2020-21 NCAA III POOLS

ATLANTIC REGION (Rank 9)

Pool A Conferences (6) Institutions in AQ Conferences (58) Pool B Independents (2) (9) Dickinson **Emory (UAA) Franklin & Marshall College *Mississippi University for Women [Independent; active 2023-24)] Trinity University (Independent) McDaniel College AQ – Conference Championship () Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Christopher Newport University (6) (Great Lakes region) Washington Mount Mary University (Great Lakes region) AQ – Conference Championship Southern University (7) Catholic University AQ – Conference Championship Old Dominion Athletic Conference (Virginia) (11) Eastern Mennonite University University of Lynchburg Randolph-Macon College AQ – Conference Championship Virginia Southern Athletic Association (7) Birmingham-Southern College AQ – Conference Championship University of the South USA South Athletic Conference (18) LaGrange College () Piedmont College (North Carolina) Wesleyan College () AQ – Conference Championship

**University Athletic Association is listed in Pool B in five regions. *Provisional - not eligible for NCAA championship competition. CENTRAL REGION (Rank 9)

Pool A Conferences (6) Institutions in AQ Conferences (56) Pool B Independents (2) Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Alfred State College **Carnegie Mellon University (UAA) Conference (9) Hilbert College **Case Western Reserve University (UAA) La Roche College Medaille College Penn State University, Altoona Penn State University Erie, the Behrend College University of , Bradford AQ – Conference Championship , Greensburg Heartland Collegiate Athletic Anderson University (Indiana) Conference (9) Franklin College Manchester University Mount St. Joseph University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology AQ – Conference Championship Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (9) Calvin College Hope College Saint Mary’s College (Indiana) AQ – Conference Championship Trine University North Coast Athletic Conference (9) Wesleyan University AQ – Conference Championship The (10) Baldwin Wallace University Heidelberg University John University of Mount Union AQ – Conference Championship Wilmington College (Ohio) Presidents’ Athletic Conference (10) (West Virginia) Franciscan University of Steubenville Thiel College Washington and Jefferson College AQ – Conference Championship Westminster College ()

**University Athletic Association is listed in Pool B in five regions. EAST REGION (Rank 8)

Pool A Conferences (5) Institutions in AQ Conferences (44) Pool B Independents (6) City University of Athletic Baruch College (6) Conference (6) College John Jay College of Criminal Justice Lehman College AQ – Conference Championship (New York) Colonial States Athletic Conference Wesley College (10) Centenary College () Notre Dame of Maryland University College of Saint Elizabeth University of Valley Forge AQ – Conference Championship Wilson College Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth (9) Eastern University Messiah College AQ – Conference Championship York College (Pennsylvania) Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (9) Delaware Valley University DeSales University Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham King’s College (Pennsylvania) Stevens Institute of Technology AQ – Conference Championship New Jersey Athletic Conference (10) Montclair State University New Jersey City University The College of New Jersey Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark AQ – Conference Championship William Paterson University of New Jersey

GREAT LAKES REGION (Rank 8)

Pool A Conferences (4) Institutions in AQ Conferences (39) Pool B Independents (2) College Conference of and Augustana College (Illinois) University of (9) Carroll University (Wisconsin) Maranatha Baptist University (Independent) Elmhurst College Illinois Wesleyan University North North AQ – Regular Season Champion Wheaton College (Illinois) (10) (Illinois) Ripon College AQ – Conference Championship St. Norbert College Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (12) Aurora University (Illinois) Concordia University Chicago Concordia University Wisconsin Dominican University (Illinois) Edgewood College Marian University (Wisconsin) Milwaukee School of Engineering AQ – Conference Championship Wisconsin Lutheran College Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Conference (8) University of Wisconsin-La Crosse University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh University of Wisconsin-Platteville University of Wisconsin-River Falls University of Wisconsin-Stevens of Wisconsin-Stout AQ – Conference Championship University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

MIDWEST REGION (Rank 8)

Pool A Conferences (4) Institutions in AQ Conferences (39) Pool B Independents (1) American Rivers Conference (9) **Washington University in St. Louis (UAA) Central College () Wesleyan University AQ – Conference Championship Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (12) Bethel University (Minnesota) Concordia College, Moorhead Gustavus Adolphus College College of Saint Benedict St. Catherine University Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota St. Olaf College AQ – Conference Championship University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Blackburn College Conference (9) AQ – Conference Championship Westminster College () Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (9) Crown College (Minnesota) University of Minnesota, Morris Northland College University of Northwestern-St. Paul The College of St. Scholastica AQ – Conference Championship University of Wisconsin-Superior

