DI vs DIII games in season

[jonriv]

On 4/25/13 Cornell(Div I) will play a double-header against cross-town school Ithaca(Div III). Never heard of these being scheduled before. Interesting to see the outcome. Ithaca is a perennial DIII power and Cornell has no scholarship advantage(Ivy schools have no athletic schalarships)

[jonriv]

Actually they played last year- Ithaca won 4-3

[Dugout Dad]

On 4/25/13 Cornell(Div I) will play a double-header against cross-town school Ithaca(Div III). Never heard of these being scheduled before. Interesting to see the outcome. Ithaca is a perennial DIII power and Cornell has no scholarship advantage(Ivy schools have no athletic schalarships)

In principle, they are both Div III......

schalarships, is that the East Coast accent coming out?

[jonriv]

No accent, just erratic typing skills

So you are saying any Div I team that does not issue Athletic Scholarships is a de facto Div III ?? You might be surprised how many Div I teams offer little to no softball scholarship $$


I just like the idea of a Div III beating a Div I-regardless of the scholarship situation

[Trophy Hunter]

They play every year. Cornell usually wins, but Ithaca won last year on a grand slam, then 2nd game was cancelled. Probably don't see it a lot but in this case it looks like a traditional crosstown rivalry type of thing, and Ithaca isn't that big by any stretch.

[jonriv]

They play every year. Cornell usually wins, but Ithaca won last year on a grand slam, then 2nd game was cancelled. Probably don't see it a lot but in this case it looks like a traditional crosstown rivalry type of thing, and Ithaca isn't that big by any stretch.

Do you know of any others?

[Trophy Hunter]

I googled it six different ways and couldn't even get Cornell vs Ithaca to come up.

[jonriv]

I googled it six different ways and couldn't even get Cornell vs Ithaca to come up.

I guess we have to look at small towns like Ithaca with a DI and a DIII there.

[Midwest]

A couple years ago heard D1 Louisiville play D2 Bellarmine U. in a cross over game in the fall. I'm betting this is more common for fall ball to play teams close by. Can't say I've heard D1 VS D3. Though I've heard a great D3 team can compete with lower end D1.

[CheckWriter]

Doesn't one of the AZ schools (either U of A or ASU) play JCs every year?

I guess that could be fall ball? Even if fall ball, kind of the same, in principle.