2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, First round
The second day of the tournament began with the Maryland Terrapins facing the seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish at home in South Bend, Indiana. The Fighting Irish entered the game in possession of a perfect 15–0 record, but still considered an unknown variable due to their schedule. The magazine Inside Lacrosse called the Terrapins a talented team that had underachieved during the regular season. The first-ranked Notre Dame defense frustrated Maryland, but the Terps still managed to gain a 6–1 lead in the third quarter. Maryland's defense effectively shut-down Notre Dame and the leading Irish scorer Ryan Hoff was unable to make a single shot on goal. Maryland was the only unseeded team to advance to the quarterfinals.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, First round
Both schools making their inaugural NCAA tournament appearance suffered quick elimination. The Villanova Wildcats were trounced by the Virginia Cavaliers, 18–6. The Cavaliers were led by Brian Carroll's career-high five goal performance. The Siena Saints were held scoreless for nearly 42 minutes in their loss to the Syracuse Orange, 11–4. Onondaga Community College transfer Cody Jamieson, who had just been cleared academically, scored three goals in his first start for the Orange.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, First round
At Princeton University, the Tigers defeated the visiting UMass Minutemen, 10–7. Princeton was led by Mark Kovler's six-point effort. The game was the final in the collegiate career of Minutemen goalkeeper Doc Schneider who led his team to the 2006 championship game as a freshman. His opposite number, Princeton's Tyler Fiorito, became just the second freshman goalkeeper to start an NCAA tournament game for the Tigers.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals took place over the weekend of May 16 to 17 at two neutral sites. The first doubleheader was sponsored on Saturday by Hofstra University, followed by games held at the United States Naval Academy on Sunday. Despite overcast weather at both locations, it was the first time that each NCAA quarterfinals venue attracted in excess of 11,000 spectators.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Quarterfinals
The second round opened at Hofstra's James M. Shuart Stadium with the Maryland–Syracuse match-up. Al Cavalieri filled in as the Orange goalkeeper for long-time starter John Galloway who was sick with the flu. Syracuse scored three unanswered goals in the first quarter before Maryland goalie Brian Phipps suffered an ACL tear. Terrapins midfielder Grant Catalino narrowed the deficit to 5–3 before halftime on an extra-man score. In the second half, Syracuse made defensive adjustments to shut down Maryland's behind-the-goal attack, and the Orange tallied three times in the span of 2:10 to pull away in the third quarter. Syracuse won, 11–6, and extended its postseason streak against Maryland to five.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Quarterfinals
Ivy League rivals Cornell and Princeton then had their 70th meeting, but first in the NCAA tournament. Earlier in the postseason, the Big Red defeated the Tigers to split the Ivy League championship. Three Princeton shots hit the post in the first half of the second quarter, and Cornell entered halftime with a 5–1 advantage. In the third quarter, Tigers attackman Tommy Davis ended their 27:58 scoring drought with a 15-yard shot. Princeton quickly tallied again with 28 seconds in the period. In the final quarter, the Big Red withstood two penalties to win, 6–4.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Quarterfinals
The second day of the quarterfinals took place at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The first game featured top-ranked Virginia and Johns Hopkins. The Cavaliers dominated the Blue Jays, 19–8, in their worst postseason defeat in school history. Shamel Bratton of Virginia scored a career-high five goals. The victory marked the 300th of head coach Dom Starsia's career, and he became the third coach in Division I lacrosse history to win as many games. Virginia advanced to their fourth Final Four appearance in five seasons. With the quarterfinals elimination of both Maryland and Johns Hopkins, 2009 became only the third time since the NCAA tournament began that no team from the state participated in the Final Four.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Quarterfinals
The final game of the round featured intrastate rivals Duke and North Carolina in their third meeting of the season. In the first quarter, the Blue Devils jumped out to an early lead and survived a two-man-down penalty, but the Tar Heels scored four unanswered goals to briefly take the lead in the second quarter. Late in the final period, North Carolina rallied from a four-point deficit to trail by one goal, 12–11. As time expired, a shot by Sean Delaney missed high over the goal, and Duke defeated North Carolina for the third time of the year. The Blue Devils' Zach Howell scored a career-high three goals and Tewaaraton Trophy finalist Ned Crotty tallied twice and had six assists. The Duke defense held Carolina's leading scorer, Billy Bitter, to just two assists.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Semifinals, Syracuse vs. Duke
Syracuse met Duke for the first game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, which was attended by 36,594 fans, a decrease from the previous year's 48,224. Nine Orange players scored in a rout of the Blue Devils, 17–7, which demonstrated the depth of the Syracuse offense. It was the most goals allowed by Duke all season. Seniors Kenny Nims and Patrick Perritt led the Orange with four goals each. Freshman Tim Desko, son of head coach John Desko, and heralded transfer Cody Jamieson each tallied twice. The Orange dominated the faceoff circle and won 18 of 28 draws. To open the third quarter, senior Jake Moulton won the opening faceoff and scored nine seconds into the half. With the victory, the Orange advanced to the championship game for the seventh time since 1999.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Semifinals, Cornell vs. Virginia
In the second game of the day, fifth-seeded Cornell upset first-ranked Virginia. The Big Red upset the Cavaliers decisively, 15–6, and advanced to the championship game for the first time in over two decades. Cornell controlled the game from the start, and accounted for the game's first three tallies and entered halftime with an 8–2 advantage. Big Red freshman Rob Pannell, junior Ryan Hurley, and senior Chris Finn each scored three times. The Cornell defense created 18 turnovers and stymied Virginia's high-powered attack. Commenting on the upset, Cornell head coach Jeff Tambroni said, "We knew we weren't going to have a whole lot of believers out there. We needed to play hard first and believe second."


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Championship, Syracuse vs. Cornell
The final game was also held at Gillette Stadium on Memorial Day May 25. Cornell controlled the game for the first 56 minutes and frustrated Syracuse with a tough defense. With just over five minutes to go in the fourth quarter, the Big Red led, 9–6, before Syracuse's Stephen Keogh and Cody Jamieson narrowed the deficit to one goal with 2:46 remaining. Keogh attempted another shot but missed and Cornell took possession with 27.6 seconds left to play.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Championship, Syracuse vs. Cornell
Kenny Nims dislodged the ball from Matt Moyer and Keogh recovered the ball, making a wild pass, which was caught by Syracuse's Matt Abbott. As he was flattened by Cornell defenders, Abbott got off a desperation pass to Nims, who had run from midfield to the very edge of the crease. The pass was tipped by Cornell’s Roy Lang, but Nims was able to gather in the tipped pass and connect with his shot on goal with four seconds left, sending the game into overtime. Cornell won the overtime faceoff, but Syracuse defenseman Sid Smith stripped Ryan Hurley to create a turnover. Dan Hardy feigned a shot before passing to Jamieson, positioned just beyond the crease, who scored the game-winner.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Post-tournament honors
After the championship, Cornell midfielder Max Seibald was honored with the Tewaaraton Trophy for the most outstanding Division I men's lacrosse player. Syracuse attackman Kenny Nims was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. The NCAA named its "All-Tournament Team" following the championship game, which consisted of five players each from Syracuse and Cornell. The following individuals made up that team:


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was a tournament of 48 teams from NCAA Division I who played for the NCAA Championship in soccer . The semifinals and final were held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team (indicated by * for non-seeded teams). The final was held on December 13, 2009 with Virginia defeating Akron, 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out, following a goalless regulation and two overtimes.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The bracket was announced November 16, 2009. The tournament started on November 19. The second round was played on November 22. The third round was played on November 29. The Regional Finals were played on December 4 and 5.


2009 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 2009 at the Student Recreation Center Natatorium at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas at the 86th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


2009 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 2009 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested at the 88th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team champions of men's and women's Division I collegiate outdoor track and field in the United States.


2009 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
This year's meet, the 28th with both men's and women's championships, was held June 10–13, 2009 at John McDonnell Field at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas.


2009 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Texas A&M won both the men's and women's titles, the Aggies' first at either event.


2009 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was held from May 15 through June 3, 2009 as part of the 2009 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 284 teams on May 10, 2009. 30 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Softball Selection Committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2009 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.


2009 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, National seeds
Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold have advanced to the Women's College World Series.


2009 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, National seeds
9. Arizona10. Arizona State11. Ohio State12. Northwestern13. Tennessee14. Georgia Tech15. DePaul16. Florida State


2009 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Women's College World Series, Participants
† Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.


