Haverford looked positively awful against Swat. None of the games versus Swat or JHU have been close. That has not been the case with Ursinus and Dickinson, obviously.

Here is how I think the 4 and 5 seeds work:

Haverford needs to win vs Dickinson or they are out. HC lost 2x to Swat, the others split

Haverford win and Ursinus win (vs Hopkins): Ursinus is 4th, HC is 5th.
Haverford win and Ursinus loss: HC 4th seed, Dickinson 5th seed since Ursinus lost 2x to Gettysburg and Dickinson split. Both beat Swat.
Dickinson win and Ursinus loss: DC is 4th seed, C is 5th seed.
Dickinson win and UC win: UC is 4th seed, Dickinson is 5th seed.

Is this correct?

Haverford has the toughest draw on Wed-Swat
Haverford vs Dickinson on Saturday will likely be the decisive game.

Haverford erased a 16 point second half deficit and beat Dickinson 73-69. Offensive rb and second chance points told the story.

Haverford played very well. Got ahead 2-0 in first half. Although they allowed the Dips only 3 shots in the second half, F&M scored. Haverford missed one huge opportunity pretty late in the game.

Haverford played very well. Got ahead 2-0 in first half. Although they allowed the Dips only 3 shots in the second half, F&M scored. Haverford missed one huge opportunity pretty late in the game.

Fords have been without Corkery almost all season.

Quote from: Mid-Atlantic Fan on September 22, 2016, 08:02:29 AM
Rowan takes down F&M on the road 2-1 after trailing early. Both teams missed critical PKs in the final 10 minutes of play. Heck of a game but edge to Rowan throughout. They are a dangerous team.

Etown handled Alvernia with ease in a 2-0 route. Alvernia is almost to self-destruct mode if they haven't already hit it.

Fords survive another overtime thriller narrowly escaping Stockton with a 1-0 win in double overtime with 1 minute remaining. Heart breaker for Stockton who needed a signature result.

Dickinson thumps Mary Washington 3-1 and is starting to get back on track, but is it a little too late for the Red Devils?

Swat survives St. Marys 3-2.

I very much enjoyed reading these posts as I am a Haverford alum and follow the sports teams-especially soccer and cross country. I think its worth noting a few things about the size issue and admissions. The Haverford endowment is the third largest in the CC (only Swat and JHU are larger) and though it is  on the lower end of the New England schools, its lies pretty much in the middle of the group of say top 50 liberal arts schools. The College's president about a decade ago pushed very hard to increase enrollment from 1200 to 1800.  This would have allowed adding more faculty not to mention students.  The Haverford community vehemently opposed this idea citing the already ample number of courses and library facilities available especially in combination with Bryn Mawr and to a lesser extent Swat.  The feeling was a lot of the close knit community advantages would be lost. Several people posting have, I think correctly noted that the difference between 1200 and 1600 or 1800 is large when you are trying to keep not only sports, but other activities and the honor code atmosphere going. Also, with regard to recruiting for men's sports, there are no reserved slots and there are more women than men in a class. The articles in the NYT convey the recruiting difficulty pretty well.  It is amazing to me how well Haverford does in most sports. I am proud of the fact that intercollegiate soccer as we know it today began with a Haverford / Harvard matchup in 1905 (Haverford won 1-0).

The Haverford field (Walton) was completely redone with a new surface this past summer. Should be much better for play.

I didn't see the Haverford game live, but looked at the video of yesterday's game (very hard to see though). The change in the second half was an offensive burst in which Haverford shot close to 60% (5/9 for 3s) and put up 53 points without Cam Baker playing. They outscored Dickinson 24-2 in one stretch). The 77 is the most scored against Dickinson all year. Haverford defended well (mostly  1-2-2 and maybe some 1-3-1 zone) and rebounded well forcing turnovers, but that was true in the first half also. The question is whether this is a sign of more things to come or an outlier (like the second Ursinus game last year).

Congratulations to all the players who are on the winter academic honor roll. All of the schools in our conference have very rigorous academics so playing ball and excelling in class is a big accomplishment. As an academic myself, I am particularly proud to note that Haverford  had 4 (as did Swat). One on my very favorite rival players Jon Ward is a physics major-very impressive!! 

It is not impossible that three teams could end up 10-8:
Gettysburg and McDaniel are each 10-7 and play each other so someone has to be 10-8
Ursinus beats Muhlenburg (Ursinus keeps getting better, Muhlenburg has injured players)
Haverford beats Swat

My interest as a Ford is what it takes for Haverford to qualify assuming they beat Swat which is never, ever a given. I assume McDaniel and Ursinus trump Haverford as each beat Franklin and Marshall. If, however, Gettysburg winds up 10-8, they will have been swept by McDaniel and F&M unlike the other teams and I think that gives the Fords the nod??

...and Wednesday is another round between great archrivals: Fords vs Swat!! I expect it to be a very exciting game, especially given Swat's performance Saturday against Dickinson. For a number of reasons (Equinox, shared classes, proximity of fan base), there is no strong homecourt advantage in this series. Since the CC started, Haverford is 10-7 at home and 9-8 at Swat. It is therefore a pretty even series, although Haverford has won 7 in a row. With the exception of last year's second game, most of the contests have been very close (as is true for almost any game played between any CC team this year).

I too am optimistic about Haverford especially after the Gettysburg and Ursinus wins. Of course, I am very biased. Haverford teams tend to start slowly. The past 7 years, their record before winter break is a woeful 17-35 (excluding the division I games and 16-19 in the conference) , but 64-56 after (including the 4 post season appearances; 52-43 in conference). They are 5-5 this year which is an unusually good start (none of the past seven year starts are this good).