Quote from: MENESCACFAN on January 22, 2015, 07:01:26 PM
Very nice.  Heard a rumor former Bowdoin standout Ben Brewster has signed with a pro team in Sacramento.  Hopefully that is true, more D3 kids do well the better.

Ben Brewster of Bowdoin signed with the Tulsa Roughnecks of the USL

@ECSUalum Looks like your team lost a few players in the offseason to transfers. What do you think of the two players decisions to leave?

Nic Warren transferring to Cal Lutheran.
Greg Walton transferring to The University of Vermont.

Are there transfer situations happening that could impact other teams in New England next season?!

Can't figure out how to edit..... I meant to say how hard it is to score on the top teams in new england. I apologize for the mishap

Quote from: Off Pitch on October 23, 2014, 09:24:35 PM
For what it's worth, if you take the NE data sheet and simply multiply the winning % by the SOS and sort the result, here would be the standings (actual ranking in parentheses):

1. Brandeis (1)
2. Coast Guard (2)
3. Amherst (4)
4. Wheaton (5)
5. Tufts (3)
6. Gordon (8)
7. Babson (6)
8. Wesleyan (7)
9. WPI (11)
10. Middlebury (9)
11. Nichols
12. Eastern CT St
13. UMass-Boston
14. U of NE
15. Johnson & Wales
16. Williams (10)
17. Bowdoin
23. Trinity

The only teams actually ranked higher than this simple projection (Tufts, Babson, Wesleyan, Williams) are coincidentally the teams with SOS over .600.   A strong SOS seems to be rewarded as opposed to a weak SOS being penalized.

Since it is getting closer and closer to Conference and NCAA tournament time I thought it would be very interesting to see how these teams rank in goals against average and save percentage for their GK's. As I have seen over the past couple of years a lot of close NCAA tournament games have been lost by dumb GK mistakes that cost their teams their entire season. In the close games I am a firm believer that the team with the better defense almost always win. Anyway for time management I am just going to be looking at the top 15 teams that you have listed. I do acknowledge that the goals against stat might be flawed a little since that is also partially determined by who a team plays. But just for good fun here it goes

Ranks for Goals Against Average:
1. Brandeis .26
2. WPI .33
3. Coast Guard .39
4. Tufts .44
5. Eastern Conn .51
6. Amherst .59
7. Midd .65
8. Nichols .73
9. Wheaton .75
    Johnson and Wales .75
    Gordon .75
12. Wesleyan .77
13. UNE .89
14. Babson 1.13
15. Umass Boston 1.33

Ranks for Save percentage (For teams who split keepers equally I did an average between the two keepers. For teams that have one main keeper I took the main keepers average.... not going to post names of the keepers):
1. Coast Guard .909
2. Eastern Conn .899
3. Brandeis .897
4. UNE .890
5. WPI .886
6. JWU .850
7. Wesleyan .833
8. Gordon .830
    Midd .830
10. Amherst .826
11. Nichols .825
12. Wheaton .824
13. Tufts .800
14. Babson .776
15. Umass Boston .750



Take what you want from this but I feel as though this shows how strong MOST of the top teams in New England are to score on. I just thought it would be some interesting stats to throw out there 

@ECSUalum.... your team looks like it could be very, very dangerous in the next year or two. I was surprised to see how young that team is. One senior on the entire roster.... not sure I would want to play them in the next two years.

Quote from: Mr.Right on October 21, 2014, 12:54:12 PM
I would have predicted that as well. Our ECSU friend has told us they have some major injuries. I am not confident they can break down Coast Guard.I think Springfield and Wheaton can beat them.

Sorry for the quick second reply, but I believe from what I have seen Coast Guard plays with a lone striker. I heard rumors that he has broken his leg which could make it even tougher for CGA to compete these next 3 games, especially with their lack of goal scoring this season.

First time poster here for the NESCAC thread and only really posted one other time that I can remember. Really enjoy reading some of your thoughts and opinions and hope to be able to pitch in some of my own thoughts now that I have started watching a lot more of the NESCAC games!

I think the New England rankings for next week will provide a much more accurate top 10. There are quite a few interesting games this week that could see some of the weaker ranked times (i.e. Coast Guard) knocked down quite a ways.