2009 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Women's College World Series, All-Tournament Team
The 2009 Women's College World Series All-Tournament team:Kelley Montalvo, AlabamaCharlotte Morgan, AlabamaBrittany Rogers, AlabamaAlisa Goler, GeorgiaTaylor Schlopy, GeorgiaMegan Bush, FloridaStacey Nelson, FloridaAshley Charters, WashingtonKimi Pohlman, WashingtonMorgan Stuart, WashingtonNiki Williams, WashingtonDanielle Lawrie, Washington (Most Outstanding Player)


2009 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
The 2009 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 63rd annual men's and 27th annual women's championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. The tournaments were played concurrently during May 2009.


2009 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
USC defeated Ohio State in the men's championship, 4–1, to claim the Trojans' seventeenth team national title.


2009 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
Duke defeated California in the women's championship, 4–0, to claim the Blue Devils' first team national title.


2009 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, Host sites
This year's tournaments were played at the Mitchell Tennis Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament commenced 21 March 2009 and concluded 7 April 2009 when the University of Connecticut Huskies defeated the Louisville Cardinals 76–54.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Subregionals
Once again, the system is the same as the Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, with the exception that only 64 teams went and there was no play-in game. Automatic bids were secured by 31 conference champions and 33 at-large bids.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Subregionals
The subregionals, which used the "pod system", keeping most teams either at or close to the home cities, was held from 21 March to 24 at sixteen sites. The following were chosen in July 2006, prior to the re-expansion of the subregional sites from eight to sixteen:


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Subregionals
As per the return to the 16-site subregional format, the following sites were added in 2008:


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals
The regionals, held in the city rather than the geographic area as a practice that has been used since 2005, were held there from 28 March to 31 at these sites:


