Western NY Conference crown. Cornell Wild Roses, SUNY-Buffalo the Lorax, RIT Yams, and SUNY-Binghamton Big Bear also qualified for Regionals. The final spot went to Syracuse Fox Force Seven, as they beat the Cornell B Thorny Roses 15-7.

New England

• #18 Vermont Ruckus won the Greater New England Conference Championship with a 39-10 score differential and a 12-3 victory over McGill MUT in the final. UMass Zoola and Brown Shiver also advanced. In the fifth-seventh-place games, Rhode Island Disky Business outscored their opponents 27-5 in the two victories to earn the last spot to Regionals.

North Central

• #21 Wisconsin Bella Donna and Marquette Moxie tied for first at the Lake Superior Conference Championship as their matchup was cancelled prior to completing half. All teams advanced to Regionals: Wisconsin-Milwaukee BlackCat, Wisconsin-La Crosse Galaxy and Wisconsin B Atropa.
• #1 Carleton Syzygy gave up three points total over four round robin games to claim the Western North Central Conference Championship. All of the teams present advanced to Regionals: Minnesota, Iowa Saucy Nancy, Iowa State Woman Scorned, and Minnesota B.

Northwest

• All four teams in the Big Sky Conference advanced to Regionals, with BYU CHI defeating Utah Spiral Jetty 11-10 to finish the round robin undefeated. Montana PillowFight and Montana State Cold Smoke also earned spots to the next round of the Series.
• Cascadia was the most competitive Conference Championship, featuring five Ultiworld Top 25 teams. The #4 UBC Thunderbirds placed first with a 15-12 win over #3 Washington Element in the final. Joining those two teams at Regionals are #13 Victoria Vikes, #12 Oregon Fugue, #11 Western Washington Chaos, UBC B Thunderwolves, Oregon State Dinos, and Simon Fraser Red Leafs, as all the teams at the tournament qualified.

Ohio Valley

• Every team competing at the Ohio Conference advanced to Regionals. Ohio State Fever took home the championship with a 13-3 victory in the final over the Ohio Stacked Cats. Case Western Reserve Fighting Gobies, Cincinnati Toxic, Dayton Kraken, and Miami (Ohio) FrisBaes also qualified.
• #9 Pennsylvania Venus defeated Penn State Crisis 15-3 in convincing fashion to capture the Pennsylvania Conference Championship. All of the other teams present also advanced: Pittsburgh Danger, who placed second with a win over Penn State, Carnegie Mellon Money Mellons, West Chester, and Temple TUF.

Southeast

• #24 Florida Fuel cruised to a Florida Conference Championship with an 11-4 win over the Central Florida Sirens in the final, finishing with an overall point differential of 54-12. Joining those two teams at Regionals will be Miami (Florida) Southern Tropical Depressions, Florida B Diesel, and Florida State Seminole Ladies, who beat the South Florida Scallywenches 11-5 in the game-to-go.
• LSU Women’s Ultimate defeated Vanderbilt Surge 12-9 in the final to take home the Gulf Coast Conference Championship. Tulane Muses, Jacksonville State Fuego and Mississippi State Night Mare all qualified after they finished up pool play on Sunday.
• #25 Georgia Athena finished first in the Southern Appalachian Conference after a 15-7 victory over Georgia Tech Wreck in the championship contest. Also advancing are Tennessee Big Orange Screw, Emory Luna, Georgia B Medusa, and the Georgia Southern Sirens, who won in convincing fashion 15-2 over Tennessee-Chattanooga Moxie in what was effectively the game-to-go.

South Central

• Every team at the Ozarks Conference Championship qualified for Regionals, with Kansas Betty winning the final 10-8 over Arkansas SoCo. Joining those two teams will be WashU Iron Horse, Saint Louis Anarchy, Missouri State Bearly Lethal, Missouri Terror Mizzou and WashU B Locamotive.
• #8 Colorado Quandary won both of their games, including a 15-8 win over Colorado State Hell’s Belles in the final to win the Rocky Mountain Conference Championship. Joining the two teams at Regionals will be Denver Hype, who bested Colorado B Petra in the second-place semis 15-6.
• Texas Melee went undefeated in pool play with a 4-0 record, giving up four points total to take home the Texas Conference Championship. The teams listed as qualifying are Texas-Dallas Whiplash, Texas State Trainwreck, and Texas B Mayhem.

