Quote from: Viking on September 12, 2023, 10:28:30 AM
To deflect some of this roster turnover discussion away from Williams and support the point that year-to-year retention glitches are pretty common, it's worth noting that Williams probably isn't even the conference leader in 2022 to 2023 non-retention. By my (clumsy and semi-reliable) count, Wesleyan's 2023 roster is missing at least eight players who were on the 2022 roster despite being first-years, sophomores, or juniors last season, including at least three guys who started a good number of games in 2022: Oliver Clarke, Max Hofsetter, and Noah Hartzfeld. Wesleyan only has two seniors on their roster this year -- that's less than half of last year's junior class returning as seniors.

It's also unwise to assume why players with remaining NCAA eligibility don't return.

One of those starters had a bad concussion and can no longer play.  Another is in the Wesleyan/Columbia enginereeing program and studying at Columbia this year,  but will be back.  The other left.  And sometimes roster players from prior years don't make the cut for whatever reason.

No idea why players left Williams.  But I bet it's not because they all preferred not to be there.  Sometimes players get cut too.  And sometimes players who leave come back.  I agree it is unwise to assume why players with elegibility don't return.

Quote from: camosfan on October 26, 2022, 09:36:42 AM

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Quote from: nescac1 on October 26, 2022, 03:45:57 AM
I think Amherst and Bowdoin are in, Midd and Wesleyan on the bubble with a loss and in with a win, and Williams, Hamilton and Tufts are all probably win and in, lose and out, with Tufts maybe needing two wins depending on how things shake out.  If Williams, Hamilton and Wesleyan all win in round one could Nescac get six teams?   Those three, plus Amherst, Bowdoin, Midd - seems plausible.  Midd though is likely the odd man out in that scenario ending with losses v Williams and Wesleyan, who would be the teams it would be up against on the bubble.  I certainly don't think Midd, with only one ranked win so far, can be considered likely to make it without a win Saturday.  Midd-Wes and Tufts-Williams could well end up as effectively elimination games for the tourney.  So really heading into Saturday I think only Amherst and Bowdoin can feel entirely safe, with Nescac getting 2-4 more bids potentially.  If Conn wins the title or Tufts wins twice (both very plausible of course) that really shakes up the outlook.

Are the seedings set as being discussed even after an Amhurst win?  For instance, is it possible that once Amherst, Midd and Williams have the same point total the seeding may change with Amherst jumping in to 2nd or 3d?

If Amherst wins today and move to 17 points it is fourth, Bow, Will, Mid, Amh.

The NESCAC standings say Bow, Will, Amh and Mid after tonight's game.  Not sure if that's final, but it has Amherst at 3.

Quote from: camosfan on October 26, 2022, 09:36:42 AM

Quote from: SlideTackle on October 26, 2022, 09:23:35 AM

Quote from: nescac1 on October 26, 2022, 03:45:57 AM
I think Amherst and Bowdoin are in, Midd and Wesleyan on the bubble with a loss and in with a win, and Williams, Hamilton and Tufts are all probably win and in, lose and out, with Tufts maybe needing two wins depending on how things shake out.  If Williams, Hamilton and Wesleyan all win in round one could Nescac get six teams?   Those three, plus Amherst, Bowdoin, Midd - seems plausible.  Midd though is likely the odd man out in that scenario ending with losses v Williams and Wesleyan, who would be the teams it would be up against on the bubble.  I certainly don't think Midd, with only one ranked win so far, can be considered likely to make it without a win Saturday.  Midd-Wes and Tufts-Williams could well end up as effectively elimination games for the tourney.  So really heading into Saturday I think only Amherst and Bowdoin can feel entirely safe, with Nescac getting 2-4 more bids potentially.  If Conn wins the title or Tufts wins twice (both very plausible of course) that really shakes up the outlook.

Are the seedings set as being discussed even after an Amhurst win?  For instance, is it possible that once Amherst, Midd and Williams have the same point total the seeding may change with Amherst jumping in to 2nd or 3d?

If Amherst wins today and move to 17 points it is fourth, Bow, Will, Mid, Amh.

Thank you.