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals
The regional winners advanced to the Final Four, held 5 and 7 April 2009 at the Scottrade Center, in St. Louis, Missouri, hosted by the Missouri Valley Conference.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams – automatic
Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams – at-large
Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by conference
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-two cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from nine of the conferences.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by state
The sixty-four teams came from thirty-two states. Texas had the most teams with six bids. Eighteen states did not have any teams receiving bids.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Berkeley Region, First round
Second seeded Stanford easily beat the 15th seeded Gauchos of UC Santa Barbara behind a double-double by Jayne Appel. Third seeded Ohio State beat Sacred Heart by 14 points, but led by only two well into the second half. Freshman guard Samantha Prahalis scored 23 to help lead the Buckeyes to victory. Tenth seeded San Diego State upset seventh seeded DePaul behind Jene Morris's career tying 35 points. Eleventh seed Mississippi State used 21 of 22 free throw shooting to upset the sixth seeded Texas Longhorns.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Berkeley Region, First round
Middle Tennessee's Alysha Clark, the nations D1 scoring leader, scored 34 points, but it wasn't enough to defeat ninth seeded Michigan State, who broke a late tie and held on to win by one point. One seeded Duke easily disposed of sixteen seeded Austin Peay. Fourth seeded Iowa State tied an NCAA tournament record with 16 three-point goals in an easy win over thirteen seed East Tennessee State.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Berkeley Region, First round
Twelfth seeded Ball State upset defending national champion Tennessee, which had never lost an opening game in the tournament before. Tennessee has been in every one of the 29 NCAA Tournaments, and prior to this year, had never failed to make the Sweet Sixteen.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Berkeley Region, Second round
Third seeded Ohio State narrowly defeated eleventh seeded Mississippi State 64–58. OSU held MSU scoreless for the last 6:43 of the game. Second seeded Stanford beat San Diego State by 28, but the game was tied 8 minutes into the game. Stanford's Nneka Ogwumike had career highs of 27 points and 13 rebounds.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Berkeley Region, Second round
Ninth seeded Michigan State upsets top-seeded Duke on the home floor of Michigan State, in a match up between Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie and her former team. Michigan State shot under 40% from the floor, but held Duke to under 27%. Twelfth seeded Ball State stayed with Iowa State for 30 minutes, but couldn't maintain the pace. Iowa State extended a four-point lead to win 71–57.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Berkeley Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)
Fourth seeded Iowa State beat ninth seeded Michigan State by a single point. MSU had a seven-point lead with 1:26 to go, but the Cyclones scored the final eight points of the game. They took the lead on a three-point shot by Alison Lacey for three of her 29 points. The Spartans had a chance to retake the lead, but missed their last three shots.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Berkeley Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)
Two seed Stanford beat Ohio State behind Jayne Appel's double-double. OSU freshman Samantha Prahalis scored 19, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Cardinal shooting.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Berkeley Region, Regional final (Elite Eight)
Two seed Stanford easily beat four seed Iowa State behind Jayne Appel's 46 points. Jayne's 46 points sets a new school record and places her in the NCAA Tournament record book with the third highest point total in NCAA tournament history. Appel's 27 first half points exceeded the first half total for Iowa State.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Oklahoma City Region, First round
Third seeded North Carolina beat Fourteenth seeded Central Florida. UNC had a 14-point lead with 30 seconds left in the game, but UCF scored the final nine points of the game to make the final margin five points. Second seeded Auburn easily beat fifteen seed Lehigh, behind DeWanna Bonner's 26 points. Sixth seeded Purdue beat eleventh seeded Charlotte to win their twelfth consecutive first-round game. Fourth seeded Pittsburgh beat thirteenth seeded Montana behind Shavonte Zellous's 31 points. Twelfth seeded Gonzaga upset fifth seed Xavier, giving the Bulldogs their first ever NCAA Tournament win. Seventh seeded Rutgers beat Virginia Commonwealth to spoil VCU's NCAA Tournament debut. Top seeded Oklahoma struggled early, but ended up winning easily over Prairie View A&M. Ninth seeded Georgia Tech, playing without leading scorer Alex Montgomery, beat eighth seeded Iowa.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Oklahoma City Region, Second round
Seventh seeded Rutgers upsets second seeded Auburn. Playing on their home court, the Scarlet Knights scored the first nine points and lead 13–2 at the first media timeout. Rutgers held Auburn to 29% shooting and ended the game with a 28-point margin.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Oklahoma City Region, Second round
Fourth seeded Pittsburgh and twelfth seeded Gonzaga were tied at halftime, and with three and a half minutes to go in the game, but the Panthers outscored the Bulldogs in the final minutes to win by five.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Oklahoma City Region, Second round
Sixth seeded Purdue upsets third seeded North Carolina. Purdue had lost its last three games to UNC, but hit 57% of the field goals to win by fifteen.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Oklahoma City Region, Second round
Top seeded Oklahoma held Georgia Tech to 27% shooting in a win that advanced the Sooners to a Sweet Sixteen game in Oklahoma City.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Oklahoma City Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)
Sixth seeded Purdue holds off a determined Rutgers team. The Scarlet Knights fell behind early but came back to within two with less than two minutes remaining. Purdue shot 55% in the first half, ending with over 52% shooting.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Oklahoma City Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)
Top seeded Oklahoma beat fourth seed Pittsburgh. Whitney Hand had a career-high 22 points, which helped overcome foul trouble for Courtney Paris. All five Sooner starters scored in double digits.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Oklahoma City Region, Regional final (Elite Eight)
Oklahoma beat Purdue to advance to their second ever Final Four. Courtney Paris had 19 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks, while Danielle Robinson scored 23 points to lead the team over the Boilermakers. Purdue had three players in double-figures, led by Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton with 20, but it wasn't enough.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Raleigh Region, First round
Fourth seeded Vanderbilt beat Western Carolina. Fifth seeded Kansas State beat Drexel. Shalee Lehning tied a career high with 13 assists. Seventh seeded South Dakota State tied an NCAA record with 16 three-point goals to help beat the Horned Frogs of TCU. Ninth seed Utah overwhelmed Villanova, winning by 30. Top seeded Maryland easily beat Dartmouth. Kristi Toliver had as many points at halftime (23) as Dartmouth. Sixth-seeded LSU beats Wisconsin-Green Bay behind Allison Hightower's career-best 26 points.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Raleigh Region, First round
Second seeded Baylor needed overtime to prevail against fifteen seed UTSA. Head coach Kim Mulkey was not at the game, having been hospitalized earlier in the day due to a reaction to medication. Third seeded Louisville forced 27 turnovers in a win over Liberty.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Raleigh Region, Second round
Fourth seeded Vanderbilt beat fifth seeded Kansas State behind a career-high 27 points by Jennifer Risper, and 24 points by Christina Wirth. Kansas State held a one-point lead at halftime, but Vanderbilt scored eleven consecutive points in a second half run to take a lead they would not relinquish.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Raleigh Region, Second round
Second seeded Baylor beats South Dakota State on a last second shot. Kelli Griffin scored with 0.5 seconds remaining in the game to break a 58–58 tie, and move the Bears into the regional semi-final.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Raleigh Region, Second round
Marissa Coleman has 18 points and 18 rebounds to lead top seeded Maryland over Utah on their home floor. Over ten thousand fans watched Maryland win its 35th consecutive game at home.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Raleigh Region, Second round
Third seeded Louisville beat LSU on LSU's home floor. LSU had won twelve consecutive victories on their home floor. LSU's will not advance to the Final Four, ending an NCAA record-tying streak of five consecutive appearances. The win was the 31st of the year for Louisville, a school record.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Raleigh Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)
Three seed Louisville holds two seed Baylor to 39 points, in a surprisingly easy upset. Both Angel McCoughtry and Candyce Bingham had double-doubles to help lead the Cardinals to the first regional championship game in school history.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Raleigh Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)
Top seed Maryland survived a challenge from fourth seeded Vanderbilt. The Commodores started strong with an opening 12–2, which they extended to a 33–15 margin with six minutes left in the first half. Vanderbilt's Christina Wirth had a career-high 28 points, but it wasn't enough as Maryland's Marissa Coleman scored 42. Coleman scored the basket to give Maryland the lead with just under 30 seconds left in the game, and the clinching free throws.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Raleigh Region, Regional final (Elite Eight)
Third seeded Louisville knocks off top-seeded Maryland to head to their first ever Final Four. Angel McCoughtry had a double-double to lead the Cardinals to the win. Maryland hurt themselves with 21 turnovers. Louisville head coach Jeff Walz was a former assistant coach of Maryland.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Trenton Region, First round
Fifth seed Virginia trailed at halftime, but came back to beat Marist. Sixth seeded Arizona State beat Georgia, despite playing without injured Dymond Simon. Third seeded Florida State had five players in double figure, helping win over North Carolina A&T. Fourth seeded California beats Fresno State. Top seed Connecticut easily beat Vermont behind Tina Charles's 32 points on 13–14 from the field.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Trenton Region, First round
Eighth seeded Florida beats Temple for its 24th win of the year, tying a school record. Second seeded Texas A&M forces 30 turnovers in a win over Evansville. Tenth seeded Minnesota upsets Notre Dame.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Trenton Region, Second round
Sixth seeded Arizona State's Danielle Orsillo hit a three-pointer with 32 seconds left to break a 54–54 tie. ASU hung on to upset third seeded Florida State.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Trenton Region, Second round
Fourth seeded California won easily over fifth seeded Virginia. Ashley Walker tied a career high with 32 points, while Devanei Hampton and Alexis Gray-Lawson each added 22 points.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Trenton Region, Second round
Second seeded Texas A&M beat tenth seeded Minnesota behind a season-high 20 steals. The Aggies forced 32 turnovers to beat the Gophers by 31.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Trenton Region, Second round
Top seeded Connecticut beat eighth seeded Florida. Renee Montgomery, playing on her home court for the last time in her career, scored 25. The win moves Connecticut in the Sweet Sixteen for the 16th consecutive time, the longest active streak.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Trenton Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)
Connecticut faced their largest deficit of the year (eight points) against California, and went into halftime with only a two-point margin. UConn outscored California by 40–12, starting at the time of the eight-point deficit, to take control of the game. UConn's Tiffany Hayes had a career-high 28 points, shooting 9–10 from the field, including 5–6 from beyond the three-point arc.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Trenton Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)
Sixth seeded Arizona State upsets two seed Texas A&M. Briann January and Danielle Orsillo were both perfect from the floor, helping the Sun Devils to a season-high 62 percent shooting percentage. The Texas &M team was also shooting well, hitting 55% of their first 29 shots. They were within three as late as 7:12 left in the game, but ASU outscored them and ended with a fifteen-point margin.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Trenton Region, Regional final (Elite Eight)
Top-seeded Connecticut beat Arizona State to advance to their tenth Final Four. The game was close early – UConn led at one point 20–19, but UConn went on a 9–2 run to open up the margin. After a score by ASU, Maya Moore scored the next five points, which broke the single-season scoring record held by Kara Wolters. Kara was sitting courtside, doing commentary for a Connecticut radio station. The Sun Devils got to within eight at one point in the second half, but Moore and Montgomery combined for eight consecutive points to stretch the lead to 16. ASU would not get within double digits again.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four
Two very different games in terms of Final Four experience. In the first game, Oklahoma is in only its second Final Four (the first in 2002) and Louisville is making its first ever Final Four.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four
Only four coaches in NCAA history have multiple NCAA championships, and two of them, Tara VanDerveer and Geno Auriemma, coach the second game.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four, Louisville versus Oklahoma
Louisville plays the role of newcomer to the Final Four by missing its first 13 shots. Over seven minutes into the game, Louisville has taken their second full timeout, has yet to hit a basket, and is losing 16–2. Louisville shook off the opening jitters and began scoring. Just after the final media timeout of the first half, two Angel McCoughtry free throws would cut the lead to six, but Oklahoma would outscore Louisville 10–4 to take a twelve-point lead into the half.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four, Louisville versus Oklahoma
The second half would open up almost a mirror image of the first half. Louisville outscored Oklahoma 15–1 to take their first lead. Oklahoma did not get a basket until more than seven minutes had elapsed. The game would stay close from then on, with never more than a six-point margin by either team. With 18 seconds left in the game Courtney Paris would hit a basket to bring the margin to one. After Candyce Bingham hit one of two free throws, Nyeshia Stevenson took a three-point shot with two seconds left in the game. Her shot rimmed out, and Louisville hung on to win 61–59.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four, Stanford versus Connecticut
Connecticut entered the game having won its last 37 games, but their opponent Stanford was the last team to have beaten them. Just over nine minutes into the game, Stanford led 14–13. Jayne Appel scored ten of Stanford's 14 points, and assisted on one of the other two baskets. Then Renee Montgomery scored nine of UConn's next eleven points and assisted on the other basket in the stretch. Maya Moore added five points, part of an 18–4 run to bring the score to 31–18. Connecticut entered the halftime break with a 13-point lead, one more than they had had the last time they had played a Final Four game in St. Louis: a 2001 game in which, despite the large halftime lead, Notre Dame went to win the game and the Championship.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four, Stanford versus Connecticut
This time was different however. Connecticut scored the first eleven points of the second half, to double up Stanford 48–24. Connecticut led by at least 20 until the last five minutes and won 81–64. Jayne Appel matched Renee Montgomery for high scoring honors with 26, but Connecticut also got 24 from Maya Moore.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four, Championship Game – Louisville versus Connecticut
Louisville would meet Connecticut for the third time in the season, but it would be the first ever all Big East Championship game. UConn prevailed in the first meeting by 28 points, and won by 39 in the Big East Tournament Championship game.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four, Championship Game – Louisville versus Connecticut
Angel McCoughtry tried to change the outcome this time, scoring eleven of Louisville's first 15 points, and assisting on two others, to take a 15–13 lead just over eight minutes into the game. UConn began feeding Tina Charles, who helped pull them to a 14-point lead 39–24, at halftime.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four, Championship Game – Louisville versus Connecticut
Tina would end the game with 25 points, 19 rebounds, and a trophy for the Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament. Connecticut hit 50% of their field goal tries, holding Louisville to just under 31%.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four, Championship Game – Louisville versus Connecticut
Connecticut won 76–54, winning its sixth National Championship, and completing its third perfect season. They would win every game by double digits for the first time in NCAA history.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference
Nineteen conferences went 0-1: America East, Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Conference USA, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland, Sun Belt Conference, SWAC, and WAC


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 28th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The tournament was played from May 10 to May 24, 2009, and the semifinal and championship rounds were played at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Maryland from May 22–24. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 16 teams were invited to participate.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
Northwestern defeated North Carolina, 21–7, to win their fifth overall, as well as fifth straight, national championship. This would subsequently become the fifth of Northwestern's seven national titles in eight years (2005–2009, 2011–12) as well as the fifth of the Wildcats' eight consecutive appearances in the championship game (2005–12). Furthermore, Northwestern's win secured an undefeated season (23–0) for the team.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The leading scorer for the tournament was Katrina Dowd from Northwestern (24 goals). Dowd was also named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament field
A total of 16 teams were invited to participate. 9 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 7 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament field, Seeds
1. Northwestern2. Maryland3. North Carolina4. Penn5. Duke6. Notre Dame7. Syracuse8. Princeton


