The NPI has been updated to reflect games through Sunday.

1. Johns Hopkins (27-3) 64.465
2. UW-Whitewater (21-2) 64.255
3. Denison (21-5) 62.821
4. Salibury (25-5) 62.706
5. La Verne (23-5) 62.161
6. Endicott (21-3) 61.918
7. Lynchburg (27-5) 61.091
8. Kean (25-5) 60.962
9. CWRU (20-9) 60.554
10. UW-La Crosse (19-6) 60.396

The NPI has been updated to reflect games through Sunday.

1. Johns Hopkins (27-3) 64.465
2. UW-Whitewater (21-2) 64.255
3. Denison (21-5) 62.821
4. Salibury (25-5) 62.706
5. La Verne (23-5) 62.161
6. Endicott (21-3) 61.918
7. Lynchburg (27-5) 61.091
8. Kean (25-5) 60.962
9. CWRU (20-9) 60.554
10. UW-La Crosse (19-6) 60.396

Quote from: Kuiper on April 13, 2025, 07:14:49 PMWabash

One notable omission (at least to me) is Earlham, who they have played 55 times over the years.  They played every single year from 1967 to 2019, but stopped when the streak broke in the pandemic.  I thought the rivalry may have restarted when they played again for the first time in 2024 to an exciting 5-3 Wabash win.  Earlham roared back from 4-0 deficit to score 3 goals in the second half before Wabash got an insurance goal in the 79th minute.  Alas, tradition is dead (or Earlham was worried that Wabash was catching up to them in the all time series).

I keep waiting for my Little Giants to break out and be competitive with the upper tier of the North Coast.  It hasn't happened yet and will only be more difficult with the addition of JCU to the conference.

Quote from: Nation on April 14, 2025, 02:37:46 PMTo the NESCAC Football community,

Unfortunately the Middlebury football and school community as a whole took a blow this past weekend, as beloved senior #31 Chet Johnston had a freak accident on campus which has left him with severe injuries to his spinal cord. Chet, an active athlete/skier, has an extremely long and arduous journey ahead of him just to be able to walk again.

The harsh reality with situations like this is that on top of the emotional toll on his family, the financial stress of the surgeries and rehabilitation will be massive. There has been a Go-fund-me started by family members to try and help out with these costs which I will attach right here.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/coming-together-to-help-chet

Rivalries and trash talk aside, this would be the perfect time for the NESCAC alumni community to come together and rally behind this young man who is at the start of his long road to recovery. His friends and family massively appreciate any effort to spread this link or help out. Thank you

Thank you for sharing. Chet is a terrific young man—-he and his family deserve all your support on their long road ahead. Please join me in donating if you are able. My prayers are with him.

How did the other OAC players test out at their pro days?

Bates

This is an incomplete schedule, with only the NESCAC games.  Only double conference game weekend is at home against Williams and Hamilton

Gustavus Adolphus

Interesting that they are playing St. Olaf as a scrimmage before playing them again in conference.  Like St. Olaf, they are playing Pacific Lutheran and Chicago in the opening weekend and also have some tricky non-conference games against Calvin, @Luther, @Nebraska Wesleyan, and against Wisconsin-Superior, with the later two sprinkled amidst conference play

John Carroll

First season in the NCAC, which means they play Kenyon et al in conference now.  They are playing Capital, Mount Union, and Baldwin Wallace from the OAC instead.  They do have return games against Carnegie Mellon and Lycoming and added a tricky opening game against Edgewood, which was 17-2-2 last season. Perhaps the most interesting game is away at Brandeis on 9/27.  That's an awfully long way to go for a single Saturday game.

Dominican

They replace Fontbonne (RIP) and Nebraska Wesleyan with Elmhurst and North Central

It seemed to go very fast, but conference play is already at the halfway mark for everyone.

Whitewater and La Crosse will obviously make the conference tournament, other two spots after that very much up for grabs.

Quote from: TUAngola on April 14, 2025, 05:06:49 PMWith Nate Tucker now entering the portal, here is an update for Trine (yikes!):
   
Team     Minutes    Points    Rebounds      Assists    Steals    
Trine     0.21   0.179   0.197    0.158   0.185   


Trine MBB in 2025-26 will basically be starting from scratch.  The only player with any significant playing time returning is Jayce Cusack.  3 others saw some time with the second string on occasion: Logan McKenzie, Logan Gard and Cade Brenner.  Last year's squad was mostly all upperclassmen.  So it stands to reason this next season was going to have a lot of new faces.  The Tucker portal announcement was awful news, but maybe he saw the writing on the wall and wanted to go to a stronger program or maybe up a level.  Who knows.  We'll just play with what we got.  I do know we've had strong JV squads the last 2 years so this may be a chance for some to earn time on the Varsity.  I'm hoping Coach Miller can pull in a few upperclass transfers.  If not we will easily be the most inexperienced team in the MIAA next year.

Buckle up...

https://athletics.stolaf.edu/sports/mens-soccer/schedule

2025 St. Olaf schedule

I'd say pretty comparable to the past few seasons in terms of difficulty. Maybe a touch on the lighter side, but it's pretty tough to make that determination before any games are played. Open the season hosting Pacific Lutheran and University of Chicago, and ending with UW-Platteville. Traveling to 2024 Sweet 16 participant UW-Superior. No surprise that the Oliver twins will open with an exhibition contest vs each other.

Quote from: Kuiper on April 14, 2025, 04:31:02 PMWashington & Lee

Strong non-conference schedule, opening with games at Emory and Oglethorpe and then home to Covenant (who beat them 3-0 away last season) and away to Mary Washington.  No Johns Hopkins this year, but if anything the schedule is harder.

W&L also has Christopher Newport later in the season and is still showing an open date. That is a full and challenging non-conference schedule.

I'm hoping to get to the Atlanta games this year. Really hoping they look more like the team that ended the season than the one I saw get manhandled by Covenant last year. I suspect year 2 under Shabazz will start better than year 1.