Southwest

• Arizona State Caliente upset Grand Canyon FalLopes to deliver a 2-0 round robin performance to win the Desert Conference Championship. Both advance to Southwest Regionals.
• All five teams qualified for Regionals at the NorCal Conference Championship. #7 Stanford Superfly picked up a close 14-13 victory in the final over #2 UC Cruz Sol. #14 UC Davis Rogue, Cal Pie Queens, and Nevada-Reno Black Ice also advanced.
• #15 Cal Poly SLO SLO Motion finished first in the SoCal Conference, upsetting top seed #10 UC San Diego Dragon Coalition in semifinals and defeating #17 UCLA BLU 15-6 in the championship game. Along with those teams, the other participants all advanced to Regionals: UC Santa Barbara Burning Skirts, Southern California Hellions of Troy, UC Irvine Grass Ninjas, and San Diego State Gnomes.

Looking Ahead

The Colonial and Metro Boston Conference Championships are set for next weekend, followed by the first five Regionals the weekend of April 25-26.

D-I Men’s

Atlantic Coast

• #4 North Carolina Darkside defeated #12 UNC Wilmington Seamen 15-8 in the final of the Carolina Conference. The other teams advancing to Regionals are: NC State, NC Charlotte, East Carolina Irates and the Appalachian State Nomads, who bested Duke Brimstone 15-8 in the game-to-go.
• In a thrilling final, Virginia Night Train edged Virginia Tech Burn 14-13 to win the Virginia Conference Championship. William & Mary Merry Men, James Madison Hellfish, and the George Mason Meteors finished with the three best records after Sunday’s pool completion round to advance to Regionals. George Mason beat the Liberty Flames 15-9 to take the last bid to Regionals.

Southern Atlantic Coast Dev Men’s Conferences

This recap was submitted by UNC BatCH’s Neal Parekh

Southern Atlantic Coast Dev Conferences was meant to decide the five of seven teams that would advance to Atlantic Coast Dev Regionals. But more than that, attention was focused on the single strength bid for D-I Regionals awarded to the conference, thanks to UNC BatCH’s 16th-place finish in the Atlantic Coast region off the back of a Commonwealth Cup tournament win in February and holding seed at Needle in a Ho Stack in late March. Despite being the no.1 seed at this tournament, North Carolina B BatCH topped the harder pool, staring down matchups with James Madison B Smellfish and Virginia Tech B Second Degree.

The first round saw BatCH take on JMU B in a 15-6 game that was never close. UNC B took half 8-2 and coasted to the end, with the BatCH O-line never getting broken while the D-line picked up nine breaks. D-liners Caleb Promislow racked up four assists and a goal to go along with Centurian Tzendzalian’s two goals and an assist, while Michael Hopfinger paced the offense with four goals. Parker Hanson, Dylan Edwards, and Micah Dubnoff all picked up two blocks, but the play of the game belonged to Owen Evans, who skied a JMU B defender partway through the first half. The D-line poured on the pressure all tournament, scoring 22 breaks on the weekend.

BatCH was in a dogfight early with Virginia Tech B, with Second Degree taking the only lead BatCH would concede the entire tournament by breaking BatCH in a first half to make the score 5-4. BatCH broke back twice as handler Neal Parekh had the hot hand, connecting on multiple hucks including a cross-field shot to cutter Andrew Carneiro for an early break. But the O-line conceded another break, sending the game to half on serve at 8-7, BatCH ahead. Second Degree, playing their first game of the day in 80 degree heat to BatCH’s second, seemed to have the advantage.

But BatCH’s D-line punched in five breaks to spur a 7-2 run, ending the game 15-9 and sending UNC B to the game-to-go to D-I Regionals. Promislow continued a heater of a tournament with five more assists to accompany four blocks, while O-line cutters Michael Hopfinger and Hanson ensured the offense held the whole second half with two blocks and multiple goals each. Nate Scofield quarterbacked the offense, scoring the game-winner for his fourth point of the match.

