It appears that our own OldNed's son and St. Joseph's (ME) alumnus Rory Twomey is an assistant on the Vermont staff! I remember ON saying that he was leaving Maine for Vermont (maybe after a season on the sidelines for SJC) but I guess it never registered that he was going to be a D1 assistant.

Not UMass, and I realize that this post is free of D3 references, but thought it was worth noting that UVM — not Indiana, Georgetown, Stanford, UNC — won the national championship last night. I would have rooted for Marshall against most others, but they won a few years ago and as a Mainer I have a soft spot for Vermont...and we had a local guy (Max Murray, Kennebunk HS) playing CB and getting the "hockey assist" for the equalizer. Second sport from UVM to win a national title after the powerhouse ski program. Great watch. Congrats Catamounts!

Apropos of nothing, I called that EnmoreKitten's penalty would be top left. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Middlebury wins it after 5 kicks. Questionable to have White take the first kick given he skied it, but made a save later in the shootout. Both teams had one saved. Congrats to the Panthers moving on to Vegas, and the Beavers should be proud after a big run...they had not made it past the first weekend since 2011.

Quote from: Garden12 on November 17, 2024, 07:55:25 PMIs it possible that the Hopkins style of play just doesn't work in the tournament? Their endless possession just doesnt seem to consistently create chances against teams that are solid defensively. Maybe they sometimes make a small run but I could never see them winning the 6/6 needed to win a tournament.

This reminds me of "why does Guardiola's City run the PL winning 6 of the last 7 but only win the CL once?" Controlled possession is usually a safer bet over the course of a league season, but it can be countered in knockout situations by the right tactics and/or a little bit of luck (e.g. Chelsea in the UCL final of 2021).

lol @ the Buffalo State goalkeeper (my MOTM) waving to the home support as he and his teammates ran by on their way to celebrate with their fans.

Quote from: Kuiper on November 17, 2024, 06:58:11 PMTufts is outshooting Buffalo State 26-5, but still only 5-3 in shots on goal.

At the end of 2OT, 31-7 and 7-5. 

What a double-save from the Buff State GK! Wow.

Quote from: Hopkins92 on November 17, 2024, 06:46:31 PMI certainly felt confident going in that if this game got to PKs, Hop was gonna win.

I don't think they abandon the tactic. But nothing is sure fire and as I said above, November Madness is x2 or x3 the pressure... maybe higher... than a conference tournament where it wasn't a make or break situation.

Had no idea about the conference championship so will give them the benefit of the doubt, and I get it's one way to mitigate bad execution due to the inverse problem (a run-up that is too long). I had just never seen an entire rotation of kickers do a one-step run-up.

IIRC they each to a man did no run-up. Never seen that before from an entire line of kickers. Is that coaching? (I cannot recall any of the previous JHU shootouts in the NCAA, but I know they lost to Tufts in 2017 Ro16.)

What is up with the Hopkins players run-ups? I get the idea of don't sell the angle, but it doesn't matter if they shank it.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Quote from: paclassic89 on November 17, 2024, 03:18:34 PMI mean thats gotta be a foul before the Williams winner right?  Egregious missed call

Watched it back and it is clear that he took the man and not the ball.

At first, thought the goalie could have done better, but he was left 1-v-1 by the CBs who got beat to the ball in the air in transition. Nice finish.

Fantastic news. Obviously a travesty that he was ever detained. Didn't realize that he made the winning penalty against Amherst in the 2010 Ro16, but a PPH article had an interesting anecdote.

QuoteBiette-Timmons remembers Gershkovich playing soccer their freshman year. A game against Amherst College went to penalty kicks. "Evan volunteered to take one, which is obviously insane and the most high-pressure thing you can do. He took one, and he made it. And he won the game."

Didn't know where Tufts-Rochester was happening. Thankfully, it's not the one that's Paywall U.

Quote from: northman on October 26, 2023, 07:27:06 PM
I think many of us felt like we were living in a pleasant bubble here in Maine.  By many measures, Maine is the first or second safest state in the union.  Not today.  If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.  Give your loved ones an extra hug today.  We all need support and reassurance in these moments.

Well said, northman. While Maine is an incredibly safe place writ large, I think statistically it was a question of when (not if) it would happen. And though I think many fellow Mainers shared a similar expectation to myself, I don't think any of us anticipated that Maine would have the country's worst mass shooting of the year so far (in October) and the 10th deadliest overall since 1949.