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2009 Women's College Cup) was the 28th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at the Aggie Soccer Complex in College Station, Texas from December 4–6, 2009 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 12–28.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
North Carolina defeated Stanford in the final, 1–0, to win their twentieth national title. The Tar Heels (23–3–1) were coached by Anson Dorrance.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The Most Outstanding Offensive Player (for the second consecutive year) was Casey Nogueira from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Whitney Engen, also from North Carolina. Nogueira and Engen, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The tournament's leading scorer was Sydney Leroux from UCLA, with 8 goals.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Format
Just as before, the final two rounds, deemed the Women's College Cup, were played at a pre-determined neutral site. All other rounds were played on campus sites at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The only exceptions were the first two rounds, which were played at regional campus sites. The top sixteen teams hosted four team-regionals on their home fields (with some exceptions, noted below) during the tournament's first weekend.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 28th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
This year's events were hosted by Texas A&M University at the Student Recreation Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
California topped the team standings for the first time, finishing 11 points (411.5–400.5) ahead of Georgia. This was the Golden Bears' first women's team title.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began on December 3, 2009 with 64 teams and ended on December 19, when Penn State defeated Texas, 3-2, in the NCAA National Championship match. With the win, Penn State won its fourth overall title, and became the first team in the history of women's intercollegiate volleyball to win three straight national titles. Penn State also became the first team in NCAA history to have two straight undefeated seasons, as the 2009 squad went 38-0 for the second straight year, extending the ongoing NCAA record of consecutive matches won (102).


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
Penn State became only the third team in NCAA history to win the national championship after trailing 0-2 in sets. The last team to accomplish the feat was UCLA in 1991.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
Penn State's senior class, led by Megan Hodge and Alisha Glass, had an overall record of 142-5 (.966 winning %), which is the best winning percentage in NCAA Division I history for classes that have won national titles. Penn State hit .381 for the season, the second-best Division I team hitting percentage mark in the rally scoring era. It only trails the mark of .390 set by the 2008 Penn State squad.


2009 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
Texas's Destinee Hooker, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2009 Final Four, broke the record of kills in an NCAA championship match, as she had a career high 34 kills in the final.


2009 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following polls make up the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. USA Today and ESPN began publishing the Coaches' Poll of 31 active coaches ranking the top 25 teams in the nation in 1992. Each coach is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


2009 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 20, 2009. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2009 College World Series. The College World Series, which consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament, was held in its annual location of Omaha, Nebraska at Rosenblatt Stadium. It concluded on June 24, 2009, with the final game of the best of three championship series. LSU defeated Texas two games to one to claim their sixth championship.


2009 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, New programs
Five new programs joined Division I for the 2009 season. Three programs, Bryant, North Dakota, and SIU Edwardsville, joined from Division II. The two other Division I members, Oregon and Cal State Bakersfield, were new varsity baseball programs.


2009 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Dropped programs
Hawaii-Hilo, which had competed as a Division I independent, dropped to Division II.


2009 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Conference changes
The Big South Conference added two new members. Gardner–Webb, previously of the Atlantic Sun Conference, and Presbyterian, previously a Division I independent, both joined the conference.


2009 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Conference changes
Two conferences add a single member. Oregon's new program joined the Pacific-10 Conference. Samford left the Ohio Valley Conference to join the Southern Conference.


2009 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Conference changes
Four schools became Division I independents− Bryant, from the Division II Northeast-10 Conference; North Dakota, from the Division II North Central Conference; SIU Edwardsville, from the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference; and Cal State Bakersfield, in its first season of varsity intercollegiate baseball.


2009 NCAA Division I baseball season, Preseason rankings
After a 49–19 season in 2008, the LSU Tigers were ranked #1 prior to the season. Defending World Series champion Fresno State was ranked #19.


2009 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series
The 2009 season marked the sixty third NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with LSU claiming their sixth championship with a two games to one series win over Texas in the final.


2009 NCAA Division I softball season
The 2009 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2009. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2009 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 2009 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 2, 2009.


2009 NCAA Division I softball season, Women's College World Series
The 2009 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 28 to June 2, 2009 in Oklahoma City.


2009 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Team single game double plays:5 – Alabama Crimson Tide; May 17, 2009


2009 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game
The 2009 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was held on December 12, 2009 at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.


2009 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, Playoffs
The 2009 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs involved 24 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II college football.


2009 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, Playoffs
The tournament began on November 14, 2009, and concluded on December 12, 2009 at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.


2009 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 2008–09 basketball season. It began on March 14, 2008, and concluded as the Findlay Oilers defeated the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos 56–53 in overtime on March 28.


2009 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four
Cal Poly Pomona beat Augusta State in a Final Four victory 74–70. The Jaguars were down by 11 with about 6 minutes to play, but rallied on a 14–2 run that put them ahead, 68–67. They only scored two points the rest of the game while the Broncos scored seven to win the game. They were led by Larry Gordon, who recorded 20 points and 11 rebounds.


2009 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship Game
In the Division II National Championship Game, top seeded Findlay Oilers played third-seeded Cal Poly Pomona Broncos. The Broncos, who had traveled 10,000 miles over the postseason, were losing to the undefeated Oilers for much of the game. Cal Poly Pomona managed to tie it at 18–18 before the Oilers went on a 12–2 run to lead by 10 at the half. Findlay widened the lead to 14 with slightly over 16 minutes left. That was the last time the Oilers scored for the next eight minutes while the Broncos recorded 13 straight points to come within one.


2009 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship Game
Walter Thompson, the point guard for the Broncos, made a three-pointer with 7:08 in regulation to tie the game at 38. They snatched the lead on the next possession at 41–40. Cal Poly Pomona center Tobias Jahn added a point on his two free throws for a 42–42 tie. With 1:42 left in the game, neither team managed to put points on the board. After Thompson missed a rebound on Austin Swift's attempted 3-pointer, the game went into overtime.


2009 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship Game
Throughout overtime, the lead changed several times. The game was tied at 53 with 24 seconds left on the clock. The Broncos' defense forced a held ball on Findlay with 2.4 seconds remaining, with possession to Findlay. On the inbounds play, Tyler Evans hit a three-pointer at the buzzer--his only three of the game--sealing the Oilers' victory by a score of 56–53.


2009 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the 28th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's  collegiate basketball in the United States.


2009 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
Minnesota State defeated Franklin Pierce in the championship game, 103–94, to claim the Mavericks' first NCAA Division II national title.


2009 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The championship rounds were contested at Bill Greehey Arena on the campus of the St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas.


2009 NCAA Division II football rankings
The 2009 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2009 season.


2009 NCAA Division II football season
The 2008 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began on August 29, 2009, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 12, 2009 at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats defeated the Grand Valley State, 30–23, to win their third Division II national title.


2009 NCAA Division II football season
The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Joique Bell, running back from Wayne State.


2009 NCAA Division II football season, Conference and program changes
Lake Erie completed their transition to Division II and became eligible for the postseason.


2009 NCAA Division II football season, Conference summaries
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Fayetteville StateGreat Lakes Football Conference –Saint Joseph's (IN)Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Grand Valley StateGreat Northwest Athletic Conference – Central WashingtonGulf South Conference – North AlabamaLone Star Conference – Midwestern State, Tarleton State, and Texas A&M–KingsvilleMid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Northwest Missouri StateNortheast-10 Conference – Bentley, Merrimack, and Southern Connecticut StateNorthern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–DuluthPennsylvania State Athletic Conference – ShippensburgRocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Nebraska–KearneySouth Atlantic Conference – Carson-NewmanSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – TuskegeeWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – West Liberty


2009 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The 2009 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs involved 24 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football.


2009 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The tournament began on November 14, 2009 and will conclude on December 13, 2009 with the 2009 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.


2009 NCAA Division II football season, Playoff format
The first-round games were conducted on the campus of one of the competing institutions as determined by the NCAA Division II Football Committee. Two teams in each super regional earned first-round byes. The first-round winners advanced to face a bye team in their super regional. Second-round winners met in the quarterfinals and quarterfinal winners advanced to play in the semifinals.


