Meyer took too long over the ball, absolutely. He tends to take an extra beat, but never as long as tonight. Agree with Spaghetti Sauce... Should've reset.

Quote from: Kuiper on November 17, 2024, 05:55:44 PMHALF:  Buffalo State 1 - Tufts 0

Buffalo State gets a goal in the 42nd minute to take the 1-0 lead going into halftime.  First the Westfield St. game and now this.  Tufts keeps living dangerously.

Conn's upward trajectory the past few weeks has been matched by Tufts downward struggles, says this NESCAC observer . . .

Quote from: Hopkins92 on November 17, 2024, 06:20:34 PMMeyer took too long over the ball, absolutely. He tends to take an extra beat, but never as long as tonight. Agree with Spaghetti Sauce... Should've reset.

I thought it was salad dressing and popcorn and frozen pizza, but spaghetti sauce too?

I was pulling hard for Hopkins, not necessarily against W&L, but similar to Kenyon they've been good enough to make a F4 over the past six to eight years.

Quote from: PaulNewman on November 17, 2024, 06:14:08 PMSo....Amherst is hosting the Wisconsin Invitational....and CMS and Trinity head to Vermont.  Beautiful college town.  Got married there.  But not exactly the trip I wanna make from CA or TX.  I assume they will fly into Burlington.  Obviously no direct flights to Burlington.

Not ideal by any means and just one more burden of playing in Region X.  On the other hand, both CMS and Trinity have more experience flying places this season than Bowdoin did when it flew to Texas.  CMS to Minnesota (v. St. Olaf and Mary Hardin-Baylor) and then to Colorado (v. Colorado College), while Trinity also flew to Colorado (v. Colorado College).  Trinity has it a little easier because it's only a one hour time difference.  The three hour time difference for CMS is a killer, but Occidental did it last year and played pretty well against Amherst.  I think they either have to go through O'Hare or JFK to get to Burlington.  Fortunately, both are really easy airports and never have flight delays or disruptions. 

UPDATE:  Buffalo State 1 - Tufts 1 in the 68th minute

Tufts equalizes in the 62nd minute on a poor clearance that is lobbed back into the box and pops around until collected and Clivio puts into the right corner on the ground with his left foot.

Quote from: Kuiper on November 17, 2024, 06:26:04 PM

Quote from: PaulNewman on November 17, 2024, 06:14:08 PMSo....Amherst is hosting the Wisconsin Invitational....and CMS and Trinity head to Vermont.  Beautiful college town.  Got married there.  But not exactly the trip I wanna make from CA or TX.  I assume they will fly into Burlington.  Obviously no direct flights to Burlington.

Not ideal by any means and just one more burden of playing in Region X.  On the other hand, both CMS and Trinity have more experience flying places this season than Bowdoin did when it flew to Texas.  CMS to Minnesota (v. St. Olaf and Mary Hardin-Baylor) and then to Colorado (v. Colorado College), while Trinity also flew to Colorado (v. Colorado College).  Trinity has it a little easier because it's only a one hour time difference.  The three hour time difference for CMS is a killer, but Occidental did it last year and played pretty well against Amherst.  I think they either have to go through O'Hare or JFK to get to Burlington.  Fortunately, both are really easy airports and never have flight delays or disruptions. 

They shouldn't experience any delays at BTV (Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport).  However, getting an Uber after 10:00 pm....dicey.

Trinity arguably should have been a top 4 seed.  19-0-3 deserves better.

Quote from: PaulNewman on November 17, 2024, 06:24:46 PM

Quote from: Hopkins92 on November 17, 2024, 06:20:34 PMMeyer took too long over the ball, absolutely. He tends to take an extra beat, but never as long as tonight. Agree with Spaghetti Sauce... Should've reset.

I thought it was salad dressing and popcorn and frozen pizza, but spaghetti sauce too?

