Mansfield Athletes Playing Division III Fall Sports In CT

MANSFIELD, CT — A few weeks ago, we wrote about student-athletes from Connecticut, particularly from Mansfield, who stayed in-state to play Division I and Division II college sports. Today, we conclude the series with a look at the local performers at the state's nine Division III colleges and universities.

More than 550 Connecticut student-athletes, including three from Mansfield, are pursuing their academic and sports endeavors at in-state D-III schools this fall, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

Danbury has 18 student-athletes on in-state D-III fall rosters, while Bristol has 16, Bridgeport 15 and West Hartford 14.

Following are breakdowns by school, by county and by sport, with links to the home pages of each school's athletic department.

Schools

• Western Connecticut State - 173
• Eastern Connecticut State - 97
• Saint Joseph - 71
• Albertus Magnus - 61
• Trinity - 42
• Mitchell - 32
• Connecticut College - 30
• Wesleyan - 28
• Coast Guard - 23

Counties

• Fairfield - 144
• New Haven - 131
• Hartford - 118
• Middlesex - 40
• New London - 37
• Litchfield and Tolland - 32
• Windham - 20

Sports

• men's soccer - 128
• women's soccer - 113
• football - 106
• field hockey - 60
• women's volleyball - 47
• women's cross country - 30
• men's cross country - 29
• women's tennis - 23
• sailing - 7
• men's rowing, women's rowing, men's tennis - 4
• men's water polo - 2

Tolland County residents

• 5 - Tolland
• 4 - Ellington, Willington
• 3 - Mansfield, Vernon, Stafford, Andover
• 2 - Bolton, Columbia
• 1 - Somers, Hebron, Coventry

Mansfield residents on in-state fall D-III rosters

• Anna Barnes, sr., Trinity cross country
• Jorich Swift, fr., ECSU cross country
• Leo Melchor, fr., ECSU soccer

Image created by Tim Jensen

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