amherst field was beat up.  don't know what it was like before.  someone said it's because they played in the snow during the bad storm.  another person sitting next to same guy said snow storm game plus 3 weekends of sat-sun killed field when they  hosted nescac and ncaas.  don't know about turf alternative.  field didn't seem so bad that couldn't play possession soccer.  good teams can play skilled soccer on dirt, so let's give it a break. 

hey weasel, as you know, soccer can be a cruel game, and i moaned about about results in messiah-newman and cnu-randolph, but not slu-oneota as that looks from boxscore and article like very even game. so, not a nescac thing at all.

amherst loses keeper, center back, and south african center mid, all very good and apparently 3-4 year starters.  tough to lose talent up the middle, but i gather team has guys on the bench and versatile starters who will fill shoes without much problem. 

weasel, taking a shot at amherst after today's game is pretty weak if you know anything about the game. i took a ride up 91 to see the game.  as ususal paz sums it up.  the best team came out on bottom.  at the game, you could tell this was an upset.  amherst badly outplayed stevens.  stevens not very strong side, but amherst couldn't put ball in net from even a few feet away a couple of times.  stevens has a kid hit improbable rocket into upper 90 from 25 yards and another goal on ground through two defenders from 18.  decent shot, but keeper must have been blocked.  like paz, i don't think stevens had another shot in second half.  if you count long throws, amherst had about 20-25 set pieces.  hey, that's soccer.  woulda, coulda, shoulda, and out.  here's link to story i found on amherst site.  https://www.amherst.edu/athletics/teams/fall/soccer-m/articles/2011/1119_sit.       

lap - seems like you know NESCAC better than anyone.  you say lerner's a weak link in amherst defense. i watched them play twice this year, once at trinity and on webcast. he looked pretty good to me. i don't know other guys, but what other amherst defender would you have on all-conference? seems some amherst defense guy or keeper should be on one of teams.

and for you and socca, i still think amherst coach should've been COY. it's been a pretty long time since a team won both the regular season and tourney, hasn't it? i like wheeler and don't know much about the amherst coach, but the team had a great year. my camels spoiled a perfect season.

how could amherst coach (i forget his name) not be COY. they won regular season and tourney. pilger not more desrving than what Ken Murphy's done at my alma mater. 

tourney committee totally underrated nescac.  amherst shld've been seeded on schedule strength and record v. ranked teams and same record as trinity (and won league and tourney).  nescac performance in past 4 yrs. shld count for something (middlebury national champs, and then amherst, williams, and bowdoin to semis after knocking off other nescacs).  watch trinity, ct or wesleyan go to semis from weakest bracket.

Lap - just looked at shots on goal & corners. Didn't see game, so oobviously you know better. Agree midd very tough 1st round draw.   

btw, noticed lots of guys from amh played v. conn, but not heo or tasimpe.  amh 63 or anyone else know why or whether they'll play sat?  missing one is tough, but missing both is a lot to make up.

amh 3, went to look at amherst site story. sounds like amh dominated, but no win. story mentions  a few posts, offsides on goal, saved pk. conn keeper has 10 saves. kovacs has 1.  don't know what it is w/ conn & amh, but conn has some edge.  btw, looked at midd-wms story on midd site & looks like midd totally dominated.