I was pulling hard for Hopkins, not necessarily against W&L, but similar to Kenyon they've been good enough to make a F4 over the past six to eight years.

Sauce, too. Quite good, if not up to Rao level.

Sigh. Felt like they might squeeze this one out in the end, but a deserved win for the Generals.

Congrats to Another Mom and jknezek all their supporters. Hard fought, clean game. (I mean, W&L likes to tug on jerseys, but whatever. I like the way they play and nothing even close to dirty about that game. Respect all around.)

Stevens 1 Amherst 1 (Amherst progresses)

Not for the first time this season, Amherst dominated play and for those with a particular shade of purple in their hearts, it would be nice to maybe have one or two more goals to show for it.  Stevens stuck to their task and got rewarded for their perseverance very late.


If Amherst spirits were down as a result, it didn't really show and whilst I wasn't able to watch Operating Thetan time properly I had a foreboding sense that penalties were the most likely outcome.

There is a lottery element to penalties, but ultimately, it's a test of composure and technique and today the three young men who stepped up for Amherst demonstrated faultless execution.  This included one of the freshmen who hasn't seen a lot of game time this year, but proved that a particularly cold bit of ice runs through his veins as he calmly dispatched the third kick.

Of course, the senior keeper who successfully kept out W&L last season, did it again when it counted. 

Commiserations to the Ducks, they hung in there and showed serious grit.  For Amherst, a boost for the confidence and whilst the games are definitely not getting any easier from now on, they continue to impress me with their resolve.

Foul count: Stevens 15 Amherst 18

I don't understand the hating on Hopkins PK style.  It was massively effective in conference (in fact all 5 were unstoppable). So they missed two this time.  Last I saw there were plenty of "traditional" PKs missed or saved this weekend.

Quote from: Kuiper on November 17, 2024, 06:29:36 PMUPDATE:  Buffalo State 1 - Tufts 1 in the 68th minute

Tufts equalizes in the 62nd minute on a poor clearance that is lobbed back into the box and pops around until collected and Clivio puts into the right corner on the ground with his left foot.

Of course.

Meanwhile, I don't think anyone mentioned that another NESCAC exited with Babson knocking out Wesleyan.  FIVE left and an All-NESCAC F4 still in play.

Quote from: EnmoreCat on November 17, 2024, 06:35:02 PMOf course, the senior keeper who successfully kept out W&L last season, did it again when it counted. 

Was Landa (the pride of La Canada HS) hurt this season?  He played 15 minutes all season in the Emerson game in mid-October where he departed early and then suddenly he starts both NCAA tournament games and plays 110 minutes after playing 62 in the first game.

Quote from: PaulNewman on November 17, 2024, 06:40:01 PM

Quote from: Kuiper on November 17, 2024, 06:29:36 PMUPDATE:  Buffalo State 1 - Tufts 1 in the 68th minute

Tufts equalizes in the 62nd minute on a poor clearance that is lobbed back into the box and pops around until collected and Clivio puts into the right corner on the ground with his left foot.

Of course.

Meanwhile, I don't think anyone mentioned that another NESCAC exited with Babson knocking out Wesleyan.  FIVE left and an All-NESCAC F4 still in play.

Babson is quite good. Midd handed the Beavers its only loss of the season, a 3-0 result, but game was far closer than the score indicates. I said at the time, "We can very well see this team again in the post-season."

Quote from: Ejay on November 17, 2024, 06:39:33 PMI don't understand the hating on Hopkins PK style.  It was massively effective in conference (in fact all 5 were unstoppable). So they missed two this time.  Last I saw there were plenty of "traditional" PKs missed or saved this weekend.

I 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.

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.

END OF REGULATION:  Buffalo St. 1 - Tufts 1

Tufts had a header go off the post with about 2 minutes left and Buffalo State had a half chance from outside the box, but neither could score.  Tufts is outshooting Buffalo State 26-5, but still only 5-3 in shots on goal.  On to OT