Predicting Pool A winners: 2014 edition

This is my fourth season of predicting each Pool A conference winner. I count it as a success if my predicted champion wins the regular season and/or the tournament. Tell me where I’m wrong with my 2014 predictions.

Past season predictions: 2011: 31-of-42 2012: 30-of-422013: 36-of-43

Links below are to each conference’s women’s volleyball page.

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference 2010 regular season champ: Pitt-Bradford 2010 tournament champ: Pitt-Bradford 2011 predicted champion: Penn State Altoona 2011 regular season champ: Penn State Altoona 2011 tournament champ: Penn State Altoona 2012 predicted champion: Medaille 2012 regular season champ: Penn State Behrend 2012 tournament champ: Medaille 2013 predicted champion: Penn State Behrend 2013 regular season champ: Penn State Behrend 2013 tournament champ: Penn State Behrend 2014 predicted champion: Penn State Behrend

American Southwest Conference 2010 regular season champ: Texas Lutheran, Hardin-Simmons (West); Texas Dallas (East) 2010 tournament champ: Hardin-Simmons 2011 predicted champion: Hardin-Simmons (West), Texas-Dallas (East) 2011 regular season champ: McMurry (West), Texas Dallas (East) 2011 tournament champ: Hardin-Simmons 2012 predicted champion: Hardin-Simmons (West), Texas Dallas (East) 2012 regular season champ: Hardin-Simmons (West), Texas Dallas (East) 2012 tournament champ: Hardin-Simmons 2013 predicted champion: Hardin-Simmons 2013 regular season champ: Texas Dallas 2013 tournament champ: Hardin-Simmons 2014 predicted champion: Texas Dallas

Capital Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Frostburg 2010 tournament champ: Frostburg 2011 predicted champion: Mary Washington (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament) 2011 regular season champ: Salisbury 2011 tournament champ: Salisbury 2012 predicted champion: Salisbury 2012 regular season champ: Salisbury 2012 tournament champ: Salisbury 2013 predicted champion: Christopher Newport 2013 regular season champ: Christopher Newport 2013 tournament champ: Christopher Newport 2014 predicted champion: Christopher Newport

Centennial Conference 2010 regular season champ: Haverford 2010 tournament champ: Franklin & Marshall 2011 predicted champion: Johns Hopkins 2011 regular season champ: Johns Hopkins 2011 tournament champ: Johns Hopkins 2012 predicted champion: Franklin & Marshall 2012 regular season champ: Franklin & Marshall, Johns Hopkins 2012 tournament champ: Johns Hopkins 2013 predicted champion: Johns Hopkins 2013 regular season champ: Franklin & Marshall 2013 tournament champ: Johns Hopkins 2014 predicted champion: Franklin & Marshall

City University of New York Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Hunter 2010 tournament champ: Hunter 2011 predicted champion: Hunter 2011 regular season champ: Hunter 2011 tournament champ: Baruch 2012 predicted champion: Baruch 2012 regular season champ: Baruch 2012 tournament champ: Baruch 2013 predicted champion: Baruch 2013 regular season champ: Baruch 2013 tournament champ: Baruch 2014 predicted champion: Baruch

College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 2010 regular season champ: Millikin 2010 tournament champ: Carthage 2011 predicted champion: Carthage 2011 regular season champ: Carthage 2011 tournament champ: Carthage 2012 predicted champion: Elmhurst 2012 regular season champ: Elmhurst 2012 tournament champ: Elmhurst 2013 predicted champion: Elmhurst 2013 regular season champ: Elmhurst 2013 tournament champ: Elmhurst 2014 predicted champion: Millikin

Colonial States Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Cabrini 2010 tournament champ: Cabrini 2011 predicted champion: Neumann (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament) 2011 regular season champ: Cabrini 2011 tournament champ: Cabrini 2012 predicted champion: Cabrini (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Neumann 2012 tournament champ: Neumann 2013 predicted champion: Cabrini 2013 regular season champ: Cabrini 2013 tournament champ: Cabrini 2014 predicted champion: Cabrini

Commonwealth Coast Conference 2010 regular season champ: Roger Williams 2010 tournament champ: Roger Williams 2011 predicted champion: Roger Williams 2011 regular season champ: Roger Williams 2011 tournament champ: Roger Williams 2012 predicted champion: Roger Williams 2012 regular season champ: Roger Williams 2012 tournament champ: Roger Williams 2013 predicted champion: Roger Williams 2013 regular season champ: Roger Williams, Salve Regina 2013 tournament champ: Roger Williams 2014 predicted champion: Salve Regina

