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Women Playoff and Major Games Loom This Weekend

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Women Playoff and Major Games Loom This Weekend

Dartmouth will play a hard-hitting Quinnipiac team this week. Photo Doug Austin Dartmouth Athletics.

We've seen some bracket changes and what seems to be some teams some teams a bit out of place, but we do have some women's collegiate playoffs going on.

CRAA / ACRA Women D2 Playoff Bracket FInalized

NIRA

It's a straight set of semifinals. Army takes on Harvard in a rematch of a regular-season game that Army won by a hair's breadth. Hosting the game this time, Harvard will certainly want some payback and has the capability, and they learned a harsh lesson about closing out a close game. Dartmouth does indeed seem to be the favorite this year, but they cannot be complacent against a tough Quinnipiac side.

AIC plays Queens in a rematch of the 2021 DII semi where AIC upset the Royals and went on to upset West Chester to win it all. Since their close loss to Davenport in Buffalo AIC has been on an impressive run ... of course so has Queens, capping their season off with a 19-12 over Navy. It's a tossup. In the other DII semi Davenport plays West Chester. In October Davenport beat AIC 22-19, and later on AIC beat West Chester by 49—so yes Davenport, 6-0 and an average scoreline of 62-10, is favored.

In DIII Bowdoin remains the favorite despite a recent loss to non-NIRA team Vassar (an annual matchup that benefits both teams). They also beat New England, which beat Norwich handily two weeks ago and will face them again this week.

D1 Elite

After all the testing games, we've got one more with Life hosting Lindenwood. The semis kick off in a week.

CRAA Playoffs

We talk more about those here:

CRAA / ACRA Women D2 Playoff Bracket FInalized

Women D2 ACRAA/CRAA Playoff Bracket Clearing

CRAA Women Playoffs Offer Intriguing Matchup and Some Surprises

NCR

Kent State plays Clemson for a ticket to the dance.

Check back for scores:

11/11/2022 Navy 12-3 Air Force CRAA D1 QF
11/12/2022 Quinnipiac 14-47 Dartmouth NIRA DI SF KO 1PM Watch Live
11/12/2022 Army 24-41 Harvard NIRA DI SF KO Noon Watch Live
11/12/2022 Norwich 27-75 UNE NIRA DIII SF KO 3PM Watch Live
11/12/2022 AIC 22-12 Queens NIRA DII SF KO 10AM Watch Live
11/12/2022 Castleton 8-57 Bowdoin NIRA DIII SF KO 2PM Watch Live
11/12/2022 Lindenwood 31-26 Life University D1 Elite KO 6PM Watch Live
11/13/2022 Virginia Tech at UConn CRAA D1 QF
11/12/2022 UMass Lowell vs Vermont CRAA D2 Round 1
11/12/2022 Fairfield vs Kutztown CRAA D2 Round 1
11/12/2022 Kent State vs Clemson NCR D1 Play-in
11/13/2022 WCU at Davenport NIRA DII SF KO 11AM Watch Live