Wheaton lost to springfield and looks like Hopkins lost to haver ford   Tomorrow should be very interesting

Williams is obviously in
Amherst will go
Midd has more wins than bowdoin   beat them in the regular season and has a higher regional ranking so midd before bowdoin but maybe they take bowdoin as well (midd has not been great their last five games) or perhaps neither
Remarkable job by williams after losing two great players to graduation but they get the best players so maybe no surprise after all.
Another choke job by amherst   Up two goals with twenty five to play   shades of their loss earlier in the season to Williams and in 2010 to midd up 3-0 with under 9 minutes to play only to lose to midd 4-3 in overtime.

Doubtful that bowdoin makes big dance - hard to imagine committee taking 4 Nescac teams - but 11 wins in 15 games is quite impressive especially after losing co-player of year to graduation thought here is that bowdoin will have to run the table - but batman and robin look like they may ride again this year - midd still 11 nationally - panthers may even get a home pod

Not shocked that Wes pulled the upset. As noted in my earlier post (pre gotham city diversions) Wes made half time adjustments in their first game that shut down midd in the second half.  You stop batman and robin and take your chances that someone else beats you.  But where were the adjustments from Midd?  Midd's achilles heel all season has  been finishing in the attacking third. Lots of chances today as wes packed it in with the lead. Midd definitely on the fence in terms of the big dance - congrats to Wes

Batman and Robin combine to dismantle Williams. Seriously flawed gameplay/execution by the Ephs playing into what Midd likes to do best.  This is Midd's window of opportunity but Wesleyan will be a tough opponent and after making some adjustments played a great second half v. Midd when they met during the season. Should Midd advance loser of Amherst/Williams semi-final would appear to be in jeopardy of not receiving NCAA bid.

How is Wesleyan 1-4 in the Nescac   They played a very good second half v midd. With the schedule they have left would not surprise me if they finish 5-5

Freshman Hannah robinson at midd is very talented playing behind two senior captains at defensive mid but she is getting good minutes and started a bunch of games

Yes I know I was there -how else would you like to look at it ? 

Midd - With virtually it's entire team returning -just recorded its 14th shutout in its last 15 games

On a cold, windy day and after a shaky start - the Midd bus rolls over Lasell 2-0 dominating the second half - seventh straight shutout -  tomorrow will be much tougher

So for their 17-0 season, Amherst gets a potential third round trip to Baltimore to play 19-0 Johns Hopkins - Williams travels to New Jersey and Midd hosts two rounds - GO FIGURE !!!!

Amherst showed from start to finish why they were the class of the conference.   What a shame for midd, 11 wins,  six straight shutouts,   a win v williams, 200 scoreless minutes v Williams and quite possibly no NCAA bid, we will see tomorrow.

Where did all the front running EPH fans go ??

Not too great with the predictions my sea faring friend --  you thinking about changing your mind for what shapes up to be a huge midweek game for Midd -  Midd has just about completed turned over its roster in two years (having lost 8 seniors last year - 6/7 starters) and now starts just one senior - the new starters have really stepped up in a big way -- a victory over the Michelyne Men would go a long way towards securing a NCAA bid and position them for home field advantage in the remote chance that Amherst would lose its first round NESCAC tourney game -- it should be a good one with the teams likely meeting 10 days later @ Amherst - although nothing is guaranteed in a one game - go home - format -- 

OH, HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN

what a week:  first the Yanks, then the Phils and then, last but not least, the EPHS !!

And you just have to love the post-game quote by Coach Pinard "I think Amherst was the best team we've played other than Messiah".  You think ??  Maybe you want to add Conn College to the list. 

No Woodson, no Walmsley, no Wolfson, no Wild (is is just me or did we all get the sense that Williams specifically recruited players whose last names started with "W') looking more and more like the EPH offense just runs through 2 extremely talented players - Amherst is stronger defensively and has more offensive weapons -- nice when the NESCAC rookie of the year comes off the bench. 

We all realize that this is likely just round 1 between these two NESCAC heavyweights  and that Amherst has choked it up in the past (6-1 regular season victory over Midd in '09 only to lose to Midd 1-0 in NESCAC semifinals  (one of the most intense games ever))  should be an interesting tournament --  enjoy !! 

Ocean1 - we can debate whether Williams has 13 upperclassmen who contributed meaningful minutes to past championships (I believe I have the better of the argument) - with that said a bench player on Williams is more likely than not to be better than a starter on other D3 or even some NESCAC teams -- for the past several seasons it has been practically a birth rite for Williams to advance to the NCAA tournament (see NY Yankees) - so until another NESCAC team steps up - (Tufts did win the regular season title last year) the EPHs (Evil Empire) are the team to beat (as much as it pains me to say that) -  and as far as Williams is concerned - simply making it to the big dance - while a nice accomplishment - is really just the first step - an early departure - like last year - is clearly (for Williams) a very disappointing season - such is life at the top -- while for other NESCAC teams - simply getting to the tournament is quite an accomplishment since it doesn't happen on a annual  basis --  I look for Amherst to give Williams all they can handle --