Commonwealth Conference 2010 regular season champ: Elizabethtown 2010 tournament champ: Lebanon Valley 2011 predicted champion: Elizabethtown (5th in regular season, DNP in tournament) 2011 regular season champ: Messiah 2011 tournament champ: Lebanon Valley 2012 predicted champion: Messiah (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Stevenson 2012 tournament champ: Stevenson 2013 predicted champion: Stevenson 2013 regular season champ: Stevenson 2013 tournament champ: Stevenson 2014 predicted champion: Stevenson

Empire 8 2010 regular season champ: Ithaca 2010 tournament champ: Ithaca 2011 predicted champion: Ithaca (5th in regular season, DNP in tournament) 2011 regular season champ: Elmira 2011 tournament champ: Nazareth 2012 predicted champion: Elmira 2012 regular season champ: Elmira, Stevens 2012 tournament champ: Nazareth 2013 predicted champion: Stevens 2013 regular season champ: Stevens 2013 tournament champ: Nazareth 2014 predicted champion: Nazareth

Freedom Conference 2010 regular season champ: Eastern 2010 tournament champ: Eastern 2011 predicted champion: Eastern 2011 regular season champ: Eastern 2011 tournament champ: Eastern 2012 predicted champion: Eastern 2012 regular season champ: Eastern 2012 tournament champ: Eastern 2013 predicted champion: Eastern 2013 regular season champ: Eastern 2013 tournament champ: Eastern 2014 predicted champion: Eastern

Great Northeast Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Johnson & Wales 2010 tournament champ: Johnson & Wales 2011 predicted champion: Rivier 2011 regular season champ: Emerson 2011 tournament champ: Rivier 2012 predicted champion: Rivier 2012 regular season champ: Rivier 2012 tournament champ: Emerson 2013 predicted champion: Rivier 2013 regular season champ: Rivier 2013 tournament champ: Rivier 2014 predicted champion: Rivier

Great South Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Huntingdon 2010 tournament champ: Piedmont 2011 predicted champion: Huntingdon (5th in regular season, 3rd in tournament) 2011 regular season champ: Maryville 2011 tournament champ: Maryville 2012 predicted champion: Agnes Scott (2nd in regular season, 3rd in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Huntingdon 2012 tournament champ: Salem 2013 predicted champion: Salem 2013 regular season champ: Salem (nominally, as the No. 1 seed) 2013 tournament champ: Agnes Scott 2014 predicted champion: Agnes Scott

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Transylvania 2010 tournament champ: Mount St. Joseph 2011 predicted champion: Transylvania 2011 regular season champ: Rose-Hulman, Bluffton, Hanover, Transylvania, Mount St. Joseph 2011 tournament champ: Rose-Hulman 2012 predicted champion: Hanover (5th in regular season, 5th in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Mount St. Joseph, Transylvania 2012 tournament champ: Mount St. Joseph 2013 predicted champion: Transylvania (2nd in regular season, 3rd in tournament) 2013 regular season champ: Defiance 2013 tournament champ: Bluffton 2014 predicted champion: Bluffton

Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Loras 2010 tournament champ: Wartburg 2011 predicted champion: Wartburg (2nd in regular season, 3rd in tourament) 2011 regular season champ: Coe 2011 tournament champ: Cornell 2012 predicted champion: Wartburg 2012 regular season champ: Wartburg 2012 tournament champ: Wartburg 2013 predicted champion: Wartburg 2013 regular season champ: Wartburg 2013 tournament champ: Wartburg 2014 predicted champion: Coe

Landmark Conference 2010 regular season champ: Juniata 2010 tournament champ: Juniata 2011 predicted champion: Juniata 2011 regular season champ: Juniata 2011 tournament champ: Juniata 2012 predicted champion: Juniata 2012 regular season champ: Juniata 2012 tournament champ: Juniata 2013 predicted champion: Juniata 2013 regular season champ: Juniata 2013 tournament champ: Juniata 2014 predicted champion: Juniata

Liberty League 2012 regular season champ: Skidmore 2012 tourney champ: Clarkson 2013 predicted champ: Clarkson 2013 regular season champ: Clarkson 2013 tournament champ: Clarkson 2014 predicted champion: Clarkson