The final was a 1v2 classic, pitting NC State B Six Pack against BatCH in a rematch of last year’s Dev Conference universe final. But this time BatCH emerged on top, taking a two-break lead at half and tacking on another three in the second for a 15-10 victory.

BatCH were well aware this was going to be a tough matchup, and they rose to the occasion, with handlers Scofield, Gavin Blurr, and Oliver Spiller working calmly through Six Pack’s zone, and cutters Hopfinger, Evans, Dax Welborn, and Hanson finding space downfield to hold cleanly. The D-line broke NC State B early and often, with three breaks in each half.

Through this, BatCH became the first B team in seven years to make Atlantic Coast Regionals. The last time this happened was BatCH in 2019, which, before this past weekend, was the only time any B team had made Atlantic Coast Regionals.

Championship Superlatives

• Caleb Promislow put up another masterclass with a line of 4G/1A and had an excellent juggling catch
• Handler Neal Parekh was involved in scoring all of BatCH’s first-half breaks and went 3/4 on hucking across the game (9/12 across all three games) with a statline of 2G/1A
• Defender Dylan Edwards locked down the best matchup on Six Pack all game long, and had a diving catch block on the first point of the game
• Matthew Bain posted a statline of 1G/2B. Both blocks created a short field for easy BatCH conversions, with one being a poach block which allowed BatCH to take half 8-5.
• Parker Hanson had a great game as always with an assist, two goals, and a layout handblock that stopped a free huck attempt from Six Pack late in the game
• Freshman Oliver Spiller had three assists
• Dax Welborn and Nate Scofield had three total scores each, with the last being the tournament winner

Great Lakes

• Notre Dame Papal Rage defeated Purdue Undue Ultimate 12-9 in the final to capture the East Plains Conference title. Indiana HoosierMama?s and Kentucky KULT also advanced to Regionals, while Louisville LUCKY captured the final spot with a 13-6 victory over the Ball State Wizardz.
• Illinois Rise earned a narrow 12-10 victory over Chicago Fission to take home the Illinois Conference Championship. Northwestern Lake Effect took third, while Southern Illinois-Edwardsville SIEGE beat the Illinois State Gnomes 12-5 to take the last bid to Regionals.
• #16 Michigan MagnUM was victorious 15-10 over in-state rivals Michigan State ARC to win the Michigan Conference Championship. The Grand Valley Lakers also advanced to Regionals with a 15-8 win in the game-to-go over the Central Michigan Chippewas.

Metro East

• Yale Superfly bested the Connecticut UConn Huskies 11-7 in the final of the Hudson Valley Conference Championship. Joining those two teams at Regionals will be SUNY-Albany SCAM, as they were victorious over Southern Connecticut State Owls Ultimate 15-6 in the game-to-go.
• A two-point victory for Princeton Clockwork over Rutgers Machine decided the final of the Metro NY Conference. Joining them in the next round of the Series will be Columbia Uptown Local, NYU, Rowan Ruf Riders, and the Hofstra Flying Dutchmen, who defeated SUNY-Stony Brook Panic 13-6 in the game-to-go.
• The Ottawa Gee-Gees beat SUNY-Binghamton Big Bear 15-11 in the championship contest to capture the Western NY Conference. Other teams advancing include Syracuse Doom, who took the second spot over SUNY-Binghamton 15-8, Cornell Buds, and SUNY-Buffalo Green Eggs and Ham. The RIT Spudheds earned an 11-8 victory over Toronto TULA in the game-to-go to take the last spot to Regionals.

Metro East Dev Men’s Conferences

This recap was submitted by Killian Hannigan

In one of the most competitive dev sectionals the Metro East has seen in years, no.3 seed SUNY-Buffalo B Grinch upset no.1 seed Connecticut B Grind in the Metro East Dev Conference final 11-10 after a 25 minute universe point. The win marks the first time in nine years that Grinch have made Regionals, and came four years after UConn beat them 13-0 at Grinch’s first Conferences since COVID. The universe point came after UConn clawed their way from a 10-7 deficit to force double game point.

The final point was spectated by well over 100 individuals from teams across the Metro East. The final assist was thrown by Carter “Doors” LaFond, a four-year Grinch veteran and captain, and was caught by Andrew Zhao, a rookie who has found his place on the team’s universe line.