2009 NCAA Division II football season, Playoff format
First-round, second-round, quarterfinal and semifinal games were played on the campus of one of the competing institutions as determined by the NCAA Division II Football Committee. The home team at the championship was determined by the Division II Football Committee and the Shoals National Championship Committee.


2009 NCAA Division II football season, National television coverage
The semifinal games were broadcast on ESPN, ESPN360, and CBS College Sports on December 5.


2009 NCAA Division II football season, National television coverage
The championship game was played at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama and broadcast live on ESPN2 on December 12.


2009 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 2
An NCAA Division II record for combined points (147) and yards (1,394) was set during the game. Edinboro quarterback Trevor Harris set the Division II record for passing, completing 50 of 76 passes for 630 yards and 5 touchdowns.


2009 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 2009 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 34th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with five regions consisting of six teams and three consisting of eight, for a total of 54 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was St. Thomas (MN), who defeated Wooster for the championship.


2009 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, Central Regional
Brunner Field in the Duane R. Swanson Stadium-Moline, IL (Host: Augustana College)


2009 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, New England Regional
Eastern Baseball Stadium-Mansfield, CT (Host: Eastern Connecticut University/Little East Conference)


2009 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, New York Regional
Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium-East Farmingdale, NY (Host: State University of New York at Farmingdale/Skyline Conference)


2009 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, West Regional
Roy Helser Field and Jim Wright Stadium-McMinnville, OR (Host: Linfield College)


2009 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, World Series
Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau)


2009 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III.


2009 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The tournament began on March 5, 2009 and concluded with the national championship game on March 21, 2009 at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. The tournament was won by the Washington University in St. Louis, which defeated Stockton University (then Richard Stockton College of New Jersey), 61,52, in the title game.


2009 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The championship was the second in the Bears' history and second consecutive title.


2009 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2008–09 season, the 26th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Neumann defeating Gustavus Adolphus in the championship game 4-1. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.


2009 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Neumann became the first team to win the tournament by playing in four different rounds.


2009 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. Four at-large bids were available for the highest-ranked non-conference tournament champions (overall seed in parentheses).


2009 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. The top four teams were arranged so that were they all to reach the national semifinal, the first overall seed would play the fourth seed while the second seed would play the third seed. Because two western teams were among the top four overall seeds, the other two western teams were advanced to the quarterfinal round in order to prevent lower-seeded teams from having to travel long-distances in the first two rounds.


2009 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
In the First Round, because each team was from the same region, the teams were seeded according to their ranking with the second seed playing the seventh seed, the third seed playing the sixth seed and the fourth seed playing the fifth seed. The Quarterfinal round was arranged so that the top eastern seed would play the winner between the fourth- and fifth-seeded eastern team while the winners of the other two first round matches would meet for the other eastern quarterfinal. In the western quarterfinals, the top western seed played the fourth western seed and the second western seed played the third western seed. The higher-ranked team served as host for all first round and quarterfinal meetings.


2009 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 2009 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Tournament was held from May 9 through May 24, 2009. This was the 30th annual Division III NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Sixteen NCAA Division III college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a play-in game to advance to the tournament.


2009 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship
The tournament culminated with the finals, held on Memorial Day weekend at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The championship weekend included the Division I and Division II championships.


2009 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship, Play-in games
The final four rounds of the tournament were preceded by six play-in games on May 6:


2009 NCAA Division III football season
The 2009 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2009, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2009 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks won their second Division III championship by defeating the Mount Union Purple Raiders, 38−28. This was the fifth of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (4 wins).


2009 NCAA Division III football season
The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Blaine Westemeyer, offensive tackle from Augustana (IL).


2009 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason
The 2009 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 37th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the 17th time.


2009 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason, Qualification
Twenty-three conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, four conferences had no Pool A bid. The ECFC and UMAC were in the first year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC and UAA failed to meet the seven-member requirement.


2009 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason, Qualification
Schools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B. The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools. The 23 Pool A conferences contained 196 schools, an average of 8.5 teams per conference. Twenty-eight schools were in Pool B, enough for three bids.


2009 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason, Qualification
The remaining six playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams.


2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that includes All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) drawn from the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, AP and TSN choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.


2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The Consensus 2009 College Basketball All-American team is determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since United Press International was replaced by TSN in 1997, the four major selectors have been the aforementioned ones. AP has been a selector since 1948, NABC since 1957 and USBWA since 1960. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams.


2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team. According to this system, DeJuan Blair, Stephen Curry, Blake Griffin, Tyler Hansbrough and James Harden were first team selections and Sherron Collins, Luke Harangody, Ty Lawson, Jodie Meeks, Jeff Teague and Hasheem Thabeet were second team selections.


2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Although the aforementioned lists are used to determine consensus honors, there are numerous other All-American lists. The ten finalists for the John Wooden Award are described as Wooden All-Americans. The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.


2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, Individual All-America teams
The table below details the selections for four major 2009 college basketball All-American teams. The number corresponding to the team designation (i.e., whether a player was a first team, second team, etc. selection) appears in the table. The following columns are included in the table:


2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, Academic All-Americans
On February 25, 2009, CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine announced the 2009 Academic All-American team with Brett Winkelman headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.


2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, Academic All-Americans
2008–09 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:


2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, Wooden All-Americans
The ten finalists (and ties) for the  John R. Wooden Award are called Wooden All-Americans. The 11 honorees are as follows:


2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, Senior All-Americans
The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows:


2009 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 40th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate indoor volleyball. The single elimination tournament was played at Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, Utah during May 2009.


2009 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
UC Irvine defeated USC in the final match, 3–2 (26–30, 30–23, 26–30, 30–17, 15–12), to win their second national title. The Anteaters (27–5) were coached by John Speraw.


2009 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
UC Irvine's Ryan Ammerman was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Ammerman, along with six other players, comprised the All Tournament Team.


2009 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.


2009 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2009 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 14, 2009, and ended with the championship game on March 22. The quarterfinals were played at the home sites of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was played in Boston. A total of seven games were played.


2009 NCAA Rifle Championships
The 2009 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 30th annual NCAA-sanctioned competition to determine the team and individual national champions of co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States.


2009 NCAA Rifle Championships
The championships were held at the TCU Rifle Range at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.


2009 NCAA Rifle Championships
West Virginia won the team championship, the Mountaineers' fourteenth NCAA national title in rifle and first since 1998.


2009 NCAA Rifle Championships, Qualification
With only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of eight teams contested this championship.


2009 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
The 2009 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 12 schools competing for the national championship of women's NCAA Division I gymnastics. It was the twenty eighth NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 2008 was Georgia. The Competition took place in Lincoln, Nebraska hosted by the University of Nebraska in the Bob Devaney Sports Center.


2009 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
The 2009 six regional fields and sites were as follows:


2009 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
At the national championships at Lincoln, Nebraska, the top three teams from each of the first day's sessions advancing to the Super Six Team Finals were: Georgia, Florida and LSU (first session); Alabama, Arkansas and Utah (second session). Utah used a tie breaker over UCLA to advance to the finals. Individually, top all-around title went to Georgia's Courtney Kupets who scored 39.80 points, including a perfect 10 on balance beam. Utah's Kristina Basket with 39.60 points and UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa with 39.575 points were second and third-place finishers. Kupets became just the second three-time NCAA All-Around champion in NCAA history. Additionally, other gymnasts competing were 12 of the nation’s best all-arounders and four individual event specialists.


2009 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
The Georgia Gym Dogs finished on top with 197.825 points to win the 2009 team championship, a record 10th NCAA title. They were followed by Alabama with 197.575 points, Utah with 197.425 points, Florida with 196.725 points, Arkansas with 196.475 points and LSU with 196.375 points at the Super Six Team Finals.


2009 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
Head coach Suzanne Yoculan, in her 26th year at the helm of the University of Georgia program, retired with a record of 831-117-7 after the 2009 championship.


2009 NCBA Division I World Series
The 2009 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division I World Series was played at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, FL from May 22 to May 28. The ninth tournament's champion was Colorado State University. This was Colorado State's fifth title in the last six years and second in a row. The Most Valuable Player was Bobby Moller of Colorado State University.


2009 NCBA Division I World Series, Format
The format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets with the only difference being that in the NCBA, there is only one game that decides the national championship rather than a best-of-3 like the NCAA.


2009 NCBA Division II World Series
The 2009 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II World Series was played at Pullman Park in Butler, PA from May 15 to May 19. The second tournament's champion was the University of Kentucky, who won their second consecutive Division II title.