Little East Conference 2010 regular season champ: UMass Boston 2010 tournament champ: UMass Boston 2011 predicted champion: UMass Boston 2011 regular season champ: Plymouth State, UMass Boston 2011 tournament champ: UMass Boston 2012 predicted champion: UMass Boston 2012 regular season champ: UMass Boston, Western Connecticut State 2012 tournament champ: UMass Boston 2013 predicted champion: Western Connecticut State (4th in regular season, 3rd in tournament) 2013 regular season champ: UMass Boston 2013 tournament champ: UMass Boston 2014 predicted champion: UMass Boston

Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Westfield State 2010 tournament champ: Westfield State 2011 predicted champion: Westfield State 2011 regular season champ: Westfield State 2011 tournament champ: Westfield State 2012 predicted champion: Framingham State 2012 regular season champ: Framingham State 2012 tournament champ: Framingham State 2013 predicted champion: Framingham State (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament) 2013 regular season champ: Westfield State 2013 tournament champ: Westfield State 2014 predicted champion: Framingham State

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 2010 regular season champ: Hope 2010 tournament champ: Hope 2011 predicted champion: Calvin 2011 regular season champ: Calvin 2011 tournament champ: Calvin 2012 predicted champion: Hope (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Calvin 2012 tournament champ: Calvin 2013 predicted champion: Calvin 2013 regular season champ: Calvin, Hope 2013 tournament champ: Calvin 2014 predicted champion: Hope

Midwest Conference 2010 regular season champ: Monmouth 2010 tournament champ: Beloit 2011 predicted champion: St. Norbert 2011 regular season champ: St. Norbert 2011 tournament champ: St. Norbert 2012 predicted champion: St. Norbert (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Cornell 2012 tournament champ: Cornell 2013 predicted champion: Cornell 2013 regular season champ: Cornell 2013 tournament champ: Cornell 2014 predicted champion: Cornell

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: St. Olaf 2010 tournament champ: St. Olaf 2011 predicted champion: Concordia-Moorhead 2011 regular season champ: Concordia-Moorhead, St. Thomas 2011 tournament champ: Concordia-Moorhead 2012 predicted champion: St. Thomas 2012 regular season champ: St. Thomas 2012 tournament champ: St. Thomas 2013 predicted champion: St. Thomas 2013 regular season champ: St. Thomas, Augsburg 2013 tournament champ: St. Thomas 2014 predicted champion: St. Thomas

New England Collegiate Conference 2010 regular season champ: Daniel Webster 2010 tournament champ: Lesley 2011 predicted champion: Daniel Webster (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament) 2011 regular season champ: Southern Vermont 2011 tournament champ: Southern Vermont 2012 predicted champion: Southern Vermont 2012 regular season champ: Southern Vermont 2012 tournament champ: Southern Vermont 2013 predicted champion: Southern Vermont 2013 regular season champ: Southern Vermont 2013 tournament champ: Southern Vermont 2014 predicted champion: Newbury

New England Small College Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Amherst 2010 tournament champ: Middlebury 2011 predicted champion: Amherst (4th in regular season, 5th in tournament) 2011 regular season champ: Bowdoin 2011 tournament champ: Bowdoin 2012 predicted champion: Tufts (6th in regular season, 5th in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Connecticut College, Middlebury, Bowdoin 2012 tournament champ: Middlebury 2013 predicted champion: Bowdoin (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament) 2013 regular season champ: Williams 2013 tournament champ: Williams 2014 predicted champion: Williams

New England Women’s and Men’s Athletics Conference 2010 regular season champ: Springfield 2010 tournament champ: Coast Guard 2011 predicted champion: Coast Guard 2011 regular season champ: Springfield, Coast Guard 2011 tournament champ: Springfield 2012 predicted champion: Coast Guard (4th in regular season, 3rd in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Wellesley 2012 tournament champ: MIT 2013 predicted champion: Wellesley 2013 regular season champ: Springfield, Wellesley 2013 tournament champ: Springfield 2014 predicted champion: Springfield

New Jersey Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Richard Stockton 2010 tournament champ: Richard Stockton 2011 predicted champion: Richard Stockton 2011 regular season champ: Richard Stockton 2011 tournament champ: Richard Stockton 2012 predicted champion: Richard Stockton 2012 regular season champ: Richard Stockton 2012 tournament champ: Richard Stockton 2013 predicted champion: Richard Stockton 2013 regular season champ: Richard Stockton 2013 tournament champ: Richard Stockton 2014 predicted champion: Richard Stockton