Quote from: nescac1 on October 26, 2022, 03:45:57 AM
I think Amherst and Bowdoin are in, Midd and Wesleyan on the bubble with a loss and in with a win, and Williams, Hamilton and Tufts are all probably win and in, lose and out, with Tufts maybe needing two wins depending on how things shake out.  If Williams, Hamilton and Wesleyan all win in round one could Nescac get six teams?   Those three, plus Amherst, Bowdoin, Midd - seems plausible.  Midd though is likely the odd man out in that scenario ending with losses v Williams and Wesleyan, who would be the teams it would be up against on the bubble.  I certainly don't think Midd, with only one ranked win so far, can be considered likely to make it without a win Saturday.  Midd-Wes and Tufts-Williams could well end up as effectively elimination games for the tourney.  So really heading into Saturday I think only Amherst and Bowdoin can feel entirely safe, with Nescac getting 2-4 more bids potentially.  If Conn wins the title or Tufts wins twice (both very plausible of course) that really shakes up the outlook.

Are the seedings set as being discussed even after an Amhurst win?  For instance, is it possible that once Amherst, Midd and Williams have the same point total the seeding may change with Amherst jumping in to 2nd or 3d?

Quote from: Saint of Old on September 21, 2022, 08:14:47 PM
Potsdam legit.
Cortland scores, Potsdam scores  and equalizes off the kick off!

Transfer #9 at Potsdam who scored the tieing goal last night played academy ball with my son for many years and DI for two different schools before transferring. He's a very talented player and a real nice kid.  I have no doubt he will be a difference make all year long.

Quote from: Kuiper on September 19, 2022, 12:18:54 PM

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Quote from: PaulNewman on September 18, 2022, 05:35:22 PM
Yeah, for me, I think you have to factor in level of competition to some degree.  Last year I chafed at Chicago maintaining a fairly high ranking with 5 losses but I later accepted the reasoning.  Also some of these top teams have been playing each other.  Like as much as I love the Eau Claire story I can't put them ahead of Conn or Tufts or maybe even Montclair, Rowan, Cortland, etc.  I wouldn't have dinged Conn much for the draw with Tufts but I will a bit for the home Bowdoin loss, and the latter may well keep Conn out of my top 10-12 and I'm guessing mid to late teens for the NESCAC group.

I will repeat that imo Messiah, North Park, and Chicago are the clear top 3 at the moment.  The next group for me like Calvin, Kenyon, W&L, Hopkins, Oneonta, along with the NESCAC group, to varying degrees have not looked great but I do think most will be there in the end.  I also will rate teams like Stevens and Pac Lutheran (assuming the Lutes handle Willamette today) highly, but I can't quite pull the trigger on bumping them up (yet) beyond the 8-12 range.

Respectfully, feels to me that NESCAC is not being given its due.  As some have mentioned, Conn brings back pretty much the same team from last year and by the looks of their roster filled up with a bunch of talent.  It's quite a rare occurrence for an out of conference team to get a W against a NESCAC team and come the tournament the NESCAC teams have dominated the last several years - three out of the four NESCAC teams that got invited made the final 8 last year.  Wesleyan just beat Brandeis 3-0 and Hamilton beat Ithaca College (not having a good year) 3-0.  To me it seems that NESCAC is just getting stronger with better talent, resulting in more parity. Something to consider is that several teams have very strong 5th year seniors in addition to the 4 recruiting classes that came after them.  More talent.  Same for other schools but that is my guess for why more parity this year, which is still fairly young.

The thing about NESCAC is that they can get away with playing fairly pedestrian non-conference schedules.  Wesleyan- Brandeis might have been the most notable non-conference game and there are a lot of games against teams that will do nothing for strength of schedule.  That's because the NESCAC schools can accumulate strength-of-schedule in conference, presumably based on past results and reputation of the teams in the conference.  In other conferences, the non-conference results basically seal a team's fate if they don't win their conferences, but in NESCAC they can start a little slower and still be in contention by season's end.  It also means that for at least the first couple of weeks of the season, the focus is going to be on the battles between traditional national teams in other conferences rather than on the NESCAC teams.  I don't think it's disrespect; rather, it's the recognition that the NESCAC race is just getting started.

Fair enough and appreciate your perspective.  Makes sense. 

Quote from: PaulNewman on September 19, 2022, 09:50:53 AM

Quote from: SlideTackle on September 19, 2022, 09:36:58 AM

Quote from: PaulNewman on September 18, 2022, 05:35:22 PM
Yeah, for me, I think you have to factor in level of competition to some degree.  Last year I chafed at Chicago maintaining a fairly high ranking with 5 losses but I later accepted the reasoning.  Also some of these top teams have been playing each other.  Like as much as I love the Eau Claire story I can't put them ahead of Conn or Tufts or maybe even Montclair, Rowan, Cortland, etc.  I wouldn't have dinged Conn much for the draw with Tufts but I will a bit for the home Bowdoin loss, and the latter may well keep Conn out of my top 10-12 and I'm guessing mid to late teens for the NESCAC group.