2009 NCBA Division II World Series
As of 2014, Kentucky is the only school to repeat as NCBA Division II National Champions. The only other school to repeat as NCBA World Series Champions in any division is Colorado State, who won three straight titles from 2004–06 and again from 2008-10 in Division I.


2009 NCBA Division II World Series, Format
The format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets with a couple differences. One being that in the NCBA, there is only one game that decides the national championship rather than a best-of-3 like the NCAA. Another difference which is between NCBA Division I and II is that Division II games are 7 innings while Division I games are 9 innings.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game
The 2009 NECBL All-Star Game was the 16th exhibition game between all-stars from the NECBL's East and West Divisions. The game was held at Mackenzie Stadium in Holyoke, Massachusetts, the home field of the West Division's Holyoke Blue Sox. The West Division won the game by a final score of 6-5 in front of a record All-Star Game attendance of 4,906. This mark broke the previous record mark of 4,210 set at the 2007 All-Star Game hosted by the North Adams SteepleCats. Holyoke's Jake Rosenbeck was named All-Star Game Most Valuable Player. The contest was broadcast with live audio and video online provided by Teamline. The game was announced online by Keene's Shawn Medeiros (West Division) and Newport's Nicholas Lima (East Division) on the NECBL Broadcast Network.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Skills Competitions, 60 Yard Dash
The 60-yard dash competition consisted of five contestants, each running two 60-yard heats on the outfield grass. The top two runners advanced to a head-to-head final in which the competitors ran simultaneously to decide the champion.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Skills Competitions, 60 Yard Dash
The two fastest preliminary round heats were recorded by Danbury's Sean Harrell (6.63) and Sanford's Adam Matthews (6.67). In the head-to-head final Matthews defeated Harrell with a winning time of 6.72 seconds.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Skills Competitions, Throwing Competitions, Outfield
In the outfield throwing competition, competing players threw two baseballs each from right field to home plate, at a marked distance of 250 feet. The competitors were judged on their throwing strength and accuracy by several Major League Baseball scouts in attendance. The top two competitors advanced to a final round consisting of one throw per player.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Skills Competitions, Throwing Competitions, Outfield
In the preliminary round, Manchester's Ted Sendek and Keene's Peter Verdin were judged as the best throwers in the competition and advanced to the final round. In this round, Verdin defeated Sendek to win the outfield throwing contest.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Skills Competitions, Throwing Competitions, Infield
In the infield throwing competition, competitors threw two baseballs each from the shortstop position to first base. The ball was slowly rolled to the players from the infield grass. Players were judged by attending scouts on their arm strength and the accuracy of their throws. The top two competitors advanced to a final round consisting of another two throws to decide a champion.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Skills Competitions, Throwing Competitions, Infield
Pittsfield's Zach Williams and North Adams' Brandon Macias advanced to the final round, where Macias defeated Williams to win the competition.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Skills Competitions, Throwing Competitions, Catcher
In the catcher throwing competition, competitors threw three baseballs from behind home plate to the second base bag. Players were judged by attending scouts on the strength and accuracy of their throws. The top two competitors in the preliminary rounds advanced to a final of two throws by each player.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Skills Competitions, Throwing Competitions, Catcher
Manchester's Mike Bourdon and Vermont's Jayson Hernandez advanced from the preliminary rounds to the final round. Hernandez defeated Bourdon to win the competition.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Skills Competitions, Home Run Derby
In the Home Run Derby, each of the thirteen competitors was given 5 outs to hit as many home runs as possible. Outs consisted of any swing by the batter which did not result in a home run. The top two home run hitters of the preliminary round advanced to a final round also consisting of five outs per hitter. In the competition, left-handed hitters were aided by a favorable wind blowing out to right field, making it easier for balls pulled by left-handed hitters to reach the fence. Marked dimensions at Mackenzie Stadium were 327 feet down the left and right field lines and 377 feet to straight-away center field.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Skills Competitions, Home Run Derby
Keene's Jacob Rogers and Holyoke's Murray Watts were the top hitters of the preliminary round, each hitting two home runs each. Rogers defeated Watts 2-1 in the final to win the Home Run Derby title.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Game summary
After the conclusion of the skills competition, each team took live batting practice on the field. After this, the grounds crew prepped the field as the pregame ceremonies began at 6:30. After the rosters were announced, the players took the field for a 7:00 gametime.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Game summary
After West Division starting pitcher Tim Boyce (North Adams) worked a scoreless top of the first, the West scored the game's first run when Jake Rosenbeck (Holyoke) grounded into a double play. This scored Henry Dunn (Vermont), who had doubled to lead off the inning, to make the score 1-0.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Game summary
The East quickly answered in the top of the second off of pitcher Tommy Meagher (Keene). After a Ben Waldrip (North Shore) single and a walk by Patrick Brady (North Shore), Kyle Felix (Lowell) singled in Waldrip to tie the score at one. Mark Micowski (Sanford) later reached on a fielder's choice to put the East ahead 2-1.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Game summary
The West All-Stars responded in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Jake Rosenbeck which scored Henry Dunn to tie the score at two. However, the East retook the lead in the top of the fourth on a Dave Gustafson (Lowell) single which scored Aaron Westlake (Newport). The lead was extended to 4-2 when Taylor Featherston (New Bedford) singled in Gustafson.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Game summary
The West got a run back in the bottom half of the fourth when a Taylor Featherston error on a Clay Jones (Vermont) grounder allowed Mike Fabiaschi (Danbury) to score.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Game summary
After a scoreless top of the fifth pitched by Brach Davis (North Adams), the West scored three times in the bottom of the inning. After loading the bases on a single and two walks, Mike Fabiaschi hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Jake Rosenbeck and tie the game at four. The next batter, Brandon Macias (North Adams), gave the West the lead with a two-out, two RBI single to right field, scoring John Schultz (North Adams) and Chris Edmondson (Keene) to give the West a 6-4 lead.


2009 NECBL All-Star Game, Game summary
Although the East was able to pull back one run in the eighth on an RBI groundout by Dylan Pratt (Sanford), the West prevailed 6-5. After giving up four runs in the first four innings, the West Division’s pitching staff allowed only one run over the final five frames, with an inning each from Brach Davis, Rob Kumbatovic (Vermont), Robert Young (Pittsfield), Austin Evans (Vermont), and Ricky Rogers (Keene).


2009 NECBL playoffs
The 2009 NECBL playoffs was the postseason tournament of the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the 2009 season. It consisted of eight teams competing in three rounds of best-of-three series. In the championship round, Newport defeated Vermont 2–1 to win their fourth NECBL title.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Format
The 2009 NECBL playoffs consisted of three rounds, a Division Semifinal, Division Final, and Championship Series. Competing teams consisted of the four best-record teams from both the West Division and the East Division. These teams were seeded #1 through #4 according to their regular season record. In each division, the #1 seed played the #4 seed and the #2 seed played the #3 seed in the Division Semifinal round. The two winners of these series advanced to the Division Finals. The winner of the round captured the Division Championship, one for both the East and West divisions.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Format
The two division champions faced each other in the Championship Series to decide the NECBL champion. All rounds consisted of a best-of-three series in which the first game and third game (if necessary) of each series were played at the higher seed's home field and the second game was played at the lower seed's home field. If identically seeded teams from opposite divisions met in the Championship Series the NECBL tiebreaker rules would be utilized.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Seedings, West Division
Note- Holyoke defeated Danbury in one-game playoff to capture four-seed.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals
The Division Semifinals, the first playoff round, consisted of matchups between each division's #1 and #4 seeds and #2 and #3 seeds.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division
In the West Division, the Division Semifinal matchups were as follows: #1 Keene versus #4 Holyoke, #2 North Adams versus #3 Vermont.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Game SummaryAugust 2, 2009- In Game 1 of this West Division Semifinal series, the #1 seeded Keene Swampbats took on the #4 seeded Holyoke Blue Sox to begin a best-of-three series. The game, played at Alumni Field in Keene, New Hampshire, featured a starting pitching matchup of two Pac-10 pitchers: Keene's Adam Conley (Washington State) and Holyoke's Chase Brewer (UCLA).