North Atlantic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Maine Maritime 2010 tournament champ: Maine Maritime 2011 predicted champion: Maine Maritime (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament) 2011 regular season champ: Colby-Sawyer 2011 tournament champ: Colby-Sawyer 2012 predicted champion: Maine Maritime (3rd in regular season, 2nd in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Colby-Sawyer 2012 tournament champ: Colby-Sawyer 2013 predicted champion: Colby-Sawyer 2013 regular season champ: Colby-Sawyer 2013 tournament champ: Colby-Sawyer 2014 predicted champion: Colby-Sawyer

North Coast Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Wittenberg 2010 tournament champ: Wittenberg 2011 predicted champion: Wittenberg 2011 regular season champ: Wittenberg 2011 tournament champ: Wittenberg 2012 predicted champion: Wittenberg 2012 regular season champ: Wittenberg 2012 tournament champ: Wittenberg 2013 predicted champion: Wittenberg 2013 regular season champ: Wittenberg 2013 tournament champ: Wittenberg 2014 predicted champion: Wittenberg

North Eastern Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Keuka (North), Gallaudet (South) 2010 tournament champ: Gallaudet 2011 predicted champion: Gallaudet 2011 regular season champ: Penn State Berks 2011 tournament champ: Gallaudet 2012 predicted champion: Gallaudet 2012 regular season champ: Gallaudet 2012 tournament champ: Gallaudet 2013 predicted champion: Gallaudet 2013 regular season champ: Gallaudet, SUNYIT, Keuka 2013 tournament champ: Gallaudet 2014 predicted champion: Gallaudet

Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference 2010 regular season champ: Concordia (Wis.) 2010 tournament champ: Dominican 2011 predicted champion: Edgewood 2011 regular season champ: Dominican 2011 tournament champ: Edgewood 2012 predicted champion: Dominican (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Edgewood, Benedictine 2012 tournament champ: Benedictine 2013 predicted champion: Benedictine (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament) 2013 regular season champ: Edgewood 2013 tournament champ: Dominican 2014 predicted champion: Dominican

Northwest Conference (no tourney) 2010 regular season champ: Whitworth 2011 predicted champion: Whitworth 2011 regular season champ: Whitworth 2012 predicted champion: Pacific Lutheran 2012 regular season champ: Pacific Lutheran 2013 predicted champion: Puget Sound (2nd in regular season) 2013 regular season champ: Pacific Lutheran 2014 predicted champion: Pacific Lutheran

Ohio Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Heidelberg 2010 tournament champ: Heidelberg 2011 predicted champion: Heidelberg 2011 regular season champ: Heidelberg 2011 tournament champ: Mount Union 2012 predicted champion: Heidelberg (4th in regular season, 3rd in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Mount Union 2012 tournament champ: Otterbein 2013 predicted champion: Mount Union 2013 regular season champ: Mount Union, Heidelberg 2013 tournament champ: Mount Union 2014 predicted champion: Mount Union

Old Dominion Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Washington and Lee 2010 tournament champ: Randolph-Macon 2011 predicted champion: Washington and Lee 2011 regular season champ: Washington and Lee 2011 tournament champ: Randolph-Macon 2012 predicted champion: Randolph-Macon 2012 regular season champ: Randolph-Macon 2012 tournament champ: Washington and Lee 2013 predicted champion: Washington and Lee 2013 regular season champ: Washington and Lee, Randolph-Macon 2013 tournament champ: Washington and Lee 2014 predicted champion: Randolph-Macon

Presidents’ Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Thomas More 2010 tournament champ: Thomas More 2011 predicted champion: Thomas More (3rd in regular season, 3rd in tournament) 2011 regular season champ: Geneva 2011 tournament champ: Geneva 2012 predicted champion: Geneva (4th in regular season, 5th in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Thomas More 2012 tournament champ: Thomas More 2013 predicted champion: Thomas More 2013 regular season champ: Bethany 2013 tournament champ: Thomas More 2014 predicted champion: Bethany