I will repeat that imo Messiah, North Park, and Chicago are the clear top 3 at the moment.  The next group for me like Calvin, Kenyon, W&L, Hopkins, Oneonta, along with the NESCAC group, to varying degrees have not looked great but I do think most will be there in the end.  I also will rate teams like Stevens and Pac Lutheran (assuming the Lutes handle Willamette today) highly, but I can't quite pull the trigger on bumping them up (yet) beyond the 8-12 range.

Respectfully, feels to me that NESCAC is not being given its due.  As some have mentioned, Conn brings back pretty much the same team from last year and by the looks of their roster filled up with a bunch of talent.  It's quite a rare occurrence for an out of conference team to get a W against a NESCAC team and come the tournament the NESCAC teams have dominated the last several years - three out of the four NESCAC teams that got invited made the final 8 last year.  Wesleyan just beat Brandeis 3-0 and Hamilton beat Ithaca College (not having a good year) 3-0.  To me it seems that NESCAC is just getting stronger with better talent, resulting in more parity. Something to consider is that several teams have very strong 5th year seniors in addition to the 4 recruiting classes that came after them.  More talent.  Same for other schools but that is my guess for why more parity this year, which is still fairly young.

Not sure where you're getting that from.  In general there is continual gushing over NESCAC.  You quoted me so don't know if you're suggesting I've been disrespectful.. At the outset of season I said four NESCACs should be in the top 10, and I just submitted my ballot for the fan poll last night and had SIX NESCACs in my top 19.  Probably could have added a 7th but that did seem over the top.

Should not have quoted you.  Generally speaking that's the feeling I got over the past couple of years.  I'm guessing I'm still sore from last year's denial of a birth for Wesleyan, which obviously has nothing to do with you. 

Quote from: PaulNewman on September 18, 2022, 05:35:22 PM
Yeah, for me, I think you have to factor in level of competition to some degree.  Last year I chafed at Chicago maintaining a fairly high ranking with 5 losses but I later accepted the reasoning.  Also some of these top teams have been playing each other.  Like as much as I love the Eau Claire story I can't put them ahead of Conn or Tufts or maybe even Montclair, Rowan, Cortland, etc.  I wouldn't have dinged Conn much for the draw with Tufts but I will a bit for the home Bowdoin loss, and the latter may well keep Conn out of my top 10-12 and I'm guessing mid to late teens for the NESCAC group.

I will repeat that imo Messiah, North Park, and Chicago are the clear top 3 at the moment.  The next group for me like Calvin, Kenyon, W&L, Hopkins, Oneonta, along with the NESCAC group, to varying degrees have not looked great but I do think most will be there in the end.  I also will rate teams like Stevens and Pac Lutheran (assuming the Lutes handle Willamette today) highly, but I can't quite pull the trigger on bumping them up (yet) beyond the 8-12 range.

Respectfully, feels to me that NESCAC is not being given its due.  As some have mentioned, Conn brings back pretty much the same team from last year and by the looks of their roster filled up with a bunch of talent.  It's quite a rare occurrence for an out of conference team to get a W against a NESCAC team and come the tournament the NESCAC teams have dominated the last several years - three out of the four NESCAC teams that got invited made the final 8 last year.  Wesleyan just beat Brandeis 3-0 and Hamilton beat Ithaca College (not having a good year) 3-0.  To me it seems that NESCAC is just getting stronger with better talent, resulting in more parity. Something to consider is that several teams have very strong 5th year seniors in addition to the 4 recruiting classes that came after them.  More talent.  Same for other schools but that is my guess for why more parity this year, which is still fairly young. 

Quote from: paclassic89 on September 13, 2022, 07:58:23 PM
Maybe W Conn over Williams (according to Massey) but otherwise it's pretty accurate in my opinion.

Interesting.  Today Massey has Wesleyan at 2 nationally.  The college coaches rankings, though not as current, doesn't even have them in the list of 37 teams -- top 25 plus 12 receiving votes. 

