And SC still isn't sure.

Wesleyan 3 - Conn College 1

Huge win for Wesleyan.  It's been awhile since someone has come in to New London and beaten Conn College by a score like this.  I had to go back to 2021 to find the last time someone had scored 3 goals on Conn at that was a 3-1 loss to Bowdoin in New Brunswick.

Quote from: Kuiper on October 29, 2024, 05:35:17 PMWesleyan 3 - Conn College 1

Huge win for Wesleyan.  It's been awhile since someone has come in to New London and beaten Conn College by a score like this.  I had to go back to 2021 to find the last time someone had scored 3 goals on Conn at that was a 3-1 loss to Bowdoin in New Brunswick.

I was there - credit to Wesleyan for some clinical finishes but will say a missed mule-kick to the face late in the first half could have made an impact to the game.....

Was Conn trying to trick people? I saw Wesleyan Tufts game this year and thought they were much better team than the score suggests, but this is a shocker.

Quote from: camosfan on October 29, 2024, 06:32:08 PMWas Conn trying to trick people? I saw Wesleyan Tufts game this year and thought they were much better team than the score suggests, but this is a shocker.

I would say just not a great game at a bad time from Conn - scoring is always a challenge but just the second loss on the season (0-1 to Amherst) and had only given up 5 goals all season before that game.

Amherst 3 Trinity 0

An 11.00am Sydney kick off time is much more friendly for me, however it appears that schedulers didn't pay attention to today's Australian Q3 CPI release at 11.30am.  Consequently, my concentration levels were not really there.  I can say it looked like an even game for the first 25/30, but once Amherst scored the lift in intensity was noticeable.

It finished 3-0 and aside from the win, the next best news was a clean bill of health ahead of what will be a challenging first round NESCAC game against Connecticut College.  Whilst their position might say otherwise, I think the Camels are easily the best sixth placed conference team in the country (Massey says #17 before today's fixtures) and I know will be well & truly up for it.

For Amherst an eighth clean sheet out of 15 after what has been a most solid regular season.  Tournament play is of course different, but I do sense a steely resolve in this team and am eagerly awaiting week one.

Foul Count: Amherst 13 Trinity 6

That felt like a lot of YC for any team, am I wrong?

Anyone know the D3 record for YC fin a single game—maybe the infamous Texas game last year?

Not sure about records, but here are the national yellow cards by team through 10/28
https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/national_ranking?academic_year=2025.0&division=3.0&ranking_period=46.0&sport_code=MSO&stat_seq=545.0
You will note that NESCAC teams in general and Amherst in particular are not anywhere near the top of this list.

Quote from: College Soccer Observer on October 30, 2024, 09:41:54 AMNot sure about records, but here are the national yellow cards by team through 10/28
https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/national_ranking?academic_year=2025.0&division=3.0&ranking_period=46.0&sport_code=MSO&stat_seq=545.0
You will note that NESCAC teams in general and Amherst in particular are not anywhere near the top of this list.

Its an interesting stat - I also think some of it is due to the fact that for some reason it seems NESCAC officials seem extremely hesitant to issue cards in general..........

Quote from: College Soccer Observer on October 30, 2024, 09:41:54 AMNot sure about records, but here are the national yellow cards by team through 10/28
https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/national_ranking?academic_year=2025.0&division=3.0&ranking_period=46.0&sport_code=MSO&stat_seq=545.0
You will note that NESCAC teams in general and Amherst in particular are not anywhere near the top of this list.

There may be some league-specific forces at work in the card tallies.

For example, there are 3 teams from the Skyline in the top 25, 6 teams from the NJAC in the top 50, and 4 teams from the SCAC/ASC (who frequently play each other) in the top 50.  Maybe those teams/league just play a more aggressive/reckless style, but it also may be that refs who work those games (and many refs work the same schools/leagues every year) are just quicker to pull out cards.  Other leagues have very few yellows.  You have to go to #112 to find a Centennial team (McDaniel) or #181 to find a NESCAC team (Hamilton) on the list.

It's probably more noteworthy that there's only one team from the CCIW in the top 50 and it's #1 in yellows by a decent margin, suggesting it's more about Elmhurst than the league/area.

Quote from: SKUD on October 29, 2024, 05:26:14 PMAnd SC still isn't sure.

And in spite of that, I have them at 4th in the country.

SC.

Midd's Keagan Harder all but secured ROTY yesterday with his Joe Braun-esque goal against the purple team. Anyone willing to argue that?

I agree. I would also say that Nuhu should be the POTY and that Nik Antic will very likely win DPOY

Quote from: rdanie03 on October 30, 2024, 10:35:55 PMI agree. I would also say that Nuhu should be the POTY and that Nik Antic will very likely win DPOY

I'd suggest that Middlebury's Luke Madden is a strong contender for DPOY.  That back 3, with O'Brien and Nelson, is as solid as they get.

Tufts starting back four is the best this year and this is both as a unit and individually. Number 13 from Middlebury is the only defender up there with that group.