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Holyoke scored first in the top of the first inning. After a Cooper Blanc (Utah) walk and a Jim Wood (Trinity) single, third baseman Jake Rosenbeck (Buffalo) grounded into a double play, scoring Blanc, who had advanced to third on Wood's single.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Keene responded with three runs in the bottom of the first. Right fielder Chris Edmondson (Le Moyne) walked with two outs and advanced to third on a Ryan Terry (Monmouth) double. With two runners on, Correy Figueroa (Tampa) launched a three-run home run to right field, giving Keene a 3–1 lead.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Keene scored again in the bottom of the second on a successful double steal. With Keene baserunners on first and third, Chase Brewer picked off Tim Hayes (Louisville) at first. However, while Hayes was caught in a rundown between first and second, José Macías (Franklin Pierce) came in the back door to score, giving Keene a 4–1 advantage.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Holyoke got one back in the top half of the third on an RBI groundout by Jim Wood, which scored Michael Beltran (Utah), making the score 4–2 in favor of Keene.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
The game remained scoreless until the top of the sixth. After Mike Nemeth's (UConn) single and Rob Lawler's (Buffalo) double gave Holyoke runners on second and third, Sean Rockey (George Washington) delivered a two-out, two RBI single to tie the game at 4.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
The game remained tied until the top of the ninth, thanks to a strong outing by Holyoke's Jonathan Stephens (Samford). After Blue Sox starter Chase Brewer departed after giving up four earned runs in four innings, Stephens silenced the Keene hitters, throwing five scoreless innings while giving up only one hit. Jim Wood doubled with one out in the Holyoke ninth. After an intentional walk was issued to Jake Rosenbeck, the Swamp Bats brought in pitcher Dexter Bobo (Georgia Southern). Bobo struck out Holyoke's Murray Watts (Arkansas State) to record the second out. However, Mike Nemeth singled in Wood to give the Blue Sox a 5–4 lead.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Jonathan Stephens remained in the game for the bottom of the ninth. After getting the first two outs on a pair of groundouts, Stephens got pinch hitter Dustin Spruill (Chipola) to pop out to shortstop Michael Beltran to end the game, 5–4 Holyoke.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Holyoke's Jonathan Stephens (1–0) was credited with the win, while Keene's Earl Daniels (Georgia) (0–1) took the loss. Top hitters for Keene were Chris Edmondson (2–3, R, BB) and Correy Figueroa (1–4, HR, 3 RBI). Top hitters for Holyoke were Jim Wood (3–5, 2B, RBI, R), Mike Nemeth (2–4, R, RBI, BB), and Sean Rockey (1–4, 2 RBI, BB). The game was played in front of 1,205 fans.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Game SummaryAugust 3, 2009- Entering Game 2 of this West Division Semifinal, #4 seeded Holyoke held a 1–0 series lead over #1 seeded Keene after winning Game 1 by a score of 5–4. For Game 2, the series came to Holyoke's Mackenzie Stadium, with the Blue Sox having an opportunity to advance to the Division Finals with a win. The pitching matchup featured Maxx Catapano (Southern Connecticut) for Holyoke against Tommy Meagher (Tampa) for Keene.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Keene scored first in the top of the first. Following a leadoff triple by Peter Verdin (Georgia), Josh Chester (Florida Gulf Coast) grounded out to the pitcher Catapano, scoring the run from third to give Keene an early 1–0 lead.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
After a 1-2-3 bottom of the first pitched by Tommy Meagher, Keene scored again in the top of the second. With two outs and the bases empty, Jacob Rogers (Chipola) tripled down the right field line. Consecutive walks to Dustin Spruill (Chipola) and José Macías (Franklin Pierce) loaded the bases for leadoff hitter Peter Verdin. Verdin proceeded to clear the bases with a double to center field, giving Keene a 4–0 advantage.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Keene struck again in the top of the third. After right fielder Chris Edmondson (Le Moyne) doubled with one out, Correy Figueroa (Tampa) delivered a two out RBI double to give Keene a 5–0 lead. An RBI single by Jacob Rogers scored Figueroa to extend the Swamp Bats' lead to six runs.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
In the fourth inning, Keene scored again off of Holyoke's Dillon Fontaine (American International), who had replaced Catapano in the third. RBI singles by Mark Onoratti (Manhattan), Chris Edmondson, Correy Figueroa, and José Macías pushed Keene's lead to a double digit 10–0 advantage after four frames. Fontaine was knocked from the game by Edmondson's single and replaced by Mike Sclaratta (Pace).


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
In the fifth inning, Keene struck for five runs. Third baseman Ryan Terry (Monmouth) started the scoring with a 2-RBI single which scored Mark Onoratti and Josh Chester. After a Correy Figueroa walk, Jacob Rogers doubled to right field, scoring Terry and Figueroa. José Macías then singled in Rogers to give Keene a 15–0 lead which would last until the end of the game.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Keene starter Tommy Meagher (5.0 IP, 6 K) and relievers Corey Baker (Pitt) and Kyle McMyne (Villanova) combined to hold the Blue Sox offense to just one hit on the night, a second-inning single by Rob Lawler.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
In the 15–0 blowout, Meagher (1–0) was credited with the win, while Holyoke starter Maxx Catapano (0–1) suffered the loss. Top hitters for Keene were Peter Verdin (3–6, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI), Josh Chester (3–5, 2 R, 1 RBI), Chris Edmondson (2–5, 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI), Correy Figueroa (2–3, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI), and Jacob Rogers (4–6, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI). Keene's win tied the series at 1–1. The game was played in front of 2,610 at Mackenzie Stadium.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Game SummaryAugust 4, 2009- After two games in this West Division Semifinal, a tight 5–4 Game 1 Holyoke win and a 15–0 blowout by Keene in Game 2, the series was tied at one game apiece. This forced a deciding Game 3, played at Keene's Alumni Field. The winner would move on to face the #3 seeded Vermont Mountaineers, who had already defeated the North Adams SteepleCats 2–0 in their West Division Semifinal. The pitching matchup in Keene featured Matt Zielinski (Richmond) for Keene against Kyle Sumple (Siena) for Holyoke.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
After two scoreless innings to begin the game, Holyoke scored first in the top of the third, thanks to two errors by Keene's Jacob Rogers (Chipola). With, one out Holyoke catcher Cooper Blanc (Utah) reached on an error by Rogers. Blanc then advanced to third base on another error by Rogers, this time on a failed pickoff. Jim Wood (Trinity) then drove in Blanc with a sacrifice fly to left field, giving Holyoke a 1–0 lead. After a Jake Rosenbeck (Buffalo) singled, Holyoke cleanup hitter Murray Watts (Arkansas State) hit a two-run home run over the right center field fence, extending Holyoke's lead to 3–0. All three Blue Sox runs in the inning were unearned, due to the two errors by Rogers during the inning.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
The Swamp Bats responded in the bottom of the third. Mark Onoratti (Manhattan) doubled to left center. The next batter, right fielder Chris Edmondson (Le Moyne), drove Onoratti in with a two-out RBI single, making the score 3–1 in favor of Holyoke.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
After a scoreless fourth Holyoke scored again in the fifth inning. Keene starter Matt Zielinski was pulled after four innings in favor of reliever Dan White (UMass Lowell). The first hitter of the inning, Jim Wood, hit a solo home run to give Holyoke a 4–1 lead. White then walked Jake Rosenbeck and gave up a single to Murray Watts and was pulled from the game without retiring a batter. Earl Daniels (Georgia) entered the game for Keene and was able to get out of the jam by retiring Mike Nemeth (UConn), Rob Lawler (Buffalo), and Sean Rockey (George Washington).