Skyline Conference 2010 regular season champ: Mount Saint Mary 2010 tournament champ: NYU-Poly 2011 predicted champion: Mount Saint Mary 2011 regular season champ: Mount Saint Mary 2011 tournament champ: NYU-Poly 2012 predicted champion: Mount Saint Mary 2012 regular season champ: Mount Saint Mary 2012 tournament champ: Mount Saint Mary 2013 predicted champion: Sage 2013 regular season champ: Sage 2013 tournament champ: St. Joseph’s (Long Island) 2014 predicted champion: Sage

Southern Athletic Association 2013 regular season champion: Berry 2013 tournament champion: Berry 2014 predicted champion: Berry

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran 2010 tournament champ: Cal Lutheran 2011 predicted champion: Occidental 2011 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran 2011 tournament champ: Occidental 2012 predicted champion: Cal Lutheran 2012 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran 2012 tournament champ: Cal Lutheran 2013 predicted champion: Cal Lutheran 2013 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran 2013 tournament champ: Cal Lutheran 2014 predicted champion: Pomona-Pitzer

Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Colorado College 2010 tournament champ: Colorado College 2011 predicted champion: Southwestern 2011 regular season champ: Southwestern 2011 tournament champ: Colorado College 2012 predicted champion: Colorado College 2012 regular season champ: Colorado College, Trinity (Texas) 2012 tournament champ: Colorado College 2013 predicted champion: Trinity (Texas) 2013 regular season champ: Trinity (Texas) 2013 tournament champ: Trinity (Texas) 2014 predicted champion: Trinity (Texas)

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Greenville 2010 tournament champ: Greenville 2011 predicted champion: Greenville 2011 regular season champ: Webster, Greenville 2011 tournament champ: Webster 2012 predicted champion: Greenville 2012 regular season champ: Greenville, Webster 2012 tournament champ: Webster 2013 predicted champion: Webster 2013 regular season champ: Greenville 2013 tournament champ: Webster 2014 predicted champion: Webster

State University of New York Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West) 2010 tournament champ: Cortland 2011 predicted champion: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West) 2011 regular season champ: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West) 2011 tournament champ: Cortland 2012 predicted champion: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West) 2012 regular season champ: Cortland (East), Buffalo State (West) 2012 tournament champ: Cortland 2013 predicted champions: New Paltz State2013 regular season champ: New Paltz State 2013 tournament champ: Buffalo State 2014 predicted champion: New Paltz State

University Athletic Association 2010 regular season champ: Emory 2010 tournament champ: Emory 2011 predicted champion: Emory 2011 regular season champ: Emory 2011 tournament champ: Washington-St. Louis 2012 predicted champion: Washington-St. Louis 2012 regular season champ: Emory, Chicago, Washington-St. Louis 2012 tournament champ: Emory 2013 predicted champion: Washington-St. Louis 2013 regular season champ: Chicago, Washington-St. Louis 2013 tournament champ: Chicago 2014 predicted champion: Emory

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: St. Scholastica 2010 tournament champ: Northwestern 2011 predicted champion: St. Scholastica 2011 regular season champ: St. Scholastica, Northwestern 2011 tournament champ: St. Scholastica 2012 predicted champion: St. Scholastica (2nd in regular season, 2nd in tournament) 2012 regular season champ: Northwestern 2012 tournament champ: Northwestern 2013 predicted champion: Northwestern 2013 regular season champ: Northwestern, Minnesota Morris 2013 tournament champ: Northwestern 2014 predicted champion: Northwestern

USA South Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Christopher Newport 2010 tournament champ: Christopher Newport 2011 predicted champion: Christopher Newport 2011 regular season champ: Christopher Newport 2011 tournament champ: Christopher Newport 2012 predicted champion: Christopher Newport 2012 regular season champ: Christopher Newport 2012 tournament champ: Christopher Newport 2013 predicted champions: Averett (North); Maryville (South) 2013 regular season champ: Averett (North); Maryville (South) 2013 tournament champ: Maryville 2014 predicted champion: Averett (North); Maryville (South)

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2010 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Platteville 2011 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Platteville (4th in regular season, 4th in tournament) 2011 regular season champ: UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater, UW-Eau Claire 2011 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Whitewater 2012 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2012 regular season champ: Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2012 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2013 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Whitewater (3rd in regular season, 2nd in tournament) 2013 regular season champ: Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2013 tournament champ: Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2014 predicted champion: Wisconsin-Whitewater

-Ricky Nelson