His UWP teams also played a similar direct and physical style to what NCC had been playing under Klosterman but with a higher level of skill which should bode well for the transition. If he is able to bring his Wisconsin recruiting pipeline to Illinois and continue to heavily recruit from the Naperville area, NCC could be in position to take a leap closer to the top of the CCIW.
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Men's soccer / Re: CCIW
October 22, 2018, 06:36:28 PM
Heading into the last week of the regular season I think it would be fun to try and predict how the league will finish.
1. North Park - they seem to be the most talented and consistent team in the league by a decent margin, Wheaton on Saturday will be tough but they are in the drivers seat and will likely close out strong.
2. Carthage - after their win against Chicago last week they should have enough confidence to lock up second place as coach Domin keeps mentioning they have been bit by the injury but, but are getting healthy at the right time.
3. Millikin - with 2 home games against teams on the bottom half of the table I have faith they will be able to return to form from their first few CCIW games and secure a playoff berth.
4. Wheaton - even with the toughest schedule in the conference left I think they will be able to sneak into the conference tournament as a dangerous 4 seed.
5. Augustana - they may be able to beat north central on Wednesday, but would be shocked to see a win against Carthage. This wasn't the bottom feeder team they have been for a while, but the loss at elmhurst hurt their chances of a playoff berth.
6. North Central - with 4 losses already they are likely out as far as playoff hopes are concerned, elmhurst loss hurt them as well.
7. IWU - after an impressive non conference season, they have to be extremely disappointed with their place in the table as they have looked like a top 4 team for a lot of this season, but weren't able to win enough close games.
8. Elmhurst - with 2 wins last week they will feel better about the way they ended their season, but is too little too late for this squad.
9. Carroll - lots of close losses in the CCIW this season for the pioneers but another team that was not able to turn those close losses to wins so they end the season on the bottom.
Obviously there is still a lot of soccer to play and as we saw last week there is lots of unpredictability in this conference, but this is how I predict the conference to finish this week.
1. North Park - they seem to be the most talented and consistent team in the league by a decent margin, Wheaton on Saturday will be tough but they are in the drivers seat and will likely close out strong.
2. Carthage - after their win against Chicago last week they should have enough confidence to lock up second place as coach Domin keeps mentioning they have been bit by the injury but, but are getting healthy at the right time.
3. Millikin - with 2 home games against teams on the bottom half of the table I have faith they will be able to return to form from their first few CCIW games and secure a playoff berth.
4. Wheaton - even with the toughest schedule in the conference left I think they will be able to sneak into the conference tournament as a dangerous 4 seed.
5. Augustana - they may be able to beat north central on Wednesday, but would be shocked to see a win against Carthage. This wasn't the bottom feeder team they have been for a while, but the loss at elmhurst hurt their chances of a playoff berth.
6. North Central - with 4 losses already they are likely out as far as playoff hopes are concerned, elmhurst loss hurt them as well.
7. IWU - after an impressive non conference season, they have to be extremely disappointed with their place in the table as they have looked like a top 4 team for a lot of this season, but weren't able to win enough close games.
8. Elmhurst - with 2 wins last week they will feel better about the way they ended their season, but is too little too late for this squad.
9. Carroll - lots of close losses in the CCIW this season for the pioneers but another team that was not able to turn those close losses to wins so they end the season on the bottom.
Obviously there is still a lot of soccer to play and as we saw last week there is lots of unpredictability in this conference, but this is how I predict the conference to finish this week.
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Men's soccer / Re: CCIW
October 11, 2018, 02:31:51 AM
I'll take your recap role tonight Greg,
Wheaton (8-4-1, 3-2) defeated Carroll (0-11-2, 0-4) with two first half goals. The stat line has Wheaton up 15-10 in shots and 9-5 on corners. Seems to be a simple win for Wheaton who has been very hit or miss this season. Not much in this game but Wheaton improved to 7-0 at Joe Bean Stadium during this 4 game CCIW home stand.
Carthage (7-7, 3-1) defeated North Central (8-4, 3-2) in Naperville tonight. North Central seemingly had the run of play at home with advantages in both the shots and corner categories. Nice win for with Red Men with large top 4 hopes on the line with home match up against IWU on Saturday. North Central appears to be in control of their own fate with wins over Wheaton and Wesleyan already, but 4-1 loss to Millikin does not look good.
Augustana (4-7, 2-2) beat IWU (8-4, 1-3) in double OT in Rock Island late tonight. Augustana's second shot on goal found the back of the net in the 109th minute, off of a pretty bicycle kick from the top of the box. A seemingly easy game for Wesleyan against the lowly Vikings was a physical fight with 2 red cards and a total of 37 fouls, most against the Vikings. Lots of work ahead for IWU while Augustana has moved past 3 quality opponents with an interesting 2-2 CCIW record.
North Park (10-2, 4-1) handled Elmhurst (1-12, 0-4) by a score of 4-0 at North Park. I assume North Park was in full control over the struggling Blue Jays and really had no moments of scare with all four goals scored within about 20 minutes. Greg if anything of note from that game came to be feel free to elaborate, but I doubt it.
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Wheaton (8-4-1, 3-2) defeated Carroll (0-11-2, 0-4) with two first half goals. The stat line has Wheaton up 15-10 in shots and 9-5 on corners. Seems to be a simple win for Wheaton who has been very hit or miss this season. Not much in this game but Wheaton improved to 7-0 at Joe Bean Stadium during this 4 game CCIW home stand.
Carthage (7-7, 3-1) defeated North Central (8-4, 3-2) in Naperville tonight. North Central seemingly had the run of play at home with advantages in both the shots and corner categories. Nice win for with Red Men with large top 4 hopes on the line with home match up against IWU on Saturday. North Central appears to be in control of their own fate with wins over Wheaton and Wesleyan already, but 4-1 loss to Millikin does not look good.
Augustana (4-7, 2-2) beat IWU (8-4, 1-3) in double OT in Rock Island late tonight. Augustana's second shot on goal found the back of the net in the 109th minute, off of a pretty bicycle kick from the top of the box. A seemingly easy game for Wesleyan against the lowly Vikings was a physical fight with 2 red cards and a total of 37 fouls, most against the Vikings. Lots of work ahead for IWU while Augustana has moved past 3 quality opponents with an interesting 2-2 CCIW record.
North Park (10-2, 4-1) handled Elmhurst (1-12, 0-4) by a score of 4-0 at North Park. I assume North Park was in full control over the struggling Blue Jays and really had no moments of scare with all four goals scored within about 20 minutes. Greg if anything of note from that game came to be feel free to elaborate, but I doubt it.
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Men's soccer / Re: CCIW
June 13, 2018, 01:37:25 PM
Any early thoughts on how each team is looking this season? How good will the defending national runner up North Park be? And who will be able to compete with them?
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