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Snead State Ends Wallace State's Winning Streak
The ACCC's longest winning streak is over. Snead State beat Wallace State 21-18 on Sunday, Nov. 1, according to the ACCC schedule. It was Wallace State's first loss of the season, and it snapped a program winning streak that the school had put at 38 games on Oct. 11 and that grew to 40 with two more wins on Oct. 25. Wallace State answered later in the day with a 34-7 win at Northwest Shoals and is 15-1, per the ACCC standings. Snead State also beat Northwest Shoals, 34-6, and has now won three straight to reach 11-5.
Shelton State Sets Program Records, Runs Streak to 11
Shelton State Athletics
Shelton State scored 111 points at Roy Johnson Stadium on Sunday and set a program record in the opener. The Lady Bucs beat Chattahoochee Valley 65-0, topping the previous record of 46 points, which also came against Chattahoochee Valley earlier this season. The school says the 65 points are the second most scored by an ACCC team this season. The ACCC box score shows 10 touchdowns and six interceptions, which the ACCC schedule notes as program records for points, touchdowns and interceptions. Sophomore Shabreia Brannon set a program record with three interceptions, including a 23-yard pick-six. Laneiya Page also returned an interception for a score.
Shelton State then beat Calhoun 46-6 to extend its winning streak to 11. Diaris "Dee" Morales threw for 273 yards and four touchdowns, two of them to Cameron Coraggio. Freshman Chloe Leahy had 17 touches for 226 yards and five total touchdowns on the day, per the school: 12 catches for 158 yards and three scores, plus 3-of-4 passing for 58 yards and two touchdowns against Chattahoochee Valley. Shelton State had 11 different players catch a pass, and five different players threw a touchdown pass. The Lady Bucs are 16-1 overall and 15-1 in league play, tied with Wallace State at the top of the ACCC standings.
Elsewhere in the ACCC on Sunday
According to the ACCC schedule:
Bishop State beat Southern Union 20-18, then routed Spring Hill 53-0. Bishop State has won three straight and is 9-10, while Southern Union fell to 10-4.
Lurleen B. Wallace shut out Enterprise State 28-0 and has won two in a row to reach 6-10. Enterprise State is 2-16.
Calhoun beat Chattahoochee Valley in the middle game of the Shelton State tri-match and is 11-7. Chattahoochee Valley is 0-15.
Next Sunday, Nov. 8, the regular season wraps up. Shelton State visits Wallace State at 5:00 for what now looks like a matchup for the top of the standings. Southern Union also visits Wallace State at 2:00, and Snead State plays Lurleen B. Wallace and Chattahoochee Valley.
The ACCC Heads to Spring, and to an NJCAA Title
The ACCC is moving flag football to the spring. In a post on X on Oct. 28, the conference said its flag football programs will be "coming to the njcaa in the Spring of 2028. After two years of fall ball, our 11 teams will now play for" a championship.
Merrimack Becomes New England's First Division I Flag Football Program
Merrimack College Athletic Department
Merrimack College is adding varsity women's flag football. The North Andover, Mass., school announced the move on Oct. 21 as part of "Warriors Rising: A Blueprint for Athletics Growth and Competitive Excellence." Merrimack will add four Division I varsity sports beginning in 2027-28: women's flag football, acrobatics and tumbling, men's swimming and men's rowing. The school says it will become the first NCAA Division I institution in New England to sponsor varsity women's flag football. It also plans to grow its student-athlete population by more than 40 percent over the next five years.
"Warriors Rising is about extending that transformative experience to even more students while strengthening our commitment to providing every Merrimack student-athlete with an exceptional experience at the highest level," Athletic Director Joe Foley said. A national search for a head coach will begin soon. Coaching appointments, support staff and recruiting plans will be announced in the coming weeks.
Marietta Adds Varsity Flag Football
Marietta College Athletics
Marietta College is adding women's flag football as its 22nd varsity sport, Director of Athletics Joe Bergin announced Oct. 30. A national search for the program's first head coach starts immediately, and the Pioneers will begin competing in spring 2028.
"We are excited for the creation of our Flag Football program," Bergin said. "The sport is on the rise, and I am happy that the administration has given us the go ahead to start the program. It is going to be fun to see where this sport goes."
Lebanon Valley Names Caitlin Quinn Its First Head Coach
Caitlin Quinn, Head Coach, Lebanon Valley College
Lebanon Valley College has its first women's flag football coach. Athletics Director Pat Ratke named Caitlin Quinn on Oct. 22. Quinn starts Nov. 2, and the Flying Dutchmen plan to begin play in spring 2029.
Quinn, a Lansdale, Pa., native, played four seasons at Milligan, where she was among the team's top receivers with 788 yards and 13 touchdowns last season. The Buffs went 44-5 across the 2025 and 2026 seasons and reached the 2025 NAIA championship game. Her family launched Athena Athletics, which the school calls the largest all-girls flag program in the Philadelphia area. It has grown from eight players in 2019 to more than 500. "I look forward to building something special at LVC and shaping our program into one that everyone will be talking about many years from now," Quinn said.
World Flag Series Opens a Pro Tryout to College Players
World Flag Series Announces Combine and Tryout
World Flag Series is teaming with the National Scouting Combine on a professional women's flag football combine and tryout on Jan. 7, 2027. It runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Paradise Coast Sports Complex in Naples, Fla. Athletes will go through verified combine testing, position drills and WFS evaluation in front of league decision-makers. Selected athletes will be considered for professional opportunities, and WFS plans public player signings during the National Scouting Combine's collegiate All-Star Game that evening.
WFS players expected on site include Haylie Young, a two-time WFS champion and WFS1 MVP; Rylee Bolser, the WFS1 Offensive Player of the Tournament; and Si'Naya Glover, a two-time All-Tournament cornerback. "Growing up, I always dreamed flag football would become professional and give me the opportunity to travel and play the sport I love," Young said. Details are at the National Scouting Combine's WFS page.
Source: WFS release shared with WomensCollegeFlagFootball.com
Ratings: NJCAA Composite Rating
The WomensCollegeFlagFootball.com Composite Rating is our RPI-type rating built only on 2026-27 games played. After Sunday, the NJCAA order is:
Wallace State
Shelton State
Snead State
Southern Union
Calhoun
Bishop State
Lurleen B. Wallace
Northwest Shoals
Enterprise State
Chattahoochee Valley
From Our Friend Matthew Dixon
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