College Championships 2013: Expert Picks (Women’s)

by | May 22, 2013, 9:33pm 0

We asked our staff and correspondents what they thought would happen at this year’s College Championships in Madison, Wisconsin. Each person was asked to pick their pool play upsets, pool winners, quarterfinal winners, semifinal winners, and overall champion. Here’s what they had to say!

Women’s D-1 Championships (Score Reporter)

Ryan Thompson, Women’s Coverage Director

1. Pool Play Upsets: Stanford over Wisconsin, UBC over Carleton, UCSB and Northwestern over Georgia, Washington over Iowa, Ohio State over Iowa State
2. Pool Winners: Oregon, UBC, Ohio State, Tufts
3. Quarterfinals: Oregon over Carleton, Tufts over Iowa State, Ohio State over Washington, UBC over Iowa
4. Semifinals: Tufts over Oregon, UBC over Ohio State
5. Finals: Tufts over UBC

Adam Lerman, Coverage Director

1. Pool Play Upsets: Northwestern over Georgia, Washington over Iowa
2. Pool Winners: Oregon, UBC, Ohio State, Tufts
3. Quarterfinals: Oregon over Carleton, Iowa State over Tufts, Ohio State over Washington, UBC over Iowa
4. Semifinals: Oregon over Iowa State, Ohio State over UBC
5. Finals: Ohio State over Oregon

Elliot Trotter, Editor-in-Chief

1. Pool Play Upsets: Washington over Iowa, Tufts over Iowa, UBC over Carleton
2. Pool Winners: Oregon, UBC, Iowa State, Tufts
3. Quarterfinals: Oregon, Tufts, Washington, Wisconsin
4. Semifinals: Oregon, Washington
5. Finals: Oregon over Washington

Robyn Fennig, Women’s Correspondent

1. Pool Play Upsets: UCSB over Georgia, Central Florida over Virginia, Stanford over Wisconsin, Whitman over Central Florida
2. Pool Winners: Oregon, Carleton, Iowa State, Tufts
3. Quarterfinals: Oregon over UBC, Ohio State over Tufts, Iowa over Iowa State, Carleton over Wisconsin
4. Semifinals: Oregon over Ohio State, Carleton over Iowa
5. Finals: Oregon over Carleton

Kami Groom, Women’s Correspondent

1. Pool Play Upsets: Washington over Iowa, Northwestern over Georgia, UBC over Carleton, Stanford over Wisconsin
2. Pool Winners: Oregon, UBC, Iowa State, Tufts
3. Quarterfinals: Oregon over Carleton, Tufts over Ohio State, Iowa State over Washington, Iowa over UBC
4. Semifinals: Oregon over Tufts, Iowa State over Iowa
5. Finals: Oregon over Iowa State

Charlie Enders, Correspondent

1. Pool Play Upsets: Tufts over Iowa, Minnesota over Stanford, Santa Barbara/Northwestern over Georgia
2. Pool Winners: Oregon, Carleton, Iowa State, Tufts
3. Quarterfinals: UBC over Oregon, Tufts over Ohio State, Iowa over Iowa State, Wisconsin over Carleton
4. Semifinals: Tufts over UBC, Wisconsin over Iowa
5. Finals: Wisconsin over Tufts

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