UConn beat SUNY-Binghamton B 9-8 on universe in the semifinals to reach the championship, while Grinch beat Cornell B Shake 8-6 after peeling away two breaks to take a strong lead in a hold-filled game. SUNY-Buffalo’s Nicolas “Tree” Angulo-Stevenson was by far the standout player in the entire dev section, while the Grinch’s coach, Aaron Rapp, picked up a coachless team and within two years brought them to a conferences victory.

New England

• #8 UMass Zoodisc claimed a 15-10 win over #17 Vermont Chill in the final to win the Greater New England Conference Championship. #10 Brown Brownian Motion defeated Vermont by one to finish second, while Dartmouth Pain Train and McGill MUT also advanced. The game-to-go was a tight battle, as Rhode Island RIUT won 12-11 against Maine Snositi.
• Tufts E-Men won by four over the Northeastern Huskies to take home the Metro Boston Conference title. Finishing off the third-seventh pool play round, the other teams to advance were Boston College Eagles, MIT Grim Beaver, Harvard Red Line, and Boston University.

North Central

• #21 Wisconsin Hodags placed first at the Lake Superior Conference Championship by going 4-0. The other teams participated in a bracket, including a game-to-go, with Wisconsin-Milwaukee Black Cat, Marquette Birdhouse, and Wisconsin-La Crosse BadLUC all advancing. The latter defeated Wisconsin-Whitewater Sub*Par convincingly 13-2.
• #2 Carleton CUT claimed a 15-6 victory over #25 Minnesota Men’s Ultimate Team in the final of the Western North Central Conference. With teams from the West Plains Conference competing in this Conference Championship this season, Iowa State ISUC, Nebraska Cornfed Ultimate, Northern Iowa AmmUNItion, and Iowa IHUC secured their Regionals sports after completing pool play on Sunday.

Northwest

• #22 Utah Zion Curtain was upset by unranked Utah Valley 12-11 in the first-place game at the Big Sky Conference Championship. Also advancing were Utah State Scotsmen, Montana State Rum Runners, and Montana Smokejump, who beat Idaho Graffiti in the game-to-go.
• #3 Oregon Ego beat in-state rivals #7 Oregon State Beavers in the final 14-12 to claim the Cascadia Conference Championship. Joining those two teams at Regionals will be the #11 Victoria Vikes, #20 UBC Thunderbirds, #24 Washington Sundodgers, #18 Western Washington DIRT, and UBC B B-Birds, who beat fellow Canadians, the Simon Fraser Red Leafs, 11-10 in the seventh-place game-to-go.

Ohio Valley

• Temple Alert bested West Chester 12-8 in the East Penn Conference championship matchup. All other teams there also qualified for Regionals: Drexel Spitfire, Pennsylvania Void, Lehigh, and Villanova Main Line Ultimate.
• Ohio State Leadbelly defeated the Cincinnati Bearcats 14-8 in the final to capture the Ohio Conference Championship. Joining them at Regionals will be Case Western Reserve Fighting Gobies, Ohio Trout, and the Akron GoonSquad, who beat Miami (Ohio) Boogiemen 13-8 in the game-to-go.
• #14 Pittsburgh En Sabah Nur finished an undefeated 3-0 round robin performance, including a narrow 13-12 victory over #9 Penn State Spank to place first in the West Penn Conference Championship. The other two teams present, Carnegie Mellon Mr. Yuk and West Virginia Wild, will also be heading to Regionals.

Southeast

• Florida Ultimate claimed a 13-10 victory over Florida State DUF to win the Florida Conference. The third bid to Regionals went to UMiami Vice, who beat the South Florida Scallywags in the game-to-go by a score of 15-7.
• Tulane Tucks took home the Gulf Coast Conference Championship with a 12-8 win over the Alabama-Huntsville Nightmares. Joining those two teams at Regionals will be Alabama Yellow Hammer, Auburn Aetos, and Mississippi State Dark Horse, who defeated LSU Purple Haze in the game-to-go 11-8.
• #15 Georgia Tech Tribe broke Georgia Jojah’s 10+year streak of Southern Appalachian Conference titles, beating Georgia in the championship play-in and securing the crown with a 15-8 victory over Tennessee Prohibition in the final. Joining them and the aforementioned Jojah at Regionals are Emory Juice, Georgia State Underground, UT-Chattanooga Swamp Donkeys, Georgia Southern Eagles, and Georgia Tech B Tribe, who turned a 15-8 loss earlier in the day to Kennesaw State Parliament into a 10-8 win in the eighth-place game for the last bid.

