Andrew Ng has been the leader of a Middlebury defense this season after the Panthers did not compete in 2021. (Pam Quinn)
If the Ivy League is the ultimate combination of academics and sport in Division 1, the NESCAC is exactly that when it comes to Division 3.
One might even argue that the NESCAC is an even better example of such a lifestyle, especially when you consider the results of last year’s Tufts/Dartmouth interdivisional clash.
But the weirdness of last year is (hopefully) behind us. Although some of it lingers -- some programs have refused to update their rosters a week out from the start of the competition -- we look forward to the debut of the entire conference for the first time since 2020.
In the first of our two-part preview, we examine the teams that got little or no season in 2021.