Quote from: paclassic89 on September 14, 2022, 01:06:15 PM

Quote from: Ejay on September 14, 2022, 09:03:02 AM
I've got my eye on that Weslyan team.  They're loaded with talented players who my son played with and against. And I find the Montclair pipeline fascinating. 6 kids from Montclair HS, plus Wheeler from the private HS (MKA) next door.  By the way, those Montclair teams were loaded which just goes to show that you can have a great experience and successful career when you stay and play for your HS instead of jumping to Academy only. I may be missing some, but the 2020 roster included...
Mason Davisson   Weslyan
Evan O'Brien   Weslyan
Ben Ceccio   F&M
Felipe Gutierrez   Williams
Xavier Harris   Rutgers-Camden
Aidan McGrath   Arcadia
Mateo Neighbors   Weslyan (via St. Johns)
Dylan Schulman   Carnegie Mellon
Soren Tollis   Weslyan

Well yeah, they're all playing D3.  Most of the Academy only kids probably went D1

Take a look at the Conn roster: https://camelathletics.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster

I count 6 players from MLS Next teams.  There are MLS Next players on other Nescac teams, including Middlebury, Tufts, Williams and Wesleyan. 

Notice too that those Montclair players mostly went to pretty strong academic schools to play soccer. 

Quote from: SimpleCoach on September 13, 2022, 10:11:48 PM
Tufts @ Wesleyan University
9.13.2022

- Playing on turf.  Thought Wesleyan played on grass?
- Wesleyan in All Black
- Tufts in their Light Blues.
- Wesleyan is pressing very high on Tufts.
- Wesleyan with a nice play for a shot.  Sent ball across to back post.  Player settled and hit the ball wide of the far post.
- Wesleyan now sitting back deep defending in numbers making it difficult for Tufts to find any opening in the back.
- Both teams are runnin' and gunnin'.  Need to gain control of the tempo.  I would say that Tufts should use its talent to get control of the ball and move it around quickly.
- Tufts getting closer to goal.  Some good passing to open up the Wesleyan defense.
- 30 minutes left.
- Wesleyan 0, Tufts 0
- Will say, Smith Field is pretty impressive looking.  Is this a new place?
- I think Tufts needs to shorten its passes instead of trying the imprecise, long and mid range balls.  Think their attacks would be so much more impressive.
- Wesleyan does have the capacity to surprise Tufts with a quick break.  Just had a good attack that ended with a good header on net, but went to the Keeper.
- Think Tufts will take advantage of a corner at some point this game.
- Wesleyan needs to get some control of the ball, if only so they can take a breather defensively.  Dealing with a lot of pressure from Tufts.
- Another opportunity for Tufts that the Wesleyan Keeper saves.
- Wesleyan also needs to keep the ball on the deck.  Don't think I have seen them win a head ball.
- Another Tufts shot that for the second time in a row, the Wesleyan Keeper spills and gets awfully close to giving up a rebound...
- Wesleyan defender literally passed to a Tufts forward that put the Wesleyan Keeper in a one on one.  Keeper got to the ball first, but that's not the way Wesleyan is going to win a game.
- Tufts dominating offensively but Wesleyan doing well defensively.
- With 12:15s left, there is a lightening delay.
- After the delay, it start out ... understandably so ... choppy and messy.
- Tuft with an opportunity with a header on goal that is tipped over the cross bar for a corner.
- Halftime.
- Shorten half from the Announcer said.
- Not sure I would judge anything about the 12 minutes after the delay.  And really don't know what to expect in the second half.
- Would say, am surprised with how often the Tufts backs send the ball forward.  Very little working the ball through the middle.
- Ok.  Not sure I am saying this right.  But this is the second time I've watched Tufts this year.  They seem to play to the level of the team they are playing.  It looks a lot closer than it should be?  I get it.  NESCAC.  Tough conference with many good teams, but I am expecting a bit more of a domineering performance than I have seen so far.  There I said it.
Wesleyan is keeping Tufts away from goal.  And as I type this, Tufts just gets a shot that the Wesleyan Keeper manages a finger tip save to push the ball wide.
- 20 minutes left in the second half.
- Except for the back four, I am not sure Tufts has positional discipline. Maybe that is by design, but it makes moving the ball, at least in my view, a bit more difficult.
- 15 left.
- Wesleyan is doing a good job of controlling the run of play right now.  Have Tufts a bit on their heals.
- Think Wesleyan does some things well, but then fails in the worst times to do the basics, the details of the game.
- Wesleyan really trying to press the Tufts back line.
- 11 minutes left.
- And a free kick off to the right of the Tufts Keeper for Wesleyan.  Sends in a beautiful near post ball that is glanced and goes into the back of the net.
- Wesleyan 1, Tufts 0
- 9:30 left in the game.
- Great opportunity to even it up, but Tufts forward sends it over the bar.
- 5 minutes left and Tufts with a corner.  Cleared to midfield. 
- Wesleyan just clearing everything as far as they can.
- Whomever is taking the set pieces and corners for Tufts should not be taking the free kicks and corners for Tufts.
- Tufts naturally rushing so much, that they are wasting balls and just panicking.
- 2 minutes left.
- Game is over.  Wesleyan with the win.
- Wesleyan 1, Tufts 0.