South Central

• Baylor Stonewall finished first after a 14-7 victory over UT-Dallas Woof in the final of the North Texas Conference. North Texas UNT defeated Texas Tech Tumbleweed 15-6 in the game-to-go to Regionals.
• Washington University Contra beat the Kansas Horrorzontals 15-8 in the championship encounter at the Ozarks Conference Championship. Joining the two teams at Regionals will be Arkansas Ludicrous Speed, Missouri, and Oklahoma State Ultimato, who were seeded last but placed fifth with a 14-9 win over the Kansas State Wizards.
• #1 Colorado Mamabird were dominant at the Rocky Mountain Conference Championship, capping the weekend with a 15-5 victory over Colorado State Hibida in the final. Colorado B CUCU advanced, and Denver Sourdough got past Colorado State B Bibida 12-8 in the game-to-go.
• #13 Texas TUFF went 4-0 in pool play to capture the South Texas Conference title. Texas A&M Dozen and Texas-San Antonio Siesta also advanced, while Texas State Buckets earned the last spot to Regionals with a 13-7 win over Texas B Graze.

Southwest

• The Grand Canyon Lopes won the Desert Conference Championship with a close 11-10 win over Arizona State Prime in the final, avenging their previous loss in pool play. Arizona State rebounded with a 15-6 win over Northern Arizona El Ponderoso in the second-place game to earn a spot to Regionals.
• The #5 UC Santa Cruz Slugs squeaked by #23 Cal Ursa Major with a 12-10 victory to claim the NorCal Conference Championship. The two teams are joined by Stanford Bloodthirsty and Chico State, who upset the San Jose State Spartans 14-10 in the game-to-go.

Looking Ahead

The SoCal and Colonial Conference Championships this coming weekend mark the final tournaments of this round of the Series. Bids to Nationals will be handed out the following two weekends at Regionals.

D-III Women’s

Nationals Qualifiers

• Richmond Redhots defeated Davidson People’s DUFF 10-6 to claim the lone Nationals bid from the Atlantic Coast. This was the third straight Conference Championship in which Richmond has defeated Davidson in the final to advance to the D-III Championships.
• #3 Carleton Eclipse finished first in the North Central Conference with a 15-6 victory over the #9 Macalester Pursesnatchers 15-6 in the final. Both teams qualified for Nationals by virtue of being in the final. Carleton was dominant on their way to their first Conference title since 2023, posting a 78-19 score differential highlighted by a 13-5 blowout victory over St. Olaf in a first-place semifinal. The game-to-go was a close battle as #5 St. Olaf Vortex defeated #16 Winona State Bad Monaz 11-9.
• #7 Whitman Sweets delivered a commanding 15-4 win over #17 Lewis and Clark Artemis in the final of the Northwest Conference Championship to take the first bid to Nationals. Lewis & Clark will return to Nationals after stealing a bid with a narrow 14-12 win over Portland UPRoar in the game-to-go, having also defeated them 13-9 in pool play earlier in the tournament. Notably, this marks the second consecutive season that Portland, the 2024 D-III women’s champions, has not made Nationals and has lost in the game-to-go to Lewis & Clark.
• #12 Rice Torque took home the South Central Conference Championship title with a 13-8 victory over #13 Colorado College Zenith to capture the first bid to Nationals. Colorado College won their next matchup in the second-place game 11-5 over #24 Trinity Altitude to grab the second and final spot to the D-III College Championships. These bracket results echoed earlier pool play results between these three teams.
• After moving to D-III thanks to USA Ultimate’s updated enrollment rules for the division, #19 Santa Clara RAGE went 2-0 in round robin play to earn the Southwest Conference’s lone Nationals bid. It was heartbreak for Occidental WAC, who lost both of their round-robin matches by a single point.