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Holyoke starter Kyle Sumple was pulled from the game in the bottom of the sixth after loading the bases with one out. Blue Sox reliever Mitchell Beacom (UCLA) entered the game and prevented Keene from scoring by getting Josh Chester (Florida Gulf Coast) to ground into a 5U-3 double play.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
After scoreless seventh and eighth innings, Holyoke threatened again in the top of the ninth. After reliever Ricky Rogers (St. Petersburg) loaded the bases with no outs, Keene brought in Dexter Bobo (Georgia Southern). Bobo struck out Murray Watts for the first out and induced Mike Nemeth to ground into a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Leading 4–1, Holyoke sent Mitchell Beacom back to the mound for his third full inning of relief. Beacom allowed two quick hits to get into a jam with runners on first and third. Mark Onoratti then singled in a run, cutting the Holyoke lead to 4–2. After Beacom struck out Chris Edmondson, he was replaced by Doug Jennings (UConn). Jennings entered the game holding a two-run lead with runners on second and third. Ryan Terry (Monmouth) singled in one run, scoring Josh Chester to halve the Holyoke lead at 4–3. After walking Correy Figueroa (Tampa), Jennings managed to strike out Jacob Rogers for the second out. Dustin Spruill (Chipola) then grounded to Holyoke third baseman Jake Rosenbeck, who stepped on third base for the force out to end the game, giving Holyoke the series win 2–1.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
Holyoke starter Kyle Sumple got the win, pitching 5.1 innings giving up only 1 earned run. Keene starter Matt Zielinski took the loss, while Holyoke's Doug Jennings was credited with the save in a game attended by 1,474 fans. The top hitters for Holyoke were Jim Wood (3–1, BB, R, 2 RBI) and Murray Watts (3–5, R, 2 RBI). Keene's top hitters were Peter Verdin (2–5, R) and Mark Onoratti (3–5, R, RBI). Holyoke moved on to face the Vermont Mountaineers in the Division Final round.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, Keene vs. Holyoke
The three games of the series drew a total of 5,289 fans, for an average of 1,763 fans per game.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
Game SummaryAugust 2, 2009- This Division Semifinal Series featured the #2 seeded North Adams SteepleCats against the #3 seeded Vermont Mountaineers in a best-of-three playoff. Game 1 was hosted by North Adams at Joe Wolfe Field in North Adams, Massachusetts. The starting pitching matchup featured North Adams' Tim Boyce (Rhode Island) against Vermont's Rob Kumbatovic (Hofstra).


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
After Tim Boyce pitched a 1-2-3 top of the first, North Adams scored first in the bottom of the inning. Left fielder John Schultz (Pitt) walked to lead off the inning, advancing to second on a failed pickoff. Brandon Macias (South Mountain CC) then scored Schultz on an RBI single to give the SteepleCats an early 1–0 lead.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
The game remained scoreless until the top of the third, when Vermont's Steven Felix (Troy) singled with two outs to give the Mountaineers a baserunner. Henry Dunn (Binghamton) then delivered a two out RBI double to right field, scoring Felix to tie the game at 1–1.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
Vermont struck again in the fourth. The Mountaineers loaded the bases with two out for Steven Felix. Kevin Vance (UConn) then scored on a wild pitch to give Vermont a 2–1 lead. Felix then added to the lead with a two-RBI single, scoring Nick Martinez (Fordham) and Jayson Hernandez (Rutgers) to extend Vermont's advantage to 4–1.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
North Adams cut into Vermont's advantage in the bottom half of the fourth. Following a Matt Goulas (UL-Lafayette) leadoff double, second baseman Cameron McMullen (UMass) scored Goulas on a single to right, making the score 4–2.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
In the Vermont fifth, Jantzen Witte (TCU) hit a solo home run over the left field fence, giving the Mountaineers a three-run lead, 5–2. Witte's home run drove SteepleCats starter Tim Boyce from the game in favor of reliever Tim Shibuya (San Diego). Shibuya retired Vermont without allowing any further damage.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
In the SteepleCats fifth, Brandon Macias led off the inning with a double to right center. After advancing to third on a passed ball, Macias scored on an RBI groundout by Paul Hoilman (East Tennessee State), making the score 5–3 in favor of Vermont. Mountaineer starter Rob Kumbatovic was pulled later in the inning in favor of Austin Evans (Alabama).


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
After scoreless sixth and seventh innings pitched by North Adams' Shibuya and Vermont's Evans, Vermont put the game out of reach in the top of the eighth. Tim Shibuya was relieved by Dayton Marze (UL-Lafayette). An error by SteepleCats third baseman Bo Reeder (East Tennessee State) on a ball hit by Steven Rosado (Troy) allowed Jayson Hernandez to score an unearned run, extending Vermont's lead to 6–3. Henry Dunn grounded out to third base with the bases loaded later in the inning, scoring Nick Martinez to give the Mountaineers a two-run, 7–5 advantage. Another defensive miscue led to the eighth Vermont run when SteepleCats catcher Joseph Pavone (UConn) threw the ball into center field on a failed snap throw, allowing Steven Rosado to score. An RBI single by Clay Jones extended Vermont's lead to 9–3.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
Vermont relievers Justin Jackson (Sam Houston State) and Colin Duffie (Milligan) combined to hold North Adams scoreless for the eighth and ninth innings to give Vermont the 9–3 win and a 1–0 series lead. The game was attended by 872 fans at Joe Wolfe Field.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
Vermont reliever Austin Evans was credited with the win, going 21⁄3 hitless innings, striking out 4. North Adams starter Tim Boyce took the loss, throwing 51⁄3 innings, giving up 5 earned runs on 5 hits. Boyce walked 4 and struck out 5. Vermont's top hitters were Steven Felix (2–4, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI), Jantzen Witte (2–4, BB, 2B, HR, RBI), and Nick Martinez (3–5, 2 R). North Adams' top hitter was Brandon Macias (4–4, BB, 2B, R, RBI).


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
Game SummaryAugust 2, 2009- Entering Game 2 of this West Division Semifinal Series, the #3 seeded Vermont Mountaineers held a 1–0 series lead over the #2 seeded North Adams SteepleCats after a 9–3 victory in Game 1. With a win, Vermont would advance to the Division Finals to face the winner of the Keene/Holyoke series. If North Adams won, the series would return to North Adams for a decisive Game 3. Game 2 was hosted by Vermont at Montpelier Recreation Field in Montpelier, Vermont. The starting pitching matchup featured Vermont's Brad Altback (Bradley) versus North Adams' Brach Davis (Memphis).


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
Altback and Davis traded hitless frames until the bottom of the second, when Vermont's Clay Jones (Alabama) hit a solo home run to left field off of Davis, giving the Mountaineers an early 1–0 lead.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
After Brad Altback retired North Adams in order in the SteepleCats third, Vermont scored again in the bottom of the inning. Nine-hitter Kevin Nieto (Manhattan) led off the inning with a triple and scored when SteepleCats shortstop Brandon Macias committed an error on a grounder hit by Steven Rosado (Troy), pushing the Vermont lead to 2–0. The Mountaineers added another later in the inning. Rosado advanced to second on a wild pitch and reached third base on a Steven Felix (Troy) groundout. Then, a two-out error by North Adams first baseman Paul Hoilman (East Tennessee State) allowed Rosado to score, running the score to 3–0.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
Vermont scored for the third consecutive inning in the fourth on a Kevin Nieto RBI single, which scored Kevin Vance (UConn), making the score 4–0. SteepleCats starter Brach Davis would go 5.0, giving up four runs (three earned) on seven hits while striking out four.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
After the fourth, the North Adams pitching staff was able to hold the Mountaineer offense at bay. After Davis exited after the fifth inning, SteepleCats relievers Ken Graveline (Rhode Island), Ryan Fraser (Memphis), and Kevin Fuqua (La Salle) each threw a scoreless inning. However, the SteepleCats lineup could not produce runs off of Vermont pitcher Brad Altback. Altback threw 8.0 innings, giving up only two hits while striking out thirteen SteepleCats.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
After, Altback's departure from a 4–0 game in the eighth inning, Vermont brought on Kevin Vance, who had started the game at third base, to pitch the ninth inning. Vance retired John Schultz (Pitt), Brandon Macias, and Paul Hoilman in order to give the Mountaineers the game and series win. Vermont would move on to face the winner of the other West Division Semifinal between the Keene Swamp Bats and Holyoke Blue Sox.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
Vermont's Brad Altback was credited with the win, while North Adams' Brach Davis took the loss. Vermont's top hitters were Clay Jones (1–4, HR, RBI), Kevin Vance (2–4, R), and Kevin Nieto (2–3, 3B, R, RBI). The game was attended by 3,112 at Montpelier Recreation Field.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, West Division, North Adams vs. Vermont
The two games of the series drew a total of 3,984 fans, for an average of 1,992 fans per game.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, East Division
In the East Division, the Division Semifinal matchups were as follows: #1 Newport versus #4 New Bedford, #2 Sanford versus #3 North Shore.


2009 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, East Division, Newport vs. New Bedford
Game SummaryAugust 2, 2009- This East Division Semifinal Series featured the #1 seeded Newport Gulls against the #4 seeded New Bedford Bay Sox in a best-of-three playoff. Game 1 was hosted by Newport at Cardines Field in Newport, Rhode Island. The starting pitching matchup featured Newport's Andrew Kittredge (Washington) against New Bedford's Will Jolin (Florida).