Thanks for the great recap.  This was a great win for the Cards.  Devany made some terrific saves to keep the score even.  Tufts was dominating the first half until the lightening delay and if they came out of it down 0-1 I suspect Wesleyan would have had a difficult time getting a point.

As for you question about the field, they typically play on that field (Smith Field) at night under the lights or when the weather makes the grass field unplayable.

Quote from: Viking on February 21, 2022, 06:38:05 PM
Updating this with a dozen NESCAC MSOC recruits and other new info (in red) listed in various public places. Don't hesitate to add.

Amherst
Andrew Tremante F/M Delbarton NJ

Bates
Tomas Alberola M/F Real Colorado/Kent Denver CO
Lane Foushee M/D Phillips Exeter ME/NH
Nico Hessel G Northfield Mount Hermon VT/MA
Kobby Nimako D Cate CA
David Ortiz D Wake FC/Heritage NC

Bowdoin
Alex Ainsworth G FC United/Loyola IL
Paul Cluskey D SD Surf/Bishop's CA
Mateo Pacelli M Del Mar Carmel Valley Torrey Pines CA
Felipe Rueda F United PDX/Catlin Gabel OR
Paul Surkov M TB United/JW Mitchell FL

Colby
Cameron Ashley G Crossfire Premier/Redmond WA
Luis Estrella F South Kent Panama/CT
Braden Jondro D Worcester Acad MA
Peter Papavasiliou D Worcester Acad MA
Noah Radecki M Beachside CT
Ryan Stewart D Penn Fusion/Westtown PA

Connecticut College
Sam Brockelman F Maconomet MA
Aidan Keith M/F Match Fit/Pennington NJ
TJ Krongard G Northfield Mount Hermon NJ/MA
Maurice Pigola D Northfield Mount Hermon Germany/MA
Matthew Quiros-Newton M Taft OK/CT
Matthew Sharretts D Seacoast/Pinkerton NH
Gavin Vanden Berg F Seattle United/Shorecrest WA

Hamilton
Aedan Burke M/D Empire United/Baldwinsville NY
Ross Eagle M Chelsea Piers Shoreline/Byram Hills NY
Jun Reiss D SC Gjoa/Packer Collegiate NY
Cole Wassiliew M Bethesda/Walt Whitman MD
Griffin Weidner D Charlotte SA/Providence Day NC

Middlebury
Alem Hadzic F FC United IL
Daniel Kaye F FC United IL
Gavin Randolph F Milton MA
Will Sawin M Stonington CT
Andrew Stuart F Shreveport United/CE Byrd LA
Joseph Waterman G Seacoast/St. John's Prep MA

Trinity
Brendan Feldgoise D NYSC NY
Finn Hackett D/M Boston Bolts Milton MA
Kieran McCabe F Boston Bolts Roxbury Latin MA
Josh Ruthfield D NEFC/Worcester Acad MA
Elias Zobran M Taft Malawi/CT

Tufts
Mateo Bargagna F Atlanta Utd/Atlanta Int'l GA
James Gunn M Crossfire Premier WA
Ben Pensky M FC Alliance TN
Henry Perkins F/M Northfield Mount Hermon OH/MA
Luke Randolph F Milton MA
Mason Shultz F Rivers MA
Daniel Yanez M PDA/Pingry NJ

Wesleyan
Carrigan Cullinan D Trumbull/Loomis Chaffee CT
Will Geballe D Beachside SC/Guilford HS CT
Joshua LaCorte D FC Florida/Pine FL
Will Martin F Arlington SA/DeMatha DC
Kofi McFadgion D Arlington SA/DeMatha HS DC
Josh Nadison G Cedar Stars/Montclair NJ