Conference Results

Metro East

• #4 Wesleyan Vicious Circles finished 4-0 in round robin play, conceding just six goals in four games to capture the Eastern Metro East Conference title. All teams that played at this tournament also qualified for Regionals: Skidmore Waffles, Rensselaer Polytech Strut, Vassar Boxing Nuns, and Connecticut College Amaltheia.
• #10 Rochester EZ Women went undefeated in four round robin games to place first at the Western NY Conference Championship. The rest of the field — Hamilton Hot Saucers, Ithaca Kweezy, SUNY-Geneseo Escargot, and Colgate The Vibe — all qualified for Regionals.

New England

• #8 Wellesley Whiptails swept through Metro Boston Conference Championship, holding Brandeis Banshee and Stonehill to just two goals each. All three teams automatically qualified for Regionals.
• The #2 Middlebury Pranksters claimed the North New England Conference Championship crown with a 4-0 showing in round robin play. Starting as the bottom seed, Bowdoin Chaos Theory rose to second place with wins over Dartmouth Daybreak, Bates Cold Front, and Colby CDC and gave Middlebury their closest game. All five team will be at New England Regionals.
• Amherst Sparkle Motion upset #11 Mount Holyoke Daisy Chain and #20 Williams Nova in back-to-back games to kickoff a 4-0 round robin performance and place first at the South New England Conference Championship. Smith Luna Disc and Clark Joan of Clark join those three in advancing to Regionals, as all teams in the Conference qualified for Regionals.

Ohio Valley

• #14 Kenyon Blu-Ray finished 3-0 to capture the Ohio Conference title despite a one-point scare from #25 Cedarville Queen Bee. #18 Oberlin Preying Manti and Xavier Ignition also advanced to Regionals.
• #1 Haverford/Bryn Mawr Sneetches took home the Pennsylvania Conference Championship with a 10-3 win over Scranton Electric City. All teams at the tournament advanced to Regionals, including Lehigh Gravity, Messiah Falcons, Swarthmore Warmothers, and Dickinson Dumptrucks. Scranton and Lehigh played each other in the final game of pool play on Sunday morning and immediately met again in the semifinals, with Scranton getting revenge and winning the second game 9-8 to get to the final.

Looking Ahead

The Great Lakes Conference Championship is set for next weekend, with one bid to Nationals on the line. Regional tournaments for the remaining undecided Nationals bids are scheduled for April 25-26.

 

D-III Men’s

Nationals Qualifiers

• #7 Elon Big Fat Bomb bested the #17 Richmond Spidermonkeys 15-10 to win the Atlantic Coast Conference. Richmond had qualified for the last three Nationals, appearing in semifinals in both 2023 and 2024, but failed to earn the region another bid this year. The two semifinals were also tight battles as Davidson DUFF fell by just three to Elon, while UNC Asheville Mudpuppy dropped a close 15-13 decision to Richmond.
• #2 Lewis & Clark Bacchus, the defending national champions, avoided the champion’s curse¹ by defeating the #12 Whitman Sweets 13-12 in the final of the Northwest Conference Championship to grab the first bid to Nationals. The #12 Whitman Sweets got by #21 Portland Uprise 15-11 in the game-to-go to claim the second spot.
• The Southwest Conference Championship went to the #6 Claremont Braineaters for the third straight season as they defeated #16 Santa Clara SCAB 15-6 in the final. Santa Clara was considered a potential spoiler to Claremont’s streak after switching to D-III this year with USA Ultimate’s updated 10,000 student enrollment cap. Occidental Detox had beaten Santa Clara 14-12 in pool play but saw their Nationals dreams dashed when they fell to in the semifinal rematch 15-10.

Conference Results

Great Lakes

• Davenport Panthers finished first at the Eastern Great Lakes Conference Championships with a dominant 13-1 final win over Asbury Ultimate and will now follow the D-I pathway to compete at D-I Great Lakes Regionals. Joining Asbury at D-III Regionals will be Butler Big Dog, Hillsdale Chargers, Grace Lancer, and Calvin Knights, the latter two of whom went through Valparaiso Vult, Rose-Hulman Elephantitis, and Kalamazoo Ultimate Buzz to top Sunday’s Advancement Pool.

