Desales is one of the top 16 teams? i don't think they are a 1 "seed" but i could be wrong. also have to remember we dont know every one who put in to host either in the w&l situation

Quote from: Ralph Turner on July 14, 2022, 08:10:31 PM
I like the "double first base" rule that D-3 is trying.

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/6/29/media-center-double-first-base-experimental-rule-proposed-in-softball.aspx?

i believe my high school in nj did this and i know the local softball teams used it for tournaments, cuts down on foot injuries from adding the second bag.

Quote from: @d3jason on August 24, 2022, 04:46:54 PM
The NJAC release missed this. RB Terrique Riddick transferred from William Paterson to Delaware.

Good luck to everyone in the NJAC this season, except Salisbury...lol.

conferences usually dont mention those who left in releases for preseason polls

Quote from: wchandy22 on October 01, 2014, 03:43:49 PM
No go for Messiah and E-Town.  The game was to have been replayed today at 4:00 but I the powers that be have decided that this game will not be made up.  The game is considered a "No Contest" as it fell short of the required 70 minutes.  But for a brief moment last night, marshmallows were in the air.  The Messiah women host E-Town at 7:00 tonight and I believe some discussion was made about not being able to clean up the "mess" between games.  You can see some of the fluffy white confectioneries in flight from last night in the video at the following link.

http://gomessiah.com/news/2014/9/30/MSOC_0930141657.aspx

Wchandy22--- The reason had nothing to do with the "mess". More had to do with paying for officials against and more importantly getting officials that could commit to a 4pm game last minute. I believe they tried to see if they could get all three or 4 officials for the Women's game tonight do the men's game at three. Like you know, refeereeing is a second job for many of them.

I don't know the definite reason but the game used to always be around Halloween time.

Quote from: NCAC New England on September 17, 2014, 10:36:16 AM
OldMCGuy,

Understood, and thanks for the background color.  I expect coverage to be partisan and for the announcer(s) to go crazy when their team scores a goal, etc, etc.  I even expect the obligatory questioning of a bad call.  I used to listen to Kentucky basketball games for years via the legendary Cawood Ledford, and of course the coverage was geared to Big Blue Nation.  Messiah obviously has a large and loyal following, and I even get the in-game updates on what is going on with Navy games because Coach Brandt is still considered part of the family.  That said, I think it is somewhat unusual to have such a strong visceral reaction so quickly when tuning in as an outside observer or fan of the opposing team, and I know many had that reaction during the NCAA tournament last year.  At a minimum, the families/fans of the opposing team tune in, and maybe a somewhat broader audience at NCAA tourney time, and so at least a faint awareness that others may be listening would be appreciated.  And with Messiah as good as it is, and with a tremendous (and well-earned) home field advantage, it is a little much to hear that the ref is terrible and horribly against Messiah every single game and to hear specific, negative comments about players on the opposing team.  They are apoplectic when an opposing player makes a hard tackle, but when it's a Messiah player it's a good, clean tackle even though they joke that it was close to sending the opposing player for a hospital visit.  I do think it is great in general that Messiah has such strong support and comprehensive coverage.  I'll just turn the audio off the next time.

NCAC,

I understand what you were saying. I am a Messiah fan and would agree the ref was being very inconsistent in his play calling. Maybe it's my own bias,but Dickinson fans agreed with me when we chatted about the referees at the half.

I think you should continue to have the sound on, but that's just me.

Check out the women's games to. There's a different crew for those games.

With the way Messiah is playing lately and having more than one threat, I dont see Montclair St. upsetting Messiah, but I didn't see them losing to Lycoming last year or Neumann in 2011 either. There's a reason games are played.

Offensively, Messiah's top scorer in Nikki Elsaesser returns. They graduated Alicia Frey and Corrine Wulf. Other seniors graduated but they weren't the stars. Messiah should be a top team again this season. Looked strong last night against Kutztown (d2 team) in a scrimmage.

I attend Messiah College and write about d3soccer for both Philly Soccer Page and D3soccer.com. Layton Shoemaker laid a key foundation to the success it has found today. He sadly passed on January 1 2013. For those who want to learn more about the Messiah program - men's and women's soccer - I highly suggest reading the book The Messiah Method.

As many pointed out, Messiah soccer won't go to d1 because the whole athletic program - 22 teams- would have to go to d1. Also, Messiah puts an equal importance on education and athletics.