Live from Eau Claire, WI

[jonriv]

tufts smokes texas tyler 6 to 0. Fournier was dominant

Big win for Tufts against a strong opponent

[nescacball]

Texas was not worried about a team from new England. Huge statement game by the Jumbos

[jonriv]

New England was a very strong region this year

[nescacball]

tufts beats corltland state 6-0 to advance to final. awaiting the winner of the loser bracket with Cortland, texas tyler and Salisbury fighting it out. heavy storms forcast for today so don't know if tufts will play until tomorrow

[jonriv]

Tufts wins

[catcherdad]

Congratulations to the Tufts softball team. A great run by some very special players. Kudos to our local Kris Parr.

[nescacball]

kris hit an absolute bomb in the championship game it cleared the secondary fence at 240 feet

[nescacball]

on a rainy day watch the ncaa.com broadcast of the Montclair state and tufts game it is an instant classic

[jonriv]

They did a real nice job with the online broadcast. Very professional

[mikescsl]

For instance I think tufts could beat 2/3 the ivy league

Really not saying much.....

Perhaps- my only point was that a team like Tufts could compete wityh all but the upper echelon of Div I teams. I am not familiar with what DIII teams are there in Cali and I am certainly aware of the DI powerhouse there. Here in the Northeast is different scenarios- with exception of Hoftstra, Umass, and perhaps Fordham- there really are no strong DI programs. There are however many very strong DIII. I would probably be able to argue that the talent difference and quality play between DI and DII in this area is really not that big.

Am I saying that play at DIII is as strong as DI- not at all. All I am saying as that where the difference between a Top 50 DI team and a DIII might be Black and White- the comparison between the rest of DI and DIII might be compared more in shades of gray

I think the emergence of travel ball has closed the gap considerably between D1, and D2/D3/NAIA. The big difference between a top 50 D1 and a top 25 D3 is the time involved in the sport. A D3 school is a scholar/athlete sports program.