Metro East

• Stevens Tech won the three-game series 2-1 over the College of New Jersey Revolution to take home the Metro NY Conference Championship. Both teams will advance to Regionals.
• #25 Ithaca Nawshus Ultimate defeated SUNY-Cortland Team Rocket 15-5 to place first in the Western NY Conference. Also qualifying for Regionals will be Hamilton Hot Saucers and the top seed Rochester Piggies, who rebounded after going 0-2 in pool play to defeat SUNY-Geneseo Snail 12-8 in the game-to-go.

New England

• #22 Brandeis Tron defeated Stonehill College Men’s Ultimate 14-10 in the championship game of the Metro Boston Conference. Stonehill unfortunately did the “lose-lose see ya,” as they fell to Wentworth Concrete Jungle in the game-to-go 13-10. Stonehill had previously defeated Wentworth in the semifinal 14-7, but were unable to repeat that performance in the final game of the day.
• The #1 Middlebury Pranksters took the North New England Conference Championship with a 15-11 win over #14 Bowdoin Clown in the final. They will be joined at Regionals by Colby CDC, Bates Orange Whip, and Dartmouth B Discomfort Trolley, who upset the Middlebury B Branksters 11-10 in the game-to-go.
• #11 Williams WUFO held every opponent to five or fewer goals en route to a South New England Conference title. Williams beat Bryant Craze 15-4 in the final, and those two teams will be joined by Roger Williams, Amherst Army of Darkness, and the Western New England Golden Bears, who defeated Providence PC Ulty 15-5 in the game-to-go.

North Central

• The Lake Superior Conference Championship went perfectly to seed, with Wisconsin-Eau Claire EauZone winning over Michigan Tech DiscoTech in the final. Also qualifying was Wisconsin-Platteville Udderburn, who beat Wisconsin-Stevens Point Homegrown 13-6 in the game-to-go.
• #4 Carleton CHOP claimed the Western North Central Conference Championship after a 15-6 win in the final over the #5 St. Olaf Bezerkers. Joining those two teams at Regionals are #9 Macalester Flat Earth, Minnesota-Duluth Northern Lights, Winona State Experience, Grinnell Grinnellephants, and the Carleton C Karls, who earned a spot to Regionals with a 14-8 win in the seventh-place game-to-go over Luther LUFDA.

Ohio Valley

• Matching the D-III women’s conference, Haverford Big Donkey Ultimate won the East Penn Conference Championship in the final over Scranton Electric City, 11-8. Swarthmore Earthworms finished third, securing the last Regionals bid with a one-point win over Lehigh B.
• #10 Franciscan Fatal held their top seed with a 10-7 victory over #20 Kenyon SERF in the final to take home the Ohio Conference Championship. Both teams advanced to Regionals alongside the #19 Oberlin Flying Horsecows, Cedarville Swarm and Xavier B.L.O.B., who narrowly beat Wright State Airstrike 15-13 in the game-to-go.
• Grove City Doomsday avenged their pool play loss to the Messiah Falcons by defeating them in the final on universe 13-12 to capture the West Penn Conference title. The second spot did not go to Messiah, as they fell in consecutive games, dropping a 12-10 decision to the Dickinson Dumptrucks in the game-to-go.

South Central

• The #3 Oklahoma Christian Eagles claimed a commanding 15-4 win over #24 Truman State JujiTSU in the Ozarks Conference final. Harding Apocalypse and Missouri S&T Miner Threat also qualified for Regionals, as the latter defeated John Brown Ironfist 13-5 in the fourth-place game.
• #13 Colorado College Wasabi delivered a 3-0 showing in round robin play to win the Rocky Mountain Conference Championship. Their closest game was a 13-8 win over #18 Colorado Mines Entropy. Joining both of those teams at Regionals will be Air Force Afterburn and Colorado Mesa Mavericks.
• Rice Cloud 9 captured the Texas Conference Championship in a thrilling 12-11 win over Trinity Turbulence in the last round of play. Trinity’s opening 15-9 victory over Dallas Vortex decided the second bid to Regionals.

Looking Ahead

The Hudson Valley and Illinois Conference Championship are scheduled for next weekend. Regional Championships are set for April 25-26 and May 2-3.

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1. Since 2023, the defending national champions (Oklahoma Christian, Colorado College, St. Olaf) have failed to qualify the next year. ↩