Williams
David Armini D Northfield Mount Hermon MA
Sam Gibson F FC United/Latin IL
Mohamed Keussom D Two Bridges/Xavier NY
Henry Kirkman M Bayside FC/Moses Brown RI
Cole Moriello M Pingry NJ
Evan Vasquez F FC Copa/Hunterdon Central NJ

Wesleyan - Mateo Neighbors M/F -- St. Johns transfer/NYCFC/PDA  Montclair, NJ

Quote from: SlideTackle on November 22, 2021, 11:47:07 AM

Quote from: blooter442 on November 22, 2021, 09:49:25 AM

Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 21, 2021, 03:06:22 PM
Final:  Wesleyan-CT 2, MIT 1  OT  (Game winning goal came less than 5 min. into overtime)

Couldn't tell if that winning goal was a shanked cross or just a really good shot. Don't think you can attach much blame to the goalkeeper, it dropped right in the side panel on the far corner. Either way, brutal end for MIT who did everything but lead in the game.

That goal looked well planned and was struck by the same player who scored the first one. She was the NESCAC POY this year and is extremely talented.  The MIT goal came on a floater from further away that too looked like it could have been a shanked cross though I think the MIT player, like the Wesleyan player, meant it.  Having beaten Hopkins and MIT on back to back days, Wesleyan has certainly earned its place in the Final Four.

I take it back.  That second goal looked very much like it was meant to be a pass and I'm thinking that's likely what it was, about 30 seconds into extra time.

Quote from: College Soccer Observer on November 22, 2021, 11:08:43 PM

Quote from: PaulNewman on November 22, 2021, 10:24:58 PM

Quote from: College Soccer Observer on November 22, 2021, 07:10:05 PM
Could you amplify your comment regarding handling defeat?

I agree that deserves some explanation.

I will say as someone who has a lot of practice, concession and giving credit posts can be brutally hard.  Even when intending to be fully gracious and magnanimous, 95% is about as good as it gets.  Hard not to take at least a mild swipe at someone.

What's most interesting to me is how personal and deep our affiliations with our teams go.  Like for at least a decent portion of us the hypersensitivity and readiness to defend our tribe so to speak are off the charts.

@d4_Pace, if I am making incorrect assumptions, I apologize.  Based on your NESCAC rivals comment, I took that as a shot at Middlebury following their loss to Amherst.  I was at the game. There was an unseemly situation after the final whistle that was provoked by Amherst.  In both of Midd's 1-0 losses to Amherst, the GK, Kofi Hope-Gund, ran at Middlebury players and taunted them after the whistle.  In October, he targeted Jordan Saint-Louis.  There was more of the same yesterday.  Instead of celebrating with his teammates, Hope-Gund again went after a Midd player.  Many players from both teams came together, and #17 from Amherst drilled Middlebury's goalkeeper Ryan Grady in the face with a forearm.  The referees did not issue any cards to anyone.  In fact, there was only one yellow given the whole game, to McFarlane from Midd for complaining about timewasting by Amherst in the closing minutes.  Once again Serpone was riding the refs for the entire game, and he certainly does nothing to put a stop to his team's antics.

I saw this same GK taunt the Wesleyan players after Amherst went up 2-1 in the second half this year. Wes scored first and one of their players shouted fairly loudly "let's go" after the goal.  Amherst tied soon after and then got the second goal in the second half. At which point Hope-Gund ran up the sidelines a bit past the center line yelling "let's go" at the top of his lungs while jumping up and down.  It was nice to see him give up the tieing goal a few minutes later, but his antics were pretty offensive and done right in front of the stands.  I saw many shaking their heads at the poor sportsmanship.

Quote from: blooter442 on November 22, 2021, 09:49:25 AM

Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 21, 2021, 03:06:22 PM
Final:  Wesleyan-CT 2, MIT 1  OT  (Game winning goal came less than 5 min. into overtime)

Couldn't tell if that winning goal was a shanked cross or just a really good shot. Don't think you can attach much blame to the goalkeeper, it dropped right in the side panel on the far corner. Either way, brutal end for MIT who did everything but lead in the game.

That goal looked well planned and was struck by the same player who scored the first one. She was the NESCAC POY this year and is extremely talented.  The MIT goal came on a floater from further away that too looked like it could have been a shanked cross though I think the MIT player, like the Wesleyan player, meant it.  Having beaten Hopkins and MIT on back to back days, Wesleyan has certainly earned its place in the Final Four.