**University Athletic Association is listed in Pool B in five regions.

NEW REGION (Rank 12)

Pool A Conferences (8) Institutions in AQ Conferences (76) Pool B Independents (1) Commonwealth Coast Conference ** (UAA) (10) Gordon College University of Roger Williams University Wentworth Institute of Technology AQ – Conference Championship Western New England University Great Northeast Athletic Conference (12) Emmanuel College () Johnson & Wales University (Providence) Regis College (Massachusetts) University of St. Joseph (Connecticut) Saint Joseph’s College (Maine) AQ – Conference Championship Simmons College (9) Eastern Connecticut State University University of Massachusetts University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Plymouth State University University of Southern Maine AQ – Conference Championship Western Connecticut State University Massachusetts State Collegiate Bridgewater State University Athletic Conference (8) Fitchburg State University Framingham State University Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Massachusetts Maritime Academy Westfield State University AQ – Conference Championship Worcester State University New England Collegiate Conference (7) AQ – Conference Championship New England Small College Athletic Conference (10) Colby College Trinity College (Connecticut) Wesleyan University (Connecticut) AQ – Conference Championship

New England Women’s and Men’s Athletics Conference (10) (Massachusetts) Massachusetts Institute of Technology U.S. Coast Guard Academy Wheaton College (Massachusetts) AQ – Conference Championship Worcester Polytechnic Institute North Atlantic Conference (10) , Farmington University of Maine at Presque Isle State University of New York at Canton State University of New York at Cobleskill State University of New York Polytechnic Institute Northern Vermont University-Johnson Northern Vermont University-Lyndon *State University of New York at Delhi (2022- 23) AQ – Conference Championship Thomas College

**University Athletic Association is listed in Pool B in five regions. *Provisional – not eligible for NCAA championship competition.

NORTHEAST REGION (Rank 8)

Pool A Conferences (5) Institutions in AQ Conferences (44) Pool B Independents (1) (8) ** (UAA) Nazareth College The Sage St. John AQ – Conference Championship (8) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Liberty/UAA) Rochester Institute of Technology St. Lawrence University AQ – Conference Championship (New York) North Eastern Athletic Conference (8) Morrisville State College College Penn State Harrisburg Penn State University, Abington Pennsylvania College of Technology AQ – Conference Championship (10) Farmingdale State College (New York) College of Mount Saint Vincent State University College at Old Westbury Purchase College, State University of New York St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) St. Joseph’s College (Long Island) AQ – Conference Championship State University of New York Athletic College at Brockport, State University of New Conference (10) York Buffalo State, State University of New York State University of New York at Cortland The State University of New York at Fredonia State University of New York at Geneseo State University of New York at New Paltz State University of New York at Oneonta State University of New York at Oswego Plattsburgh State University of New York AQ – Conference Championship State University of New York at Potsdam

**University Athletic Association is listed in Pool B in five regions. WEST REGION (Rank 7)

Pool A Conferences (4) Institutions in AQ Conferences (35) Pool B Independents (0) American Southwest Conference (12) Concordia University East Texas Baptist University Hardin- LeTourneau University Louisiana College University of Mary Hardin-Baylor McMurry University Sul Ross State University (Arkansas) AQ – Conference Championship University of Texas at (8) Lewis & Clark College Linfield College Pacific Lutheran University () University of Puget Sound AQ – Conference Championship Southern California Intercollegiate California Lutheran University Athletic Conference (8) Chapman University Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges University of La Verne Pomona-Pitzer Colleges University of Redlands AQ – Conference Championship Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (7) Centenary College (Louisiana) (Texas) *University of St. Thomas (Texas) Texas Lutheran University Trinity University (Texas)

*Provisional – not eligible for NCAA championship competition.

NCAA DIVISION III SOFTBALL 2021 AUTOMATIC QUALIFYING CONFERENCES

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference American Rivers Conference American Southwest Conference Centennial Conference City University of New York Athletic Conference Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Colonial States Athletic Conference Commonwealth Coast Conference Empire 8 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Landmark Conference Liberty League Little East Conference Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Midwest Conference Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference New England Collegiate Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference New Jersey Athletic Conference North Atlantic Conference North Coast Athletic Conference North Eastern Athletic Conference Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Northwest Conference Ohio Athletic Conference Old Dominion Athletic Conference Presidents’ Athletic Conference Skyline Conference Southern Athletic Association Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference State University of New York Athletic Conference Upper Midwest Athletic Conference USA South Athletic Conference Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Championship Field: 47 teams

Pool A - 42 Berths (Automatic Qualifiers)

Pool B - 1 Berth (Independents)

Pool C - 4 Berths (Non-selects from Pools A and B)